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A common element of letters to Santa from the late 19th and early 20th is requests for bags of nuts for Christmas. Why is this? Was it just tradition or did children actually want nuts for Christmas over, say, candy?

2420 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have a number of things in common and have interacted with each other extensively. Has there ever been an effort to develop a "Pan-Abrahamism" to unite followers all three religions under some common cause?

467 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP]You've gone on a grand quest, defeated all of the foes standing in your way, and are now approaching the dark lord's castle only to find out... You're not the hero of this story.

19 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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How did the sword become the iconic "medieval weapon" when other weapons of the time were either stronger aganist plate or had more reach with comparable damage?

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In fiction, there's a fairly common trope of the "legit" portion of the dealings of a front for a criminal organization becoming more profitable than the criminal portion. How common was this historically?

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What factors prevented the widespread adoption of assembly lines earlier in history?

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Did the Roman Republic have any concept of popular sovereignty?

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The Japanese word for "kitchen" seems to be cognate with the English word "kitchen". How did this happen? What historical factors caused this?

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It's commonly known that for a commander to qualify for a Triumph during the Roman Republic, he must first be "hailed Imperator" by his troops. Do we know exactly was it determined whether or not this happened?

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A lot of drugs that cure major diseases have been shown to successfully work in lab animals but not in humans. With this in mind, how long could a mouse(or other common lab animal) be kept alive past its normal lifespan given the necessary resources?

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A common element of letters to Santa from the late 19th and early 20th is requests for bags of nuts for Christmas. Why is this? Was it just tradition or did children actually want nuts for Christmas over, say, candy?	2420	AskHistorians
Judaism, Christianity, and Islam have a number of things in common and have interacted with each other extensively. Has there ever been an effort to develop a "Pan-Abrahamism" to unite followers all three religions under some common cause?	467	AskHistorians
[WP]You've gone on a grand quest, defeated all of the foes standing in your way, and are now approaching the dark lord's castle only to find out... You're not the hero of this story.	19	WritingPrompts
How did the sword become the iconic "medieval weapon" when other weapons of the time were either stronger aganist plate or had more reach with comparable damage?	19	AskHistorians
In fiction, there's a fairly common trope of the "legit" portion of the dealings of a front for a criminal organization becoming more profitable than the criminal portion. How common was this historically?	7	AskHistorians
What factors prevented the widespread adoption of assembly lines earlier in history?	5	AskHistorians
Did the Roman Republic have any concept of popular sovereignty?	4	AskHistorians
The Japanese word for "kitchen" seems to be cognate with the English word "kitchen". How did this happen? What historical factors caused this?	4	AskHistorians
It's commonly known that for a commander to qualify for a Triumph during the Roman Republic, he must first be "hailed Imperator" by his troops. Do we know exactly was it determined whether or not this happened?	4	AskHistorians
A lot of drugs that cure major diseases have been shown to successfully work in lab animals but not in humans. With this in mind, how long could a mouse(or other common lab animal) be kept alive past its normal lifespan given the necessary resources?	1	askscience