If I eat corn, then poop and there are whole kernels in the poop, is it safe to re-eat (after washing it)? Does it retain any nutritional value from the first time I ate it? (old.reddit.com)
Even thought both North Korea and South Korea claim each other’s territory, the UN and most countries recognized BOTH nations as independent. Why didn’t that happen with Taiwan and China? (old.reddit.com)
Two bowling balls are at rest 5 Megaparsecs apart, and connected with a cable. Is there any tension in the cable caused by universal expansion? (old.reddit.com)
Left wing people of Reddit, what is your most right wing opinion? and similarly right wing people of Reddit what is your most left wing opinion? (old.reddit.com)
How do historians tell the difference between legends that people actually believed, and ones that were just popular fictional stories? (old.reddit.com)
Would you date a flat earther? A lot of people shut off when they hear anything related to flat earth ( for good reason) , but would you ever make an exception if they fit any of your other criteria or is this an instant deal breaker? (old.reddit.com)
In 1990, an amendment to the Clean Air Act was passed in a bipartisan manner. Yet, in 2001, the US pulled out of the Kyoto Protocol. How did climate change turn from a bipartisan to a partisan issue in those 11 years? (old.reddit.com)
To women who have had a gut feeling the person they loved was The One, but had to “wait” for that person to be ready for next steps (in any sense) - how did it end up? Were you right or wrong? (old.reddit.com)
How historically accurate was William Du Bois's 1920 statement “Let me say this again and emphasize it and leave no room for mistaken meaning: The World War was primarily the jealous and avaricious struggle for the largest share in exploiting darker races.” from "The Souls of White People"? (old.reddit.com)
When you are the host of a party and there are those few stragglers hanging about, how do you nicely send the message that the party is over? (old.reddit.com)
Is there any evidence (physical or written) about cases of what we consider STIs or STDs during Classical Greece or height of the Roman Empire? (old.reddit.com)
Have male sexual slavery existed in the ancient world? Which civilizations practiced it? Did commoners participated in the buying of male sex slaves too? (old.reddit.com)
The film 'The death of Stalin' supposedly actually left out many absurd/prominent/crazy aspects of the struggle for power after Stalin's death, what are some of these? (old.reddit.com)
vaccinated people of reddit, do you blame unvaccinated people for the pandemic still going in? If so, what are your reasons? If not, who do you blame? (old.reddit.com)
If American healthcare is actually super expensive that even stuff like insulin and epipen that are necessary for living are highly priced, how do poor people afford such necessities? (old.reddit.com)
When we shine a light through coloured plastic/cellophane, the light projected assumes that colour. Does this mean that the photons themselves are being coloured as the pass through the plastic? (old.reddit.com)
What importance and roles did dogs have in Native American life? Also how did pre Colombian dogs go extinct? How did the Native Americans feel about their breeds being replaced by European dog breeds and how did Native Americans adjust to the replacement? (old.reddit.com)
Women of reddit who were ever sexually assaulted, did you ever have the chance to confront the perpetrator? If so, how helpful was the confrontation in the process of healing and moving on with your life? (old.reddit.com)
Now that Ghislane Maxwell is going away for life, what will happen to Bill Clinton, Prince Andrew, and everyone else outed by the evidence? (old.reddit.com)
Can I advertise my house as being "made with real cheese" if I mixed a tablespoon of Parmesan into over the cement for the foundation? Or does it have to be a certain percentage before I can say that. (old.reddit.com)
If photo ID is required to vote in some states, and the argument against is “some people can’t afford them” why aren’t states that require them, exempting people from those fees? (old.reddit.com)
If let 1000 hamsters loose in Alabama half of them boy half of them girl all kinda in the same half mile radius how long until they’d become an invasive species? (old.reddit.com)
In "The Red Queen" it is mentioned that many medieval men had trouble finding women to marry, sometimes marrying only in their late 30's, because many young females were hired as the "help" in castles. To what extent was polygamy practiced in medieval Europe? (old.reddit.com)
Coffee was the drink of choice in Turkey when it was part of the Ottoman Empire. The Republic of Turkey however in 1998 was one of the largest consumers of tea. What caused this drastic shift in staple beverages? (old.reddit.com)
Without mentioning covid or politics (for the love of God, please) what's the dumbest/funniest thing you've ever argued with someone about? (old.reddit.com)
The Inca Empire referred to itself as the 'Four Parts Together', but what were the four parts, and what distinguished them? Was it just an arbitrary administrative separation, or did they represent distinct cultural groups within the empire? (old.reddit.com)
Are there viruses that find sources of energy outside of cell synthesis (like eating) or are they created with a set amount of energy and must replicate before they "die"? (old.reddit.com)
Given the chaos of the February Revolution in France, who would have had the authority (and hopefully reason) to order a French corvette to embark on an almost 2-year mission around the Pacific to find and transfer the son of a minor French noble from one whaling ship to another? (old.reddit.com)
What is something tough that you went through that seemed impossible at the time and now that you look back you’re like “wow I can’t believe I went through that”? (old.reddit.com)
In "Braveheart", a troop of Irish conscripts are sent ordered to charge at William Wallace's Scottish Army. Instead they join the Scots and fight against the English. Are there any historical examples of conscripted soliders turning coat on a battlefield and fighting against their captors? (old.reddit.com)
In the Chinese SciFi novel "The Three Body Problem" the mass violence and persecution of the Cultural Revolution are important plot points that are often revisited throughout, what is the view of the Cultural Revolution and its consequences in modern China? (old.reddit.com)
[Serious] Redditors who have married someone of a significantly greater or lesser socioeconomic level, how did you meet and how is it going? (old.reddit.com)
After going to the gym for years, intense therapy for years, and learning a few hobbies (Guitar, music, skateboarding) I find myself still scaring away women. Anyone have experiences of pushing away possible suitors because of something they don't realize they're doing? (old.reddit.com)
It is reported that redheads, with their mutated MC1R gene, require about 20% more anesthesia than the average person. Are there other reported correlations between this gene and other effects (pain tolerance, drug tolerance, metabolism, etc...)? (old.reddit.com)
In many classic TV sitcoms, upper middle class families have a live-in maid. How common was this in America? When and why did families stop employing maids? (old.reddit.com)
I just read that the term ‘toast’ for drinking to someone’s health comes from burnt or spiced toast added to wine in Medieval times to improve flavor. Does anyone know what said toast was spiced with? (old.reddit.com)
Why are so many hospitals in the US seemingly involved with a church? I see so many hospitals with names that have "Methodist" in their name, or names like St Anne's Hospital (old.reddit.com)
Do kids in the US actually work while studying before they go off to college and do they really have to pay their parents rent, phone bills and other stuff like they show in the movies? (old.reddit.com)
America is supposedly 30% of the worlds wealth at 4% of the population… so why isn’t quality of life like, orders of magnitude better for Americans than other nations? (old.reddit.com)
Why did Christians decide to choose Jesus at his most traumatized state being nailed to a cross and make it into statues/pictures to display in church? Like that ain't his best camera angle ngl lmao (old.reddit.com)
How does NASA and other space agencies protect their spacecraft from being hacked and taken over by signals broadcast from hostile third parties? (old.reddit.com)
If you have sex with someone who tells you they are of legal age, but afterwards you find out they are underage, would that make it okay with the law because you thought you had consent to do it? (old.reddit.com)
How did Spain manage to go from being the richest state in Europe during the first half of the XVI century to declaring bankruptcy multiple times in 1557, 1560, 1576, 1590 ? (old.reddit.com)
Missouri has a 1994 law that prohibits casino-style gambling unless it's an "excursion gambling boat", any floating facility touching the Missouri or Mississippi Rivers. This has led to enormous casinos and hotels built on artifical lakes adjacent to the rivers. What in the heck is going on here? (old.reddit.com)
When we hear the word “alien”, we think of this skinny, grey looking creature with massive black eyes. Where did this picture originally come from? (old.reddit.com)
At the turn of the 20th century, my great, great grandfather - a butcher - moved his family of about 10 people from a small town in Galicia in Austria-Hungary - one of the poorest areas in Europe - all the way to New York City and then to Philadelphia. What would this journey have looked like? (old.reddit.com)
If you make macaroni and cheese with holy water does the macaroni and cheese become holy? If not which part of the process removes it's holiness? (old.reddit.com)
If an Alien appeared in front of you and telepathically asked you a reason to spare humanity from destruction. What would you say to persuade them to keep us all alive? (old.reddit.com)
A lot of country songs and old rock songs talk about varieties of wine made from fruits other than grapes: cherry, strawberry, watermelon, etc. How common were these wines in the US and why do they not seem to be common today? (old.reddit.com)
How much was Henry Ford himself responsible for the development of the modern assembly line? Was he a businessman who just took credit from a team of employees, or was he really spearheading the technical innovation? (old.reddit.com)
After you get a second/third COVID vaccine, people have symptoms because it is part of the immune response. Why doesn't that happen when you're actually exposed to COVID after vaccination? Why doesn't that immune response cause symptoms? (old.reddit.com)