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How aware were young people in the Soviet Union (and the post-Soviet 90s), especially in Russia, of American kid/teen pop culture holidays & activities like Halloween & proms?	1	AskHistorians
Journalists & opinion writers have been declaring the 21st century "China's Century" since at least the late 90s. Whose century was supposed to be the 20th? Or the 19th?	1	AskHistorians
If a millipede/centipede A has double the legs of myriapod B, does that mean myriapod A has to devote proportionately double the brain space to walking? Broadly, how much more neurologically expensive is each pair of legs to any animal?	1	askscience
I saw a documentary where a political activist & former gang member asserted that increasing American street gang violence in the 80s & 90s was partially due to non- or mostly non-violent social/political groups being marginalized/suppressed in the 70s. Is his analysis supported by others?	1	AskHistorians
Compared to purely marine animals, are amphibious animals more or less likely to go disappear in mass extinction periods like the K-T Event? What about amphibious animals compared to purely terrestrial ones?	1	askscience
Is a railgun chamber sealed up tight like a traditional firearm? If it is, does negative atmospheric pressure develop behind the projectile as it moves down the barrel? If it does, does it represent a problem or velocity limitation that has to be dealt with somehow? If so, how?	1	askscience
How were the Siddi (Indians of sub-Saharan African descent) treated in the later colonial period in India/Pakistan? Did their status in society change with the coming of imported European notions of racial hierarchy or did it stay the same?	1	AskHistorians
How did indigenous American religious life in the U.S. change between the late 1950s and 90s? Did the emergence of national-level Native American activism coincide with a reassessment of the role of Christianity/non-native religion in indigenous life and history?	1	AskHistorians
In most species with active mate choice one sex is choosy and the other competes for their choice, while mutual mate choice is rarer. What common factors lead to both sexes being choosy?	1	askscience
If I didn't have any field observations, and all I had were the skeletons of a bearded vulture, a condor, a griffon vulture or a Marabou stork, would I be able to tell they were all scavengers?	1	askscience

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