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We all know vodka has always been big in Russia but what about other drugs? Like cocaine and marijuana? Was drug use common under Stalin?

153 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why is it Confucian ideals have lasted so long in China among average people while the writings and theories of Socrates, who was around try same time as Confucius, are relegated to philosophers?

151 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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William Faulkner was almost universally praised by most white literary critics in his time for his understanding of the South and it’s peoples. But how did African American authors and literary circles view him? How has his legacy changed over time?

151 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Say I'm a Soviet soldier in Berlin just after the Germans surrendered and I decide that I like the Capitalist West more and want to desert. Would I be able to cross over into one of the other Occupied sections of Germany and be accepted? Are people like me common?

133 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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TIL In August 1854, armed with pistols, swords and clubs hundreds of mutually antagonistic Chinese miners from the same region — the Pearl River Delta — fought a pitched battle on the outskirts of California town, Weaverville

132 upvotes • r/todayilearned

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Historians, what are some of the best history books that have come out in 2016?

131 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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This mf dogpaddled so The Deep could breaststroke

124 upvotes • r/TheBoys

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In the opening chapter of Misha Glenny’s book, The Balkans, he describes how the Ottoman Janissaries, once an elite group of soldiers sworn to serve the Sultans and the Empire, had by 1794 “degenerated into a corporation dedicated to self-aggrandizement”. What the hell happened?

120 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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TIL that from the late 1950’s to the 1970’s, the New York City Housing Authority had its own police force. What were the effects of this experiment in community policing? Was it more effective then the NYPD?

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Did the founding fathers ever recognize the disconnect between their words and the reality?

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We all know vodka has always been big in Russia but what about other drugs? Like cocaine and marijuana? Was drug use common under Stalin?	153	AskHistorians
Why is it Confucian ideals have lasted so long in China among average people while the writings and theories of Socrates, who was around try same time as Confucius, are relegated to philosophers?	151	AskHistorians
William Faulkner was almost universally praised by most white literary critics in his time for his understanding of the South and it’s peoples. But how did African American authors and literary circles view him? How has his legacy changed over time?	151	AskHistorians
Say I'm a Soviet soldier in Berlin just after the Germans surrendered and I decide that I like the Capitalist West more and want to desert. Would I be able to cross over into one of the other Occupied sections of Germany and be accepted? Are people like me common?	133	AskHistorians
TIL In August 1854, armed with pistols, swords and clubs hundreds of mutually antagonistic Chinese miners from the same region — the Pearl River Delta — fought a pitched battle on the outskirts of California town, Weaverville	132	todayilearned
Historians, what are some of the best history books that have come out in 2016?	131	AskHistorians
This mf dogpaddled so The Deep could breaststroke	124	TheBoys
In the opening chapter of Misha Glenny’s book, The Balkans, he describes how the Ottoman Janissaries, once an elite group of soldiers sworn to serve the Sultans and the Empire, had by 1794 “degenerated into a corporation dedicated to self-aggrandizement”. What the hell happened?	120	AskHistorians
TIL that from the late 1950’s to the 1970’s, the New York City Housing Authority had its own police force. What were the effects of this experiment in community policing? Was it more effective then the NYPD?	115	AskHistorians
Did the founding fathers ever recognize the disconnect between their words and the reality?	111	AskHistorians