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Tarring and feathering was a relatively common (though extralegal) punishment until recent times. Did the recipient usually suffer any permanent damage from burns, or was it more for the sake of humiliation?

224 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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[WP] In 1976, Danish police analyzed the fingerprints of Tollund Man, a 2,400-year-old mummified corpse found in a Danish bog. They jokingly add the results to their database. In 2022, a fingerprint is collected from the scene of a crime and run through the the database. The two are an exact match.

85 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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What would antimatter look like if we could produce enough to make a macroscopic object out of it?

69 upvotes • r/askscience

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“I know it’s Halloween, but your mask is really scaring the kids,” she said timidly.

44 upvotes • r/TwoSentenceHorror

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Do black holes consume dark matter?

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Neutrinos are almost massless, but there are so many of them. Do they have any gravitational effects on our universe?

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The Interior Plains of the United States is often referred to as “Tornado Alley” due to the quantity and severity of the storms there. What knowledge did the Great Plains Indians have of tornadoes? How were they viewed among pre-Columbian Native Americans?

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What would happen if a star went supernova while part of a binary system with a black hole?

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How large would a rubber ball have to be to deform under its own weight to the oblate spheroid shape of the Earth?

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What percentage of plants and animals actually get fossilized?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Tarring and feathering was a relatively common (though extralegal) punishment until recent times. Did the recipient usually suffer any permanent damage from burns, or was it more for the sake of humiliation?	224	AskHistorians
[WP] In 1976, Danish police analyzed the fingerprints of Tollund Man, a 2,400-year-old mummified corpse found in a Danish bog. They jokingly add the results to their database. In 2022, a fingerprint is collected from the scene of a crime and run through the the database. The two are an exact match.	85	WritingPrompts
What would antimatter look like if we could produce enough to make a macroscopic object out of it?	69	askscience
“I know it’s Halloween, but your mask is really scaring the kids,” she said timidly.	44	TwoSentenceHorror
Do black holes consume dark matter?	4	askscience
Neutrinos are almost massless, but there are so many of them. Do they have any gravitational effects on our universe?	3	askscience
The Interior Plains of the United States is often referred to as “Tornado Alley” due to the quantity and severity of the storms there. What knowledge did the Great Plains Indians have of tornadoes? How were they viewed among pre-Columbian Native Americans?	2	AskHistorians
What would happen if a star went supernova while part of a binary system with a black hole?	2	askscience
How large would a rubber ball have to be to deform under its own weight to the oblate spheroid shape of the Earth?	1	askscience
What percentage of plants and animals actually get fossilized?	1	askscience