: Tarihçilere, onları neyin "bekle, wut?" diye sorduğunu sordum. İşte yüzlerce yanıtın tadı

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Often when historians visit an archive or conduct research, we are not sure what we'll find. With the help of archivists and librarians, we may know broadly what is contained in an archival record or a database, but we never know what may or may not be useful to us. Approaching our research material with a particular set of questions or analytical framework, what we actually find may leave us surprised, confused or taken aback in another way. On Twitter, I [asked a simple question](https://twitter.com/evanishistory/status/1431621770423914496): Historians, what is the thing that made you go 'wait, wut?' in the archives or in your research? The response was overwhelming – over 300 replies and 450 quote tweets at last count. Historians, archivists and other researchers got in touch with great stories of their archival finds and tales of bizarre research moments. These ranged from the quirky to the disturbing to the profound. Below I have chosen a handful that fall into each category to give an idea of the wide spectrum of what historians have come across in the field.