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What is the history behind why someone born on American Samoa can't be a U.S. citizen, but any pregnant person can travel to one of the fifty U.S. states to give birth to a U.S. citizen?

245 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Is it possible to store or preserve rubber or silicone parts like vehicle tires, O-rings, belts, valves, flaps, etc. for later use decades from now?

6 upvotes • r/askscience

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[WP] Instead of a two-sentence horror story, write a two-sentence humorous story.

2 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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How would one go about extracting insulin in an extended (weeks or months long) emergency?

2 upvotes • r/askscience

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[WP] What some scientists feared has come true: It is 2100 AD. Some regions are no longer habitable as average global temps are 5°C higher. Write a history of how humanity is dealing (or not).

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[CW] Write a short story or narrative. Then write it out again, but using only half the number of words. Then write the same story but with words cut in half again. Do this until you reach just one sentence.

1 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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What is powdered alcohol?

1 upvotes • r/askscience

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How would a theory of many worlds or branching timelines or parallel timelines reconcile itself with the laws of energy or entropy?

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A California underground gas facility currently leaks 110,00 pounds/hour into the air. Would it make more sense to burn it (light with fire) than to allow methane/mercaptan to dissipate into the air and area?

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When you have surgery or suffer a cut that needs to be stitched, what happens to hair follicles that gets sewn under the skin? Do they stop being follicles, or do they keep growing under the skin?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What is the history behind why someone born on American Samoa can't be a U.S. citizen, but any pregnant person can travel to one of the fifty U.S. states to give birth to a U.S. citizen?	245	AskHistorians
Is it possible to store or preserve rubber or silicone parts like vehicle tires, O-rings, belts, valves, flaps, etc. for later use decades from now?	6	askscience
[WP] Instead of a two-sentence horror story, write a two-sentence humorous story.	2	WritingPrompts
How would one go about extracting insulin in an extended (weeks or months long) emergency?	2	askscience
[WP] What some scientists feared has come true: It is 2100 AD. Some regions are no longer habitable as average global temps are 5°C higher. Write a history of how humanity is dealing (or not).	2	WritingPrompts
[CW] Write a short story or narrative. Then write it out again, but using only half the number of words. Then write the same story but with words cut in half again. Do this until you reach just one sentence.	1	WritingPrompts
What is powdered alcohol?	1	askscience
How would a theory of many worlds or branching timelines or parallel timelines reconcile itself with the laws of energy or entropy?	1	askscience
A California underground gas facility currently leaks 110,00 pounds/hour into the air. Would it make more sense to burn it (light with fire) than to allow methane/mercaptan to dissipate into the air and area?	1	askscience
When you have surgery or suffer a cut that needs to be stitched, what happens to hair follicles that gets sewn under the skin? Do they stop being follicles, or do they keep growing under the skin?	1	askscience