The Immigration Act of 1918 gave the US government the right to deport anarchists, labour organizers, and communists, among other things. How were lawmakers able to justify something that seems to flagrantly break the 1st amendment at the time? (old.reddit.com)
During the Cold War blue jeans were a black market hot item in the Soviet Union but what happened if someone in authority saw you wearing them? Would you be arrested or questioned? Where could you wear them safely? Or was it not a big deal to be seen wearing them? (old.reddit.com)
I've heard that, during the world wars, many British and/or French were aghast at how white Americans treated their Black soldiers. How did French or British militaries treat their non-white soldiers (ex.: was segregation in units de jure or de facto)? (old.reddit.com)
I get the impression that across history, form Julius Caesar to Napoleon, recruitment new armies was like mass kidnapping all healthy men from a region, is this accurate? (old.reddit.com)
The accumulation of all those little rules all over reddit and it's make it annoying to Post anything on here. Anyone agree or am I a crybaby? (old.reddit.com)
Does water penetrate your butthole to fill your internal cavities when your body is submerged in water? e.g. when you are in a swimming pool (old.reddit.com)
Why is it when Ukrainians are defending their countries against Russians they are labeled “heroes” but when Palestinians defend their land against zionists they are labeled “terrorists” ? (old.reddit.com)
What kind of struggle have you faced that others reacted to in a way that made you feel that you shouldn’t mention it and just deal with it on your on or ignore it? (old.reddit.com)
In a recent post about turn-offs, so many women mentioned poor hygiene. What is the worst example of this you have experienced on a date or in a relationship? (old.reddit.com)
In Don Quixote, Cervantes claims that even if the 'insane' Don Quixote commits murder, he would not be held accountable. Was this actually the case for the Spanish legal system in the early 1600s? (old.reddit.com)
For nearly all of human civilization we've tried to make things easier and eagerly adapted when less effort is required of us. In the past century or so, prevailing wisdom is that we need to go out of our way to exert extraneous effort (exercising, hiking). Isn't that really strange? (old.reddit.com)
Why is it that when 9/11 happened, America did massive changes to the airline business to prevent it from happening again. But when shootings happen nothing is done? (old.reddit.com)
Why is it a common trope that people cut their palm when they want to use thier blood? Wouldn't that the be the place where you would least want to have a deep cut? (old.reddit.com)
What's the point of a debit card having a PIN number if you can just skip the PIN and run it as credit at most places? Also why does it never ask for a PIN for online purchases? (old.reddit.com)
Do reddit comments like "I'm here if you need someone to talk to", "I'm literally crying from your story right now", "You are loved" etc seem completely empty and meaningless which serves as northing more than a weak attempt for the commenter to seem like a good and wholesome person? (old.reddit.com)
Recently heard in a video about Babylonia that a date plantation was up to 4x more productive in calories than a comparable wheat plantation, tho took 7 years to mature. Were there any societies whose staple food was derived from silvoculture? Or more broadly, not from grasses or tubers? (old.reddit.com)
In 1580, Nagasaki was ceded to the Jesuit Order of the Roman Catholic Church. What was daily life like in Nagasaki under Jesuit "rule"? To what extent did Jesuits directly administer Nagasaki? WHat was the nature of the dynamic among residents of Nagasaki, Portuguese traders, and the Jesuits? (old.reddit.com)
Why in the U.S, all non-catholic denominations are simply called "protestant"? In Hungary, calling a Calvinist "protestant" rather than "Reformat" is considered almost an insult. (old.reddit.com)
Is accident and emergency service not free in the USA? If I had an accident, for example cut my arm open on a rock, and had to go to hospital, would I have to pay? (old.reddit.com)
Why do algorithms keep trying to get me to watch Joe rogan, Jordan peterson, and right wing commentary etc when I have no interest or affiliation with that stuff at all? (old.reddit.com)
How did Martin Luther go from advocating better treatment of European Jews, to being a frothing antisemite who called for burning down synagogues and destroying Jewish homes? (old.reddit.com)
In popular culture, polytheistic gods are presented as "The god of _______." How accurate is this and how applicible is it to different ancient pantheons? (old.reddit.com)
Why can you see where a boats wake was long after the boat has left and the water has stilled? Seems like the wake can be seen for hours on evenly calm water. (old.reddit.com)
In medieval films, barrels and wooden crates seem to be a ubiquitous "filler" prop. How common would it actually have been to transport or store goods in such containers en masse in the European Middle Ages? (old.reddit.com)
How long have sexual abuse scandals in the Catholic Church been A Thing? Were handsy priests something people talked about in the Middle Ages? (old.reddit.com)
I am from South Asia. I live in a poor country. Our leaders are tyrants and we have very little. Despite the unimaginable sorrows of our people, no one would ever imagine in their wildest dream storming into a school and killing small children. Why do so many Americans shoot up schools? (old.reddit.com)
Did the Hundred Years War actually feel like a hundred year war to those who lived during it? Did ordinary French/English people at the time believe that their kingdoms were endlessly at war with each other? (old.reddit.com)
Neville Chamberlain famously sold out Czechoslovakia to the Nazis in return for "Peace in our time." Appeasement didn't work out, but would fighting WWII in 1938 have been better for the Allies? Were they ready for war, and would Czechoslovakia's border forts have made a difference? (old.reddit.com)
If Tsar Nicholas II was so desperate for an heir but kept having daughters, what was stopping him from just changing the rule to allow his oldest daughter to inherit? (old.reddit.com)
Where does the simple, pop-culture cartoon representation of a ghost come from? (Half oval with a jaggedy bottom.) Does this originate with Pac-Man or was it around earlier than that? (old.reddit.com)
As a 17yr old black girl I have days where I feel so hopeless due to the racism and misogyny we face. I often feel like I have no future. How do I move past this? (old.reddit.com)
How far back does "Jody" go? Did Redcoats fret about their wives schtupping some Northumbrian baronet back home during the Seven Years' War? Mongols during their conquest? Roman centurions? (old.reddit.com)
What's the deal with so many animes sexualizing underaged girls? It's so oddly prevalent in a lot of animes these days. I just don't get it. (old.reddit.com)
Is someone still considered bisexual even if the same sex is not their first choice, they’re much more into the opposite sex but they’re open to dating the same sex? (old.reddit.com)
At the founding meeting of Nottingham Forest FC in 1865, the committee decided that the team colour should be "Garibaldi red", in honour of Giuseppe Garibaldi (and until this day, the club's players wear that colour). Why was a group of amateur athletes from the English Midlands honouring Garibaldi? (old.reddit.com)
Do you ever whine or cry to yourself as an adult because you just don't want to be an adult and you wish you could just not have to do anything? (old.reddit.com)
Where is a fat, ugly, no-social skills, no friends, and no hobbies 27 going on 28 year old virgin with no romantic experience whatsoever even suppose to start? (old.reddit.com)
When I read Victorian nonfiction, the authors seem to be both (1) completely enamored with classical Rome, and (2) insanely racist against modern Italians. How did they manage this apparent contradiction? (old.reddit.com)
Did you ever just write down something in your phone or laptop's note pad to get something off your chest even though you knew no one would read it? (old.reddit.com)
Pacific Island settlers journeying between islands must surely have travelled hundreds to thousands of kilometres with few, if any, opportunities to restock on food and fresh water. How might one pack for such a journey? What would you bring, and how confidently could you expect success? (old.reddit.com)
my sister is the kind of feminist to say "all men are bad", "all of our problems are caused by men" "the world would be better if it was ran by women", etc. How can I convince her that that's not always true and that she's been brainwashed/radicalized by tiktok? (old.reddit.com)
Any three digit multiple of 37 is still divisible by 37 when the digits are rotated. Is this just a coincidence or is there a mathematical explanation for this? (old.reddit.com)
How were the English crown jewels mined and cut? I understand the crown jewels are fairly old but how were rubies and diamonds cut back then when the crown and all the royal items were made? (old.reddit.com)
How have you noticed that people treat you differently from the time you were young to now, as an older woman? What lessons have you learned from this? (old.reddit.com)
Has there ever been a known case about your body's immune system detecting your eyes separate immune system? And how does that whole thing work? (old.reddit.com)
My great-great-grandmother spent the last twelve years of her life (1936-1948) at the Morisset Mental Hospital in Morisset, New South Wales, Australia. What would the conditions there have been like? (old.reddit.com)
Roland was a warrior from the land of the midnight sun. With a Thompson gun for hire...so he set out for Biafra. How common were foreign mercenaries in wars like the 1967 Nigerian civil war? (old.reddit.com)