I so often see that in USA people are using big containers of milk. What do you do with so much of milk? Just streight up drink it every day? Iam personally scared to just open one liter box of milk that i wont be able to use it up before it expires. (www.reddit.com)
In The Fugitive, there's a scene in a hospital where an employee in scrubs rollerblades down the hall. Did hospitals in the '90s experiment with rollerblading to speed things up or something? (www.reddit.com)
How did Switzerland, a landlocked European country, become so well known for fine chocolates when both sugar and cacao are grown far away in mostly tropical places? (www.reddit.com)
I believe American democracy is under threat from election fraud conspiracies that will soon result in the end of the republic. What can I do be part of the fight against this? (www.reddit.com)
In the new All Quiet on the Western Front, there’s a scene where a bunch of 18 year old’s were pumped up to join the German Army in 1917. In the original, this happened in 1914. Were 18 year old’s excited to fight in 1917? (www.reddit.com)
This is one of my favorite pages on Reddit. But I’ve always been curious - What is the history / origins of r/AskHistorians? How did such a specialized sub get established and maintained? Who are some of the early or influential people who made it what it is today? (www.reddit.com)
The two Ancient Greek cities we know the most about are Athens and Sparta. We think of Sparta as the 'weird' society for being so militaristic, but do we know if Athens was actually what most Greeks would consider "normal"? (www.reddit.com)
Why do adults just give up on childish things? I see so many adults just absolutely despise things that they used to absolutely love. Do we all have to learn to hate fun? (www.reddit.com)
Women of Reddit who played with dolls growing up...what are some of the terrible things you did with them or to them? I'm talking plots, characters, the social order, life and death, the doll you hated and the doll you mercilessly favoured above the rest... (www.reddit.com)
What prevents me from creating a fake account called RealDonaldTrump and buying a blue check mark for $8 on Twitter as if I'm the real deal? (www.reddit.com)
How does one become a court jester during the medieval period? Also, is Crusader Kings II and Crusader Kings III right to portray it as an undesirable job? (www.reddit.com)
Has PTSD due to trauma and/or violence affected humans for centuries or is this a more recent phenomenon? Have there always been long-term effects when an individual experiences trauma and/or violence? (www.reddit.com)
Did the US Army and Marines use uppers like Modalert/Modafinil or prescription amphetamine during Desert Storm or any other operations in the 90s? (www.reddit.com)
In 1402, the 38-year-old daughter of the king's court astrologer and writer at the French court, Christine de Pizan, became involved in a dispute in which she criticized Jean de Meun's popular-but-misogynistic work, "Le Roman de la Rose". How was De Pizan's critique viewed by her contemporaries? (www.reddit.com)
Am I allowed to cut the chip off of my credit card and attach it inside of a magicians wand so I can tap it to magically complete purchases? (www.reddit.com)
I'm looking for a positive case for procreation being an ethical good, specifically rebutting antinatalists like Zapffe and Schopenhauer. (www.reddit.com)
Alexander Hamilton had great success and helped build the United States, but by the end of the 1790s he told a friend that there is no place in this country for me. Why did he feel this way? (www.reddit.com)
Did Jewish people participate in the transatlantic slave trade, either in Europe or North/South America, at any point throughout the 16th-19th centuries? (www.reddit.com)
What were the reactions, if there were any, to the ~5,200 Polish soldiers switching sides during the Haitian Revolution and siding with the (ex-)slaves? (www.reddit.com)
Why was the Republic of China given a permanent seat in the UNSC back in 1945? You would expect that the other members would be opposed to expanding the seats unless really required: why did the other 4 members support RoC's permanent membership? (www.reddit.com)
Why are Homer's Iliad and Odyssey the only surviving parts of the Epic Cycle? Were they much more prominent than the others? Were they the larger and richer works? (www.reddit.com)
Why does it seem like nowadays every young person has some sort of mental illness and everyone seems to be taking pills for something. (www.reddit.com)
I've been googling stuff out of boredom and I can't believe this to be true. Did we invent the Lighter 3 years before we invented Matches? (www.reddit.com)
We are scientists from the Society of Vertebrate Paleontology coming to you from our annual meeting in Toronto, Canada! We study fossils. Ask Us Anything! (www.reddit.com)
Moby Dick has many scenes that are either funny, or seem like they're trying to be funny or playful. Was this what Melville was going for? Did early readers think it was a funny book? Is Ishmael supposed to have a good sense of humor? (www.reddit.com)
Why is it that my friends and family always tell me how pretty and kind I am, and say “how the are you still single? I’m surprised you’re not popular with guys.”, and yet no guys are ever interested in me? (www.reddit.com)
My father likes to tell me “Black” people taught “White” people how to bath. I recently asked him for context and he explained to me the Moors taught people in Spain, England, and Portugal better hygiene. Can I get some more context on this? (www.reddit.com)
Why haven't modern-day Socrateses, or even Epictetuses emerged from academic philosophy to shake up the world? Why do Academic philosophers seem to operate in hermetic communities and discuss topics with little or not application to practical life? Why aren't they making an impact? (www.reddit.com)
When the armistice came into effect on Nov 11 at 1100, did combat cease in mid-battle? Would it be conceivable that a trench was being raided at that exact moment, and opposing soldiers would immediately just go about their business upon hearing a horn signaling the time? (www.reddit.com)
Today we have birth certificates, social security numbers, and passports to prove we're citizens of our countries. Was there a central registry of Roman citizens that could be checked? How would a citizen traveling from his remote province to Rome prove he was a citizen? (www.reddit.com)
If Queen Mary I of England was so concerned with saving Catholicism in England, why didn't she ensure a catholic succession? Couldn't she have married Elizabeth to a catholic prince, or named Mary, Queen of Scots as her heir? (www.reddit.com)
Why, in the last two centuries, have women become to be considered less sexual than men, if, throughout history, they were believed to have a much higher libido? (www.reddit.com)
Slavery in most of the Arabian peninsula was not abolished until the 1950s and the 1960s. What was slavery like at this time period and region? (www.reddit.com)
"According to Hegel, negativity is precisely what keeps existence [Dasein] alive," says Byung-Chul Han in his book "The Burnout Society". Could anyone please elaborate on the statement? (www.reddit.com)
Why, in the last two centuries, have women become to be considered less sexual than men, if, throughout history, they were believed to have a much higher libido? (www.reddit.com)
Women with a people-pleaser personality, what helped you realize that you really truly don't need people's approval, and that it's okay to show the real you instead of a mirror of the person you're talking to? (www.reddit.com)
Why do we refer to the bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki as ‘atomic bombs’, but refer to their successors as nuclear weapons / nukes? (www.reddit.com)
Was Jerry Lee Lewis really as surprised as he was portrayed in later retellings at the backlash outside his community to his marriage to his underage cousin? For that matter, how normalized actually were such marriages in his mid-20th c. rural Louisiana/Mississippi context? (www.reddit.com)
My parents believe all guys just want sex from me and how a female and a male friendship is uncommon without feelings down the road, do you believe this is also a false statement? (www.reddit.com)
Human beings aside, how do mammals behave regarding eating and drinking: drink before, while, after eating? And is there a better option among these three for human beings? (www.reddit.com)
Back when people did not have indoor plumbing, and relied on outhouses for human waste and wells for ground water, how did they keep their drinking water safe? (www.reddit.com)
Elon Musk says that with the new blue check mark subscription on Twitter you will be able to separate yourself from copycats that pretend to be you. But what is stopping from a copycat from paying $8/month to look legit? (www.reddit.com)
My buddies want me to rap "n words in Paris" for our talent show, but I'm an Arab and I'm totally not comfortable saying that word. My buddies are black and they said I'm being a pussy. What should I do? (www.reddit.com)
Why do we vaccinate people instead of injecting them directly with antibodies? Is there a particular reason people need to generate the antibodies themselves? (www.reddit.com)
Today, many hobbies are recreational pursuits of past careers or housework - woodworking, knitting, fishing, pottery, etc. Is this a new phenomenon? (www.reddit.com)
Author Tom Holland argues that it was not our Greco-Roman western heritage that lead to liberal values, but Christianity, and that the ancient world was notably cruel. Do historians mostly agree with this stance? (www.reddit.com)
At the end of the 2022 movie adaption of All Quiet On The Western Front an unnamed German general sends his troops into a suicidal attack against French forces out of sheer spite, only hours before the war ends. Did such an attack or such attacks really happen during the last hours of WW1? (www.reddit.com)
Until recently left handedness was considered an ailment but now (at least in the west) it isn't. What forces caused it to be more accepted? Did the concept of left handedness being bad just fizzle out or was it an active de-stigmatization process by pediatricians and activists? (www.reddit.com)
What became of the trenches after World War 1 ended on the Western Front? Did they fill them in and clean them up, or just leave them alone? (www.reddit.com)
Women who WFH, how do you feel about dressing up for work? Do you work in your PJs and love the no-bra life or do you feel dressing up makes you more productive? (www.reddit.com)
Why does so much black plague literature focus on Medieval Europe? Everything I read mentions China or Mongolia as backdrop then focuses almost exclusively on Europe. (www.reddit.com)
How is nuclear fission controlled in atomic weapons? What’s stopping the fission process from ongoing and continuously creating the reaction indefinitely? (www.reddit.com)
How can you differentiate between being used to being in a relationship with someone so not wanting to leave vs actually being in love with them and not wanting to leave? (www.reddit.com)