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Mathematics | How does the inverse square law tell us how far away a star is? | [
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Physics | Why can't we see white or black in a rainbow? | [
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Technology | How does audio get transmitted over a specific frequency or waves? (AKA Radio) | [
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Physics | As a dude, why does our pee twist once it becomes airborne? | [
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Mathematics | How can the sum of all natural numbers be negative? | [
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Economics | How do tariffs work? Who writes the check? Who gets the check? | [
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Biology | Do trees die from old age? how and why? | [
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Other | How are comic books printed? | [
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Other | Why do dueling cowboys not just shoot straight away? | [
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Earth Science | Why can't we dispose of non recyclables in a volcano? | [
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Technology | How do noise cancelling headphones work? | [
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Technology | How can Jerryrigeverything Scatch the crap out of a fingerprint scanner on a phone and it still works flawlessly? | [
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Technology | Why can't telecom companies be compelled to stop phone scammers? | [
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Economics | What would happen to the U.S. economy if pennies were removed from currency? | [
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Physics | Why is it when you see a propeller (like from a turbine airplane) starting up it seems to switch directions as it spins faster and faster ? | [
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Biology | If I’m high, and a cannibal eats me, will he get high too? Does it depend on the method i used to get high? | [
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Biology | Why is the meat of different animals so different in color? e.g. beef and chicken (or, taking it one step further, salmon) | [
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Technology | Where do the telecommunication companies get their internet? | [
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Economics | Why has Africa remained poor despite it's abundant resources and huge manpower? | [
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Physics | Why do stars twinkle and planets not? | [
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Biology | Why do we never hear about heart cancer? | [
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Economics | How do the federal banks of a country determine whether to increase or decrease interest rates? Like whats the relationship between interest rates and a country's economy? | [
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Chemistry | How do braces stick to your teeth without seriously damaging the enamel upon removal? | [
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Biology | Why do people immediately gag/throw up when they touch their uvula with their finger, yet not as much when the uvula touches the back of your tongue? | [
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Earth Science | what makes a star a star, a planet a planet, a moon a moon, a meteorite a meteorite, and an asteroid an astroid? | [
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Biology | why is tasering sometimes unsuccessful? | [
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Other | How do house numbers work (in the US)? | [
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Biology | Do insects or other animals experience stomach drop? | [
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Biology | why is standing healthy and laying down not? | [
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Biology | how is your skin attached to your face? Actually got my 5 year old daughter. | [
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Mathematics | Why is in English a thousand millions considered a billion, but in other languages a billion is a million millions? | [
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Technology | How do password managers complete website forms in a manner that other browser apps can't capture the input? | [
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Earth Science | Why does it sometimes seem like everything is kind of yellow? | [
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Chemistry | What’s the difference between white smoke and black smoke? | [
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Economics | In a recession, where does all the 'lost' money go? | [
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Biology | -How do plants move to face the sun? | [
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Psychology | What shapes our handwriting and can it be changed? | [
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Technology | How does a food processor work differently than a blender? | [
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Technology | Why does minimizing some games increase GPU usage to 100%? | [
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Chemistry | Why does coffee creamer sometimes create a film over coffee? | [
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Other | Why do we feel like we look worse in photos than in the mirror? | [
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Chemistry | Why is it that when it is really cold outside, you can see steam coming from a vehicle's exhaust for several minutes, but then it becomes much less visible after the vehicle "warms up"? | [
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Economics | Why does every major grocery chain have their brand next to the national brands? Are the factories making these the same but putting a different label on it? Or does Target and Kroger have factories that produce all the products? Where do these store brands come from? | [
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Biology | what's the difference between Iron supplements such as Ferrous gluconate, ferrous sulfate, ferrous fumarate etc, and how does a doctor decide which one to prescribe to a patient? | [
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Technology | How would an employer or school be able to see what I do on my webcam? | [
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Chemistry | If some of the elements on the periodic table can only be produced in a lab, why are they considered elements? | [
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Technology | If the speakers on my computer can replicate the sound of my voice, would I be able to create the sound of my voice or anybody else's from scratch without ever recording it? | [
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Other | Why do we feel relief after we hit or break something when we are mad? | [
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Physics | when viewing a sheet of transparent glass or a mirror from it's side profile, why does it appear green in colour? | [
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Mathematics | why can we go East/West forever but when we go North we eventually end up going South? | [
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Psychology | Why is it that after eating a large meal and feeling full, we have room for dessert? | [
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Physics | - Why when you fill a glass underwater, turn it upside down and pull up does the water stay in the glass until the glass is completely removed from the main body of water? | [
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Physics | Why is it easier to balance on a bike that is moving, compared to a bike that isn't in motion? | [
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Chemistry | Why are some lakes crystal clear and some are very dirty? What makes still water crystal clear? | [
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Physics | Why is it when an object rotates really quickly it seems like it starts rotating in the opposite direction? | [
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Economics | How do companies make money by selling shares? | [
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Other | What is hydro dipping and how does it work? | [
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Physics | How did Neil Armstrong almost go to space by accident in one of his flight tests? | [
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Technology | What is Uber's Greyball program? | [
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Technology | Why is System 32 called that way on computers? | [
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Other | how to do and fold laundry so stuff doesn’t wrinkle? | [
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Chemistry | Where does the mustard from "mustard gas" come from? | [
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Other | I've heard about banks making online sellers magically deliver items they were refusing to send before. How do they make that happen? | [
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Chemistry | How does wine produce a wide variety of flavor descriptions like berries, apples, grass, wet stone, etc..? | [
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Economics | How do USA cannabis dispensaries do their banking? Are there creative work-arounds to the USA Federal restrictions? | [
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Chemistry | Why do a few gases start boiling at sub zero temperatures and then freeze at a much lower temperature? | [
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Chemistry | How can tea infuse into hot water ? | [
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Chemistry | How does the carbon in carbonated water/soda get and stay inside the liquid? | [
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Physics | how do you make a sharp whistling sound with your mouth and finger(s)? My friend can do it so loud i swear she can break a wine glass. All i do is feel like an idiot for mostly just spitting on my fingers. Tips? | [
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Biology | How did researchers discover that certain elements of certain plant and fungi were capable of being used to treat disease? | [
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Biology | How do people get penny size, or bigger, black heads in their skin? | [
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Mathematics | What do mathematicians do when trying to solve an unsolved math problem? Why is there an unsolved math problem to begin with? | [
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Technology | How were the older cartridge games programmed? | [
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Other | Why aren't microwaves hot inside after use, like an oven? | [
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Biology | How fast can anyone physically gain body fat? | [
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Biology | Why can a baby be upside down in a womb without dying, but when someone is held upside down as an adult they die? | [
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Chemistry | How come no matter what laundry you put in the dryer the lint always comes out greyish blue? | [
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Economics | Why do many African countries make it very difficult for Western countries to visit? Wouldn't it benefit them to give travel visas more easily to encourage the tourism industry? | [
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Physics | Why do flip flops make that sound when you walk? | [
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Psychology | What was the point of nazis' stukas' sirens ? Wouldn't it disclose the planes' incoming ? | [
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Biology | People who have depression caused by a chemical-imbalance, why do antidepressants not work for all of them? | [
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Mathematics | -5000 x -5000 equals 25,000,000. How can two numbers so deeply negative be manipulated to give such a high positive value? | [
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Technology | How can my headphone jack tell the difference between my car's aux cord and my headphones? | [
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Other | What does it mean when a company makes an "all cash deal" to buy another? | [
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Physics | What is entropy and how does it helps to understand time in a scientific way? | [
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Chemistry | Do nutrients in food change when heated/frozen, and if so, how? | [
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Mathematics | Is there any way to solve a cubic equation in the same way you can solve a quadratic equation using the quadratic formula? Basically, is there any 1 formula that can solve a cubic equation. | [
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Chemistry | why does chocolate melt quickly in our hands? | [
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Economics | how does the wage gap work? Sorry if this is a dumb question but I’ve mostly only heard that it exists but not about how it works | [
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Economics | Why do game studios have to use publishers, And then why can these publishers take in millions leaving devs behind in the money being made? | [
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Earth Science | If a tree replicates all of its cells, can grow roots, obtain nutrients and water essential to its existence, and collect sunlight and CO2, how would it ever die? | [
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Biology | Why does your heart beat faster after realizing your heart rate? | [
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Biology | Why do some nuts, like cashews, contain so many calories? | [
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Technology | How so law enforcement officials and agencies trace the identities of those who circulate child pornography/ rape/ universally objectionable content especially on WhatsApp, given its end to end encryption? | [
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Biology | How and why does salt change the flavor of food so much? | [
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Biology | Why do white blood cells increase with exposure to radiation? | [
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Physics | If Earth or any other celestial body with a center of gravity were to explode or disappear, what happens to the gravity itself? | [
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Chemistry | why do liquigel tablets (eg: advil) work faster than regular ones? | [
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Physics | Why, a few minutes after takeoff, is there a moment where you feel weightless, as though the plane has "stopped", before it continues and carries on? | [
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Chemistry | Why does cheese taste better when melted? | [
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