r/UpliftingNews
5,141 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 12:09 PM UTC
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r/UpliftingNews
314 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 3:32 PM UTC
r/AskHistorians
283 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 1:08 PM UTC
Posted by /u/Asleep_Wealth5602
We are historians of childhood and food, authors of 'First Helpings: A History of Children and Food'. Feel free to AMA.
Our names are Dr Deborah Albon and Dr Amy Palmer and we are the authors of ‘First Helpings: A History of Children and Food’ published by Reaktion Books. This book explores the relationship between children and food in history, drawing on a rich variety of social records, cookery…
r/AskHistorians
186 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 8:45 AM UTC
Posted by /u/ManicMarine
Why didn't Stalin incorporate Poland into the USSR after 1945?
Poland had been a part of Imperial Russia, at least a large chunk of historic Poland had been. Stalin incorporated other nations such as the Baltic states. The USSR had had a significant population of Poles prior to 1939. It would have avoided the need to ethnically cleanse the…
r/AskHistorians
164 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 6:06 AM UTC
Posted by /u/SystemOfTheUpp
Why do historians use the terms 'Soviets' and 'Russians' interchangeably when discussing the USSR?
I understand that the USSR was very heavily Russian-dominated from the get-go but especially following Stalin's Russification policies, but the use of "Russians" and "soviets" as synonyms never made sense to me. I've seen it in primary sources, history books, academic papers wri…
r/AskHistorians
120 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 6:14 PM UTC
Posted by /u/RedlineFan
In an episode of "WKRP in Cincinnati", Dr. Johnny Fever is paranoid that the "phone cops" are after him. Did the Bell System have any actual phone cops or was this a total fantasy?
I'm also asking this based on telephony historian Evan Doorbell's recollections of investigators employed by the Bell System coming after him and other early phone phreaks in the NYC area.
r/AskHistorians
97 upvotes
Jul 22, 2026, 8:28 PM UTC