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What was the Old Fashioned cocktail called before it was old enough to be old fashioned?

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Why is the "king in the mountain" / "sleeping hero" folktale so widespread across European cultures?

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We always hear about purges, GULAGs and secret police, but what was the actual Soviet judicial system like? Were there juries or was it an inquisitional system?

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What are the origins of eggnog? Were there other forms of nog that did not involve egg?

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Guys, Girls and Sex: A Gender History Panel AMA

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Chivalric literature gives the impression that knights who crossed each other's paths would stop and duke it out. Did knights actually challenge other knights to combat so readily or is this just a literary trope?

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Historiography: how responsible has postmodernist theory been in creating the intellectual conditions in which modern Holocaust denial thrives?

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Stan Rogers' song "Barrett's Privateers" is about Canadian privateers preying on American shipping at the end of the 18th century. Were there actually Canadian pirates/privateers during this period?

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Friday AMA: Good morning askhistorians, I'm depanneur, ask me anything about Early Medieval Ireland!

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Celtic counting rhymes were used in England for centuries after its Anglicization. How long were Brythonic languages spoken in England after the establishment of Anglo-Saxon power?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What was the Old Fashioned cocktail called before it was old enough to be old fashioned?	1890
Why is the "king in the mountain" / "sleeping hero" folktale so widespread across European cultures?	1535
We always hear about purges, GULAGs and secret police, but what was the actual Soviet judicial system like? Were there juries or was it an inquisitional system?	1027
What are the origins of eggnog? Were there other forms of nog that did not involve egg?	468
Guys, Girls and Sex: A Gender History Panel AMA	382
Chivalric literature gives the impression that knights who crossed each other's paths would stop and duke it out. Did knights actually challenge other knights to combat so readily or is this just a literary trope?	300
Historiography: how responsible has postmodernist theory been in creating the intellectual conditions in which modern Holocaust denial thrives?	259
Stan Rogers' song "Barrett's Privateers" is about Canadian privateers preying on American shipping at the end of the 18th century. Were there actually Canadian pirates/privateers during this period?	252
Friday AMA: Good morning askhistorians, I'm depanneur, ask me anything about Early Medieval Ireland!	215
Celtic counting rhymes were used in England for centuries after its Anglicization. How long were Brythonic languages spoken in England after the establishment of Anglo-Saxon power?	197