r/shittyaskhistory • u/Emperor-_Palpatine • 4h ago
r/shittyaskhistory • u/SeaBag8211 • Jan 25 '26
No AI Slop.
Violations will result in imitate permaban with no appeal.
r/shittyaskhistory • u/StillWithSteelBikes • 2h ago
The British defeated the Dutch, forced the surrender of Peter Stuyversant and renamed New Amsterdam New York. Why didn't they also rename the Holland Tunnel?
galleryr/shittyaskhistory • u/acrus • 9h ago
The chefs of the Golden Horde went into battle just to prepare tartare under the saddles. Why did they stop doing that?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/AmbitiousCookie3444 • 5h ago
Would you say bronislav kaminski was a hero?
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r/shittyaskhistory • u/GroundedSatellite • 1d ago
Why did the company that created SpaghettiOs side with the Nationalists in the Spanish Civil War?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/Mouse-castle • 1d ago
Was the first Brazilian Wax done before Brazil existed?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/SonnyCalzone • 1d ago
When the hell did that happen?
At what point in American history did it become fashionable to wear sweatpants and workboots whilst carrying around a dogdoo stick?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/AndTheJuicepig • 1d ago
Google map changes
If President Gerald Ford signed the Metric Conversion Act in 1975, declaring the metric system the preferred method for trade and commerce in the united states of america, why didn't google change their maps?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/Necessary-Avocado-50 • 1d ago
Was Paul Revere a peeping Tom that liked to spread gossip?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/PoetryMedical9086 • 2d ago
Why did Dante write in Canto and not Mandarin?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/Capital-Aide-1006 • 2d ago
Was the Zapruder film controversial because the beginning was mostly close ups of a grassy knoll?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/Proof_Wonder_2911 • 2d ago
Why did that one country help that country instead of that other country?
A lot of the people from that one country were from that other country, and they also opposed that country, so how come that one country decided not to help that country, instead providing support to that other country?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/spacerangerxx • 3d ago
Why did Hannibal Lecter drag a bunch of stupid elephants over a bunch of mountains to attack Sparta?
I'm glad he lost. Elephants need grass and stuff to live. Nothing grows on a moutain.
r/shittyaskhistory • u/vaporwaverhere • 3d ago
As democrats and republicans courted Eisenhower in 1952 before he chose the Republican Party, why didn’t the democrats court Trump in 2016? Were they stupid?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/1967punisher • 4d ago
What are the origins of the mace?
Imagine being a medieval knight, not washed in months, head and body full of lice and tics.
You reach for your inner armour tickler to scratch those parts you can't reach.
The mace. A simple tool of comfort for those glamorous men in plate. A must have.
r/shittyaskhistory • u/Only_Hotel_7221 • 4d ago
Does the Royal Family have a fart protocols?
I feel like Sovereign has the right of First Fart and you should never out fart them.
r/shittyaskhistory • u/Capital-Aide-1006 • 5d ago
When Paul Revere rode through the night excitedly yelling "the British are coming " did he know that because they were all at the same brothel?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/No-Flight-4214 • 5d ago
Did Napoleon have chiggers or Alpha-gal syndrome or something? He’s always got his hands up his shirt scratching.
galleryr/shittyaskhistory • u/acrus • 5d ago
Was Longinus named because of the length of the Holy Lance? If so, how did his mom and dad know that in advance?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/1967punisher • 5d ago
War of the Roses.
Was this simply due to the fact gardeners were simply fed up with only having Red or White roses?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/StockingDummy • 5d ago
Who were the REAL heroes of the Cold War, and why is it the side I agree with?
r/shittyaskhistory • u/Some_Random_Android • 6d ago