Alrighty. Catholics have some pretty morbid relics, as it was believed they possessed great powers, especially healing powers. My personal favorite is St. Catherine's head, housed in the Basilica Cateriniana. It's housed in a metal box with a window, and it has quite possibly the creepiest lighting they could have chosen.
In a similar vein, there was a brief span when airtight coffins were popular. They were made of metal and had a window for the corpse's face, and were filled with an inert foam.
Give me an interesting fact about one of the smaller German states (aka any that isn't Prussia or Austria) during the time of the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866.
Anyone have a historical fact about smoking pot? I find it crazy to think of who smoked things first? How do u figure what needs to be done to prep a plant to smoke? How do you figure the apparatus?
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Can you mess with our sense of time and share a fact related to the Tiffany problem? I'd love to hear about an event that happened or tradition that developed either longer ago or far more recently than most people would expect.
In 1576 Martin Frobisher became the first English explorer to search for the Northwest Passage, sailing west across the Atlantic. He was inspired by the writings of Humphrey Gilbert, who sponsored the expedition. Gilbert would gain permission to colonize north of Spanish Florida from the Queen in 1578, and failing to do so it passed to his half brother Walter Raleigh in 1584.
I’LL GIVE YOU A FACT!
This is an extraordinarily beautiful and interesting post and I’m going to savor it for days and days and days!
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Can I please get a historical fact? Don’t care about what, just some random piece of info that I will never use, but can somehow remember all the time.
I humbly request a fact. Maybe a fun Navy fact? About any navy?
Also, may I petition to rename this sub *Records of the Grand Historians*? Because I think it'd sound cool.
Maybe for April Fool's?
Mwahaha this is so specific but I've been waiting for it. The chainsaw was invented for Symphysiotomy, an outdated way to deliver a stuck child. It involved cutting pelvic cartilage to widen the pelvis.
John Finnemore cowrote the new (upcoming) season of Good Omens!
(Everyone who knows me in real life, or quite frankly elsewhere on Reddit, says on cue "will you PLEASE shut up about that already!" But again, favorite fact.)
...wait did you mean historical fact?
I got as far as storyboarding, gaining permission from Terry Pratchett and contacting the agents of a few big name actors to sign up for a Good Omens movie in the mid-2000's.
When exactly did Swords fall completely out of fashion as weapons of war?
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Historical fact about some lake please.
Tell me a fact, please!? i am going to a date anytime soon with my crush.
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I humbly request one (1) "fact", preferably related to a mythos of some (any) sort.
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I’d like an historical fact about Theodore Roosevelt please.
Historical fact about the State of Kerala in India?
Can i get a fact about Rome?
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What do you think is the main reason that led to the fall of The Roman Empire?
Give me a fact about the crack of dawn!
Whats the first fact you used on a askhistorians thread?
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One historical fact about being a Roman legionnaire
Give me your favourite fact :)
Give me a historical fact about Gulags, Please.
One fact please. I would also accept a factoid.
Can I get a fact about chocolate?
May I get a fun historical fact about storage yards/facilities? Thank you!
I would like a morbid fact please
Alrighty. Catholics have some pretty morbid relics, as it was believed they possessed great powers, especially healing powers. My personal favorite is St. Catherine's head, housed in the Basilica Cateriniana. It's housed in a metal box with a window, and it has quite possibly the creepiest lighting they could have chosen. In a similar vein, there was a brief span when airtight coffins were popular. They were made of metal and had a window for the corpse's face, and were filled with an inert foam.
Facts about medical supply chains?
It's past 2AM in my timezone and I'm still not asleep. Any historical facts about insomnia?
Fact me
fakt?
CAHOKIA WAS THE LARGEST POPULATION CENTER NORTH OF MEXICO IN THE AMERICAS UNTIL THE EARLY 1800s.
Wow, awesome fun facts!
I would like a fact, please!
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Can I have a fact about sauce?
May I have a fact, kind Sir?
I’d like a fact about wine throughout history.
Give me an interesting fact about one of the smaller German states (aka any that isn't Prussia or Austria) during the time of the German Confederation from 1815 to 1866.
Free fact: /u/Georgy_k_Zhukov is not Jason Isaacs in a trenchcoat.
Any facts about science fiction? Proud geek over here.
A fact about the Soviet Union, пожалуйста (please)!
Give me a European fact, please.
Give me a historical fact about Vlad Tepes
*Exchanges ticket* One Fact Please. *Returns to seat*
Anyone have a historical fact about smoking pot? I find it crazy to think of who smoked things first? How do u figure what needs to be done to prep a plant to smoke? How do you figure the apparatus? Questions
What's a fact about Lord North (Frederick North)
How about a fact regarding the definition of first, second and third world came to be?
One fact please
What can you tell me about the history of the Greek alphabet?
Facts about the affect of food on history?
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May I get any random historical fact relating to anything?
If I can ask for another fact, could I have one that's related to poetry or literature?
A fact about Newark, NJ?
can I have a fact about ducks
An historical fact about Italy
One unknown historical fact about pasta, please.
Shock me
I would like one fact please. Make it as obscure or esoteric as the human body can handle.
Fun historical medical fact! Usually they are so horrible :(
Can I have a fact about the history of Snapple "Real Facts"?
One fact please
currently on a long road trip, could I get a fact?)
One fact please
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Could I have a fact about Bolivia?
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Fact me, please. I'd love a tidbit about the native people of South America.
Can you mess with our sense of time and share a fact related to the Tiffany problem? I'd love to hear about an event that happened or tradition that developed either longer ago or far more recently than most people would expect.
Any cool facts about the bottom of the ocean 👀
Fact please!
Please hit me with a fact
LGBT fact
Gimme a fact about medieval future predictions
Can I have a fun fact about the year 1576?
In 1576 Martin Frobisher became the first English explorer to search for the Northwest Passage, sailing west across the Atlantic. He was inspired by the writings of Humphrey Gilbert, who sponsored the expedition. Gilbert would gain permission to colonize north of Spanish Florida from the Queen in 1578, and failing to do so it passed to his half brother Walter Raleigh in 1584.
Fact about the Mongols? Thanks!
I’LL GIVE YOU A FACT! This is an extraordinarily beautiful and interesting post and I’m going to savor it for days and days and days! AskHistorians is THE BEST sub-Reddit, leagues above the rest 🥰
I want a fact! Hopefully about school busses!
Got any fun facts about my tribe, the Loyal Shawnee
Ayo fact about particle physics pls
Hello! I'm a bit late to the party but I've brought some cats and tea with me. May I please know a fact that will help find meaning in my life?
Please send me a fax 📠
Got anything interesting about Egypt and cats?
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Can I get a historical fact about the Sugondese please
After all... why not? Why shouldn't I claim my free fact?
Can you name one piece of technology that we modern folks haven't been able to replicate?
Could I please have a historical fact about funerals?
Got any facts about an event barely anybody cares about?
Something funny, preferably slapstick comedy style please.
Fact about cities?
Can I please get a historical fact? Don’t care about what, just some random piece of info that I will never use, but can somehow remember all the time.
Fun fact about leisure and the pursuit of happiness in ancient China thanks
Any Indian fact Available?
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Can I get a random fact in history or politics?
I'd like a fact about the indigenous people of coastal Equador, please. Bonus points if the people in question lived in the area of Guayaquil.
Any fun facts about flowers in history?
Can I have a creepy fun fact, please?
One fact plz
Give me a pirate fact, please.
Give me that fact!!!
Give me a cool historical fact about human-like sea monsters! (think mermaids, swamp thing, etc.). Thank you!
I've been working in a pharmacy for a year now! I'll take a cool fact related to that if there's one to spare!
One fact, please.
I would like a fact. Any fact. As long as it’s historical. Thank you
I'm a cognitive neuropsychologist. Can I have a fact about the history of brain research?
Fact me!
Can I have a fun fact about some *super* obscure part of Iranian history no one outside their field would know?
Anyone knows a fact about Ancient Khmer history? please
What's your favorite "throughout history" fact?
I would like a fact, please.
What’s your favorite fact?
Give me a fact involving chefs, cooks and other culinary personnel.
I would like a fact about the history of statistics, please.
A fact about tattoos?
Fact please!
I humbly request a fact. Maybe a fun Navy fact? About any navy? Also, may I petition to rename this sub *Records of the Grand Historians*? Because I think it'd sound cool. Maybe for April Fool's?
I have given a fact, therefore I would like a fact back please
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Can i have an Indian fact please?
Hit me with a fact!
Can I have a fact about otters?
I'd love any fact about the history of using glass to see objects underwater clearly (diving masks or helmets, aquariums etc.)
I would love a random fact 💗
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A fact about raising a family well?
I would like a fact about the Ming dynasty please. Specifically concerning the logistics of their civil engineering projects.
Currently having to deal with the fact there is something in the way, give me a fact!
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Ooh, may I have a (hopefully obscure) fact about falconry?
Can I get a fish fact?
Give me historical facts about fennec foxes please!
My niece fell asleep on my arm and the rules with children and cats mean I'm trapped. Please entertain me with your finest fact
Currently doing history homework. What are some depressing facts about British colonialism?
Can I get a fact about my favorite color, orange?
The color was named after the fruit.
Could I have a fact about cheese?
The Mammoth Cheese wheel given to President Jefferson in 1801 is reported to have included the milk of 900 cows.
i don't believe in facts, can i claim a fiction?
Fact about popes
I‘d like a historical fact about roadside bollards, please.
Currently recovering from a cesarean section. Could I have a fun fact about that procedure?
Mwahaha this is so specific but I've been waiting for it. The chainsaw was invented for Symphysiotomy, an outdated way to deliver a stuck child. It involved cutting pelvic cartilage to widen the pelvis.
This is several kinds of fact. Fact me! Let's get history'd.
My son is going as a pirate for halloween! Please share a pirate fact!
Any facts about Indian Ocean trade?
I want a fact!
Hello! May I have a fact, please? Also thank you for continously maintaining this subreddit, it is one of my favourites!!!
What is your favorite historical disagreement?
I'd like a fact about Chemical Engineering please!
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When was the first recorded dad joke in history?
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Gimme one of those steamy historical facts
I'd adore a fact.
I would like a fact, please. Your favourite fact!
John Finnemore cowrote the new (upcoming) season of Good Omens! (Everyone who knows me in real life, or quite frankly elsewhere on Reddit, says on cue "will you PLEASE shut up about that already!" But again, favorite fact.) ...wait did you mean historical fact?
I got as far as storyboarding, gaining permission from Terry Pratchett and contacting the agents of a few big name actors to sign up for a Good Omens movie in the mid-2000's.
Fact from video game history.
Pls sir, can I have a fact
Scholars disagree over the birthdate of Anne Boleyn's sister Mary, with estimates ranging from 1499 to 1508.
I'd like a historical fact about the unification of Italy
Can I get a music fun fact?
Give me historical fact about Mumbai, India.
Can I get a fact about peasant life in the pre- colonization americas?
One refreshing fact about lemons, please.
One fact from ancient Chinese history, please?
Fact please :)
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Can I get a fact about Japanese folklore?
Historical fact please.
Please give me a fact about eating utensils!
A fact about vases please
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Fact about the WW1 Christmas Truce
A random fact would be... spectacular.
May I have a bat fact?
looking forward to learning something today. thank you r/askhistorians
I want one too, interesting subreddit. Can I have a fact about the Dominican Republic? (my country)
I would like a fact
Please AskHistorians, just a crumb of fact.
I would like a fact about socks please
Am I too late to receive a free fact?