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How far do you have to go beneath the ocean floor before the earth becomes dry again?

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How much of our current road laws are based off of horse and carriage laws? Were there speed limits for horses? Could you operate a buggy or horse drunk?

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Why is Montgomery so revered when all of his sole command decisions outside of El Alamein were complete or near disasters?

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At what point in history did the British Monarchy go from having power to becoming a figurehead? The shift obviously came after 1215 and the Magna Carta, and also after the English Civil War. I’ve heard it can be traced to the house of Hanover, but when and why?

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What prevented the Army of Northern Virginia from marching on and sacking Washington D.C.?

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When did Virginia lose it’s national importance?

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[WP] It’s 1985, barely a year after nuclear annihilation. A murderous band of survivors preys on two travelers journeying through the area. The gang leader approaches them to initiate a fight. The travelers are Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers.

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Bear with me if this is a convoluted question, but if you when straight up in the air 30k feet say in Chicago and the same in London, would the distance between the two be the same at ground level and at 30k feet due to the curvature of the earth?

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Assuming you travel straight up does distance increase from point a to point b?

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How far do you have to go beneath the ocean floor before the earth becomes dry again?	10082	askscience
How much of our current road laws are based off of horse and carriage laws? Were there speed limits for horses? Could you operate a buggy or horse drunk?	86	AskHistorians
Why is Montgomery so revered when all of his sole command decisions outside of El Alamein were complete or near disasters?	38	AskHistorians
At what point in history did the British Monarchy go from having power to becoming a figurehead? The shift obviously came after 1215 and the Magna Carta, and also after the English Civil War. I’ve heard it can be traced to the house of Hanover, but when and why?	8	AskHistorians
What prevented the Army of Northern Virginia from marching on and sacking Washington D.C.?	8	AskHistorians
When did Virginia lose it’s national importance?	2	AskHistorians
[WP] It’s 1985, barely a year after nuclear annihilation. A murderous band of survivors preys on two travelers journeying through the area. The gang leader approaches them to initiate a fight. The travelers are Bob Ross and Mr. Rogers.	2	WritingPrompts
Bear with me if this is a convoluted question, but if you when straight up in the air 30k feet say in Chicago and the same in London, would the distance between the two be the same at ground level and at 30k feet due to the curvature of the earth?	1	askscience
Assuming you travel straight up does distance increase from point a to point b?	1	askscience