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Technology | How do headless guitars and basses work and why would you want one over a regular model? | [
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Other | Why do actors look bigger on screen -- the camera adds 10 pounds? | [
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Other | How come the North Pole is considered the "Top of the World" and the South Pole, the bottom? | [
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Biology | How can the laxative effects of caffeine or cigarettes onset within minutes, while effects of regular laxatives (e.g. bisacodyl) take hours to manifest? | [
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Biology | why didn’t my belly button get completely covered up rather than the innie/outie we all have? | [
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Economics | Why is Britain leaving the EU? | [
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Physics | Is Sun more like a frozen explosion (held back by it’s own gravity) or is it more like a boiling ball of lava? | [
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Physics | What determines if precipitation is hail or snow? What’s the difference of how they form regarding altitude and temperature? | [
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Technology | How those anti-counterfeiting stickers work? | [
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Technology | if we say an atomic clock is wrong 1 second for every 1 000 000 years, have we actually a better way of measuring time? | [
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Biology | why do some people's hands feel much colder even though it's closer to our own temp than say a bed? | [
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Biology | Why do Humans and Animals need heat? | [
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Economics | I always thought free healthcare was unrealistic to implement here in America due to how much it would raise taxes. Then, I saw Canada’s tax rates. Where does that money come from and how could it be implemented in the states? | [
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Biology | If symptoms of a cold serve the function of ridding our body of the illness, then do cold medicines that reduce these symptoms slow our recovery? | [
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Biology | What exactly happens to flies and wasps when you spray them with bug spray? | [
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Other | Why does some healthcare workers wear white coat, and some don't, even though they may have same profession? | [
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Economics | Why is it so crucial that a public company continue to grow at all costs? | [
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Technology | Why were telephone/headphones cords spiraled back in the days, but they're straight now? | [
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Biology | What are canker sores? What makes a person get them? How can they be stopped in their evil tracks? | [
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Economics | what happens to your money if your bank goes out of business? | [
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Biology | What’s the difference between dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin and endorphin? | [
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Biology | Why are there two sexes instead of only one? | [
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Psychology | how does a weighted blanket work ? What is it about it that provides so many folks with pleasant experience? | [
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Technology | Why can different email service providers (e.g. gmail, Yahoo! Mail) send emails to one another but instant messaging apps (e.g. Telegram, WhatsApp) cannot send messages to each other? | [
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Other | How does ID check under 40 work? | [
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Technology | How does games sync up NPC so accurate? | [
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Technology | Why do ads load better and faster than the video you’re trying to watch? | [
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Physics | How does naturally occurring radioactivity differ from the one in power plants? | [
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Biology | Why do some cuts leave a scar and others don’t? | [
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Other | how does the library of babel even work? | [
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Chemistry | Why does a can of coke taste better then a bottle of coke? | [
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Chemistry | Why do some foods taste better hot? | [
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Physics | If tires wear away while driving, why are roads not covered in rubber debris? | [
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Chemistry | What exactly is amber and how did/does it trap specimens of animals or animal parts? | [
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Mathematics | Why is order of operations a thing? | [
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Chemistry | What is interstellar ‘dust’ actually made of and how similar is it the dust we’d find on an old shelf or windowsill? | [
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Biology | Why does “cleaning” our ears with a cotton swab feel so good when we’re told not to put anything in them? | [
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Technology | I leave the same time every morning and same drive. Yet some days my FM radio channel has a lot of interference and I canta hear my channel. There is not a cloud in the sky. I’d say this happens a couple different days each week. Why is it like that when the situation is always the same? | [
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Technology | why locks can be locked without being closed? (link to pic in description or in comments) | [
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Mathematics | How do you find the line of best fit on a scatterplot? | [
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Other | Why are people still using Handwritten Signatures to sign checks and contracts when it takes literally less than an hour to forge it? | [
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Chemistry | How do enzymes work? I know that they speed up chemical reactions, but how? | [
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Technology | Why do some electronic devices stay on after being unplugged? | [
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Technology | How did we get metal to think? How does it know what the 1's and 0's are? Is it at it's core mechanical? | [
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Mathematics | why is the Lucas number superior to the fibonacci sequence in terms of calculating the golden ratio? | [
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Mathematics | I just watched Arrival for the first time and the idea of a non zero-sum game is not making sense to me. What is the simplest explanation or example? # | [
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Chemistry | Don't see an interior liner in some canned products - is there an epoxy resin? | [
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Chemistry | Why do compressed air cans/dust remover cans gets really cold when you use them? | [
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Technology | What is 'Legacy Code' in programming? | [
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Technology | How are games like "Breath of the Wild" ported over to a completely different console (Switch) with different hardware, yet are flawlessly identical when playing both? | [
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Other | What is the difference between a bisexual and a pansexual? | [
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Economics | Why is there so much focus on saving the middle class? | [
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Technology | What and where are the "sensitive electronics" in an American passport and how do they work? | [
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Other | How do sports leagues coordinate scheduling so many games without running into any conflicts? | [
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Technology | Why do CPUs get so hot, and what is preventing people to make CPUs run cooler? Will there ever be a groundbreaking advancement to allow classical CPUs to run at low temps without fans? | [
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Economics | How do luxury watches like Rolex keep so many stores open when you hardly see anyone ever walk in there and buy anything? | [
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Physics | Why does it hurt a lot more when you’re wet? | [
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Other | How do firemen find the root cause of a fire when a whole building is burnt out? | [
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Mathematics | Why does adding n number of odd numbers yields n^2? What theory is being applied? | [
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Economics | Why are there so many different cryptocurrencies? | [
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Technology | How did credit cards work before the internet? | [
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Technology | How did Humans create perfectly flat objects prior to the invention of advanced tools/machinery? | [
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Earth Science | - have traditional cloud shapes changed from men altering landscapes or build large cities? | [
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Chemistry | Why does milk turn yellow when frozen? | [
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Chemistry | Why do batteries die if theyre kept in to low of temperatures and at what temperature would they just not work?(like double a batteries that go in controllers) | [
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Economics | Apple hit 2 trillion in value. Does that mean if they “sold” the company, that would be the price or is it a stock thing? | [
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Technology | Why does sped up audio sound high-pitched and slowed down audio sounds low-pitched? | [
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Physics | Why are things that are wet with cold water so much harder to dry than those wet with hot water? | [
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Technology | what is difficult about patching bugs in a video game? meaning why is it easier for companies to patch bugs after the release of the game rather than before?. | [
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Technology | Axle Ratios: Someone I know is purchasing an F250 to tow a 5th wheel - why would they choose 4.30 Electronic Locking Rear Axle vs. 3.31 ELRA? What's the difference? | [
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Chemistry | Why are Levoamphetamine and Dextroamphetamine not considered different drugs? | [
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Physics | What would you hear if an object was moving towards you at twice the speed of sound? | [
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Biology | What causes the skin on your fingers or toes to come loose, form an air bubble, and then tear off? | [
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Technology | Why does Braille use raised bumps instead of raised letters? | [
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Biology | Why do some alcoholic drinks give you really bad hangovers while others not so? | [
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Other | What makes CBD different than other cannibinoids that make it approved by the FDA for medical purposes? | [
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Technology | What does the "Night Shift" feature on an iPhone actually do? What are it's benefits? | [
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Other | What does it mean if someone says they’re a Gestalt nihilist? | [
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Biology | Why are eyes (and sometimes lips) so puffed up in the morning? | [
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Chemistry | Why can't we create water? I heard that it's too dangerous but can't we do it in a controlled enviroment now that we have robots that can get up close instead of us? | [
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Technology | How do the calorie counters work on things like treadmills? Are they accurate? | [
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Economics | How is the US stimulus package going to affect the US economy? | [
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Chemistry | why does rubbing alcohol melt ice? | [
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Physics | Photons have no mass, how can they transfer momentum to solar sails? | [
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Biology | How on Earth does a snake move at all? | [
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Technology | Why does the iPhone require a passcode after restart if the fingerprint scanner is secure? | [
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Biology | How do all of our internal organs stay in their own spot and not move around or drop to other places in our body as we move? | [
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Chemistry | why is there not thunder/lightning storms in the winter? | [
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Technology | why do banks not process your payments on the weekends? For example, if I make a rent payment on Friday, the money isn’t withdrawn from my account until Monday. If it’s all electronic, why can’t they process it the next day? | [
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Mathematics | How does a basic four-function calculator get its answers? | [
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Chemistry | Why does wine oxposed to oxygen turn into vinegar but whiskey oxposed to oxygen remains whiskey. Shouldn't the alcohol transform into acidic acid? | [
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Technology | Why does a serrated knife work better to cut bread than a “flat/normal” bladed knife? | [
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Technology | What is CMOS technology and how does it work? | [
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Other | Why do so many low-quality youtube videos loop over from the beginning midway through the video? | [
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Physics | Why do objects accelerate while falling? | [
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Technology | Why do companies use download assistants instead of direct downloads? | [
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Biology | What is the tingling sensation between my eyes when there is something near my forehead? | [
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Mathematics | how does the “birthday problem” work? | [
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Economics | Why can paying off your student loans hurt your credit score? It seems like it would be a good thing. | [
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Mathematics | What is the best way to explain Derivatives by examples from every day life ? | [
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