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I recently read a quote saying people die twice. The first when they physically die and the second when the last person that knows their name dies. So who's the oldest person we know the name of?

1645 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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If your car is on a steep hill or towing something heavy and you push on the gas pedal but the car doesn't move, where is the energy going?

10 upvotes • r/askscience

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So uhh a cool thing about the internet on earth is that your ping isn't (unless there's weird server problems) longer than a second. If we colonize other planets and solar systems, it'd be quite a noticable delay. Is there any theoretical way to solve this?

6 upvotes • r/askscience

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If I try to push something, but it doesn't move, where does the energy go?

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[NF] A Drunken Night Downtown

3 upvotes • r/shortstories

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How can my cpu compute 100 GFLOPS when it's frequency is only 3.5ghz?

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If you got a speaker to vibrate at 540 THz, would green light come out of it instead of sound?

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Is it possible for Neptune to acquire Pluto as a moon?

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You know how photos of nebulae appear to be an illuminated cloud? If Earth was very close to one, would the nebula be visible in the night sky? Would it light up the Earth to more than Moon light levels?

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What is a computer actually doing when reading from the hard drive?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
I recently read a quote saying people die twice. The first when they physically die and the second when the last person that knows their name dies. So who's the oldest person we know the name of?	1645	AskHistorians
If your car is on a steep hill or towing something heavy and you push on the gas pedal but the car doesn't move, where is the energy going?	10	askscience
So uhh a cool thing about the internet on earth is that your ping isn't (unless there's weird server problems) longer than a second. If we colonize other planets and solar systems, it'd be quite a noticable delay. Is there any theoretical way to solve this?	6	askscience
If I try to push something, but it doesn't move, where does the energy go?	6	askscience
[NF] A Drunken Night Downtown	3	shortstories
How can my cpu compute 100 GFLOPS when it's frequency is only 3.5ghz?	2	askscience
If you got a speaker to vibrate at 540 THz, would green light come out of it instead of sound?	2	askscience
Is it possible for Neptune to acquire Pluto as a moon?	1	askscience
You know how photos of nebulae appear to be an illuminated cloud? If Earth was very close to one, would the nebula be visible in the night sky? Would it light up the Earth to more than Moon light levels?	1	askscience
What is a computer actually doing when reading from the hard drive?	1	askscience