/u/spikebrennan's posts in /r/askhistorians
J. Edgar Hoover, James Buchanan, Alexander Hamilton and Eleanor Roosevelt: Is there any truth to the speculation that any or all of them were gay?
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Wikipedia tells me that Alessandro Farnese (5 October 1520 – 2 March 1589) was made a cardinal by Pope Paul III (his grandfather) when Allesandro was 14 years old. Has there ever been a younger cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church?
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Has the Roman Catholic Church conceded that the Orthodox position on filioque was correct all along?
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How did lox, whitefish, etc. become associated with Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, given that population's traditional homeland in inland areas of central/Eastern Europe?
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Why was US General John Pershing (who served during WWI) the last to hold the US Army rank of “General of the Armies”? Why was that rank not awarded to, say, Marshall or Eisenhower in WWII?
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