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Serotonin is the hormone what makes us happy, so why aren't we just injecting it into our body/taking it as tablets to get out of misery on command? | [
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By default our voice is meant to be clear, but how do some voice actors make their voice become raspy or coarse on the fly? | [
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The solution to Fermat’s Last Theorem (unsolved problem in math for 358 years until Wiles in 1995)? | [
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Why are people trying to find the biggest prime number? | [
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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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Why is it OK to compare and draw conclusions from data where there are two samples of very different size? | [
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How, at 93 million miles away, does the sun feel so warm, yet when a simple cloud passes over it the warmth is incredibly dampened? | [
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How do enzymes work? I know that they speed up chemical reactions, but how? | [
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Why do large, orbital structures such as accretion discs, spiral galaxies, planetary rings, etc, tend to form in a 2d disc instead of a 3d sphere/cloud? | [
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what are cramps and why do they hurt? | [
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correlation doesn't imply causation, then what does? | [
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How does lightning know where to strike on the ground when the energy is in the clouds? How does it know that there is a metal pole on the ground? | [
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Why is it that sometimes pens stop writing in a certain point on the paper, but then write fine on a different spot? | [
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What are NFTs in the art world and why/how are they bad? | [
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Why when you look at clouds you can’t see through them, but when you are in a cloud you can see some distance? | [
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Why have the salaries of athletes, actors, TV personalities, musicians way outpace salaries of traditional occupations over the past 100 years? | [
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How can earthquakes be "predicted"? | [
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what’s the difference if any between working class and middle class? | [
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Is there any scientific reason or scenario that you would use the term "Dihydrogen Monoxide" instead of "Water"? | [
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How does CPAP rid fluid from the lungs? (treating pulmonary edema with CPAP) | [
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What is demonetization? How does it work as an economic strategy? And what is a measure of its success? | [
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If women had never been allowed to work, would a working family man still be able to afford a house and to provide for his family with only his job? | [
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Why do americans use 'cups' for cooking instead of weight? | [
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How can we get such good quality photos printed on clothing/t-shirts? | [
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what is a labor union? What are the pros and cons? Why are people in favor or against them? | [
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Why do we get angry and frustrated when we’re in pain? | [
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What is the psychology behind having an imaginary friend? | [
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What is an Operating System? | [
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Why do people snore when they sleep but not when we're awake? | [
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Why aren't high energy photons more massive than low energy photons? | [
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How can companies, specifically like Spotify, continue to operate while losing so much money? | [
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Why does hay fever not bother you when sleeping, but if you wake in the middle of the night or first thing in the morning, BAM! suffer city? | [
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Why can you only see the at edges of your peripheral vision in the dark? | [
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Koan - A riddle without a solution, used in Zen Buddhism to demonstrate the inadequacy of logical reasoning and provoke enlightenment. What does this mean? | [
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Why can't we solve the Theory of Everything (Grand Unified Theory)? What are some missing links? Do we think it can be solved? | [
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Why do banks even issue mortgages? Wouldn’t they get significantly better returns in the market? | [
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How do we modify rice or other foods to include more vitamins? | [
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Why is it that the center of a watermelon is the most tasty part of it? | [
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How does "the shot" (birth control) last so long? | [
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What is a god complex? | [
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Why is a fresh water stream close to the mountains rather blue-ish and not transparent? | [
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Why is standard deviation a better measure than mean deviation? | [
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As Francium is the most unstable element, how much more energy will it generate if it is split compared to, let's say Uranium? | [
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Why would the government classify Alien activity ? | [
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How do reward systems make you addicted? | [
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Is Australia the continent, or is Oceania? What's the difference? | [
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How do CPUs have such a high wattage and such a low voltage? | [
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how does Lamotrigine work as a mood stabiliser? | [
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How does increasing fluid intake help when you’re sick with the common cold? | [
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If I sell stock, who buys it? | [
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Why does spinning make you dizzy? | [
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If love, feelings of happiness, loneliness, etc., are just chemical reactions in your brain, why can't things like loneliness be cured just by supplementing them with the missing chemicals? | [
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The earth is about 4.5 billion years old, but at what physical point do scientists classify a planet's age as 0? | [
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Why should I care that Google and other tech giants have my data? | [
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Seeing as I just got my first snowfall of the year, what makes snow stick more or less to different surfaces? | [
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What exactly is turbo lag? | [
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How do companies not run out of stocks? | [
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is person mind really divided to conscious and subconscious or is this division made for convenience to discrube some psychological phenomena ?is there other psychologicsl model which does not make this division? | [
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Dictators and why people see to blindly believe in them? | [
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How does peoples personal lives affect the global market? E.g. Bill Gates divorce | [
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What are the 22 states of matter? | [
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Why does over sleeping makr you feel "hungover"? | [
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Why is American candy packaging so much thicker than in other countries? | [
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Are there certain foods you can't be allergic to? | [
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Why are people donating money to help California after the wildfires? Shouldn't peoples' home insurance take care of that for them? | [
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if almost all industries are inversely related with the oil industry (if the price of oil drops, then things become cheaper to produce), why is the economy so reliant on having a high price for oil? | [
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Why do video game console makers lose money from consoles regardless of success and popularity? | [
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Why does the earth's rotation affect a pendulum, but not anything else that hovers above the ground? | [
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Why is seawater so hard to convert into drinkable water? | [
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How does a GPU converts data to a picture/ graphic on the screen? | [
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Why does 1% battery life last longer than any other percent? | [
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Why is it preferable to have illegally obtained evidence thrown out of court as opposed to keeping it and prosecuting the one who obtained it? | [
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Bio/Organic Chemists:Can you identify whether a particular organic is edible (fat/protein/carb), a drug, a poison, or not edible (ex: byproduct of crude oil)? | [
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why do we get night sweats when we are suppose to have our lowest body temp when asleep? | [
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what is the difference between white meat and dark meat in a chicken? | [
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Why does a foot massage feel better when someone else does it than when you do it yourself? | [
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When should bitwise operators be used? | [
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What the heck is Poe’s Law? | [
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Why are satellites more powerful than wifi? | [
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Why does a company or any organization still need accountants? Why cant every transaction be recorded in a computer and entered into the books automatically without needing a person to do it? | [
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how do bell curves work? | [
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why does work appear to go by faster when making an effort to never look at the clock? | [
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Did the pilot who dropped the nuke in Japan live? If so how? | [
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Why does sugar free soda fizz way more than regular soda? | [
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What are the mid-term elections and who won? | [
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Why is the hotel industry dominated by international companies (Marriott, Hilton, etc.) but apartments are almost always locally owned/run/branded? | [
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Why do flags wobble in the wind even when the wind is steady? | [
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Why do the longest and shortest days of the year not coincide with the yearly average hottest and coldest days? | [
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what are eigenvalues and eigenvectors? | [
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How does dust accumulate in an electric fans blades while they’re constantly moving fast in a circular motion? | [
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How do consumption products (Alcohol, Marijuana, Cheese, etc) contain "notes" of other foods? | [
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How is it ensured that Wikipedia articles show correct information, and how is vandalism of articles prevented on it? | [
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How does COPPA affect YouTubers that do not live in the US, I mean the FTC is a US commission so how does it affect international YouTubers? | [
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the discrepancy in size between the observable universe and the age of the universe. If the universe is 13.8 billion years old than how can it be observable to 43.5 billion light years? | [
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How does "You can't prove a negative" work? | [
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Why are most "extremely absorbent" products harder when they are dry when compared to regularly absorbent products? For example, sponges / cooling towels / Shamwows are usually much harder than cotton or paper towels when dry. | [
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Why do animals and birds behave strangely during eclipse but not when sun is blocked by clouds? | [
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how do coin dispensing machines know the difference between $1, $5, $10 etc. dollar bills? | [
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why does having your credit checked negatively affect your credit score? | [
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How do additive alphabetic numeral systems express decimals or numbers several orders of magnitude larger than their largest numeral? Or are they necessarily limited compared to positional numeral systems? | [
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