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How were sea shanties written, led, and transmitted?

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How accurate was the 19th-century portrayal of African-American dialect?

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In A Midsummer Night's Dream, the buffoonish actors worry that they may be hanged if the play they put on is too scary. How exaggerated was that fear?

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Where did people get iodine before iodized salt?

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"Ten contains all the numbers which can be used in multiplying"

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I've watched several short PR films released by American railroads in the 1950s. Quite a few include complaints of being treated unfairly by the government, with appeals to the public to make it known that they did not approve. How significant a phenomenon was this?

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"Santa is Odin" - really?

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How did "prince" come to mean the son of a king?

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Norman hunting laws

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What is the source of the myth that medievals used spices to cover the taste of rotten meat?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How were sea shanties written, led, and transmitted?	5	AskHistorians
How accurate was the 19th-century portrayal of African-American dialect?	4	AskHistorians
In A Midsummer Night's Dream, the buffoonish actors worry that they may be hanged if the play they put on is too scary. How exaggerated was that fear?	4	AskHistorians
Where did people get iodine before iodized salt?	4	askscience
"Ten contains all the numbers which can be used in multiplying"	3	AskHistorians
I've watched several short PR films released by American railroads in the 1950s. Quite a few include complaints of being treated unfairly by the government, with appeals to the public to make it known that they did not approve. How significant a phenomenon was this?	3	AskHistorians
"Santa is Odin" - really?	3	AskHistorians
How did "prince" come to mean the son of a king?	3	AskHistorians
Norman hunting laws	3	AskHistorians
What is the source of the myth that medievals used spices to cover the taste of rotten meat?	3	AskHistorians