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Indigenous Australian communities currently have significant problems with alcohol. What is the history behind this? Was alcohol ever used as a ‘weapon’ by the settlers/invaders to deliberately subdue Indigenous groups?

1138 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth is killed by Macduff, who is ‘not of woman born’ because he was born by Caesarian section. It’s a silly twist inserted for dramatic purposes, but how common were C-sections in Shakespearean England? Did any women survive C-sections at that time?

173 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Was there a baby boom after WW1, like there was after WW2? Why or why not?

8 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Intermittent fasting is currently in vogue as a tool for weight loss. I have also heard said that skipping breakfast is not ‘good for you’. How should people trying to lose weight reconcile this apparent conflict?

1 upvotes • r/askscience

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Indigenous Australian communities currently have significant problems with alcohol. What is the history behind this? Was alcohol ever used as a ‘weapon’ by the settlers/invaders to deliberately subdue Indigenous groups?	1138	AskHistorians
In Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth is killed by Macduff, who is ‘not of woman born’ because he was born by Caesarian section. It’s a silly twist inserted for dramatic purposes, but how common were C-sections in Shakespearean England? Did any women survive C-sections at that time?	173	AskHistorians
Was there a baby boom after WW1, like there was after WW2? Why or why not?	8	AskHistorians
Intermittent fasting is currently in vogue as a tool for weight loss. I have also heard said that skipping breakfast is not ‘good for you’. How should people trying to lose weight reconcile this apparent conflict?	1	askscience