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In the nativity story, Jesus is born in a manger because there is no room in the inn. What would a typical inn in 1st Century Judea have been like, and who would have typically stayed in one?

655 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How would each of the three stars in Alpha Centauri look in the sky of a planet in that system?

9 upvotes • r/askscience

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Bees can see further into the ultraviolet portion of the ER spectrum than we can. Which, if any animals can see infrared? Which animals' vision spectra are furthest diverged from ours in either direction?

7 upvotes • r/askscience

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How are we able to accurately determine the intensity of earthquakes that happened long ago (before the modern seismometer)?

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In the nativity story, Jesus is born in a manger because there is no room in the inn. What would a typical inn in 1st Century Judea have been like, and who would have typically stayed in one?	655	AskHistorians
How would each of the three stars in Alpha Centauri look in the sky of a planet in that system?	9	askscience
Bees can see further into the ultraviolet portion of the ER spectrum than we can. Which, if any animals can see infrared? Which animals' vision spectra are furthest diverged from ours in either direction?	7	askscience
How are we able to accurately determine the intensity of earthquakes that happened long ago (before the modern seismometer)?	1	askscience