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A common trope in popular culture is a "primitive" society upon contact with a "modern" society believing that taking one's photograph would steal their soul. Is there any truth to this? Has this been a belief that any indigenous cultures have had?

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haha i legit sometimes worry hrt will kill me but not having it is also killing me NSFW

61 upvotes • r/sillygirlclub

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I've heard some say that the Arab slave trade was far larger and more damaging than the Atlantic slave trade ever was. Is this true, or a false/misleading statement to advance political ideology?

60 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why have comedic depictions of doctors and intellectuals in American culture stereotypically had German accents?

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The 1960s Adam West Batman show is very pro-police, albeit in a possibly tongue-in-cheek manner. Did the show ever receive criticism from the counter-cultural or civil rights movements happening at the same time?

57 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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A common stereotype of "primitive" civilizations is human sacrifice via throwing someone into a volcano? Have any civilizations ever actually done this? If not, how did that image get popularized?

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rule

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At the beginning of the 2009 adaptation of “A Christmas Carol,” Jocob Marley is being buried with Tuppence over his eyes. Was a pagan religious practice like Charon’s Obol still practiced in 19th century Christian England?

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Did the Manhattan Project see radiation and fallout as a benefit of the Atomic Bomb, or was it an unintended side effect?

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In the video game Mafia III, set in 1968, there are some businesses that still enforce a "no coloreds" rule despite the fact that it is a full 4 years after the Civil Right Act. Did any businesses in the deep south actually refuse to comply with the act?

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A common trope in popular culture is a "primitive" society upon contact with a "modern" society believing that taking one's photograph would steal their soul. Is there any truth to this? Has this been a belief that any indigenous cultures have had?	88	AskHistorians
haha i legit sometimes worry hrt will kill me but not having it is also killing me NSFW	61	sillygirlclub
I've heard some say that the Arab slave trade was far larger and more damaging than the Atlantic slave trade ever was. Is this true, or a false/misleading statement to advance political ideology?	60	AskHistorians
Why have comedic depictions of doctors and intellectuals in American culture stereotypically had German accents?	58	AskHistorians
The 1960s Adam West Batman show is very pro-police, albeit in a possibly tongue-in-cheek manner. Did the show ever receive criticism from the counter-cultural or civil rights movements happening at the same time?	57	AskHistorians
A common stereotype of "primitive" civilizations is human sacrifice via throwing someone into a volcano? Have any civilizations ever actually done this? If not, how did that image get popularized?	57	AskHistorians
rule	55	196
At the beginning of the 2009 adaptation of “A Christmas Carol,” Jocob Marley is being buried with Tuppence over his eyes. Was a pagan religious practice like Charon’s Obol still practiced in 19th century Christian England?	53	AskHistorians
Did the Manhattan Project see radiation and fallout as a benefit of the Atomic Bomb, or was it an unintended side effect?	52	AskHistorians
In the video game Mafia III, set in 1968, there are some businesses that still enforce a "no coloreds" rule despite the fact that it is a full 4 years after the Civil Right Act. Did any businesses in the deep south actually refuse to comply with the act?	50	AskHistorians