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What was the tallest occupied building constructed shortly before elevators were invented/used widely? I'd guess late 1800s or early 1900s?

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Why didn't plantains become as big a staple in American diets as the banana if both grow plentifully in South America?

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Is it possible to freeze to death at 28-30 degrees F? And if so, how long would it take?

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I'm at a stoplight a few cars back and am about to be rear-ended by a car decelerating from 50 MPH. Is it safer for me to have a few feet of buffer between my car and the car in front of me? Or is it safer for my car to be as close as possible to the car in front? Why?

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Why do my eyes hurt when they're closed and I imagine a bright white light?

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If a meteor of high temperature hit the Antarctic coast, would the ice melt upon impact or just explode?

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Is it possible to learn things passively? Languages, astronomy, geography, etc.

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Is there any record of widespread destruction of archaeological sites in the early colonial period of North American expansion - particularly as Americans expanded westward?

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How does water defy gravity when in clouds?

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What was the tallest occupied building constructed shortly before elevators were invented/used widely? I'd guess late 1800s or early 1900s?	160	AskHistorians
Why didn't plantains become as big a staple in American diets as the banana if both grow plentifully in South America?	18	AskHistorians
Is it possible to freeze to death at 28-30 degrees F? And if so, how long would it take?	6	askscience
I'm at a stoplight a few cars back and am about to be rear-ended by a car decelerating from 50 MPH. Is it safer for me to have a few feet of buffer between my car and the car in front of me? Or is it safer for my car to be as close as possible to the car in front? Why?	1	askscience
Why do my eyes hurt when they're closed and I imagine a bright white light?	1	askscience
If a meteor of high temperature hit the Antarctic coast, would the ice melt upon impact or just explode?	1	askscience
Is it possible to learn things passively? Languages, astronomy, geography, etc.	1	askscience
Is there any record of widespread destruction of archaeological sites in the early colonial period of North American expansion - particularly as Americans expanded westward?	0	AskHistorians
How does water defy gravity when in clouds?	0	askscience