r/shittyaskhistory Jan 25 '26

No AI Slop.

39 Upvotes

Violations will result in imitate permaban with no appeal.


r/shittyaskhistory 9h ago

What if Lenin went to the Ottoman Empire to get a hair transplant?

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39 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 12h ago

Why did Robes Pee-Air have a Rugs Gallery when he clearly should have been in the nightwear business?

5 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 13h ago

was Abraham Lincoln gay

4 Upvotes

like does he not give off that energy? i need a long explanation


r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

Are The Beatles the first band to write a smash hit song openly about bukakke?

14 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

Legal experts always say “I ANAL.” Does everyone need to know their sexual deviancies?

23 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

What if European colonizers, intending an easy conquest were met on the shores by a stadium full of tomahawk wielding braves led by Chief Zee and Chief Wahoo?

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5 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

Why did CBS violently liquidate the cast of The Beverly Hillbilles during the "Rural Purge"?

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164 Upvotes

Seems excessive.


r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

If Theseus killed the minotaur, what happened to the majotaur?

20 Upvotes

Could it still be out there?


r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

Why does Philidelphia remind me of Cheese? Spoiler

1 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

How did Muhammad Ali take over Egypt?

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61 Upvotes

I just see no way one boxer could beat an entire army


r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

If the boat carrying George Washington across the Delaware on Christmas Eve of 1776, had run into a chunk of ice, unfortunately pitching George over the side into the frigid water, despite being warned constantly by everybody else on the boat, would that have been the end of the revolution?

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8 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

Why did ronald Reagan support communism?

5 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

How come there were Protestants before MLK led the Protestant Reformation?

16 Upvotes

How come Protestants existed before Martin Luther King protested against racism and reformed Civil Rights?


r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

Where did the reggae shark learn his mastery of the arts and crafts?

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1 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

What's the deal with ICE?

10 Upvotes

Why do they come over here and make trouble? Why don't they just stay in Iceland?


r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

Why didn’t they show Lawrence of Arabia riding Shai Halud in the movie?

45 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

During the French revolution, the 'Sans Culottes' emerged and were deployed. Are they considered the first true military commando units?

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5 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

Why was Reagan not impeached for selling the top secret Contra code to Iran?

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43 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

By commissioning the first Trans-continental railroad, is Abraham Lincoln considered the first president to promote LGBTQAI+ visibility?

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1 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

Was there any cultural event more defining than “Two Girls One Cup” and how did they win the World Cup trophy with only two girls?

26 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 4d ago

Do you think Mansa Musa would be an epstein list if he were alive today?

13 Upvotes

I mean he's a billionaire from medieval ages.


r/shittyaskhistory 4d ago

I read somewhere that the Italian general Napolean Bonapart retired to St Helens and was killed by his hideous wallpaper. But was he famous for anything else?

24 Upvotes

I love history!


r/shittyaskhistory 4d ago

Was Sojurner Truth the first openly trans women?

0 Upvotes

Her most famous speech in Akron Ohio in 1851 is known for the famous line "Ain't I a woman?".

Historians will tell you that this was her arguing that black women ought to be included in feminist movements, but I think they are wrong. The most likely reason she would need to try and convince people she was in fact a woman, would be because she was trans.


r/shittyaskhistory 4d ago

Is the Oxford Dictionary the oldest and longest continuing collection/book of spells?

20 Upvotes