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In 1820, Maine became its own state after seceding from Massachusetts. But Massachusetts doesn't even border Maine, so why did it own Maine in the first place?
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If the laws of thermodynamics state that no machine can be 100% efficient because some energy will be lost to heat, is it possible to make a 100% efficient heater?
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The Kingdom of France and the Holy Roman Empire were both successor states of the Carolingian Empire. Why did one reform into a centralized state while the other remained a decentralized patchwork of hundreds of realms?
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Most of New York City's subway system was privately owned until 1940. Why did the city obtain control over the lines at that point?
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Modern computer processors are built using processes on the scale of nanometers. How do manufacturers design and build something so small?
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