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Where did the EADGBE guitar tuning come from, and when did it become the 'standard' tuning?

446 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Some of the American founding fathers had deist or other unorthodox religious beliefs. How widespread were these beliefs among the general American population at the time?

346 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How did the Spanish anarchist movement get so large whilst anarchist groups in other countries remained small?

168 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Death Drug: absolutely bonkers anti-drug movie from 1978, Tubbs from Miami Vice plays a plumber whose singing career is derailed when he starts smoking PCP. Soundtrack by the Gap Band

138 upvotes • r/badMovies

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It's common for sports teams to hold a minute of silence before a match to commemorate a deceased person or a recent tragedy. How did this tradition come about? How old is it?

125 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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It's 1935, I'm Mexican and I walk into a segregated Southern diner. Do I sit on the black side, or the white side?

101 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Kaylia Nemour's gold medal performance and results

87 upvotes • r/arabs

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‘Murphy’s law’ gambling ad ban to be rejected in favour of caps

73 upvotes • r/nrl

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In his private letters, Karl Marx could be prejudiced against Russians, for instance saying that "as soon as a Russian gets a foothold, there is the devil to pay". How did Russian communists respond to this when it was discovered?

62 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Were there any Jewish refugees post-WWII that wound up in Israel despite having other nations as a first preference destination?

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Where did the EADGBE guitar tuning come from, and when did it become the 'standard' tuning?	446	AskHistorians
Some of the American founding fathers had deist or other unorthodox religious beliefs. How widespread were these beliefs among the general American population at the time?	346	AskHistorians
How did the Spanish anarchist movement get so large whilst anarchist groups in other countries remained small?	168	AskHistorians
Death Drug: absolutely bonkers anti-drug movie from 1978, Tubbs from Miami Vice plays a plumber whose singing career is derailed when he starts smoking PCP. Soundtrack by the Gap Band	138	badMovies
It's common for sports teams to hold a minute of silence before a match to commemorate a deceased person or a recent tragedy. How did this tradition come about? How old is it?	125	AskHistorians
It's 1935, I'm Mexican and I walk into a segregated Southern diner. Do I sit on the black side, or the white side?	101	AskHistorians
Kaylia Nemour's gold medal performance and results	87	arabs
‘Murphy’s law’ gambling ad ban to be rejected in favour of caps	73	nrl
In his private letters, Karl Marx could be prejudiced against Russians, for instance saying that "as soon as a Russian gets a foothold, there is the devil to pay". How did Russian communists respond to this when it was discovered?	62	AskHistorians
Were there any Jewish refugees post-WWII that wound up in Israel despite having other nations as a first preference destination?	60	AskHistorians