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why is Cosby's sentence 3-10 years? Why isn't it a definitive number? | [
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How do our brains work for driving big vehicles like semis, concrete trucks and dump trucks and able to just glance at a tight turn at fast speed and have maybe less than an inch without hitting something but clear it knowing you will without looking twice? | [
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Why do precious metals make good catalysts? | [
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Why there aren't any human size insects? | [
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How does a sleeping person know the time? | [
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How come water pouring into a cup sounds like it increases in pitch, but never seems to get higher pitched? | [
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Why is it that whenever we buy a new electrical item like headphones or similar, it is usually pre-charged but only a bit rather than fully charged? | [
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Why are almost all ready to bake foods, cooked at either 375 or 425 f? | [
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How do companies that seem to have a monopoly in their space (Google, CollegeBoard, just to name a few) circumvent anti-trust laws? | [
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why is wax clear when melted but opaque in a solid form? | [
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Why has the potency of marijuana increased over the past few decades? Will the potency continue to increase? | [
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If I do an international bank transfer from bank A to bank B, at any point does bank A send physical money to bank B? | [
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Why is it so necessary for some TV shows to have a live studio audience? Why can’t they just use recorded laughter for laugh tracks? | [
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What causes everyone to have different fingerprints? Is it from DNA only or some outside reason? If it is from DNA, would a kids fingerprints resemble that of the parents at all since they partially share DNA. | [
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Why do phones lose connection when flying? Isn't airplane altitude well within cell tower range? | [
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Over 1,000 nuclear tests have occurred at the Nevada test site. Why wasn't there any major repercussions? | [
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Why is one 100% polyester fabric different than another 100% polyester fabric? | [
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the difference between adsorbent and absorbent? | [
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Is there a point at which something is so small that it doesn't emit sound? (e.g. a cell, DNA) | [
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Why is it so hard to inhale when strong wind is in your face? (AKA sticking your head out of a car window) | [
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Why does someone suddenly develop an allergy to a substance that was accepted by the body previously? | [
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What does a university accreditation do? | [
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Why can't you just Lipo a fat person thin? | [
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Why are most circuitboards green? Does it make a difference if its any other color? | [
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Why do we loop rockets around Earth instead of shooting them straight up? | [
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Why do projectiles move along with the Earth's rotation? | [
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How does Radio Astronomy work? | [
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Why can't we control wild fires/forest fires before they get out of control, given all the firefighting means that we have? | [
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Can snapping someone's neck in real life like in the movies really kill someone fast? If so why? | [
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How has the UK National Deficit been decreasing in recent years while the National Debt has been increasing so much? | [
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If people who have been bitten or stung by some insects such as fire ants have a higher risk of developing an allergy to them, then how do long term treatments such as whole body extract immunotherapy (slowly exposing the body to the venom) work? | [
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Why do we get sleepy on rainy days? | [
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I see that a lot of coffees use Arabica beans, but tout different flavors/roasts. How can the same beans be used to produce different darkness and roasts? | [
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In the movie Interstellar, 'they' are being referred as 5-dimentional beings. Do we hope to find such life somewhere in universe or we will one day become such intelligent life ? | [
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Why are there people like me who feel angry and anxious when they hear chewing sounds but then some who find pleasure in those sounds, like in ASMR? | [
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of software forking, and the legalities of it with regard to licenses and other issues? | [
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How do you decide the design and shape of a product especially if it's new? And who decides it? | [
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Why does the tea kettle go quiet before it starts to whistle? | [
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everyone knows there’s a hurricane coming when Jim Cantore shows up in your city. But how did people brace for hurricanes before the Weather Channel and modern day hurricane prediction methods? | [
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How do music producers use samples from other songs without having to pay that artist? | [
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Why does shining a blue laser at an LED turn it on? | [
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How are creams obsorbed by the skin? | [
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Why are coins in the U.S. not sized according to their values? | [
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how do computer monitors work? How does each individual pixel know to change colour? | [
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if we have tons of face muscles that we use all the time, how come our face muscles don’t bulk up like biceps or quads? | [
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How exactly are emails sent, like the actual process of the data getting sent to another device that’s for example on another continent? | [
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What’s preventing the different moons of planets like Jupiter from colliding? | [
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How does stomach medicine like peptobismol work? As in, what does it do to your stomach? | [
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Why do people blame government for failing economy? | [
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How do planets "capture" asteroids? Wouldn't any asteroid encounter be on a hyperbolic trajectory and need some kind of capture burn? | [
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how do bugs and insects keep coming back after the winter? | [
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Why can pain get so intense to the point that we are unable to move or defend ourselves, while technically it should serve as a warning system for us to find help? | [
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Why are tasks like whistling easy once you learn them, but hard to explain/teach others? | [
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Why are Disneyworlds 3D "movies" so much better than movie theaters imax3D and RealD? | [
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How are we able to hold our breath for so long? How do our vitals still receive oxygen? | [
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Why did the US experience a Winter Storm/ Cold Snap thing? What is it and why does it happen? | [
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Why are d-block elements called transitional elements? | [
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Why do brand name drugs all have such distinctly "druggy" sounding names? (Prozac, Vyvanse, Viagra, Daytrana, Centrix, Cialis, etc.) | [
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There were several search engines in use before Google came around (AskJeeves, etc). What made Google the ultimate game changer? | [
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why do companies own/sell stocks? | [
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What causes the "helicopter noise" when you roll the backseat windows down in a vehicle, while the front are still up? | [
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What is a quick method for counting the tubes in this picture? | [
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Why can animals drink dirty water but humans cant? | [
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What is a Gödel sentence? | [
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Why does grey fabric seem to change colour the most when it becomes wet? | [
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. What happens when a stock splits and how is this advantageous? | [
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Why does the government and the central bank have to be different entities? What different agendas do they pursue? | [
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What are plus minus sign used for? | [
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how exactly does your body lose fat? | [
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Why do hospitals and asylums get abandoned? | [
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Why does task manager close stuff so much faster than normal closing methods? | [
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Why do spoons/forks sometimes taste like they have an electrical charge? (Almost like putting your tongue to a battery) | [
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What is chemotherapy and how does it work? Why does it work? | [
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How did we come up with the asteroid theory for dinosaur extinction? | [
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What is an event horizon? | [
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What is the difference between Blackmail and being paid to sign an NDA? | [
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How does Debt create money? | [
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Why do head/scalp massages feel so intensely good? | [
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How do physical disk readers identify music "tracks" on the disc? How do they know where to stop/start? | [
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Given that we started at $0 and we are now at countless zillions, where did all the worlds money come from? | [
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why does the sound of thunder come in successive booms? | [
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Why is it so hard for game consoles to include backwards compatibility? | [
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Why does turning on lights / flickering lights make sound? Do light make sound? | [
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How come a 4 minute .mp4 taken from my phone is the same size as a 2 hour movie? | [
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how dows Pepsi agree to be joked about in Coke's commercials/product placement? | [
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What would happen if a nuclear bomb exploded in space above the US, say at the height of the ISS? Would radioactive particles be mostly filtered by the atmosphere? | [
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How do owls keep their heads so stable while their bodies can be moved around? | [
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- If a balloon is rubber, and rubber is an insulator then how come rubbing a balloon on your head creates electricity? | [
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How is old music digitally remastered to sound good? | [
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How do games "tone down" the graphics for low graphics settings? | [
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why is burning plastics (like polyethylene) bad when it's a hydrocarbon like wood? | [
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What are cookies from websites? | [
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Why is it that the longer a piece of taut rope is, the looser it appears to be? | [
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Why are there business suit and jewelry stores in airports? Do people really casually buy a +$600 suit or $1,000 ring before they get on a plane? | [
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Why do some people get car sick, even if they are looking at the road while they are moving? And why is it more likely while you are on a hill or mountain? | [
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What does it mean when they say “this company grew too big too quickly”? | [
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Why does ice stick to the bottom of the glass? | [
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How *thick* does a knife have to be to cut you? | [
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why does oil turn rainbow on pavement? | [
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What are we really seeing when we look at an image of an atom? Aren't the electrons, relatively speaking, really distant from the nucleus? How can they both show up in the same picture? | [
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