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Humans were around for ~ 300,000 years before advent of modern civilization which then brought about the relatively drastic changes of the past 5,000 years. Was it a slow but steady march to this point, or did something trigger or catalyze this change?

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I dissect human body parts (about 17,000 per year) and perform autopsies for a living. AMA.

382 upvotes • r/IAmA

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What did slaves in the U.S. South do in mid-summer and in winter when there were no crops to plant or harvest?

248 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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People waiting in a line wrapped around the building for Whataburger (in 97 degree heat).

247 upvotes • r/greenville

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Were brothels and prostitution as ubiquitous in the American West as is portrayed in film and fiction?

186 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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So many of the adults I know have poor vision. How did people survive in ancient times if their vision was so bad? How did they hunt? How did they craft etc?

179 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Since ancient and medieval people didn't really know about microscopic bacteria and yeast, what was their understanding of what was happening when they made beer or cheese or bread?

139 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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My dad is the most bad-ass mofo I know. He was wounded by a hand grenade, drove over a mined bridge that blew up, and caught 2 Ak-47 rounds in his stomach. That was before he was a POW and killed his guard to escape. AMA about him...

104 upvotes • r/IAmA

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[WP] As a graduate project, you create software that goes through medical records to find correlations. One day, it starts finding odd patterns in Social Security numbers: Everyone whose SSN ends in "58" dies of a stroke. If their SSN starts with "42" or "49" they always die on a Thursday.

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How has humor (i.e. jokes) evolved? What aspects of humor have remained universal? How much do we know about ancient humor?

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Humans were around for ~ 300,000 years before advent of modern civilization which then brought about the relatively drastic changes of the past 5,000 years. Was it a slow but steady march to this point, or did something trigger or catalyze this change?	3382	AskHistorians
I dissect human body parts (about 17,000 per year) and perform autopsies for a living. AMA.	382	IAmA
What did slaves in the U.S. South do in mid-summer and in winter when there were no crops to plant or harvest?	248	AskHistorians
People waiting in a line wrapped around the building for Whataburger (in 97 degree heat).	247	greenville
Were brothels and prostitution as ubiquitous in the American West as is portrayed in film and fiction?	186	AskHistorians
So many of the adults I know have poor vision. How did people survive in ancient times if their vision was so bad? How did they hunt? How did they craft etc?	179	AskHistorians
Since ancient and medieval people didn't really know about microscopic bacteria and yeast, what was their understanding of what was happening when they made beer or cheese or bread?	139	AskHistorians
My dad is the most bad-ass mofo I know. He was wounded by a hand grenade, drove over a mined bridge that blew up, and caught 2 Ak-47 rounds in his stomach. That was before he was a POW and killed his guard to escape. AMA about him...	104	IAmA
[WP] As a graduate project, you create software that goes through medical records to find correlations. One day, it starts finding odd patterns in Social Security numbers: Everyone whose SSN ends in "58" dies of a stroke. If their SSN starts with "42" or "49" they always die on a Thursday.	89	WritingPrompts
How has humor (i.e. jokes) evolved? What aspects of humor have remained universal? How much do we know about ancient humor?	85	AskHistorians