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How likely was it that Julius Caesar was not the father of his son with Cleopatra, Caesarion?

121 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Britain's WWII strategic bomber the Avro Lancaster only had one pilot. Yet it flew missions over 8 hours long. How did a single pilot manage by themselves over such a long time?

95 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[PI] So someone wrote a prompt about the dark secret a US President is initiated into, but it got deleted while I was writing. Here's my story.

78 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Robert Garland states that a Sumatra super volcano decimated ancient humanity to the point only a few thousand humans may have survived worldwide. What do we know about this event and how close was humanity to being wiped out?

72 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[CW] A NASA probe discovers something shocking. Write the only tweet a NASA employee was able to get out before all information was redacted and the probe declared "lost to technical malfunctions".

50 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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When Hannibal marched on Rome he took a number of elephants with him through the Alps. Were any remnants of elephants who died along the route later found?

25 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What is it with boomers and trees?

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What do we know about this case from Justinian Code?

12 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Poland somehow avoided the Black Plague. Do we have any evidence or credible theories as to why when the rest of Europe and Asia suffered?

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King Phillip of Macedonia was credited for "bringing the Macedonians down from the mountains" and giving them culture, military discipline, and turning Macedonia into a superpower. How much credit does he deserve vs. societal conditions already developing at the time?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How likely was it that Julius Caesar was not the father of his son with Cleopatra, Caesarion?	121	AskHistorians
Britain's WWII strategic bomber the Avro Lancaster only had one pilot. Yet it flew missions over 8 hours long. How did a single pilot manage by themselves over such a long time?	95	AskHistorians
[PI] So someone wrote a prompt about the dark secret a US President is initiated into, but it got deleted while I was writing. Here's my story.	78	WritingPrompts
Robert Garland states that a Sumatra super volcano decimated ancient humanity to the point only a few thousand humans may have survived worldwide. What do we know about this event and how close was humanity to being wiped out?	72	AskHistorians
[CW] A NASA probe discovers something shocking. Write the only tweet a NASA employee was able to get out before all information was redacted and the probe declared "lost to technical malfunctions".	50	WritingPrompts
When Hannibal marched on Rome he took a number of elephants with him through the Alps. Were any remnants of elephants who died along the route later found?	25	AskHistorians
What is it with boomers and trees?	15	BoomersBeingFools
What do we know about this case from Justinian Code?	12	AskHistorians
Poland somehow avoided the Black Plague. Do we have any evidence or credible theories as to why when the rest of Europe and Asia suffered?	11	AskHistorians
King Phillip of Macedonia was credited for "bringing the Macedonians down from the mountains" and giving them culture, military discipline, and turning Macedonia into a superpower. How much credit does he deserve vs. societal conditions already developing at the time?	11	AskHistorians