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How are fish able to withstand the tremendous pressure in the deep sea? | [
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How is dental health so vlosely related to heart health? | [
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Why do we have to pasteurize cow milk but not breast milk? | [
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What is happening in Gaza and what is all this commotion? | [
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Why do humans not have a "mating season"? | [
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Is there any aspect of reality in action movies where the characters can find out someone’s personal information/record with only said person’s name? | [
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Why do British people not sound British when they sing? | [
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Why does MSG have such a bad reputation? | [
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How do scientists know what the global temperature was millions of years ago? | [
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How do observational studies "control for" certain variables? | [
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Would wearing multiple hazmat suits protect you from more radiation? | [
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How does a 4 day work week not result in 4/5ths the productivity of a company? | [
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Why is sleep symbolized by “zzzz” ? Is there a reason for this ? | [
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Why does slowing down audio sometimes deepen voices, but sometimes not? | [
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when using alcohol beverages in soups and sauces why is the product not alcoholic? | [
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Why do wine bottles usually use corks instead of lids or caps? | [
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What is a Fourier Transform and why was it necessary to render the image of the total solar eclipse? | [
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How can the universe be 93 billion light years in diameter but only 13.8 billion years old? | [
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Why is crude oil, coal, and natural gas found so deep within the earth? | [
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Why does starch boil over? | [
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How does the U.S. treasury/federal reserve know how much money to print each year? | [
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If we are what we eat, does that mean your diet can have an impact on your chemical composition? | [
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Why was the electron planetary model incorrect, and what is the currently accepted model? | [
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Do scientists really know what the core of planets and stars are made of? | [
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A student asked me today: "If cars keep shooting out bad stuff into the atmosphere, won't the atmosphere pop eventually like a balloon?" | [
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The difference between sexual harrassment, sexual battery, sexual assault and rape? | [
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Are probiotics the opposite of antibiotics and if so would taking a probiotic while sick hurt you more? | [
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How is it that the flu can develop multiple strains, and how does it change every year and stay “unique” to all prior years? | [
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How do smart phones not over heat? | [
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Why is breast cancer more common in females than males; aren't hormones susceptible to change? | [
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If skin cells die and fall off everyday, how do we still have freckles and scars? | [
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Why do men end up with big beer belly but not or rarely women? | [
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How can water be reflective and see through at the same time? | [
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What happens if you were to cut the bottom of your testicles? Would the balls fall out? Will liquid spill? | [
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Do butterflies regain any of the memories or anything else from when they were a caterpillar? | [
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Why do they use a hose to splash water during high dive competitions? | [
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What is the anatomy of a boob and how do boob jobs work? | [
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Why do asteroids make such a big boom on impact? | [
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Why does it hurt when water touches an open wound? | [
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What is plasma, how do we and scientists use it in our daily lives? | [
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Why is it colder at the top of a mountain when its closer to the sun? | [
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what the United Nation supposed to do? | [
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Why do a lot of bruises appear circular even if the object that made the bruise wasn’t circular? | [
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Either the universe continues indefinitely, or it has an edge somewhere, both boggle the mind to imagine, which is correct? | [
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Why was diarrhea so much more of a fatal problem in the developed world, say, 100 years ago, than it is today? | [
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how does propulsion work in space? | [
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At what point, and how, does computer hardware touch/move/influence the software? | [
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What’s the psychological reason people’s urge to go to the bathroom gets more intense the closer we get to actually going? | [
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What actually happens when you “restart” a machine - does it switch off? If so how does it start itself again? | [
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Why does water affect electronics in a negative way? | [
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Why do only some nuclear explosions produce the stereotypical mushroom cloud? | [
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Do "infinite timelines" & "infinite universes" mean the same thing or are they exclusive things? | [
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. How its possible for the light to travel constantly with out stop slowing down from the most old galaxies? | [
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Why does your pencil look flexible when you wiggle it with two fingers? | [
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Why do coupons have a cash value of 1/100 of a cent? | [
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What is GitHub? What is a Git? | [
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In accounting, why does a balance sheet always need to balance when comparing assets against liabilities? | [
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. How exactly do real estate agencies work for you? | [
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How do recommendation engines work? | [
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if lint is just fibers from my clothes being pulled out in the dryer, why are my clothes not completely dissolved after decades of being put through said dryer? | [
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What happens to a photon when it hits your retina? | [
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How does Irma keep changing vastly between categories, shifting in speed? Is that normal? | [
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why are videos on some YouTube channels demonetized due to swearing while others are not? | [
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what is the advantage of being in a location with a few wireless access points over one where you have a lot? | [
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Where do all the different elements on planet earth (or any other planet) come from? | [
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How does the reinstatement of embargo on Cuba affect American cruise lines which already have cruises booked there? Are they all immediately cancelled? How quickly does it take effect? | [
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How do embers stay burning for hours, even while buried beneath soot/ash? | [
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Why is scar tissue so different than normal tissue? | [
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how do different analog media formats make sound? Particularly Vinyls and the wiggly lines on film? | [
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Why does gasoline pricing produce such acute price sensitivity in consumers, despite the negligible differences in totals over filling an entire tank? | [
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Why would you ever need to know the anything beyond the 2nd derivative of an equation? | [
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Why does Seawater take on different hues or colours in different parts of the world? | [
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What causes an object/atom to begin accelerating due to gravity? | [
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If weapon companies are private why is it usually the presidents who make the deals between countries? | [
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- why does time slow down as you approach the speed of light? | [
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Why do clothes shrink after being put in the dryer? | [
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If Coca-Cola were to produce biodegradable packaging for their plastic bottles and if it’s true that biodegradable plastic decomposes in 3 to 6 months, how would Coca-Cola make they products last on store shelves and warehouses? | [
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Why does squinting make vision clearer when you aren’t wearing glasses/contacts? | [
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How do criminals get involved in the things they do? | [
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How can you calculate a day for a planet if it is tidally locked? | [
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How does car hotwiring even work? | [
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what is a half life, and what is it’s significance in science? | [
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Why does the USA have a jury in court? Why would you have citizens without a law degree decide on such important matters? | [
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How do flavors in foods “marry” after sitting together. Why does it taste different than eating immediately after combining? | [
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What is Markov Chain and why is it important? | [
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Libraries in programming. what do they help in? | [
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If a Power Line Touches a Tree, is the Tree Constantly Getting Electrocuted? | [
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How is it possible to get two yolks from a single egg? | [
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What do professional mathematicians do? What are they still trying to discover after all this time? | [
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Why is buying in bulk cheaper than buying stuff individually? | [
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Why is there a large build up of dust on fan and air vent covers when there is air being blown over them often to displace dust from settling? | [
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Why and how do insects stay still for hours? | [
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Why is 67 degrees Fahrenheit cold when you're in water, but nice when you're outside? | [
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When you talk about sleep waves what are you actually talking about? | [
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What is the difference between allergy meds Zyrtec, Claritin, and Benadryl? | [
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If temperature comfort is achieved via insulation from clothing, how is it that a wool crewneck can keep you comfortable in hot and cold weather, whereas a parka can only keep you comfortable in cold weather? | [
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Why can a coaxial cable carry hundreds of HD TV channels but a PC display cable can barely handle high resolutions? | [
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Why does your nose run when you're sat in the cold? | [
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Why does the sound of thunder "roll" for several seconds when lightning happens in one flash? | [
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Why can’t we just down tools and pause the economy for four months and then pick up where we left off without a recession? | [
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