Sunday means another chance to browse through all the fantastic questions answered this week, and see the amazing amount of history material available just a click away! Don’t forget to check out the usual weekly features and show some thanks for the hard working contributors who make this such a brilliant community!

• New Snoo Sunday: Introducing Viola Snoomond, Snoosé Rizal, and Jane Snoosten

• An explainer of Juneteenth and a celebration of African-American history

• Some good suggestions in the Thursday Reading and Rec thread.

• Been a good amount of activity in the recent Friday Free for All threads!

• /u/MaharajadhirajaSawai and /u/J-Force continued to shine in the Saturday Showcase!

• Meta: Does anyone else wish they knew whether a question had been answered?

• Why do most posts here have deleted comments . What’s going on

That wraps us up for another week and my folder lies depleted. Keep it classy out there you fantastic people, and I’ll see you again next Sunday.

Today is also a chance to call out and show some appreciation for the overlooked questions that caught your eye. Feel free to post your own or link any others that got missed but you found interesting.

• /u/Kochevnik81 asked about What's the story behind the German military naming operations after colors?

• /u/PurrPrinThom asked Post-WWII my grandparents immigrated to Canada. Their story was that the German government paid their way, and chose their final destination for them. Is this in any way accurate?

• /u/The_Manchurian asked The Qin Dynasty is often considered the first dynasty of China. But at the time, people considered it a reunification of China (I think) once ruled by the Zhou Dynasty. How similar was Zhou's Empire to later Chinese Empires?

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!"

This week I'm continuing to celebrate the 1-year anniversary of the Real Questions, since the first edition—a year and a week ago—felt more like a prototype, while the second instance is much closer to what the series has become. And here we are, one year and 600+ questions later!

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.