/u/brokensilence32's posts
Why does cuisine native to the Indian Subcontinent have so many spices? What made them make their food so darn hot?
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Why did the USSR ally themselves with Germany in the early days of WWII? Aren’t fascism and communism inherently opposed ideologies? Didn’t the Nazis oppress communists in Germany?
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In the TV show The Last Kingdom, several of the Danish characters have facial tattoos. Was this common among Danes in the ninth century?
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When Fascism and the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) were first taking off in Germany, was it more popular among young people or old people?
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Was the music of Robert Johnson played at the "From Spirituals to Swing" concert, and if so what songs were played?
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In the play and movie "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom", the spoken intro to the eponymous song is Rainey's nephew who has a stutter. Is there any truth to this story? Do we know who it even was that delivered the intro?
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Did early modern Europeans and Americans continue the Ancient Greek and Roman practice of putting coins over the eyes of corpses?
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