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Has a US president ever taken a “lesser” governmental position after serving as president?

190 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How can TV networks and radio stations tell how many viewers/listeners they have at a given moment?

33 upvotes • r/askscience

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[WP] A society where any person, after interacting with another person, can rate them on a scale of 1-5 stars just like one would rate an Uber driver. If a person falls below a 4.6 star average, they get "deactivated."

6 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Two huge aspects of Western Civilization both seemingly came to be in Italy- the rise of the Roman Empire, and the Renaissance. What made (or makes) Italy so conducive to such developments?

4 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Before airplanes, did sailors and other travelers experience "jet lag" because of changes in time zone?

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Can animals conceptualize quantities and numbers? And to what degree?

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Why do foods with higher fat and sugar content tend to taste better to humans (and other animals) than foods that are leaner? Have we evolved to prefer foods that are highly caloric?

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Do mother cats know the precise number of babies they have?

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I scan a hard-copy 1-page document to my email as a PDF. The next day I've forgotten I've done this, and scan the same document again under the same scanner settings. When I discover I've made two scans, I see that of the PDFs is 70kb, the other is 73kb. What would cause this variance in file size?

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When you get "sick of" a type of food/dish after frequent consumption of it, are there biological implications to this feeling?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Has a US president ever taken a “lesser” governmental position after serving as president?	190	AskHistorians
How can TV networks and radio stations tell how many viewers/listeners they have at a given moment?	33	askscience
[WP] A society where any person, after interacting with another person, can rate them on a scale of 1-5 stars just like one would rate an Uber driver. If a person falls below a 4.6 star average, they get "deactivated."	6	WritingPrompts
Two huge aspects of Western Civilization both seemingly came to be in Italy- the rise of the Roman Empire, and the Renaissance. What made (or makes) Italy so conducive to such developments?	4	AskHistorians
Before airplanes, did sailors and other travelers experience "jet lag" because of changes in time zone?	4	AskHistorians
Can animals conceptualize quantities and numbers? And to what degree?	3	askscience
Why do foods with higher fat and sugar content tend to taste better to humans (and other animals) than foods that are leaner? Have we evolved to prefer foods that are highly caloric?	2	askscience
Do mother cats know the precise number of babies they have?	1	askscience
I scan a hard-copy 1-page document to my email as a PDF. The next day I've forgotten I've done this, and scan the same document again under the same scanner settings. When I discover I've made two scans, I see that of the PDFs is 70kb, the other is 73kb. What would cause this variance in file size?	1	askscience
When you get "sick of" a type of food/dish after frequent consumption of it, are there biological implications to this feeling?	1	askscience