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Why are European languages's words for "dog" all different but their words for "cat" all basically the same?

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Why is every "average american family" movie from the 80s and 90s set in the suburbs of Chicago?

74 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Did the Ancient Greeks believe there were demigods alive in their own present day? Did anyone ever claim to be the child of a god, and if so did people ever believe them?

59 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What happened religion-wise with slaves owned by Jewish people in pre-Civil War America?

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Why do Greco-Roman writers identify foreign gods of knowledge and magic like Thoth and Odin with Hermes/Mercury, even though he's a god of commerce, trickery, and thievery, not knowledge or magic?

26 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Was Christianity anti-gay from the moment it was founded, or did it gain that ideological current in the 280 years of progress from persecuted fringe cult to Imperial state religion?

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How much access did people in shtetls in the 1910s have to secular literature?

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When was the modern sense of the term "dictator" invented, and why?

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Are there any records of homosexual activity among the Vestal Virgins in Ancient Rome, like with Catholic nuns?

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What's the average city's ratio of hotel capacity to population?

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Why are European languages's words for "dog" all different but their words for "cat" all basically the same?	8652	askscience
Why is every "average american family" movie from the 80s and 90s set in the suburbs of Chicago?	74	AskHistorians
Did the Ancient Greeks believe there were demigods alive in their own present day? Did anyone ever claim to be the child of a god, and if so did people ever believe them?	59	AskHistorians
What happened religion-wise with slaves owned by Jewish people in pre-Civil War America?	29	AskHistorians
Why do Greco-Roman writers identify foreign gods of knowledge and magic like Thoth and Odin with Hermes/Mercury, even though he's a god of commerce, trickery, and thievery, not knowledge or magic?	26	AskHistorians
Was Christianity anti-gay from the moment it was founded, or did it gain that ideological current in the 280 years of progress from persecuted fringe cult to Imperial state religion?	5	AskHistorians
How much access did people in shtetls in the 1910s have to secular literature?	4	AskHistorians
When was the modern sense of the term "dictator" invented, and why?	2	AskHistorians
Are there any records of homosexual activity among the Vestal Virgins in Ancient Rome, like with Catholic nuns?	1	AskHistorians
What's the average city's ratio of hotel capacity to population?	1	askscience