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65uebo | Why was Mozart so financially unsuccessful in his life? Was it poor money management, or is there evidence that the court and music establishment of Vienna did their best to make sure that his operas and other works did not become popular? | I am mostly getting this from the 1984 movie "Amadeus", but I am just wondering if there is a grain of truth to it? If not, what is the true story of Mozart? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/65uebo/why_was_mozart_so_financially_unsuccessful_in_his/ | {
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16hxj9 | what was the fighting in burma like for american and allied troops during world war 2? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/16hxj9/what_was_the_fighting_in_burma_like_for_american/ | {
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2x0xdf | why do males experience "shrinkage" in cold temperatures, but nipples harden and enlarge in cold temperatures? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2x0xdf/eli5_why_do_males_experience_shrinkage_in_cold/ | {
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amvyck | how do (non-flying) animals populate new islands? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/amvyck/eli5_how_do_nonflying_animals_populate_new_islands/ | {
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1vy2wr | What would a cup of white blood cells look like? | And would it be thick like blood, or taste like metal? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1vy2wr/what_would_a_cup_of_white_blood_cells_look_like/ | {
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qwtik | Are cancer cells biologically immortal? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/qwtik/are_cancer_cells_biologically_immortal/ | {
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1pbd7w | if i were to be free falling infinitely, what would kill me first? | Would it have something to do with the air constantly pushing on me? Or would I be more likely to starve to death? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1pbd7w/eli5_if_i_were_to_be_free_falling_infinitely_what/ | {
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2gu30n | How do computer interface standards increase transfer speed using the same connectors? | For instance, PCIe v1 vs v2 and v3, USB 1 and 2, (IIRC, USB 3 ports/plugs are slightly different, though they are backwards compatible) SATA 1/2/3, DisplayPort 1/1.1/1.2/1.3 etc. How is it that these standards are able to increase data transfer speeds without changing the physical connectors? Does it have to do with ho... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2gu30n/how_do_computer_interface_standards_increase/ | {
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42mmph | how can we see through glass but also see our reflection at the same time? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/42mmph/eli5_how_can_we_see_through_glass_but_also_see/ | {
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2l89py | If I shot a bullet out of a plane toward the ground, would it still reach a terminal velocity? | What effect would it's projectile speed have on it's terminal velocity? Not it's *lethality* per se, but it's actual highest attainable speed. Assume high-enough altitude to attain TV from drop. | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2l89py/if_i_shot_a_bullet_out_of_a_plane_toward_the/ | {
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3bqz11 | If you had a million mirrors placed in such a way that each would reflect off the next one, and you stand in front of one and move, would there be any lag between your movement and what appears on the final mirror? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3bqz11/if_you_had_a_million_mirrors_placed_in_such_a_way/ | {
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100een | what is fundamental difference in the way german (or in a more general sense, european) cars are engineered versus american cars versus japanese cars? | While I definitely had the more premium cars like BMWs, Audis and Porsches compared with the American muscle cars in mind, feel free to explain the difference between any two cars of different origins as well. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/100een/eli5_what_is_fundamental_difference_in_the_way/ | {
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2e1s3t | What actually happened to Jericho? | I am referring to the part in the bible where they collapsed the walls. | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2e1s3t/what_actually_happened_to_jericho/ | {
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82yom9 | Why am I seeing “Nikolai Lenin” in some sources? | I’ve always been under the impression that Vladimir Ulyanov’s alias was a simple “Vladimir Lenin” or just “Lenin”. But I saw the man’s primary alias listed as “Nikolai Lenin” in S.L.A. Marshall’s “World War I”. I tried to find out some more info on it, but just found people using “Nikolai Lenin” casually.
So, what’s wi... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/82yom9/why_am_i_seeing_nikolai_lenin_in_some_sources/ | {
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6u88l5 | Why didn't South Korea move change it's capital to Busan if the lost Seoul so fast during the Korean War? | From my understanding one of the current fears is that NK can strike Seoul with conventional weaponry and SK lost Seoul pretty fast in the 50s wouldn't it make sense to move it away from NK?
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Edit2: I just realized how I butchered the title holy shit | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6u88l5/why_didnt_south_korea_move_change_its_capital_to/ | {
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a7b4gw | why do non-human animals have a relatively superior flexibility without needing dedicated training? | Is there any genetic predisposition that allow monkeys, for example, to do flexible shit like [this](_URL_0_) without needing to do dedicated stretching excercises (like splits) for years or is it a consequence of natural movements improving their flexibility as a side effect? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/a7b4gw/eli5_why_do_nonhuman_animals_have_a_relatively/ | {
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9w07ni | Where "vertically" is our solar system in the milky way? | Always see the sun out on one of the arms, but how thick is the milky way and where are we in that thickness? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/9w07ni/where_vertically_is_our_solar_system_in_the_milky/ | {
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x0qlb | What are the short and long term effects of high daily caffeine intake? (500mg or more per day) | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/x0qlb/what_are_the_short_and_long_term_effects_of_high/ | {
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37v5fz | Mixing Helium and Hydrogen for balloons? | As far as I can understand Hydrogen is better for balloons than Helium because Hydrogen gives more lift and is cheaper than Helium. But Hydrogen is pretty explosive so that's why we don't use it anymore?
Helium on the other hand is a noble gas so it dosen't explode or even react with fire.
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3aklie | why do some humans find it calming to look at the ocean or at a gorgeous view? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3aklie/eli5why_do_some_humans_find_it_calming_to_look_at/ | {
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naeky | the kyoto protocol | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/naeky/eli5_the_kyoto_protocol/ | {
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2y75rj | why are keycard locks popular in hotels/dorms and not in houses or apartments? | It seems like every hotel I go I get a keycard, but I almost never see them in apartments or houses. I've seen them in dorms too. Houses and apartments seem to only have mechanical locks though. Why is that? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2y75rj/eli5_why_are_keycard_locks_popular_in_hotelsdorms/ | {
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d8juhv | how does a server know my password is correct if it doesn't store the password? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/d8juhv/eli5_how_does_a_server_know_my_password_is/ | {
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ef1ip0 | How fast would the earth have to spin in order for things to fly off into space? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/ef1ip0/how_fast_would_the_earth_have_to_spin_in_order/ | {
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52mpal | greece's cross-currency swap with goldman sachs to hide its debt | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/52mpal/eli5_greeces_crosscurrency_swap_with_goldman/ | {
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tpmcz | Why did the Khmer Rouge so thoroughly document the atrocities they committed? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/tpmcz/why_did_the_khmer_rouge_so_thoroughly_document/ | {
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3g7k6n | When was the last year in which average/minimum wages outpaced inflation? | Economically, it seems like the current era has been marked by ever-increasing prices combined with relatively stagnant wages, and has been for as long as I've cared about economics (i.e. as long as I've been a legal adult). How long has this been a trend?
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7p0a6a | Are there any cycles throughout Human History? | Are there any cycles (repeating patterns, i.e. repeating patterns of events or something similar) throughout human history? Things that tend to happen or people tend to do over and over again?
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2qmsn9 | If women have two X chromosomes and men have an X an Y, do boys receive any genes from their paternal grandmothers? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2qmsn9/if_women_have_two_x_chromosomes_and_men_have_an_x/ | {
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c5edsu | Were any any historic Native American groups that have been unnaturally wiped out as a result of genocide? | Were there any distinct nations who's people, language, and culture have been effectively wiped out (whether it be by European colonists or other Native groups) and lost? I suppose this question also extends to Central and South American Amerindians. | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/c5edsu/were_any_any_historic_native_american_groups_that/ | {
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27czx6 | if an astronaut threw a paper airplane into open space during a spacewalk, what would happen to it? | How far would it go before it was sucked into the gravitational pull of our own planet or another object? If thrown hard enough, could it break away from the pull of our planet? What would happen to the paper over time? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/27czx6/eli5_if_an_astronaut_threw_a_paper_airplane_into/ | {
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1hcw89 | Who is the first vegetarian considered a historical figure? | Also, why did the person choose to not eat meat? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1hcw89/who_is_the_first_vegetarian_considered_a/ | {
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6gabp7 | can wolves actually hear things a mile away? do sharks actually smell blood from a mile away? | Humans can hear loud things like planes and gunshots from a mile away to what extent are wolves hearing things and how do they pick it out between everything else they are hearing. If you can see blood in water how would the scent travel a mile? Is it just how we used to explain sharks movement sensors? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6gabp7/eli5_can_wolves_actually_hear_things_a_mile_away/ | {
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8ckkk2 | what is hysterical strength, and what causes it to be triggered? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/8ckkk2/eli5_what_is_hysterical_strength_and_what_causes/ | {
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71vlpo | What would a post-Hellenistic Bactrian city be like? How long did it take for the Greek influence to no longer be dominant? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/71vlpo/what_would_a_posthellenistic_bactrian_city_be/ | {
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falay2 | what’s the goal of philosophy? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/falay2/eli5_whats_the_goal_of_philosophy/ | {
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1jmskc | how do harmonics work and why do they sound so good? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1jmskc/eli5_how_do_harmonics_work_and_why_do_they_sound/ | {
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vymja | the difference between atheism vs. nihilism. | Dunno what else to say besides no bias and what-not. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/vymja/eli5_the_difference_between_atheism_vs_nihilism/ | {
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1e4410 | what is going on with /r/circlejerk? how does /r/unlimitedbreadsticks come into play? and what's a shadowban? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1e4410/eli5_what_is_going_on_with_rcirclejerk_how_does/ | {
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fnckhc | what causes headaches to occur shortly after eating a salty meal or snack? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/fnckhc/eli5_what_causes_headaches_to_occur_shortly_after/ | {
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3ezzn6 | how do the police find callers that are too incoherent to give their location? if they have some method of independently finding you, then why don't they just do that every time, instead of wasting time asking you? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3ezzn6/eli5_how_do_the_police_find_callers_that_are_too/ | {
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1tekxl | Could chronic pancreatitis, theoretically, lead to type I diabetes? | Currently in the final year of my undergraduate degree in Biomedical science; I'm looking through my immunology lecture notes, and I've seen that, sometimes, chronically inflammed tissue cells can act as antigen presenting cells, thus stimulating an immune response.
As type I diabetes is an autoimmune disorder, where ... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1tekxl/could_chronic_pancreatitis_theoretically_lead_to/ | {
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27zm2l | How come during the Ancient and Classical eras, there were so many Greeks (Galen, Archimedes, Socrates, etc) that were able to make great strides in the fields of Science and why do we not see that same talent in Greece today? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/27zm2l/how_come_during_the_ancient_and_classical_eras/ | {
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6zsk7o | why are the zero to 60 times such an important piece of data in the car industry? | I've always wondered why this specific piece of information is of such interest to practically any medium that devotes itself to automotive reviews.
Why is this so relevant?
How and when did this come about? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6zsk7o/why_are_the_zero_to_60_times_such_an_important/ | {
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98aiji | if skin is dead cells already, how does lotion work? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/98aiji/eli5_if_skin_is_dead_cells_already_how_does/ | {
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12n15r | What causes that bad feeling in your chest after you lose at something? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/12n15r/what_causes_that_bad_feeling_in_your_chest_after/ | {
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37xyvc | How does transpiration cool plant down? | One of the benefits of transpiration is that it cools the plant down. How does that work. Does the water vapour absorb heat? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/37xyvc/how_does_transpiration_cool_plant_down/ | {
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4fdsi9 | is there an "international" law? | Even the most basics such as homocide, may be illegal but it is not enforced in many countries. The only enforced law I can think of is the Geneva Convention Law on Collectual Punishment and War Crime. | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4fdsi9/eli5_is_there_an_international_law/ | {
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7gxdr8 | why does the sky turn dark when it's about to rain? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/7gxdr8/eli5_why_does_the_sky_turn_dark_when_its_about_to/ | {
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3t320x | When reading a history article or book, how can a layperson determine its validity? | [deleted] | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3t320x/when_reading_a_history_article_or_book_how_can_a/ | {
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11iava | Why does meat not contain any carbohydrates when muscle tissue stores glycogen? | Do animals (e.g. cattle) not store any relevant amounts of glycogen in their muscle tissue, or why does meat have no carbohydrates? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/11iava/why_does_meat_not_contain_any_carbohydrates_when/ | {
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fryfyr | What's happening on a molecular level in the Magic Milk (milk, soap, and food coloring) experiment? | I'm referring to the "Magic Milk" experiment where you place food coloring in milk and the food coloring doesn't mix, but if you add soap to the water the food coloring moves away from the soap and mixes with the milk(?). I understand the basic gist of it: the hydrophobic soap dissolves the hydrophobic fat in milk, wh... | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/fryfyr/whats_happening_on_a_molecular_level_in_the_magic/ | {
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8td1y1 | How prevalent was it go to Mecca to perform the Hajj for Bosnian and Albanian Muslims in the Communist Era? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8td1y1/how_prevalent_was_it_go_to_mecca_to_perform_the/ | {
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d2nb3h | what stages of sleep do we get into from a nap? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/d2nb3h/eli5_what_stages_of_sleep_do_we_get_into_from_a/ | {
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19bs5i | Is anyone studying the social psychology of history? What interesting phenomena can you report? | By social psychology of history, I mean the study of why we record what we record about past events (or why we emphasize certain things over others). If there is an official term for this field, please let me know.
I would guess that we do some interesting things as a culture in regards to history, like lie to ourselv... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/19bs5i/is_anyone_studying_the_social_psychology_of/ | {
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3yncxh | why, in a deck of cards, does the king of hearts always have his sword pointing through his head where as the rest of the kings don’t | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3yncxh/eli5_why_in_a_deck_of_cards_does_the_king_of/ | {
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4d61sw | How was England able to conquer Scotland, Wales and Ireland? | How was England historically more influential, powerful and dominant than its neighbours?
Edit:I apologise for the poor choice of the word conquer. | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4d61sw/how_was_england_able_to_conquer_scotland_wales/ | {
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2a7eao | Are Quarks made up of even smaller sub-atomic particles or are they the "Base particles" for building everything in the universe? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2a7eao/are_quarks_made_up_of_even_smaller_subatomic/ | {
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hk6c2 | I am meeting the Lab Director of Oak Ridge National Lab tomorrow, any questions you'd like me to ask? | As it says in the title, I and a few other students are meeting Thom Mason, the Lab Director of Oak Ridge National Lab, tomorrow for two hours over lunch. If anyone has any questions they'd like me to ask of him, I'll try my very best to get them in and relay his responses. | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/hk6c2/i_am_meeting_the_lab_director_of_oak_ridge/ | {
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fs9pcr | what did they do with babies allergic to milk before the invention of substitute baby milk? what did they feed them with and with what results? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/fs9pcr/eli5_what_did_they_do_with_babies_allergic_to/ | {
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4ku4q9 | why can my laptop and cell phone charge all day and night, but the batteries won't explode? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4ku4q9/eli5_why_can_my_laptop_and_cell_phone_charge_all/ | {
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93hmks | Why we're the German trenches in ww1 often better than the allies trenches? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/93hmks/why_were_the_german_trenches_in_ww1_often_better/ | {
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95u2j7 | how do beer cans (and pop cans) open without a sharp edge? | I've cut aluminum before and that stuff can be sharp. Yet I have never cut myself on a can. How!? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/95u2j7/eli5_how_do_beer_cans_and_pop_cans_open_without_a/ | {
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4sor60 | How much cultural and/or genetic crossover was there between Aztec native americans and indeginous North Americans? | We've created this big distinction between Aztecs being from Mexico and Native Americans being from the US, but obviously those boarders didn't exist hundreds or thousands of years ago. So how much of what we consider Native American culture/people is actually more similar to the Aztecs, and vise versa? Are they really... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4sor60/how_much_cultural_andor_genetic_crossover_was/ | {
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c00dwx | why is it easier to recognise things that we know than recalling them? | For example: it is very easy to recognise that you know an actor, but sometimes recalling their name is harder. However, you can recognise their name if you were given options to choose from. | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/c00dwx/eli5_why_is_it_easier_to_recognise_things_that_we/ | {
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cwhq1q | why do bacteria/viruses target human body in a bad way just to ultimately get killed by medicines than to help the human body by symbiotic relationship and thrive? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/cwhq1q/eli5_why_do_bacteriaviruses_target_human_body_in/ | {
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1txavm | what is carl icahn trying to do with apple? | I'm confused as to what it means by buyback and all this financial stuff, like this article: _URL_0_ | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1txavm/eli5_what_is_carl_icahn_trying_to_do_with_apple/ | {
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1gz90q | Why does it look like stuff is coming out of the top and bottom of a black hole when it sucks in a star? | I saw [this](_URL_0_) gif on the front page and it made me wonder, if a black hole is suppose to be super dense and pull everything into it, why is there stuff that appears to be coming out from the top and bottom? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1gz90q/why_does_it_look_like_stuff_is_coming_out_of_the/ | {
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2n1lve | Why did the move of the New York (baseball) Giants to San Francisco fail to inspire the same degree of nostalgia/angst as the loss of the Brooklyn Dodgers? | The two teams both moved from the same market (New York) to the same state (California) in the same year (1957, I think). Why then are these two teams - similar in terms of the circumstances of their relocations - remembered so differently?
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28z78q | you know that bit in Life Of Brian where somebody asks "what did the Romans ever do for us?" and the crowd starts listing of things that a better now than before they conquered Israel. In general did general living standards go up or down in a place after Rome conquered it? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/28z78q/you_know_that_bit_in_life_of_brian_where_somebody/ | {
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4b52ot | why are font sizes so strangely picked? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4b52ot/eli5_why_are_font_sizes_so_strangely_picked/ | {
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20zl6v | What were the long term Hitler/Nazi plans for the Third Reich, both realistic and fantasy-like? | I was talking to my history teacher and we were thinking about what could have happened if the Nazi's had 15, 10, even 5 more years to work. That's what prompted me to ask.
Realistic - Plans that were in motion when they were stopped or actual things that could have happened
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1wr258 | if there are 1071 satellites in orbit, does that mean there were 1071 rockets launched into space? | I guess I want to know how that many could have been sent up if it is so expensive, and how come you never hear about them. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1wr258/eli5_if_there_are_1071_satellites_in_orbit_does/ | {
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4h706p | If I were to drop an object, a bowling ball, down an infinitely long vacuum tube, what speed could it reach? | Given that an object can't travel faster than the speed of light and that there is no resistance which of these two overrides the other? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4h706p/if_i_were_to_drop_an_object_a_bowling_ball_down/ | {
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1qk25r | why can i kick a ball moving towards me faster and further than one already moving in the direction i'm aiming for? | In games like football (soccer), you often have a ball moving towards you. Why is it that you are able to kick the ball much further and faster when it is travelling towards you than when it is already moving in the direction of travel, or if it is still?
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6m2ybj | Why is the zero function not a valid quantum function for the Schrodinger Equation? | This started by looking at the solutions to the quantum oscillator, I don't understand why the zero function cannot be a valid wave function representing something akin to a classical vacuum, i.e. a system where the expected value of detecting a particle anywhere is zero.
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124ex3 | how does any politician deserve credit for finding bin laden? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/124ex3/eli5_how_does_any_politician_deserve_credit_for/ | {
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7k6ayo | could a person get access to the internet without an isp? how much money and equipment would it take to connect to the internet by yourself? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/7k6ayo/eli5_could_a_person_get_access_to_the_internet/ | {
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2zdajo | how come my iphone says it's using 11.4gb of storage when in my "manage storage" it is barely using 2gb | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2zdajo/eli5_how_come_my_iphone_says_its_using_114gb_of/ | {
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1qohr1 | How exactly is callus formed? | How exactly does additional physical stress put to a certain area of the body cause the body to produce thicker skin on that area? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1qohr1/how_exactly_is_callus_formed/ | {
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2pa8ri | How many men could fit on a Roman warship? What different kinds of warships were there in the Roman navy? | The Roman navy is a really fascinating topic that I was hoping to learn more about. Are there any great sources I could check out to learn more? Thanks in advance! | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2pa8ri/how_many_men_could_fit_on_a_roman_warship_what/ | {
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26vtqf | Counting slaves, how does income inequality in the U.S. in 1860 compare to income inequality today. | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/26vtqf/counting_slaves_how_does_income_inequality_in_the/ | {
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2lxlz1 | with the separation of pangea, how come we didn't evolve into several different species? | How come we are all human? Since the geographic isolation would not allow us to see others for several generations, shouldn't we all of evolved into entirely different species that were so different they could not longer breed by the time man could use ships?
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ngpat | What was Theodore Roosevelt's weight lifting routine? | I'm curious. I'm told he took himself from a sickly kid, to a strong guy at 5'9 185 pounds with exercise and weightlifting.
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43ep13 | what happens to the earth as we ground charges? why don't feel the effects of the charges? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/43ep13/eli5what_happens_to_the_earth_as_we_ground/ | {
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9qkzhu | how accurate are the projections used to determine which strain of the flu to produce protection for in flu shots each year? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/9qkzhu/eli5_how_accurate_are_the_projections_used_to/ | {
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128iv3 | A question about tonsure in Christian monasticism. | I know this is a religiously centered question, but as the various religious subreddits seem more oriented toward answering theological questions, I felt that /r/askhistorians might provide a better historical explanation.
Forgive me for being a bit lengthy with my question.
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do3dbb | Did Christopher Columbus know about Abu Bakr II's expedition across the Atlantic? | Also how many failed expeditions do we know about? Surely not everyone who tried crossing actually made it. | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/do3dbb/did_christopher_columbus_know_about_abu_bakr_iis/ | {
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6n9aao | why do some products say they "contain 99,99%" of something, rather than just saying they're made of it? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6n9aao/eli5_why_do_some_products_say_they_contain_9999/ | {
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3jkkvr | in proffesional tennis, why are the players always thrown so many extra balls when they always throw back at least one of them before they serve? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3jkkvr/eli5_in_proffesional_tennis_why_are_the_players/ | {
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941e8q | When did the phrase "The Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell" originate? | Most textbooks and articles that describe the organelles within living cells refer to the mitochondria as the powerhouse of the cell. Why is this metaphor so prominant and when did it originate? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/941e8q/when_did_the_phrase_the_mitochondria_is_the/ | {
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3c99e4 | how come cars are able to go up to 220 km/h but highways only allow speeds of up to 110 km/h. wouldn't it be wiser to have cars max out at 110 km/h-ish and reduce the engine capabilities? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3c99e4/eli5_how_come_cars_are_able_to_go_up_to_220_kmh/ | {
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4sbj7i | why does looking at a bright light leave image impressions for long periods? | When you look at something really bright ( a bare light bulb for example), why do we see that object when we close our eyes for several minutes? What happens to make this occur? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4sbj7i/eli5_why_does_looking_at_a_bright_light_leave/ | {
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20d40c | if someone who has a life sentence plus 20 yrs, dies in prison but brought back to life, could they legally serve the 20 yrs and leave | I understand life without parole means prisoner x (John for now on) will not be released and life with the possibility of parole means John could be paroled. But when John is sentenced to life plus 20yrs is this the equivalent of life without parole. If John 'died' but brought back, would John be able to claim the 'l... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/20d40c/eli5_if_someone_who_has_a_life_sentence_plus_20/ | {
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