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ShowcaseSaturday Showcase | April 25, 2026 (self.AskHistorians)

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SASQShort Answers to Simple Questions | April 22, 2026 (self.AskHistorians)

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In the legend of the Pied Piper, the Mayor and Council refuse to pay him what they owed. In 13th century Germany (the time and place I think the legend is said to take place) what kind of legal remedies would the Piper have had? (self.AskHistorians)

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Why did the Nazis choose to use the Swastika instead of a more Germanically sourced symbol? (self.AskHistorians)

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How did prostitutes and slave women learn to read and write in the Tang dynasty? Are there surviving examples of their poetry? (self.AskHistorians)

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I am a person looking for drugs to do in 19th century Paris, whats popular to party with and how do I go about acquiring them? (self.AskHistorians)

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In Terms Of Age, Who Was The Last Recorded Person To See Beethoven Perform/Conduct In His Lifetime? Do We Know? (self.AskHistorians)

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Was the US House of Representatives frozen at its current size of 435 in 1929 due to fears of immigrants, women, Blacks, socialists, Catholics, and other "undesirables" diluting the power of the white majority? (self.AskHistorians)

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You can't make haggis in the United States because sheep's lung is illegal...why? (self.AskHistorians)

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What do we actually know of Norse and Celtic culture that isn't written by monks centuries after Christianity became the dominant religion of the region? (self.AskHistorians)

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Did children/minors ever possess adult slaves ? (self.AskHistorians)

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MetaHow many questions about Nazis do you get disproportionally asked comparative to the rest of history? (self.AskHistorians)

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The Manchus valorised archery skills, but by the time of conquering Mukden (Shenyang), they had access to guns and cannons. What were the Manchu reactions and policies to the usage of the two technologies across the Qing period? (self.AskHistorians)

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During the 17th and early 18th centuries, was there any cross-pollination between pirates of the Caribbean and the corsairs of the North African coast? (self.AskHistorians)

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Before modern streetlights became widespread, what were jobs with the equivalent of a "late-night / midnight shift" like, if there even were any available to begin with? (self.AskHistorians)

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How culturally widespread was divine epiclesis ? (self.AskHistorians)

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Okay, how bad was the soviet economy really? (self.AskHistorians)

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Why upon independence Côte d'Ivoire decided to keep a name heavily associated with European traders? (self.AskHistorians)

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The Three-Fifths Compromise: 3/5 of a person, or 3/5 of the total population? (self.AskHistorians)

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Why did Jewish communities in Eastern Europe preserve a separate language, but those in Western Europe didn't? (self.AskHistorians)

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We used to say in English say The Ukraine, now we dont. There is also The Lebanon, and The Sudan, but not The Russia or The France. When and why did this convention emerge and change?: (self.AskHistorians)

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How does 1066 compare/contrast with 1532? (self.AskHistorians)

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Why is cultural and political fragmentation so common in Western history？ (self.AskHistorians)

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What kind of things did ancient Romans talk about while using shared toilets next to each other? (self.AskHistorians)

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To what extent did historical maps of South India (pre-colonial or British Raj) record small, local temples/shrines? Are there highly detailed equivalents to pre-war Japanese topographic maps? (self.AskHistorians)

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