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It's often highlighted that 50% of Rome's expenditures went towards its military. Were they an outlier, or did other ancient civilizations spend as much, or more?

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Without the benefit of hindsight, was there genuine fear during WWII that either Germany or Japan posed an existential threat to the United States?

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How is the pre-reform British House of Lords viewed by historians, strictly in terms of it's performance as a governing body? Was reform purely a rejection of the hereditary peerage, or was it also ineffective?

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Broadly speaking, is biological diversity on Earth continually increasing? That is - are there a greater number of species now than there were 100mya, were there a great number of species 100mya than 500mya, etc?

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At some point in history, humans moved beyond wars over resources and onto wars of conquest - was there a specific technological threshold that was passed that enabled this?

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How were medieval/early modern European governments administered? Were specific responsibilities (navy, intelligence, taxation, foreign policy, etc) delegated to secretaries/ministers, or was it ad hoc?

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How did historical messengers find their intended recipients?

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Would traveling vertically (perpendicular to the orbit of the planets) have changed anything about Voyager's flight?

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In the Salish Sea, two populations/subspecies of morphologically identical orca coexist but rarely interact and never interbreed. Are there any examples of other species essentially segregating by behavior like this?

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Would an average 21st century urbanite from, say, New York or London, have an easier time adjusting to life in 1st century Rome, or a modern-day 3rd world city?

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It's often highlighted that 50% of Rome's expenditures went towards its military. Were they an outlier, or did other ancient civilizations spend as much, or more?	6	AskHistorians
Without the benefit of hindsight, was there genuine fear during WWII that either Germany or Japan posed an existential threat to the United States?	5	AskHistorians
How is the pre-reform British House of Lords viewed by historians, strictly in terms of it's performance as a governing body? Was reform purely a rejection of the hereditary peerage, or was it also ineffective?	5	AskHistorians
Broadly speaking, is biological diversity on Earth continually increasing? That is - are there a greater number of species now than there were 100mya, were there a great number of species 100mya than 500mya, etc?	4	askscience
At some point in history, humans moved beyond wars over resources and onto wars of conquest - was there a specific technological threshold that was passed that enabled this?	3	AskHistorians
How were medieval/early modern European governments administered? Were specific responsibilities (navy, intelligence, taxation, foreign policy, etc) delegated to secretaries/ministers, or was it ad hoc?	3	AskHistorians
How did historical messengers find their intended recipients?	2	AskHistorians
Would traveling vertically (perpendicular to the orbit of the planets) have changed anything about Voyager's flight?	2	askscience
In the Salish Sea, two populations/subspecies of morphologically identical orca coexist but rarely interact and never interbreed. Are there any examples of other species essentially segregating by behavior like this?	1	askscience
Would an average 21st century urbanite from, say, New York or London, have an easier time adjusting to life in 1st century Rome, or a modern-day 3rd world city?	1	AskHistorians