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r/AskHistorians

3,770 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

1,832 upvotes

Jun 22, 2026, 1:15 PM UTC

Posted by /u/ExternalBoysenberry

German kids are routed at age ~10 into one of 3 schools: the "lowest" leads to vocational training, the middle lets you apply to technical college, and only the third gives you the option of university. When did this system take shape? Has…

Before anyone jumps in to correct the premise (sorry, character limits in the title don't permit much nuance). I know there is variation between federal states and also that your placement at age 10 does not solely, formally, irrevocably seal your educational and professional fa…

r/AskHistorians

1,787 upvotes

Jun 25, 2026, 11:11 AM UTC

Posted by /u/screwyoushadowban

Vampire media loves the idea of the aristocratic or at least very wealthy 18th & 19th century socialite bloodsucker thriving in Europe, usually France or Britain. How feasible was it actually to manage business or estates & sustain an elev…

Wouldn't upper crust people ask why Baron von Fangmouth never shows up to the gentlemen's social club for afternoon cards or why no one ever sees him about town despite the fact that his pallid and very unhealthy looking doorman always says he's unavailable when visitors come by…