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9 months ago
How likely is it that a pregnant woman in New York (or elsewhere in the US) might have been prescribed thalidomide in the late 1950s/early 1960s?
in New York City
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9 months ago
APRIL FOOLS ALERT- AskHistoricalFiguresAnything, aka r/HistoricalAMA, is up and running!
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9 months ago
In Peanuts, an unseen adult character is shown to GREATLY overreact to the institution of zip codes. Was this reflective of a real thought process that people had at the time or just something that Charles Schulz thought was funny?
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9 months ago
How likely is it that a pregnant woman in New York (or elsewhere in the US) might have been prescribed thalidomide in the late 1950s/early 1960s?
in New York City
to r/AskHistorians by hannahstohelit
9 months ago
Well, we don't know what Hitler thought of April Fools 2021, but hopefully you all enjoyed!
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9 months ago
To what extent did the Sherlock Holmes stories actually precede, or even influence, the development of modern forensic science?
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9 months ago
Don't think about the purple elephants: or, let's talk about PEOPLE WHO GIVE US HOPE throughout history!
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9 months ago
We're talking about the HISTORY OF ILLNESS AND INJURY today, though if you want to write about COVID you'll have to bookmark this page til Jan 1, 2040!
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: It bwings us hewe togevuw, it's a dweam wivin a dweam- let's talk about the HISTORY OF MARRIAGE!
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: "I have to write because if I don't get something down, then after a while I feel it's going to bang the side of my head off" (Terry Pratchett)- are you similarly compelled to write about the history of WORKS OF LITERATURE?
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: They say that "no good deed goes unpunished"- I wish it was "no good deed goes unrecorded"! Add some heartwarming goodness to the world by recounting HISTORICAL GOOD DEEDS!
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: It's back to school, but don't worry- none of this will be on the test! Cram in some fascinating facts about the HISTORY OF SCHOOL AND EDUCATION!
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: Let's gather around the water cooler and have a nice drink of DHMO as we discuss the HISTORY OF WATER!
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: “The phrase 'someone ought to do something' was not, by itself, a helpful one. People who used it never added the rider 'and that someone is me" (Terry Pratchett)- let's talk about when something WAS done- and THE MOMENT IT ALL CHANGED!
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: “The problem with the world is that everyone is a few drinks behind” (Humphrey Bogart*)- what did they drink in your era? Let's talk about the HISTORY OF BEVERAGES AND DRINKING!
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: "[REMOVED], this feels like the beginning of a beautiful friendship" (Humphrey Bogart,"AskHistorians: The Motion Picture")- let's talk about the HISTORY OF FRIENDSHIP!
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: “It can hardly be a coincidence that no language on Earth has ever produced the expression 'as pretty as an airport'" (Douglas Adams)- Talk to us about the HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION!
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9 months ago
Captain John Smith was captured by the Tatars as a slave and escaped; he then went on to Virginia where his group took Native Americans as slaves, and was presumably aware of the African slave trade. How did he and others in his time contextualize these forms of slavery for themselves?
in Virginia
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: "A woman who cuts her hair is about to change her life" (Coco Chanel)- why don't you change our lives a bit with some fascinating discussion of the HISTORY OF HAIR!
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: "You must remember this, a kiss is just a kiss... the subreddit rules apply as time goes by"- let's talk about the HISTORY (and historiography) of MEMORIES!
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: Are you a more interesting history teacher than Professor Binns? Let's talk about the HISTORY OF MAGIC!
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9 months ago
The Sherlock Holmes story The Three Orange Pips revolves around the Ku Klux Klan. How well-known was the organization outside the US in the early 1890s, when the story was published? Was the depiction of the organization accurate, or just used as a generic "evil organization" for plot purposes?
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9 months ago
Tuesday Trivia: we're going viral, but not COVID viral- let's talk about the history of FAME AND CELEBRITIES!
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9 months ago
In the early Sherlock Holmes stories, Holmes uses the services of a number of commissionaires. Who exactly were they?
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9 months ago
TUESDAY TRIVIA: staycation in front of your computer and let your mind travel far as we discuss the history of VACATION!