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13tzuo | what exactly happens when i text/call someone with my cell phone? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/13tzuo/eli5_what_exactly_happens_when_i_textcall_someone/ | {
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2iba0o | How and why did [heavy] metal music come to so heavily adopt a dark/gothic/"satanic" aesthetic? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2iba0o/how_and_why_did_heavy_metal_music_come_to_so/ | {
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4nt4bm | Why was Egypt such a lucrative province for the Romans and the Ottomans? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4nt4bm/why_was_egypt_such_a_lucrative_province_for_the/ | {
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18w7bc | What did an "attractive" person look like in your particular time period? | I've always been under the impression that what we consider attractive now is probably wildly different from say, the ancient Romans or medieval French.
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14lzkc | [el5] oil prices versus gas prices | This is how I understand it so far... There are 42 gallons in a barrel of oil. If a barrel s $100, divide that by 42 and add like 12¢ for refining.
But this never equals what I pay at the pump. Please help me understand this. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/14lzkc/el5_oil_prices_versus_gas_prices/ | {
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slcvz | Why do so many animals on the earth share the same basic internal/external organs? | Stomach, liver, intestines, kidneys, lungs, eyes, ears, mouth, teeth, ect....
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3hos3s | if you are driving a car 60 mph off a cliff, will the hit the ground at the same time as someone who drives 20 mph off of the cliff at the exact same time? | Would the force of gravity cause both cars to reach the ground at the same time? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3hos3s/eli5_if_you_are_driving_a_car_60_mph_off_a_cliff/ | {
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1lyg3x | why can the us government drone strike countries and people say nothing about it but striking syria is such a big deal? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1lyg3x/eli5why_can_the_us_government_drone_strike/ | {
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741h1w | When books first became widely available, were they considered addictive? | I often hear people refer to cell phones, social media, MMORPGs, etc as "addictive." Were books ever criticized as "addictive," or whatever similar term would have been applied in the post-Gutenberg era? Any other early technologies? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/741h1w/when_books_first_became_widely_available_were/ | {
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2kqrom | what would be a military/warfare analogy to our immune system and its response to pathogens/antigens? | Edit: It would be better if there are comparisons of different cells. For example - T helper cells cells as commanders or signallers | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2kqrom/eli5_what_would_be_a_militarywarfare_analogy_to/ | {
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adqp9e | are machines at bettings shops truly rigged, or are they the same as any other casino game? | So we all know how Casinos, make their money, have have a house edge, a slightly hire chance that the house will win.
But a virtual roulette machine at a betting shop, are those rigged to never land on your bet depending on how much you bet? Or are they designed just like IRL roulette tables, where yes you can win, yo... | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/adqp9e/eli5_are_machines_at_bettings_shops_truly_rigged/ | {
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1y9lhr | why was the t-mobile and sprint acquisition not okay and why is the comcast and time warner acquisition okay? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1y9lhr/why_was_the_tmobile_and_sprint_acquisition_not/ | {
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cop2ae | Do apes make music? | Do other apes use their voice or primitive percussion instruments to make music or is music unique to humans? And if so, when was music most likely first created? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/cop2ae/do_apes_make_music/ | {
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4ap5z1 | Mississippi didn't ratify the 13th Amendment (abolishing slavery) until 1995. Why did it take so long? | Going through the "On this day" area of Wikipedia, I saw this. What's the story behind taking over 100 years to ratify the 13th amendment? Kentucky didn't do it until 1976.
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fl2qtg | Were pirates (especially notable ones like blackbeard) genuinely honorable people who wanted to form a republic separate from the crown or were they just in it for the money? | A lot of different media tells differing tales on this. Some (unsurprisingly the ones that have them as protagonists) portray them as proud revolutionaries who wanted to keep away from the crown. Others (the ones where they're the antagonists) portray them as selfish gold seekers who wanted nothing but to expand their ... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/fl2qtg/were_pirates_especially_notable_ones_like/ | {
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32ydor | why are speaker cones conical? | I understand how speakers work. But why are they conical and not a flat planar diaphragm? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/32ydor/eli5_why_are_speaker_cones_conical/ | {
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7jg1qs | Why isn't the atmosphere of Jupiter homogeneous? | After what I would assume is a few billion years of mixing, why are there still such defined patterns in Jupiter's atmosphere? Why are the layers not homogeneous? Does it have to do with updrafts mixing more dense layers? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7jg1qs/why_isnt_the_atmosphere_of_jupiter_homogeneous/ | {
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3ikklr | From medical standpoint, how do we dispose of organs and blood that can't be reused for science? | From accidents to medical procedures to transfusions, organs, blood and appendages sometimes go to the wayside. Where do they go? Is it just some trash can? Or is there a special place to send the materials? I've always wanted to know, but didn't know who to ask. | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3ikklr/from_medical_standpoint_how_do_we_dispose_of/ | {
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3qgp2d | how do companies such as beezid actually work? it sounds way to good to be true | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3qgp2d/eli5how_do_companies_such_as_beezid_actually_work/ | {
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6hnhes | how are rockets mounted for a stationary test on the ground to prevent the rocket from flying away? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6hnhes/eli5_how_are_rockets_mounted_for_a_stationary/ | {
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m4fet | 1st and 2nd order etc.. differential equations | Can someone please explain to me the difference between first and second and so on.... differential equations.
I understand the basics of differential equations and that first order equations are simpler than second order equations but thats it.
Thanks, | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/m4fet/1st_and_2nd_order_etc_differential_equations/ | {
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6qbjj8 | What were the principle medieval trade goods? If I was a merchant in medieval Europe, what would I most likely be trading in? | When looking around, most information on medieval trade tends to be about the big intercontinental trade across the silk road.
But I'm wondering about the total trade, so including trade in between European countries and inside countries themselves.
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qw1uo | What's the advantage of including 0 in the natural numbers? | I was discussing this with a friend, and the only reason I could come up with is that if you include 0, N becomes a ring with addition and multiplication as opposed to just a group under multiplication. I'm not a mathematician though, so even this might be completely wrong. Are there any other advantages to including 0... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/qw1uo/whats_the_advantage_of_including_0_in_the_natural/ | {
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7jq8df | There was a notion during WWII that Rommel was the "good" German (not really ideologically a Nazi, possibly unaware of the Holocaust, died after a failed coup against Hitler). Is this still consistent with what we know of the man? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7jq8df/there_was_a_notion_during_wwii_that_rommel_was/ | {
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fjs033 | why were old school superhero cartoons so cheesy? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/fjs033/eli5_why_were_old_school_superhero_cartoons_so/ | {
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22qk3g | is there any way to find the curve of the earth using geometry, if so, how? | Just wondering if it is possible to find the angle in which the earth curves using Geometry. I would like to know how to ,as well, thanks. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/22qk3g/eli5is_there_any_way_to_find_the_curve_of_the/ | {
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7lw2f3 | Can your fluid intelligence be increased/manipulated at all, or is it all genetic? | What I’m really asking is, if I can increase my crystallized intelligence as far as possible (i.e. gaining new knowledge and information) and store that information in combination with the other gathered information, would it affect my long-term fluid intelligence?
Some people tell me that it would result in similar ... | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7lw2f3/can_your_fluid_intelligence_be/ | {
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2r9j3i | if whisky needed a little water, wouldn't the distilleries add it? | Many people say to add a drop of water to "open up" the whisky or some other phrase that doesn't seem to have any science behind it (I would just say "dilute"). Is there any scientific reason why adding water immediately before drinking would be any different than adding it before bottling? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2r9j3i/eli5_if_whisky_needed_a_little_water_wouldnt_the/ | {
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1oy4u8 | Chicago World's Fair | I have recently finished reading The Devil in the White City and I'm looking for further information on the time period.
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3169ah | how did every culture on the planet at some point in their ancient history invent the concept of teas? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3169ah/eli5_how_did_every_culture_on_the_planet_at_some/ | {
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utb6r | How many of an average human's genes are mutations? | How many of our genes are not simply reshuffled from previous generations in whatever form was expressed in one of our parents? I suppose this would be something like average mutation rate per b.p. x average length b.p. length of genes x number of genes in genome, or is there something I'm missing? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/utb6r/how_many_of_an_average_humans_genes_are_mutations/ | {
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2yb1qk | How does inductive charging charge my phone without scrambling the data in it? | If my phone's data is represented by electrons, won't the inductive charger push them around and stuff and wipe my data? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2yb1qk/how_does_inductive_charging_charge_my_phone/ | {
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3uyh9u | developed nation, undeveloped nation, first world, third world: what information do these terms convey, and how do we use them correctly? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3uyh9u/eli5_developed_nation_undeveloped_nation_first/ | {
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84ibdk | During WW2, did you have to be a British citizen to fight for the British Armed Forces? | I am conducting some research on my grandfather, who was a German Jew who escaped Germany and eventually served for several years in the British Armed Forces. He did not become a British citizen until 1947, however.
I am just curious as to what he would have been classified as. I have found this [source](_URL_0_) from... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/84ibdk/during_ww2_did_you_have_to_be_a_british_citizen/ | {
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2fhlr2 | why do car dealerships (both foreign and domestic) fly huge american flags? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2fhlr2/eli5why_do_car_dealerships_both_foreign_and/ | {
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2vm1eh | what is a "haircut" in economic terms? | My crude guess is that it means if somebody owed me $100, then if I were to sell that debt to somebody else, the "haircut" is the percentage difference in what I'm owed and what I expect to get, at current market values. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2vm1eh/eli5what_is_a_haircut_in_economic_terms/ | {
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63c3cr | what happens in the brain during those 10 seconds when you wake up and you don't even know who you are. | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/63c3cr/eli5_what_happens_in_the_brain_during_those_10/ | {
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fsf8n6 | How much has the Salinity of the Oceans decreased after the melting that has occurred during the ending of the Ice Ages? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/fsf8n6/how_much_has_the_salinity_of_the_oceans_decreased/ | {
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2cc73j | why movies with good screenplays only have one or two writers, while the typical (and bad) blockbuster scripts often have up to three to four writers? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2cc73j/eli5_why_movies_with_good_screenplays_only_have/ | {
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9e87xq | why do certain foods cause food comas, but not others? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/9e87xq/eli5_why_do_certain_foods_cause_food_comas_but/ | {
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73c90b | Long ago when people lived in a place with many children and everyone slept and lived in the same room, where did the parents go to have sex? | All the children had to come from somewhere. | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/73c90b/long_ago_when_people_lived_in_a_place_with_many/ | {
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2pq9x1 | Why is a tesseract depicted the way it is? | A few guys at work were talking about Interstellar, and we started talking about all those 'funny physics' - relativity, time dilation, black holes, and, of course, the tesseract.
One of them didn't really understand the whole tesseract thing. I understand the challenges and concept behind depicting four dimensional s... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2pq9x1/why_is_a_tesseract_depicted_the_way_it_is/ | {
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29qzz6 | why does the electronic staticy sound my tv (which is hooked up to my computer) makes change when i open programs, go full screen for videos or cycle through firefox windows? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/29qzz6/eli5_why_does_the_electronic_staticy_sound_my_tv/ | {
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ak628n | if when a baby had jaundice, they can do phototherapy, why can’t jaundice in adult be treated the same way? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/ak628n/eli5_if_when_a_baby_had_jaundice_they_can_do/ | {
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faq9np | why do certain musical notes harmonize? | I've struggled the understand the mechanism by which (and reason why) notes harmonize. I know most of music is math so that's probably why I can't figure it out. | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/faq9np/eli5_why_do_certain_musical_notes_harmonize/ | {
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3rf9l7 | pixel resolution, and the difference between 1080p, 2k, 4k, and 10-bit | I understand that resolution refers to the number of pixels on a screen/picture/video, but what are the other 3, and how are they different than say 1080p? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3rf9l7/eli5_pixel_resolution_and_the_difference_between/ | {
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nn8ts | how can someone be acquitted of murdering someone, but still be found guilty in a civil suit? e.g. oj simpson. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/nn8ts/eli5_how_can_someone_be_acquitted_of_murdering/ | {
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28dkv4 | why can't i eat or drink anything before surgery. | Just had a minor surgery that required general anaesthetic, why couldn't I eat or drink for a few hours before? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/28dkv4/eli5_why_cant_i_eat_or_drink_anything_before/ | {
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2ho0q1 | what happens when someone dies to access their password-secured accounts (e.g. checking account, email, financial portfolio)? | Is there some legal construct that enables a will executor, for example, to access a dead person's account(s)? Do they just call Wells Fargo and say, "hey this guy died we need access to his stuff"?
What about email and personal files locked down on someone's computer?
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3i8ryo | how does carbon dioxide make stuff taste better when it is supposed to be harmful? | Side note: I've heard co2 be called 'poisonous' before. That has to be false, as we breathe it all the time. Maybe they were confused with co even though that is not poisonous, but can asphyxiate. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3i8ryo/eli5_how_does_carbon_dioxide_make_stuff_taste/ | {
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4ys5fc | What was the situation with the papal-states during the creation of Italy | Were they forced into it and why didn't any catholic nations object? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4ys5fc/what_was_the_situation_with_the_papalstates/ | {
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1orjrk | Is it true that near the time of their respective deaths, MLK and Malcolm X were slowly drifting towards each other's ideologies? | Let me explain my question, I know it was worded terribly.
To make a long story short, a few friends and I got into the old X-Men/Civil Rights Movement discussion. It wasn't a debate, just a discussion. One of my acquaintances in this group brought up the fact that it was funny how both Malcolm X and MLK Jr were assa... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1orjrk/is_it_true_that_near_the_time_of_their_respective/ | {
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62puls | What was it like between Washington, DC and Richmond during the Civil War? Two capitals at war, but just down the road from each other. | I've always been curious why there didn't seem to have been as much fighting directly between the two capitals as I would have expected. Were they just insanely fortified? Or did it just never make sense strategically for either side? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/62puls/what_was_it_like_between_washington_dc_and/ | {
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1u5ze5 | Did anyone who opposed interracial marriage claim that it would lead to homosexual marriage? | Back when interracial marriage was a contested legal issue, were there any opponents that used the "slippery slope" argument, and claimed that it could lead to legal homosexual marriage? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1u5ze5/did_anyone_who_opposed_interracial_marriage_claim/ | {
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60bunh | Marx expected that the Communist Revolution would have happened in an industrialized nation like the United States instead of a rural nation like Russia. Why did this never happen? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/60bunh/marx_expected_that_the_communist_revolution_would/ | {
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4xwt48 | why do men run the 110 meter hurdles while women run only 100 meters? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4xwt48/eli5why_do_men_run_the_110_meter_hurdles_while/ | {
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egiojj | How can scientists determine the size of a species from only a few fossilized bones? | There are so many dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals we don't have a complete skeleton on. How are they able to calculate the size?
Also another question: how do scientists know the bones they have found are from the same individual/species? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/egiojj/how_can_scientists_determine_the_size_of_a/ | {
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20vb46 | why in advanced physics can you only know a particles speed or location (but not both) | I remember reading in a book, I believe it was called Physics for Future Presidents that in really advanced physics (light or quantum or particle or something) that you can only know a particles speed or it's location but never both at the same time.
Why is this? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/20vb46/eli5_why_in_advanced_physics_can_you_only_know_a/ | {
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3ndyke | whatever happened to esperanto? | It was big in the 20th century and now we never hear about it. What gives? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3ndyke/eli5_whatever_happened_to_esperanto/ | {
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1f612v | liberalism | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1f612v/eli5liberalism/ | {
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2msqxu | if someone were farsighted in one eye and nearsighted in the other, wouldn't they just balance out? | This just came up in conversation, and no one can supply a valid answer. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2msqxu/eli5_if_someone_were_farsighted_in_one_eye_and/ | {
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221vqa | Do infants need to learn how to walk, or do they just need to build up the muscles? | Specifically, when infants start walking, is it instinctual, and they just need to practice so they can build up the muscles, or is it partially learned? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/221vqa/do_infants_need_to_learn_how_to_walk_or_do_they/ | {
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2rqnbm | Were Native American aware of the existence of other continents before 1492? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2rqnbm/were_native_american_aware_of_the_existence_of/ | {
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97b394 | how do huge hotels like cesar's palace or the bellagio provide wifi for 1000's of rooms? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/97b394/eli5_how_do_huge_hotels_like_cesars_palace_or_the/ | {
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9xob9t | What is impedance ? | The concept of impedance is kind of blurry for me. Can you give examples to make me understand both acoustic and electric impedance ? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/9xob9t/what_is_impedance/ | {
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mqe6f | What speed and mass would an impactor have to be to break through the thinnest ice crust of an icy moon? | I've been wondering about the feasability of a 2 component mission to an icy moon where an impactor would break throught the ice crust, closely followed by a autonomous ROV-type sub, coupled with an orbital telecom relay. A bit like the way we've handled the Deep Impact program on Tempel 1, but scaled in consequence. T... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/mqe6f/what_speed_and_mass_would_an_impactor_have_to_be/ | {
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7ddgs3 | Is there any truth to the claims that mass shooters are almost always on, or have been on, psychiatric medications? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7ddgs3/is_there_any_truth_to_the_claims_that_mass/ | {
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46swwo | Is there any actual evidence that multiple dimensions and universes exist? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/46swwo/is_there_any_actual_evidence_that_multiple/ | {
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fc5pdt | how does a touch screen detect touches under glass? | It's like magic, how do it work?? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/fc5pdt/eli5_how_does_a_touch_screen_detect_touches_under/ | {
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2kl7h9 | Did civilizations conquered by the Romans retain their culture? | Let's say that during the reign of Augustus, if I were to go to Gaul would the cities/people appear more Latin or Celtic? I know that Greek culture most certainly survived well into the late empire, but what about other cultures like Dacian, Celtic, Thracian etc.? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2kl7h9/did_civilizations_conquered_by_the_romans_retain/ | {
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60wgib | Is there any proof that some nunneries in the Middle Ages were actually brothels? | I have heard this many times, but I am having trouble finding any proof. Is this just a myth? Are there any confirmed written sources about this? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/60wgib/is_there_any_proof_that_some_nunneries_in_the/ | {
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4mvpn2 | why are airplane controls so god damnned complicated?? | Airplane cabins have a million buttons and levers and switches... are they really necessary? With the technology we have today, can't we make airplanes that are more or less intuitive to use, like cars? If this is possible, why didn't we make it already? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4mvpn2/eli5why_are_airplane_controls_so_god_damnned/ | {
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6egy0f | how is high salt intake "bad for you" if the japanese eat so much of it and have the life expectancy they do? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6egy0f/eli5_how_is_high_salt_intake_bad_for_you_if_the/ | {
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13m0d5 | When did turkeys and cranberries come to be associated with Thanksgiving? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/13m0d5/when_did_turkeys_and_cranberries_come_to_be/ | {
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9c176y | Why does it seem like the Persian Empires get shafted in popular history and culture? The Parthians & Sassanids are barely mentioned, if at all in textbooks, even though they rivaled the Roman Empire. Is this Western bias, or are there a lack of sources? Even little old Carthage gets more love. | Perhaps this is personal bias, but over the course of my public education, the focus was Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, then Rome. The Persian Empire (Parthians, Sassanids, etc) is either mentioned briefly as an adversary to Rome, or never at all. Even though, to my - admittedly limited - knowledge the various Persian Emp... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/9c176y/why_does_it_seem_like_the_persian_empires_get/ | {
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1k0klb | Want to study a war where a country/state is in between two other countries/states. Historical examples? | Hi,
I am interested in studying a war where a country/state is sandwhich-ed between two other countries/states and acts as a bufferzone. It is kind of like China-North Korea-South Korea-ish.
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1syoso | I have a newfound love for Ancient Roman politics. Any book suggestions from my beloved AskHistorians on this topic? (Non-fiction please!) | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1syoso/i_have_a_newfound_love_for_ancient_roman_politics/ | {
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j2of7 | can someone explain to me how the us government works? | I'm British, so I can see the comparisons between the House of Lords/Commons and the congress/senate, but what role does the executive branch play? The president? State government? Can anyone give me a basic overview of the US government? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/j2of7/can_someone_explain_to_me_how_the_us_government/ | {
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2la8iz | When a ball is dropped towards the ground what is pictured as happening in the terms of General Relativity? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2la8iz/when_a_ball_is_dropped_towards_the_ground_what_is/ | {
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fo3zev | what is the military grade gps and why can't we receive its signals just like normal gps? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/fo3zev/eli5_what_is_the_military_grade_gps_and_why_cant/ | {
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afyc4r | Ancient Explanations of Static? | Ancient people used mythology to explain the things they didn't understand in nature. However I don't think I've seen anything on how ancient people viewed static electricity/static shocks. Surely they must have experienced them like we do. How did they rationalize them? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/afyc4r/ancient_explanations_of_static/ | {
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6o3ab4 | how does smoke ward off mosquitos? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6o3ab4/eli5_how_does_smoke_ward_off_mosquitos/ | {
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2xtina | German colonialism in the 19th century? | So I have this paper on colonialism in the 19th century, and I'm having trouble gathering sources on the German side. Can you guys help on this? Thanks a bunch. | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2xtina/german_colonialism_in_the_19th_century/ | {
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vy3ti | How many plants and how big of a dome would a person need to live in a sealed, indefinitely life sustaining ecosystem? | as a follow up, can we put enough plants on a spaceship such that the humans and plants could breathe indefinitely? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/vy3ti/how_many_plants_and_how_big_of_a_dome_would_a/ | {
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3fsqxq | is there any discernible benefit to shampoos instruction to "lather, rise, repeat if needed" or is it just a ploy to get you to use twice as much shampoo? | I've done some things, including five-day-long festival living. I've never washed my hair and, before conditioning, thought "Actually this needs another go". | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3fsqxq/eli5_is_there_any_discernible_benefit_to_shampoos/ | {
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7aou6r | Were communists slightly more tolerated in the United States during the period of WW2 when we were openly allies with Russia? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7aou6r/were_communists_slightly_more_tolerated_in_the/ | {
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4pbxu1 | how does harmonizing work? | Is it different for singing vs instruments? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4pbxu1/eli5_how_does_harmonizing_work/ | {
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5d2vyc | what exactly do we need to start colonizing mars? | Basically (and in general), what do we need to get ready before thinking about living in the red planet? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5d2vyc/eli5_what_exactly_do_we_need_to_start_colonizing/ | {
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dp6381 | Can we figure out the properties of a material just by knowing how it is atomically structured? | Given the atomic structure of an element, is there a way to deduct that elements properties? Can you theoretically figure out the color, bendablity, etc. of an element just by knowing how it is atomically structured? How could this be done? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/dp6381/can_we_figure_out_the_properties_of_a_material/ | {
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19qb7y | How do ISS astronauts prevent pathogen transfer? | I was watching a .gif of a water balloon being popped on the ISS and the force of the burst sent some of the water flying, yet still suspended in the air.
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16vgq0 | - semantics | I have looked up the definition but i cannot wrap my head around it. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/16vgq0/eli5_semantics/ | {
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9suemw | what makes older games (specifically games like fallout: new vegas) so incompatible with current operating systems like windows 10? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/9suemw/eli5_what_makes_older_games_specifically_games/ | {
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wnk73 | what would be the best possible thing to do when your phone gets completely submerged in water, and why? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/wnk73/what_would_be_the_best_possible_thing_to_do_when/ | {
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3gj9l4 | Is there any record of Joseph Stalin ever expressing any remorse for his executions, repressions, or for the death of his son Yakov? | I was inspired to ask this question after seeing [these](_URL_0_) two [paintings](_URL_1_) of Russia's second-most-famous autocrat. | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3gj9l4/is_there_any_record_of_joseph_stalin_ever/ | {
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oe3ol | romney and bain capital | What did Mitt Romney do while he was with Bain Capital? How does he try to spin it, and how do his opponents try to spin it? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/oe3ol/eli5_romney_and_bain_capital/ | {
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"Romney used to work for a company called Bain Capital. They are a private equity firm. Bain's makes money by buying companies in failure, and fixing them up and then reselling them. House flipping for the fortune 500 is an oversimplification. \n... | [] | [] | [
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8aultc | why does chicken separate into little strings when you tear it? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/8aultc/eli5_why_does_chicken_separate_into_little/ | {
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"Most Meat is muscle tissue. Muscle is made of strands of tissue that work together to do whatever that muscle is. That's being broken apart when you cut it, and that's what you're seeing."
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22ccrs | how do some teenagers or young adults get volunteer work in south america or africa? | A friend claimed that most students who recieve the biggest scholarships obtained them for this kind of volunteer work. She said that she did not have the resources to volunteer out of country, thus giving richer students an advantage for scholarships. I know this is not the right way to look at volunteerism, but does ... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/22ccrs/eli5_how_do_some_teenagers_or_young_adults_get/ | {
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"Often, such volunteer work are mission trips organized by their church, funded by the congregants."
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j3tr1 | sociopaths, how do they work? | Not going to lie, I love watching cop dramas and I always hear this word thrown around when describing suspects. Can you explain to me like I'm 5 what being a sociopath actually entails? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/j3tr1/eli5_sociopaths_how_do_they_work/ | {
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14l5c3 | Will it ever be possible for North and South Korea to exist as one, unified country? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/14l5c3/will_it_ever_be_possible_for_north_and_south/ | {
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"I think this question is stretching the concept of \"history\", maybe /r/Asksocialscience is a better fit.\n\nanyway, [here's a background article on the costs of potential reunification](_URL_1_), drawing parallels with Germany (we're still not ... | [] | [] | [
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lgd49 | why characters on shows have to hide apple logos on their laptops | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/lgd49/why_characters_on_shows_have_to_hide_apple_logos/ | {
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