History
Exploring "Why" questions about History
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Why isn’t 17th-19th century style classical music not composed anymore?
Composers of 20th/21st century classical music are always pushing the genre forward and looking to do something new. If they wrote something which was too close to the music of centuries ago, it would
Why are there so many molestations going on in the Roman Catholic Church involving priests?
They don't. Catholic priests commit sexual crimes at a rate similar to that of male clergy from other religions and at a lower rate than non-clergy males. Source: Religion in America, 6E, by Julia Hem
Why is taking off your hat or hood considered respectful?
From an old teacher of mine: It used to be an English tradition that knights remove their helmet in presence of a king or lord, since fancy adornments on the helmet (feathers and such) would take atte
Why did Hitler think that Northern Europeans were “the perfect race”?
Because that's the race he belonged to, of course. Racists always think that their race is the most superior one. It's an amazing coincidence, don't you think?
Why doesn’t the queen have a last name?
They do, it's usually very long and combines all the lineages of incest. Lets take Queen Elizabeth II. In 1917 they have changed their surname from Saxe-Coburg-Gotha to Windsor.
Why isn’t Roman mythology referred to as Italian mythology?
The Italians are not the Romans. Although the Italian nation has much cultural heritage from the Romans, there were many intervening political and cultural developments; they just aren't the same peop
why don’t checking accounts get interest?
It's the bank's way of charging you for the convenience of a checking account. Btw, many banks (and more often credit unions) do offer interest on checking accounts, especially when you maintain a cer
Why does plastic industry uses system of symbols (numbers in a triangle) that says what is recyclable and what is not? Shouldn’t there be an easy way to tell us if plastic is recyclable instead of …
You have to realize that there are lots of different types of plastic. It is a huge family of substances. Similar plastics can have very different properties and different plastics can have similar pr
Why in anime 99% of the time before attacking a character says the technique’s name? Anime law?
Branding. If you don't repeat the names of techniques or styles over and over then your anime can tend to blend with the other million anime series out there.
Why did Civil War soldiers not use revolvers exclusively?
Revolver rifles, or repeating rifles of that ERA were somewhat unreliable. They could discharge all of the six ammo at once and after 6 shots they were pretty slow to reload. Ammo was harder to make o