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Do geese belong to individual flocks, or can they just join up with whatever flock is headed in the right direction?

6401 upvotes • r/askscience

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What happened in the 1970's that lowered the number of high profile assassinations in the United States?

245 upvotes • r/AskHistory

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Why do waves come in sets?

40 upvotes • r/askscience

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Why did pre-European civilizations of the Americas north of current day Mexico not build cities?

27 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Are there parts of our DNA that aren't attributable to ancient Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals, or Denisovans?

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Is there a theoretical limit to how quickly we can increase a liquid to a boiling point?

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If the troposphere can extend twice as high above the equator as it does above the poles, why don’t we have wildly varying barometric pressures between the two places?

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How did the US react to Thomas Jefferson emancipating only three of his many slaves, all of which were known even then to likely be his children?

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How do cultures that regularly exhume dead bodies not get sick?

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Why did the Gothic peoples of the 4th and 5th centuries AD flee from Hunnic migrations to Rome rather than Germania?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do geese belong to individual flocks, or can they just join up with whatever flock is headed in the right direction?	6401	askscience
What happened in the 1970's that lowered the number of high profile assassinations in the United States?	245	AskHistory
Why do waves come in sets?	40	askscience
Why did pre-European civilizations of the Americas north of current day Mexico not build cities?	27	AskHistorians
Are there parts of our DNA that aren't attributable to ancient Homo Sapiens, Neanderthals, or Denisovans?	22	askscience
Is there a theoretical limit to how quickly we can increase a liquid to a boiling point?	15	askscience
If the troposphere can extend twice as high above the equator as it does above the poles, why don’t we have wildly varying barometric pressures between the two places?	7	askscience
How did the US react to Thomas Jefferson emancipating only three of his many slaves, all of which were known even then to likely be his children?	6	AskHistorians
How do cultures that regularly exhume dead bodies not get sick?	6	askscience
Why did the Gothic peoples of the 4th and 5th centuries AD flee from Hunnic migrations to Rome rather than Germania?	5	AskHistorians