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21ddn5 | How has Hitler's "Mein Kampf" been used by historians? How has it been misused by others? | I saw something today about *Mein Kampf* going into public domain soon, and concerns that it would be misued. It got me to thinking: it's book is written by one of history's most notorious figures and its most influential leaders. It's an insight into his mind before the Holocaust, before invading Poland, before even h... | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/21ddn5/how_has_hitlers_mein_kampf_been_used_by/ | {
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3to58x | Does conservation of momentum violate the conservation of energy? | assume that object 1 and object 2 are about to collide in ideal conditions;
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Mass= 2 kG
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so after the colli... | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/3to58x/does_conservation_of_momentum_violate_the/ | {
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xq5r7 | Astrobiologists of Reddit, What would life in a gas giant probably look like? | Could life evolve in a gas giant and would it have to live on the core or could it live in the clouds? What kind of chemistry would it have to have and what kind of adaptations would we expect to see? | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/xq5r7/astrobiologists_of_reddit_what_would_life_in_a/ | {
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1bma3c | how does the alpha magnetic spectrometer detect dark matter? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1bma3c/how_does_the_alpha_magnetic_spectrometer_detect/ | {
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1vjekj | Is carbonated water still acidic after it has gone flat? | Additionally I guess I would like to know if there's any difference between still water and water that was once fizzy but is now flat. | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1vjekj/is_carbonated_water_still_acidic_after_it_has/ | {
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j8hjp | christianity | Absolutely serious. As a lifelong Atheist, I still don't understand pretty much everything but the "almighty god, creator of everything" part. Some of my main questions:
What are the fundamentals of Christian philosophy?
What's the difference between all the little groups of them? Catholics, Mormons, etc.
Who was Je... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/j8hjp/eli5_christianity/ | {
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1t71qf | How was "detective" work, or any crime-solving endeavor, carried out in the ancient world? | In either ancient Rome or Greece, how were crimes solved? Did they have police forces? Did they even conceive of crime in similar manner as us? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1t71qf/how_was_detective_work_or_any_crimesolving/ | {
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adcxq2 | how do motion-sickness bracelets work? | like theres no way its not a placebo right? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/adcxq2/eli5_how_do_motionsickness_bracelets_work/ | {
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6gulic | i bought magic the gathering and i seriously cannot figure out how to play it. youtube video after video isn't helping. | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6gulic/eli5_i_bought_magic_the_gathering_and_i_seriously/ | {
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5mrvkr | why can we feel sound waves, but not light waves? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5mrvkr/eli5_why_can_we_feel_sound_waves_but_not_light/ | {
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5x73f8 | In ancient Rome, what would happen if I needed my appendix out? | Also would I know the serve pain Could be life threatening? I guess what I'm really saying is, about how many people would've died from burst appendix before people realized what was wrong? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/5x73f8/in_ancient_rome_what_would_happen_if_i_needed_my/ | {
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1gi8jo | From our vantage point, is there anywhere in the univers that galaxies are still forming? | I know that the observable universe is visible to us on a delay, but are there any pockets of space where we can look and see earlier stages of galaxy formation? From what I understand the farther out we look, the farther back in time we see, so is there anywhere that goes that far back, or did we show up too late to t... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1gi8jo/from_our_vantage_point_is_there_anywhere_in_the/ | {
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6rtt1d | how do small bands/record labels afford to send bands overseas to play live music? | Was watching a Youtube video of a favorite band of mine play a show in Manila, Phillipines.
The band isn't terribly mainstream, popular, or makes millions of dollars. I know a lot of other similar lesser known bands/smaller record labels frequently send artists out to tour Europe, Asia, and the like.
How do they aff... | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6rtt1d/eli5how_do_small_bandsrecord_labels_afford_to/ | {
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88kbr2 | Why did Ned Kelly's armour work against firearms, but medieval steel plate didn't? | I thought that people stopped wearing armour into battle because crossbows and later firearms easily penetrated it, making it obsolete.
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3i9s2t | what's so bad about germany's economy? | I've always assumed Germany's economy was strong, but recently I've been reading that the German economic model is bad for other countries in Europe.
Is it strong or am I just wrong?
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c5ecrc | Why isn't Rubidium yielded from U-235 Fission? | Cesium seems to be one of the largest by-products of U-235 Fission (_URL_0_). If that is the case then why does Rubidium have such a low yield, when their atomic numbers would suggest that Rubidium would be the other fission fragment released when Cesium is created during fission. Is it that most Rubidium isotopes crea... | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/c5ecrc/why_isnt_rubidium_yielded_from_u235_fission/ | {
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2eqyhq | Why doesn't fly spray kill humans? | I understand how fly spray works (_URL_0_) but what I don't understand is why it doesn't affect me. | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/2eqyhq/why_doesnt_fly_spray_kill_humans/ | {
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fjye83 | How young did Venetians typically join the navy? Was there a difference between merchant and wartime fleets? | My question particularly relates to Patrician families during the Republican era. | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/fjye83/how_young_did_venetians_typically_join_the_navy/ | {
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4jokys | why do so many people enjoy watching videos of pimples being popped? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/4jokys/eli5_why_do_so_many_people_enjoy_watching_videos/ | {
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22voob | what's the fuss with purified water? | ELI5: What's the fuss with Purified Water? Why do people say it is bad to drink it rather than just spring water? Thanks! | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/22voob/eli5_whats_the_fuss_with_purified_water/ | {
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2pyidn | why would anyone want to limit or reduce the funding/laws towards the environment. | We are in the middle of some very heavy environment events, massive extinction, ocean acidification, rapid deforestation, ect.. Why would anyone think its a good idea to cut laws/funding towards environmental concerns? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2pyidn/eli5_why_would_anyone_want_to_limit_or_reduce_the/ | {
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8g1jco | How did indigenous cultures, European colonists, or pre-electricity South Americans understand the power of the Electric Eel? Did they understand it as the same phenomenon as lightning, or something else? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/8g1jco/how_did_indigenous_cultures_european_colonists_or/ | {
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1uzh8u | Does heat radiation from metal radiate in all directions? | I have a starfrit shallow frying pan and heated up a hash brown on it. When it was finished, i picked up the pan and since it was not dirty i just put it on a wooden pan saucer. However, I noticed that the pan was radiating heat from the cook surface and not the bottom of the pan that was actually touching the element ... | askscience | http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/1uzh8u/does_heat_radiation_from_metal_radiate_in_all/ | {
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2ytmc1 | why are feminists opposed to the thin, scantily clad, large chested female characters in video games, but not the 6' feet tall male models with six pack abs on the covers of romance novels? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2ytmc1/eli5_why_are_feminists_opposed_to_the_thin/ | {
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4ab3bw | Where did the Whites and Reds find the manpower and willing soldiers to engage in the Russian Civil War after the losses in World War I? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/4ab3bw/where_did_the_whites_and_reds_find_the_manpower/ | {
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emlx50 | How does buoyancy work on a molecular level? | I've been trying to find the reason that less dense substances float on more dense substances, but every explanation I find is insufficient. One common explanation I hear is that when an object is immersed in a fluid with greater density, the pressure at the bottom of the object is greater than the pressure at the top.... | askscience | https://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/emlx50/how_does_buoyancy_work_on_a_molecular_level/ | {
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vnjue | I want to read 12 history books in one year to know "all the things", what should be on the list? | *Thanks to /u/zombie_lenin and /u/HallenbeckJoe here are similar threads to look at:*
[AskHistorians Master Book List](_URL_2_)(strongly recommended!), [Learning world history from the beginning](_URL_3_), [A set of books that give a general understanding of Western History](_URL_1_
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3gd2zk | how are movies like the parent trap made when one actor plays multiple roles and their faces are seen together in the same shot? | Especially in 1998 when I am assuming they had different film technology | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3gd2zk/eli5_how_are_movies_like_the_parent_trap_made/ | {
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2wocjb | Why did the Scandinavian Norsemen write runes? | I live in the Swedish area called Roslagen which carries a good amount of viking history. A local runestone says: "Inga had a runestone raised for Ragnfast, her husband, who inherited the village after Sigfast, his dad. May God help their spirits."
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9hh11s | why is white pride racist, when no other "colour" pride is considered racist? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/9hh11s/eli5_why_is_white_pride_racist_when_no_other/ | {
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6jkxuy | Why has Country Music remained so white? What cultural and industry forces kept the genre that so willingly borrowed from blues, gospel, norteño, and mariachi so completely dominated by white artists and tied to white identity? | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/6jkxuy/why_has_country_music_remained_so_white_what/ | {
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1rc5d4 | During WWII, which Red Army unit was considered "elite"? Which was its most successful, and why? | Every army had its best of the best and considered elite by other units in the military and even it's enemies. Which unit was the best the Red Army had to offer? What were the reasons for its effectiveness? | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/1rc5d4/during_wwii_which_red_army_unit_was_considered/ | {
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3s955c | how do kickstarter payments work? what prevents the receiver from just running away with the money? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/3s955c/eli5_how_do_kickstarter_payments_work_what/ | {
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6nq86m | why do we have to put oil in our cars, why can't we use another liquid like water? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/6nq86m/eli5_why_do_we_have_to_put_oil_in_our_cars_why/ | {
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15ca42 | why doesn't the blood in raw meat clot (as far as i can tell)? | Meat is often noticeably bloody before it's cooked and it occurred to me that I would expect the blood to be more clotted, specially after having been in contact with air. Why is this not the case? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/15ca42/why_doesnt_the_blood_in_raw_meat_clot_as_far_as_i/ | {
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1om4b6 | where does weight actually go when one is losing it? how can i go to sleep weighing 202 and wake up weighing 199? | So yeah... Always wondered this. During the process of losing weight, how does it actually leave your body? Does exercise convert it to waste and then you just get rid of it that way? If so, when losing weight, does one have to go to the bathroom a LOT more? How does it just magically disappear? It's always perplexed m... | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1om4b6/eli5_where_does_weight_actually_go_when_one_is/ | {
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2i24io | how do people get away with murder in the courtrooms, even if it was obvious that they did it? | Like OJ Simpson and other cases..
Really good lawyers? How do the lawyers do it?
Edit: ok, besides the simple answer good lawyers. A more technical answer would be nice | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2i24io/eli5how_do_people_get_away_with_murder_in_the/ | {
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f25nlc | When nations/people moved (e.g. Turks, Anglo-Saxons), did the entire population move or just the leaders/army? | I'm no historian, but I know of a lot of examples when some 'nation' was somewhere and later it was somewhere else. Examples:
Turks: Central Asia - > present-day Turkey
Anglo-Saxons: Saxony - > England
Arabs: Arabia - > Iberia (and then back)
Celts: most of western Europe - > Brittany, Wales, Scotland and Irela... | AskHistorians | https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/f25nlc/when_nationspeople_moved_eg_turks_anglosaxons_did/ | {
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7t340i | if i'm far enough from the ground holding my glasses, the lens will cast a shadow even though they are clear. if i move up like a foot, the lens shadow becomes more and more transparent. why? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/7t340i/eli5_if_im_far_enough_from_the_ground_holding_my/ | {
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8ylr2o | how many time does radioactivity takes to disappear ? | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/8ylr2o/eli5_how_many_time_does_radioactivity_takes_to/ | {
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5tdq4c | where are the colors that a human can't see? is my wall secretly another color? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/5tdq4c/eli5_where_are_the_colors_that_a_human_cant_see/ | {
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16ibw0 | Can a historian please tell me the date when Lincoln said the following quote? | The quote is: "The probability that we may fail in the struggle ought not deter us from the support of a cause we believe to be just." | AskHistorians | http://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/16ibw0/can_a_historian_please_tell_me_the_date_when/ | {
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2cy88t | why do dogs love peanut butter so much? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/2cy88t/eli5_why_do_dogs_love_peanut_butter_so_much/ | {
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1vn3rg | why do companies trademark simple words that other companies use anyway? | I was at Buffalo Wild Wings and the "Mild" sauce name was trademarked (Mild™) and I noticed that hundreds of other restaurants probably use the word "mild".
Why would they trademark such a simple and common word that will be used anyway? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1vn3rg/eli5_why_do_companies_trademark_simple_words_that/ | {
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alst20 | difference between hypoxemia and hypoxia | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/alst20/eli5_difference_between_hypoxemia_and_hypoxia/ | {
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1878a3 | why do we refer to animals' colors not as the color they actually are? | I guess this is true with people too. But what I mean is 'blue', 'red', 'lemon' etc. Why not call them grey, brown (maybe red-brown) or light brown? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1878a3/eli5_why_do_we_refer_to_animals_colors_not_as_the/ | {
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1ntyey | why does climate change mean that climates will become more extreme, rather than just changing? | I've always been curious as to why it is constantly said that with man made climate change comes more extreme climates, eg Dry areas become drier, and wet areas become wetter. Why does this occur, rather than climates just changing, with some becoming wetter and some drier? How do we know this? | explainlikeimfive | http://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/1ntyey/eli5_why_does_climate_change_mean_that_climates/ | {
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