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Popular Themes in r/AskHistorians
#1
Advice Requests
: "My grandmother told my wife that sometime between 1950-1955 my grandmother delivered a “deformed” baby girl that the doctors said “wasn’t worth keeping.” She said she never saw her nor named her. How could I find any records or information?"
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Popular Topics in r/AskHistorians
#1
History
: "Is it true that the U.S. "has the most adversarial and extremely bloody labor History in the world"? If so, why?"
85 posts
#2
Religion
: "Is there a Religion/heresy that doesn't view the actions of Judas as a betrayal?"
17 posts
#3
Politics
: "Why have evangelicals grown to be such a political force over the course of the 20th century and early 21st century?"
10 posts
#4
Culture
9 posts
#5
Ancient
: "What did Ancient people know about prehistory?"
8 posts
#6
Rome
: "The Bible seems to depict Rome and the Sanhedrin as having a power sharing arrangement where the Sanhedrin can still sentence people to death for breaking mosaic law like adultery or claiming to be the messiah but they have to hand people to Rome to be executed. Did such an arrangement reall exists?"
6 posts
#7
Europe
: "Why did European women ride horses with both legs on one side?"
5 posts
#8
Military History
: "What Would the Day of a Soldier in a Medieval Siege Camp Consist Of?"
5 posts
#9
Holocaust
: "How can we counter the "best way to disprove the Holocaust is a calculator" claim?"
5 posts
#10
Ancient Civilizations
: "Did the Käpplinge murders - the supposed burning alive of a party of 70 "Swedish" Stockholm burghers by "German" ones in 1389 or 1392 - actually happen?"
5 posts
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