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What sort of recreational drugs were used by the troops during WW1 and WW2? Was there any major shift in drug use between the two wars?

871 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Who was the last female dictator of a nation?

342 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] Two sentence story. First sentence is the setup. Second is the gut punch. Go!

106 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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In WW2, was smoking allowed inside tanks and aircraft during missions?

87 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Has it ever been determined what was wrong with JFK's health?

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What distance did WW2 fighter pilots (of all sides) usually have their gun convergence set at?

73 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What were the main national differences in military fighter aircraft design philosophy since WW1 to the Korean war? And who were the people behind these decisions?

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What was the role of the Dalai Lama in the slavery in Tibet?

64 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Who was the person who OK'd the launch of STS-51-L, which ended in a catastrophe, despite warnings from scientists about the O-rings? And what happened to him afterwards? Where is he now?

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[WP] NSA employee writes a creepy love letter to someone he/she selected using the agency's surveillance infrastructure, but has never met.

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What sort of recreational drugs were used by the troops during WW1 and WW2? Was there any major shift in drug use between the two wars?	871	AskHistorians
Who was the last female dictator of a nation?	342	AskHistorians
[WP] Two sentence story. First sentence is the setup. Second is the gut punch. Go!	106	WritingPrompts
In WW2, was smoking allowed inside tanks and aircraft during missions?	87	AskHistorians
Has it ever been determined what was wrong with JFK's health?	82	AskHistorians
What distance did WW2 fighter pilots (of all sides) usually have their gun convergence set at?	73	AskHistorians
What were the main national differences in military fighter aircraft design philosophy since WW1 to the Korean war? And who were the people behind these decisions?	72	AskHistorians
What was the role of the Dalai Lama in the slavery in Tibet?	64	AskHistorians
Who was the person who OK'd the launch of STS-51-L, which ended in a catastrophe, despite warnings from scientists about the O-rings? And what happened to him afterwards? Where is he now?	49	AskHistorians
[WP] NSA employee writes a creepy love letter to someone he/she selected using the agency's surveillance infrastructure, but has never met.	47	WritingPrompts