/u/graaahh's posts

Year:

Only show posts with narrations

Why do flames take a clearly defined form, rather than fire just being a glow of incandescent radiation?

9109 upvotes • r/askscience

Mark as read: Add to a list

If we viewed a star "going supernova" in real time, would it look like a violent explosion, or does it take a long time?

3898 upvotes • r/askscience

Mark as read: Add to a list

Are some 3D curves (such as paraboloids, spheres, etc.) 3D "sections" of 4D "cones", the way 2D curves (parabolas, circles, etc.) are sections of 3D cones?

3046 upvotes • r/askscience

Mark as read: Add to a list

What is the bottom of a tectonic plate like?

2061 upvotes • r/askscience

Mark as read: Add to a list

Why are humans psychologically satisfied by blankets?

1024 upvotes • r/askscience

Mark as read: Add to a list

John Mulaney claimed in one of his jokes that in the 1930's, if you weren't still at a bank after you robbed it when the police arrived, you had a 99% chance of getting away with it. How much truth is there to that statement?

783 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

Where did the Earth's atmosphere come from? Did it just somehow already have one when it formed, or pass through a gas cloud in space, or create its own gas somehow?

763 upvotes • r/askscience

Mark as read: Add to a list

How did MLK Jr. and Malcolm X relate to each other? Did they have great respect for each other, or view each other as misguided, or what? Were they friends, rivals, or just acquaintances?

193 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

Do animals that use tools ever display some thought of "This tool in particular is the best of its kind" and keep them, or do they generally always just make a new one every time they need one?

176 upvotes • r/askscience

Mark as read: Add to a list

What were the ramifications to the average British citizen in 1783 when Britain conceded to let America secede? Did it hurt their economy or make it harder to import necessary goods or anything? Were there worries that other colonies would begin to secede too?

174 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

Mark as read: Add to a list

Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why do flames take a clearly defined form, rather than fire just being a glow of incandescent radiation?	9109	askscience
If we viewed a star "going supernova" in real time, would it look like a violent explosion, or does it take a long time?	3898	askscience
Are some 3D curves (such as paraboloids, spheres, etc.) 3D "sections" of 4D "cones", the way 2D curves (parabolas, circles, etc.) are sections of 3D cones?	3046	askscience
What is the bottom of a tectonic plate like?	2061	askscience
Why are humans psychologically satisfied by blankets?	1024	askscience
John Mulaney claimed in one of his jokes that in the 1930's, if you weren't still at a bank after you robbed it when the police arrived, you had a 99% chance of getting away with it. How much truth is there to that statement?	783	AskHistorians
Where did the Earth's atmosphere come from? Did it just somehow already have one when it formed, or pass through a gas cloud in space, or create its own gas somehow?	763	askscience
How did MLK Jr. and Malcolm X relate to each other? Did they have great respect for each other, or view each other as misguided, or what? Were they friends, rivals, or just acquaintances?	193	AskHistorians
Do animals that use tools ever display some thought of "This tool in particular is the best of its kind" and keep them, or do they generally always just make a new one every time they need one?	176	askscience
What were the ramifications to the average British citizen in 1783 when Britain conceded to let America secede? Did it hurt their economy or make it harder to import necessary goods or anything? Were there worries that other colonies would begin to secede too?	174	AskHistorians