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The Federal Minimum Wage Hits a Seven-Decade Low

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I’m Tom Hiddleston. Join me and the crew from ‘Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston' live on the red carpet at the series premiere on July 16th and ask us anything!

https://preview.redd.it/baz1088ym7dh1.jpg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=57bbbba6e20c0aecf5b32ab740fa09e7876ce23e I’m Tom Hiddleston and I am taking a journey back in time in my new series ‘Pompeii: Out of Time with Tom Hiddleston’ on National Geographic. The ancient world h…

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Is there a survivorship bias affecting the understanding of the lethality of "tarring and feathering," in Colonial America?

Help me settle a debate about the potential lethality of "tarring and feathering" in Colonial America. Because the science doesn't seem to match the records. I'm discussing (read: getting into an argument regarding) the "tarring and feathering" scene in the miniseries "John Adam…

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In “Death by Lightning” there are numerous scenes which show that any person could walk up to the White House and (under President Garfield) request an audience with the President and possibly actually get one. Was there some point where t…

Posted by /u/labarge3

AMA about the history of goblins from their folkloric origins in the Middle Ages all the way to the Covid-19-era phenomenon of going “goblin mode”

Hi all – my name is Matt King. I am an associate professor of history at the University of South Florida, and my latest book is A History of Goblins, which was published by Palgrave Macmillan this May. It considers the history of these fascinating creatures (and their many deriv…

Posted by /u/sheffieldasslingdoux

Skeletal remains of medieval warhorses suggest they were pony sized, around 14-15hh. Given that a knight in armour and his tack could easily weigh more than 200 lbs, would these horses have been overburdened by modern standards, or were th…

For modern equestrians, there is a strong and lively debate on just how much a horse can safely carry on their back. As a general rule of thumb, equestrians nowadays tend to follow something called the 20% rule. Old cavalry manuals, posited that a horse can safely carry around 1…

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When was 'Space' first called 'Space ', and what was it called before?

Who actually coined the term 'Space'? I find it weird to think that there was a time when people looked at the sky and would call it something other than space. I assume that in different cultures it was called different things, but when did it become more universally known as '…

Posted by /u/StarlightDown

Why did the Soviet Union never host or win the FIFA World Cup (or even reach the Final), despite hosting and dominating in the Olympics, despite its massive population and sports resources wealth, and despite football being by far the most…

The Soviet Union never hosted or won the FIFA World Cup (or even reached the Final) in the USSR’s 70-year history (which coincided entirely with the existence of FIFA), despite hosting and dominating in the Olympics (including in Olympic football), despite having a far larger po…