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32wvn8 | what's the difference between a forest and a wood? | [
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"answer": "They're used interchangeably a lot. You'll get different answers from different resources, but the general consensus seems to be that woods are smaller than forests.\n\n > A wood is an area covered in trees, larger than a grove or a copse. A forest is also an area covered in trees, but it is large... | null |
1yc9zg | Are there any good source material on the Warsaw Ghetto to be had online? | [
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"answer": "Many of the relevant primary sources wont contain the those specific details in an aggregated way. There are a few great examples of diaries and reports coming from the Warsaw Ghetto. The statistics you are looking for would likely come from secondary sources.\n\nOne great example is the Stroop Rep... | null |
elzx1n | we do we instinctively grab a part of our body after it is hurt? | [
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"answer": "A) instinct. To protect it from further damage (if the damaging agent is ongoing) or to prevent bleeding and such.\n\nB) pain. Our brain knows that pressure sensation blocks pain sensation from experience. So we reflexively grab the injury site because it alleviates the pain.\n\nEdit: English and c... | null |
1j7pwx | Following the passing of the Thirteenth Amendment, were there any cases of slave-owners attempting to continue the practice illegally? | [
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"answer": "All across the South during the years following the civil war, a series of \"Black codes\" were passed into law. Their purpose was to effectively re-enslave the freed slaves by justifying their forced labor by labeling them vagrants, essentially making unemployment illegal and thereby allowing a st... | null |
3qr7uu | In medieval and pre-modern times, political entities made marriage pacts between heirs in order to secure peace. Often times, this didn't last for more than 20 years, if not even less. Why did they even bother? | [
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"answer": "Twenty years of peace is much better than no peace at all. Twenty years is enough time for a generation of young men to forgo military service, time to build infrastructure, time to consolidate power, and time grow a treasury.\n\nThere are also plenty of examples of peaces that last longer than tw... | null |
fvbxhi | What happened to German and Italian volunteers in the International Brigades of the Spanish Civil War after they were disbanded in 1938? | [
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"answer": "I gave a relatively brief answer to this [here](_URL_0_), focusing more on the Germans (for whom I had a relevant source handy). If I get the chance later today, I'll try and expand on it!",
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31qce9 | What (if anything) did Native Americans think lay beyond the Pacific and Atlantic oceans? | [
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"answer": "The desert people of the American Southwest generally understood the concept of oceans as not being fundamentally different from a large lake or stream. Among the [recorded] creation myths of the O'odham peoples, at least two contain gods or demigods turning small rivers into vast oceans, splitting... | null |
11j8u0 | Is it possible that in the distant future, an organism that exists right now on Earth, will evolve to the point that it can be considered intelligent life? Which animal comes the closest? | [
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"answer": " > Is it possible that in the distant future, an organism that exists right now on Earth, will evolve to the point that it can be considered intelligent life?\n\nYes, it's possible, but by no means is it a sure thing. Evolution doesn't have a goal in mind, nor does it have specific end points that... | null |
1qfda2 | How much can you learn from someone's genome? | [
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"answer": "Well this is fun, we literally just covered this kind of stuff in my advanced molecular biology course.\n\nYour genome will contain variation depending on genetics that has been passed down from your parents. You may be homozygous for 11 copies of a short-tandem repeat (STR, 2-3 'letters' repeated... | null |
3s6g1h | why are hispanics included as whites in statistical polls instead of being considered their own independent demographic like blacks or native americans? | [
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"answer": "Hispanic is not a race. It's an ethnicity. There are white Hispanics, black Hispanics, Native American Hispanics, and even Asian Hispanics.\n\n",
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"answer": "White is an ever shifting definition. It wasn't that long ago that Irish, Italians, Eastern Europeans an... | null |
3lv8jv | what causes "flashing lights", or blurry vision after strenuous physical activity? | [
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"answer": "**NOTE**: I am not a medical doctor, and this is not a diagnosis; just the best attempt I can at explaining it.\n\nIt's likely caused by the gel inside of his eyes rubbing on or pulling at the retina. If he stood up after a car ride, it can cause a change in blood pressure as well, which would lead... | null |
1rwxa7 | if an ambulance on its way to a call witnesses an accident, what do they do? | [
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"answer": "It depends on the severity of the accident compared to the severity of the call they're en route to. If they see a horrible car wreck, and they're on a call for a broken bone, they'll stop for the wreck and radio in to let the dispatcher know to send out a new ambulance for the initial call. Howe... | null |
272ed8 | how do i know that i don't have depth perception? | [
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"answer": "Sure, if you've never experienced true binocularity (brain fusing each eye's image into one that is 3D), you might not realize you don't have it. It's possible to develop that skill so long as both eyes are physically intact and functional and so is your brain. Neuroscience ftw!\n\n A book that dis... | null |
8oarq7 | since oil & water don't mix, how are essential oil soaks helpful? | [
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"answer": "As far as I know there is no scientific proof that essential oils work anyway, but yes your skin can only absorb so much.",
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"answer": "Essential oils are worthless for everything but smelling good anyway, so adding water certainly doesn't improve anything",
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75t27i | if a nuclear bomb is dropped on other nuclear bombs that are idle on the ground, will it create a double explosion or do these weapons need to become 'activated' in order for them to be able to detonate? | [
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"answer": "a nuclear device functions by joining two or more chunks of radioactive material with explosive force together attaining a critical sustainable mass. A nuke dropped on nukes would not trigger this....the grounded nukes could only, theoretically, add to the radioactive fallout as their unspent nucle... | null |
7wy34p | why do bottles of liquid have a dent/semi circle at the bottom of them? | [
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"answer": "Its to make the plastic stronger. Without it they would have to add much more plastic to make it stable, which is more expensive. The bottle wouldn't explode, but it would cause the thinner areas to sag and deform. That would increase the chance of it bursting apart when force is applied. But with ... | null |
5by6yg | the dow futures is reported to have dropped 700 points already. what does that mean for retirement funds, the market in general, etc...? | [
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"answer": "It means that Mr. Market is scared, and the future looks really bleak. \n\nThe market believes a recession or worse is coming and that for the foreseeable future, things in an economic sense look bad. \n\nRetirement funds are based heavily on the stock market (not entirely) which will go down corre... | null |
1nfs65 | During the Cold War period, was Able Archer and The Cuban Missle Crisis the peak of tensions? | [
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"answer": "I would see a distinct difference between \"peak of tensions\" and \"closest we came to a nuclear exchange.\" The Berlin crisis of 1948 was potentially a higher \"peak of tensions\" than Able Archer 83, but because the nuclear situation was only one-sided, it is not cited as a \"close call.\" I wou... | null |
3cnjdg | what's in artificial food coloring that makes it so toxic to consume? | [
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"answer": "Food coloring is not considered toxic by most people. From Google:\n\n > \n > \n > While red dye #2 was subsequently banned from products sold in the United States, many health-conscious consumers continue to avoid foods with other artificial colors or dyes β **even though the U.S. Food and Drug A... | null |
65gxj9 | why does it feel like your stomach drops when your adrenaline kicks in? | [
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"answer": "It's related to the fight-or-flight response. Your body prioritizes your extremities and blood is drawn away from \"non-essentials\" such as the digestive system. This leads to that uneasy stomach feeling you get.",
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33eu1y | what happens to someone convicted of a felony that is going to die soon? | [
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"answer": "There are Hospitals/infirmaries in prisons. They'd likely just spend their final time in there.\n\nOr they might just be put in with the general population if they don't need constant medical care.",
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"answer": "They still go to prison, there was a nazi war crimin... | null |
3imr6u | Why can a person safely receive platelets donated by anyone, but can only receive a particular type of whole blood? | [
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"answer": "Platelets don't have antigens (the things antibodies recognize) on them. What might be a good way to remember this is that they're not made from red blood cells where the ABO blood group antigens are, they're shed from cells in the bone marrow called megakaryocytes. \n\nThat's not to say platelets ... | null |
41k6y7 | why don't people get tolerance from orgasms like they do from drugs? | [
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"answer": "Well you can. Masturbate everyday, and compare it to not masturbating for a month. You do build up a tolerance if you will. It's less intense.",
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"answer": "I can confirm this too, from exhaustive experimenting. Then more frequent you repeat it, the smaller a kick... | null |
230tie | Is the shield wall fighting depicted on the show "Vikings" historically accurate? | [
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"answer": "Awesome thank you. I checked the FAQ and totally missed it.",
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db5xd6 | what is the difference between inches, millimeters and caliber when talking about guns? | [
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"answer": "Caliber is a measure of the internal diameter of a gun barrel. Inches are an SAE unit, and millimeters are a metric unit. Either can be used to describe the caliber, based on the manufacturer's preference.",
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ca8tzl | why is hydrogen so common on earth and helium quite rare? | [
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"answer": "Hydrogen is highly reactive, it bonds to oxygen, forming water. Water is quite dense, even as a vapor, and is therefore quite durable in the atmosphere.\n\nHelium is a noble gas and nearly perfectly inert. Being unbound to any heavier elements, it quickly rises to the top of the atmosphere and is l... | null |
pmni3 | Why do the Russian scientists have to wait till December to study the water they took from Lake Vostok? (Lake under Antartica) | [
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"answer": "Vostok Station is one of the most [inhospitable places for humans to work](_URL_0_). December is the Antarctic summer, so the weather will be better, temperatures warmer, and up to 24 hours of daylight.",
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