We also take some time to shout out the interesting yet overlooked question that caught our eyes, and our heart, this week!

• /u/Racoonhero asked Why do large Cities in America (especially along the Mississippi) lack Ports ?

• /u/PAR4DOXICAL asked Why does slavery get so much attention as America's "original sin" while the early U.S. government sanctioned genocide of native Americans is essentially ignored, or downplayed?

• /u/DGBD asked The Daughters of the American Revolution is a much larger and more prominent organization in both life and pop culture than its male equivalent(s). How did this come about?

. Welcome back to our fun filled April Special! Its been a super exciting week, so grab your comfy chair and settle in for another fantastic edition of the digest!

Don’t forget to show the writers some thanks and love, and upvote some of those awesome answers.

• Start with the best! Lights, camera…what was Hitler’s reaction to APRIL FOOL’S 2021? Welcome to /r/HistoriansAskTheMovies! Our totally real and not at all fake rebranding!

• And the big follow up! Well, we don't know what Hitler thought of April Fools 2021, but hopefully you all enjoyed! Big thanks to everyone!

• AskHistorians Podcast Episode 172 - The Hitler Diaries with PH Jones and Johannes Breit

Don’t forget to vote in the Best of March voting thread!

• It was a bit of a light Thursday Reading and Rec because of the fun!

• Get the fun and banter in the Friday Free for All!

• /u/ScareFacee took the spotlight in the Saturday Showcase.

That wraps us up for another week folks! I hope you awesome people have a great week, and I’ll see you next Sunday!

/u/611131 on How relevant are archivals and libraries for historians in the age of internet?

/u/amandycat answered 15 of Shakespeare's 37 plays feature suicide as a significant theme, how common was suicide in everyday life during the Elizabethan Era?

/u/anodrog on Now I'm aware of how racist Woodrow Wilson was but how racially tolerant or open minded were American Presidents/politicians around the turn of the century (late 19th/early 20th century)? Did any seek African-American voters? Were any quite simply, "a friend of the Black community"?

Time for another installment of "The Real Questions", where we take a look at the wilder side of r/AskHistorians! Here, I give a shout-out to people asking the more atypical questions on this sub: questions that investigate amusing, unique, bizarre, or less common aspects of history, as well as ones that take us through intriguing adventures of historiography/methodology or niche/overlooked topics and moments in history. It's always a wide (and perhaps confusing) assortment of topics, but at the end of the day, when I see them I think, "Finally, someone is asking the real questions!"

They're not necessarily questions, but we certainly had a Real time looking at history through movie reviews this April Fools.

Below are my entries for the week - questions with a link to an older response are marked with ‡. Let me know what you think were the realest questions you saw this week, and be sure to check out my full list of Real Questions.