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Why does a muscle seem to sometimes go crazy and just pulse with seemingly random contractions and relaxations?

1551 upvotes • r/askscience

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How do astronomers make observations about things like the speed of a galaxies rotation without watching it for centuries?

19 upvotes • r/askscience

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Are there any studies that show other species to be capable of lying/dishonesty?

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So the sun has been 'burning' for billions of years and has a couple billion left, what is it that keeps all this fuel in one place for such a long time in such a stable formation? Why doesn't it all just explode or break itself apart or do something else in a small amount of time?

8 upvotes • r/askscience

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Is brain damage always totally irreversible ?

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Let's say I'm one of the early colonists pushing west across America, how do I claim land as mine? What's the legal process and what about those pesky natives?

7 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why would the Nazis permit any photography of their war crimes?

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At what point in history did the concept of a chef/restaurant/food stall become viable?

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What was Dr Dre's motivation in writing "forgot about dre"?

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In the Domesday book, Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, is noted for having an oil well. What would an oil well have looked like and how would the product have been refined and used in the 11th century?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why does a muscle seem to sometimes go crazy and just pulse with seemingly random contractions and relaxations?	1551	askscience
How do astronomers make observations about things like the speed of a galaxies rotation without watching it for centuries?	19	askscience
Are there any studies that show other species to be capable of lying/dishonesty?	13	askscience
So the sun has been 'burning' for billions of years and has a couple billion left, what is it that keeps all this fuel in one place for such a long time in such a stable formation? Why doesn't it all just explode or break itself apart or do something else in a small amount of time?	8	askscience
Is brain damage always totally irreversible ?	7	askscience
Let's say I'm one of the early colonists pushing west across America, how do I claim land as mine? What's the legal process and what about those pesky natives?	7	AskHistorians
Why would the Nazis permit any photography of their war crimes?	6	AskHistorians
At what point in history did the concept of a chef/restaurant/food stall become viable?	6	AskHistorians
What was Dr Dre's motivation in writing "forgot about dre"?	5	AskHistorians
In the Domesday book, Kimmeridge Bay, Dorset, is noted for having an oil well. What would an oil well have looked like and how would the product have been refined and used in the 11th century?	3	AskHistorians