Are there really bars in America that everyone will stare at you for ages when you walk in if you've not been before just like in the movies? (www.reddit.com)
Without falling into a cycle of infinite regress or depending on anything other than demonstrable truths, how could the objective morality or immorality of something be demonstrated? (www.reddit.com)
To circumvent the naval articles of the Versailles treaty, the Weimar government created a dummy company in the Netherlands (IvS) to develop U-Boats. How did the UK, France, or the Netherlands not figure out who was behind the company? Did the Germans use any other dummy companies? (www.reddit.com)
In the early 1900s, when a third of Argentineans and half of Buenos Aires was foreign-born, were there any programs similar to US "Americanization" campaigns? Did Argentinean identity develop easily despite personal disconnection from its founding myths and customs? (www.reddit.com)
When prehistoric land masses are depicted, what is the accuracy to which they are drawn. Would the maps produced be useful for navigating that world? (www.reddit.com)
If you had a friend who spoke to you in the same way that you sometimes speak to yourself, how long would you allow this person to be your friend? (www.reddit.com)
Are there philosophers who opposes reason and favours the irrational? I heard someone called the existentialists "irrtional" but is it even possible to avoid reason completely as an intellectual? (www.reddit.com)
Almost everything today feels like it is owned by eight or ten major parent companies. What changed to make the United States go from Anti-Corporate philosophies in the 1890s-1910s during Theodore Roosevelt’s “Trust Busting” era to lead to the modern economic practices? (www.reddit.com)
Why are Europeans so obsessed with lions? They don't have any lions but they are there on flags, coat of arms, furniture and historical buildings (www.reddit.com)
What’s actually the cause of the labor shortages? How do I respond to the very annoying and trite answer my FIL gives that: “Nobody wants to work anymore!!! This generation is lazy and getting handed money by the government!!” (www.reddit.com)
The name of the Battle of Agincourt was decided on the same day by a group of heralds following both the English and French armies in order to make chronicling easier. Who organized and paid for these heralds? How common was this kind of formal information gathering across the Medieval World? (www.reddit.com)
How often do you find yourself overthinking situations and it leads you to be paranoid then you realize it wasn’t true but just all in your head? (www.reddit.com)
I'm terminal. Orphan, no family worth considering. Want to leave my home to a friend. Can I add my friend to the title now so there's no probate bullshit ? Do they have to know/be involved ahead of time? I want it to be a surprise. [Colorado, USA] (www.reddit.com)
Artists of today are able to produce photo-real drawings with only a pencil and lots of time. Why is it we don’t have similar photo-real drawings from hundreds of years in the past? (www.reddit.com)
As a layperson, what's the best online platform to submit articles on my philosophical thoughts on a particular topic, for maximum exposure? (www.reddit.com)
Before the early 1900s why did everyone dress so impractically, sometimes in suit pants, a waistcoat and button up shirt for activities such as tree felling, construction, etc? (www.reddit.com)
Lisbon / Seville were raided by Vikings in 844. Elsewhere, in the East, the Vikings were settling in what is current-day Ukraine. What was happening in Scandinavia to allow for this? And why were the Norsemen back in Roman times not doing anything remotely similar to what the Vikings did later on? (www.reddit.com)
On March 15, 1671, a tornado kills 600+ people in Cadiz, Spain. What did contemporaries believe caused tornadoes at that time in Europe? (www.reddit.com)
In the early years of the United States, the US Marshals were the Federal law enforcement service. Why was a new agency (FBI) created to take over their role, with the Marshals relegated to mostly court order enforcement and escort, rather than continue using them as the general Federal LEO service? (www.reddit.com)
When people lose weight after being sick with something like the flu for a week, what is the breakdown of where that weight loss is likely coming from? (www.reddit.com)
Can you give me an example of something, that is neither God nor Nothing (as in, the absence of anything), that does not have a Creator/was not Created? (www.reddit.com)
Everyone knows that sharks can smell blood in the water. But are there any air-breathing animals that can smell underwater? Or water-breathing animals that can smell in the air? (www.reddit.com)
The Italian region of Emilia Romagna is famous for having a very large and successful cooperative sector that is highly competitive on world markets. Are there any good reads covering their history and on how they managed to achieve that? (www.reddit.com)
How do we know that reducing mosquito populations (such as by introducing genetically engineered ones) won't end up collapsing an important part of the food chain? (www.reddit.com)
Did people in continually inhabited cities notice "Site Formation" (old buildings being slowly buried) happening around them? And how did they understand the process? (www.reddit.com)
Why are there so many active volcanoes in south/central America, but all the the ones in North America are all quiet? (Mainland North America) (www.reddit.com)
My boyfriend is angry at me because I said I was in support of a cure for autism and now I feel terrible. I just don't understand why giving people the option to be cured is so bad? (www.reddit.com)
More Indian movies sold over 20 million tickets in the Soviet Union than any other foreign cinema. Why were Indian movies so popular among the Soviet public? Did Bollywood movies and Indian culture make a noticeable impact on Soviet (and modern Russian) pop culture and film making? (www.reddit.com)
The raiding of Lindisfarne Abbey by Norsemen in 793 is treated as a momentous world-historical event, the beginning of the Viking Age, but for the people of the late 8th century did it really represent something new and different? (www.reddit.com)
Scientists recently authenticated several 3rd century Roman coins showing an otherwise-unattested emperor Sponsian. If he did in fact exist, what was his likely fate? (www.reddit.com)
Does panpsychism hold that all material objects have *consciousness*, or that all material objects have the subjective-type capacity to *experience* events? (www.reddit.com)
Is there any evidence of objects (natural or man-made) from the Americas washing ashore in Europe or Africa, before Europeans became more widely aware of the existence of the 'New World'? And if so, how did people react to these objects? (www.reddit.com)
If I'm buying a house, should I ask the owner about how much mortgage is still left on the property or is that largely irrelevant? A friend of mine told me I should know this piece of info but I never got why. (www.reddit.com)
Don't put metal in a microwave. Don't mix bleach and ammonia. What are some other examples of life-saving tips that a potentially uninformed person wouldn't be aware of? (www.reddit.com)
There's an intimate connection in my mind between poetry and the metaphysics of being. Does Aristotle's Poetics and Metaphysics connect in that way? (www.reddit.com)
The Aztecs had "Ahuianis", women entertainers described as very similar to Japanese Geishas. What exactly was life like for these Aztec "Geishas" and do they have the same misinterpretation from modern people as Geishas did? (www.reddit.com)
Has there ever been a secular analysis of the authenticity of the Hadith? If so, what are some of the latest findings from the historiography? (www.reddit.com)
there's a some what common trope in 80's/90's action movies that a group of Special Forces soldiers turn to terrorism for recognition of their past covert ops, has this ever happened in real life? (www.reddit.com)
"Jingle Bell Rock" and "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" came out in 1957 and 1958, respectively. Were these novelty rock 'n' roll Christmas songs unique, or are they just the most long-lived and best remembered examples of a larger late 1950's trend? (www.reddit.com)
21 years later, the effects of 9/11 can still be felt at airports every day. Did the makers of such enhanced airport security policies intend them to be permanent (as they now seem to be) or to be merely temporary measures until things cooled down? (www.reddit.com)
I’ve heard many examples in history where underage girls were forced to marry adult men, but are their any examples of the opposite happening? Like underage boys being forced to marry adult women? (www.reddit.com)
When a person gets stomach flu (viral gastroenteritis) or food poisoning, what exactly is happening in the body that causes stomach cramps? (www.reddit.com)
The series Vikings depicts ritual sacrifice candidates as going willingly, even eagerly, to their deaths. Is there are historical evidence suggesting that such willingness or eagerness existed in ancient Nordic religion? (www.reddit.com)
When did Mary (mother of God) become a "virgin", and is the popularity multiple virgins & virgin holidays the result of a more modern phenomenon, like the mixing of American indigenous traditions with Christianity? (www.reddit.com)
If we could cure someone of their evil, would it be cruel to enact punishment on them so that they could experience some form of “tit for tat”? (www.reddit.com)
In the parable of the prodigal son, when the son returns the father orders that the fatted calf be killed for a celebratory feast. How would this be done, and how would the calf be prepared? What dishes would be served at this feast? What would a feast like this be like? (www.reddit.com)
The New Hampshire House of Representatives has 400 seats, making it by far the largest lower house of any American state, despite New Hampshire being only the 41st most populous. Why did New Hampshire's house become so big while other houses remained/ended up relatively small? (www.reddit.com)
AskScience AMA Series: I'm a wildlife filmmaker who's spent years tracking and filming the endangered ocelot population in Texas. Ask me anything! (www.reddit.com)
Apparently, wikipedia says that the usa used germ warfare in the korean war? How does wikipedia represent the broader historiography of the korean war with this article (www.reddit.com)
My dad is 53 and practices basketball dribbling compulsively 4 hours per night in our basement and he doesn’t say why. Why do you think he does this? (www.reddit.com)
Did a Japanese general really advise against invading the United States because "There’s a rifle behind every blade of grass"? If so, was this in reference to high rates of gun ownership, or America's industrial might? (www.reddit.com)