The Wikipedia article on Puyi says that the palace eunuchs wore necklaces with jars of brine holding their testicles and penises. Is this true, and if so when was this custom instituted? (old.reddit.com)
Why are USA jail sentences so unrealistic? Like i see Judges giving jail sentences for 200, 500 or even 1000 years. But no person lives that long. So why do they have this kind of system? I live in a country where if anyone's locked up until death they will be given "Sentenced to life in prison". (old.reddit.com)
Barbara Bush spoke about her support for abortion access, LGBT rights, civil rights, and AIDS awareness during her term as First Lady of the United States. How was this received by her husband and Republicans of that time? (old.reddit.com)
This actually might be a stupid question. When my fiancé (m) picks up my boy dog and puts him down, he (the dog) always has to smell his own PP. If I (f) pick him up, he doesn’t. Why? (old.reddit.com)
Why do video resolution numbers use increments the same as degrees of a circle? 360, 720, 1080, 1440. Coincidence? Or is there something circular about video resolution? (old.reddit.com)
If you ever bullied someone: Do you still sometimes think about how the person is now doing affected by your bullying? What did you do? (old.reddit.com)
Do any philosophers touch on not giving into pessimism and cynicism (in the modern sense)? Would y’all recommend any particular works, essays, books, or anything for this? (old.reddit.com)
if i metaphorically got like 5 spiders and released them in my bathroom would they be able to clear up the remnants of a fruit fly infestation? (old.reddit.com)
Does anyone know why Peppa Pig’s little brother’s name is George? And not a name that follows the same format as every other character on the show? (old.reddit.com)
The United Fruit Company was infamously involved in military coups and various human rights violations in Latin America. Has there been any talk of its successor company, Chiquita International, paying reparations to the states affected by its actions? (old.reddit.com)
Great Britain officially lost the American colonies in 1783, the first Australian colony was established in 1788; How did British colonial government policy change between the two periods? Did they take active steps to avoid another independence crisis? (old.reddit.com)
Does reducing the swelling on a injury (like putting ice on a sprain) has any healing benefits or is just to reduce the "look" and "feel" of a swollen injury? (old.reddit.com)
In 1796, Thomas Paine wrote in an open letter to George Washington that 'the world will be puzzled to decide whether you are an apostate or an impostor; whether you have abandoned good principles or whether you ever had any.' Why was Paine so angry with Washington? (old.reddit.com)
In 1880 there were 80k Jews in NYC. In 1920, there were 1,5 million of them, who made up around 25% of the population. What was the reaction of Anglo Americans to this sudden "Jewification" of NYC? (old.reddit.com)
In Desmond Seward's "The Hundred Years War", the author refers to a royal bride as "sluttish". This struck me as a very harsh word to use in a history book, but I had also never heard it before. Why use this particular word over something like "promiscuous"? (old.reddit.com)
Did the Japanese government really plan to create a colony of Jewish people in Manchuria, and, if so, was this really because they were positively influenced by the Protocols of the Elders of Zion? (old.reddit.com)
If I were living in a remote village in the mountains of Armenia around 330BC, How long would it take for me to realize the land was conquered by Alexander? Would my life change in any significant way? (old.reddit.com)
I spontaneously came into existence several billion years after the Big Bang. What's not to say that I will "appear" again at some other point in time after I die? (old.reddit.com)
Ok so if the only part of womens' breasts that needs to be censored is the nipples, then what if you cover the nipples with a mans nipples. Would you still have to censor it? (old.reddit.com)
Women of Reddit What is something that you have been called out on that you are 100% sure you would have got away with if you were a man? (old.reddit.com)
Women who were primarily working from home during the pandemic and are now going back into the office, how are you doing with the transition? (old.reddit.com)
I've seen in crime shows and movies that witnesses are able to describe the suspect in detail, enough to make a sketch. Am I the only one who couldn't even 'describe' my own family and friends? Let alone a stranger (old.reddit.com)
If a transplanted organ develops cancer, can that cancer spread to the rest of the body even though it's DNA is different from the host DNA? (old.reddit.com)
The Simpson family was supposed to represent the typical American family. Could someone with just a GED realistically support a 5 member family, a four bedroom house and two cars just with just one blue collar job in the late 80's early 90's? (old.reddit.com)
Hesiod tells us of Atalanta, a fast female runner who "rejected her equals, avoided marriage with men who eat bread." What does this mean? (old.reddit.com)
Of the four classic novels of Chinese literature, Journey to the West and Romance of the Three Kingdoms seem to be much better known outside of China than Dream of the Red Chamber and Water Margin. How did this situation come to pass? (old.reddit.com)
Would you press a button that gives you 10,000 dollars everytime you press it but at the same time kills one random stranger in the world? (old.reddit.com)
In Dracula, stoker makes Transylvania seem like it’s at some sort of borderland of the unknown world. Where does this peripheral sense of the place come from and when did it dissipate? (old.reddit.com)
Does anybody else have conversions/arguments in their heads with themselves about people they're angry with or have unresolved issues to let off steam? (old.reddit.com)
I'm a rich 4th century Roman and I've decided to convert to the cool new religion of Christianity, just like the Emperor. Outside of actual religious ceremonies, what changes am I likely to make to my behaviour? (old.reddit.com)
To what extent are cowboy songs an organic folk tradition of American cattle workers, rather than simply a marketing campaign by early recording labels? (old.reddit.com)
Why do so many automated systems ALWAYS say "we are experiencing a longer hold time than normal"? when you call somewhere? If literally any time you call, your hold time is this long, shouldn't that then be a "normal" hold time, not longer than normal? (old.reddit.com)
How and when did school boards become so powerful in America, and why do we let elected non-experts control so many details of our education system? (old.reddit.com)
Why is it on hot summer nights the temperature only cools down briefly at the break of Dawn? It seems counterintuitive. Why would it get cooler just as the sun is rising? (old.reddit.com)
I often read that police forces were first created in the 19th century. So in the U.S. Bill of Rights, who were the people engaged in searches and seizures that would be limited by the 4th Amendment? (old.reddit.com)
In 1864, the Confederate States secretly offered to abolish slavery in exchange for diplomatic recognition and support from the UK and France. Why? (old.reddit.com)
It's my 28th birthday, but nobody i know rememberd, apparently. Can i atleast get a "happy birthday" online from strangers, so i can feel something? (old.reddit.com)
If it was discovered that one animal species had actually been aliens that have been spying on Earth this entire time, what species would you expect it to be? (old.reddit.com)
Why did New York become the cultural and economic hub of the US, rather than another prominent early city (eg Boston, Philadelphia, Charleston) (old.reddit.com)
Parents' restaurant is being wrongfully review-attacked by a TikTok "influencer". Is there a way to have google temporarily pause reviews for this? (old.reddit.com)
You're on a date with the horniest man/woman in the world. You get $1 million if you say something that makes them not want sex from you. What do you say? (old.reddit.com)
Formerly homeless redditors, what was the best way to reach out and assist you? As an outreach worker, it's hard get homeless people accept help and harder to get them to want to come off the street. What did you want from social services? What made you ant to transition into permanent housing? (old.reddit.com)
A four year term as President of the United States seems pretty short today, and that's with jet planes and highways and cell phones and various other technological innovations. How did Presidents get anything done in the days when a diplomatic sea voyage could take weeks? (old.reddit.com)
Reportedly, the renowned polymath C.B. Fry was approached by the Albanian delegation at the League of Nations, who were looking for an English gentleman with a personal income of £10,000 a year to become their king. Was 1920s Albania so poor that they literally couldn't afford to support a King? (old.reddit.com)
If we were able to walk in a straight line ignoring the curvature of the Earth, how far would we have to walk before our feet were not touching the ground? (old.reddit.com)
Does natural infection from coronaviruses produce neutralizing antibodies to envelope proteins and membrane proteins of the virus in addition to the spike protein? (old.reddit.com)
Slavery in Cuba lasted until 1886. How have Black Cubans’ relationship with the State evolved since then, especially following the 1953 Communist Revolution? Was there a Cuban Civil Rights movement? (old.reddit.com)
What happens when a whole generation of people retire with no house to call their own? Do pensioners automatically get government help or will we see a sea of homeless pensioners in the near future? (old.reddit.com)
Today, much of the Middle East, especially in Jordan, Syria, and Iraq is +70% Arab, despite the Arabs once having been an outside, invading, force. When and how did the Arabs go from an occupying force to the native population? How did the Arabs come to be such a large portion of the population? (old.reddit.com)
1) Did private detectives like Sherlock Holmes, a person without police background, actually exist and 2) would police have ever called them in to help with tricky cases? (old.reddit.com)
Yesterday thousands of Cubans demonstrated over economic conditions caused in part by sanctions put in place last year by Donald Trump. Why does Biden keep the sanctions in place? (old.reddit.com)
What if someone aged 21+ hooks up with a girl on Tinder whose profile says they’re 18, but you find out later they are 17. Could that person get in trouble? (old.reddit.com)
Why do people post happy birthdays to others on social media for everyone to see instead of just saying it to the person individually? (old.reddit.com)
Sometimes when I read about aztec people they have names like Netzahualcoyotl or Cuautemoc, but other times they have names with numbers in it like 2 Rabbit or 15 Water, why? (old.reddit.com)
Why do some people on reddit say "female" instead of "girl" or "woman" but still say "guys" or "men" but not "male" in the same context? (old.reddit.com)
Why do animal adoption centers make people jump through hoops to get an animal, when the alternative is to throw less money at a pet store? Isn't making it hard to adopt pushing people towards pet stores? (old.reddit.com)
If you could get a part of your body removed and replaced with an advanced, Cyberpunk-level prosthetic, what part would you have replaced and what kind of gadgets would it have? (old.reddit.com)
When people say “fuck bitches, get money” do they generally mean “have sex with bitches, get money” or “i hate bitches, get money” or does it depend more on context? (old.reddit.com)
How many wealthy Russians escaped in 1917+, and at one point was it "too late" (if ever) to leave with your assets largely intact? Could you just...get on a train with a suitcase of gold? (old.reddit.com)
How many of you have seen or heard adults compare notes, laugh, or even brag about the cruel punishments they inflicted on their children for misbehaving? (old.reddit.com)
My father grew up in New York City in the 1960s, and tells stories about visiting a futuristic automatic cafeteria or “automat,” which was basically a room-sized vending machine for full cooked meals. What accounted for the rise and fall of the automat, and what was a typical meal like? (old.reddit.com)
Women of Reddit, how would it make you feel if a man said, “you’re beautiful”, in a random setting? Like in a store, passing on the sidewalk, etc. (old.reddit.com)