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My grandfather was being held in a Japanese PoW camp at the end of WWII and said he saw a nuclear explosion. Can anyone tell me where he could've been held and how he might've gotten there?

334 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How do slurs form and change over time? Specifically, how did "nigger" go from neutral, to derogatory, to being acceptable by certain speakers?

12 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why are quadrotors so popular as drones and nonexistent at carrying-people-around scales?

9 upvotes • r/askscience

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I'm in a spaceship in a circular orbit around Earth. I point the ship straight down and engage engines. What happens?

6 upvotes • r/askscience

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I know phrenology is BS but do people with different mental capacities have differently shaped brains?

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Did the development of guns mean soldiers had to be less skilled? Are modern soldiers less well trained than knights?

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Why does my tongue keep burning after I've swallowed spicy food? Why do water and milk help but not completely remove the sensation?

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When color and sound were introduced to film, did the directors of the times "turn the effect up to eleven" in an unrealistic way?

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What are my chances of getting a scientific unit named after me, like Ohm or Faraday or Newton? Is there reason to believe there are more to discover?

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When women take probiotics for vaginal health, how do the bacteria get from the digestive tract into the vagina?

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My grandfather was being held in a Japanese PoW camp at the end of WWII and said he saw a nuclear explosion. Can anyone tell me where he could've been held and how he might've gotten there?	334	AskHistorians
How do slurs form and change over time? Specifically, how did "nigger" go from neutral, to derogatory, to being acceptable by certain speakers?	12	AskHistorians
Why are quadrotors so popular as drones and nonexistent at carrying-people-around scales?	9	askscience
I'm in a spaceship in a circular orbit around Earth. I point the ship straight down and engage engines. What happens?	6	askscience
I know phrenology is BS but do people with different mental capacities have differently shaped brains?	3	askscience
Did the development of guns mean soldiers had to be less skilled? Are modern soldiers less well trained than knights?	2	AskHistorians
Why does my tongue keep burning after I've swallowed spicy food? Why do water and milk help but not completely remove the sensation?	1	askscience
When color and sound were introduced to film, did the directors of the times "turn the effect up to eleven" in an unrealistic way?	1	AskHistorians
What are my chances of getting a scientific unit named after me, like Ohm or Faraday or Newton? Is there reason to believe there are more to discover?	1	askscience
When women take probiotics for vaginal health, how do the bacteria get from the digestive tract into the vagina?	1	askscience