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Were Pacific Islander cultures ever sufficiently remote/detached to consider the entire world as simply an ocean dotted by chains of islands? If so, did they have a name or ideological/religious concept for this theoretically "endless ocean"?

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Did early Texas cede its northern territories(In modern-day Colorado, Idaho, Oklahoma, etc) specifically so in an effort to be able to be a slave state, as per the Missouri Compromise?

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If Japan and China were demeaning of women, why was the Japanese Shinto deity a woman(Amaterasu)?

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Do men not get breast cancer as often simply because their breasts take up less body mass than that of women?

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In a brown or white cow(A scoop or two of ice cream in a cup that is then filled with soda), why do the carbonated bubbles remain for so long?

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Are social memories and information stored separate from "intellectual" information?

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If we can't tickle ourselves because our cerebellum predicts it will happen, why do we still laugh when we know we're about to be tickled?

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If a space telescope were launched toward the Earth at high speed, and then told to take a photo, would the contents of the photo taken actually be measurably in the future?

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What is the terminal velocity of an Eisenhower silver dollar?

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If the arch of Stonehenge that demarcated the summer solstice had fallen, would historians have even the faintest idea of its purpose?

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Were Pacific Islander cultures ever sufficiently remote/detached to consider the entire world as simply an ocean dotted by chains of islands? If so, did they have a name or ideological/religious concept for this theoretically "endless ocean"?	3625	AskHistorians
Did early Texas cede its northern territories(In modern-day Colorado, Idaho, Oklahoma, etc) specifically so in an effort to be able to be a slave state, as per the Missouri Compromise?	28	AskHistorians
If Japan and China were demeaning of women, why was the Japanese Shinto deity a woman(Amaterasu)?	9	AskHistorians
Do men not get breast cancer as often simply because their breasts take up less body mass than that of women?	5	askscience
In a brown or white cow(A scoop or two of ice cream in a cup that is then filled with soda), why do the carbonated bubbles remain for so long?	3	askscience
Are social memories and information stored separate from "intellectual" information?	3	askscience
If we can't tickle ourselves because our cerebellum predicts it will happen, why do we still laugh when we know we're about to be tickled?	2	askscience
If a space telescope were launched toward the Earth at high speed, and then told to take a photo, would the contents of the photo taken actually be measurably in the future?	2	askscience
What is the terminal velocity of an Eisenhower silver dollar?	2	askscience
If the arch of Stonehenge that demarcated the summer solstice had fallen, would historians have even the faintest idea of its purpose?	1	AskHistorians