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Do commercial airplanes fly at around 35,000 feet because their engines are more efficient at those altitudes, or because of the reduction in drag?

663 upvotes • r/askscience

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What is a nervous tic?

31 upvotes • r/askscience

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Why does Manhattan have a highly built up downtown and a highly built up uptown, but midtown is less so? (Closer to suburban than either end)

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What set the precedent for airplane joysticks to be forward for down and back for up?

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Why is an environment with a high sugar concentration sterile?

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What is happening chemically (and maybe biologically in the leaves) when you brew tea?

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Can a bullet actually kill someone instantly by hitting them somewhere other than the head, or is this just Hollywood?

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Why was there never a Jewish nation/kingdom/empire?

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Is it possible to land/walk on Ceres?

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What might have happened in WW2 if the Soviets had remained neutral?

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Do commercial airplanes fly at around 35,000 feet because their engines are more efficient at those altitudes, or because of the reduction in drag?	663	askscience
What is a nervous tic?	31	askscience
Why does Manhattan have a highly built up downtown and a highly built up uptown, but midtown is less so? (Closer to suburban than either end)	19	AskHistorians
What set the precedent for airplane joysticks to be forward for down and back for up?	10	AskHistorians
Why is an environment with a high sugar concentration sterile?	8	askscience
What is happening chemically (and maybe biologically in the leaves) when you brew tea?	5	askscience
Can a bullet actually kill someone instantly by hitting them somewhere other than the head, or is this just Hollywood?	4	askscience
Why was there never a Jewish nation/kingdom/empire?	2	AskHistorians
Is it possible to land/walk on Ceres?	1	askscience
What might have happened in WW2 if the Soviets had remained neutral?	1	AskHistorians