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Prior to the proliferation of safety razors, did men go to the barber daily, learn to shave themselves with a straight razor, or were they fine with having a bit of stubble?

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The city of Washington DC was founded as the capital of the USA in 1790. George Washington died in 1799. How did George Washington feel about the capital of the nation being named after him?

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I’m reading Dracula right now, and children are often referred to by the pronoun “it”. Was this common back then? If so why was it?

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How did people have anal sex prior to the development of modern sexual lubricant? NSFW

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We all know about the major German corporations who either took part in the Holocaust or in some other way collaborated with the Nazi party/government. Did any major German companies oppose or refuse to work with the Nazis? What consequences did they face?

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Did the media or politicians ever attack FDR's New Deal as being "socialist"?

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Why did Japan become more comfortable with allowing explicit violent or sexual content in their animation before the west did?

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Was the language spoken in Ancient China (let's say the Zhōu dynasty) closer to Mandarin or Cantonese?

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In the preamble to the Communist Manifesto, written in 1848, Marx and Engles imply that the label of “communist” was already a common political insult in European politics. Is this true? How common was the accusation of communism, and what exactly was meant by it in a pre-Manifesto Europe?

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John of Wallingford said that Vikings were very hygienic by the standards of the time. Ahmad ibn Fadlan, on the other hand, was disgusted by the hygiene of the Vikings he observed. How do we resolve these two contradictory accounts?

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Prior to the proliferation of safety razors, did men go to the barber daily, learn to shave themselves with a straight razor, or were they fine with having a bit of stubble?	48	AskHistorians
The city of Washington DC was founded as the capital of the USA in 1790. George Washington died in 1799. How did George Washington feel about the capital of the nation being named after him?	43	AskHistorians
I’m reading Dracula right now, and children are often referred to by the pronoun “it”. Was this common back then? If so why was it?	38	AskHistorians
How did people have anal sex prior to the development of modern sexual lubricant? NSFW	38	AskHistorians
We all know about the major German corporations who either took part in the Holocaust or in some other way collaborated with the Nazi party/government. Did any major German companies oppose or refuse to work with the Nazis? What consequences did they face?	33	AskHistorians
Did the media or politicians ever attack FDR's New Deal as being "socialist"?	33	AskHistorians
Why did Japan become more comfortable with allowing explicit violent or sexual content in their animation before the west did?	30	AskHistorians
Was the language spoken in Ancient China (let's say the Zhōu dynasty) closer to Mandarin or Cantonese?	30	AskHistorians
In the preamble to the Communist Manifesto, written in 1848, Marx and Engles imply that the label of “communist” was already a common political insult in European politics. Is this true? How common was the accusation of communism, and what exactly was meant by it in a pre-Manifesto Europe?	28	AskHistorians
John of Wallingford said that Vikings were very hygienic by the standards of the time. Ahmad ibn Fadlan, on the other hand, was disgusted by the hygiene of the Vikings he observed. How do we resolve these two contradictory accounts?	27	AskHistorians