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You can smell from a distance if someone hasn’t bathed/washed clothes in a week. Did medieval Europe burglars/spies/assassins practice much better hygiene than the average commoner to stay stealthy? Would this be suspicious?

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Is there any measurable difference between an extremely fine powder (where grains are only a few molecules each) and a liquid?

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[WP] Write a short story that seems normal, but at the end reveals something unexpected (but hinted at) about the perspective. I.e. the narrator is a bear, everyone is blind, etc.

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What was the first recorded beat drop in music history? Wikipedia references the 1970s, but much older songs like In The Hall Of The Mountain King have a very clear “drop” in my mind

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In medieval warfare, I assume that after one country surrenders, the losing besiged castles remaining are informed and the garrison disbands. Did a besieging force ever fake a surrender to trick the castle garrison into disbanding? How would I as a defender know that the surrender was real?

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If you are in a medium, like air, can you exceed the speed of light in air? Or if you are in a vacuum, and light is in the medium of air/whatever, can you exceed the speed of light in said medium?

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Why exactly do wolves howl?

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What makes a material insulate heat better than others?

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[WP] Grains of sand are discovered to be tiny organisms, lying dormant for millions of years. One day, they all wake up. And they are hungry.

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Were there ever times that translators deliberately mistranslated a message to manipulate the leader? (I.e. one king says “let us be allies” and a translator with a personal vendetta against that kingdom translates it as a declaration of war).

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You can smell from a distance if someone hasn’t bathed/washed clothes in a week. Did medieval Europe burglars/spies/assassins practice much better hygiene than the average commoner to stay stealthy? Would this be suspicious?	4	AskHistorians
Is there any measurable difference between an extremely fine powder (where grains are only a few molecules each) and a liquid?	4	askscience
[WP] Write a short story that seems normal, but at the end reveals something unexpected (but hinted at) about the perspective. I.e. the narrator is a bear, everyone is blind, etc.	4	WritingPrompts
What was the first recorded beat drop in music history? Wikipedia references the 1970s, but much older songs like In The Hall Of The Mountain King have a very clear “drop” in my mind	3	AskHistorians
In medieval warfare, I assume that after one country surrenders, the losing besiged castles remaining are informed and the garrison disbands. Did a besieging force ever fake a surrender to trick the castle garrison into disbanding? How would I as a defender know that the surrender was real?	3	AskHistorians
If you are in a medium, like air, can you exceed the speed of light in air? Or if you are in a vacuum, and light is in the medium of air/whatever, can you exceed the speed of light in said medium?	3	askscience
Why exactly do wolves howl?	3	askscience
What makes a material insulate heat better than others?	3	askscience
[WP] Grains of sand are discovered to be tiny organisms, lying dormant for millions of years. One day, they all wake up. And they are hungry.	2	WritingPrompts
Were there ever times that translators deliberately mistranslated a message to manipulate the leader? (I.e. one king says “let us be allies” and a translator with a personal vendetta against that kingdom translates it as a declaration of war).	2	AskHistorians