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Welcome to History!
A community dedicated to sharing and discussing fascinating historical facts from all periods and regions.
Rules:
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Post about history. Ask a question about the past, share a link to an article about something historical, or talk about something related to history that interests you. Discussion is encouraged.
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No memes. No ads. No promos. No politics. No spam.
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No porn.
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We like facts and reliable sources here. While sources like Quora/Reddit/Wikipedia can be great tools for quick searches, we do not allow such user-generated content as primary source. What’s wrong with Wikipedia?
NOTE: Personal attacks and insults will not be tolerated. Stick to talking about the historical topic at hand in your comments. Insults and personal attacks will get you an immediate ban.
- 'The aircraft spiralled downwards, tail first': The CIA spy shot down over Russia in 1960www.bbc.com ↗Submitted 5 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Submitted 10 months ago by some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org | 4 comments
- Submitted 3 months ago by Amoxtli@thelemmy.club | 0 comments
- Letter from the Levant - On the Origin of the Pork Taboo - Archaeology Magazine - March/April 2025archaeology.org ↗Submitted 10 months ago by youradhere@feddit.org | 2 comments
- Submitted 11 months ago by wjrii@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Submitted 8 months ago by hamburgheftig@feddit.org | 0 comments
- Submitted 5 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Submitted 5 months ago by FundMECFS@lemmy.dbzer0.com | 0 comments
- Wine, Urine, Paperclips: America's Secret Weapons of WWII - A fun bit of history on Sabotage and its effectiveness against Fascist Regimes [18:12]www.youtube.com ↗Submitted 10 months ago by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net | 3 comments
- The daring Polish resistance fighter who volunteered to be sent to Auschwitzwww.smithsonianmag.com ↗Submitted 8 months ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca | 1 comment
- Submitted 6 months ago by doopinglouie@feddit.org | 0 comments
- Otter pelts, Orthodox priests and a $7.2m bargain: how Russia sold Alaska to the USwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 5 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Submitted 8 months ago by muelltonne@feddit.org | 0 comments
- ‘Our boys were forced into the enemy army to save loved ones’: the second world war exhibition dividing Polandwww.theguardian.com ↗Submitted 5 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Submitted 4 months ago by Amoxtli@thelemmy.club | 2 comments
- Submitted 5 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world | 1 comment
- Choose Your Own Theorist of Religion - a Twine adaptation of Elesha Coffmancdn.inst-fs-iad-prod.inscloudgate.net ↗Submitted 8 months ago by andros_rex@lemmy.world | 4 comments
- Ejnar Mikkelsen, a Danish Explorer, spent two and a half years on an island off Greenland waiting to be rescued.www.vintag.es ↗Submitted 7 months ago by Quilotoa@lemmy.ca | 1 comment
- Submitted 4 months ago by Dwazoup@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Submitted 5 months ago by LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone | 0 comments
- Submitted 11 months ago by pandasiusfilet@feddit.org | 1 comment
- Submitted 7 months ago by ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net | 0 comments
- Submitted 10 months ago by pandasiusfilet@feddit.org | 0 comments
- Submitted 8 months ago by weissbraeu@feddit.org | 1 comment
- 'It provoked a fierce public debate': The 1957 homosexuality report that divided the UKwww.bbc.com ↗Submitted 5 months ago by Davriellelouna@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- The Kazakh Famine of 1930-1933 and Stalinist Collectivization: The Limitation of Legal Frameworks for Genocide in Communist Studiesyris.yira.org ↗Submitted 6 months ago by icegladiator@lemy.lol | 1 comment
- Submitted 9 months ago by Ananasdoener@feddit.org | 1 comment
- Submitted 4 months ago by dwoupi@lemmy.world | 0 comments
- Submitted 7 months ago by jandoenermann@feddit.org | 15 comments
- Runaway Train on the Nepisiguit Sub Part 1/5. If you haven't heard this, you should listen.www.youtube.com ↗Submitted 5 months ago by Yezzey@lemmy.ca | 0 comments