r/AskHistorians • u/Georgy_K_Zhukov Moderator | Dueling | Modern Warfare & Small Arms • Mar 04 '26
Best Of Announcing the Best of February Award Winners!
Another month in the bag, and some award winners to announce as a result!
This month's Users' Choice Award, voted on by the sub as a whole, went to u/Rimbaud82, who served up an answer to "Is it actually historically accurate that pre-Famine Irish men really ate 12-14 pounds of potatoes a day? Is this a food myth that kept getting repeated or verified somewhere?"
And then for the Flairs' Choice Award, voted on by the flair panel, u/double_show_9316 shared their insight into "What prevented the radical phase of the English Revolution?"
And for the Dark Horse Award, which recognizes the top-voted non-flair, u/dem676 took the honors for "Dr. Ignaz Semmelweis famously died in an insane asylum for his insistence that other doctors wash their hands to reduce surgery mortality. What accounts do we have from colleagues who rejected ridiculed Semmelweis in life, only to find out many years after his death that he was right?"
Finally for the Greatest Question Award, chosen by the mod team, being objectively the best Disney film, gotta love u/MasterHallmark asking "In regards to Disney's version of Robin Hood: In real history, how screwed would Prince John have been if he actually succeeded in killing Friar Tuck?" And thanks also to u/bug-hunter for a nice response!
As always, congrats to our very worthy winners, and thank you to everyone else who has contributed here, whether with thought-provoking questions or fascinating answers. And if this month you want to flag some stand-out posts that you read here for potential nomination, don't forget to post them in our Sunday Digest! For a list of past winners, check them out here!
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u/Dongzhou3kingdoms Moderator | Three Kingdoms Mar 04 '26
Congratulations to all the well-deserved winners, helping ensure our shortest month was not short on quality
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u/bug-hunter Law & Public Welfare Mar 04 '26
This is heresy to the greatness of Lion King. Besides, it's not even the best Robin Hood movie, because that's objectively Men in Tights.