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For two objects 50 billion light years away from each other, can it be said that anything happens on them simultaneously? Is there "simultaneousness" even with time dilation, etc?
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Maine State Flag Referendum: On November 5, 2024 a legislatively-referred state statute, the MSFR, will go before voters in the US state of Maine. If enacted, it will change the official state flag from the current version, first enacted in 1909, to a variation of the 1901 flag.
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I've heard Mansa Musa gave away so much gold in his 14th century pilgrimage to Mecca that he ruined the economies of the areas through which he traveled. What would life have been like for these places? Who ended up with the gold?
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I've read that water is "incompressible." Are there any properties of water in the deep ocean that are different from what's in my glass?
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After the US Constitution was sent to the states for ratification, were there discussions at the various conventions regarding the possibility of future secession?
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How common was catapulting plague-ridden corpses into besieged cities to break their defenses during the Black Death?
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What was East/Berlin/East Germany's excuse for not letting its citizens leave for West Berlin/West Germany? Was there embarrassment about having to keep people from escaping?
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After the U.S. Constitution was sent to the states, what was the sentiment among the ratifying conventions regarding allowing states to leave the Union in the future? How did feelings on this topic change/evolve between 1787 and 1861?
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