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How was the generation of young adults entering the labor market during the Great Depression characterized in the media? Were they perceived similarly to millennials today?

250 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why does Cyrillic share many letters with the Latin alphabet, and yet letters with the same shape sound different from Western languages?

249 upvotes • r/askscience

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I've read that the German army only ever deployed 20 combat tanks in WWI, versus the British and French that used them in much larger numbers. Why didn't the Germans more aggressively pursue the use of tanks?

226 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How did Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor become so inextricably linked with horror media?

75 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[Meta] Announcing: /r/HistoricalHumor. Cast off the shackles of no-fun-allowed.

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Why does MIT have a swimming requirement for graduation?

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How and why did professional wrestling come to be a scripted athletic spectacle rather than an athletic competition?

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How did the practice of tipping service staff develop in Western society?

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Did the terrorist attack on 9/11/01 inspire any changes in how very large or tall structures are designed?

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Was a sincere belief in an afterlife ever used to justify use of capital punishment?

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How was the generation of young adults entering the labor market during the Great Depression characterized in the media? Were they perceived similarly to millennials today?	250	AskHistorians
Why does Cyrillic share many letters with the Latin alphabet, and yet letters with the same shape sound different from Western languages?	249	askscience
I've read that the German army only ever deployed 20 combat tanks in WWI, versus the British and French that used them in much larger numbers. Why didn't the Germans more aggressively pursue the use of tanks?	226	AskHistorians
How did Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor become so inextricably linked with horror media?	75	AskHistorians
[Meta] Announcing: /r/HistoricalHumor. Cast off the shackles of no-fun-allowed.	50	AskHistorians
Why does MIT have a swimming requirement for graduation?	46	AskHistorians
How and why did professional wrestling come to be a scripted athletic spectacle rather than an athletic competition?	32	AskHistorians
How did the practice of tipping service staff develop in Western society?	28	AskHistorians
Did the terrorist attack on 9/11/01 inspire any changes in how very large or tall structures are designed?	26	askscience
Was a sincere belief in an afterlife ever used to justify use of capital punishment?	20	AskHistorians