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[WP] In the United States, the death penalty has never actually existed. Death row is an elaborate conspiracy in which the "killed" prisoners are sent to a government facility for experiments.

180 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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During the Great Depression, the US Government hired people to dig holes, and then hired other people to fill those holes in, all for the sake of creating jobs. True or False?

109 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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There should be a cheese biome 🧀

63 upvotes • r/DeepRockGalactic

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Have there been any instances of "convergent evolution" where two previously incompatible species developed the ability to produce fertile offspring together?

30 upvotes • r/askscience

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If fear is a healthy response to danger, inducing "fight" or "flight", why do we become "frozen with fear"?

16 upvotes • r/askscience

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Why is it useful to hyperventilate during childbirth?

13 upvotes • r/askscience

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How was California's "Thousand Island Lake" formed naturally?

8 upvotes • r/askscience

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I understand how evolution selects for traits in a life-and-death sense, but what about for traits that have no bearing on whether the species lives or dies?

6 upvotes • r/askscience

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IAMA Request: A member of the Flat Earth Society.

5 upvotes • r/IAmA

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If pain is just our body and brain telling us that a certain action or activity is damaging or dangerous, why can't we shut the pain off when that signal does us no good? Torture, prolonged injury, etc.

4 upvotes • r/askscience

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[WP] In the United States, the death penalty has never actually existed. Death row is an elaborate conspiracy in which the "killed" prisoners are sent to a government facility for experiments.	180	WritingPrompts
During the Great Depression, the US Government hired people to dig holes, and then hired other people to fill those holes in, all for the sake of creating jobs. True or False?	109	AskHistorians
There should be a cheese biome 🧀	63	DeepRockGalactic
Have there been any instances of "convergent evolution" where two previously incompatible species developed the ability to produce fertile offspring together?	30	askscience
If fear is a healthy response to danger, inducing "fight" or "flight", why do we become "frozen with fear"?	16	askscience
Why is it useful to hyperventilate during childbirth?	13	askscience
How was California's "Thousand Island Lake" formed naturally?	8	askscience
I understand how evolution selects for traits in a life-and-death sense, but what about for traits that have no bearing on whether the species lives or dies?	6	askscience
IAMA Request: A member of the Flat Earth Society.	5	IAmA
If pain is just our body and brain telling us that a certain action or activity is damaging or dangerous, why can't we shut the pain off when that signal does us no good? Torture, prolonged injury, etc.	4	askscience