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[WP] internet goes down. An emergency public broadcast on the television plays "STAY INDOORS AND DO NOT LOOK OUTSIDE." The radio simultaneously broadcasts the message "EVACUATE IMMEDIATELY, GET TO HIGH GROUND."
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Many animals have parents that take care of their young like humans, but do any have observed “grandparent” relationships? Or do only humans place value on the generation after their kids?
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I'm a messenger in service to Genghis Khan sent to talk to the leaders of civilizations we plan on conquering. Is there anything I can do or say to prevent the leaders from killing me or am I just doomed to die if the leader has hostile intentions?
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You see in all sorts of fantasy media Knights who can single handedly slay scores of foot soldiers. Could one knight from the Middle Ages actually take on a dozen or so poorly trained/armored/armed soldiers and come out on top?
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Why did the Praetorian Guard still exist after it kept assassinating emperors? Shouldn’t it have been disbanded for its habit of killing the people they were supposed to guard?
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Did every early civilization decide to name their cities? Or is that something we’ve done more recently to make them easier to discuss? I.e. would someone living in Ur say “I live in Ur” or just “I live in that city over there”?
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Is there a reason why the geographic “panhandles” exist in the USA? Why weren’t they merged more evenly with the surrounding states when they were formed?
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JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, written in late 1980s Japan, has an arc in which a Nazi SS unit is depicted as unethical, but end up allies of the protagonists. How did the average Japanese in the 70s-80s view the Nazis/SS? Would a sizeable minority actually think they were unethical allies?
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If 1 box in 100 has a prize, I have a 1% chance of winning. But if I play it 100 times, I do not have 100% chance of winning. Why is that? And what is the actual win chance?
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