• I'm pretty sure it would be physically impossible to not mention /u/RioAbajo's amazing answer to Western films often purport a stark difference between Southwestern "village Indians" like the Pueblo and Yuma, and "warrior Indians" like the Apache and Comanche. Were these cultures really so distinct in lifestyle?

• And /u/PapiriusCursor wrote a fascinating post on Roman hygiene, and images of Roman hygiene and sanitation, I knew a bit about public baths, but absolutely nothing about the sewerage system, or even that public latrines existed!

• /u/Georgy_K_Zhukov described Peter Conover Hains, who, born 1840, served in the Civil War and during WW1. Hains' story reminds me of a 2014 April Fools joke

• Congratulations to our two newest Interesting Inquirer flairs, /u/LukeInTheSkyWith and /u/Goat_im_Himmel! As a community called AskHistorians, we exist first and foremost because people have questions about history. These two have consistently and frequently asked fascinating questions about history that provoke detailed and wide-ranging answers and follow-ups. Thank you both, and happy future questioning!

It's late, but I'd like to add a quick plug for my post on the Norman Conquest.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/57cewr/how_did_william_the_bastardconqueror_raise_such_a/

Also, in an effort to plug ourselves a little bit: For those on twitter, check out our twitter feed where we tweet interesting answers we come across during the week.

A day later, better than never...

• /u/the_howling_cow answered "What was the engineering logic behind the fuselage of the P-38 "Lightning"?" and on "In Fury (Brad Pitt movie about WW2 tanks) the Nazis are shown forcing preadolescent children into service as a last stich attempt to stop the allies invading Germany. Is that based on anything factual?" and "During World War 2. Why were some US Marines issued camouflage uniforms while others were issued sage green HBT uniforms?"

• /u/hillsonghoods answered "Why are there so few famous black rock musicians after Jimi Hendrix? Had African American pop culture already moved past rock to funk and Motown?"

• /u/keyilan on "When and why did Taiwan's primary language shift from Taiwanese to Mandarin, the language of its main enemy?"

/u/Iphikrates challenges the traditional assumptions about the Persian Empire and suggests that "while the nature of Alexander's army and tactics are definitely the product of a long historical process, his success in battle may be largely a matter of contingency, rather than innate factors."