/u/thefourthchipmunk's posts
When Kennedy was assassinated, did commentators make connections to the timing of the Gettysburg address (100 yrs ago that week) -- e.g., viewing the assassination as "testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure"?
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In simple language, what's the distribution of mass of a galaxy (i.e. % of total mass as a function of radius)? I actually googled an article on the topic (see text) but it's too technical for me and I'd appreciate a simple explanation.
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My local highway passes through farmland, and a lot of flying bugs die hitting our windshields. By killing all these bugs, could our cars be exerting evolutionary pressure? Note: there is a grass median between the north & south lanes -- a sort of island ecosystem.
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I notice that many Eastern European cities with German names were renamed after the borders moved (e.g. Stettin-->Szczecin). Were these "new" names created when the boundaries moved, or did these cities historically have different names in different language communities (and how did that work?)
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In the early days of spy satellites, what sort of training was necessary for analysts to be able to make sense of those grainy images?
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Starting today, and continuing every day for an infinite number of days, I will add one kilogram of iron to a large heap of iron. Will my heap eventually collapse into a black hole? Or is the shock of the supernova also needed?
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Sorry to be morbid, but could you explain how cannon and artillery are effective against things other than fortifications -- e.g., against soldiers on the move?
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Could you compare/contrast the living conditions between the "Auschwitz 1" camp and "Auschwitz 2-Birkenau" camp? Today there was a TIL about Witold Pilecki surviving & escaping Auschwitz, and I'm worried I may have spread misinformation by asserting that he couldn't have done that from Birkenau.
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Was there really a rivalry between Patton and Montgomery like the way it was described in the movie Patton? Or was that put in the movie to create conflict?
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