So I had horrific writer's block on my own work this month...but my loss was, for the first time since about November 2018, AskHistorians' gain. I might actually have written more this month than I did in all the previous months of the year put together (certainly all the months minus March). Here are my favorites:

• Was Reagan the first divorced President? Or: On Rachel Jackson and Andrew
• How did prostitutes in the old American West circa 1865 - 1900 treat LGBT clients?
• How common was illegal drinking during the prohibition era? Would the "average joe" have been frequenting speakeasies or was this something mainly done by an already more criminal crowd?
• When the world changed from the Gros Michel to the Cavendish Banana in the 1960s, how did the public react to the smaller and less tasty new fruits?
• ...And please also read /u/persimmonmango's excellent and complementary answer to the banana question--it's pretty awesome; we agree on all the facts, but emphasize different ends of the story. Go learn more!

...And because I'm actually a medievalist, I promise, here's my Dia de Muertos answer to "Medieval and early modern women of AskHistorians, do you love your husbands?"

It's in rhyming couplets.

I've been thinking in rhyming couplets since Friday afternoon.

I SACRIFICE FOR YOU PEOPLE, DARN IT!

I think I only saw one question (specifically*) for a historical figure get answered. Here are some unanswered questions:

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/dqanou/giuseppe_guarneri_what_methods_did_you_use_to/

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/dq8rar/werner_von_braun_what_did_you_know_about_the_use/

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/dq8vx4/senator_mccarthy_what_was_your_endgame_and_plan/

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/dq97ea/secretary_jefferson_would_you_have_freed_your/

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/dq93qm/ludwig_van_beethoven_i_know_you_were_an_admirer/

https://old.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/dq6ree/hey_georgy_miss_me_yet/?st=k2gd5rmt&sh=725ffc98

"Hey Benjamin Franklin, what’s your favorite beer and which one should I make next?" (Never made into its own thread, apparently.)

Really liked this answer by /u/dhowlett1692: Why did American Puritans seem to deradicalize so rapidly? In the 1690s they're accusing each other of witchcraft en masse with the entire society revolving around the congregation. A mere 70 years later their descendants are some of the most intellectually radical/liberal in the world. Why?

I dropped most of what I had saved in lastweek's digest 'cause I did it so late, but a few trailing ones for here

/u/lcnielsen answered"Was there any record of Alexander the Great's opinion on Cyrus the Great?"

/u/y_sengaku answered "Vikings and Ragna Lothbrok and his 5 sons, how accurate is the History Channel show?"

/u/MolemanusRes answered "According to Demographic records, the Free Black population outnumbered the Slave population in Delaware from 1800 onward, and was 10x the slave population in 1860. How different was slave society in a state where the Black population was mostly free?"

This post is already 2 days old so it will probably be removed soon, but I asked a question coubple of days ago "Were US Airborne soldiers really trained and put together with men who didn't have battle experience, as it seems to be shown in the TV show "Band of Brothers"? and I got excellent replies. Sadly some got removed, but u/eastw00d86 reply is still there. Very interesting read!