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Can chronic sleep deprivation permanently decrease cognitive ability?

1080 upvotes • r/askscience

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Why did Polynesians stop expanding? Also, why did they never settle Australia?

640 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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What was pagan (500-600 AD) Arabic society like? Besides the incense and spice trade.

539 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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How far back in the past would modern humans be able to breathe the air without complications?

447 upvotes • r/askscience

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Though the Popes left Avignon after Pope Gregory XI, Avignon remained under Papal control until the age of Napoleon. What might life have been like in Papal Avignon in its last century of existence?

373 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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In the Middle Ages, most of Western and Northern Europe appeared to use patronymics (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, Leif Ericson, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Harold Godwinson, Maurice FitzGerald). These patronymics eventually became frozen into regular surnames. When and why did this happen?

349 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why did the Roman Empire have three tiny provinces in the Alps? (Alpes Poeniae, Alpes Cottiae, and Alpes Maritimae).

258 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Crocodiles have a sprawling posture while some of the early archosaurs had an upright posture. Did crocodiles re-evolve the sprawling gait or were they part of a more ancient lineage?

245 upvotes • r/askscience

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When 15-35 knights in the Order of Dobrzyń decided to march into pagan territory and attack Dobrzyń Land, how did they think they'd have a chance? Were they just very religiously motivated, or did they actually have very good armor and horses and were just unlucky?

220 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Why do we know so little about the ancient and medieval Albanians, despite their proximity to ancient Greece and Rome, the Byzantine Empire, and other advanced polities?

204 upvotes • r/AskHistorians

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Title	Upvotes	Subreddit	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Can chronic sleep deprivation permanently decrease cognitive ability?	1080	askscience
Why did Polynesians stop expanding? Also, why did they never settle Australia?	640	AskHistorians
What was pagan (500-600 AD) Arabic society like? Besides the incense and spice trade.	539	AskHistorians
How far back in the past would modern humans be able to breathe the air without complications?	447	askscience
Though the Popes left Avignon after Pope Gregory XI, Avignon remained under Papal control until the age of Napoleon. What might life have been like in Papal Avignon in its last century of existence?	373	AskHistorians
In the Middle Ages, most of Western and Northern Europe appeared to use patronymics (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, Leif Ericson, Nuno Álvares Pereira, Harold Godwinson, Maurice FitzGerald). These patronymics eventually became frozen into regular surnames. When and why did this happen?	349	AskHistorians
Why did the Roman Empire have three tiny provinces in the Alps? (Alpes Poeniae, Alpes Cottiae, and Alpes Maritimae).	258	AskHistorians
Crocodiles have a sprawling posture while some of the early archosaurs had an upright posture. Did crocodiles re-evolve the sprawling gait or were they part of a more ancient lineage?	245	askscience
When 15-35 knights in the Order of Dobrzyń decided to march into pagan territory and attack Dobrzyń Land, how did they think they'd have a chance? Were they just very religiously motivated, or did they actually have very good armor and horses and were just unlucky?	220	AskHistorians
Why do we know so little about the ancient and medieval Albanians, despite their proximity to ancient Greece and Rome, the Byzantine Empire, and other advanced polities?	204	AskHistorians