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What kind of predictions do weather models actually produce? Are their daily predictions a great deal more complicated than what the public receives?

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Religion in the Soviet Union

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Did the US government intentionally encourage the outbreak of the Korean War in order to justify defense budget increases?

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Allen Dulles claimed the Oracle of Delphi employed an intelligence network to provide accurate "prophesies". Was he lying?

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Why did the mafia decline in the United States?

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How did soothsayers and oracles historically establish their credibility? Is there evidence for them employing scientifically sound practices to predict natural events for this purpose?

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Why was ancient Egyptian culture so stable for so long? Why didn't their cultural values, artistic styles, etc. change more?

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Where is the dividing line between species that experience the placebo effect and those that do not?

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To what degree did trade in different strains of fruit and other crops occur before the 1400s? Would people largely have been aware of the existence of locally unavailable varieties of, say, apples or oranges?

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Do historians have a general theory of technological change, or do they generally explain technological change on a case by case basis?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What kind of predictions do weather models actually produce? Are their daily predictions a great deal more complicated than what the public receives?	8	askscience
Religion in the Soviet Union	7	AskHistorians
Did the US government intentionally encourage the outbreak of the Korean War in order to justify defense budget increases?	6	AskHistorians
Allen Dulles claimed the Oracle of Delphi employed an intelligence network to provide accurate "prophesies". Was he lying?	5	AskHistorians
Why did the mafia decline in the United States?	3	AskHistorians
How did soothsayers and oracles historically establish their credibility? Is there evidence for them employing scientifically sound practices to predict natural events for this purpose?	3	AskHistorians
Why was ancient Egyptian culture so stable for so long? Why didn't their cultural values, artistic styles, etc. change more?	2	AskHistorians
Where is the dividing line between species that experience the placebo effect and those that do not?	1	askscience
To what degree did trade in different strains of fruit and other crops occur before the 1400s? Would people largely have been aware of the existence of locally unavailable varieties of, say, apples or oranges?	1	AskHistorians
Do historians have a general theory of technological change, or do they generally explain technological change on a case by case basis?	1	AskHistorians