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True Kino incoming.

114 upvotes • r/okbuddyrintard

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The USSR was obsessed with American Levi's Jeans. Did America have any consumer goods from USSR take the same place as a similar status symbol?

94 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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'A Chicken in Every Pot' was a shorthand to indicate desire for prosperity for the poor dating back to 16th Century France. But I thought chickens were very expensive until broilers were bred in the 1920s. Wouldn't 'pigs' or 'pork' be cheaper and more logical?

86 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why did cheese never become prominent in Asian diets?

46 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Forks don't appear to have gotten popular in Europe until the 1600's. Was there a chance that early contact with Japan meant the Japanese side saw Europeans eating with their hands and looked down on them as a result?

30 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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When and why did militaries shift from teaching and arming boys as young as thirteen to be officers, to the war colleges of today?

28 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why were bananas so rare in the USSR?

26 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[TT] From bronze tipped spears to plasma rifles, from neighboring tribes to far away alien republics, there is one constant that has not changed. Soldiers bitch about everything.

22 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Why is construction associated with Organized Crime, or rather, how is it so often associated with it?

18 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why do the Pinkertons have their current reputations?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
True Kino incoming.	114	okbuddyrintard
The USSR was obsessed with American Levi's Jeans. Did America have any consumer goods from USSR take the same place as a similar status symbol?	94	AskHistorians
'A Chicken in Every Pot' was a shorthand to indicate desire for prosperity for the poor dating back to 16th Century France. But I thought chickens were very expensive until broilers were bred in the 1920s. Wouldn't 'pigs' or 'pork' be cheaper and more logical?	86	AskHistorians
Why did cheese never become prominent in Asian diets?	46	AskHistorians
Forks don't appear to have gotten popular in Europe until the 1600's. Was there a chance that early contact with Japan meant the Japanese side saw Europeans eating with their hands and looked down on them as a result?	30	AskHistorians
When and why did militaries shift from teaching and arming boys as young as thirteen to be officers, to the war colleges of today?	28	AskHistorians
Why were bananas so rare in the USSR?	26	AskHistorians
[TT] From bronze tipped spears to plasma rifles, from neighboring tribes to far away alien republics, there is one constant that has not changed. Soldiers bitch about everything.	22	WritingPrompts
Why is construction associated with Organized Crime, or rather, how is it so often associated with it?	18	AskHistorians
Why do the Pinkertons have their current reputations?	18	AskHistorians