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Very often, I see people wearing hospital scrubs in public, especially at the grocery. Am I wrong to fear that they're spreading horrifying antibiotic-resistant pathogens to everything their sputum-encrusted garments are brushing against?

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Are there any species of parasites or pathogens that are intrinsically harmful to individuals but would catastrophically disrupt an ecosystem if they suddenly went extinct?

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When sharpening knives or straight razors with sharpening stones, the last step often amounts to "stropping" the blade against a strip of leather. Subjectively, this seems to make a genuine difference versus blades that are sharpened on stones but not stropped. But does it really, and if so, why?

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If a human murdered another human in the presence of a pack of chimpanzees, would the chimpanzees know what was going on, and how would they likely react?

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Have there been societies that routinely executed children?

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What do we know about how prostitutes prevented (or dealt with) unwanted pregnancies in the 19th century and earlier?

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Very often, I see people wearing hospital scrubs in public, especially at the grocery. Am I wrong to fear that they're spreading horrifying antibiotic-resistant pathogens to everything their sputum-encrusted garments are brushing against?	1	askscience
Are there any species of parasites or pathogens that are intrinsically harmful to individuals but would catastrophically disrupt an ecosystem if they suddenly went extinct?	1	askscience
When sharpening knives or straight razors with sharpening stones, the last step often amounts to "stropping" the blade against a strip of leather. Subjectively, this seems to make a genuine difference versus blades that are sharpened on stones but not stropped. But does it really, and if so, why?	1	askscience
If a human murdered another human in the presence of a pack of chimpanzees, would the chimpanzees know what was going on, and how would they likely react?	0	askscience
Have there been societies that routinely executed children?	0	AskHistorians
What do we know about how prostitutes prevented (or dealt with) unwanted pregnancies in the 19th century and earlier?	0	AskHistorians