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When was oil first discovered and how long did it take to become one of the world's most valued commodities as it is today?

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How do cities (e.g. New York) go from an organic street layout to a planned grid system? Was there a large-scale demolition of buildings to make way for the road system at one point?

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Why did early Modern English words have so many extra E's at the end of words? E.g. this old map of Ireland, Cork used to be "CORCKE"

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Where did the trend of nations having modern rectangular flags come from?

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Why does ground-level seem to change so much over time?

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When did people start discovering that dinosaurs once existed? What did people originally think about them?

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Is there any evidence that spicy food is unhealthy?

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Is there any evidence that spicy food is unhealthy?

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A woman with Rhesus neg. blood can have significant difficulty in pregnancy, therefore how has RH- blood not been erased by natural selection by now?

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If it's true that cutting/shaving doesn't stimulate hair growth then why does it seem to make pubic hair grow? There are surely people out there who have never trimmed their pubic hair so why do you never see people walking around with pubes down to their ankles?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
When was oil first discovered and how long did it take to become one of the world's most valued commodities as it is today?	20	AskHistorians
How do cities (e.g. New York) go from an organic street layout to a planned grid system? Was there a large-scale demolition of buildings to make way for the road system at one point?	14	AskHistorians
Why did early Modern English words have so many extra E's at the end of words? E.g. this old map of Ireland, Cork used to be "CORCKE"	10	AskHistorians
Where did the trend of nations having modern rectangular flags come from?	6	AskHistorians
Why does ground-level seem to change so much over time?	2	AskHistorians
When did people start discovering that dinosaurs once existed? What did people originally think about them?	1	askscience
Is there any evidence that spicy food is unhealthy?	1	askscience
Is there any evidence that spicy food is unhealthy?	1	askscience
A woman with Rhesus neg. blood can have significant difficulty in pregnancy, therefore how has RH- blood not been erased by natural selection by now?	1	askscience
If it's true that cutting/shaving doesn't stimulate hair growth then why does it seem to make pubic hair grow? There are surely people out there who have never trimmed their pubic hair so why do you never see people walking around with pubes down to their ankles?	0	askscience