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I'm a labourer helping build the great pyramid of Giza. One night after a few beers I tell a fellow worker that I don't really believe in the gods and I think the pharaoh is just a man. Do I get in trouble? Does the answer change if I hold a higher position in society?

150 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Prior to the discovery of the Antikythera Mechanism, how did scholars think about ancient texts that spoke of complex mechanical devices?

86 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Given limited resources, what sort of experiment could someone do to demonstrate relativistic time dilation?

36 upvotes • r/askscience

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Is it possible/practical to build a "filter-feeding" ship that is powered by Uranium from seawater?

22 upvotes • r/askscience

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If we created a micro black hole in a particle accelerator, could we stop it from evaporating by feeding it more mass?

16 upvotes • r/askscience

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Have we been imaging the Crab Nebula (or other extrasolar objects) for long enough that we can see changes between the frames?

14 upvotes • r/askscience

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How pronounced is the "classical Casimir effect" experienced by ships that are docked close to each other?

11 upvotes • r/askscience

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What was education like for upper-class English people in the late 1700s?

7 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Human "Hibernation" and Radiation Damage

5 upvotes • r/askscience

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Regarding asteroid mining: what's the best way to get the metals back to Earth?

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I'm a labourer helping build the great pyramid of Giza. One night after a few beers I tell a fellow worker that I don't really believe in the gods and I think the pharaoh is just a man. Do I get in trouble? Does the answer change if I hold a higher position in society?	150	AskHistorians
Prior to the discovery of the Antikythera Mechanism, how did scholars think about ancient texts that spoke of complex mechanical devices?	86	AskHistorians
Given limited resources, what sort of experiment could someone do to demonstrate relativistic time dilation?	36	askscience
Is it possible/practical to build a "filter-feeding" ship that is powered by Uranium from seawater?	22	askscience
If we created a micro black hole in a particle accelerator, could we stop it from evaporating by feeding it more mass?	16	askscience
Have we been imaging the Crab Nebula (or other extrasolar objects) for long enough that we can see changes between the frames?	14	askscience
How pronounced is the "classical Casimir effect" experienced by ships that are docked close to each other?	11	askscience
What was education like for upper-class English people in the late 1700s?	7	AskHistorians
Human "Hibernation" and Radiation Damage	5	askscience
Regarding asteroid mining: what's the best way to get the metals back to Earth?	4	askscience