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Can satellites be in geostationary orbit at places other than the equator? Assuming it was feasible, could you have a space elevator hovering above NYC?	6348	askscience
The Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia said in an interview today "We are returning to what we were before - a country of moderate Islam that is open to all religions and to the world". What eras might he be referencing or looking to as a model for this move?	3071	AskHistorians
When Pliny The Elder said that Asbestos "also resists all magic potions, especially those concocted by the Magi," what did he have in mind?	198	AskHistorians
Did ancient merchants ever put things 'on sale' (that we have a record of)? Did they have 'holiday sales' around festivals, like we have 4th of July sales, e.g.?	55	AskHistorians
Is the association of a monocle with distinguished urban wealth from a time when even having a single ground glass lens was expensive? Something else? It can’t all be Monopoly man, can it? I feel like I’ve seen it in movies.	37	AskHistorians
Were audiences meant to 'pity' ancient Greek tragic heroes, even for having brought things upon themselves, like modern anti-heroes, or were they more like moral lessons were people got what they deserved? Both? Or did it vary?	36	AskHistorians
Do animals (other than humans) "save the best for last" when they eat, and is there an evolutionary reason some section of humanity has that urge, like developing delayed gratification?	20	askscience
Did differences or tensions between Zulu and Xhosa (or other native) tribes in South Africa affect the development or effectiveness of the ANC, early on or after Apartheid ended?	17	AskHistorians
Philosophical / technique question - I get the answer is 'whatever works', but when you like the songs and everything there, but you KNOW you have put in too many layers finding it, do you have an approach for breaking it down and deciding what gets to stay in the arrangement?	11	WeAreTheMusicMakers
I read a 1930s magazine reference to asbestos (which was used in Hollywood productions for snow and fireproofing) as like a starlet whose name "you won't see on any mazdas" - there seem to have been some Mazda theaters - did this mean like a marquis, or more like 'won't see her on any AMCs"?	6	AskHistorians

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