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Maybe one for Art Historians specifically: why did it take so long for painters to work out perspective?

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When did we start using the BC/AD dating system?

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It's quite a common thing to hear about settlers to North America bringing diseases with them that decimated native populations which hadn't encountered those diseases before. Why don't we hear about diseases spreading the opposite way?

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Why does it get colder months after the darkest part of the year?

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What is the minimum size for a gas-only planet?

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Why don't sperm live longer?

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Today we have the first day of Spring, a supermoon, and a solar eclipse. When was the last time all these things happened in a single day?

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What are some evolutionary oddities, 'mistakes' or inefficiencies of the human body?

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If I had a cubic metre of, say, nihonium, what would it look like as it decayed? Would it melt like an ice cube or just get more porous/less dense?

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I was enjoying flipping through my newly-developed roll of pictures from the photo store

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Maybe one for Art Historians specifically: why did it take so long for painters to work out perspective?	403	AskHistorians
When did we start using the BC/AD dating system?	34	AskHistorians
It's quite a common thing to hear about settlers to North America bringing diseases with them that decimated native populations which hadn't encountered those diseases before. Why don't we hear about diseases spreading the opposite way?	4	AskHistorians
Why does it get colder months after the darkest part of the year?	4	askscience
What is the minimum size for a gas-only planet?	2	askscience
Why don't sperm live longer?	1	askscience
Today we have the first day of Spring, a supermoon, and a solar eclipse. When was the last time all these things happened in a single day?	1	askscience
What are some evolutionary oddities, 'mistakes' or inefficiencies of the human body?	1	askscience
If I had a cubic metre of, say, nihonium, what would it look like as it decayed? Would it melt like an ice cube or just get more porous/less dense?	1	askscience
I was enjoying flipping through my newly-developed roll of pictures from the photo store	1	TwoSentenceHorror