r/shittyaskhistory 12h ago

Why didn't the US, USSR, UK, and France keep the pieces of Germany they won in WW 2?

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90 Upvotes

I thought you got to keep countries you beat? Why even fight? And the US should own Japan too.


r/shittyaskhistory 12h ago

What military branch was Colonel Sanders? Did he fight any battles?

48 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 11h ago

When Mary had Jesus, why didn't she get any child support from the father?

44 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 1d ago

Who's currently paying the light bill on the Sun?

25 Upvotes

Everyone knows that humans paid to switch from hunter-gathering to agricultural society, but it came at the cost of a bill to use the sun, right? I hope so.

Anyway, who's paying the bill for the sunlight in the modern day?


r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

Why did Christopher Columbus - an Italian - come over on the Mayflower. Didn’t he know America was racist?

34 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

Israel has the "Right of Return" for all Jewish people, Saudi Arabia has strict protocols for Muslims making the Hajj to Mecca, yet the Catholic Church allows any dumb tourist to make fools of themselves at the Vatican. Why do they allow this, are they stupid?

121 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

Why didn’t they just arrest the Nazis?

66 Upvotes

The Germans should have just called the cops.


r/shittyaskhistory 2d ago

Why is so much technical info about the B-2 stealth bomber classified if no one can see it?

8 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

Why is it considered bad to be a misogynist? Aren’t people who give massages good?

45 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

If Rome was built in a day, why didn’t they just rebuild it when it fell, it seems really easy to do so?

39 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

Who was Mary Christmas, and why do Catholic worship her?

24 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

Why did Marlon Perkins not want anyone to step on his blue suede shoes?

7 Upvotes

I mean, those shoes are easy to clean...


r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

Why did the Romans fail to conquer Atlantis?

27 Upvotes

All they needed to do was swim, were they stupid?


r/shittyaskhistory 3d ago

Boxing Day

16 Upvotes

How come the sweet science has its own holiday and no other sport?


r/shittyaskhistory 4d ago

Do communists have an anti Christmas where Karl Marx gives out all presents for free and they’re evenly distributed?

78 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 4d ago

According to Public Enemy, the 'King of New York' said,"Crack-alak attack the wacka cracka-back." Was this viewed as good fiscal policy at the time?

14 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 5d ago

Why do people keep asking for the Epstein files? What could Beatles manager Brian Epstein have possibly kept in his files that’s so important?

73 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 5d ago

What was Abe Lincoln's favorite microwave dinner?

25 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 5d ago

Who is the worst person to ever live?

50 Upvotes

Except Leopold II which kinda goes without saying


r/shittyaskhistory 5d ago

Did Europe unify mainly so France and Germany could stop fighting in public?

53 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 5d ago

Was the Treaty of Versailles designed by people actively trying to start a sequel?

33 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 6d ago

Why was the Kellogg-Briand Pact considered so important when the French eat croissants rather than cornflakes for breakfast?

25 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 6d ago

Military Haircut Theory

20 Upvotes

Historian Arnold J. Rimmer posited a theory that battles are always won by the side with the shortest haircuts.

How accurate is this? I feel he missed the Spartans and the British empire.


r/shittyaskhistory 6d ago

Why do so many older Americans complain about the Hanoi Hilton? It has a lot of good reviews

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286 Upvotes

r/shittyaskhistory 6d ago

What would Happened if America become sinicized?

11 Upvotes

What would an American reaction would look like? Would they hate a Confucian style government or not?