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why is Earth the only planet not named after a roman God?

1328 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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When we say that nothing, not even light, can escape a black hole, does that just mean nothing that we currently know exists? is it concievable that something could have physical properties that would allow it to escape from the gravity of a black hole?

125 upvotes • r/askscience

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The Bible is often though of as the end-all-be-all of christianity, containing absolutely everything a christian needs to know. How highly regarded is it in the academic religious community and are there any other historic texts that are considered nearly as valuable to the religion?

117 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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physicists say to laymen "observing a quantum particle causes the wave function to collapse" but what does this mean mathematically? what does a collapsed function look like compared to the original?

67 upvotes • r/askscience

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when and how did white tank tops begin to be known as "Wife beaters"?

16 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Was the word 'Doctor' first used to describe PhD's/researchers or medical doctors? If the former, when did it switch to primarily referring to medical doctors?

12 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How do birds keep their nests clean while raising chicks?

11 upvotes • r/askscience

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Why is alcohol universally toxic to living things?

10 upvotes • r/askscience

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why is oil/coal nonrenewable? don't we have the technology to recreate the conditions (immense heat/temperature) under which they formed, and plenty of raw material?

9 upvotes • r/askscience

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if matter and energy are one and the same, shouldn't earth have been gaining tons and tons of mass over the years via sunlight?

9 upvotes • r/askscience

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
why is Earth the only planet not named after a roman God?	1328	AskHistorians
When we say that nothing, not even light, can escape a black hole, does that just mean nothing that we currently know exists? is it concievable that something could have physical properties that would allow it to escape from the gravity of a black hole?	125	askscience
The Bible is often though of as the end-all-be-all of christianity, containing absolutely everything a christian needs to know. How highly regarded is it in the academic religious community and are there any other historic texts that are considered nearly as valuable to the religion?	117	AskHistorians
physicists say to laymen "observing a quantum particle causes the wave function to collapse" but what does this mean mathematically? what does a collapsed function look like compared to the original?	67	askscience
when and how did white tank tops begin to be known as "Wife beaters"?	16	AskHistorians
Was the word 'Doctor' first used to describe PhD's/researchers or medical doctors? If the former, when did it switch to primarily referring to medical doctors?	12	AskHistorians
How do birds keep their nests clean while raising chicks?	11	askscience
Why is alcohol universally toxic to living things?	10	askscience
why is oil/coal nonrenewable? don't we have the technology to recreate the conditions (immense heat/temperature) under which they formed, and plenty of raw material?	9	askscience
if matter and energy are one and the same, shouldn't earth have been gaining tons and tons of mass over the years via sunlight?	9	askscience