New Zealand just recently announced that anyone born after 2007 will never be able to purchase cigarettes or tobacco how do you feel about this? (old.reddit.com)
The first humans to arrive in the Americas contended with giant sloths, mastodons, mammoths, and lots of ice. They thrived for centuries in harsh conditions before dying out and being replaced by other migrants. Why did their numbers remain small, and what killed them off? (old.reddit.com)
Could an atomic bomb be destroyed with some type of non atomic bomb, such as dynamite, and not detonate the atomic bomb in the process? (old.reddit.com)
I'm a 20 y/o male, and i am just starting to date for the first time.. like ever.. and i am wondering, what's the normal acceptable age gap in dating for a person my age? Both up and down?? (old.reddit.com)
To those of you who have fiancés, husbands, wives, etc: did you go with your significant other to view rings/try them on before getting engaged? Why or why not and if you did are you glad you did? (old.reddit.com)
US Redditors affected by last night’s tornado outbreak in Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Illinois, and others - are you okay? How can we help you? (old.reddit.com)
As a guy, I will unconsciously start touching my junk while I'm just sitting there. Nothing sexual, I just touch it. Like I said, I don't even notice sometimes. Do women do that too? (old.reddit.com)
Is there a way to filter out posts from people 18 and under? Idgaf about anything anyone younger than 13 has to contribute to reddit. Sort of the opposite of a parental filter? (old.reddit.com)
Could I, as a speaker of early 21st century Modern English, be capable of communicating with a speaker of 14-15th century Middle English? (old.reddit.com)
In Tacitus' "Germania", he mentions the names of many 1st century "German" tribes. Do we know how similar these names are to what these tribes would have called themselves? Ie--would the Marcomanni or Frisii have called themselves the proto-Germanic equivalent of Marcommans or Frisians? (old.reddit.com)
Girl sounds too young, woman sounds too old, lady sounds too formal and female sounds too animal. How do I refer to a female person in their 20s-40s? (old.reddit.com)
Before the invention of the Fahrenheit and Celsius scales, how did people talk about temperature? Did they just say “kinda hot/very cold/super hot/a little cold,” or did they have more precise language? (old.reddit.com)
During Prohibition in the United States, did speakeasies force White and Black Americans to drink and socialize together or were they segregated? If so, were there Black bootleggers for Black speakeasies? (old.reddit.com)
Artillery inflicted 60-75% of combat casualties during WW1. How different were the actual artillery pieces of combatants? Were there any "arms races" in this part of warfare? (old.reddit.com)
If you had to choose between going naked or having your thoughts appear in thought bubbles above your head for everyone to read, which would you choose? (old.reddit.com)
Why are unions in the US seen as communist scum while police unions (a uber-conservative ''community'') has the most powerful unions in the country? (old.reddit.com)
If you cum on the same patch of soil over and over, will a mushroom grow from your semen under the right conditions? And if so, will the mushroom have your DNA? Asking for a friend (old.reddit.com)
Was this restaurant reasonable for telling me I couldn't sit at a table after seating me and taking my drink order? Was I reasonable just for walking out. (old.reddit.com)
I swear for the past few months, I haven't seen a single question get answered, every time I check all the comments have been deleted. Maybe it's just me but I haven't seen a single answer (old.reddit.com)
I heard an expert suggest that the Battle of Trafalgar was not of great military significance in the Napoleonic Wars. How accurate is this? (old.reddit.com)
Today, brutalist buildings seem pretty universally hated by the people who live and work in them. Why were so many of them built in the 50s-70s? Was it just a cost-saving method, or did people think they looked good? (old.reddit.com)
Do abusers walk into a relationships thinking "Yep, I'm going to pretend to a nice person, then slowly isolate, emotionally manipulate, and abuse them" or how does it end up that way? (old.reddit.com)
People with a vagina: while peeing do you sometimes press on your clitoral hood and pretend you're one of those soda dispensers at fast food restaurants and your pee is lemonade? (old.reddit.com)
Smoker for 10 years. I'm thinking of quitting because cigarette prices have gone up to absolutely ridiculous amounts and I don't want to be spending that much money on cigarettes any more. Is this an acceptable excuse to stop smoking? (old.reddit.com)
How do I convince my little brother that his new android phone is just as good and he shouldn't fall prey to peer pressure to constantly demand an iphone (old.reddit.com)
How many of my fellow females here on reddit got at least once sexually harassed in their life? I feel like it is a lot more common than most people think. (old.reddit.com)
I'm a rich married Roman noble woman. I live either in the late republic or early empire. One day I realise I have gotten very fat. Do I panic, and if yes what is my #1 concern? What is the reaction of society? What advise if any would my peers have in order to lose weight if any? (old.reddit.com)
NSFW: Condoms suitable for use as birth control have been available since the 17th century. Then why did the Sexual Revolution only occur with the development of the 'pill'? (old.reddit.com)
What is something (e.g. habits, exercise, boundaries, etc.) a partner has introduced you to that has improved your lifestyle? Something that you will continue with even if the relationship ends? (old.reddit.com)
I read that the Mongols were mass producing texts in the 13th century using a moveable block type printing method. Why was Gutenberg's press so revolutionary in the 15th century if similar technology already existed in the interconnected Eastern hemisphere? (old.reddit.com)
Is it a red flag if a guy you just started dating asks you to delete all the guys off your snapchat and delete your Facebook altogether? (old.reddit.com)
Why is the theoretical soul thought to be a single entity instead of something like a multi-soul House of Representatives, forced to endlessly vote on decisions for one human lifetime as part of their 4th-dimensional corporate team-building retreat? (old.reddit.com)
Any news about the antibodies created when infected with the new Omicron variant? Since it has multiple mutations, are the natural antibodies from Omicron effective in fighting the earlier variants? (old.reddit.com)
Is it strange to run up the stairs on all fours? I'm a grown man but if no one else is around at home I genuinely run up the stairs this way as I find it more efficient. Am I weird? (old.reddit.com)
I am Pro-Vax. However I am not sure what the problem with having unvaccinated people mixing with vaccinated people. Surely it's their risk and their choice? (old.reddit.com)
What was the public reaction when, in 1924, Hubble discovered that our galaxy was not the entire universe, but rather one minute component of a vastly larger cosmos? (old.reddit.com)
Why are we all acting surprised and shocked that social media companies'(facebook, instagram, etc) studies show their platforms are bad for children's mental health, particularly girls. We have literally known this for a over a decade, and is constantly in the news. Why the pikachu faces? (old.reddit.com)
Ancient Rome pop. around 450,000. It's one of the biggest days of the year at the Arena. People from far away are traveling to. Where do you park your horse, chariot? Valet? Paid parking? Recreated maps show tight streets w/little open ground, so, how were all the transportation vehicles handled? (old.reddit.com)
Lets say a boy grows up knowing nothing about sex, groeing up no one told him about it at all, and he hasnt even accidentally come across it in a book or the internet. When he grows up, will he still instinctually know what to do when he sees a naked girl? (old.reddit.com)
I haven't smoked for 10 days. I stopped cold turkey. I really want a cigarette, like REALLY want 1. It's been very difficult today, the craving hasn't let me concentrate on my work for over 1 hour. I'm tempted to go buy a packet and take 1 cig and give the rest to a homeless. Why shouldn't I do it? (old.reddit.com)
I was looking through papal Bulls (as one does) and one caught my attention. In Audi Filia et, the pope specifically chastises the queen of Cyprus for her unchaste ways. Did the pope really get involved in individual ruler personal lives, or was it more of an example for something more general? (old.reddit.com)
Someone claimed Americans don’t walk anywhere if it takes longer than five minutes because it’s not set up for pedestrians, is this true? (old.reddit.com)
My grandfather left me a samurai statue before he died, he told me one day you will relize the meaning of this. I have since found out that the statue is of Kutsuki Mototsuna. Does somebody have any knowledge on him? (old.reddit.com)
How did New Zealand's colder climate, mountainous terrain, and vast resources change Maori culture from their Polynesian cousins on smaller islands? (old.reddit.com)
George Washington, describing his behavior as president, declared that he did not want to be shut away from citizens “like an eastern Lama.” How would an American statesman know about the Dalai Lama in faraway Tibet? (old.reddit.com)
How did people come to a consensus about what crystals “do”?(I’m asking about the history of people believing in this, not about the crystals themselves) (old.reddit.com)
Did the US government have any concern about maintaining the capital as Washington DC as they were expanding westward? Was there any plan to shift the capital westward so as to better rule the country? (old.reddit.com)
In fiction, the idea of a hidden city is not uncommon (Gondolin and Braavos, from LOTR's and ASOIAF's worlds respectively, for example), but is that based on any real historical city? Where does that idea even come from? (old.reddit.com)
After Christianity became the Roman Empire's state religion, how did people reconcile that with the fact that it was the Romans who crucified Jesus in the first place? (old.reddit.com)
The modern era has produced some fantastic science fiction literature that imagines what humanity’s future might look like, questioning the limits of humanity and its place in the universe. Are there examples of ancient cultures producing texts that might be called “science fiction” in this way? (old.reddit.com)
When and why did western generals and monarchs stop "leading from the front," on the battlefield? Was this considered prudent or cowardly? Did they get flack for it? (old.reddit.com)
Is there such a thing as excess blood in your system? Hypothetically speaking what would happen to someone if you gave them a rapid blood transfusion when they didn't need one thus filling them up with more blood than they need? (old.reddit.com)
Does most people worry about "breaking character" at work? Do most people worry that their coworkers or boss will figure out that the person they pretend to be at work isn't real? (old.reddit.com)
A lot of people say that the Covid-19 pandemic and resulting restrictions resulted in us losing our freedoms. What freedoms did we lose exactly, if any? (old.reddit.com)
Is it just me or do you guys too feel embarrassed when seeing videos of people doing cringe things in public even though you are not the one doing it? (old.reddit.com)
If there are two identical rockets in vacuum, one stationary and one somehow already moving at 1000kmh, and their identical engines are both ignited, would they have the same change in velocity? (old.reddit.com)
How do colleges get $100 million dollars to pay for a college football coach yet still say they are broke because of covid and need more taxpayer funding? (old.reddit.com)
When Joe Medicine Crow joined the U.S. Army at the beginning of World War II, he had earned a masters degree and nearly competed a Ph.D in anthropology. He was enlisted as a private, not a 2nd Lieutenant. I thought most people who had completed a college degree were selected for officer training? (old.reddit.com)
So why does Jesus randomly say "father why have you forsaken me on the cross"? He seemed to be incredibly accepting of his fate before that point. (old.reddit.com)
Dacia was one of the first provinces the romans abandoned. Yet the current inhabitants still call themselves romans (Romanians). How did the culture or maybe just the language survive that long even though the region was abandoned and the neighbours weren‘t particularly friendly? (old.reddit.com)
I understand the need for a standardized order of operations, but is there a reason behind the specific order? Or is it arbitrary like the order of the alphabet? (old.reddit.com)
How did the erroneous association of Mary Magdalene with prostitution develop and come to have such a hold in the popular understanding of her place within the Bible? (old.reddit.com)
If you were ever used by someone sexually when you thought your relationship meant something more, was your self esteem badly damaged? How did you go about recovering it? (old.reddit.com)
How did scheduling of Shakespeare's plays work during his lifetime? Was there a "cycle" of plays currently running? Could I only catch them when they came out? Did plays have a specific "season" during the year? (old.reddit.com)
Early Roman Emperors refused to be recognized as monarchs, keeping up at least the appearance that the Republic still existed. By the seventh century, Emperors were calling themselves "Kings of Kings". What caused this change? (old.reddit.com)
Reporting stuff actually helps us, commenting “where the mods at???” but not reporting accomplishes nothing. We cannot physically read every post. (old.reddit.com)
Robespierre in 1791 in "On the Death Penalty" used Japan as an example to argue against the death penalty, believed that "the death penalty and tortures are nowhere more widely used, and nowhere are crimes so frequent and so atrocious". How much did an European of his time know about Japan? (old.reddit.com)