r/HistoryAnecdotes is a subreddit with 174k members. The community frequently discusses history, war, death, military history, and art, and the most common flair used is european, american, modern, middle eastern, and world wars.
Home to the most interesting, and often humorous, anecdotes and short accounts from history.
Popular Topics in r/HistoryAnecdotes
#1
History
92 posts
#2
War
11 posts
#3
Death
6 posts
#4
Military History
4 posts
#5
Art
3 posts
#6
Mystery
3 posts
#7
Archaeology
3 posts
#8
Treasure
3 posts
#9
World War
3 posts
#10
Famous Figures
3 posts
Flair Used in r/HistoryAnecdotes
#1
European
: "The Curious Friendship Between the Zouaves and the Highlanders During the Crimean War"
8 posts
#2
American
: "TIL that in 1855 the U.S. Army devised a plan to sail to the Middle East, purchase $30,000 worth of camels, bring them back to the US and have them work in the deserts out West as the "U.S. Camel Corps". It marked the first time camels had been in North America since dying off 10,000 years earlier."
5 posts
#3
Modern
: "On August 3-4, 1991 the cruise ship MTS Oceanos sank off the coast of South Africa. The captain and several crew members abandoned the ship while passengers were still aboard. Thanks to the actions of the ship's entertainers all 500+ people onboard were rescued."
4 posts
#4
Middle Eastern
: "In the early 1920's, when notorious Russian anticommunist general Roman von Ungern-Sternberg learned one of his lieutenants had sexually assaulted several nurses & looted their communities during one of his military campaigns, he ordered the man severely flogged & burned at the stake"
4 posts
#5
World Wars
: "I recently visited the grave of Just Nuisance the only dog to be officially enlisted in the Royal Navy. A true WW2 legend."
2 posts
#6
Oceania
: "Robert Hancock | A very rich man with a very bad reputation (not to mention ‘perfectly indifferent to soap and water’)"
2 posts
#7
Asian
: "Genghis Khan sent envoys to the Khwarazmian Empire to open trade. The Shah had them executed. Genghis sent a second group to ask for an explanation. The Shah executed them too. The Mongols paused their invasion of China, turned west, and destroyed the empire within two years."
1 post
#8
Announcement
: "During the Nazi occupation of Rome, three doctors at Fatebenefratelli Hospital invented a fake illness — “Syndrome K” — to save dozens of Jewish lives. When Nazi soldiers came to search for Jewish people, the “patients” were told to cough and act deathly ill, and the terrified Nazi soldiers fled."
1 post
#9
Medieval
: "TIL in 1184 a German king’s meeting fell through two floors into a cesspit. About 60 nobles died. He survived by hanging from a window."
1 post
#10
Classical
: "DYK the computer that guided Apollo 11 to the Moon had only about 4 KB of RAM, far less than a modern car key fob?"
1 post
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Last updated: October 16, 2026