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What causes gusts of wind?

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A Song of Ice and Fire depicts medieval warfare as devastating the countryside, crop harvests, and peasant population with widespread abuses of non-combatants. Is this accurate of what warfare was really like during the War of Roses time period?

299 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why was the British colonisation of Australia uncontested by other European powers?

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"I think, Watson, that I shall resume that course of tobacco-poisoning that you have so often and condemned." This is a phrase from a Sherlock Holmes story. Was knowledge of the risks of tobacco widespread in the medical community at that time?

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How would a plant react to being grown while spinning vertically for its entire lifetime?

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What would happen if you cooled water below freezing without allowing it to increase in volume?

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Why did Hill Forts like those found in Britain fall out of fashion? It seems castles would be considerably more difficult to build

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What exactly does the term 'Viral Agent' mean?

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In his WWI series, Dan Carlin claims that Germany saw Russia as on the fasttrack to superpower status, which may have been a driving factor for the war. What were Imperial Germany's plans for a defeated Russia, and is it accurate to say that Tsarist Russia was approaching superpower status?

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I've heard that the Mongols' experience of routing an enemy army came from Genghis leading his army in gigantic hunts through the Eurasian steppe. What do we know about these hunts? How big of an impact would they have had on ecology?

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What causes gusts of wind?	322	askscience
A Song of Ice and Fire depicts medieval warfare as devastating the countryside, crop harvests, and peasant population with widespread abuses of non-combatants. Is this accurate of what warfare was really like during the War of Roses time period?	299	AskHistorians
Why was the British colonisation of Australia uncontested by other European powers?	91	AskHistorians
"I think, Watson, that I shall resume that course of tobacco-poisoning that you have so often and condemned." This is a phrase from a Sherlock Holmes story. Was knowledge of the risks of tobacco widespread in the medical community at that time?	71	AskHistorians
How would a plant react to being grown while spinning vertically for its entire lifetime?	44	askscience
What would happen if you cooled water below freezing without allowing it to increase in volume?	31	askscience
Why did Hill Forts like those found in Britain fall out of fashion? It seems castles would be considerably more difficult to build	28	AskHistorians
What exactly does the term 'Viral Agent' mean?	24	askscience
In his WWI series, Dan Carlin claims that Germany saw Russia as on the fasttrack to superpower status, which may have been a driving factor for the war. What were Imperial Germany's plans for a defeated Russia, and is it accurate to say that Tsarist Russia was approaching superpower status?	22	AskHistorians
I've heard that the Mongols' experience of routing an enemy army came from Genghis leading his army in gigantic hunts through the Eurasian steppe. What do we know about these hunts? How big of an impact would they have had on ecology?	16	AskHistorians