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How do cities die?

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There are no fireflies in the UK. What did the earliest settlers think of them when they came to the Americas?

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Was there tension between athiests and believers in the ancient world?

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What do we know about the people who made the Book of Kells?

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Shakespeare is known for having coined many words that are now part of contemporary English. I have two questions about this. How do we know he invented these words? And was inventing new words common for writers of that time, or is that unique to Shakespeare?

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How did the ancient Greeks choose their gods? Did people generally choose one to principally follow? Did they just kind of inherit their main deity from their parents? How did it work?

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Have any cultures had gods dedicated to children or childhood?

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I've just listened to a few podcasts on epigenetics. It's cool, but it's different than what I've always been taught. How accepted is it? What are some proofs?

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We've discovered gravitational waves... Might it be possible to discover or invent something that blocks them?

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Why didn't mosquitoes evolve so that animals and people enjoy being bitten?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How do cities die?	3261	AskHistorians
There are no fireflies in the UK. What did the earliest settlers think of them when they came to the Americas?	82	AskHistorians
Was there tension between athiests and believers in the ancient world?	77	AskHistorians
What do we know about the people who made the Book of Kells?	35	AskHistorians
Shakespeare is known for having coined many words that are now part of contemporary English. I have two questions about this. How do we know he invented these words? And was inventing new words common for writers of that time, or is that unique to Shakespeare?	16	AskHistorians
How did the ancient Greeks choose their gods? Did people generally choose one to principally follow? Did they just kind of inherit their main deity from their parents? How did it work?	10	AskHistorians
Have any cultures had gods dedicated to children or childhood?	1	AskHistorians
I've just listened to a few podcasts on epigenetics. It's cool, but it's different than what I've always been taught. How accepted is it? What are some proofs?	1	askscience
We've discovered gravitational waves... Might it be possible to discover or invent something that blocks them?	1	askscience
Why didn't mosquitoes evolve so that animals and people enjoy being bitten?	1	askscience