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Before the barometer, how did humans explain cold temperatures and difficulty breathing at high elevations?

171 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What did laziness look like in early or pre-literate cultures?

75 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What conditions lead to a deciduous forest, instead of evergreens?

43 upvotes • r/askscience

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When a cheetah runs down a gazelle at 60+ mph, what keeps them from getting hurt in the resulting 60 mph crash?

36 upvotes • r/askscience

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How did Native Americans actually execute "prescribed fires"?

27 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What actually makes an athlete durable? Or alternatively, why are some athletes "injury prone"?

12 upvotes • r/askscience

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Are all trees with the same leaf arrangement - alternate, opposite, pinnately compound, etc. - more closely related?

9 upvotes • r/askscience

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Hernando De Soto encountered the Mississippi River in 1541. Marquette and Jolliet first explored most of its length in 1673, more than 130 years later. Why did a massive river go unexplored for so long?

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What is the rate of soil development in a grassland vs a forest in the same climate?

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How do plant cuttings know to form roots?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Before the barometer, how did humans explain cold temperatures and difficulty breathing at high elevations?	171	AskHistorians
What did laziness look like in early or pre-literate cultures?	75	AskHistorians
What conditions lead to a deciduous forest, instead of evergreens?	43	askscience
When a cheetah runs down a gazelle at 60+ mph, what keeps them from getting hurt in the resulting 60 mph crash?	36	askscience
How did Native Americans actually execute "prescribed fires"?	27	AskHistorians
What actually makes an athlete durable? Or alternatively, why are some athletes "injury prone"?	12	askscience
Are all trees with the same leaf arrangement - alternate, opposite, pinnately compound, etc. - more closely related?	9	askscience
Hernando De Soto encountered the Mississippi River in 1541. Marquette and Jolliet first explored most of its length in 1673, more than 130 years later. Why did a massive river go unexplored for so long?	8	AskHistorians
What is the rate of soil development in a grassland vs a forest in the same climate?	7	askscience
How do plant cuttings know to form roots?	7	askscience