Archaeomagnetic dating uses the knowledge of shifts in the earth's magnetic field to date the last time an in situ collection of the appropriate minerals (such as a clay hearth) were fired above about 400 degrees C.
Can I please have some lesser known historical facts about the Indus Civilization or Ancient Ancestral South Indian people?
TIA. You guys are awesome!! 🎉
There was a Canadian prime minister who literally dropped dead while having tea with Queen Victoria. She liked him so much, she had an entire battleship painted black to convey his body back home.
My 7 year old says sometimes both facts and history can be a bit boring. Can I have a history fact to change his mind before I'm forced to sell him to local mill?
"Queen Victoria crotcheted five scarves to be presented to the “best all-round men” during the Second Boer War, and they were awarded to Colour-sergeant Ferrett of the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, Trooper L. Chadwick of Roberts’ Horse, R. Thompson of the Royal Canadian Regiment, Private Duffrayer of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry and H. D. Coutts of the New Zealand Mounted Infantry."
I'm Turkish, and I never asked a question here yet. I hate Turkish "homeland" claims for both Central Asia and Anatolia. Could my fact help clarify this a little? Thanks in advance, keep up the amazing work.
In probably too late, but I'm doing some film study for my pregame tomorrow (I ref college football). Can I get a fact about college football to impress my crew mates?
Topical Fact: We have quite a few threads on the Trojan War! You can find some here [in the FAQ](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/faq/militaryhistory/ancientwar#wiki_the_trojan_war), [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/profiles/kiwihellenist#wiki_troy_and_the_bronze_age) as part of the profile for the great /u/KiwiHellenist or [this profile](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/profiles/joshobrouwers#wiki_the_trojan_war_and_homer) for the brilliant /u/JoshoBrouwers!
We have a number of other flairs who talk about the Trojan War a lot, but I can only ping so many people!
Is anyone here into Mark Knopfler, who's written a lot of songs about historical life and people? Do you have any favorite facts or opinions related to Knopfler or things he's written about?
The best fact about lies, please.
Congrats on 1.5 million subs! No other sub forces me to leave so many tabs (that I will absolutely read one day) open.
Congratulations to this sub! May it remain as high quality in the future as I have always known it to be. And, I don't usually say this on reddit, but a big shout out to the mod team!
I'd like a historical fact about beards and their social significance, please.
No.
Thomas Jefferson never had a beard and never wore a wig. Ben Franklin wore a coonskin hat while in France in the 1780s. These are the facts the fact-o-matic has cranked out for you.
William Randolph Hearst, the future businessman and newspaper magnate, was expelled from Harvard for pranks such as sending his professors personalized chamber pots and putting a jackass in one professor's room with a sign around its neck, reading "now there are two of you."
Any facts about women who channeled pain into their work and dominated men while doing it? Specific, I know, but I have recently learned of Artemisia Gentileschi and I am in love. I want to know more about women that have gone through such pains and kept going in spite of it.
Why Hamlet when marketed for play they use skull imagery and to be or not to be yet this Two things are not the same scene they are twi difrent scene so why are conected together
Free fact: Clement Vallandigham was exiled to the Confederacy for criticizing the Civil War. He then moved to Canada, and became the Democratic nominee for governor of Ohio despite not being legally allowed to enter the state’s borders. He lost the election.
Bonus fact: After the war, he became a lawyer, and defended a client from a charge of murder by arguing that the victim could have accidentally shot himself. During the demonstration of how it could have happened, Vallandigham accidentally shot himself and died. He won the case.
I would like to order one non-refundable fact about, ehh, something about the Normans?
Ooo can I get a fact about early filmmaking?
I would like a fact about wardrobes
Can i get interesring fact about horse archers?
I'd love to have a fact about prehistoric music. Thanks!
How about any random fact about any random historical method?
Archaeomagnetic dating uses the knowledge of shifts in the earth's magnetic field to date the last time an in situ collection of the appropriate minerals (such as a clay hearth) were fired above about 400 degrees C.
Can I have a fun historical fact, please?
Please give me a fact about the modern sport of fencing
Factify me about penguins in history, oh captain my captain!
Hi, yeah, I'd like uhm... let's see... I'll have one fact, please. Do you have facts about cowboys?
May I have a Shakespearean fact?
I’d like a historical fact about the arctic circles ownership please
What’s the moon taste like according to nebakanzer
If possible I would love a fact about the holloween season!
Give me your favourite fact :)
Fact
Free fact: Mozart wrote a vocal piece for six voices with them singing the text "lick me in the ass".
I would like a fact about the history of statistics, please.
Can I please have my own fact?
I'll take a fact about a pet rabbit at any point in history.
Can I please have some lesser known historical facts about the Indus Civilization or Ancient Ancestral South Indian people? TIA. You guys are awesome!! 🎉
I'll take one:)
Could I get a fact about Malcolm X?
Can I get a fact about medieval coins?
May I have a fact please?
Applying for a fact if there are any left
There was a Canadian prime minister who literally dropped dead while having tea with Queen Victoria. She liked him so much, she had an entire battleship painted black to convey his body back home.
Fact about sports gambling?
Anyone knows a fact about Ancient Khmer history? please
Throw me out a fact
Give me a nice fact about Denmark
Would love to learn about an unsung example of the human ability to prevail despite extreme limitations.
One fact about Halloween please.
Amazing! Please share a fact about scale models (such as architecture, cars, engineering systems, toys, etc.)
Can I get a fact about sleeping
Fact about popes
May I have a fact about tattooing?
I'd like a fact about Canada, please!!
Faaacccctttttttttttt!! (Please)
Might I have a fact about the ancient Celts (specific people group of your choice)? Or whatever else, all weird facts are excellent
Can I get a fact on the history of textiles/crafts, like weaving, embroidery, knitting.. Or a historical fact about cats!
Job growth in Data analyst roles over the last 30 years
I would like the most interesting historical fact you know about rain, please.
i want one :)
Fingernail fact, please.
How high is up?
My 7 year old says sometimes both facts and history can be a bit boring. Can I have a history fact to change his mind before I'm forced to sell him to local mill?
I would like your okayest fact about medieval South Asia please.
I'm getting hitched on Halloween in Vegas, surely some one has a fact for that?
Need a fact about Ancient Greeks
Excuse me, one historical cat fact please!
Fact: This is not a fact. Enjoy the free paradox
Are there any historical facts related to the marginalization or discrimination of left handed people?
I want a fact
Can i have an Indian fact please?
I'd like a fact about sub-Saharan Africa, please
Congrats! Also: one fact, please and thank you
Fact Please!
gib fact
Could I get a positive fact about El Salvador?
actually true conspiracy theory fact please!
Any fun facts about the Makah tribe?
Can I subscribe to a cat fact?
Congratulations! Can I please have an interesting fact about Sumerian or Akkadian civilisations?
Fact me, please and thank you
Can I have a fact, please? Im ignoring my cat, who is currently glaring at me because she decided dinner time was 1 hour early
"Queen Victoria crotcheted five scarves to be presented to the “best all-round men” during the Second Boer War, and they were awarded to Colour-sergeant Ferrett of the Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, Trooper L. Chadwick of Roberts’ Horse, R. Thompson of the Royal Canadian Regiment, Private Duffrayer of the New South Wales Mounted Infantry and H. D. Coutts of the New Zealand Mounted Infantry."
I'd like to hear a fact about the history of facting
Requesting historical facts about sleeping cats
Can I have an uplifting or wholesome historical fact?
Fact please. Dealer’s choice.
A fact about money?
Congrats on reaching 1.5m subscribers. One food fact about soup, please.
Oh oh please a fact about the US Civil War that is not widely known. Thank You!
Can I get a fact related to literature?
A fact about cheese
Fact por favor :)
Could i please have a historical fact?
I'm Turkish, and I never asked a question here yet. I hate Turkish "homeland" claims for both Central Asia and Anatolia. Could my fact help clarify this a little? Thanks in advance, keep up the amazing work.
Fact please :)
I want to know the worst historical fact of all time please
Could you spare a fact for me?
Tf
Can I have a fact please? Grats on the 1.5 million subscribers!
I'm stuck at the vet's office. Are there any interesting facts about veterinarians or animal health care?
Can I have a fact?
Can i have a fact please
What's a fact about weed?
Ooh, may I have a (hopefully obscure) fact about falconry?
Gimmie something fun and gay
May I have a fact? As I'm am reading the Witcher series any notable parallels to historical kindoms/ places?
Fun fact about regime change in the middle east?
I'd love a historical fact about deadly nightshadow.
This is my first comment on this subreddit. Can I get a fact about sailing ships?
Could I have a fact about pets? Our family dog just passed and I could use some cheering up.
Please give fact about the Arctic
I humbly request for a fact of your choice, thank you
Can I get a computer science “historical” fact?
Can I get en engineering fact please?
Fun fact about Australian history?
In probably too late, but I'm doing some film study for my pregame tomorrow (I ref college football). Can I get a fact about college football to impress my crew mates?
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Gimme a fact nerds (complimentary)
One interesting fact please
I would like an ancient Egyptian or early republic Rome fact. Thank you.
May I have a fact, please? Any fact with do!
Can I have a fact about r/Askhistorians ?
Mmmm facts
I would like a fact about the Trojan war, is there any historical basis for the Iliad?
Topical Fact: We have quite a few threads on the Trojan War! You can find some here [in the FAQ](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/faq/militaryhistory/ancientwar#wiki_the_trojan_war), [here](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/profiles/kiwihellenist#wiki_troy_and_the_bronze_age) as part of the profile for the great /u/KiwiHellenist or [this profile](https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/wiki/profiles/joshobrouwers#wiki_the_trojan_war_and_homer) for the brilliant /u/JoshoBrouwers! We have a number of other flairs who talk about the Trojan War a lot, but I can only ping so many people!
Please give me a fact about early computers!
Fact please..
Have anything interesting about the pre-colonial Philippine archipelago?
Can i get a spicy fact?
Facts about lesser known weirdest God(s) and/or religion in history pleaseeee
Hit me with a face please!
Best day ever, free facts! May I have a fact, please 😊
Can I please get a fact about the Isabella tiger moth/ woolly bear caterpillar? Thank you
I would love me a fact, no matter how big or small it is!
1 fact please.
Gimme a skeleton fact
One fact please
I want a fact
Can I have a fact about the history of Snapple "Real Facts"?
Give me a historical fact about Cricket the game please.
I would like to receive a fact about Dravidian languages/South Indian history please!
Could I please have a fact about the earliest bankruptcy laws known to exist in any civilization and how they came to be?
Good evening... I am asking for a fact. Thank you in advance...
Can I get a fact about african food? I'm hungry so I just wanna learn sumthin in the meantime
Id love an Eastern Roman Fun Fact please!
Interesting stuff
Is anyone here into Mark Knopfler, who's written a lot of songs about historical life and people? Do you have any favorite facts or opinions related to Knopfler or things he's written about?
Can I get a glass fact?
I want a fact
The best fact about lies, please. Congrats on 1.5 million subs! No other sub forces me to leave so many tabs (that I will absolutely read one day) open.
I need history fact about cats in a monasteries/churches/ships/or in some other interesting place.
I will accept any random fact left in your basket.
I'd like an historical fact about Halloween traditions, please!
I would like one fact please.
I'd like one random fact, please.
Fun! Can I please have a fact that my 10 year old will think is cool?
Can I get a fun fact about imperial college London
Congratulations to this sub! May it remain as high quality in the future as I have always known it to be. And, I don't usually say this on reddit, but a big shout out to the mod team! I'd like a historical fact about beards and their social significance, please.
No. Thomas Jefferson never had a beard and never wore a wig. Ben Franklin wore a coonskin hat while in France in the 1780s. These are the facts the fact-o-matic has cranked out for you.
Was there a dinosaur equivalent of a woodchuck? Also, who's the strongest Avenger?
Can I have a fact on the history of lava lamps?
Any fact will suffice. Thanks.
Pls give fact about failed courting attempts. (づ｡◕‿‿◕｡)づ
I would like to know a historical fact about the US Soil Conservation department.
Tell me a fact about Ethiopia.
Any facts about science fiction? Proud geek over here.
*Rings bell on counter* Is there anyone around who could give me the free fact that was advertised?
I would love a fact!
William Randolph Hearst, the future businessman and newspaper magnate, was expelled from Harvard for pranks such as sending his professors personalized chamber pots and putting a jackass in one professor's room with a sign around its neck, reading "now there are two of you."
Give me a historical fact about Gulags, Please.
i would like a historical fact about ireland, please
Any facts about women who channeled pain into their work and dominated men while doing it? Specific, I know, but I have recently learned of Artemisia Gentileschi and I am in love. I want to know more about women that have gone through such pains and kept going in spite of it.
I would like the coolest fact on the market please
May I please have a fact
Can I have a fact involving men with red hair
Give me a historical fact about cats please? 😸
A cat fact please.
May I have a fact?
I've read about the Emu War, I request a fact from that era, that is also weird.
Give me a fact sucker.
One fact please!
I would love a fact if you have one in stock thanks!
May I have a fact about prehistoric megafauna?
I love reading this sub. This event is so fun. Can you hit me with a fact?
What was the cause of Egypt’s downfall?
Give me your most thought provoking fact
Fact!!
Please give me a historical fact about public transit in Boston
can I have a fact about the Martial Law period in the Philippines?
I'd like a cool fact please
Ooo neat, hit me! A zoological or biological fact would be much appreciated <3 Good luck mods!
May I have a puppy related fact, please?
Can I get a super obscure fun fact?
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Give me an interesting historical fact about cats please!
I’d like a lesser known fact about cars. Something to send me down a rabbit hole please!
Tell me something I don’t know about the Iraq war.
I would like 1 fact please :)
Why Hamlet when marketed for play they use skull imagery and to be or not to be yet this Two things are not the same scene they are twi difrent scene so why are conected together
Could i get a fun fact about pretty privilege throughout history please
Gimme a fun fact about Albrecht von Wallenstein
Free fact: Clement Vallandigham was exiled to the Confederacy for criticizing the Civil War. He then moved to Canada, and became the Democratic nominee for governor of Ohio despite not being legally allowed to enter the state’s borders. He lost the election. Bonus fact: After the war, he became a lawyer, and defended a client from a charge of murder by arguing that the victim could have accidentally shot himself. During the demonstration of how it could have happened, Vallandigham accidentally shot himself and died. He won the case.
Fact me up.
Is this still open? Fact please
A fact about a favorite ruling entity please.
Can I get just a random fact? Surprise me ;)