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How did the Wingdings font come about? Why did it stay in Microsoft Word when the software went out for consumption? Just as a joke?

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Today is the 241st birthday of the Illuminati in Bavaria. What were their original goals and how did we get to the pop culture imagine of shadowy puppet-masters tugging at corporate and political strings?

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I know he had a parrot, but did Andrew Jackson exhibit any other swashbuckling tendencies from a 19th century point of view?

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What common stereotypes did Soviet troops apply to Afghans, particularly with regards to male-male sexual relationships, during the Soviet invasion/occupation of Afghanistan?

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What was crime in the South like during the American Civil War?

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Norman Cantor has said that the idea of "classes" became central to historical thought since the 19th Century. What prevailed prior to this?

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Did any American civil war veterans serve in uniform in WW1?

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Question on religious significance of ritual execution and cannibalism by the Iroquois.

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I know he probably wouldn't be called a quack as much these days, but is calling Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z "prescient" going too far? Where does the reality of an enormous pre-Columbian city fall on a spectrum between "counterfeit paradise" and "El Dorado?"

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If I'm sending my wife dirty letters in 1873 what's the likelihood I'll actually be prosecuted under the Comstock laws?

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How did the Wingdings font come about? Why did it stay in Microsoft Word when the software went out for consumption? Just as a joke?	8	AskHistorians
Today is the 241st birthday of the Illuminati in Bavaria. What were their original goals and how did we get to the pop culture imagine of shadowy puppet-masters tugging at corporate and political strings?	7	AskHistorians
I know he had a parrot, but did Andrew Jackson exhibit any other swashbuckling tendencies from a 19th century point of view?	7	AskHistorians
What common stereotypes did Soviet troops apply to Afghans, particularly with regards to male-male sexual relationships, during the Soviet invasion/occupation of Afghanistan?	7	AskHistorians
What was crime in the South like during the American Civil War?	7	AskHistorians
Norman Cantor has said that the idea of "classes" became central to historical thought since the 19th Century. What prevailed prior to this?	7	AskHistorians
Did any American civil war veterans serve in uniform in WW1?	7	AskHistorians
Question on religious significance of ritual execution and cannibalism by the Iroquois.	7	AskHistorians
I know he probably wouldn't be called a quack as much these days, but is calling Percy Fawcett and his quest for the Lost City of Z "prescient" going too far? Where does the reality of an enormous pre-Columbian city fall on a spectrum between "counterfeit paradise" and "El Dorado?"	7	AskHistorians
If I'm sending my wife dirty letters in 1873 what's the likelihood I'll actually be prosecuted under the Comstock laws?	7	AskHistorians