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Julius Caesar wrote an autobiography while conquering Gaul. Is there a recommended or 'standard' English translation?
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Do astronomers correct images of oblique galaxies due to the time differences from the far side to the near side?
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Henry Ford's Model T could run on gasoline and/or ethanol. Ethanol was banned during Prohibition and Ford eventually gave up the fight. Was Prohibition driven primarily by a need to curb alcohol drinking or did Standard Oil et al play a part in pushing for the ban?
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Human blood cells are made in bone marrow in the centre of some bones. How do the new red and white blood cells actually get from their stem-cell parents into the blood vessels?
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Is dieting a 20th century phenomenon correlated to abundant, processed food (at least in the west)? Was obesity seen as a problem (if it existed) in the privileged/ruling classes of ancient cultures?
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What did Roman technical education look like? Did architects & engineers attend 'college' of sorts, or did they undertake apprenticeships like, say, stonemasons?
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Does the use of naturally-occurring radioactive elements (eg Uranium for power generation) result in a net decrease in radiation on the planet, or does it result in similar amounts (albeit from different isotopes or elemental by-products)?
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Whether or not a chicken egg floats can apparently determine its age. How well calibrated and reliable are such charts (link below)?
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