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How do we know if a thermometer is accurate? Should we trust that the local weather service has accurate thermometers?

3034 upvotes • r/askscience

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In many classic TV sitcoms, upper middle class families have a live-in maid. How common was this in America? When and why did families stop employing maids?

519 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Many middle-class families in TV sitcoms from the 50s - 80s had live-in housekeepers. (Brady Bunch, Hazel, the Jeffersons, etc.) How common were live-in housekeepers in real life? Why don't upper middle-class families have them now?

242 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why did many large American corporations founded in the late 1800s and early 1900s have very generic names, like General Electric, Standard Oil, and General Motors?

141 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Cartoons and children's toys often portray circus trains as having a giraffe car where the giraffe's neck sticks out through the roof. Did circuses ever actually transport giraffes like that?

68 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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When we see pictures of the Milky Way, we see clusters of colors (sometimes green or yellow or or purple) between the stars. What is this colored stuff?

9 upvotes • r/askscience

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Today I learned that my grandfather was a "technical staff sargeant" in the US Army during WW2. He served aboard Navy's USS Hope hospital ship. What might his duties have been?

9 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Can someone explain the political beliefs of Ancient Romans?

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What specific things did Hitler say in his speeches that made him so persuasive?

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If I strapped an extremely powerful magnet to the front of my body, would I be able to "feel" which way is north?

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How do we know if a thermometer is accurate? Should we trust that the local weather service has accurate thermometers?	3034	askscience
In many classic TV sitcoms, upper middle class families have a live-in maid. How common was this in America? When and why did families stop employing maids?	519	AskHistorians
Many middle-class families in TV sitcoms from the 50s - 80s had live-in housekeepers. (Brady Bunch, Hazel, the Jeffersons, etc.) How common were live-in housekeepers in real life? Why don't upper middle-class families have them now?	242	AskHistorians
Why did many large American corporations founded in the late 1800s and early 1900s have very generic names, like General Electric, Standard Oil, and General Motors?	141	AskHistorians
Cartoons and children's toys often portray circus trains as having a giraffe car where the giraffe's neck sticks out through the roof. Did circuses ever actually transport giraffes like that?	68	AskHistorians
When we see pictures of the Milky Way, we see clusters of colors (sometimes green or yellow or or purple) between the stars. What is this colored stuff?	9	askscience
Today I learned that my grandfather was a "technical staff sargeant" in the US Army during WW2. He served aboard Navy's USS Hope hospital ship. What might his duties have been?	9	AskHistorians
Can someone explain the political beliefs of Ancient Romans?	7	AskHistorians
What specific things did Hitler say in his speeches that made him so persuasive?	6	AskHistorians
If I strapped an extremely powerful magnet to the front of my body, would I be able to "feel" which way is north?	4	askscience