r/shittyaskhistory • u/Evening_Answer_11 • 6h ago
What famous quote did Cassius “Dice” Clay give Howard Cossel before his fight with Sunny Joe Liston?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/SeaBag8211 • 1d ago
Did Ramesses II get cancelled for cultural appropriation when we put Roman numerals after his name?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/malibuguytonygem • 1d ago
Do you think that the 1960's hippies really believed in peace and love? Or did they actually just want to pile on each other forming the biggest human pyramid for the game show $10,000 Pyramid? Was it all just about money?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/Evening_Answer_11 • 1d ago
Who was the lone Supreme Court Justice to dissent in the 2007s Stevens v. Mumphrey case, which effectively overturned the Read-Armey Act of 1995, which made it a Federal crime to use the term “cool beans.” What was their reasoning?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/spacerangerxx • 1d ago
If dinosaurs are real then how come there are no cave paintings of dinosaurs but there are paintings of dragons?
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Working on a report for school, pls help.
r/shittyaskhistory • u/SiffleuxEnrage • 1d ago
What did the Romans do when they ran out of toilet sponges?
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Did they hoard toilet sponges just in case? Or was there widespread rioting?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/ShadeStrider12 • 2d ago
Why was Registeel never tried for his war crimes in either Nuremberg or Tokyo? He killed millions of Rock and Ice types over his perceived superiority?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/Garden-variety-chaos • 3d ago
Why didn't O.W.C.A. (the place Perry worked for) hire Phineas and Ferb?
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The two boys showed exemplary feats in engineering that could be highly valuable to the weapons manufacturing side of The Agency. Why didn't Perry suggest The Agency hires the boys?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/Computedmoon707 • 3d ago
Which war did General Anesthesia lead/fight in?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/RaiderPower08 • 3d ago
Why do people say Christopher Columbus was bad to Indigenous when it was in retaliation for them eating his men?
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Word Cannibal was literally coined by him when the Caribs ate his soldiers he left behind.
r/shittyaskhistory • u/VeterinarianWarm323 • 3d ago
Was the Abbasid Caliphate revived in 20th century Sweden?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/lilianasJanitor • 3d ago
What’s this I’m hearing that Leaf Ericsson discovered America?
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How could he be a great explorer if he’s named after yard waste and defunct cellphones?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/VeterinarianWarm323 • 4d ago
Anyone remember the cartoon 'French Ship Is Magic'? How historically accurate was it?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/JohnGaudetbeonmahat • 4d ago
How did Roman hunters capture lions without killing them?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/JohnGaudetbeonmahat • 4d ago
How did they capture leopards and other climbing animals?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/vaporwaverhere • 4d ago
Is there any advertising in the Bible? There’s a passage that talks about cedar from Lebanon , as they were valuable for its size. Also the regions described benefitted from tourism I guess.
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/Necessary-Avocado-50 • 4d ago
Why are modern Christians so against personal pronouns when the early church founders identified as (thee/thou)?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/Futonchan-Manchao • 5d ago
Why did Indians and Iranians appropriate Swastika and claim to be Aryan? Isn't that cultural appropriation of White people?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/No-Flight-4214 • 5d ago
Was mars so-named because the Roman God was a little green man, or red or what?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/Fiveby21 • 5d ago
Why do historians obsess over Alexander the Great's military accomplishments, but complete ignore his bottoming skills?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/Dramatic_River_3381 • 5d ago
Would Leonardo da Vinci have accomplished more if he hadn’t have had ADHD? I mean, the paintings are cool and all, but we could’ve had an airplane during the Renaissance.
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/acrus • 5d ago
"Pecunia non olet" is ancient history. Then why is "noble piss price" still such a big deal? Noble medicine price makes sense, though
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