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In the USA, there is a widespread (if short of universal) stigma against selling and eating veal, with cruelty to young animals often cited as the reasoning. Why doesn't this stigma/controversy exist the same way for lamb?

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John Mulaney told the following joke, about an email he sent was used in court: "Hey, do you want me to kill that guy for you? Because it sounds like he sucks and I will totally kill that guy for you." How have law enforcement and judiciary evolved to accommodate adoption of once-extreme language?

728 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What are the origins of the HFY genre?

63 upvotes • r/HFY

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Are the actions that Jesus told his followers to perform actually "passive-aggressive actions meant to oppose and resist Jerusalem's Roman occupiers"?

22 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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I was resistant to poison ivy as a kid. Could literally roll in the stuff and be fine. I haven't tested in a while because a friend said the same but also said they lost resistance around 35. What is the science behind this?

17 upvotes • r/askscience

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Why do violins and cellos and slow piano, etc, often elicit "sad" emotions? Maybe this is an obvious thing, but what's the science behind it, assuming no primed associations with "sad" movie scenes, etc.?

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What was daily life like for a combat engineer during the Crimean War? Was it different between British Royal sappers and combat engineers of the Ottoman Empire or Russia?

9 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Russia is currently being compared to the USSR with regards to censorship. When the USSR collapsed, what was the reaction of the Russian public when they saw what had been hidden from them?

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MY professor (of chemistry, some years back) claimed that inheritable DNA can be changed within as little as 2 weeks by dietary decisions. Is this actually possible?

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By way of a popular, but unsourced, /r/todayilearned post: to what degree was JFK aware of Jupiter missiles in Turkey? Did he really respond to a question of "Why the fuck are we putting Jupiter Missiles in Turkey?" with, "What Jupiter Missiles where?!"? Who made the decision to deploy nukes there?

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In the USA, there is a widespread (if short of universal) stigma against selling and eating veal, with cruelty to young animals often cited as the reasoning. Why doesn't this stigma/controversy exist the same way for lamb?	2633	AskHistorians
John Mulaney told the following joke, about an email he sent was used in court: "Hey, do you want me to kill that guy for you? Because it sounds like he sucks and I will totally kill that guy for you." How have law enforcement and judiciary evolved to accommodate adoption of once-extreme language?	728	AskHistorians
What are the origins of the HFY genre?	63	HFY
Are the actions that Jesus told his followers to perform actually "passive-aggressive actions meant to oppose and resist Jerusalem's Roman occupiers"?	22	AskHistorians
I was resistant to poison ivy as a kid. Could literally roll in the stuff and be fine. I haven't tested in a while because a friend said the same but also said they lost resistance around 35. What is the science behind this?	17	askscience
Why do violins and cellos and slow piano, etc, often elicit "sad" emotions? Maybe this is an obvious thing, but what's the science behind it, assuming no primed associations with "sad" movie scenes, etc.?	15	askscience
What was daily life like for a combat engineer during the Crimean War? Was it different between British Royal sappers and combat engineers of the Ottoman Empire or Russia?	9	AskHistorians
Russia is currently being compared to the USSR with regards to censorship. When the USSR collapsed, what was the reaction of the Russian public when they saw what had been hidden from them?	8	AskHistorians
MY professor (of chemistry, some years back) claimed that inheritable DNA can be changed within as little as 2 weeks by dietary decisions. Is this actually possible?	7	askscience
By way of a popular, but unsourced, /r/todayilearned post: to what degree was JFK aware of Jupiter missiles in Turkey? Did he really respond to a question of "Why the fuck are we putting Jupiter Missiles in Turkey?" with, "What Jupiter Missiles where?!"? Who made the decision to deploy nukes there?	7	AskHistorians