You seem to be under a mistaken impression of what HN is for. If you read the first paragraph of
https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html, it should correct that. We want stories on the widest range of curiosity-gratifying topics, well beyond just tech and startups.
Historical material is particularly welcome here!
https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...