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Was it common for healthcare professionals, undertakers, etc to catch influenza from handling bodies in the 1918 Flu epidemic?

1626 upvotes • DangerCheck

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Does your digestive system work like a queue, I.e. first in first out, or can food pass other food in your digestive tract?

1625 upvotes • PieThon

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When the swine flu outbreak happened in 2009, the vaccine took less than a year to be synthesized and released to the public. How come people are worried that the COVID vaccine may be released to the public in less than a year?

1625 upvotes • alemirskykatz

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How good are current HIV treatments at preventing full-on AIDS? Can rich people who can afford treatments-- like Magic Johnson-- essentially maintain their lifestyles indefinitely?

1624 upvotes • HITMAN616

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Can Three of the Four Types of Volcanic Eruptions Happen Underwater?

1624 upvotes • JohnWarrenDailey

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How did sleep evolve so ubiquitously? How could nature possibly have selected for the need to remain stationary, unaware and completely vulnerable to predation 33% of the time?

1622 upvotes • [deleted]

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[askscience AMA series] We are nuclear fusion researchers, but it appears our funding is about to be cut. Ask Us Anything

1621 upvotes • machsmit

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Could you Skype at Relativistic Velocities?

1621 upvotes • raddy13

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Increased gut motility is a well documented side effect of caffeine consumption. Is this the body's attempt at removing the caffeinated food bolus?

1620 upvotes • Catan_mode

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Why can't the Gardasil vaccine rid you of the HPV strains you have, but can give protection from the ones that you don't have?

1619 upvotes • Heavy-Suggestion3464

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Was it common for healthcare professionals, undertakers, etc to catch influenza from handling bodies in the 1918 Flu epidemic?	1626	DangerCheck
Does your digestive system work like a queue, I.e. first in first out, or can food pass other food in your digestive tract?	1625	PieThon
When the swine flu outbreak happened in 2009, the vaccine took less than a year to be synthesized and released to the public. How come people are worried that the COVID vaccine may be released to the public in less than a year?	1625	alemirskykatz
How good are current HIV treatments at preventing full-on AIDS? Can rich people who can afford treatments-- like Magic Johnson-- essentially maintain their lifestyles indefinitely?	1624	HITMAN616
Can Three of the Four Types of Volcanic Eruptions Happen Underwater?	1624	JohnWarrenDailey
How did sleep evolve so ubiquitously? How could nature possibly have selected for the need to remain stationary, unaware and completely vulnerable to predation 33% of the time?	1622	[deleted]
[askscience AMA series] We are nuclear fusion researchers, but it appears our funding is about to be cut. Ask Us Anything	1621	machsmit
Could you Skype at Relativistic Velocities?	1621	raddy13
Increased gut motility is a well documented side effect of caffeine consumption. Is this the body's attempt at removing the caffeinated food bolus?	1620	Catan_mode
Why can't the Gardasil vaccine rid you of the HPV strains you have, but can give protection from the ones that you don't have?	1619	Heavy-Suggestion3464