The year is 1250. I am attending what will be known as the University of Cambridge. What am I likely studying and what does my day most likely look like? (www.reddit.com)
Married women, would you feel it is a justified reason to call for a divorce if your partner says you are not fulfilling their physical needs? Why or Why not? (www.reddit.com)
Why does the morning sky look so different from the evening sky when at any given moment it seems like the same thing; the sun close to the horizon? (www.reddit.com)
You have the opportunity to hide a paperclip somewhere in your house. If a private investigator can't find it within 24 hours, you win $100,000. Where do you hide the paperclip? (www.reddit.com)
How does ‘breaking’ something work? If I snap a pencil in two, do I take the atoms apart? Why do they don’t join together back when I push them back together? (www.reddit.com)
A generation or two ago, tattoos were widely culturally taboo in the U.S. Now, it seems like most or at least a large minority of adults in the U.S. have at least one tattoo. Why was it so demonized, and what drove the cultural change? (www.reddit.com)
In the 1920s and 30s, the ideology of prominent black activist Marcus Garvey described itself as fascist and claimed that fascism was the ideal political system for black liberation and independence. What opinion and reaction, if any, to Garveyism did the fascists in Europe have to this? (www.reddit.com)
With more and more compelling evidence that plants feel, have memory, and strive for survival just as any other creature on earth. Without becoming a jainist, how do you get absolution when you eat anything? (www.reddit.com)
[Meta] I’ve noticed that peoples answers in this sub are often links to old posts with really interesting answers. With that in mind, please post the most interesting answers about anything you’ve found in this sub :) (www.reddit.com)
In 'Braveheart', there's a scene where the princess says that she gave gold to charity 'to relieve the suffering of this war children'. Did this kind of wartime charity exist in the Middle Ages? (www.reddit.com)
In the early 14th century, Mansa Musa recounted a story of his predecessor disappearing on an attempt to cross the Atlantic with thousands of ships. If such an expedition did happen, what would the Malian ships have looked like? (www.reddit.com)
Modern-day people suffering paranoid psychosis often have delusions with modern themes, such as being targeted by government intelligence agencies. Do we have examples of how these types of delusions might have manifested in people of the past? (www.reddit.com)
I'm Ken Mondschein, a professional historian of swordfighting and medieval warfare who's so obsessed with Game of Thrones I wrote a book about it! AMA about the Real Middle Ages vs. GoT/HotD/ASOIAF! (www.reddit.com)
I know animals like deep sea fish and cave fish have specialized adaptations for low light environments. Are there any special adaptations for high light spaces, and what would the most extreme version of them look like? (www.reddit.com)
My friend claimed that ancient chinese history is uniquely unreliable because it was constantly rewritten to suit the ruling party, is this true? (www.reddit.com)
I'm Ken Mondschein, a professional historian of swordfighting and medieval warfare who's so obsessed with Game of Thrones I wrote a book about it! AMA about the Real Middle Ages vs. GoT/HotD/ASOIAF! (www.reddit.com)
Diocletian, one of the most transformational emperors in Roman history, retired several years before he died, living to see many of the structural changes he'd made undone; how was he able to safely retire (no emperor had before), and how did he react to the events that unfolded after he did? (www.reddit.com)
I saw on a Netflix documentary that it is possible to make mice bioluminescent by altering their genetic code. Is this possible with all species? How much energy would that cost them (would it affect their metabolism)? Could you make them bioluminescent with any color? (www.reddit.com)
Content warning for child sexual abuse. In 1871, Delaware lowered its age of consent from 10 to 7. Why? Why was it so low to begin with, there and everywhere else? What's the point of having such a low age of consent? (www.reddit.com)
What is something your partner has done while going down on you that made you think “wow, I could add this to a book called ‘100 ways not to go down on someone’”? (www.reddit.com)