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In Revisionist History, Gladwell claims that, prior to Brown v Board of Education, black schools were no worse than white schools and the narrative that they were was, itself, racist propaganda. How much truth is there in this perspective?

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Googling "riots after elections" led to a number of sites (of questionable legitimacy) predicting riots at the conclusion of the US presidential race. Is there any history of riots in the US triggered by the results of a presidential election?

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The famous horror Theater of Grand Guignol in Paris supposedly had boxes in the back that theater-goers could rent if they became too "aroused" by the production and needed "privacy". How much truth is there to this legend? Were people really having sex in the theater mid-performance? NSFW

146 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Was is sensible, from a tactical standpoint, for the Great Wall of China to be as complete as it is? We often see photos of it traversing steep hills; would invading armies had been able to pass through these places, had the wall not been there?

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Without any hype or hyperbole, how exciting is graphene actually?

72 upvotes • r/askscience

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Setting aside morality, from a purely legal standpoint how sound was the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dredd Scott case of 1857?

59 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Where does the idea of the Christian heaven being in the sky come from? How recent is the modern day representation of it literally being made of clouds, and where did that representation come from?

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Did the ancient Greeks consider the story of Icarus a cautionary tale about hubris, or is that a more modern interpretation?

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Questions about the narrative that Soviet submarine officer Vasili Arkhipov single-handedly prevented nuclear armageddon during the Cuban missile crisis

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How accurately can we predict the properties of "undiscovered" elements?

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In Revisionist History, Gladwell claims that, prior to Brown v Board of Education, black schools were no worse than white schools and the narrative that they were was, itself, racist propaganda. How much truth is there in this perspective?	181	AskHistorians
Googling "riots after elections" led to a number of sites (of questionable legitimacy) predicting riots at the conclusion of the US presidential race. Is there any history of riots in the US triggered by the results of a presidential election?	160	AskHistorians
The famous horror Theater of Grand Guignol in Paris supposedly had boxes in the back that theater-goers could rent if they became too "aroused" by the production and needed "privacy". How much truth is there to this legend? Were people really having sex in the theater mid-performance? NSFW	146	AskHistorians
Was is sensible, from a tactical standpoint, for the Great Wall of China to be as complete as it is? We often see photos of it traversing steep hills; would invading armies had been able to pass through these places, had the wall not been there?	139	AskHistorians
Without any hype or hyperbole, how exciting is graphene actually?	72	askscience
Setting aside morality, from a purely legal standpoint how sound was the Supreme Court's ruling in the Dredd Scott case of 1857?	59	AskHistorians
Where does the idea of the Christian heaven being in the sky come from? How recent is the modern day representation of it literally being made of clouds, and where did that representation come from?	47	AskHistorians
Did the ancient Greeks consider the story of Icarus a cautionary tale about hubris, or is that a more modern interpretation?	43	AskHistorians
Questions about the narrative that Soviet submarine officer Vasili Arkhipov single-handedly prevented nuclear armageddon during the Cuban missile crisis	40	AskHistorians
How accurately can we predict the properties of "undiscovered" elements?	31	askscience