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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…
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…
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…
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…
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 '…
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…
I try not too ask this question too often because it tends to create a lot of work for the mods mass deleting anecdotal comments (sorry!) but I would really love to understand The Great Transatlantic Keyed Exit Divergence. Basically I straight up can't figure out why you would w…
I have an ancestor who died under the title's circumstances and was curious if this was an antiquated term. There was a great deal of stress and generational trauma in his life, so it seems entirely plausible that he died from exhaustion, but was curious if there was any precede…
I mean, the Muslim world, the Malinese, the Indian kingdoms, the Siam, the Malay, the Chinese, the Japanese. They all eventually got word about vast swats of land, whole empires of people living across the ocean. What did their scholars and political elite think about that? Did…
Something I read online described Jonestown as "one of the most significant events in modern Guyanese history" and while it's certainly the only event in modern Guyanese history that *I'm* aware of. how much did it really matter to Guyana? Were there major diplomatic issues with…
So beaches obviously have always been useful for various activities scavange of washed out cargo, easy place to go in and with boats, etc.) but I got curious, is there any evidence of medieval people ever going to the beach for leisure. I cant imagine tanning was that needed, gi…
I’m 16f and am a Christian. People can be so rude about being a Christian on this site.. it’s weird. I’m also waiting until marriage, and people seem to get mad about people making this decision for themselves which is strange. I’ve never told anyone that they have to live how I…