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When we use tools like uranium dating and carbon dating to identify the ages of objects, how are we sure of the starting concentration of those materials such that we can date the objects by measuring the concentration of those materials remaining in the objects?

4691 upvotes • r/askscience

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I hate the Seanchan

85 upvotes • r/WoT

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[WP] You are a kind and loving dragon. It has been 150 years since you liberated Lonely Mountain and its riches from those greedy dwarves and Lake Town is prospering. Now they are back to reclaim their gold and they’ve brought some horrible invisible monster called a Hobbit with them.

59 upvotes • r/WritingPrompts

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Is the history of whteness as a self referential term described in the linked article supported by the historical record?

5 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Given the deadliness of the rapier and the later ubiquity of bayonets, why was nearly every western military usibg sabers by the time swords were phased out as a combat weapon?

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You are a kind and loving dragon. It has been 150 years since you liberated Lonely Mountain and its riches from those greedy dwarves and Lake Town is prospering. Now they are back to reclaim their gold and they’ve brought some horrible invisible monster called a Hobbit with them.

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When we use tools like uranium dating and carbon dating to identify the ages of objects, how are we sure of the starting concentration of those materials such that we can date the objects by measuring the concentration of those materials remaining in the objects?	4691	askscience
I hate the Seanchan	85	WoT
[WP] You are a kind and loving dragon. It has been 150 years since you liberated Lonely Mountain and its riches from those greedy dwarves and Lake Town is prospering. Now they are back to reclaim their gold and they’ve brought some horrible invisible monster called a Hobbit with them.	59	WritingPrompts
Is the history of whteness as a self referential term described in the linked article supported by the historical record?	5	AskHistorians
Given the deadliness of the rapier and the later ubiquity of bayonets, why was nearly every western military usibg sabers by the time swords were phased out as a combat weapon?	2	AskHistorians
You are a kind and loving dragon. It has been 150 years since you liberated Lonely Mountain and its riches from those greedy dwarves and Lake Town is prospering. Now they are back to reclaim their gold and they’ve brought some horrible invisible monster called a Hobbit with them.	1	WritingPrompts