G’day everyone! I’m a little late but hopefully worth the wait. Welcome to another fantastic edition of the Sunday Digest, and my own personal effort to share as many of these great answers with as many people as possible. Firstly, PSA, I’m writing this the evening of Mother’s Day (hence my lateness), so if you’ve forgotten or haven’t gotten to it, take a break from your screen and call your mom. I’ll wait.

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The Thursday R&R thread

The Friday Free for All is always a great place to crack a joke, or go for that discussion that people like sometimes.

The Saturday Showcase! continues to show /u/Klesk_vs_Xaero.

And hey folks, do you know who’s great? You. All of you. I love you, you wonderful, big (Soon to be a million!) community.

Edit: After a quick count there are at least ~130 different threads here, let alone threads that had multiple answers from different people. And that's just what I myself saw. Not to bad for a place "that never gets any answers" eh?

Not many apart from the OP saw this so adding it here: answers by /u/400-Rabbits and myself on the central Mexican state of Chalco and its political organisation in pre-hispanic times. (they're a bit further down in the thread) Questions generally seem to be more on the better known states of the ruling Mexica/Aztecs and sometimes the Txactaltecs (major allies of Cortés); so it was nice to write about another important group for a change.

I found u/Georgy_K_Zhukov about the Wild West fascinating. Also u/Platypuskeeper answer on how long pagan tradition in Scandinavia was practised after Christianity was interesting. Lastly u/WARitter on sheet metal in medieval times was enlightening on multiple levels. The link he/she linked to made me want to go to that museum. It was on trip-hammers.

On interesting question there was one on the motivations for explorers both Western and Eastern that was intriguing. It was asked by u/charlesthe50th.

Somewhat abbreviated as I was out of town all weekend, but a few to mention:

/u/woofiegrrl on "Did large amounts of soldiers in the 19th 20th centuries return home with significant hearing damage from gunfire and explosions? If so, what were the effects on the civilian world/market as a result of having a portion of its male workforce's hearing impaired?"

/u/Marshmallowpepys answered "When did homosexuality begin to carry a stigma in the West?"

/u/BRIStoneman on "How reliable is the Bayeux Tapestry and is it the Main source about the 1066 Hastings ?"

I'm a little biased because it was my question, but I am amazed how quickly and thoroughly /u/platypuskeeper was able to answer a question that had been nagging me for years here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/blg7ls/history_of_particle_accelerator_at_aberdeen/