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Is the depiction of a person pulling a cart of bodies shouting "Bring out your dead!" for people to pile bodies on during the Bubonic Plague an accurate one? Who was this person? How did they get stuck with what must have been one of the worst and dangerous jobs at the time?

73 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why do dogs like to play fetch? Is this a behavior only found in domesticated dogs?

69 upvotes • r/askscience

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I am an American WWII bomber crew member... my plane just got mortally wounded... what are the chances I survive? (How likely am I to be able to bail out?)

68 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Are there any historical reasons for why Asia in general has such a large population?

66 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why do martial competitions (boxing, kick boxing, MMA, etc.) often involve winning a belt rather than a traditional trophy? Where did the belt traditional start?

64 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Did the Soviet Union have any specialized spy planes like the US's U-2 or SR-71? What were they and what was their operational history like? Or why didn't the SU invest in specialized spy planes?

58 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Is there any rational reason for calculating pi (no pun intended) to millions and millions of digits? Or is it just calculating it for the sake of calculating it?

57 upvotes • r/askscience

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Was Hades considered bad or evil by ancient Greeks? And, if not, when/how did the change into seeing him as evil happen?

52 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Do aerodynamic properties hold at different model sizes? If you have an exact model of a jet that is 1/10 the size, 1/4, 1/2, and full size... will aerodynamic forces act the same way in a controlled environment?

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Was there any sort of deficit in tradesmen, craftsmen, in acadamia, etc. due to the holocaust in the following years? Did the various groups of people being exterminated leave certain trades crippled due to the most experienced workers being killed or displaced?

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Is the depiction of a person pulling a cart of bodies shouting "Bring out your dead!" for people to pile bodies on during the Bubonic Plague an accurate one? Who was this person? How did they get stuck with what must have been one of the worst and dangerous jobs at the time?	73	AskHistorians
Why do dogs like to play fetch? Is this a behavior only found in domesticated dogs?	69	askscience
I am an American WWII bomber crew member... my plane just got mortally wounded... what are the chances I survive? (How likely am I to be able to bail out?)	68	AskHistorians
Are there any historical reasons for why Asia in general has such a large population?	66	AskHistorians
Why do martial competitions (boxing, kick boxing, MMA, etc.) often involve winning a belt rather than a traditional trophy? Where did the belt traditional start?	64	AskHistorians
Did the Soviet Union have any specialized spy planes like the US's U-2 or SR-71? What were they and what was their operational history like? Or why didn't the SU invest in specialized spy planes?	58	AskHistorians
Is there any rational reason for calculating pi (no pun intended) to millions and millions of digits? Or is it just calculating it for the sake of calculating it?	57	askscience
Was Hades considered bad or evil by ancient Greeks? And, if not, when/how did the change into seeing him as evil happen?	52	AskHistorians
Do aerodynamic properties hold at different model sizes? If you have an exact model of a jet that is 1/10 the size, 1/4, 1/2, and full size... will aerodynamic forces act the same way in a controlled environment?	51	askscience
Was there any sort of deficit in tradesmen, craftsmen, in acadamia, etc. due to the holocaust in the following years? Did the various groups of people being exterminated leave certain trades crippled due to the most experienced workers being killed or displaced?	49	AskHistorians