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In old Westerns, trackers could follow fugitives across any landscape at speed, and couldn't be shook by old movie standbys like walking through the water. What's realistic about how well and fast a tracker could track, and are there any other interesting historical aspects of tracking?

800 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Who made medieval swords, who made hilts (or their parts), and who made scabbards? Were they all the same person, and if not, did they have to work closely together?

34 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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With apologies for the not-normal questions, I'm just asking for commentary on the history of the saw. It just fascinates me how we made such a thing in an age before machinery.

33 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What are the origins of fiction? As in, earliest known instances of recorded stories that the audience would understand didn't actually happen?

16 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] The Man in the Empty Boat

15 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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How does the passage of time make it harder or easier to learn about centuries or millennia past? Does the answer differ between centuries and millenia?

12 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I awoke, and the sweat on my face told me the fever was gone.

11 upvotes • r/TwoSentenceHorror

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I could still see his eyes approaching, like lanterns in the fog.

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[WP] Imagine that you're hearing jazz. What's it like, and where?

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[WP] A villain defined by restraint.

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
In old Westerns, trackers could follow fugitives across any landscape at speed, and couldn't be shook by old movie standbys like walking through the water. What's realistic about how well and fast a tracker could track, and are there any other interesting historical aspects of tracking?	800	AskHistorians
Who made medieval swords, who made hilts (or their parts), and who made scabbards? Were they all the same person, and if not, did they have to work closely together?	34	AskHistorians
With apologies for the not-normal questions, I'm just asking for commentary on the history of the saw. It just fascinates me how we made such a thing in an age before machinery.	33	AskHistorians
What are the origins of fiction? As in, earliest known instances of recorded stories that the audience would understand didn't actually happen?	16	AskHistorians
[WP] The Man in the Empty Boat	15	WritingPrompts
How does the passage of time make it harder or easier to learn about centuries or millennia past? Does the answer differ between centuries and millenia?	12	AskHistorians
I awoke, and the sweat on my face told me the fever was gone.	11	TwoSentenceHorror
I could still see his eyes approaching, like lanterns in the fog.	7	TwoSentenceHorror
[WP] Imagine that you're hearing jazz. What's it like, and where?	7	WritingPrompts
[WP] A villain defined by restraint.	6	WritingPrompts