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If you fired a minigun into the air and had a strobe light next to it, timed to the rate of fire of the gun, would you be able to "see" a bullet "suspended" in mid-air?

1102 upvotes • [deleted]

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Has any animal evolved in a way to adapt to the modern human?

1101 upvotes • megaludde

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Does salt actually "bring out flavor" in food or does it just make the food taste salty?

1101 upvotes • o0DrWurm0o

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Could you turn a smoke detector into a makeshift radiation detector?

1101 upvotes • Soloandthewookiee

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Can you get Vitamid D from a large enough fire?

1101 upvotes • Turtlphant

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What were ice-age land bridges like?

1101 upvotes • MrTheLister

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Why isn't there a "microwave" for cooling things instead of heating them?

1100 upvotes • SolArdan

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Is it likely that I have an atom in my body that once was inside one of my parents? Can an atom stay in a family for generations?

1100 upvotes • jeffsal

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Every computer program is compiled (or interpreted) by another program, called the compiler or interpreter. This includes compilers themselves. Is there a "common ancestor" compiler of all high-level programs today, and if so what is it?

1100 upvotes • rm999

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Light traveling through a medium that slows it. Does the same photon emerge?

1100 upvotes • TheGandPTurtle

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If you fired a minigun into the air and had a strobe light next to it, timed to the rate of fire of the gun, would you be able to "see" a bullet "suspended" in mid-air?	1102	[deleted]
Has any animal evolved in a way to adapt to the modern human?	1101	megaludde
Does salt actually "bring out flavor" in food or does it just make the food taste salty?	1101	o0DrWurm0o
Could you turn a smoke detector into a makeshift radiation detector?	1101	Soloandthewookiee
Can you get Vitamid D from a large enough fire?	1101	Turtlphant
What were ice-age land bridges like?	1101	MrTheLister
Why isn't there a "microwave" for cooling things instead of heating them?	1100	SolArdan
Is it likely that I have an atom in my body that once was inside one of my parents? Can an atom stay in a family for generations?	1100	jeffsal
Every computer program is compiled (or interpreted) by another program, called the compiler or interpreter. This includes compilers themselves. Is there a "common ancestor" compiler of all high-level programs today, and if so what is it?	1100	rm999
Light traveling through a medium that slows it. Does the same photon emerge?	1100	TheGandPTurtle