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[Meta] Are there any other historians of sexuality in this sub that'd be interested in putting together an AMA?

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What did people do for birth control before our modern forms of birth control were invented?

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Why was Tsar Alexander II assassinated?

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Why is Krishna depicted as blue when he was black ?

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Why do men have short hair and women have long hair?

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Why did West Pakistan want East Pakistan?

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What were the largest African empires prior to the Scramble?

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In Elizabethan England (1550’s to 1600’s) what was considered “wealthy?” Were all rich citizens regarded as nobility? Or could there be equally wealthy ‘non-nobles’? What might the net-worth be of an average noble?

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Whenever two opposing teams face off, they're often given the colours of red and blue per default. Is this practice associated with the various wars between England and France?

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What is the true history of Thanksgiving and how it became the American holiday it is? How different is it from the story we are told in schools?

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[Meta] Are there any other historians of sexuality in this sub that'd be interested in putting together an AMA?	27
What did people do for birth control before our modern forms of birth control were invented?	27
Why was Tsar Alexander II assassinated?	27
Why is Krishna depicted as blue when he was black ?	26
Why do men have short hair and women have long hair?	26
Why did West Pakistan want East Pakistan?	26
What were the largest African empires prior to the Scramble?	26
In Elizabethan England (1550’s to 1600’s) what was considered “wealthy?” Were all rich citizens regarded as nobility? Or could there be equally wealthy ‘non-nobles’? What might the net-worth be of an average noble?	26
Whenever two opposing teams face off, they're often given the colours of red and blue per default. Is this practice associated with the various wars between England and France?	26
What is the true history of Thanksgiving and how it became the American holiday it is? How different is it from the story we are told in schools?	26