/u/Hard_Taco_Tuesday's posts in /r/AskHistorians
What was the sewage and waste removal system like 2000 years ago in cities like Pompeii? Is it true that the reason they had foot-high sidewalks and elevated crosswalk stones was because the streets ran deep with everyone’s shit? NSFW
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Was there any particular reason that Native American subjects and characters and actors were so popular in 1990s film and television? And why did it all seem to stop in the aughts?
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What was long-distance communication like in 1066 England? Did they likely have a complex network of carrier pigeons trained to fly to each major city? Would there have been a Pony Express type of system for horse messengers?
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What happened to all the Normans in Sicily after the Hautevilles lost control of the Kingdom they created? Why is it that the Northern Europeans/Scandinavians that settled and ruled for hundreds of years seemingly left zero genetic legacy in Sicilian people’s DNA?
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How do we know that things like “fertility statues” and “divine phallus” trinkets weren’t often just sex toys and masturbation aids? NSFW
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How much was “whataboutism” rhetoric used in mainstream American political and cultural discourse in the 20th century?
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