Dear women of reddit, if you were cat called by a guy, and another guy were nearby (that did not participate in the cat call) what would be the action the second guy could take to maximize any possible feeling of safety for you? (old.reddit.com)
If teachers aren’t allowed to share political views out of fear of influencing the children, then why are we allowed to have religious schools? (old.reddit.com)
What in the world do people find tasty about hard boiled eggs? They smell and taste like sulfur and have the worst texture ever. How do people eat them? (old.reddit.com)
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah (known to critics as as the "mad Caliph" or "Nero of Islam") is said to have disappeared mysteriously, leaving only a donkey and bloodstained clothes behind. Is there a consensus among historians as to what caused his disappearance? (old.reddit.com)
What is it called when someone has the view that people should live within their own kind and is against things like multiculturalism and immigration? (old.reddit.com)
You switch on news channel and it shows news of a zombie outbreak on the other side of the world, what are the steps you take to get ensure safety for when it hits your area? (old.reddit.com)
The ancient Roman senate did something unusual — They passed laws limiting the ways in which they could earn wealth, forbidding themselves to trade, offer banking services, or own large oceangoing transport ships. Why did they do this, and how unprecedented was it? (old.reddit.com)
I recently read that Carter had some solar panels installed on the White House, which Reagan later had removed. What actually happened? (old.reddit.com)
After his death from pneumonia in 1943 jazz musician Fats Waller was cremated and in accordance to his wishes his ashes were apparently scattered in the skies over Harlem by a black WWI aviator. That sounds nuts! What was the response from the public? (old.reddit.com)
James Lackington pioneered a new model of bookselling in London, part of which was that he only accepted cash, and extended no credit. This apparently shocked his competitors and insulted some of his patrons. Why was demanding cash so unusual? How big of a role did credit play in the economy? (old.reddit.com)
Do you ever click on random users in comment threads and go through their post history to see how wildly differently people use reddit and express their interests? (old.reddit.com)
British monarchs claimed the title of "King of France" until 1801 — did Jacobite pretenders continue to claim this title while in exile in France? Wasn't this a bit awkward? (old.reddit.com)
Why did the use of slave soldiers (ghilmans, mamluks, janissaries, etc.) become so universal amongst Muslim empires from the Abbasid period onwards? And why was this phenomenon unique to Muslim empires? (old.reddit.com)
The most militarily powerful nation is literally burning books and had an armed attempt to overturn a democratic election. Why doesn't the world community express more concern about the direction the U.S. is heading? (old.reddit.com)
You ever create imaginary scenarios in your mind and talk and interact with people who aren’t there? Like you’ll be cooking or whatever and have a conversation with “someone”? (old.reddit.com)
Amazon says that their Echo only hears you when you say the wake word, but wouldn’t it have to be listening to you for it to hear the wake word at all? (old.reddit.com)
How could males be so widespread in the medieval times? Purposefully breeding a horse and a donkey seems to be an awful lot of trouble to create a sterile animal, when the same gestation period could be used to breed more horses and donkeys (old.reddit.com)
Why do people photoshop their pictures so heavily to the point where they look like a completely different person, when there are unedited pictures on the same platform showing their true self? Do they think nobody will notice? (old.reddit.com)
Cahokia lasted until 1350; the Iroquois Confederacy was founded in 1142. Do we have any evidence of interaction between these two cultures? (old.reddit.com)
There was an episode of The Twilight Zone where a woman could freeze time by yelling "Shut up". In the end, she had frozen time with nuclear weapons about to hit the ground, essentially stuck in eternity, alone. Given that scenario, would you stay alone of unfreeze time? What are your reasons? (old.reddit.com)
Names like "Jesus", "Muhammad" and "Moses" are common today among Christians, Muslims and Jews respectively. Would names like "Zeus" or "Heracles" have been common in ancient Greece? What about names like "Ra" or "Horus" in ancient Egypt? (old.reddit.com)
Redditors who used the internet back when it was still considered a new thing, what is something kids these days will never get to experience? (old.reddit.com)
Why do some christians, worship Jesus but forget all his teachings about love & forgiveness. If Jesus was actually here right now he would slap a lot of christians today for hating different groups of people, so why is there so many toxic Christians out there? (old.reddit.com)
When you get rejected for a job and they say "we will keep you in mind for future openings" do they actually look at previous applicants or are they just saying that to give you some hope? (old.reddit.com)
Why parents are often angry at kids for breaking stuff like plates and cups, if it was just an accident. Like shit happens, and of course kids will drop things and plates aren't that expensive. (old.reddit.com)
A common trope in media set in schools is bullies shoving people into lockers. The lockers I had in school could maybe fit a toddler. Was there ever really such a trend underlying the media depictions? (old.reddit.com)
The Wikipedia page for António Salazar, the authoritarian dictator of Estado Novo Portugal, is a dangerously enthusiastic and uncritical puff piece. Where can I find a more rigorous and critical biography of Salazar, and how can the article be improved? (old.reddit.com)
Sławomir Rawicz, a Polish officer, claimed in his book 'The Long Walk' that he and five others escaped a Siberian gulag in 1941 before walking all the way to India and freedom. Is there any evidence that his story was true? (old.reddit.com)
Is it possible to "lip read" in every language? Are some languages easier to lip read than others? Is there a language that is impossible (or just really hard) to read lips? (old.reddit.com)
How did premodern cities clear their streets after massive blizzards before the invention of snowplows and snowblowers? Huge shovel brigades? Were horses pulling plows? (old.reddit.com)
The 1916 Irish Proclamation: 'In every generation the Irish people have asserted their right to national freedom and sovereignty; six times during the past 300 years they have asserted it in arms' Try as I might, I can only come up with five examples. Do we know which ones the writers had in mind? (old.reddit.com)
What’s something that people think is a supportive/comforting/empowering thing to say when it’s really the opposite, and how do you usually respond? (old.reddit.com)
What was the ancient Rome like at 3 AM? What sounds would have been common? How much light would the average person see on the streets outside? (old.reddit.com)
Why do friend groups drink at bars when you can just go to a friend's house for a better time, cheaper drinks, have food delivered and control the music? (old.reddit.com)
Howcome my fiance spend $3000 on her wedding dress and no one cared but the moment I spent $600 on a nice fitted 3 piece suit everyone thought I was crazy? (old.reddit.com)
How do Americans have the audacity to moan about alleged Russian interference in their election, when their nation have toppled countless of legitimate governments in South America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East? (old.reddit.com)
In a recent interview with Joe Rogan, Jordan Peterson claimed: "Now, in many ways, the first book was the Bible. I mean, literally." To what extent (if at all) is this true? (old.reddit.com)
Is the global dominance of the Gregorian calendar down to colonialism or does it have practical advantages over lunar calendar systems? (old.reddit.com)
Ladies who are introverted but ended up in a job that requires you to be vocal, articulate and outspoken, how do you do it? What are the tricks? (old.reddit.com)
"Jesus Christ Superstar" was the number one selling album in 1971. It is an anomaly among best-selling albums of that year, and outperformed many progressive rock albums that are better-regarded today. How did this album become a commercial success *before* the premier of the musical? (old.reddit.com)
The gospels make it very clear Jesus was conceived during the reign of Herod the great, who died in 4 BCE, how did early christian scholars overlook this fact when calculating the birth of Jesus ? (old.reddit.com)
We know that “southern China” was originally populated by many non-Chinese indigenous peoples. What did Chinese migration southwards actually look like, for both incoming migrants and indigenous Yue peoples? (old.reddit.com)
It seems obvious to people now that women should have the right to vote, but the 19th Amendment received 89 Nays from the House and 20 Nays from the Senate (and many abstained). What were the arguments AGAINST allowing women to vote? (old.reddit.com)
Pop culture imagines Australian aboriginal religion, ritual, & lifestyle as "frozen in time" for the 40,000 years of their existence. But do indigenous Australian narratives also? Do Indigenous histories & stories relate ancestral peoples, their development, extinction, & succession? (old.reddit.com)
"Getting to the border" is a common trope of American heist movies. Was there ever a time when crossing the Mexican border, or leaving the country generally, actually did offer a way to get away with crimes? If so, when did that stop? (old.reddit.com)