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2qj8e4 | what ever happened to puerto rico becoming a sate? the voted for it--now what do they need to do? | Outside of final congressional approval, what do they need to do first to actually become a state, since they voted a couple of years ago saying it is what they would like to do? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2qj8e4/eli5what_ever_happened_to_puerto_rico_becoming_a/ | {
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7vwc63 | how do magnetic ipad covers lock/unlock the ipad when it’s closed/opened? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/7vwc63/eli5_how_do_magnetic_ipad_covers_lockunlock_the/ | {
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6qt8vq | I'm a regular person living in France as the Nazis invade and take the country. How does my day-to-day life change? | How does the operation of the country run? Does everyone still go to work every day, pay taxes etc. What happens to the government? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6qt8vq/im_a_regular_person_living_in_france_as_the_nazis/ | {
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3qt0u6 | Were any high ranking Axis personel killed in Allied Air Raids? | The mass aerial bombing of Germany and Japan targeted their major cities and killed hundreds of thousands of civilians, but did these air raids ever manage to kill any important Axis personnel? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3qt0u6/were_any_high_ranking_axis_personel_killed_in/ | {
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rkls3 | If someone pointed a gun against your forehead and fired, would you even know they pulled the trigger? | Would your neurons signal to your brain before the bullet?
Edit: Just wanted to clear things up, I am NOT suicidal. I'm a perfectly content college student, happy with the fact that everything I need in life has been put in front of me over the years. I just thought of this last night when I couldn't sleep and I ha... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/rkls3/if_someone_pointed_a_gun_against_your_forehead/ | {
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353fds | In the history of US intervention, has a military or financial investment in another country paid off? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/353fds/in_the_history_of_us_intervention_has_a_military/ | {
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2mau9j | Book List in Wiki Question -- Looking for suggestions on Financial History. | I am looking to learn more in regards to financial history / history of money (an example would be *The Ascent of Mone*y by Niall Ferguson or *The Battle of Bretton Woods* by Benn Steil) and did not see a financial history category in the wiki book list.
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uym0s | Can food allergies be overcome? | I've heard from several people before (non-scientists) that introducing a tiny tiny amount of what a person is allergic to back in to their system and very gradually building up the dosage is enough to cure an allergy.
Is this true, either in some cases or as a universal cure? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/uym0s/can_food_allergies_be_overcome/ | {
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b57kp1 | Why do black holes have such strong gravitational fields ? | They are formed from a collapsed star core right?
I always thought gravitational fields depended on mass not density, why doesn't this work for black holes? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/b57kp1/why_do_black_holes_have_such_strong_gravitational/ | {
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g3t9yl | Do antibody test detect memory B cells after active anti bodies have subsided? | From what I understand, antibodies are only present in the body during the infection (and remain in the body for about 2 weeks post infection). After the infection (or virus) has been defeated the anti bodies leave and memory B cells take their place.
So how do antibody tests work? Wouldn’t they be effectively ineffec... | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/g3t9yl/do_antibody_test_detect_memory_b_cells_after/ | {
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2t2jbf | why do people say you can't get rid of something once it's on the internet and that our digital footprint will outlive us all, when a lot of times even just a 4 or 5 year old page can be impossible to track down? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2t2jbf/eli5_why_do_people_say_you_cant_get_rid_of/ | {
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3z252c | how were bank robbers in the old west (1850-1870) caught or chased? | If there was someone who went around robbing banks in the old west, would it be the police/marshals who chased him or would it be someone else? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3z252c/eli5_how_were_bank_robbers_in_the_old_west/ | {
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34vb2t | what is really the difference in gas types? | What is the real difference in levels of gasoline? And also, what is the difference between gasoline and diesel?
Is it just quality? Or an excuse to charge you more?
EDIT: Wow, thanks a bunch. Makes sense, | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/34vb2t/eli5what_is_really_the_difference_in_gas_types/ | {
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2ng3db | if music is playing in my head when i go to sleep, the same song/track instantly resumes playing as i wake up. why? | This has always fascinated me. I'm wondering if like some parts of your brain just stores whatever info is circulating as I fall asleep in it and resumes as it wakes up? Or is the song just non stop playing in my head as I sleep? What goes on in my brain while that happens?
Or is this just unique to me? My family has ... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2ng3db/eli5_if_music_is_playing_in_my_head_when_i_go_to/ | {
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36q8s5 | why is there a market for commodities trading? | I'm trying to understand the very basics of the commodities market, especially agri commodities. I am not entirely sure I understand why the trading happens at all. Some of the questions I have are:
1. What are the origins of the commodities market?
2. Why do commodity exchanges exist?
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4qzw6q | Why does adrenaline make you stop feeling injuries? | Today, I read a few posts in an /r/askreddit thread that told how they did not feel their very major injuries (broken back and hip) until they woke up later in a hospital bed.
Specifically, ones story was this: they went over a jump on their horse which they were training and lost memory at that point. Witnesses desc... | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/4qzw6q/why_does_adrenaline_make_you_stop_feeling_injuries/ | {
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4fqn9n | what happens to the occipital lobes of a person who was born blind? | Since the occipital lobes are almost exclusively used for processing vision, what roles do they play in a person who has been blind all their life? Do they shift their abilities? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4fqn9n/eli5what_happens_to_the_occipital_lobes_of_a/ | {
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2j44fc | Why does smoking fish make it safe to eat? | I would like to know what actually occurs in the smoking process of say, smoked salmon, that makes it safe for human consumption. On a wikipedia article it says that the fish only gets up to 37 degrees C, which surely can't be high enough to kill bacteria on the fish? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2j44fc/why_does_smoking_fish_make_it_safe_to_eat/ | {
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300eih | when and why did all cereal makers stop giving away toys in their boxes? | Growing up in the UK, this was a standard in almost any cereal box, Kelloggs, Nestle or otherwise. Where have they all gone? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/300eih/eli5_when_and_why_did_all_cereal_makers_stop/ | {
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30rcmo | since atoms can't touch each other, what causes friction between two objects? also, how does this friction cause heat when the atoms don't actually touch? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/30rcmo/eli5_since_atoms_cant_touch_each_other_what/ | {
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3d61rb | Is this predicted Mini-Ice age, bunk? Does it have any impact on the consensus around Climate Change. | A friend posted a link to an article on AOL that described a "mini-ice age". The article was short on refernces (none that is) but was similar to [this one](_URL_0_). To my unscientfic mind it seems to describe an effect of the Sun's solar cycle and has nothing to do with Climate Change. I just don't know how to valid... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3d61rb/is_this_predicted_miniice_age_bunk_does_it_have/ | {
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72adaf | What would a circle look like if the ratio of its circumference to diameter was 3 instead of pi? | In Arthur C Clarke's series A Time Odyssey, there are spheres that have the ratio as 3 instead of pi and I was wondering what they might look like. | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/72adaf/what_would_a_circle_look_like_if_the_ratio_of_its/ | {
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2mipyh | When did the practice of the repatriation of war dead begin? | I was taught at school that in WW1, UK and Commonwealth forces established cemeteries in France and Belgium because there were too many bodies to be able to repatriate them all in a timely fashion. Is there any truth to this or is the process of repatriating war dead a recent phenomenon? What happened to soldiers kille... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2mipyh/when_did_the_practice_of_the_repatriation_of_war/ | {
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7jkd0r | Can someone explain to me this map from the 9th century Europe? | [This map](_URL_0_)
I can't find any useful information on it, but the interesting things about it are that 1. Albania is located near the Caspian sea (east of Iberia and Armenia) and 2. Serbia (Servia) is much larger than it is normally thought in that period, and if we take into account the fact that there was no pe... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7jkd0r/can_someone_explain_to_me_this_map_from_the_9th/ | {
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ahhjxw | why do front wheel cars handle better on ice and snow than rear wheel? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/ahhjxw/eli5_why_do_front_wheel_cars_handle_better_on_ice/ | {
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5ep20a | what is the process to get a case up to the supreme court of the united states? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5ep20a/eli5what_is_the_process_to_get_a_case_up_to_the/ | {
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1z2dht | what would happen if you ate laxatives but didn't have anything left to let out? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1z2dht/eli5what_would_happen_if_you_ate_laxatives_but/ | {
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h7w7l | Question: Why are mosquitoes not a leading cause for spreading the AIDS virus? (Because i genuinely don't know.) | So if you share needles with an AIDS patient you are susceptible to contracting the virus.Considering a mosquito sucks blood from quite a few people in his _URL_0_ it possible to contract the virus after it has bitten an AIDS patient.I assume not, but why is it so?. (Ignorance ....help!) | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/h7w7l/question_why_are_mosquitoes_not_a_leading_cause/ | {
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1cl0zk | Can a mosquitos proboscis pop a water balloon? | I should go to sleep | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1cl0zk/can_a_mosquitos_proboscis_pop_a_water_balloon/ | {
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3smfo2 | after brain damage, what would the requirements be for full regeneration without scar tissue? | I read that these are the requirements but I would like an explanation of these please so i can understand it better. How can liver cells repair even when a lobe of it is missing? is it the same process as what we would need in the brain?
Brain regeneration can be divided into five steps: (1) anterior blastema formati... | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3smfo2/eli5_after_brain_damage_what_would_the/ | {
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2ie65g | Was Mahatma Gandhi really racist against Blacks and Muslims? IF this really is true, did he change his views later on in his life? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/2ie65g/was_mahatma_gandhi_really_racist_against_blacks/ | {
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bsg4ri | How did we discover molecular processes like the Krebs cycle or electron transport chain? | “I need someone to explain this to me like I’m a 5 year old” - Michael Scott
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388lc8 | Question about Galvanic Corrosion, Do the metals need to touch? | From everything I have read about galvanic corrosion it always states 3 main things need to occur,
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2ynm70 | How noisy is it on the surface of the sun? | Is it the loudest place in our system? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2ynm70/how_noisy_is_it_on_the_surface_of_the_sun/ | {
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caxsum | How were consumer goods marketed in the Soviet Union? Were there television advertisements or catalogs? | In Western countries, we obviously have TV ads, radio ads, catalogs, newspaper ads, billboards, product placement, everything under the sun. I know the USSR didn't produce a huge number of consumer products like toys, but for those that were produced, how were they marketed? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/caxsum/how_were_consumer_goods_marketed_in_the_soviet/ | {
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byt934 | why does there not seem to be any solitary source for nutritional/diet information that isn't a wide variety of conflicting advice or obvious pseudo-science? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/byt934/eli5_why_does_there_not_seem_to_be_any_solitary/ | {
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4l51ki | Colonial Era - Were the Dutch truly tolerant, or just 'business'? | I've read somewhere that the Dutch were the most tolerant during the colonial era. But considering they had a large influence in the spice trade, and it being a small nation, wasn't it just business or a choice made by its environment? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4l51ki/colonial_era_were_the_dutch_truly_tolerant_or/ | {
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42itth | Is there a connection between the changes in the cinematography of Pornography and changing social norms surrounding sex? | I'll confess, I did submit this question a wee while back, and it didn't get too much traction - but I know there are folks with backgrounds in gender studies, obscenity, cultural history and the like who post here sometimes, and I think it's a fairly interesting question c:
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16ckbv | zeno's infinite series paradox. | [Wiki page.
](_URL_0_)
I understand the basic idea of Zenos paradox, in that if you move your finger to touch a pencil, you can get infinitely closer to that pencil without touching it, basically rendering motion and actually touching an object useless.
Ex: (1/2inch, 1/4 inch,....., 1/40000000 inch,..., 1/1000000000... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/16ckbv/eli5_zenos_infinite_series_paradox/ | {
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29w6r1 | " Two Native Americans landed in Holland in 60 B.C." Is this true? | The newest [article] (_URL_2_) on _URL_1_ claims that two Native Americans crossed the Atlantic and landed in Holland in 60 B.C. Their source is simply this [book.] (_URL_0_)
Can anyone here verify this? I've never heard anything like this.
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68j7wv | What did American Indians smoke? | This is just something I have always seen in text books and films but I was never sure exactly what they were smoking. | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/68j7wv/what_did_american_indians_smoke/ | {
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5h8c3e | why some people suffer from clinical depression and others don't? is there difference between brains? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5h8c3e/eli5_why_some_people_suffer_from_clinical/ | {
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4945fn | When were backpacks invented? | I once heard that backpacks are a remarkably recent invention (like post-1700). Is that true? What is the earliest known example of a backpack? By backpack I mean a large pack carried by straps over each shoulder. | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4945fn/when_were_backpacks_invented/ | {
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1343ro | (Not trying to be rude/ insensitive), What are the reasons why Hitler is more of a villain than other mass murderers (Stalin, Mao) ? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1343ro/not_trying_to_be_rude_insensitive_what_are_the/ | {
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4prqwb | if someone poored the equivalent in mass as our sun, of water on to our sun, what would happen? | First off if this has already been asked can someone link me to the post? I have searched this sub but perhaps didn't use the correct key words in the search.
So yeah, just got asked this by my mate, he wants my honest opinion but I would rather know the facts instead of having an uneducated honest guess.
Thanks i... | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4prqwb/eli5_if_someone_poored_the_equivalent_in_mass_as/ | {
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3vrx6c | why do some peoples pinkie fingers automatically raise up when doing things? | Especially when holding a cup, typing, playing a piano, using a trackpad or occasionally even when writing or drawing things. I know it's some sign of "being fancy", but why does it happen by reflex? In my case, it's most common in my right hand. | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3vrx6c/eli5_why_do_some_peoples_pinkie_fingers/ | {
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1pzstu | do objects really have an inherent color or is their color actually dependent on the light from the sun? | This is truly embarrassing that I don't know this, but I've always feel like I'd be chastised for asking it publicly.
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1rk8cb | how many people had to be in agreement before the soviet union could lunch it's nukes? | I'd like to believe that the sanity of one man wasn't all that was standing in the way of human extinction for over 30 years | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1rk8cb/how_many_people_had_to_be_in_agreement_before_the/ | {
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369ix5 | why do free wifi hotspots make you register? | Title pretty much says it | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/369ix5/eli5_why_do_free_wifi_hotspots_make_you_register/ | {
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3ui7ni | what is a gun show and how does it work? why are people opposed to them? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3ui7ni/eli5what_is_a_gun_show_and_how_does_it_work_why/ | {
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1iyjkt | can a healthy woman with no income get obamacare? how does one get it? | I'm just visiting, but these questions were posed. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1iyjkt/eli5_can_a_healthy_woman_with_no_income_get/ | {
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1z4b8n | Can bacteriophages cause disease in humans by killing our bacterial lawn? | Thanks! | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1z4b8n/can_bacteriophages_cause_disease_in_humans_by/ | {
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1qww57 | From an evolutionary stand point is live birth more beneficial than laying eggs, if so why, if not why did live birth arise? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1qww57/from_an_evolutionary_stand_point_is_live_birth/ | {
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4ljyrm | at what point did countries in the middle east become extremist muslim/militiary? | Pardon my ignorance (both culturally and historically) but I've come across some photos of Iran or Iraq in the 1970s of people (especially women) dressed in normal clothing/having fun/mixed genders fraternizing freely
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1pva9w | in movies when people are pointing guns at each why doesnt one just shoot? | EDIT: At each other* | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1pva9w/eli5_in_movies_when_people_are_pointing_guns_at/ | {
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7enkpp | why do upcoming movies still say “not yet rated” when it’s pretty obvious what the rating is gonna be? | Or not be? & Why do movies take so long to be rated? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/7enkpp/eli5_why_do_upcoming_movies_still_say_not_yet/ | {
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1mxale | What are some examples where the United States went into a foreign country and improved the stability of said country? | Thinking of examples such as Panama. Thanks! | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1mxale/what_are_some_examples_where_the_united_states/ | {
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76c5sc | why are major and minor chords the same frequency? | I was tuning my guitar and I played A minor, and it showed up as A. so I played A major and it also showed up as A, same frequency. Why are they the same if they sound different? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/76c5sc/eli5_why_are_major_and_minor_chords_the_same/ | {
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372htt | when the police offer money for information on a crime, where does that money come from? | Where does the money that Crime Stoppers and other police agencies give out to people who give information on crimes come from? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/372htt/eli5when_the_police_offer_money_for_information/ | {
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33qrcr | . why do people appear to have one eye that squints more than the other? | Or to put it a different way when you look at people why is one eye usually more closed/smaller in appearance than the other. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/33qrcr/eli5_why_do_people_appear_to_have_one_eye_that/ | {
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ya9f7 | Did DNA itself evolve over time? Or was it the same as today since life first started? | All life forms have some sort of DNA, for replicating cells and reproduction, afaik. Did this process itself evolve over the billions of years, or did it work exactly the same as it does today?
If it did evolve, how? If it didn't, why not?
Thanks.
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ak53ht | how are our water pipes pressurized? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/ak53ht/eli5_how_are_our_water_pipes_pressurized/ | {
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4fjv0d | Has there ever been a case of terrorists or other actors claiming responsibility for attacks they did not carry out? | I was thinking about the possible propoganda benefits of a terror cell claiming responsibility for an attack that someone else committed, before anyone knew differently, or claiming they caused some sort of accident to make themselves seem stronger than they are. I know that False Flag attacks have happened before, but... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4fjv0d/has_there_ever_been_a_case_of_terrorists_or_other/ | {
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5tau3v | why has humanity used barrels for liquids and crates for solid goods? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5tau3v/eli5_why_has_humanity_used_barrels_for_liquids/ | {
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3lucnw | How much does the weight of the space craft effect it's reentry into the atmosphere? | If at all. Are there certain trajectories for different weights or does it not really matter? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3lucnw/how_much_does_the_weight_of_the_space_craft/ | {
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b93ot7 | In regards to sunscreen and its effectiveness over time. How is it "used up"? | They say that you need to reapply sunscreen every two hours but is that duration dependent on how much the sun's photons reacts with the sunscreen on your skin or is it simply that the sunscreen loses its effectiveness the longer it is on your skin? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/b93ot7/in_regards_to_sunscreen_and_its_effectiveness/ | {
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4oqkdm | what is borax and what does it have to do with smelting? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4oqkdm/eli5_what_is_borax_and_what_does_it_have_to_do/ | {
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n8f36 | Can reading tiny fonts damage your eyesight? | Basically I'm looking to get an eReader of some sort and I have a lot of pdfs that have tiny writing once you put them onto a small screen. Some of them are comics, so zooming in is kinda not great... Anyway, I seem to be able to read them fine, albeit a little closer to my face than with a normal book, but I wanna kno... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/n8f36/can_reading_tiny_fonts_damage_your_eyesight/ | {
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1or7e0 | If an alien satellite comparable to Voyager passed through our solar system, would we see it? | I've always been fascinated by the Voyager satellites and the images and sounds they carry on their golden records. If a technologically comparable satellite from an alien race passed through our solar system, what are the chances we would discover it?
For those interested, here are images of some of the stuff sent o... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1or7e0/if_an_alien_satellite_comparable_to_voyager/ | {
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6lmgla | Why didn't the Soviet Union face any threats from the west when invading Poland jointly with Germany in 1939? | I've always read that they jointly invaded Poland (Molotov-Ribbentrop pact) but this got repercusions only to Germany, which had war declared upon. Why wasn't the soviet union threatened too? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6lmgla/why_didnt_the_soviet_union_face_any_threats_from/ | {
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9asfu0 | why a different bloodtype from every immediate member of a family can hapen if they are all blood related? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/9asfu0/eli5_why_a_different_bloodtype_from_every/ | {
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3vb9xy | Do Aquatic Animals Yawn? | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3vb9xy/do_aquatic_animals_yawn/ | {
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5afmlw | How does an RNA 'know' which DNA strand to copy during transcription? | Since RNA is single stranded, and each base codon codes for an amino acid, what DNA strand is copied greatly influences the protein being formed. If both strands had the chance of being copied then you could have two proteins being coded by one gene. Proteins which could have vastly different functions. Is my understan... | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/5afmlw/how_does_an_rna_know_which_dna_strand_to_copy/ | {
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3jh7q0 | Where did the Chinese hairstyle of the shaved head with the long ponytail originate from? | I've been watching a lot of kung fu movies and the majority of them are set in the beginning of the 20th century. The hairstyle seems very common. Where did it originate from and what caused it to disappear? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/3jh7q0/where_did_the_chinese_hairstyle_of_the_shaved/ | {
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4z0ezj | reason for uti burning sensation? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4z0ezj/eli5_reason_for_uti_burning_sensation/ | {
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abj3af | why are all james bond songs similar, regardless of who the artist is? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/abj3af/eli5_why_are_all_james_bond_songs_similar/ | {
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j0gg1 | Does every 3-d dimensional object have a point that you can balance it perfectly on? | Say I took the Empire State Building, does a point exist on it that if I was strong enough that I could balance it on my finger? What about a car. What about a house? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/j0gg1/does_every_3d_dimensional_object_have_a_point/ | {
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2sqjs5 | what argument(s) have courts used as a "legitimate state interest" for banning gay marriage? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2sqjs5/eli5_what_arguments_have_courts_used_as_a/ | {
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3hh4vk | Is the temperature of sand hotter than the temperature it is exposed to? | I am currently in Abu Dhabi on holiday where the average daytime temperature during the summer is around 43°C, but the sand on the beach feels much much hotter on my feet.
Are feet more sensitive to heat, so the sand feels hotter? Or, despite the temperature being 45°C, is the sand hotter than that? If so, how can so... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3hh4vk/is_the_temperature_of_sand_hotter_than_the/ | {
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3uhbyg | How do scientists "control" variables like age, marital status and gender when they analyse their data? | It occurred to me while reading a paper that I have no idea how this is actually done in practice and how effective these measures are at helping researchers come to more useful conclusions.
Any info appreciated. | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3uhbyg/how_do_scientists_control_variables_like_age/ | {
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1guii7 | Why was the Polish "aristocrat democracy" a failure? | I recently talked with some Polish friends about history and they mentioned this form of democracy ultimately led to the disappearance of the country in the XVIII century. | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1guii7/why_was_the_polish_aristocrat_democracy_a_failure/ | {
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7nozi6 | It's 9:00PM and I'm hungry but there's nothing to eat in the house. Where do I, a middle-class citizen of Rome in 130 AD go out to eat? What foods and drinks can I expect to find there? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/7nozi6/its_900pm_and_im_hungry_but_theres_nothing_to_eat/ | {
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jws3t | How does humidity affect how sound travels? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/jws3t/how_does_humidity_affect_how_sound_travels/ | {
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1rvfuz | What are the main differences of quantum mechanics from 1932 to today? | Doing a research paper on Werner Heisenberg and am curious as to what ideas from his time have changed alot. | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1rvfuz/what_are_the_main_differences_of_quantum/ | {
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718217 | what is the science behind a shower being too warm one day and on another the ideal temperature is near scalding? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/718217/eli5_what_is_the_science_behind_a_shower_being/ | {
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5c5pdp | what function does tongue-rolling serve in order for some to have the gene and others not? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5c5pdp/eli5_what_function_does_tonguerolling_serve_in/ | {
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108434 | Can empirically derived equations be found theoretically? | For example, I couldn't sleep last night so I pulled out a dusty old fluid mechanics textbook. There was a quick section on check valves, and determining the fluid velocity required to open the valve - and there was a note that the corresponding velocity equation was empirical, which leads to my question. And vice-ve... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/108434/can_empirically_derived_equations_be_found/ | {
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1qfiwr | Does high cholesterol really cause heart disease? | In Australia, the ABC recently ran an episode on the program The Catalyst, which suggested that high cholesterol does not cause heart disease and most people are wasting their time taking cholesterol-reducing drugs called statins. An article on this episode can be found [here](_URL_1_).
The Program "Media Watch", whic... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1qfiwr/does_high_cholesterol_really_cause_heart_disease/ | {
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4zhtv7 | what happens when someone sends you a text message but your phone is switched off? where 'is' the message until it reaches your phone? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4zhtv7/eli5_what_happens_when_someone_sends_you_a_text/ | {
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2vjpa1 | what is happening when i'm pumping gas and stops every 1/4 gallon like my tank is full? | Sometimes when I'm pumping gas it'll kick off every 10 seconds ink unless I'm giving it barely any pressure. It's pretty annoying and can make a 10 gallon full up take 5 minutes and all my patience not to pull it out of my car and spray it around like the scene from Zoolander. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2vjpa1/eli5_what_is_happening_when_im_pumping_gas_and/ | {
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ezlg0 | Do you think my generation will live longer than the current live expectancy? (I'm 18yo) | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/ezlg0/do_you_think_my_generation_will_live_longer_than/ | {
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f1h51v | Did the French Revolutionary Government ever propose attempting to get Acadia and Canada back from Britain after the 7 Years War or did they just accept it as the past? | I know the French Monarchy didn’t care too much for either Acadia or Canada but would the more radical voices in the Revolution had seen the lack of care as a betrayal to the French people in North America? Obviously this would’ve been impossible though as any rational mind would know the Royal Navy would never allow a... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/f1h51v/did_the_french_revolutionary_government_ever/ | {
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22xp68 | what is the deal with "mermaids the new evidence show". | My co-worker thinks mermaids are a real thing, I don't. Can someone explain whats going on? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/22xp68/eli5_what_is_the_deal_with_mermaids_the_new/ | {
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4ts9nh | why do clones of app store games take almost no time to appear? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4ts9nh/eli5_why_do_clones_of_app_store_games_take_almost/ | {
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3s4c22 | why do dogs choose a favorite person in the family? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3s4c22/eli5_why_do_dogs_choose_a_favorite_person_in_the/ | {
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1v5n5k | Is there any material that is accessible to humans (either natural or artificial) that can withstand the temperature of our sun? | And if so, how have/can we used/use it to our benefit? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1v5n5k/is_there_any_material_that_is_accessible_to/ | {
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2tiudn | what's the meaning of "ayyy" and "ayyy lmao": what is the difference between them and what's the origination? | the title says it all; the question might be better for r\outoftheloop. | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2tiudn/eli5_whats_the_meaning_of_ayyy_and_ayyy_lmao_what/ | {
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6zg2ca | can you technically lucid dream anything and experience anything? if so, can you really conjure up the unimaginable? or experience something you've never experienced before? would it ever be accurate? for instance experience scuba diving in dream, would it be as accurate as in real life? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6zg2ca/can_you_technically_lucid_dream_anything_and/ | {
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6hadw5 | when we feel wind hitting us, what are we actually feeling? what is actually hitting us? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6hadw5/eli5_when_we_feel_wind_hitting_us_what_are_we/ | {
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