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Why did Hitler and Mussolini declare war on the US to support Japan when Tojo/Emperor Hirohito didnt declare war on the USSR in support of Germany and Italy?

1437 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What was hygene really like in Europe between, say, the End of the Roman Empire in 500 A.D and 1850 A.D? Most interested in 1000 A.D and 1600 A.D

720 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Was the Gunpowder Plot an attempted suicide attack? Did Guy Fawkes expect to survive detonating the explosives that would have leveled the House of Lords? Were explosives sophisticated enough at the time to 'light the fuse and run'?

485 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Where Rhinos ever used in war? By which armies? How effective were they?

407 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Where did the concept of 'a captain must go down with his ship' come from and why? It seems idiotic to waste a captain like that.

305 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Loincloths, they are a common caricature of stone-age 'primitive' civilizations and societies. Where did this caricature come from? To what extent is it accurate?

274 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What was the actual death toll of the Spanish Inquisition? How common was torture? How long did it last? Was it exaggerated or minimized in popular thought?

235 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why didn't the USSR annex Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, etc after WWII?

115 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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We use Arabic numerals, why do many Arab countries use Indian numerals?

87 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How much older was writing in Sumeria than writing in Egypt?

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Why did Hitler and Mussolini declare war on the US to support Japan when Tojo/Emperor Hirohito didnt declare war on the USSR in support of Germany and Italy?	1437	AskHistorians
What was hygene really like in Europe between, say, the End of the Roman Empire in 500 A.D and 1850 A.D? Most interested in 1000 A.D and 1600 A.D	720	AskHistorians
Was the Gunpowder Plot an attempted suicide attack? Did Guy Fawkes expect to survive detonating the explosives that would have leveled the House of Lords? Were explosives sophisticated enough at the time to 'light the fuse and run'?	485	AskHistorians
Where Rhinos ever used in war? By which armies? How effective were they?	407	AskHistorians
Where did the concept of 'a captain must go down with his ship' come from and why? It seems idiotic to waste a captain like that.	305	AskHistorians
Loincloths, they are a common caricature of stone-age 'primitive' civilizations and societies. Where did this caricature come from? To what extent is it accurate?	274	AskHistorians
What was the actual death toll of the Spanish Inquisition? How common was torture? How long did it last? Was it exaggerated or minimized in popular thought?	235	AskHistorians
Why didn't the USSR annex Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, etc after WWII?	115	AskHistorians
We use Arabic numerals, why do many Arab countries use Indian numerals?	87	AskHistorians
How much older was writing in Sumeria than writing in Egypt?	45	AskHistorians