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5ejr6h | why are hollywood movies allowed to show a penis and testicles on screen but not labia or a clitoris? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5ejr6h/eli5_why_are_hollywood_movies_allowed_to_show_a/ | {
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2fqcpo | how do courts find juries that will be completely impartial and unbiased during court cases that hit international news, such as mass shootings, high profile murders etc. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2fqcpo/eli5how_do_courts_find_juries_that_will_be/ | {
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3ufwbn | Other than light, what is the fastest thing we have ever observed? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3ufwbn/other_than_light_what_is_the_fastest_thing_we/ | {
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2odpl3 | why is the "deep web" not as widely used/known about as the normal internet, and why is it not illegal to use? | As the title questions, why is this not known about?
I mean for example, if i was to ask every person who passed me in the street if they new that the internet/browsers we use, i.e Google, are actually only giving us a snippet of the information really out there, and there is actually a vast amount they would not even... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2odpl3/eli5_why_is_the_deep_web_not_as_widely_usedknown/ | {
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ulmxb | What causes urbanism? | I have been thinking about this for a while, and I am more or less at the point where I throw up my hands and decide there is no real "rule" of whether a society develops cities or not.
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4nw4es | Why do stars stop undergoing fusion at iron when the most stable nucleus is Ni-62? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4nw4es/why_do_stars_stop_undergoing_fusion_at_iron_when/ | {
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dn5i1j | how are tor hidden services anonymous in both directions? | Clearly some relay node along the way connects directly to the server how does that happen without knowing it's identity? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/dn5i1j/eli5_how_are_tor_hidden_services_anonymous_in/ | {
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y99so | what is the point of harvesting "likes" on facebook if you are not directly promoting a business? | Today on my feed I have a post from "I love dogs" with a pic of a sad dog in the rain captioned "Hit Like if you feel sorry for this dog! (We rescued him)". It has 225,800 likes. Is there any kind of way that someone has monetised this or is it just for fun? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/y99so/eli5_what_is_the_point_of_harvesting_likes_on/ | {
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6b67a1 | perfect numbers | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6b67a1/eli5_perfect_numbers/ | {
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3jeoa0 | how do cigarette lighters actually light a cigarette? | Cigarette lighters are used for everything from charging phones to, well, charging phones. Obviously they got their name from somewhere, so how do they actually light a cigarette? Does the cigarette connect an electrical circuit that heats up? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3jeoa0/eli5_how_do_cigarette_lighters_actually_light_a/ | {
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48ul7a | the slow motion effect in videos, but in real time | Ever seen a music video where the singer is singing along with the real-time track, but it looks like it's all in slow motion? ELI5. | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/48ul7a/eli5_the_slow_motion_effect_in_videos_but_in_real/ | {
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b9gv40 | why are roses so popular? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/b9gv40/eli5_why_are_roses_so_popular/ | {
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13cga1 | During the Hundred Schools of Thought period in China, was there ever a school of thought that advocated anything other than a centralized, monarchic rule? | So I've been reading about the Hundred Schools of Thought period, specifically about Confucius, Meng Zi, Mo Zi, Lao Zi and Legalism, in a university course about China. What I noticed is, with perhaps Lao Zi being a slight exception here, that all of those schools of thought support the establishment of a unified monar... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/13cga1/during_the_hundred_schools_of_thought_period_in/ | {
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4y7nxt | the icann transition | I'm seeing a lot of people concerned about ICANN becoming private and/or international, but I can't find a succinct explanation of the risks and consequences.
Is the web dependent on ICANN, or are there alternatives?
What parts of the web are affected by ICANN?
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4vyfja | how do some pictures look like the person in them is looking into your eyes no matter which angle you look from? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4vyfja/eli5_how_do_some_pictures_look_like_the_person_in/ | {
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4j8jeg | why are some zits white, some blackheads and some just clear oil? | Is the difference in how they're caused, how they're formed, the gunk in them, ect.? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4j8jeg/eli5_why_are_some_zits_white_some_blackheads_and/ | {
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cnwxg9 | Is immunotherapy effective on brain tumors? | With extensive searches there is little information to find one way or another. Most sites discuss what scientists and medical facilities *hope* to achieve for patients, but little information about what is currently achievable.
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6tu3fm | why some geographical locations have stunning clouds and sunrises/sunsets and others have mostly a boring sky? | I'm currently living and working in two different cities and I've noticed that one of them has pretty much all the time stunning sunrises and sunsets, beautiful clouds of all sorts of shapes and sizes, while the other has rarely a sky to notice.
Both cities have more or less the same elevation (around 400 - 500 ft) an... | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6tu3fm/eli5_why_some_geographical_locations_have/ | {
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2zzmzl | why can i "speedwalk" for miles and not get tired... but if i jog slightly faster i get winded in under a mile? | Am I psyching myself out? It's infuriating... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2zzmzl/eli5_why_can_i_speedwalk_for_miles_and_not_get/ | {
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jefwx | what does it mean when a problem "is log(n)" | I quite often hear people say that a function is log(n) or something similar, and I know (or at least I think I do) that it refers to how well the function scales (ex. if you run it once, it'll take half a second, if you run it ten times it'll take 10 seconds, and if you run it 100 times it'll take 1000 seconds) - but ... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/jefwx/eli5_what_does_it_mean_when_a_problem_is_logn/ | {
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1hu5zb | how do professional gamers make money? | I understand how football players get a salary from the club, sponsorship for wearing shoes, tv commercials etc.
In game you cannot be been to wear certain clothing or drink certain drinks etc. While I suppose it is possible to use your summoner name to promote a product I have not seen this happening.
If they get a ... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1hu5zb/eli5_how_do_professional_gamers_make_money/ | {
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5pw9ir | Would *Macbeth* audiences have considered Scotland to be an exotic location? | Obviously James I was himself Scottish, but would the rest of English society be familiar with Thanes/Thegns? Would they know anything about the historic Kings Duncan or Macbeth? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5pw9ir/would_macbeth_audiences_have_considered_scotland/ | {
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14bzd1 | Apparently all US Presidents, save one, are related. Given the time scale, is this really that remarkable? | Question is based on this video, _URL_0_
A fb friend prone to conspiracy theories posted it and I'm curious to get some insight on whether or not this is at all something by which to be impressed, especially given that the common ancestor was a British King from the 12th Century. | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/14bzd1/apparently_all_us_presidents_save_one_are_related/ | {
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1zfltu | why the oscar award for best director is for different movie than the one who won best movie ? | Isnt it wierd?
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74wajq | how do we know by preserving animal species we are not messing up natural "survival of the fittest" part of nature | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/74wajq/eli5_how_do_we_know_by_preserving_animal_species/ | {
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2hbbbf | how you can make an sos call without phone service? | If you have no service on your phone how are you still able to call emergency numbers? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2hbbbf/eli5_how_you_can_make_an_sos_call_without_phone/ | {
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5x5wkw | how does capsaicin cause intestinal cramps? | I've read that there are no nerve endings in our intestines and if there were we'd be able to feel our food moving through. So how does capsaicin cause intestinal pain? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5x5wkw/eli5_how_does_capsaicin_cause_intestinal_cramps/ | {
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92fihg | what causes people to want to stew in their negative emotions? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/92fihg/eli5_what_causes_people_to_want_to_stew_in_their/ | {
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20prs9 | why were the balkan nations allowed to break away from yugoslavia and serbia with western support, but crimea is not allowed to break away from ukraine? | Most of the people don't identify as Ukrainian. It has never historically been part of what we consider Ukraine until "gifted" to the Ukraine SSR by Khrushchev in 1950s. I distrust Putin as much as anybody, but shouldn't we respect what a large majority of the Crimean population wants? Didn't we bomb Serbia just to ... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/20prs9/eli5_why_were_the_balkan_nations_allowed_to_break/ | {
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25dqdc | do "on demand" tv services affect ratings? | I know that ratings are (in a simple nutshell) used to determine a show's popularity, and to help shuffle timeslots per targeted viewing audience. Do "on demand" services still measure the number of watchers for a show/network/genre/etc? Also, does the use of "on demand" services make it difficult for networks to det... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/25dqdc/eli5_do_on_demand_tv_services_affect_ratings/ | {
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2n5f2t | how come i can get really tired reading a book or watching tv, but when i try to go to sleep immediately after i toss and turn for hours before finally falling asleep? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2n5f2t/eli5_how_come_i_can_get_really_tired_reading_a/ | {
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1xnsv7 | how do small isps now entering the market expect to compete longterm with verizon and other gigantic isps? | I hate the monopolistic nature of Verizon and other ISPs, but don't fully understand how it all works behind the scenes. Will the government ever be able to regulate the internet like gas, water, and electricity? Why? Why not?
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41mw3e | why is when someone is being interviewed on a channel like cnn, is there a delay between when they ask a question and the response. | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/41mw3e/eli5_why_is_when_someone_is_being_interviewed_on/ | {
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2gyaij | why is it acceptable for cats to scratch people, but when a dog bites someone it needs to be put down? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2gyaij/eli5_why_is_it_acceptable_for_cats_to_scratch/ | {
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2lgspr | How did the Soviet Air Force develop over the course of World War II? How did it compare to that of the other participants? | I was just reading this thread _URL_0_ and there was a bit of talk about the American military compared to the Soviets, and I realized that beyond being outclassed during Operation Barbarossa I haven't really read much about the Soviet Air Force's capabilities during the war. | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2lgspr/how_did_the_soviet_air_force_develop_over_the/ | {
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30baqa | In the latest slow mo guys video, where they spin a cd fast and break it, what force is acting on the cd to cause it to break? | _URL_0_
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7nyma1 | why do peeholes face up and down rather than side to side? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/7nyma1/eli5_why_do_peeholes_face_up_and_down_rather_than/ | {
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7dkr2q | Wouldn't electric cars be way more efficient if they had multiple gears? | I could imagine that an electric motor could save some power by simply having it run at slower speeds. | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7dkr2q/wouldnt_electric_cars_be_way_more_efficient_if/ | {
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4ukidn | If 100 perfect coins were flipped with identical starting conditions, would they all land the same? | Assuming we have a model that the coin lands heads 50% of the time. | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4ukidn/if_100_perfect_coins_were_flipped_with_identical/ | {
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1cgtvm | How did ancient Greek/Roman mythology survive until the Renaissance? | Sorry if this has already been asked before, but I didn't find any question like this using the search bar.
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e7q3bu | how does your muscle grow stronger/thicker upon being damaged? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/e7q3bu/eli5_how_does_your_muscle_grow_strongerthicker/ | {
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38wezj | How fast would you have to travel around the world to be constantly at the same time? | Edit.. I didn't come on here for a day and found this... Wow thanks for the responses! | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/38wezj/how_fast_would_you_have_to_travel_around_the/ | {
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40h2rr | Was owning slaves in the US limited solely to black people? Could somebody own white slaves? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/40h2rr/was_owning_slaves_in_the_us_limited_solely_to/ | {
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8r5xrk | how come rechargable batteries like in our phones don't "overcharge" when left in the charger at 100%? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/8r5xrk/eli5_how_come_rechargable_batteries_like_in_our/ | {
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1l34l7 | why is it harder to do things that are more beneficial for us? for example, why is it easier to sit at home and watch tv than to run and exercise, or to eat a double cheeseburger than a salad? | I've always wondered this. Obviously there are some exceptions, like causing physical pain to ourselves is harder than not doing anything at all. But, it seems like most of the beneficial things to people in general (losing weight, building muscle, studying hard, work, etc.) almost seem like chores, and something we ... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1l34l7/eli5_why_is_it_harder_to_do_things_that_are_more/ | {
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f77s05 | How does a PC obtain an IP address? | I am pretty new when it comes to IT, but I am trying.
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f93ux9 | how are artists able to recreate what someone would have looked like from solely having their skull to work with? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/f93ux9/eli5_how_are_artists_able_to_recreate_what/ | {
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372512 | There were slaves owned by African Americans. How were those slaves treated? | When slaves became free, some of them went on to become slave owners and sellers themselves. How did those free-men treat their slaves? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/372512/there_were_slaves_owned_by_african_americans_how/ | {
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drhr4m | when and why did the greek economy start to tank? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/drhr4m/eli5_when_and_why_did_the_greek_economy_start_to/ | {
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ebiff3 | how does something like this double rock happen? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/ebiff3/eli5_how_does_something_like_this_double_rock/ | {
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1x55my | What caused the ice age to dissipate to warmer temperatures and cause the glaciers and such to melt? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1x55my/what_caused_the_ice_age_to_dissipate_to_warmer/ | {
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7m4h7q | How has the discovery of Göbekli Tepe rewritten/altered our understanding of early human civilization? | [deleted] | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7m4h7q/how_has_the_discovery_of_göbekli_tepe/ | {
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aenhlk | Were there any cultures where intimate relationships between adults of the same sex were tolerated, rather than just pederasty? | For example, Ancient Greece and Shogunate Japan are often described as being tolerant of homosexuality, when in reality these cultures only tolerated relationships between grown men and teenage boys, prostitutes or slaves. A man had to be the active partner in the relationship, and if he allowed himself to be the passi... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/aenhlk/were_there_any_cultures_where_intimate/ | {
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lqvo1 | Why doesn't entropy negate evolution? | I was debatig a creationist today, and he raised the problem of entropy (that all complex systems eventually disintegrate into simpler ones). I know there's a refutation, but for the life of me I couldn't think of it. | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/lqvo1/why_doesnt_entropy_negate_evolution/ | {
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6r05s0 | why do the ads never have an issue loading but other content does in bad connection areas? | So I'm in a pretty bad area right now for reception. 1 bar on the LTE and for some reason my phone won't drop to standard 4G.
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2wvl2d | how does dr.oz, who has been proven to spout completely inaccurate information to the public, keep his license? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2wvl2d/eli5_how_does_droz_who_has_been_proven_to_spout/ | {
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1qnr75 | Why is BMI still used? | Isn't it practically worthless at this point with all the new nutritional and physiological knowledge? I mean it's simply mass(kg)/height(m) squared. It completely omits whether or not the person has high body fat percentage. That means someone who has tons of muscle and is 6% body fat is considered extremely obese.
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2me9p7 | Thatcher threatening to nuke Argentina if she wasn't handed some code to deactivate Exocet missiles by the French? | Someone made this claim in another subreddit and I find it suspicious, do you (historians), have any opinion/information about the credibility of this claim ?
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9p508s | why do monks have such a long tradition of brewing beer? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/9p508s/eli5_why_do_monks_have_such_a_long_tradition_of/ | {
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9dmrup | how does gravity bend light if light is massless? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/9dmrup/eli5_how_does_gravity_bend_light_if_light_is/ | {
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349hyy | why does a clock exist in the cpu? | Can't there not be a clock so the computer doesn't need to wait for any sort of signal to process an instruction? Surely that will allow the CPU to compute instructions without any factor of *waiting* for a clock tick? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/349hyy/eli5_why_does_a_clock_exist_in_the_cpu/ | {
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13vgmp | How much of a stretch were the Cheka from the Okhrana? | I remember writing a paper in high school about the NKVD, and as a part of the paper I looked into the background of special police forces in Russia. Recently read something more about the subject, and I was curious; how much did the Cheka/NKVD differ from the Imperial Okhrana? Obviously the Cheka and its successor, NK... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/13vgmp/how_much_of_a_stretch_were_the_cheka_from_the/ | {
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28gkr7 | Can/should we describe ancient Carthage as a republic? | I read that Aristotle considered Carthage a republic (I am aware that this term is problematic in Greek), is there credence to this claim? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/28gkr7/canshould_we_describe_ancient_carthage_as_a/ | {
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a6ngt4 | why are canadians so stereotyped? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/a6ngt4/eli5why_are_canadians_so_stereotyped/ | {
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7yg0rd | ~6 months later why haven't gas prices gone back to what they were before hurricane harvey? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/7yg0rd/eli5_6_months_later_why_havent_gas_prices_gone/ | {
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m2ktd | If the major event that triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs never happened, could they have evolved to our level of intelligence? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/m2ktd/if_the_major_event_that_triggered_the_extinction/ | {
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56sh1j | i wear eye glasses, why do colors red and blue move the closer they get to the edge of my lenses? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/56sh1j/eli5i_wear_eye_glasses_why_do_colors_red_and_blue/ | {
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2zg3n8 | what makes a man's sperm come out so quickly? is there some kind of pumping mechanism? | When a man ejaculates, he -normally- pumps out sperm at a very high speed. What is in the body that makes it come out so fast? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2zg3n8/eli5what_makes_a_mans_sperm_come_out_so_quickly/ | {
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2s6ojm | why can we not combine 2 or more wifis to get 1 super fast wifi? | Basically, I know my 2 neighbors passwords and would love to be able to combine all three of our wifis to make a super wifi, why is this not possible? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2s6ojm/eli5_why_can_we_not_combine_2_or_more_wifis_to/ | {
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batqj5 | Are there any history lectures by victor Davis Hanson available? | [deleted] | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/batqj5/are_there_any_history_lectures_by_victor_davis/ | {
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7vsmd9 | Why is the first ionization enthalpy of an oxygen atom lower than that of a nitrogen atom? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/7vsmd9/why_is_the_first_ionization_enthalpy_of_an_oxygen/ | {
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42wf0r | How did scientists in say the 1600s attempt to standardize length remotely? | Could they have used astronomical measurements to convent lengths as small as a foot? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/42wf0r/how_did_scientists_in_say_the_1600s_attempt_to/ | {
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1gm2ei | What's the difference between a Roman family and a Roman Tribe or "gens." | I just looked up some information on Roman names and it said that they had two last names, a nomen and a cognomen. The nomen is for the "clan or gens" name and the cognomen for the family name.
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51ptug | During the Cold War, Americans referred to their Soviet counterparts as "Ruskies" or "Commies." What pejorative terms were used for Americans in the Soviet Union? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/51ptug/during_the_cold_war_americans_referred_to_their/ | {
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4i39pl | how come when children cough they seem to cough for longer than adults? | I've always noticed that when a child is coughing, they seem to cough for long periods of time uncontrollably, whereas adults seem to only cough once or twice, unless they're sick. Why is this? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4i39pl/eli5_how_come_when_children_cough_they_seem_to/ | {
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3b712y | Did the Roman Empire fund rebellions and insurgencies in other countries (like the US did during the Cold War)? | **EDIT**: 137 upvotes and not a single reply...? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3b712y/did_the_roman_empire_fund_rebellions_and/ | {
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dbiqf5 | why we don't replace the blood in a sick person (hiv, cancer) with clean blood. | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/dbiqf5/eli5_why_we_dont_replace_the_blood_in_a_sick/ | {
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215nx0 | What pop culture references did Shakespeare weave into his works? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/215nx0/what_pop_culture_references_did_shakespeare_weave/ | {
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rxfpx | Before there were monsters written into movies, books, and even oral stories, did kids still have an innate fear of them? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/rxfpx/before_there_were_monsters_written_into_movies/ | {
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3aam9v | Why did the Allies think it was so important to place leading Nazis on trial? Why not just line them up against a wall and execute them? | From what I understand, pre-WWII wars were usually resolved by the losing leaders either being sent into exile or immediately murdered by the winning army. Why was the aftermath of WWII so different? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3aam9v/why_did_the_allies_think_it_was_so_important_to/ | {
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94ngz4 | Did Native Americans ever domesticate turkeys? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/94ngz4/did_native_americans_ever_domesticate_turkeys/ | {
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6s6n9e | how do police body cameras record 30 seconds prior to being turned on? | Recently in the news there was a incident where a Baltimore police officer was caught planting drugs at the scene of an arrest.
From what I gathered, the officer turned his body camera on right after he planted them (then proceeded to walk back and pretended to discover them). The officer was caught because apparently... | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6s6n9e/eli5_how_do_police_body_cameras_record_30_seconds/ | {
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1n6huc | Pope Francis, a Jesuit, seems to be trying to change the trajectory of the Catholic church. For example his emphasis on poverty and lower priority on issues such as abortions and homosexuality. How are these changes seen in light of the historic role the Jesuit order played in the Catholic world? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1n6huc/pope_francis_a_jesuit_seems_to_be_trying_to/ | {
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61ygum | how do pronunciation characters work in dictionaries? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/61ygum/eli5_how_do_pronunciation_characters_work_in/ | {
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25y9hz | What influenced Nikita Khrushchev to develop liberal reforms in Soviet Russia? | Nikita Krushchev was an advocate for many of Stalin's policies during his reign. However, he then became the most important figure for Russian liberalization. What possibly influenced him to do so?
edit: Any sources that could help me further investigate this question?
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