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Nitrogen is a gas that pretty much no one cares about and our bodies don't metabolize it, yet it makes up 79% of the air we breathe. Given that we only require oxygen, could you replace nitrogen with any other inert gas and breathe just fine?

1696 upvotes • r/askscience

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What causes meteorites to have a geometric almost crystalline pattern on their interior?

12 upvotes • r/askscience

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Why do neutrons decay with predictable regularity?

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How were depression and mental health problems treated in the Middle Ages and antiquity?

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Has death always been regarded as a frightening thing?

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Did the Imperial Japanese military know that they were being struck by atomic bombs at the end of WW2, or did the think it was some other kind of high explosive? How much science did they have on the atom bombs themselves?

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How Do You Calculate the Size of a Black Hole Explosion?

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Why does a gun need constant maintenance, cleaning and repair from firing bullets, but a car's engine can fire its cylinders billions of times without needing to be taken apart for years, if ever?

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Nitrogen is a gas that pretty much no one cares about and our bodies don't metabolize it, yet it makes up 79% of the air we breathe. Given that we only require oxygen, could you replace nitrogen with any other inert gas and breathe just fine?	1696	askscience
What causes meteorites to have a geometric almost crystalline pattern on their interior?	12	askscience
Why do neutrons decay with predictable regularity?	11	askscience
How were depression and mental health problems treated in the Middle Ages and antiquity?	11	AskHistorians
Has death always been regarded as a frightening thing?	3	AskHistorians
Did the Imperial Japanese military know that they were being struck by atomic bombs at the end of WW2, or did the think it was some other kind of high explosive? How much science did they have on the atom bombs themselves?	3	AskHistorians
How Do You Calculate the Size of a Black Hole Explosion?	1	askscience
Why does a gun need constant maintenance, cleaning and repair from firing bullets, but a car's engine can fire its cylinders billions of times without needing to be taken apart for years, if ever?	1	askscience