/r/shittyaskhistory

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Do you have questions about history that no reliable source can give you? Do you know of some lesser known historical facts that need to be more well known?

Then welcome to r/shittyaskhistory!


Do you have questions about history that no reliable source can give you? Do you know of some lesser known historical facts that need to be more well known?

Then welcome to r/shittyaskhistory!

Ask about any era of history and get answers from shitty historians! Submit historical corrections and get feedback from your peers!

"Did Blackbeard really wear burning brands in his beard?" is a good question; "What items were worn in some other famous beards? Also a good question.

Photos of the contents of Abraham Lincoln's pockets: good submission. Contents from the pockets linking to as yet undiscovered historical realization? Even better!

The wearing of pith helmets is strongly encouraged.


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22

If he wanted Harris to win the election, why didn't Biden just lower the egg prices?

18 Comments
2024/11/30
05:19 UTC

3

Could LBJ have won reelection if he beat Nixon to death with Jumbo?

1 Comment
2024/11/29
06:14 UTC

14

Was George Washington Carver ever arrested for whittling a president?

2 Comments
2024/11/29
00:51 UTC

2

How did James Earl Ray get an acting career after killing mlk?

4 Comments
2024/11/27
23:08 UTC

5

Why did the African Slave Trade send black people to the Americas rather than to Paris?

11 Comments
2024/11/27
23:07 UTC

2

Why didn't Americans take over Chinaland and Japanland in the same way they took over Americaland?

4 Comments
2024/11/27
20:28 UTC

11

Who was the USA first AI president?

21 Comments
2024/11/26
19:24 UTC

2

How come Quinton Tarantino didn’t become fat after eating so many big kahuna burgers?

1 Comment
2024/11/25
19:15 UTC

15

Why were Communist dictators so evil, were they stupid?

Did they forget that have population to keep alive instead of bullying and kill them?

33 Comments
2024/11/23
07:02 UTC

21

Why is Madagascar so mad? Why can't it be sad and be Sadagascar instead?

10 Comments
2024/11/22
15:37 UTC

12

Why didn’t any Nigerian princes try to scam Mansa Musa out of his gold?

He was the richest man in history, and Mali is pretty close to Nigeria. So why didn’t they?

6 Comments
2024/11/21
23:36 UTC

13

In Mein Kampf, why didn’t Hitler write about Arya Stark, the founder of the Aryan Race?

5 Comments
2024/11/20
22:13 UTC

6

how did three assholes get away with pretending to be dmitry? why did they fall for it THREE TIMES? were the russians stupid?

1 Comment
2024/11/18
18:19 UTC

15

In the Roman Empire, how many rounds of Zoom interviews did you have to go through for the job position of slave?

Or did they use Microsoft Teams?

5 Comments
2024/11/17
23:36 UTC

19

If people in the past were so smart, how come they’re all dead?

🤷

7 Comments
2024/11/17
16:46 UTC

23

Why did ancient Floridians fail to domesticate aligators for mounted cavalry?

12 Comments
2024/11/17
07:12 UTC

13

Why did so many Chads hang themselves after the 2000 presidential election in Florida?

4 Comments
2024/11/17
05:45 UTC

0

I have been banned R/askhistory

Dumbs communists can't accept that their ideology killed at least 400m and that karl marx was evil. Now im stuck here

7 Comments
2024/11/16
14:52 UTC

2

what did hellen keller think when she lost her v card

like did she rlly know what was goin on or did her mans js whip it out nd put her hand on it and shes like wtf is this foreign object

4 Comments
2024/11/16
01:40 UTC

30

When Blacks came to America in the 1800s, why did they choose to do hard labour on plantations rather than working in comfy offices as software engineers for FAANG? Were they dumb?

13 Comments
2024/11/16
01:20 UTC

3

Who had the idea to make dimes smaller than a penny, nickel, and quarter? Were they retarded???

4 Comments
2024/11/15
01:38 UTC

8

Did Carl Marx ever write about ducks rising up and siezing the means of production?

Could this lead to them getting apartments and moving out of my backyard?

4 Comments
2024/11/15
01:19 UTC

28

Why did the Supreme Court let Hitler run for office after he was convicted of trying to overthrow the government?

At least Hitler served time in prison, unlike Trump

41 Comments
2024/11/14
21:46 UTC

9

If everybody in China always has to keep their mouth shut, then how did Mao see tongue?

3 Comments
2024/11/14
19:56 UTC

14

When the US dropped Fat Man on Japan, why didn’t Japan respond by dropping a sumo wrestler on the US?

5 Comments
2024/11/13
14:31 UTC

16

Why did the US nuke Bikini Atoll but not Bikini Bottom?

8 Comments
2024/11/13
08:57 UTC

24

Why did Lincoln emaciate the slaves? Was there a famine or something?

Couldn’t he give them some of the turkey or maize?

4 Comments
2024/11/10
13:39 UTC

7

If gay is historically a thing of hereditary, why am I a different race to my two dads?

5 Comments
2024/11/10
13:36 UTC

5

In all of history, has a group of ducks ever decided to leave after establishing an autonomous enclave in a backyard?

4 Comments
2024/11/10
02:07 UTC

32

If God doesn't exist, why did he invent religion?

Title. It seems like religion wouldn't exist if God was not real, no? Most atheist seem to struggle with this concept. What about historians?

94 Comments
2024/11/09
23:02 UTC

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