How come I know what number comes after 18 off the top of my head but I don’t know what letter comes after T with out going through the entire alphabet? (old.reddit.com)
Is it normal to not watch/read the news anymore because of the dishonesty behind the headlines and reporting? It seems everything reported nowadays is either pushing an agenda or misleading viewers on the facts. (old.reddit.com)
I heard recently that the majority of what people believe about Satan, the devil, etc is actually from the works of Dante and that even many Christians believe things about Satan that aren't actually referenced in biblical texts. How accurate is this and what are examples? (old.reddit.com)
I owe $6,000 dollars on a credit card. I received a $7,000 refund check today. Is it wise to pay my credit card off all at once? What should I do? (old.reddit.com)
Before the American Revolution, were Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland considered part of the 13 colonies? I understand they did not join the revolution, but other than that was there anything separating them from the other colonies? (old.reddit.com)
If a Tunguska-like meteoroid impact event happens every few hundred years, then what are some others from our recent recorded history? (old.reddit.com)
If your future self came to you right now with a totally unbelievable but important message, what question would you ask them to 100% confirm their identity? (old.reddit.com)
Normally in the body fluids and minerals in those fluids flow from areas of high concentration to low concentration. However the kidneys are able to remove minerals/toxins from your blood and concentrate them into urine which is much more concentrated. How does it do this? (old.reddit.com)
In a recent LinkedIn post, Bill Gates shared his 1974 job resume. In it, he lists his height, weight, and number of dependents. Was that common in the USA during the 1970s? And if so why, and when did it stop being the norm? (old.reddit.com)
You are eager to have sex with this person but when you walk into their bedroom you see something that completely ruins the mood. What is it? (old.reddit.com)
Hello ladies. What can you say if a man is still relying his foods to his sister/mother/fast foods and doesn't want to make his own? Saying that it is not of his thing. (old.reddit.com)
Ancient civilisations were built on river floodplains, because of the soil quality. Why didnt the incredibly fertile lands north of the black sea ever become a center of ancient civilisation? (old.reddit.com)
Did the Stoics conceive of their philosophy in a truly universal way? When Marcus Aurelius spoke of freedom and spiritual fulfillment, was he including slaves, non-Romans, or women? Or was this implicitly a philosophy for male Roman citizens? (old.reddit.com)
In 1997 Albania's government collapsed due to widespread pyramid schemes and the country fell into civil war. How did pyramid schemes make a government fall and ultimately lead to chaos? (old.reddit.com)
There are a lot of articles about how lead poisoning (especially from fumes of motorcicle exhausts) affected US citizens. what about the rest of the world? (old.reddit.com)
If you have the genes for lactase persistence, such as is common in European populations, but stop consuming lactose for a period of time, is it possible to lose the ability to metabolize lactose, does lactase production stop without constant intake? (old.reddit.com)
People who believe the earth is thousands of years old due to religious/cultural beliefs, what do you think of when you see the evidence of dinosaur bones? (old.reddit.com)
When you were going through schooling as a minor what was the most messed up or disturbing assignment you had, and if you can why do you think it was assigned? (old.reddit.com)
Why do i fell unconscious/blackout/drop my heartbeat every time i see my own blood or someone else bleeding or hear about any gory stuff/accident ? (old.reddit.com)
AskScience AMA Series: We're NASA asteroid experts! ¡Somos expertos en asteroides de la NASA! Ask us anything (in English and Spanish/en inglés y en español) about near-Earth objects and how we're working to protect Earth from potentially hazardous asteroids! (old.reddit.com)
In 2001 Crown Prince Dipendra of Nepal killed nine members of the royal family with an assault rifle including his mother and father before committing suicide. Why? What effect did this have on Nepal's politics? (old.reddit.com)
Currently, prosperity is linked to lower birth rates, at least in large swaths of the Western world. Has this ever happened before modern times? Or is this humanity's fist go around with prosperity lowering birth rates? (old.reddit.com)
Did the Soviet Union ever develop its own genre of horror in movies, and if so what did it look like in comparison to the western style of horror? (old.reddit.com)
Does the brain go through any physiological changes when the person is in coma? And are there any differences between medically induced coma? (old.reddit.com)
Why is it people think any age gap in a relationship has to be used in a weird way? Can two people with different ages just get along and not be toxic? (old.reddit.com)
In 1975, the American Psychological Association officially declassified homosexuality as a mental disorder. What specific factor(s) led to this change? How did people, professionals and otherwise, react? (old.reddit.com)
You find yourself transported to 1 million years ago and you encounter a cute Australopithecus girl, who you can tell is definitely DTF. Do you reciprocate? Why or why not? (old.reddit.com)
Anyone still have their parents home phone number listed as “Home” in their phone contacts despite moving many years (10/15+) ago and living in their own place? My wife sees it pop up when they call and comments “that’s not your home any more”. (old.reddit.com)
How did Christians in medieval Europe procure palm leaves for the rituals of Palm Sunday? Was there ever an annual importation of Palm leaves from warmer climes? (old.reddit.com)
What was the common mental health/general mentality like for Americans during the Great Depression and World War 2? Was the “can do” and “united” spirit associated with the latter really common, or were people as anxious, hopeless, depressed, angry and pessimistic as one could expect? (old.reddit.com)
I'm a ginger and my friends at school always ask what color my pubes are(they're ginger as well). I want to know like a few good comebacks to when one of them asks me this so I don't need to reveal the real answer, thanks. (old.reddit.com)
It's said that the Balkans were the economic center of the Ottoman Empire, with Anatolia being more marginally populated and less important economically - however, I've heard that it was the opposite with the Byzantines. What accounts for this change? (old.reddit.com)
Why does a woman’s risk of having a baby with Down Syndrome increase with her age, when women are born with all the eggs they will ever ovulate? (old.reddit.com)
Have you ever met someone who just had a natural light to them, who just radiated positivity and sunshine? What was it like and what kind of impression did they leave on you? (old.reddit.com)
Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of child sex trafficking, why have none of the clients involved in the Ghislaine Maxwell sex trafficking case been arrested or charged? (old.reddit.com)
If someone stole a police horse would they be charged with stealing a police vehicle or with kidnapping an officer? For some reason this kept me up for hours last night, because both seem possible. (old.reddit.com)
Why is “on accident” such a popular mistake on Reddit? It’s “by accident”, right? I see it so often I’m even starting to doubt myself! (old.reddit.com)
SCOTUS Justice Thomas recently indicated that he'd like the court to revisit libel laws. How normal is this in the court's history, for a sitting justice to telegraph the kinds of cases they'd like to see brought before the court? (old.reddit.com)
What did the various phases of the French Revolution look like outside of Paris, in other cities like Bordeaux, Rouen, or Lyon, or in rural villages? (old.reddit.com)
In the Book of Deuteronomy (20:17) God instructs the Israelites to commit genocide ("utterly destroy them") the Hittites, Amorites, Canaanites, Perizzites, Hivites, and Jebusites in the Promised Land. What archaeological evidence do we have of their destruction ("save alive nothing that breatheth")? (old.reddit.com)
If having sex on a plane is called joining the mile high club, what would be the correct term for people that have sex in a porta-pottie at a festival or concert? (old.reddit.com)
In the Arabic language, the words "West" and "strange" share the same root. Is there a deeper meaning behind this? Did Arabs associate the West with Otherness? Did they define themselves as being "of the East", in the same way the West does now? (old.reddit.com)
Ronald Reagan won the 1984 presidential election in one of the most lopsided victories in American history, yet by 1986 his party had been swept from power in the midterms. What happened? (old.reddit.com)
Is there a difference between electrical impulses sent to the brain by different sensory organs (say, between an impulse sent by the inner ear and one sent by the optic nerve)? (old.reddit.com)
Why don't urinals have little toilet paper rolls to clean your dong after taking a leak? Wouldn't drying it off be better than just shaking off the remainder? (old.reddit.com)
Saddam Hussein in his rule of Iraq restored several archaeological structures like the famous Ziggurat of Ur. What do historians think of these restorations and their authenticity? Has it created any controversy in bronze age studies? (old.reddit.com)
How do I tell my boyfriend that his penis is way too big for me to have sex with more than a few times a week without simultaneously disappointing him and blowing up his ego to the size of the solar system? (old.reddit.com)
Does anyone else get upset when you're not invited somewhere but when you do get an invite, the last thing you want to do is spend time with people? (old.reddit.com)
Several photos of Iranian women before the Islamic Revolution circulate the internet. But I've seen people refute the view that Iran was progressive by saying this was limited to a small rich elite, and that the great majority of women had no substantial rights. Is this true? (old.reddit.com)
Why do they keep making these fake "pulling levers to make lava or water flow in order to get the coins, fail and die, IQ = 10" type of mobile game ads, even though there is no such game in existence and by now it's more than obvious that these ads are fake? (old.reddit.com)
In the USA during the World Wars, women entered the workforce after men were drafted. Who looked after their children during working hours? What was the state of childcare during these times? Could an average family afford childcare? (old.reddit.com)
How much, if anything, did Ancient Romans know about the parts of the world that weren't under their region of influence? (Such as Scandinavia, Sub-Saharan Africa, East Asia and so on) (old.reddit.com)