The votes are in, and it is time to announce the winners! I wish I could be handing out awards to everyone who has taken the time to answer a question or ask one on the sub over the past year, but nevertheless, we've gone and winnowed it down to what the readers thought to be truly the best of the best.
Coming in for the top accolades, /u/The_Alaskan answered the question "Legend has it that dummy blueprints for the Concorde, featuring design errors, were created to fool Soviet agents - and that the USSR's supersonic airliner, the TU-144, featured some of these flaws. Is that true?", which was asked by /u/JournalofFailure.
Close on their heels, /u/Celebreth answered "If I traveled to Rome in 50 BC. How much would it look like the Rome from the HBO Series Rome?", which was asked by /u/Gugg256.
And finally, barely a step behind, /u/Imperial_Affectation answered the question "The Republic of Turkey sent 15,000 men to fight in the Korean War, making up the third largest United Nation force after the US and UK. Why did Turkey send so many troops to such a distant war?", as asked by /u/DoritosDewItRight.
I want to say "congratulations" to the winners, but that may be a violation of the 20-year rule. :-P
Thanks to all who voted, and thanks to /u/Georgy_K_Zhukov for organizing this!
Ahoi! What fun! Now to find out the function of gold..
I, for one, welcome our new Alaskan overlords, what with their answers to questions relating to fairly obscure Soviet shenanigans.
Wow. These are all wonderful. Thanks for compiling these and to all who voted. And of course thanks to the historians who wrote them. I never thought I'd care so much about the Concrode or Turkey's presence in Korea!
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