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Are the saloon doors in Western movies accurate? If so, why were they like that?

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How did The Hague get such a strange name--including the word 'The'?

144 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How did the letter X become associated with strangeness and mystery?

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Have all of the mothers dying in childbirth throughout human history lead to any selection pressures on shapes of babies or anything like that?

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Did people in western civilizations 500, 1000 or 2000 years ago experience romantic love in the same way we do?

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Who were some major non-Greek, pre-Socratic Western philosophers? What were some of their main ideas?

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Towers-apart from castles-have become common in fantasy literature. We're they common during the medieval ages, or at any point in history? What was their point?

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Did the majority of medieval Europeans believe in ghosts? Did that play a role in their daily lives? When/how did the majority of people stop believing in them?

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Are there any podcasts that discuss fringe historical theories?

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Can anyone recommend a good iTunes U course (or some other free audio) on European history?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Are the saloon doors in Western movies accurate? If so, why were they like that?	1376	AskHistorians
How did The Hague get such a strange name--including the word 'The'?	144	AskHistorians
How did the letter X become associated with strangeness and mystery?	21	AskHistorians
Have all of the mothers dying in childbirth throughout human history lead to any selection pressures on shapes of babies or anything like that?	11	askscience
Did people in western civilizations 500, 1000 or 2000 years ago experience romantic love in the same way we do?	9	AskHistorians
Who were some major non-Greek, pre-Socratic Western philosophers? What were some of their main ideas?	9	AskHistorians
Towers-apart from castles-have become common in fantasy literature. We're they common during the medieval ages, or at any point in history? What was their point?	8	AskHistorians
Did the majority of medieval Europeans believe in ghosts? Did that play a role in their daily lives? When/how did the majority of people stop believing in them?	7	AskHistorians
Are there any podcasts that discuss fringe historical theories?	6	AskHistorians
Can anyone recommend a good iTunes U course (or some other free audio) on European history?	4	AskHistorians