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Mens' standard business attire has been more or less unchanged for more than 100 years. Historically speaking, is that a long time for one fashion item to endure, and why/why not?

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Economy size, GDP per capita and military spending and important measures of national power. Are there any databases or sources that describe those factors for the years 1815-1914?

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What were the driving factors behind the dramatic changes in formal attire in western Europe over the ages?

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If electrically charged particles were fired into a black hole, what would happen? Would there be a point at which the electro-static repulsion of the particles overcame the force of gravity?

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How did educated western Europeans living in the high mediaeval period view the collapse of the Roman Empire?

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Is the reason helium blimps have not replaced hydrogen airships due to helium being unable to keep them afloat?

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Why didn't the Mongols conquer India?

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If we could separate charges, put those charges onto spaceships, have those spaceships dump the charges on different planets, and repeat, what would those charges do?

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What are the forces involved which cause a star to go from a yellow dwarf to a red giant then back to a smaller yellow star then back to a red giant?

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Many explosives work by rapidly producing very larges quantities of gas from solid starting materials. Are there any reactions which would produce enough gas to make strong gusts of wind, but not enough to cause a blast?

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Mens' standard business attire has been more or less unchanged for more than 100 years. Historically speaking, is that a long time for one fashion item to endure, and why/why not?	628	AskHistorians
Economy size, GDP per capita and military spending and important measures of national power. Are there any databases or sources that describe those factors for the years 1815-1914?	32	AskHistorians
What were the driving factors behind the dramatic changes in formal attire in western Europe over the ages?	20	AskHistorians
If electrically charged particles were fired into a black hole, what would happen? Would there be a point at which the electro-static repulsion of the particles overcame the force of gravity?	17	askscience
How did educated western Europeans living in the high mediaeval period view the collapse of the Roman Empire?	15	AskHistorians
Is the reason helium blimps have not replaced hydrogen airships due to helium being unable to keep them afloat?	5	askscience
Why didn't the Mongols conquer India?	1	AskHistorians
If we could separate charges, put those charges onto spaceships, have those spaceships dump the charges on different planets, and repeat, what would those charges do?	1	askscience
What are the forces involved which cause a star to go from a yellow dwarf to a red giant then back to a smaller yellow star then back to a red giant?	1	askscience
Many explosives work by rapidly producing very larges quantities of gas from solid starting materials. Are there any reactions which would produce enough gas to make strong gusts of wind, but not enough to cause a blast?	1	askscience