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Are queues a modern invention?

148 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I found Portuguese Weiramon, guys!

11 upvotes • r/WetlanderHumor

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Assuming they had medical knowledge on par with what doctors today have, could a surgeon in England in the 1300s have performed a successful appendectomy?

7 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Were black-skinned people in Europe in the late Middle Ages said to have blue skin

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What technical limitations ensured that the telescope was not invented until just prior to the Early Modern Era?

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How long have lunatic asylums been around for, and what were they like?

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Following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in South Africa, were there a lot of retribution killings?

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What was conflict between lords sworn to the same monarch in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages like? What were the laws that governed said conflicts?

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you guys should read all the king's men, everyone! it's great (and the horniest thing I've read to be published before 1950)

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Could a Roman in AD 1 have built a telescope if they had the knowledge of how to build it? What factors allowed Galileo to build a telescope that said Roman in AD 1 lacked?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Are queues a modern invention?	148	AskHistorians
I found Portuguese Weiramon, guys!	11	WetlanderHumor
Assuming they had medical knowledge on par with what doctors today have, could a surgeon in England in the 1300s have performed a successful appendectomy?	7	AskHistorians
Were black-skinned people in Europe in the late Middle Ages said to have blue skin	7	AskHistorians
What technical limitations ensured that the telescope was not invented until just prior to the Early Modern Era?	6	AskHistorians
How long have lunatic asylums been around for, and what were they like?	6	AskHistorians
Following the Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings in South Africa, were there a lot of retribution killings?	6	AskHistorians
What was conflict between lords sworn to the same monarch in Western Europe during the High Middle Ages like? What were the laws that governed said conflicts?	4	AskHistorians
you guys should read all the king's men, everyone! it's great (and the horniest thing I've read to be published before 1950)	3	bookmemes
Could a Roman in AD 1 have built a telescope if they had the knowledge of how to build it? What factors allowed Galileo to build a telescope that said Roman in AD 1 lacked?	3	AskHistorians