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Shout out to the rider who blasted across Long Island on a blue Citi bike today

227 upvotes • r/NYCbike

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Did the Warring States of China speak compatible languages? What about the Three Kingdoms, or the Northern and Southern dynasties? Are the modern Chinese language areas related to previous dynastic borders?

166 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why do some languages "decide" to use the letter K instead of C to represent the same sound?

84 upvotes • r/etymology

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Why does Imperial China seem like the only pre-modern society without a military aristocracy?

36 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why did the Achaemenid Empire continually struggle to deal with Greek heavy infantry? Didn't they have the resources to train and equip professional heavy infantry of their own?

30 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How closely linked were the circumpolar peoples before the age of exploration?

19 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Do paper toilet seat covers really work?

13 upvotes • r/askscience

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Why have the Chinese dynasties been so prone to subjugation by nomadic peoples?

11 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What writing system was used in the Greek speaking parts of the late Roman Empire? Would Latin have ever been written in Greek letters or vice-versa?

7 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why do people say the Vikings discovered the Americas when the Inuit traveled to the Americas by sea in 1000 ce and maintained cross strait contact?

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Shout out to the rider who blasted across Long Island on a blue Citi bike today	227	NYCbike
Did the Warring States of China speak compatible languages? What about the Three Kingdoms, or the Northern and Southern dynasties? Are the modern Chinese language areas related to previous dynastic borders?	166	AskHistorians
Why do some languages "decide" to use the letter K instead of C to represent the same sound?	84	etymology
Why does Imperial China seem like the only pre-modern society without a military aristocracy?	36	AskHistorians
Why did the Achaemenid Empire continually struggle to deal with Greek heavy infantry? Didn't they have the resources to train and equip professional heavy infantry of their own?	30	AskHistorians
How closely linked were the circumpolar peoples before the age of exploration?	19	AskHistorians
Do paper toilet seat covers really work?	13	askscience
Why have the Chinese dynasties been so prone to subjugation by nomadic peoples?	11	AskHistorians
What writing system was used in the Greek speaking parts of the late Roman Empire? Would Latin have ever been written in Greek letters or vice-versa?	7	AskHistorians
Why do people say the Vikings discovered the Americas when the Inuit traveled to the Americas by sea in 1000 ce and maintained cross strait contact?	5	AskHistorians