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In 'Pirates of Carribbean' Jack Sparrow says: 'You've clearly never been to Singapore.', implying that he has. How likely is it that a Carribbean career pirate from the golden age of piracy would travel to South East Asia?

9662 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In 'Sapiens' Yuval Noah Harrari claims that Romans did not really mind early Christians until Christians refused to acknowledge Roman gods which was meant to be more of a political 'pledge of allegiance' rather than a serious point of theological difference. How well supported is this claim?

1504 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why did Mao fail to introduce an alphabet-based writing system despite saying that he wanted to do so?

508 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why and how did 'world's fair'-type of events decline in popular consciousness?

99 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What did Wehrmacht Army Group South do between December 1941 and May 1942?

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In 1995 Srebrenica massacre happened after Dutch UNPROFOR battalion failed to intervene. 2 years earlier, Canadian UNPROFOR halted Croatian advance during Operation Medak Pocket, resulting in 27 KIA on Croat side. What caused such a huge difference in combat performance between the two incidents?

67 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I'm about to speak a survivor of Warsaw Uprising. He has agreed to let me record it. How should I go about this?

26 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Is there a mathematically optimal strategy to playing Deal or No Deal?

22 upvotes • r/askscience

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Did any major Christian denomination own slaves directly?

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Website broken?

12 upvotes • r/StopKillingGames

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In 'Pirates of Carribbean' Jack Sparrow says: 'You've clearly never been to Singapore.', implying that he has. How likely is it that a Carribbean career pirate from the golden age of piracy would travel to South East Asia?	9662	AskHistorians
In 'Sapiens' Yuval Noah Harrari claims that Romans did not really mind early Christians until Christians refused to acknowledge Roman gods which was meant to be more of a political 'pledge of allegiance' rather than a serious point of theological difference. How well supported is this claim?	1504	AskHistorians
Why did Mao fail to introduce an alphabet-based writing system despite saying that he wanted to do so?	508	AskHistorians
Why and how did 'world's fair'-type of events decline in popular consciousness?	99	AskHistorians
What did Wehrmacht Army Group South do between December 1941 and May 1942?	87	AskHistorians
In 1995 Srebrenica massacre happened after Dutch UNPROFOR battalion failed to intervene. 2 years earlier, Canadian UNPROFOR halted Croatian advance during Operation Medak Pocket, resulting in 27 KIA on Croat side. What caused such a huge difference in combat performance between the two incidents?	67	AskHistorians
I'm about to speak a survivor of Warsaw Uprising. He has agreed to let me record it. How should I go about this?	26	AskHistorians
Is there a mathematically optimal strategy to playing Deal or No Deal?	22	askscience
Did any major Christian denomination own slaves directly?	21	AskHistorians
Website broken?	12	StopKillingGames