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Who calculated for the first time the volume (and surface area) of the sphere exactly?
Jan 24, 2015
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Is it true Einstein doubted relativity near the end of his life?
May 29, 2019
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Who created the first vacuum tube?
Feb 4, 2015
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Was the steam engine really known in ancient Egypt?
Feb 19, 2015
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What technologies were used before JavaScript?
Mar 3, 2019
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Dénes Kőnig vs. König's Lemma
Feb 11, 2020
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Tries to alter classical mechanics before Einstein?
Feb 11, 2015
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Who discovered the difference between the infinities?
Feb 14, 2015
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How did Einstein know the Avogadro Number?
Mar 31, 2019
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How much radiation did the Curies get while synthetising Radium?
Mar 2, 2021
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Does nginx support comment blocks in configuration?
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What does the "ng-reflect-*" attribute do in Angular2/4?
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How do I experimentally measure the surface area of a rock?
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Can I run Docker in a Virtual Machine?
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What is in `C:\ccmcache`?

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