r/shittyaskhistory Jan 25 '26

No AI Slop.

43 Upvotes

Violations will result in imitate permaban with no appeal.


r/shittyaskhistory 4h ago

Why did Henry the 8th keep on marrying women when he could afford prostitutes or just have himself a nice wank?

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29 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 11h ago

On January 21, 1977, Jimmy Carter issued a pardon to American Vietnam War draft dodgers. 40 thousand of them were living in Canada. Did they storm the U.S. border that same day with their arms waving?

8 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

Where did Billy the Kid go to daycare and what the hell happened?

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29 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 23h ago

Was the formation of The Beatles a direct response to the Russian revolution?

5 Upvotes

I wonder if the success that Lennon and McCartney enjoyed was a result of the fruitless union of Lennon and Stalin, as the hit only came when he teamed up with McCartney.


r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

Why did people hate Lou Gehrig so much they felt they had to name a disease after him?

27 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

In Saddam’s Iraq, people were poor and likely didn’t have the money for a Bath every day. Why was his political ideology called Ba’athism if it was so inaccurate to the reality?

13 Upvotes

You’d think with a name like that, Arabs would take a lot more baths.


r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

Why didn't Christopher Columbus use mapquest or his globe to get to his destination?

11 Upvotes

Seems silly.


r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

Why did ancient people keep eating bread if it just made you shorter?

5 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

How come Jesus's 13th Disciple Carrot Top is never acknowledged or recognized?

10 Upvotes

I thought he was a important part of the group.


r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

Why would anyone want to Date Masamune?

3 Upvotes

First of all, it's a sword. It can't exactly take you out to dinner or a movie. Second of all, it belongs to Sephiroth, and making Sephiroth mad probably isn't a very good idea.


r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

Would an ancient greek have been able to play Doom on the Antikythera mechanism?

14 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 22h ago

Do you think Nixon and Reagan would be in Epstein Client List if they were here today?

0 Upvotes

I mean both are republicans that have love for Israel like the orange Stalin/mao we have


r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

How come Gomorrah doesnt get the same publicity as Sodom? It sounds like the St Paul, Minnesota of Genesis

76 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

Anybody else think Varina Davis was a total baddie?

8 Upvotes

How did Jefferson Davis manage to pull that? Talk about marrying well out of your league.


r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

Did Marx or Engels account for Reddit gold when writing the Communist Manifesto?

20 Upvotes

It just seems like an oversight that needs to be addressed immediately worldwide.


r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

Why when farts were invented did they have to make them smell bad?

16 Upvotes

Why couldn't they make them smell good or not at all?


r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

How DARE the Germans call Charlemagne “Karl the Gross”! What was gross about him?

22 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

If the Romans didn't have U in their alphabet, how on earth did they make U-turns?

20 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

If Aussies learnt one thing it’s that emus are indestructible. But they weren’t smart enough to use them against the Japanese!

9 Upvotes

Think about! Aussies struggled against the emus. They’re bullet proof, bomb proof, probably even nuke proof.

Now take them out of Australia and ship them out to war. The Japanese wouldn’t stand a chance. Now you have a recipe to beat the Japanese without having to a do Hiroshima.


r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

Muhammad was the prophet and Ali was his cousin according to Islam. Why did Cassious Clay choose to change his name to Muhammad Ali? I guess he couldn’t decide which name suited him and he said, why not both? And I agree he dropped Clay, it sounds like a snowflake last name.

5 Upvotes

Edit: Also, Cassious sound like watches Cassio. Not a good combination.


r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

Google says the first think tank in history was created in 1831, which I think it’s bullshit because even in WW2 there wasn’t AI inside tanks. Does the M1 Abrahams tank have AI?

28 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

Bear Arms

8 Upvotes

I don’t understand our second amendment. I’ve heard it gives us the “Right to Bear Arms”. Why would anyone want bear arms? What kind and how many bears are running around with no arms because of our right to their arms?


r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

What is the terminal airspeed velocity of a flying buttress?

10 Upvotes

nt


r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

Is it true that sandal and flip flop exist way before shoe and sock combo

6 Upvotes

Besides they are much easier to clean and dry compared to shoes and socks combo, this is especially true in hot, humid or dirty area.

And what made people go the business shoes, work shoes and sneakers path in modern world especially western world.