What celebrity or public figure do you dislike so much, and have felt uneasy about from the beginning, that you can't believe how many people are "fooled" by them? (www.reddit.com)
What was going on in Ireland at beginning of the 20th century (1901, specifically) that might have encouraged my great-great-grandparents to give their children's ages as consistently 3-5 years younger than reality for the 1901 Census of Ireland? (www.reddit.com)
Why did no English or British king ever style themselves as King Arthur, despite many kings having had Arthur as one of their names? Why was King John not named King John I, and why has there not been a king named John ever since? (www.reddit.com)
In 1919 Adolf Hitler joined a Red Brigade during the People's State of Bavaria under Eisner. I can find absolutely no information on this online, or anywhere else other than Kershaw's biography. What do we know about his period in Hitler's life? How did Hitler come to join up with Communists? (www.reddit.com)
If a sexual partner accidentally crossed a sexual boundary by going for an act without any abusive intent but without seeking your consent first, how would you react and how would you feel? (www.reddit.com)
Black clothing was used in Ancient Greece, but natural black dye is extremely difficult to make. How did they do it? Would us recognize it as black or was it a deep/dark shadow of other colours? (www.reddit.com)
The US annexed Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam from Spain in 1898. Why did they also need to pay Spain an indemnity of $20 million when they had clearly won the war? (www.reddit.com)
Russia has ordered journalists to not refer to there being a state of war in Ukraine, referring it always as a "special operation." During Korea, when US forces were involved in a "police action" was there pushback to anyone who called it a war? Was "police action" mocked as a description? (www.reddit.com)
What areas of U.S. history do you think the typical American -- even one with a college education -- lacks a meaningful understanding of? What books would you recommend to fill in those gaps? (Some explanation inside.) (www.reddit.com)
What are your thoughts on “quiet quitting”? Is it something you’ve been doing for a while or something you’ve recently started implementing? (www.reddit.com)
Robert Evans recently described Christopher Columbus' Genoa as a violent, unforgiving and joyless place. Is this a fair description of a 15th century Italian city state? (www.reddit.com)
Air conditioning wasn’t widespread in the US until the late 70s/80s. So when all the 1940s cinema has an office full of fully-suited men… were they just suffering under a shirt+jacket in 90 degree offices? (www.reddit.com)
If your spouse was cheating on you and you didn’t know but your friends did, would you want your friends to tell you or would you want them to make your spouse tell you? Why? (www.reddit.com)
Women who have been abused and didn't report the abuser, what specifically held you back? (From a fellow survivor. No judgement whatsoever.) (www.reddit.com)
The First Amendment was passed in 1791. How did Freedom of Speech/Religion actually look in practice afterwards? Could people in 1792 walk the streets of New York, shouting “Hail Satan!”, and not be punished? (www.reddit.com)
It is seen with certain cave-dwelling species like salamanders, lizards, and even mammals that evolved to have blindness due to the lack of light in the environment. Why do fish on the deep ocean floor still have functioning eyes when their environment has no light to begin with? (www.reddit.com)
The Aztecs were terrified of being attacked by a short "poop goblin" while using the toilet, but the "goblin" resembles the revered god Tlazoltéotl and dwarfism was seen as holy. Why is this creature vilified if all its traits were considered holy? (www.reddit.com)
Paris was reportedly the largest city in Europe in the Middle Ages. In the 14th-15th century its population was 200,000, and higher than Constantinople. Why? (www.reddit.com)