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Why is our moon is called “the moon” yet other planet’s moons have actual names? | [
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How do pyramid schemes negatively impact society and the people that get caught in them? | [
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Why is Carbon black but pure diamonds turn out clear? | [
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How do credit settlement companies who claim that people who have a lot of debt don't have to pay it back work? | [
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Why can’t/don’t ATMs give you money in denominations smaller than $20 these days? | [
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Why is the senate more powerful then the house of representatives? Today’s election outcome means what exactly for America? | [
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Why aren’t 11 and 12 “teen” numbers like the others between 10 and 20? | [
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Why do bees make honey but wasps don't? | [
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Why are cotton swabs the shape they are if they are not meant to be put into ear holes? | [
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What is a "Monopolistic Competition" and how does it work? | [
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Why is tip-toeing quiter than normal walking? | [
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why does your body ache after a fever? | [
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why do things look so much further away in pictures? | [
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Why when we enter cold water we start to breath heavily? | [
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In what direction is the 4th dimension? | [
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what's the purpose of nuclear retaliation? (more details inside) | [
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Why do some countries use alternative measures? | [
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How do we raise and lower our voice?! What is the actual volume handle? | [
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How is currency exchange rate decided. How do people decide whether the dollar is whatever and why is dollar the metric? | [
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What happen if I shut down my computer during an update ? | [
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How does the US protect its technology from being stolen when selling F-35s and other military technology to foreign nations? | [
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Why does music sound so much louder in your head when using one earphone compared to two even if they're both at the same volume? | [
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How do wealthy people utilize shell companies/corporations to avoid paying taxes? | [
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Before sheep shearing by humans was common, did all sheep just grow large, unmanageable coats that caused them to overheat or attracts pests and just eventually die? | [
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How/Why would water boil in space due to pressure, despite space being deadly freezing cold? | [
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Why do our bodies/ every living things body need water to survive? | [
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What are cast iron pots/pans and why are they favoured by many if they are apparently harder to maintain? | [
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how does Samsung pay work? | [
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What is the difference between a ledger balance and an available balance? | [
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Is it possible to have a heavy element to have the same amount of neutrons as protons and would it be stable? | [
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What exactly are producers and directors doing when making a movie? | [
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What is the shadow we see when we close our eyes after seeing something really bright? | [
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Since we have microscopic organisms walking around on our skin, do those microscopic organisms have organisms that are microscopic to them walking on their skin and so on? | [
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How is opiate tolerance determined? | [
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If blood is a biohazard, why are feminine hygiene products not thrown away in a more careful way? | [
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How do digital to analog conversions work? | [
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Does warming up before running actually makes you run better or is it just placebo? | [
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If smartphones are basically small computers, why can't we easily boot up android on lumia? | [
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How does alcohol subside certain kinds of pain? | [
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How exactly does the US school system works? How is it possible that students are leaving school with huge debts? | [
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Why do people gasp when they see something shocking or surprising? | [
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Why is high-caliber ammunition (such as .45 and up) more common and accessible in handguns and pistols than in rifles? | [
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What makes sunrises and sunsets pretty/colorful and could you predict what days they would be so? | [
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How can the universe be infinite and expanding at the same time? | [
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What's the difference between a hotel, motel, resort and inn? | [
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how do enzymes come into contact with substrate ? | [
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How to understand/read odds ratios in sports? | [
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How is insurance both profitable and useful to a customer? | [
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why is baking soda and vinegar a recommended drain cleaning method? | [
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how do mathematicians find so many digits of pi and how? | [
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What is a right to work law? | [
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Why does fish meat need to be in ice all the time? Is there something unique to seafood which causes it to decompose faster compared to other meats? Chicken, beef or pork for example...are never accompanied with a 'put this on ice ASAP' type of label | [
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How do rivers of molten rock flow without melting their banks? Presumably they're flowing through the same type of rock: wouldn't it have the same melting point? | [
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What is Triple point and how does it occur? | [
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How can we determine root cause of fire with any degree of accuracy when fires are so destructive? | [
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Why are thunder and lightning common with rain but uncommon with snow? | [
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How much do clouds weigh? | [
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Do other galaxies in the sky move? | [
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how did computers get so smart at playing chess ? | [
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How is Google Photos able to give you unlimited storage completely free? | [
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How did our measurements of temperature(Celcius, Fahrenheit, and Kelvin) come about? | [
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How exactly do people who upload pirated content (suppose from Netflix) benefit from it? | [
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If I get eight hours of sleep, when my alarm rings I feel like death warmed over. If I get six hours of sleep, when my alarm rings I feel chipper and ready to get up. Why is this? | [
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I'm allergic to penicillin/amoxicillin. Could there be a point where giving it to me anyways and dealing with the symptoms is a better option than not? | [
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What do people mean when they say "50% of American money is in circulation outside the US"? | [
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What are complex numbers and why are they useful? | [
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How does the Options market work and can you use a lifelike example of a put / call position which is relatable? | [
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What’s the ‘need’ for the stock prices to change every minute? | [
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what happens to the flooded cars after a major flood? | [
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Given the brutality of World War 2, how have relations between the major Allied and Axis powers continued to be so positive? Why are the alliances between the U.S. and Japan/Germany, in particular, so strong? What was different about WW2 from other wars that prevented ongoing tension/conflict? | [
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Why do some foods (especially sweet ones) taste fine when cold, but others (especially savoury/salty ones) taste best when hot? | [
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Why does getting paper wet make it so much weaker? | [
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Why are there so many different kinds of soap? | [
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can someone please explain mixed radix number systems and maybe give an example of counting in one? | [
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If someone was found not guilty of killing several people but later came out and admitted to the murders, why couldn’t he/she be recharged and retried? | [
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Why does multiplying two negative numbers equal a positive? | [
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how does dungeons and dragons work? | [
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How does tax havens work? | [
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Why is the tech market crashing and how does it relate to bonds and inflation etc? | [
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Shoemaker Levy left burn marks the size of the Earth on Jupiter's surface for months. How is this possible if Jupiter has no surface? | [
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How is it that some drugs find whole other purposes when used in human trials? Does this show a major lack of understanding on our part? | [
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Why do colleges care about legacies? How does having parents or grandparents who are alumni of a certain university make the student a more qualified candidate? | [
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What causes an oasis to grow in the middle of deserts? | [
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What makes cyanides so extremely poisonous when Carbon and Nitrogen are found everywhere in non-toxic states? | [
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What is the "Pattern Day Trader Rule" and why does it exist? | [
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How does hashing work for single value like the letter "a"? | [
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What happens to non-perishable or preserved food after it has been stored for over 200 years? | [
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Why does the burn of alcohol on a small cut go away temporally when blowing on it? | [
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How can captcha know I am not a robot from just a click? | [
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How do some math problems become so massive they take up full massive chalk boards? | [
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How does the Troxler Effect work? | [
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What would happen to you if you jump into a deep pool of boiling hot metal like this guy? [NSFW] | [
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Why are so many types of toothpaste advertised as “whitening” toothpastes? Shouldn’t every type of toothpaste be cleaning and whitening your teeth regardless of the type? | [
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How did Isaac Newton just invent Calculus? | [
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why is math (statistics, calculus, etc) so important for a strong programmer? | [
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In math, what exactly is a Manifold? | [
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How are people who move around a lot in their sleep able to keep themselves from falling off of the bed? | [
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what are and what causes those colors and patterns you see when you close your eyes or when you are in complete darkness? | [
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What causes the economy to go into a depression? | [
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What are the requirements for a scar to form instead of a full recovery? | [
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