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Was my famous ancestor a Nazi collaborator?

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We know that medieval nobles traded portraits to decide who to marry. Did they ever send nudes?

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What was the public reaction to Swift's Modest Proposal? Did everyone get the joke?

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Did WaPo's investigation of Watergate actually contribute to Nixon's downfall? Or merely shed light on a legal process already in action?

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Shakespeare has Brutus kill Caesar to prevent a monarchy. How did that go down in 1500s England?

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Why doesn't Cuba have a cool "Democratic" or "People's" in its name? Was there a difference between Democratic, People's, and Socialist republics?

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Most of us know about silk and spices being traded west along the Silk Road. What kinds of commodities went the other direction, from Europe to Asia?

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How old is the legal profession? Given the money, would Galileo have been able to lawyer out of trouble? Joan of Arc? Jesus Christ?

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How accurate is Tyler Durden's speech on the origin of soap?

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In the beginning of Huck Finn, the villagers look for Huck's corpse by floating loaves of bread with mercury. Is there any historical basis to this crazy-ass practice?

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Was my famous ancestor a Nazi collaborator?	5259	AskHistorians
We know that medieval nobles traded portraits to decide who to marry. Did they ever send nudes?	4694	AskHistorians
What was the public reaction to Swift's Modest Proposal? Did everyone get the joke?	1267	AskHistorians
Did WaPo's investigation of Watergate actually contribute to Nixon's downfall? Or merely shed light on a legal process already in action?	593	AskHistorians
Shakespeare has Brutus kill Caesar to prevent a monarchy. How did that go down in 1500s England?	389	AskHistorians
Why doesn't Cuba have a cool "Democratic" or "People's" in its name? Was there a difference between Democratic, People's, and Socialist republics?	259	AskHistorians
Most of us know about silk and spices being traded west along the Silk Road. What kinds of commodities went the other direction, from Europe to Asia?	143	AskHistorians
How old is the legal profession? Given the money, would Galileo have been able to lawyer out of trouble? Joan of Arc? Jesus Christ?	127	AskHistorians
How accurate is Tyler Durden's speech on the origin of soap?	123	AskHistorians
In the beginning of Huck Finn, the villagers look for Huck's corpse by floating loaves of bread with mercury. Is there any historical basis to this crazy-ass practice?	108	AskHistorians