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When did the black population in the Western US get so large? My racist uncle said it was because LA was a large city, and that's where all the public benefits were. That didn't sound right, so I'm asking here. More specifically, why is it smaller in Arizona?
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I heard someone say recently that Rome destroyed themselves because of moral decay and fiscal irresponsibility. This didn't sound right to me, and I wanted to hear what /r/AskHistorians had to say about it.
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How did the soviets get a probe onto the surface of Venus and send pictures back if the ambient temperature is hot enough to melt lead?
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Okay, so First Past The Post voting sucks because the person disliked the most can win. is there a voting system that can use a vote both for most wanted and LEAST wanted (not second or third most wanted)?
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Why didn't Einstein get a Nobel prize for Relativity? Was the paper on the photoelectric effect really more important?
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Considering how much fuel it takes to reach escape velocity, and how heavy fuel is, how the heck would a manned mission to Mars be able to bring enough fuel to get back home?
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[WP] I woke up to the sound of my mother asking me to open my bedroom door. My mother died 4 years ago. At my hands.
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The closer you get to a massive body, the faster you need to go to orbit. For earth, air resistance limits closeness you can achieve orbit at, but is there a theoretical limit for how close your orbit can be, on bodies without an atmosphere?
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Did Germany and Japan have "exchange programs" like the Allies like America and Britain did, where some Germans served with some Japanese, or vice versa?
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