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Have the terms "the twenties," "the sixties," "the nineties," etc. always referred to the decade of the previous century, or is this a relatively recent development?

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Does food have the same amount of calories before and after it's been cooked?

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[WP] Humanity only beat climate change by surrendering to an ecological/environmental based dictator.

18 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Will two chess programs playing against each other play the same game every time?

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[WP] "They shoot. We walk."

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Would a closed, lit room get darker due to an increase in volume, assuming that the light source was constant?

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How did the first humans/proto-humans to cook their food know to do so?

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Why is the mass of a hydrogen atom slightly less than the mass of a proton plus the mass of an electron?

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If I formed a simple circuit with a wire and battery out in space, would the circuit itself begin to rotate the opposite direction that the electrons are flowing so as to converse angular momentum?

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Did plants with fruit evolve to taste good to spread their seeds via animals eating them, or did animals evolve to enjoy the taste of the fruit because it was healthy for them? Is there any real difference?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Have the terms "the twenties," "the sixties," "the nineties," etc. always referred to the decade of the previous century, or is this a relatively recent development?	589	AskHistorians
Does food have the same amount of calories before and after it's been cooked?	23	askscience
[WP] Humanity only beat climate change by surrendering to an ecological/environmental based dictator.	18	WritingPrompts
Will two chess programs playing against each other play the same game every time?	4	askscience
[WP] "They shoot. We walk."	4	WritingPrompts
Would a closed, lit room get darker due to an increase in volume, assuming that the light source was constant?	2	askscience
How did the first humans/proto-humans to cook their food know to do so?	1	askscience
Why is the mass of a hydrogen atom slightly less than the mass of a proton plus the mass of an electron?	1	askscience
If I formed a simple circuit with a wire and battery out in space, would the circuit itself begin to rotate the opposite direction that the electrons are flowing so as to converse angular momentum?	1	askscience
Did plants with fruit evolve to taste good to spread their seeds via animals eating them, or did animals evolve to enjoy the taste of the fruit because it was healthy for them? Is there any real difference?	1	askscience