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Sexually monogamous-type breeding strategies are not-uncommon in a number of species. Are there any non-human species where infidelity results in conflict between the breeding pair?

1545 upvotes • r/askscience

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I am a fugitive who has, in your era of expertise, killed a man with witnesses seeing the event, but have successfully fled to a city 100 miles away. Am I captured?

938 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How was Roman street food served and eaten given that disposable materials were much less available?

393 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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A recurring TIL topic says that the déjà vu phenomenon occurs due to the brain storing memories into long term memory instead of short term memory. Is this true, and if so is there an understanding of why such "miswrites" occur?

187 upvotes • r/askscience

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Jesus, the crucifixion, and the sponge with sour wine.

116 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How widespread is the idea of 'vegetable' as a culinary category? Is it specifically a European idea? For example, would, say, the Maya or Aztecs have considered beans, potatoes, and maize to all be culinarily similar? [Re-Post]

81 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How widespread is the idea of 'vegetable' as a culinary category? Is it specifically a European idea? For example, would, say, the Maya or Aztecs have considered beans, potatoes, and maize to all be culinarily similar?

27 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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When brute forcing a ciphertext, how does one know when the plaintext has been discovered?

27 upvotes • r/askscience

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Why did some European regions, such as the German States and the Italian States, remain split up or in changing hands, while others such as France have a fairly-stable border?

16 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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If most of an atom's chemical properties are determined by its electrons, why do ions not behave like the element they share their electron number with?

12 upvotes • r/askscience

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Sexually monogamous-type breeding strategies are not-uncommon in a number of species. Are there any non-human species where infidelity results in conflict between the breeding pair?	1545	askscience
I am a fugitive who has, in your era of expertise, killed a man with witnesses seeing the event, but have successfully fled to a city 100 miles away. Am I captured?	938	AskHistorians
How was Roman street food served and eaten given that disposable materials were much less available?	393	AskHistorians
A recurring TIL topic says that the déjà vu phenomenon occurs due to the brain storing memories into long term memory instead of short term memory. Is this true, and if so is there an understanding of why such "miswrites" occur?	187	askscience
Jesus, the crucifixion, and the sponge with sour wine.	116	AskHistorians
How widespread is the idea of 'vegetable' as a culinary category? Is it specifically a European idea? For example, would, say, the Maya or Aztecs have considered beans, potatoes, and maize to all be culinarily similar? [Re-Post]	81	AskHistorians
How widespread is the idea of 'vegetable' as a culinary category? Is it specifically a European idea? For example, would, say, the Maya or Aztecs have considered beans, potatoes, and maize to all be culinarily similar?	27	AskHistorians
When brute forcing a ciphertext, how does one know when the plaintext has been discovered?	27	askscience
Why did some European regions, such as the German States and the Italian States, remain split up or in changing hands, while others such as France have a fairly-stable border?	16	AskHistorians
If most of an atom's chemical properties are determined by its electrons, why do ions not behave like the element they share their electron number with?	12	askscience