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r/AskHistorians

3,825 upvotes

Jul 5, 2026, 12:16 PM UTC

Posted by /u/ExternalBoysenberry

When I was a kid, adults treated "knowing what to do if you're on fire" as an essential life skill to practice and review. What is the history behind "stop, drop, and roll"? Why did this very specific emergency get so much emphasis?

Responses to more common hazards weren't addressed to nearly the same degree, if at all. Off the top of my head: pressure and elevation to control bleeding; Heimlich maneuver if choking; don't swim out to a drowning person, throw them something instead; lightning position; don't…

r/AskHistorians

2,934 upvotes

Jul 16, 2026, 3:33 PM UTC

Posted by /u/Reebok_MF_classics

Why are Māoris considered indigenous but Falklanders aren’t?

As I understand it, the Māori were originally a people from across the sea who sailed to New Zealand, an uninhabited island at the time, and then began settling it. They formed a bond with the land when it was empty, and, as such, are correctly and universally considered the ind…