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"Women were not allowed to ride on early trains for fear the high speed would cause their uteruses to fly out" - what is the source for that common factoid?

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The Order of St Lazarus contained both hospitallers and military brothers, some of whom were lepers. Did they ever advertise the fact they carried an incurable disease on the battlefield, either to warn friend or intimidate foe? If so, what did others think about them?

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What did East African families look like during the time of the Atlantic slave trade?

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I'm a 15th century Swabian peasant with violent tendencies, how would I put those to good use and join the Landsknechts?

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Do sugared soft drinks contain emulsifiers to keep the sugar in solution?

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Photoreceptors in the human eye can detect near ultraviolet but those wavelengths are normally filtered out by the cornea. Certain implants do not filter UV, allowing recipients to see UV markings on e.g. flowers. How is a novel signal like that interpreted by the brain?

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All other factors being equal, will humidity affect the speed of a cold object warming to ambient?

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What is the history of mass shootings in the US? What are early instances of the term in news media?

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[medicine] Why are younger women given O- blood but older women and men given O+?

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Human eye photoreceptors can detect near ultraviolet light, but it is filtered out by the cornea. Certain implants don't filter UV, allowing recipients to see UV markings on e.g. flowers. How do they perceive UV colors? [Human Body] [Biology] [Neuroscience]

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"Women were not allowed to ride on early trains for fear the high speed would cause their uteruses to fly out" - what is the source for that common factoid?	3	AskHistorians
The Order of St Lazarus contained both hospitallers and military brothers, some of whom were lepers. Did they ever advertise the fact they carried an incurable disease on the battlefield, either to warn friend or intimidate foe? If so, what did others think about them?	3	AskHistorians
What did East African families look like during the time of the Atlantic slave trade?	3	AskHistorians
I'm a 15th century Swabian peasant with violent tendencies, how would I put those to good use and join the Landsknechts?	2	AskHistorians
Do sugared soft drinks contain emulsifiers to keep the sugar in solution?	1	askscience
Photoreceptors in the human eye can detect near ultraviolet but those wavelengths are normally filtered out by the cornea. Certain implants do not filter UV, allowing recipients to see UV markings on e.g. flowers. How is a novel signal like that interpreted by the brain?	1	askscience
All other factors being equal, will humidity affect the speed of a cold object warming to ambient?	1	askscience
What is the history of mass shootings in the US? What are early instances of the term in news media?	1	AskHistorians
[medicine] Why are younger women given O- blood but older women and men given O+?	1	askscience
Human eye photoreceptors can detect near ultraviolet light, but it is filtered out by the cornea. Certain implants don't filter UV, allowing recipients to see UV markings on e.g. flowers. How do they perceive UV colors? [Human Body] [Biology] [Neuroscience]	1	askscience