Greetings denizens of reddit! It’s Canadian Thanksgiving (AKA the proper one) this weekend so I’ve been a bit late, but AskHistorians is built on thinking patience is a virtue. So, with a little bit of waiting, here’s another great edition of the Sunday Digest. Alas it’s a bit shorter then normal because of the festivities, but that just means extra content in the next one. We’ve had some rocking threads this week, so check them out and upvote your favorites!

Super exciting news to start us off! AskHistorians at the AHA! (American Historical Association Conference, January 2020) We’re sending a contingent of our finest to a conference!

We have/had (depending on when you’re reading this) an incredible panel of experts hosting on AMA on 500 Years Later - Colonization of the Americas Panel AMA! Check it out and bring those burning questions you need to know.

There was also a somewhat unusual, but very special Monday Methods post! Impeachment Explainer and Q&A where /u/jschooltiger explains things.

If you’re looking for reading, and want something a bit more then my glorious Sunday Digest, check out the Thursday Reading and Recommendations thread.

The Friday Free For All!

The great Saturday Showcase had the ongoing narrative of /u/Klesk_vs_Xaero and a (sea)worthy response from /u/ShipsAreNeat.

That’s it for me this week. Enjoy the many, many answers and tune in again next week! I’m off to continue feasting on turkey, drinking wine, and crushing my friends and loved ones in board games.

Also my Grandmother say’s “Hi Reddit”, because she doesn’t really understand what it is and thinks I’ve been talking to friends all day instead of arguing politics like the rest of the fam dam. So Happy Thanksgiving to all of you wonderful people/redditors!

Once again let’s spend a moment to draw some attention to some interesting, yet overlooked question. If you’ve noticed any others that you have a burning desire to see answered, post them up and maybe a wandering expert will take interest.

/u/AH_LA_questioner asked Do we know the true origins of the Fast Inverse Square Root algorithm?

/u/EvXK9 asked How did a Crusader State and regular European Fiefdom differ?

That delightful /u/Gankom dude asked The Rani of Jhansi Regiment was one of the few all female combat regiments of WWII. How were they treated by their comrades, and what were they fighting for?

And What led to the Malayan Emergency, and why did Britain fight so hard to put it down?

u/amp1212 answered "Did Charles II drink skull dust?" https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/dfi1ay/did_charles_ii_drink_skull_dust/

I think u/Gankom is probably distracted by Thanksgiving dinner, so the rest of the digest may be delayed.

u/ProfSwagstaff and I were wondering Did the RNC do anything to clean house after Nixon's impeachment and resignation?

Does anyone know about aircraft? Specifically the Russian Il-28Sh. I’ve heard it was used during the afghan war in the 80s but can’t find anything definitive

GK Zhukov wrote about "Citizen Kane was a financial flop during it's release in 1941, yet in a 1962 poll, the Sight & Sound magazine declared Citizen Kane to be the 'Greatest Film of All Time'. Did we ever learn what Orson Welles' reaction of the changing attitude towards his film was like?" and "Is it really "well-documented" that Stonewall Jackson was privately an abolitionist?"

/u/chevalier-sans-peur answered "We often think of Medieval Europe as having a very conservative society. But were there periods where liberal attitudes were more accepted?" and "Serfs in Mideval Europe were "tied to the land they worked on". In a legal sense, what did this mean? If a serf ran away, would they track them down? Was there legal system to keep them working?"

/u/commustar answered "How did the great depression affect countries besides North America and Europe?"

/u/drdickles answered "How Corrupt was the KMT during 1920-1949?"