Communist countries in eastern europe spoke about having "achieved socialism" in the 1960s and 1970s, as in the Czechoslovak Constitution of 1960. What exactly did this mean to them, in theory and practice? (old.reddit.com)
Why is the Latin Script relatively similar across European languages, while almost all languages in the Indian Subcontinent have their own unique writing systems? (old.reddit.com)
I was told once that ancient Egypt censored parts of their folklore because they believed speaking of evil would bring more evil into the world. Is this true and why? (old.reddit.com)
You are offered $1,000,000 USD if you can successfully hide your phone from a dedicated FBI force for a full 48 hours. Where do you hide it? (old.reddit.com)
I heard there was a time in British/American history when women were considered the horny ones incapable of sexual control and men were the chaste moral gatekeepers, ie the reverse of current gender beliefs. Did this flip happen, when, why, and did it happen multiple times? (old.reddit.com)
What is your biggest "I managed to break something but fixed it enough so it doesn't look broken until another person uses it" moment? (old.reddit.com)
Would Newton have drafted his Principia in English then translated to Latin, or would he have been proficient enough to compose in Latin from the outset? (old.reddit.com)
My inner thighs and the vagina are much darker than my skin tone on the rest of my body. Is this normal? I don’t have anyone i can ask this in real life and cant find anything online thats credible. Needless to say, pornstars, my only source, don’t look like that. (old.reddit.com)
Is it true that penguins become "insane," "deranged," or "disoriented" and travel away from their colonies to die, as accounted by Werner Herzog in "Encounters at the End of the World" (2009)? (old.reddit.com)
I just learned that my wife has cheated on me with many men. There's even a video of her talking to me on the phone while she's having sex with a guy. I don't know what to do. What do you think I should do? (old.reddit.com)
Kim Jing-Un is terminally ill. On his deathbed, he named you as the next Supreme Leader of North Korea. When you take power, what's your next move? (old.reddit.com)
If mRNA vaccines produce the spike protein within our cells and then our bodies produce antibodies to those proteins, why have some hospitals stopped using monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19? What’s the difference between our bodies’ antibodies and the monoclonal antibodies? (old.reddit.com)
So far-right populists like Eric Zemmour in France have described themselves as Bonaprtists, and place that ideology within the context of far-right populism and radicalism. Would the Bonapartists of the 19th century understood themselves to be far-right? (old.reddit.com)
My girlfriend with kids has been stressing over not being able to wrap Christmas presents all week. I couldn’t see the big deal about telling her kids to stay out of her room while she wrapped, until today she told me “all the presents are from Santa”. Is that a real thing people do? (old.reddit.com)
Is there definitive evidence that Roman gladiatorial combat wasn't actually a scripted sport like today's prowrestling? (I'm aware this sounds like a troll question, hear me out) (old.reddit.com)
How long did people live 3,000 years ago? How do we know what was the average human life span/life expectancy back then? Can People Live to 150? (old.reddit.com)
Why is Christmas such a big thing in Japan, a country where Christians constitute barely 1% of the population? What is the history of Christmas celebrations in Japan? (old.reddit.com)
How can the US govt place so much importance on its military, and at the same time allows a high percentage of its veteran population to be homeless? Isn't that contradictory? (old.reddit.com)
Hannah Arendt's "Banality of Evil": What is the current historical consensus regarding her thesis that a large part of the Nazi bureaucracy and war machine was "banal" and had no larger ideological fanaticism or "evil" driving their actions? (old.reddit.com)
What is one sex education fail you’ve heard/experienced? (I.E. the person wasn’t taught sex ed, or the quality of said education wasn’t good, etc.) (old.reddit.com)
In the rare occasion that someone gets myocarditis either from Covid or a vaccine, how long are they going to live? What is the life expectancy of someone with (not severe) myocarditis or pericarditis? (old.reddit.com)
How is it that when someone is very drunk and decides to drive, then it is their fault. But at the same time, people who are very drunk can't consent to sex, so if they have sex then it is not necessarily their fault? (old.reddit.com)
Did slave owners actually eat slaves and black people during the Atlantic slave trade? There’s a tiktok that cites the Delectable Negro by Vincent Woodward talking about it. Did this actually happen? (old.reddit.com)
Anyone else not want to hang out with bosses/co-workers outside of work? Not because you dont like them(well,maybe) but you just want to keep work and home life totally seperate... (old.reddit.com)
I seem to almost exclusively attract and am attracted to women with mental health and/or housing security issues. Should this pattern be concerning? (old.reddit.com)
Medieval historian Umberto Eco believed that the spread of beans in the 10th century allowed people to eat more protein; "as a result, they became more robust, lived longer, created more children and repopulated a continent." Did beans have a massive impact on European population recovery?" (old.reddit.com)
Women who do any form of exercise, what are some fitness goals you have that are NOT related to weight loss or your appearance/physique? And what kind of workouts do you do to achieve these? (old.reddit.com)
Why is it that in America they will loan naive 18 year olds 1000’s of dollars for college but the same person would have 0% chance of getting a loan for a business? (old.reddit.com)
Was there actually an "aristocratic" opposition to fascism in Italy and Germany? An "old guard" of conservatives who though Hitler or Mussolini were grubby and uncouth? (old.reddit.com)
My Uncle was a Tunnel Rat in Vietnam and has agreed to do an interview with me in the next 2 days, I need help finding the right questions to ask him. (old.reddit.com)
When did the general population of Europe came to the realization that Rome was no more? Even before 476, Rome went through severe crises that nearly resulted in the end of the empire. Was there a event that signified that this particular setback was a permanent one? (old.reddit.com)
Is it true that a member of parliament named Thomas Massey-Massey wanted to change the name of Christmas to Christ-tide, because of disdain for Catholic mass, and was completely destroyed by another parliament member who suggested that he be called Thotide Tidey-Tidey? (old.reddit.com)
AskScience AMA Series: We're microbiologists and artists who recently competed in (and won!) the American Society for Microbiology's Agar Art Contest. AUA! (old.reddit.com)
For those who are actually sad, depressed, or miserable inside, but appear to be happy, positive, and lighthearted on the outside, what made you have to put up this mask? (Hope you are doing okay..💕) (old.reddit.com)
My father left when I was two yrs old. He came into my life 45 years later and asked for a kidney. Should I feel guilty for telling him no? (old.reddit.com)
I talked to someone who considers them self an incel for 10 minutes. I want a lobotomy. Are incels just grown ass men who don’t want to take responsibility? Are they usually this racist? (old.reddit.com)
The mRNA vaccines use a seemingly roundabout method for creating the spike protein: inject mRNA which is then read by cells which then create the spike protein. Why not cut out the middleman and inject the spike protein directly? (old.reddit.com)
We all know of Mansa Musa, possibly the richest man to ever exist. To Westerners, he seems to have been the greatest of Mali rulers, as visible in games like Civilization. Yet native sources seem to pay him little attention. Who would native Malians have considered their greatest ruler? (old.reddit.com)
How rich did one have to be in the US in 19th -20th centuries to still have live-in domestic servants / staff? Did the priority of which staff you had (Major Domo, Butler, Maid, Cook, Tutor, Nanny / Wetnurse) change over time? And when did full time (or live in) security become part of the mix? (old.reddit.com)
Have Christians always been aware of the pagan roots of most of their Christmas traditions (Christmas tree, Yule log, gift giving etc. etc.)or were they misled into believing alternative origins until more recent times when people were able to fact-check on their own? (old.reddit.com)
[Serious] [NSFW] What's something that a friend/classmate did in high school that was seen as funny at the time, but you now realise was actually not ok? (old.reddit.com)
Nowadays, when making a sizeable trip, it takes a good amount of reading: road signs, train tables, etc. How did rising literacy change the way people move across their own countries and beyond? (old.reddit.com)
Is there a phrase for people's tendency to ignore what you say and to instead respond to their own little conversation? Why do people do this? (old.reddit.com)
How come when you're watching a movie with your fam and there's tons of violence and swearing and drug use and everybody's cool with it but when there's a sex scene everybody gets uncomfortable? (old.reddit.com)
How did Welsh survive the English conquest and English rule over Wales? Why did it survive so well compared to other Celtic languages such as Irish, Scottish Gaelic, Manx, Cornish and Breton? (old.reddit.com)
In an episode of Star Trek, Captain Picard says, "To instantly transform a society with technology would be harmful and destructive." Are there any examples of this in history? (old.reddit.com)
Soy is extremely popular in much of Asia, but never became a major crop in India, nor did it spread along the silk road to Europe. Do we know why such an important crop stayed regional? (old.reddit.com)
Throughout the Roman Empire, “Augustus” was generally the senior title, while “Caesar” alone was generally reserved for junior emperors. Why did Caesar end up getting adopted into so many European monarchy titles (ie Kaiser, Tsar), rather than Augustus? (old.reddit.com)
Noam Chomsky claims, "...from the Romans into the late 19th century the idea of having a job was considered an abomination. You’re placing yourself in a position of subordination to a master. No person with any integrity of self-respect should submit themselves to this." Is this accurate? (old.reddit.com)
In "Terror and Democracy in the Age of Stalin" (2007), Wendy Z Goldman uses declassified arquives to argue that the purges in the USSR under Stalin were a much more bottom-up and de-centralized phenomenom than is usually thought in the popular view. Is this now considered the academic consensus? (old.reddit.com)
When my puppy does his business, it always snips off nice and cleanly. Why do animals have this ability, but we humans need to use toilet paper? (old.reddit.com)
I heard a line from a movie which goes like this. Men enjoy the happiness they feel whereas women enjoy the happiness they give. What are your thoughts on that? (old.reddit.com)
In Chinese Feng Shui buildings must be built with doors facing south for bedrooms, west for kitchens, and other very specific rules for how buildings can be designed. Is there a historical reason for this? (old.reddit.com)
Do people who speak languages with masculine and feminine words have to actively think about the "the" that they are putting in front of a word, or does it come naturally? (old.reddit.com)
In Taiwan, the KMT went from a brutal military dictatorship to a normal democratic party, and remains the second largest party today. How did this transition go so smoothly? (old.reddit.com)
If someone gave you a one-time pass to go back to childhood and redo everything with the knowledge you have now, would you do it? Why or why not? (old.reddit.com)
Give that occupational names - Smith, Baker, Carpenter, Butcher, etc - come from ancestors who did those jobs, how did "King" become a relatively common surname? (old.reddit.com)
I neglected my body for many, many years, to the point all my muscles are atrophied and I feel like shit all over. Lying in bed all day and eating shit food did a number on me. Anyway, other than eating better, what kind of exercise can I do to improve my health? I don't want to lift. (old.reddit.com)
I live in an area that was hit bad by the tornado (Kentucky). I’ve been without electricity since December 10. My utility company sent me this message yesterday and I’m not exactly sure what all of this means: (old.reddit.com)
Can other people's phones "hear" LTE traffic that's addressed to your phone? If data is broadcasting from a cell tower, then how does your phone differentiate your traffic from other people's traffic? (old.reddit.com)
Human brain is made for survival, for survival we need offspring, offspring can only be made by a male and a female, homosexual couple cant produce offspring, so is being homosexual a glitch in our brains? (i am not a homophobe) (old.reddit.com)
I am a US army commander in the 1800s and I’ve been told to build a fort in a specified area out west. How and why would I go about doing so(from the moment orders are issued to the actual construction of the fort)? (old.reddit.com)
Non-American here. When driving from one state to another, will there be some sort of Immigration or place before you’re allowed to enter another state? (old.reddit.com)
Someone pays your significant other $20 million to have sex with them, they tell you immediately afterwards and split the money with you; how do you react? Why? (old.reddit.com)
I am the most undisciplined person. I don't brush my teeth everyday, I can't get myself to workout, I am overweight, I can't sit and focus on one kind of work by myself. How do I get myself together and really start doing? (old.reddit.com)
Why do many Christian private schools restrict men from having long hair when they worship a man who's usually depicted with long hair? (old.reddit.com)
Bosnians, Croats and Serbs all are considered as slavs. Why did Hitler allow Croatia to exist as a puppet state, Bosnians to live normally, but hunt the Serbs? Hitler hated all slavs, but why did he hate Serbs more? (old.reddit.com)
Did North American Indians (Native Americans) have designated toilet areas, outhouses or other defined places to 'go'? I'm particularly interested in how a nomadic tribe would set up this area in their camp. (old.reddit.com)
How did omicron get *50*mutations? Would this happen in one host or would 1 or 2 mutations happen in one person and that transmitted just a bit better than delta? (old.reddit.com)
Why can Biden use an executive order to forgive student loans for disabled people or people whose colleges misled them, but won’t do it for the masses? Saying that only congress can do it. Isn’t it the same process he used before? (old.reddit.com)
Going by the logic that if someone is drunk, they are unable to consent and it is rape - of two drunk people have sex, with both “drunk consenting”, who raped who? (old.reddit.com)