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3e8nnt | Music Historians, how did the standard drum kit originate and what were previous incarnations of it? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3e8nnt/music_historians_how_did_the_standard_drum_kit/ | {
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30x7s0 | is it possible to amputate your own leg/arm and use that as food? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/30x7s0/eli5_is_it_possible_to_amputate_your_own_legarm/ | {
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5yr3pb | ! how can a country go bankrupt.? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5yr3pb/eli5_how_can_a_country_go_bankrupt/ | {
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m1u5r | What is the border between a program with an Artificial Intelligence, and one without? | As the title suggests, I'm finding it hard to define an AI. Are there some ground rules, or definitions that clearly states when something has an AI and when it doesn't? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/m1u5r/what_is_the_border_between_a_program_with_an/ | {
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kka7s | Have any scientists here experienced "the decline effect" in their experiments? What do you theorize is going on? | I heard about this effect in [Radiolab](_URL_0_): that the effect you first observe in early experiments decrease the more and more experiments you do.
Links to 2 articles about it:
[Nature](_URL_1_)
[The New Yorker](_URL_2_)
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f4nj7y | what is the difference between a "good" and a "bad" bottle of wine? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/f4nj7y/eli5what_is_the_difference_between_a_good_and_a/ | {
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2wrygw | why do companies such as nintendo region lock certain products? what exactly is region locking? | I read the Wikipedia page for it but am still having trouble understanding the reason. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2wrygw/eli5_why_do_companies_such_as_nintendo_region/ | {
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bb1469 | How do astronomers calculate the orbits of planets? | Is there just one equation that shows where a planet should be or is it more complex than that? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/bb1469/how_do_astronomers_calculate_the_orbits_of_planets/ | {
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3h657q | how my cpap senses my breathing in and out. | I have a Phillips cpap and it has an SD card that collects data on its useage. Is it literally sensing my breaths in and out? Is some circuit being broken or created by the air pressure? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3h657q/eli5_how_my_cpap_senses_my_breathing_in_and_out/ | {
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bqtsqw | I saw on a horrible history channel that the Aztecs use chocolate as money. Wouldn't all the chocolate melt during the summer, thus crashing their economy? | Couldn't they have picked something more sensible like gold, silver or obsidian? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/bqtsqw/i_saw_on_a_horrible_history_channel_that_the/ | {
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6kzbe1 | can you guys help me understand this paragraph | This is one of the questions from south korean SAT equivalent test prep book (English reading section) and I've been struggling with this for 2hours lol I don't know if I'm too stupid to understand this paragraph , I need help.
Here it is :
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36v1sl | if my pc freezes why are my sound keeps playing? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/36v1sl/eli5_if_my_pc_freezes_why_are_my_sound_keeps/ | {
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261ysa | Is there any possibility now or in the future that some form of solid light could exist? | When talking about solid light, I mean light that can be held or created into solid objects. Far fetched question, but just curious if this is even a possibility. Thanks! | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/261ysa/is_there_any_possibility_now_or_in_the_future/ | {
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s3oxz | Is the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle connected to determinism? | I've always adhered to the idea of determinism; the idea that every event is a result of previous events, and humans ultimately have no free will since everything one does is determined by their previous experiences (environment) or their genetics.
However, I got to thinking about the uncertainty principle. Could the ... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/s3oxz/is_the_heisenberg_uncertainty_principle_connected/ | {
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10pw78 | Are there any former SS members who worked at concentration camps that are still alive? | I'm aware that most of them were executed at the end of the war and many others served life in prison. I know some fled to Argentina and hid their identities. Are there some that are still alive today who are living in a normal society somewhere? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/10pw78/are_there_any_former_ss_members_who_worked_at/ | {
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3o3e3f | Is the Voyager probe orbiting the Galactic center? Is it orbiting anything? | If the Voyager Probe (and others like it) are leaving the solar system, can they be said to be orbiting the center of the Milky Way?
Or is it possible for them to be orbiting something else or nothing at all?
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t037d | How would you fix something like the Guatemala sinkhole? | Pic for reference: _URL_0_
Do they just pour in a lot of dirt? Wouldn't that just become unstable again?
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y4do5 | Are all the Pharaohs' tombs accounted for? | There are 62 tombs in the Valley of the Kings, are there more to be discovered? Is there a possibility of another Tutankhamen type of discovery? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/y4do5/are_all_the_pharaohs_tombs_accounted_for/ | {
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b6tot2 | why are humans so drawn to the water? (srivers, seas, ocean,...) | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/b6tot2/eli5_why_are_humans_so_drawn_to_the_water_srivers/ | {
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hs9ii | Increasing mass of black holes and problem with relativity. | What I presume (correct me if wrong):
-mass falling in black holes will contribute in its mass
-gravitational effect wont "travel" faster than speed of light
-if someone observes object falling in black hole, it will seem to take forever (because of relativity)
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3sdh8e | how hard is it to survive on minimum wage? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3sdh8e/eli5_how_hard_is_it_to_survive_on_minimum_wage/ | {
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7gsnwe | Is the universe the same age everywhere? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7gsnwe/is_the_universe_the_same_age_everywhere/ | {
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235e4w | what defines a song's genre? | Is there a technical defenition for each genre or is it just whatever genre the artist says it is? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/235e4w/eli5_what_defines_a_songs_genre/ | {
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4kjd0x | what causes your vision to become gradually worse? are video games and/or continual staring at phones a factor in today's society? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4kjd0x/eli5_what_causes_your_vision_to_become_gradually/ | {
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1lgr3j | how can photon travel at light speed with so less/negligible energy. | Living organisms (humans/animals) have huge amount of energy as compared to photon. I know that our mass is also significantly higher.
But a photon can travel at light speed with so less energy! And other living things are barely moving on Earth as compared to photon.
I understand that gravity has a lot of impact on o... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1lgr3j/eli5how_can_photon_travel_at_light_speed_with_so/ | {
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308fqj | Could an astronaut go back to earth without spacecraft ? | I mean, for example, could an astronaut leave the ISS with his space suit and a parachute ? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/308fqj/could_an_astronaut_go_back_to_earth_without/ | {
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fhs3je | Graduate students and history professors, can you explain the common requirement to learn another language for grad school admissions? | I was just reading online that some of the graduate programs for history often require to know the written language in a specific area of interest. When did you start learning that language in order to get accepted to a graduate program? I’ll be starting mandarin sophomore year as an undergrad, and I’m worried that by ... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/fhs3je/graduate_students_and_history_professors_can_you/ | {
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4dcgd6 | how many of martin Luther's 95 theses were nitpicks? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4dcgd6/how_many_of_martin_luthers_95_theses_were_nitpicks/ | {
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acxzk2 | why is john lennon's death generally referred to as an "assassination" and not just a murder? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/acxzk2/eli5_why_is_john_lennons_death_generally_referred/ | {
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20rjxj | How do random mutations result in naturally selected evolutionary traits across an entire species? | On the last episode of Cosmos they talked a lot about mutation and natural selection. I have a pretty firm grasp of the basics and think I understand the principals behind evolution. The one thing I can't seem to get is how does a single random mutation result in a change that affects an entire species.
The example ... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/20rjxj/how_do_random_mutations_result_in_naturally/ | {
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29ln3y | how do texting apps generate a phone number that hasn't already been claimed? | Is this a legal method? To not be paying service to a phone company, but to have a phone number linked to an APP on your tablet? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/29ln3y/eli5how_do_texting_apps_generate_a_phone_number/ | {
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16swpz | At the end of battles did medieval era knights kill the opposing sides archers ? | I've heard before that knights usually held a nasty grudge against the other sides archers and killed off any archer pows at the end of a battle. True or False? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/16swpz/at_the_end_of_battles_did_medieval_era_knights/ | {
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3cajlp | why does drinking water on an empty stomach hurt? | Sometimes when I'm hungry, I'll drink some water and it kills. It feels like someone is wrenching my stomach. The pain is fairly debilitating, so I want to know what's happening? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3cajlp/eli5_why_does_drinking_water_on_an_empty_stomach/ | {
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ew4p7w | In WW1 why didn’t the English sail behind the front and land men to charge the Germans from the other side? | I heard that the Germans built their lines to face in one direction. So why didn’t the English, using its powerful navy, sail round behind them and land men to take the front? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/ew4p7w/in_ww1_why_didnt_the_english_sail_behind_the/ | {
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27cgp8 | meta: why does it seem like the same questions get asked every hour? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/27cgp8/eli5_meta_why_does_it_seem_like_the_same/ | {
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44miox | How much was the Soviet's space program influenced by Nazi/Germany scientists and technology? | The American and the Soviet program were influenced by finding blueprints of the V-2 from captured factories, as well as capturing scientists. I know that the Soviet's heavily based their R1 ICBM on the V-2, but were they influenced after the production of the R1, or did the program rely more on modified Soviet designs... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/44miox/how_much_was_the_soviets_space_program_influenced/ | {
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1daray | why and how laundry detergents are used in the drug community. | [This thread](_URL_0_) popped up on /r/wtf and from what everyone is saying, detergent is used in the drug community.
I get it's used for trading and stuff like that, but I don't understand why, or exactly how everything works the way it is said to.
Can somebody explain this? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1daray/eli5why_and_how_laundry_detergents_are_used_in/ | {
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a58adl | how did scientists identify humanity's common ancestor? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/a58adl/eli5_how_did_scientists_identify_humanitys_common/ | {
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25hbwl | are there any laws against independent space travel without government consent? | If Red Bull wanted to try and send a man to the moon and wanted to privately fund it, could they attempt to actually do their own moon landing? I bring this up because it blows my mind that we haven't been back to the moon. Supposedly the tech in our iPhones is equal to or better than the computers and hardware in the ... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/25hbwl/eli5_are_there_any_laws_against_independent_space/ | {
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38bzih | do websites make absolutely no money off ad block users? | like not even a cent? or do they make some but not as much as a non adblock user? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/38bzih/eli5do_websites_make_absolutely_no_money_off_ad/ | {
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vgjze | Can swallowing gum act like fiber? | Can swallowing gum act like fiber, and aid the body with its regular doodee flow? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/vgjze/can_swallowing_gum_act_like_fiber/ | {
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8jmlln | is the air around me packed full of atoms, like peas in a can, or is there space between? how can i see through it? are atoms transparent? | I know that an atom is mostly empty space, but every atom has a "solid" particle at the center, doesn't it? There must be gazillions of those things all around me. | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/8jmlln/eli5_is_the_air_around_me_packed_full_of_atoms/ | {
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49qq7g | Questions about Longstreet's plan of disengaging at Gettysburg and matching to the right. | Longstreet famously claims he wanted to disengage at Gettysburg and march to the right to place the Army of Northern Virginia on good defensive ground between the Army of the Potomac and Washington DC.
What good defensive ground(s) lie between Gettysburg and Washington DC?
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4nthjg | why does weather move from west to east, but wind can be blowing from any direction? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4nthjg/eli5_why_does_weather_move_from_west_to_east_but/ | {
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d53zhy | how does the electric company categorize my usage? | I have service with Duke / Progress energy. Every month I receive a breakdown of what categories I’ve spent my electricity on - lighting, cooking, cooling, etc - how can they know this information? Is it based on usage cycles, or some kind of per-breaker tracking? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/d53zhy/eli5_how_does_the_electric_company_categorize_my/ | {
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24qm2u | Why didn't artillery in WW1 render trench warfare useless? | This may be silly, but it always seems to go by without much information in non-fiction ww1 accounts, and history books growing up. I'm aware the Germans used some pretty serious artillery against belgian forts at the beginning of the war, and I'd imagine the real problem could have just been the logistics of getting ... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/24qm2u/why_didnt_artillery_in_ww1_render_trench_warfare/ | {
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1h0xnk | how can you measure the speed of light if nothing goes faster than its speed? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1h0xnk/how_can_you_measure_the_speed_of_light_if_nothing/ | {
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3v8u54 | What is "real politik" and how was it applied in Europe? | Thanks for your support! | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3v8u54/what_is_real_politik_and_how_was_it_applied_in/ | {
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1p4kw2 | Why were poor whites in the Southern States usually pro-slavery, when in all likelihood, it made their lives more difficult? | This is something that's always puzzled me when looking at the Civil War and the years leading up to it. It seems to me that slavery would have almost exclusively benefited the planter aristocracy and left poor and middle-income whites unemployable (seeing how they had to compete against slave labor) or unable to purc... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1p4kw2/why_were_poor_whites_in_the_southern_states/ | {
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1lchfc | what determines if you are burning fat, muscles or calories? | Does it depend on your hart rate or what you had to eat before or after working out? Does the type of workout matter?
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4swooy | Why would water push larger and heavier rocks/boulders farther up shore than smaller and lighter rocks? | I was just at a river/inlet from the ocean and it looked like very consistently, larger rocks were pushed father up the banks than smaller rocks. I would think it would be the other way around. The river was a large river in Rhode Island, not sure what type of rocks or whether there could have been a glacial aspect to ... | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4swooy/why_would_water_push_larger_and_heavier/ | {
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d8kigz | Why Descendants of those who survived the plague in europe are immune to HIV? | I just read this somewere and i am a medical student so i just wanted to know the reason | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/d8kigz/why_descendants_of_those_who_survived_the_plague/ | {
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426386 | Are there any recordings of Hitler where he's *not* screaming and yelling? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/426386/are_there_any_recordings_of_hitler_where_hes_not/ | {
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2hwkdf | If in-breeding produces weak/deficient/deformed offspring, why doesn't asexual reproduction do the same? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2hwkdf/if_inbreeding_produces_weakdeficientdeformed/ | {
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2vhig6 | what is a computer script? | Are there different types of scripts, and if so what are the best uses for each type?
How does one go about learning to write scripts?
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flhogm | how do 'dry' wines taste dry when they're a liquid? | I never knew what people meant when they said dry wines until I drank one recently and it definitely tastes dry. It's a liquid though and I'm curious how this works. | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/flhogm/eli5_how_do_dry_wines_taste_dry_when_theyre_a/ | {
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1huxi9 | why singapore is doing better (economically) than its neighboring countries | Singapore's at the top: _URL_0_
I get that Singapore's smaller, but what else? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1huxi9/eli5_why_singapore_is_doing_better_economically/ | {
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1pt6qp | how are weather percentages determined? | Yesterday had been marked as 100% chance of precipitation all day for the last week, and then we received a little rain at night, otherwise a pretty dry day. How are these percentages determined? They are something that has always confused me. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1pt6qp/eli5_how_are_weather_percentages_determined/ | {
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bx1c7g | Is it accurate to say that in wwII Mexico was approached by the nazis to attack the US but instead joined the fight in opposition. | [deleted] | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/bx1c7g/is_it_accurate_to_say_that_in_wwii_mexico_was/ | {
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24glzo | what are "zoning laws" and "neighbourhood commities". they're either a tiny thing or not a thing at all in the uk | It seems crazy? That some people can come a long and just say what you can and can't do. Is there a way out of it or do you somewhat agree to follow the rules when you move there or something? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/24glzo/eli5_what_are_zoning_laws_and_neighbourhood/ | {
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3p0fzp | What causes the aftertaste one gets when administered certain anesthetics and illicit IV drugs? | I had an EGD last week and remembered a medical taste come into my mouth.
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1jorh5 | lbw in cricket | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1jorh5/eli5_lbw_in_cricket/ | {
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5352eo | how can idle clicker games that offer little to no gameplay become popular? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5352eo/eli5_how_can_idle_clicker_games_that_offer_little/ | {
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68077h | Why did the Harlem Globetrotters never join the NBA? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/68077h/why_did_the_harlem_globetrotters_never_join_the/ | {
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2k32an | Why were women considered bad luck to be on a ship? When and how did the superstition start? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2k32an/why_were_women_considered_bad_luck_to_be_on_a/ | {
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wgith | Why are some people able to bend their pinky finger without moving the rest of their fingers, while other people cannot? | If I open my hand as if to wave to someone, I'm able to bend most of my digits down toward my palm without moving the other fingers. The one exception is my pinky finger. As soon as I start to bend it, my ring finger bends as well. I am completely unable to bend my pinky finger without my ring finger bending as well.
... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/wgith/why_are_some_people_able_to_bend_their_pinky/ | {
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1pjp8z | In the Middle Ages, how common was literacy in one's own language as opposed to literacy in Latin or Greek? | This got me thinking after I read about the high Russian-only literacy rate of the city of Novgorod during the time of the republic.
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20hr0n | Peerage Titles and Military Ranks | Perhaps not the best place to ask this question, but I couldn't think of any other place to ask and my normal resources on peerage address have failed me.
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142kef | Would a thimbleful of a neutron star which weighs approximately 100 million tons on earth, remain the size of a thimble if it were removed from its neutron star? | It is said a thimbleful of a neutron star would weigh 100 million tons on earth because of the matter density within a neutron star. Is it the entire mass of the star which keeps the matter so compressed or once the matter is so compressed does it remain stable at its density? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/142kef/would_a_thimbleful_of_a_neutron_star_which_weighs/ | {
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However, I am now running up against th... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1pnc0d/eli5_the_reddit_policy_against_self_promotion/ | {
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6pnjxi | Looking for resources on Mesopotamia during the Early Dynastic period | Books or reliable online resources are both good. Particularly interested in trade, taxation, economics, internal politics and social structure. I know definite information on this period is scarce -- informed speculation is perfectly acceptable. Thanks! | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6pnjxi/looking_for_resources_on_mesopotamia_during_the/ | {
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34kske | I'm an able bodied man from East Germany during the cold war, if I really wanted to, how hard would it be for me to get to west Germany and how likely would I be to succeed? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/34kske/im_an_able_bodied_man_from_east_germany_during/ | {
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3vq5dl | Why did Ashkenazi Jews who lived outside of German-speaking areas speak Yiddish? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3vq5dl/why_did_ashkenazi_jews_who_lived_outside_of/ | {
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28yjek | can blind people even understand the concept of color? | I've always been curious (in the case of people who have been blind their whole lives and never enjoyed a single second of sight) as to whether or not they can grasp or understand explanations about visually derived phenomena like color, visually descriptive terms like gloomy, brilliant, etc?
There are so many things ... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/28yjek/eli5can_blind_people_even_understand_the_concept/ | {
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33cyz0 | Why are male ligers "sterile", but not the females? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/33cyz0/why_are_male_ligers_sterile_but_not_the_females/ | {
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5nbd6g | why is taking an aspirin before the surgery harmful? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5nbd6g/eli5why_is_taking_an_aspirin_before_the_surgery/ | {
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1fue3b | Does exercise burn more calories at different parts of the day? What time of day is the body most efficient at fat burning? | To specify cardio would be jogging/running for about 30 mins
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6j1smj | How was the Electoral College in the US related to slavery? | I've heard here and there that the Electoral College should be scrapped because it's purpose was to favor the slave states somehow. How was this so? What advantage/disadvantage did the slave states have in the Electoral College system? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6j1smj/how_was_the_electoral_college_in_the_us_related/ | {
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58j9ts | what exactly makes ramen noodles so unhealthy, and if you eat ramen often, will you have a shorter life expectancy? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/58j9ts/eli5_what_exactly_makes_ramen_noodles_so/ | {
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2a1c1w | Are the planets really in a ring around the sun? | If so, why a ring and not a more spherical shape? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2a1c1w/are_the_planets_really_in_a_ring_around_the_sun/ | {
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95241n | During WWII were elderly or vulnerable adults evacuated out of London in the Blitz? | When doing some family research I came across an elderly relative who was born, reared and lived her entire life in London being listed in Kelly's directory as being in Birmingham in 1940. It's not the most common name, so while it's possibly just a coincidence, I am trying to think of reasons why she would have been o... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/95241n/during_wwii_were_elderly_or_vulnerable_adults/ | {
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3uphh2 | why is the media so selective about the things they report? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3uphh2/eli5why_is_the_media_so_selective_about_the/ | {
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a042fu | How did the Fleur de Lis and the color blue become integral to the symbology of Royal France? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/a042fu/how_did_the_fleur_de_lis_and_the_color_blue/ | {
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5057wz | why is ac better than dc ? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5057wz/eli5_why_is_ac_better_than_dc/ | {
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1vms04 | Where cannon balls explosive as seen in movies or where they just balls of metal? | In many pirate movies cannons fire balls that explode when they hit enemy ships aswell as in movies like "the patriot". Is this accurate or were they just balls of metal that ripped through ships?
edit: it's late and I have just seen the typos in the title. | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1vms04/where_cannon_balls_explosive_as_seen_in_movies_or/ | {
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3sssxi | how come light doesn't go through objects like walls of their atoms are made of mostly empty space as proved by the gold foil experiment? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3sssxi/eli5_how_come_light_doesnt_go_through_objects/ | {
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20cvo8 | Why do males have two testicals as opposed to one? | Is there any benefit to having two? Why have we evolved to have two, and not just one? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/20cvo8/why_do_males_have_two_testicals_as_opposed_to_one/ | {
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4llejw | Why are we able to feel any part of our body when we think about that certain part? | Think about your butt and suddenly you feel the pressure and tension it makes with the object it's seated upon.
Think about you toe and you suddenly feel the surface it's exposed to.
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50hzlv | what is data mining? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/50hzlv/eli5_what_is_data_mining/ | {
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3g515p | Why did American revolutionaries keep place names like "New England" and "New London" after the expulsion of the British? | I live in China. After the revolution, anything in public places named after the old guard was quickly changed to match the new powers that be. Why didn't New England turn into New Washington (or something similarly revolutionary)? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3g515p/why_did_american_revolutionaries_keep_place_names/ | {
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2v904m | why can't spacex let the used rockets land in the ocean, then retrieve them rather than trying to land on a barge? | Seems like there should be a cheaper, more cost effective alternative, but I'm sure someone can explain. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2v904m/eli5_why_cant_spacex_let_the_used_rockets_land_in/ | {
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zw8mj | why can places like newegg ship ups for free when it costs regular people so much money? | I bought a Storm Trooper computer case a while back, and for those who don't know, this is a huge 45-pound steel case. Newegg offered free 3-day shipping via UPS. Now I'm trying to sell it, and UPS wants a minimum of like $50 to ship it. Are they just losing money on places like Newegg or am I getting ripped off? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/zw8mj/eli5_why_can_places_like_newegg_ship_ups_for_free/ | {
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84n0oz | what would be the environmental issues with sinking large quantities of trash into the mariana trench? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/84n0oz/eli5_what_would_be_the_environmental_issues_with/ | {
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1rl7wk | Were the Republican forces in the Spanish Civil War thankful for the help of the International Brigades, or were they viewed as a nuisance? | I'm sure some of the volunteers who had extensive military training were appreciated, but I'm thinking more of the many artists and intellectuals and political activists who made their way to Spain to fight. Were they a real help, or were they a liability? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1rl7wk/were_the_republican_forces_in_the_spanish_civil/ | {
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1n17fc | Are there any millionaires alive today who's only source of wealth is inheritance from slave owners. | And I mean where the wealth was earned using slaves (plantations, slave trade, etc). | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1n17fc/are_there_any_millionaires_alive_today_whos_only/ | {
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xvihd | Could you clone a woman by transplanting the nucleus from one of her normal cells into one of her own egg cells? | EDIT: Actually, I was curious because of mitochondrial DNA. There is genetic information contained in the cell mitochondria that isn't accounted for in the nucleus, isn't there? If that's true, wouldn't you need a cell with identical mitochondrial DNA in order to make a perfect clone? You could get that by using an egg... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/xvihd/could_you_clone_a_woman_by_transplanting_the/ | {
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3o261t | if drunk people are unable to consent, what happens when both parties are equally drunk and have sex? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3o261t/eli5if_drunk_people_are_unable_to_consent_what/ | {
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32wxcx | why were people like the nazi ss able to such horrible things without remorse? | I've been looking at the various massacres committed by the SS during WWII, and I really can't wrap my head around the idea of a group of people committing mass murder. In one of the massacres, they ate lunch outside the burning church with hundreds of bodies inside. (Sant'Anna di Stazzema massacre)
I just don't under... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/32wxcx/eli5_why_were_people_like_the_nazi_ss_able_to/ | {
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tj7ik | Can Anyone Point to a Time in History When Trickle Down Economics Worked? | I'm curious. Republicans are pushing the idea that if you give tax breaks and subsidies to business rather than focusing on social welfare, the money will trickle down from the rich and help the poor. There are time periods in which this has been done, but I can't seem to find how it worked out for us.
I'm unbiased rea... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/tj7ik/can_anyone_point_to_a_time_in_history_when/ | {
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5ij57u | if the energy is consumed at the time it is produced how come there is always electricity at the electrical outlets ? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5ij57u/eli5if_the_energy_is_consumed_at_the_time_it_is/ | {
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