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Physics | Why is the Ring of Saturn flat? | [
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Biology | how do Kidney Stones form and how long do they take to pass? | [
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Economics | Why do most of the cargo trains in the US still run on diesel instead of electricity? | [
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Economics | Why do people trade options as opposed to just buying the stock (if they think it will go up)? | [
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Mathematics | How were Integrals, Derivatives, Limits, and other calculus concepts originally discovered and applied? | [
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Economics | when govts buy land from people to build roads, railway, etc, how do they know figure out how much to pay for it? | [
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Biology | Why do we shout when in pain? | [
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Earth Science | What exactly is 'Soil' or 'Rock' made of? | [
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Physics | how does gravity effect the amount of pain from falling. For example, how much less would it hurt to fall off a 20ft object while on the moon compared to falling from the same height on earth? | [
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Biology | How did Thalidomide cause birth defects? | [
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Economics | Islamic banking system. How is it different from interest? | [
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Other | What are the rules of cricket -- or at least enough of the rules that I would know what the heck I'm watching? | [
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Technology | Why are there 8 bits in a byte? | [
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Technology | My internet was being slow < 5Mbps so I called my ISP and they were able to send a signal to get it to 500Mbps, how does this work? | [
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Technology | Why is a PIN number considered safe with 4 numbers while a password needs 8 chars with numbers and capitals? | [
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Technology | in older times how did we get metal ores? | [
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Biology | what are the small, rapid muscle twitches that occur on my body periodically. And why do they happen?! | [
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Biology | Why do people snore when they're sleeping but not while they're awake? | [
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Physics | Why does Aluminum Foil make sound when wrap or even simply moved around ? | [
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Biology | How do steroids work, and what about them makes them so dangerous and illicit? | [
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Economics | In assessing how much X dollars was worth a century ago, do economists account for the relative scarcity of resources from back then? | [
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Economics | How is trade profitable for both countries involved? Surely one loses out in the end. | [
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Other | - How do broadcasters calculate TV viewers numbers? How are they tracking the number of people watching? | [
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Biology | Why do we feel muscle spasms sometimes when we stay in the same position for an extended period of time but not when we're sleeping? | [
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Physics | How do life rafts and inflatable jackets self inflate? | [
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Physics | Why do large scale fires take so long to be put out? | [
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Technology | Why are wireless headphones the only implement you can't keep using while it's charging? | [
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Physics | Why does Venus rotate opposite to every other planet? | [
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Physics | Same action produces different results every singe time. Why? | [
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Economics | What caused the 2008 Global Financial Crisis? | [
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Biology | "Why do you sometimes feel a desperate need for the bathroom then produce three drops, and other times a mild need that results in a downpour?" | [
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Technology | How was the electron beam in CRT televisions aimed and moved with such speed and pinpoint accuracy? | [
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Technology | How was World War 2 footage captured? Especially the ones that seemed to be amid actual battles. Were these reporters? Were there rules in place agreed upon by all sides that these folks would not be killed or captured? | [
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Other | Why do gifs take so long to load despite being so short? | [
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Other | Why dont underwater volcanoes form rock and cover themselves up? | [
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Technology | how the storage of electronic data really works? | [
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Chemistry | Why does metal get colder than plastic? | [
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Physics | Rear-view mirrors - when you angle it down, why can you see the back seat, but look "Further" and still see the cars behind you? | [
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Other | Why is colonel pronounce kernel? | [
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Economics | How does an f1 team like force india make money, except advertising? | [
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Biology | why does an air bubble in your blood kill you? | [
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Technology | Can someone explain what gimble lock is and why Quaternions are used avoid it in a game engine like Unity? | [
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Technology | How does a country/company decide the perfect location for a space launch? | [
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Economics | Whenever a major financial market crash occurs, why is it that (as shown in movies) the stockbrokers are shitfaced at the end? The investors should be fucked right? Why the stockbrokers, who just buy and sell for the investors? | [
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Physics | Why do cloud move as a whole thing and not dissolve in the wind? | [
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Chemistry | How do mold/mildew resistant shower curtains work? | [
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Mathematics | What makes a mass poll reputable? | [
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Economics | How can a small country like singapore have the same GDP as the UAE? | [
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Biology | Why can you see sunlight only so far underneath the oceans surface? | [
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Biology | where do birthmarks come from? | [
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Economics | Why despite the fact that Native American casino's generate billions most tribes and native people still live in poverty? | [
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Technology | what's the difference (mechanically) between a refrigerator, an air conditioner and a heat pump? | [
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Earth Science | Why animals react weird to mirrors? | [
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Technology | Why is data protection and cyber warfare considered the most imminent threat to humanity? | [
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Economics | What's the difference between a savings and checking account and is it important? | [
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Other | Why do city lights appear to "glitter" from a distance? | [
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Other | What makes a vowel a vowel? | [
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Biology | with glasses, can e.g. watching tv worsen your eyes? | [
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Mathematics | Why are the Zodiac Killer's notes so hard to decipher? | [
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Chemistry | Why isn't the whey powder salmonella killed in the Ritz cracker making process? | [
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Technology | Why or how do the magnets in those magnetic car phone-holders not affect the electronics in phones? | [
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Biology | Why Do Babies Get Fevers When Teething? | [
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Technology | Why do SSDs have a read/write limit? What causes them to stop functioning after a certain number of read/write cycles? | [
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Other | Why is it that when you walk up to or past a bird they fly away, but you can drive past and in some cases even through them without them getting scared? | [
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Biology | How are we able to hear more than 1 sound at the same time? | [
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Chemistry | How does toothpaste do all the things it claims to do on the tube in the 2 minutes it takes to brush my teeth? | [
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Biology | How do snakes never get in a knot? And if they do, how do they escape? | [
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Earth Science | Why does the moon look different sizes depending on where/when you look? | [
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Biology | Why does your face get red from embarrassment? | [
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Economics | Why did our parents (boomers) have it easier economically/financially but millennials can't seem to make ends meet? | [
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Earth Science | How does life work, how does seed knows how and what to grow and how does it grow from just having soil and water? | [
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Other | Why does a criminal have to be aware they are knowingly committing a crime for it to be considered unlawful? If I committ egregious tax evasion and then cover it up, can I really just tell investigators I was ignorant to the law and therefore not be prosecuted? | [
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Economics | what it means that apple hit the $1trilliom market cap. What does this mean for consumers and the company? | [
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Technology | Why is there a weapon that throws fire (a flamethrower), but not a weapon that throws really cold stuff, like liquid nitrogen? | [
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Mathematics | what is the Fibonacci sequence and why is it so important? | [
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Biology | Is there a limit of how much pain your body can have until it stops getting any worse? | [
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Technology | Why are pixels made up of red, green and blue lights? Surely the green should be replaced with yellow for the primary colours to work? | [
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Biology | Is the immergence of right or left brain dominance in a person truly random? Why is there such a disparity in the ratio between lefties and righties? | [
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Biology | How do pain thresholds work in regards to humans? How is it some people have a higher threshold? | [
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Economics | How does a foreign government (non-US) values or devalues it's own currency against the US Dollar? | [
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Other | How is color both a line (electromagnetic spectrum) and a circle (color wheel)? | [
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Physics | How did the first clocks accurately measure seconds? | [
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Chemistry | How do manufactures simply add vitamins to products? How are the vitamins produced? | [
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Economics | How does someone like Al Capone report his illegal income to the IRS and not get arrested for it? | [
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Chemistry | Are tea and coffee metabolized the same way water and dry herbs/beans would be separately? Does the water undergo a chemical change when it steeps/brews? About what percent of the initial water is metabolized by the body normally? | [
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Technology | How do voice actors match their voices perfectly to the mouths of the characters in animation movies? Do animators animate the mouth movements after the voice actors finish recording their parts? | [
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Technology | How do vacuum tubes work? Particularly in guitar amps? | [
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Other | I've seen it in movies that people get drafted during wartime (like it happened during the World Wars). Does a country have an incontestable right to draft its citizens without their consent? What happens when people refuse to join? | [
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Other | What exactly are "poppers" and how do they work? People who are using, why are you? Why should/shouldn't I try? | [
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Mathematics | Is there a way to argue that a person who buys two lottery tickets does NOT have twice as good a chance of winning as a person who only buys one? | [
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Other | What is about holding something, eg. sleeping with teddies/stuffed animals at night, makes us feel safe/at peace? | [
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Chemistry | What is the purpose of titanium in deodorant? | [
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Chemistry | Why does saltwater not harm you? | [
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Biology | why we have 2 kidneys, but not 2 of every other vital organs like the heart, liver etc.? | [
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Technology | how do astronauts navigate in space? | [
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Biology | As the brains of people that are paralyzed have less to control, do their brains have more accuracy and "free space" for everyday thinking and logical functions? | [
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Chemistry | What makes a liquid flammable? | [
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Technology | Why Ip address exist on the internet and why we need them? | [
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Economics | Why aren’t conglomerates the same as monopolies? | [
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Earth Science | why cant we siphon off oceans into deserts (eg Sahara) to rehydrate the area? | [
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