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Why can our brain automatically calculate how fast we need to throw a football to a running receiver, but it takes thinking and time when we do it on paper?

3350 upvotes • [deleted]

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What is the air inside a bell pepper composed of?

3349 upvotes • Schmackelnuts

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Why is the year 2100 not a leap year?

3349 upvotes • PrettyUnoriginal

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When you are knocked unconscious are you in the same state as when you fall asleep?

3349 upvotes • Chimp711

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Discussion: Veritasium's newest YouTube video on the reproducibility crisis!

3348 upvotes • AskScienceModerator

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Given their long lifespans, do turtles or bowhead whales get dementia?

3347 upvotes • epanchin

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If you had a million mirrors placed in such a way that each would reflect off the next one, and you stand in front of one and move, would there be any lag between your movement and what appears on the final mirror?

3346 upvotes • kevin4789

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Are Daddy Long Leg Spiders Venomous?

3346 upvotes • Reddit_Diver_96

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If you were orbiting a black hole just a few feet outside the event horizon and you stuck your arm past, what would happen when you tried to pull it out?

3345 upvotes • SergeantCunt

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When the LHC was created there was an expectation that it would lead to the discovery of the Higgs boson. Do we have any similar discoveries we are expecting to make in the near future?

3343 upvotes • Micp

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why can our brain automatically calculate how fast we need to throw a football to a running receiver, but it takes thinking and time when we do it on paper?	3350	[deleted]
What is the air inside a bell pepper composed of?	3349	Schmackelnuts
Why is the year 2100 not a leap year?	3349	PrettyUnoriginal
When you are knocked unconscious are you in the same state as when you fall asleep?	3349	Chimp711
Discussion: Veritasium's newest YouTube video on the reproducibility crisis!	3348	AskScienceModerator
Given their long lifespans, do turtles or bowhead whales get dementia?	3347	epanchin
If you had a million mirrors placed in such a way that each would reflect off the next one, and you stand in front of one and move, would there be any lag between your movement and what appears on the final mirror?	3346	kevin4789
Are Daddy Long Leg Spiders Venomous?	3346	Reddit_Diver_96
If you were orbiting a black hole just a few feet outside the event horizon and you stuck your arm past, what would happen when you tried to pull it out?	3345	SergeantCunt
When the LHC was created there was an expectation that it would lead to the discovery of the Higgs boson. Do we have any similar discoveries we are expecting to make in the near future?	3343	Micp