The two boys showed exemplary feats in engineering that could be highly valuable to the weapons manufacturing side of The Agency. Why didn't Perry suggest The Agency hires the boys?

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r/shittyaskhistory • u/lilianasJanitor • 4d ago

What’s this I’m hearing that Leaf Ericsson discovered America?

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How could he be a great explorer if he’s named after yard waste and defunct cellphones?

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r/shittyaskhistory • u/VeterinarianWarm323 • 4d ago

Was the Abbasid Caliphate revived in 20th century Sweden?

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r/shittyaskhistory • u/JohnGaudetbeonmahat • 5d ago

How did Roman hunters capture lions without killing them?

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r/shittyaskhistory • u/RaiderPower08 • 4d ago

Why do people say Christopher Columbus was bad to Indigenous when it was in retaliation for them eating his men?

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Word Cannibal was literally coined by him when the Caribs ate his soldiers he left behind.

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r/shittyaskhistory • u/VeterinarianWarm323 • 5d ago

Anyone remember the cartoon 'French Ship Is Magic'? How historically accurate was it?

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r/shittyaskhistory • u/vaporwaverhere • 6d ago

Is there any advertising in the Bible? There’s a passage that talks about cedar from Lebanon , as they were valuable for its size. Also the regions described benefitted from tourism I guess.

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r/shittyaskhistory • u/Necessary-Avocado-50 • 6d ago

Why are modern Christians so against personal pronouns when the early church founders identified as (thee/thou)?

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r/shittyaskhistory • u/Oueqh234 • 6d ago

Was Hitler racist?

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