If the electrical conductivity of silver is higher than any other element, why do we use gold instead in most of our electronic circuits? (old.reddit.com)
Al-Ma'arri was an arab philosopher from the golden age of Islam who became an atheist and published several books criticising religion. Was, if any, was the impact on his work? (old.reddit.com)
Why do cops not use dart guns for animals on the loose/people who have no weapons and the crime isn’t that serious? It would be much easier to knock someone out than shoot them right? Genuinely curious. (old.reddit.com)
Why do people, especially with relationships (family, friends ect), feel the need to share political opinions with each other? It's Thanksgiving dinner not a political debate (old.reddit.com)
Historically, large parts of the American Midwest and Canadian Prairies were controlled by Indigenous, multi-nation confederacies, like the Council of Three Fires, the Great Sioux Nation and the Iron Confederacy. What do we know about their political organization? (old.reddit.com)
Women who have hit low points in their marriages and been able to save them and make them good again, what was wrong and what made it better? (old.reddit.com)
In The Great (2021), Empress Catherine is told that she must give birth in front of a crowd due to an event were a royal baby died and was swapped out for a living baby. Did a situation like that actually ever happen? or was that just a fear that monarchies had? (old.reddit.com)
A question for former Conspiracy Theorists… what was the moment you realised the conspiracy theory you thought was correct was completely wrong all along? (old.reddit.com)
During the 1992 LA Riots, many Korean-Americans took to the rooftops with guns to protect their businesses, earning them the monikor "roof Koreans." How were they treated/viewed by the media at the time? Were any of them charged, either for manslaughter/homicide or reckless endangerment? (old.reddit.com)
In Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007), there is a scene where native americans appear before Elizbaeth I at her court, did this actually, did any native americans arrive in England during her reign, if so who were they, and do we know what they thought of being in England? (old.reddit.com)
Do old people clog toilets more than young people? My In-Laws always clog my damn toilets - and no one else does. Is it possible this is an age thing (big poops) or just my specific in-law situation? (old.reddit.com)
According to Bruce Riedel (former head of CIA), 3 days after 9/11 Bush seemed convinced that Iraq must be behind it. Do we now know why? (old.reddit.com)
What role did the financial industry play in US slavery? Were southern plantations buying slaves with bank loans? Were the slaves insured by insurance companies? Were these financial firms primarily northern? (old.reddit.com)
Is it true Rousseau abandoned his 5 children? What happened to them? Why would we ever value his book on child-rearing, if he literally dumped them in an orphanarium because they were inconvenient for him? (old.reddit.com)
Is it true that Joseph Goebbels spoke of the "rubbish of race-materialism" and of the unnecessity of biological racism for the Nazi ideology? (old.reddit.com)
As a child in the early 90s, I clearly recall a common refrain by my parents' generation: "Videogames will rot your brain!" Often, a nearly literal meaning was implied. Given the pervasiveness of this very specific wording, was there a well-known, influential spreader of this idea in the 1980s/90s? (old.reddit.com)
San Diego Bay is one of the best natural harbors in the world, yet the Los Angeles/Long Beach, just 125 miles away, became the region's main port and the largest city on the coast. Why? Did the Navy crowd out commercial activity? (old.reddit.com)
[Serious] People who live in desert towns or cities, what are some everyday 'facts of life' about living in the desert that people who live in other places wouldn't know? (old.reddit.com)
Do men really like boobs? I mean not just looking at their curvy shape or kissing them. Like liking them so much to suck on them for minutes? (old.reddit.com)
I'm a young Italian noble in the late 14th century. I'm interested in becoming a better fencer and I've heard of this fencing instructor Fiore dei Liberi. How would I get instruction? Does the master own a school? Do I pay for private lessons in person? What do my fellow students look like? (old.reddit.com)
Here's a challenge: you have to stay in a room with nothing but bed/toilet/food/water and no human contact for one month. If you succeed for the whole month without giving up, you get $1,000,000. Do you accept? If yes, what would be your strategy? (old.reddit.com)
Why are there some young adults who say “eat the rich” a lot but those same young adults have rich parents and live a privileged life? (old.reddit.com)
In 2001, Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal murdered his entire family and then shot himself. Why did he do this? Was there any indication that he was mentally unwell? What do contemporary Nepali people think are possible reasons? (old.reddit.com)
When eyeballs are donated by an organ donor, does the left eyeball have to be put in the left eye socket of the new body, and vice versa? (old.reddit.com)
Why do medical residents need to work insanely long shifts, like 24-48 hours? Why can’t they do regular 8hr shift work like regular jobs? (old.reddit.com)
We constantly hear about the failures of US foreign policy in the twentieth century. What are some instances where US foreign policy succeeded and is not often talked about. (old.reddit.com)
I hate paying rent and I don't want to pay a mortgage either. What's a cheap way to have a place to sleep, store my stuff and take showers? Without living in a van though, there's laws against that where I'm from, not illegal per se but the cops will harass you. (old.reddit.com)
You are accidently sent back in time to 1986 and are trying to convince scientists that you are from 2021 - what totally true fact could you tell them about your time would make them think you were insane? (old.reddit.com)
Blood bank pioneer Charles Drew was killed in a car crash in 1950. His injuries were too severe for him to be saved. Per wiki a passenger says a blood transfusion might have killed him sooner. Are there any reasons/conditions why a blood transfusion could kill a trauma victim sooner ? If so, how ? (old.reddit.com)
The interview has dominated media for a century or more, but the format didn't seem to exist in the written media of past literate cultures. When and why did interviews become so important? (old.reddit.com)
Your dog and a person you have never met are drowning.You only have time to save one of them.Would you rather save your dog or the randon stranger? Why? (old.reddit.com)
Why do far right people simultaneously believe that Jews are racially inferior but control all of the world’s government institutions? (old.reddit.com)
"Impostor syndrome" is persistent feeling that causes someone to constantly doubt themselves and their abilities, despite evidence, and fear that they may be exposed as a fraud. Reddit, do you feel this way about work or school? How do you overcome it, if at all? [Serious] (old.reddit.com)
Why are so many threads here versions of, "Why can't I use derogatory, racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. words without people thinking I'm racist, sexist, homophobic, etc?" (old.reddit.com)
If you were to set an object in motion in space in a random direction what are the chances it will continue on without ever hitting anything? (old.reddit.com)
There is a long section on Wikipedia which posits an early date (c. 1910) for the emergence of HIV under the brutal conditions of the Belgian Congo. Specifically: sudden urbanization, the sex trade, and unsafe mass injection conducted by the colonial government. How well supported is this? (old.reddit.com)
If the trope of the king spending all day in the throne room conducting business is false, then what did the average day for the court look like? Where did the king and household work? (old.reddit.com)
Can anyone explain how a business like In n Out can pay their employees higher than the minimum wage but still have lower menu prices than the competition? (old.reddit.com)
I can't be the only person who is incredibly happy that my parents couldn't post my videos / photos to their social media accounts when I was a kid ... am I alone? (old.reddit.com)
How was William the Conquerer able to effectively supplant the Anglo-Saxon nobility with Norman nobility? What happened to the old nobility? (old.reddit.com)
Five centuries ago, bloodletting was the most common treatment for bacterial and viral diseases. What is a common belief today that will make us seem unintelligent and primitive to the people of the 2500s? (old.reddit.com)
In Seinfeld S02E10 Jerry can't get cable because "the cable companies are resolving their problems" and Kramer says they "will be in court for years", referencing something about real life New York at the time. What problem was this and how did it eventually end? (old.reddit.com)
Elephants are the only other animal besides humans that will bury dead bodies of other animals. Elephants have even buried dead humans. What does this say about elephants? (old.reddit.com)
In ancient warfare the front line is much, much more likely to die. Why would anyone want to be there? What factors go into becoming a front-line militia? (old.reddit.com)
Why do we square then square root in standard deviation, as opposed to simply taking the modulus of all values? Surely the way we do it puts additional weighting on data points further from the mean? (old.reddit.com)
Lincoln's original Thanksgiving proclamation did not mention Native Americans, instead focusing on "divine providence." 130 years later, children all over America were acting out a Native American and Pilgrim cooperation narrative, complete with construction paper hats. How did this shift occur? (old.reddit.com)
Anyone else just ignore texts/calls from everyone,including family after you get off work every evening just to have time to yourself and so you can just “think things through”?Its only time i have to myself, so i just listen to music and stay in my own mind if that makes sense.Things just slow down (old.reddit.com)
Why do several religions share the palms pressed together with both sets of fingers facing upward (🙏) gesture and incorporate it in their way of praying and their rituals? (old.reddit.com)
As a new father, I’d love to introduce my son to animals the way I was - by going to the zoo. But I’ve realized just how fucked up zoos are. What would be the best alternative? (old.reddit.com)
At what point is a mentally ill person who constantly goes off their medications, rarely follows their psychiatrist’s and therapist’s instructions, constantly claims their illness is the reason for bad behavior, etc. just being straight-up selfish? (and likely enabled by codependent family) (old.reddit.com)
If the whole point of Sherman's March To The Sea was that he didn't bother to maintain supply lines, why do maps of the American Civil War usually show the Union occupying the land he passed through? (old.reddit.com)
Do you get dreams about being back in high school, and you realized that you missed a class the whole semester, OR fail a huge test not allowing you to graduate, things of that nature?!? (old.reddit.com)
Is there any work of philosophy that gives advice to people who were not born particularly intelligent or talented? or to those who are insecure about their abilities and intellect? (old.reddit.com)
Why do western kids show always show kids hating vegetable? Is it a cultural thing Im missing? Growing up in Asia, I've never really seen any aversion to vegetables. Food dish always comes with vegetables, fresh, fried, or dried. (old.reddit.com)
The "maritime city-state with imperial ambitions" model seemed to be a winning strategy, at least in the medium term. Athens, Venice, Genoa, Pisa — they all grew prosperous and dominated overseas, but failed to hold their own hinterlands. How and why did this model work? (old.reddit.com)
An ancestor of my husband's had charges brought against him or brought charges against someone else "at the Poultry Counter" in Essex 1460-1465. What does that mean, "at the Poultry Counter"? Why the Poultry Counter? (old.reddit.com)
Conversing about politics is considered somewhat of a social taboo (e.g: family dinner, workplace discussions). Has it always been considered as such, or is the aversion to political discussion a more recent phenomena? (old.reddit.com)
Was there ever a point in history that a colonial empire “lost” a colony? As in forgot they had it, or where it was located, or bailed without telling the settlers? (old.reddit.com)
If a video is demonetised on Youtube because advertisers don't want to be associated with the topic, why are there still ads on demonetised videos? (old.reddit.com)
Were kunoichis/ female ninjas in ancient japan actually trained to kill their target by seduction and wearing revealing clothes and get their guard down, using hidden weapons, or is it just another women on the battlefield trope by movies? (old.reddit.com)
Americans, do you think the US presidential election would be better if younger people were candatites instead of people over 70? Why or Why not? (old.reddit.com)