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How do people "Discover" things or numbers in mathematics? | [
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what is the meaning of true positve ,true negative ,false positive and false negative? | [
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If the corpus collosum is cut, can I communicate to my left ear with speech? | [
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what animals with eyes on the sides of their head see exactly? Can they see both their sides at the same time? | [
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Why is cell service so erratic in the mountains? Mountains don't move, so why is the connection not constantly good or bad? | [
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Is there something surrounding the universe? | [
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what is a Markov chain and the Monte Carlo method? | [
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Why do airlines charge less for flights out of small cities (stopping over in a major hub) and more JUST from that major city? | [
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How do animators figure out how much to move clay models/drawings for each frame? | [
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- Why do communications companies make themselves so impossible to get hold of? | [
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How do sites that don't display ads make money? | [
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Why is your voice different when you speak another language? | [
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How can I find real, unbiased news? | [
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What causes an Existential Crisis to trigger in our brain? | [
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How does Iodine (pill form?) help reduce the effects of radiation poisoning if you’re already irradiated? | [
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What are the obstacles preventing us from moving to plant-based plastics? | [
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Objectively, what are the limitations of carbon dating? | [
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Why isn't there a bunch of craters decorating our planet like the moon? | [
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why is C-4 or plastic explosives so powerful for being so small? | [
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I often hear how scary and dangerous Biotechnology (gene manipulation etc.) is or will be. Why is it that? What is so scary about it? | [
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Why do hospitals and asylums get abandoned? | [
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What is codependency and how does it work? | [
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Why does bathroom sink water seem to taste different than kitchen sink water? | [
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Why is so much water used when mining lithium? | [
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how can tiny amounts of dangerous drugs be lethal? | [
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Why do older PC games require to put Disc 2 on your PC while playing? | [
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How come things emit light when hot? (ie. Lightbulbs, Fire, Etc.) | [
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why is there a limit on recycling at certain stores? | [
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- What’s the reason behind having Congress read the 628-page document aloud? | [
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Why do our brains get “tired” when listening to a song on repeat? | [
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Whats the difference between a Gas Giant planets and a tiny sun? | [
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How Is Math A Universal Language? | [
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Where and how does a country get its money to pay off their debt or pay its citizens? | [
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Why do stainless steel water bottles develop a soapy taste after washing them with soap, no matter how much you rinse them? | [
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Why does the flame of a candle go up? | [
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How does caloric surplus/deficiency balance over a longer period of time in terms of weight gain? | [
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why do things like colored balloons and stained glass have colored shadows? | [
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How come yellow highlighter doesn't show up on paper when you photocopy it? | [
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- Why if we have immune cells specifically made to find and kill cancer cells, we can die of cancer? | [
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Why does a credit score go down just for checking it? | [
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Why is it essential that the US is included in the Iran deal? | [
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Why do different caffeinated drinks affect people differently? Aren't they all caffeine? | [
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Why do we feel a small vibration when a large truck or bus barrels past us in the opposite direction when we are driving in our cars? | [
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Why do you die almost instantly when the level of CO2 in the air is above 10%? | [
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Genetically speaking, am I more closely related to my individual parents, or one of my siblings, excluding identical twins? | [
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Where is the internet stored? If all computers were destroyed would we be able to get back to our same internet? | [
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- How are we able to decipher text from letters so quickly? for example I saw a insta post with . and was able to figure it out first try | [
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What is wet bulb temperature? | [
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Why do sometimes when we download or install a program it get stuck or an error occurs on 98% or 99%? | [
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How do “rules” work during a war? | [
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What determines your alertness when you wake from sleep? | [
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Do volcanic eruptions really bring rare metals and gemstones to the surface? | [
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Why must I completely shut my patchy Wi-Fi off in order for my mediocre data to kick in? Would it not be possible for them work hand in hand like super hero and sidekick to provide the fastest possible connection always? And can they not together make a stronger connection than either alone? | [
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How did early scientists determine the difference between elements and compounds? | [
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What’s the difference between an Ira, Roth IRA and IRA roll over? | [
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how does blue light glasses stop people from getting migraines from screens? | [
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. How does a garbage bag manage to keep such a wide range of strong and vile stinks contained? | [
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Why are characters open to public domain and not other 'creations' ? | [
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How does a food company acquire all the detailed "Nutrition Facts" listed on the back of the product? | [
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How does the moon control ocean currents? | [
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Why is Luxemburg the richest country in the world on a per capita basis? | [
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Why do older 3D graphic games look worse to us than retro 2D games? | [
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How is it possible for traffic on the highway to come to a complete standstill despite there being no obstruction, closed lane, exit etc? | [
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Why/How is Tesla given such a high valuation, more so than Ford and GM recently, despite never turning a profit? | [
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Water: is it considered colourless & flavourless? Why is it always depicted blue? | [
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How do forms of alternative computing such as DNA and molecular computers work? | [
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Why would adding some sort of giant magnifying glass to solar panels not generate more energy? | [
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How do credit card companies make money with all of their cash back deals? | [
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Why do bombs detonate right before they hit the ground rather than at impact? | [
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Why do drinks taste better from a soda fountain? | [
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What did Bill Clinton do/What contributed to the prosperous economic state in the 90's? | [
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Why do mouth ulcers and canker sores swell when cuts anywhere else on the body simply get red and heal up? | [
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How do tattoo parlors get around copyright laws? | [
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Can patients in comas cough or sneeze? I've read patients in comas can still breath on their own, but wouldn't cough. Since coughing always seems to be a reflex and not a conscious decision, would a patient in a coma be able to sneeze or cough? If not, then why not? | [
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Why does foamy water appear to be white or cloudy? | [
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Is there friction in space and does it affect big objects like Moon? | [
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Why do fully charged batteries not bounce when dropped vertically but discharged ones do? | [
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In open world games like GTA 5, what happens to NPCs when no one is around? Do they still “move,” drive, etc? | [
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How does a large radiation source cause surrounding objects to become radioactive too? | [
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How big is a Lagrange Point? How far from the center of a Lagrange Point can an object get before it no longer qualifies as "at the Lagrange Point" and develop a separate orbit? | [
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How do you encrypt something like a phonecall where there aren't physical characters you can change like in a text message? | [
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What caused the housing market crash of 2008? | [
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how does hot water clean better than cold? | [
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Why is everything so cheap in Thailand? | [
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Why humans can run marathons for hours but are exhausted after 1-3 minutes of fighting? | [
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What is acid, and how can it "burn" things into almost nothing? | [
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What does this Moody's downgrade of China mean? | [
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What makes us feel cold when we have a fever? | [
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How can the purchasing power of a dollar in another country be so different from its value based on the exchange rate? | [
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How do scales measure body fat + hydration + bone + muscle? Is this just bullshit or is there some truth to it? | [
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If fusion doesn’t produce much radioactive waste, why does a nuclear bomb produce so much radioactive material? | [
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what causes men to have a completely different penis size - from very small to very large! and the same for women breast sizes? | [
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Why do bright lights trigger a sneezing reflex? | [
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Why mixing red and blue creates violet with shorter wave length than both while mixing red and yellow creates orange, which is something in between? | [
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Why is it that after an argument with your partner is settled, a lot of time, both partners feel emotionally closer and sexually more attracted to each other? | [
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How does a bank refusing my cash payments prevent money laundering? | [
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What specifically about hard seltzers and hard ciders makes them not nearly as foamy/bubbly as beer? | [
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Can someone explain logarithms to me? | [
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Why are DC motors more energy efficient than AC motors? | [
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How do "sanctions" against countries really work? | [
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