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Was an "atomic bomb" something that people at large understood was a thing that could exist prior to the Hiroshima bombing, or was its invention and use a complete surprise to everyone except cutting-edge physicists?

4041 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Were people in Joseon Korea really so terrified of their social betters, as is depicted in Netflix's "Kingdom"?

276 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How did Bold & Italics become the universal text transforming options used in almost all word processors? Do these font variations pre-date computers, and were there other text variations used in the past?

136 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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It is 1791 and the 2nd Amendment has just been ratified in the young United States. To celebrate muh freedoms, I'd like to purchase a firearm. How would I go about doing that?

122 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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When did novelty/joke political candidates (eg. Lord Buckethead, Vermin Supreme) start showing up, and how did people react to them?

53 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Was the gulag system still active in the mid-to-late '80s in the USSR?

40 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What is the history of people caring about Ada Lovelace?

30 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Were there voices in the space industry in the 1970s doubting the Space Shuttle's potential reusability, affordability, safety, and promises of quick turn around?

27 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How is it that all computer code is not effectively "open source", since binaries can be read?

11 upvotes • r/askscience

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Is this meteorologist correct in stating that the contribution of global warming to the current PNW heatwave is minimal?

6 upvotes • r/askscience

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Was an "atomic bomb" something that people at large understood was a thing that could exist prior to the Hiroshima bombing, or was its invention and use a complete surprise to everyone except cutting-edge physicists?	4041	AskHistorians
Were people in Joseon Korea really so terrified of their social betters, as is depicted in Netflix's "Kingdom"?	276	AskHistorians
How did Bold & Italics become the universal text transforming options used in almost all word processors? Do these font variations pre-date computers, and were there other text variations used in the past?	136	AskHistorians
It is 1791 and the 2nd Amendment has just been ratified in the young United States. To celebrate muh freedoms, I'd like to purchase a firearm. How would I go about doing that?	122	AskHistorians
When did novelty/joke political candidates (eg. Lord Buckethead, Vermin Supreme) start showing up, and how did people react to them?	53	AskHistorians
Was the gulag system still active in the mid-to-late '80s in the USSR?	40	AskHistorians
What is the history of people caring about Ada Lovelace?	30	AskHistorians
Were there voices in the space industry in the 1970s doubting the Space Shuttle's potential reusability, affordability, safety, and promises of quick turn around?	27	AskHistorians
How is it that all computer code is not effectively "open source", since binaries can be read?	11	askscience
Is this meteorologist correct in stating that the contribution of global warming to the current PNW heatwave is minimal?	6	askscience