/u/theodolite's posts

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

When and how did 750 mL become the standard size for wine and liquor bottles?

1091 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

How well-known of an actor was John Wilkes Booth in 1865, on a scale of Chris Meloni to Brad Pitt?

274 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did the annual seasonal flu exist before 20th-century advances in transportation technology?

87 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why and how did Weimar-era Berlin become a locus for gay culture?

36 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

How did people in the Middle Ages distinguish between miracles performed by saints and magic performed by witches?

26 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did anyone in Ancient Greece ever try to climb Mt Olympus?

20 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

Did ordinary Romans ever go on vacation to outer parts of the empire?

11 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

This Wikipedia article argues that Mongolian 'phags-pa script is found in several examples of European Medieval art. Is this idea generally accepted among art historians?

9 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

What kind of gases are in a geode before it's opened? Trapped air from millions of years ago? Modern air? Something else?

4 upvotes • r/askscience

Mark as read: Add to a list

Lots of famous Roman marble statues are "copies of bronze originals" which have been lost. Where did they all go?

3 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
When and how did 750 mL become the standard size for wine and liquor bottles?	1091	AskHistorians
How well-known of an actor was John Wilkes Booth in 1865, on a scale of Chris Meloni to Brad Pitt?	274	AskHistorians
Did the annual seasonal flu exist before 20th-century advances in transportation technology?	87	AskHistorians
Why and how did Weimar-era Berlin become a locus for gay culture?	36	AskHistorians
How did people in the Middle Ages distinguish between miracles performed by saints and magic performed by witches?	26	AskHistorians
Did anyone in Ancient Greece ever try to climb Mt Olympus?	20	AskHistorians
Did ordinary Romans ever go on vacation to outer parts of the empire?	11	AskHistorians
This Wikipedia article argues that Mongolian 'phags-pa script is found in several examples of European Medieval art. Is this idea generally accepted among art historians?	9	AskHistorians
What kind of gases are in a geode before it's opened? Trapped air from millions of years ago? Modern air? Something else?	4	askscience
Lots of famous Roman marble statues are "copies of bronze originals" which have been lost. Where did they all go?	3	AskHistorians