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Thousands of years ago, the footprints of a group of sprinting hunters were preserved in mud. Based on these prints, Anthropologist Peter McAllister concluded that the hunters were incredible athletes who could run as fast as Usain Bolt. Is this a widely accepted view?

329 upvotes • r/askscience

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Driving through Boston before "The Big Dig" with WBCN playing (1989)

61 upvotes • r/ObscureMedia

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What great man and genius liar might Jonathan Swift have been referring to in his 1710 essay "Political Lying"?

27 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What causes the black halos around bright objects in some 1950s television programs, such as the those around the participants of this game show?

7 upvotes • r/askscience

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Asteroid A/2017 U1 may be the first interstellar object to be observed to pass through our solar system. If we had had more warning of its arrival, could we have sent a probe to it? How much warning would we have needed?

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If we stopped using antibiotics, how long would it take for drug resistant strains of bacteria to lose their resistance?

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Do humans have any adaptations to burn wounds due to our species' history of working with fire?

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Why do our bodies have such a hard time dealing with dietary excesses?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Thousands of years ago, the footprints of a group of sprinting hunters were preserved in mud. Based on these prints, Anthropologist Peter McAllister concluded that the hunters were incredible athletes who could run as fast as Usain Bolt. Is this a widely accepted view?	329	askscience
Driving through Boston before "The Big Dig" with WBCN playing (1989)	61	ObscureMedia
What great man and genius liar might Jonathan Swift have been referring to in his 1710 essay "Political Lying"?	27	AskHistorians
What causes the black halos around bright objects in some 1950s television programs, such as the those around the participants of this game show?	7	askscience
Asteroid A/2017 U1 may be the first interstellar object to be observed to pass through our solar system. If we had had more warning of its arrival, could we have sent a probe to it? How much warning would we have needed?	3	askscience
If we stopped using antibiotics, how long would it take for drug resistant strains of bacteria to lose their resistance?	3	askscience
Do humans have any adaptations to burn wounds due to our species' history of working with fire?	1	askscience
Why do our bodies have such a hard time dealing with dietary excesses?	1	askscience