Is Hades being depicted as a villain a conflation with the Christian Devil? How was he viewed in Ancient Greece? Were other gods more maligned? (www.reddit.com)
There are some semi-popular memes about going back in time to give medieval peasants things like Mt. Dew, Doritos, Warheads candy etc. The joke being that peasants would never have had that 'blast of flavor.' What would have been the biggest 'blast of flavor' they would have had back then? (www.reddit.com)
Is there any limit to the mass of an object in the universe? Can something, like a black hole, become so massive that it can rip through the fabric of spacetime, or would physics prevent that, or is there no upper limit to the mass an object can be? (www.reddit.com)
To what extent did post-USSR Russia attempt to align itself with the West before cementing itself as an adversary, and what was the role of the CIA in leading it to its current position? (www.reddit.com)
The 1931 film Frankenstein begins with a warning to the audience that the studio thinks it's too scary, and audiences might be shocked. Was this merely a marketing gimmick, or did Universal truly believe that the film was so scary compared to other films that it warranted a warning to audiences? (www.reddit.com)
A Wehrmacht field manual is said to have stated that "experience has shown that attacks against tanks with close-combat weapons by a sufficiently determined man will basically always succeed." What experiences, if any, were the manual authors referring to? (www.reddit.com)
Are there known "evolutionary valleys?" Suboptimal traits that, once evolved, remain for long periods of time because, despite being suboptimal, selection pressure still pushes deviations back towards the trait? (www.reddit.com)
Most know the Statue of Liberty is made from copper and due to the salt water in NY harbor, had been "rusting" away, giving it it's green look. When the US accepted it in the 1800s, did they know that would happen? If so, did they just assume it would eventually rot and dissolve into the ocean? (www.reddit.com)
AMA: I'm Lydia Moland, author of "Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life," the story of a fierce abolitionist who both dedicated her life to ending slavery and wrote "Over the River and Through the Wood." The book will be out in November. Ask me anything! (www.reddit.com)
AskScience AMA Series: I'm Sanne van Rooij, assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Emory University. Ask me anything about PTSD, the impact of stress and trauma on the brain, and new treatments for PTSD! (www.reddit.com)
What shape are spiral galaxies? Pictures look like 2D discs; like water down a plug hole. Are there model images of them in 3 dimensions? Why do they tend towards flat-ness? (www.reddit.com)
When a male seahorse gives birth, it looks like each contraction spews baby seahorses out. Do the contractions stop when all of the babies are out? Or can some be accidentally trapped inside? How does it work? (www.reddit.com)
James Polk is one of the most "successful" US presidents of all time, massively expanding US Territory, averting war with Britain and settling the Canadian/Oregon border dispute, and reestablishing an independent Treasury Department. How did he get so much done, and why isn't he well known? (www.reddit.com)
Has there ever been previous "haha funny sex/drug meme" numbers like 69 and 420 in the past? Were ancient Roman kids giggling every time 17 came up, or Sumerians over 190? (www.reddit.com)
In U.S. television situation comedies (sitcoms) from the 50s, 60s, and early 70s, there is a common trope of a male office worker inviting his boss to a homecooked dinner with the ultimate goal of asking for a raise or currying favor for a promotion. Did this really happen? If so, how common was it? (www.reddit.com)
Since we use multiple telescopes on Earth to increase the resolution in interferometry, Is it possible to build a network of space telescopes around Earths orbit to make a space telescope around 2au wide? (www.reddit.com)
"Moby Dick" describes a whaling voyage where the captain remains shut in below deck while the ship departs, and most crew members only meet him several days into the voyage. Is this even remotely realistic? (www.reddit.com)
Pre-Bronze-Age Earth must have had sufficient easily accessible deposits of copper, tin, iron, gold and other metals in such abundance to equip vast armies. How likely is it that similar metal ore veins can be found in a native state on the surface of Mars? (www.reddit.com)
The last known auroch only died in 1627. There were royal restrictions on hunting them as early as the 1200s. How did 400 years of proto-conservation fail for such a high status, visible animal? (www.reddit.com)
The 22nd Amendment states that no president shall being elected to office more than two times. But theres nothing about them running for congress or local elections. Has there been an president that got elected to congress or held a high position in the state government, post presidency? (www.reddit.com)
In the western world, we think of the time around 2500 years ago as part of the age of antiquity. For anyone living back then, it was their modern era. Did people living in Greece or Rome during this time have their equivalent, what they considered an age of antiquity? (www.reddit.com)
Almost all English words for spatial measurements end in "th" (breadth, depth, width, length, etc) except for "height." Why don't we say "heighth?" (www.reddit.com)