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What is physically happening in our head/brain during a headache?

871 upvotes • SpikeKintarin

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Are there any notable natural satellites around the Sun that orbit outside the similar plane of the planets?

871 upvotes • agtwork

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My kitchen sponge is smelly. I pop it in the microwave for a minute, rinse it off, and the smell is gone. Is this really because the bacteria are killed?

870 upvotes • PotatoMusicBinge

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How does google sort through the whole internet in, according to my latest search, .27 seconds?

870 upvotes • [deleted]

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What is the significance of eigenvalues in physics?

870 upvotes • thedirtydiapers

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If I wanted a sword made from materials that represent the pinnacle of modern materials science,what should it be constructed from?

869 upvotes • 55555

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Why have CPUs been limited in frequency to around 3.5Ghz for so many years? What prevents us from increasing the frequency to 10, 100, 1000Ghz?

869 upvotes • aphexcoil

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At what room temperature do humans get the best sleep?

869 upvotes • spontain

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If the Yellowstone Caldera were to have another major eruption, how quickly would it happen and what would the survivability be for North American's in the first hours, days, weeks, etc?

869 upvotes • skel625

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How much more mass would Jupiter need to fuse Hydrogen and become a star?

869 upvotes • touchmyfuckingcoffee

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What is physically happening in our head/brain during a headache?	871	SpikeKintarin
Are there any notable natural satellites around the Sun that orbit outside the similar plane of the planets?	871	agtwork
My kitchen sponge is smelly. I pop it in the microwave for a minute, rinse it off, and the smell is gone. Is this really because the bacteria are killed?	870	PotatoMusicBinge
How does google sort through the whole internet in, according to my latest search, .27 seconds?	870	[deleted]
What is the significance of eigenvalues in physics?	870	thedirtydiapers
If I wanted a sword made from materials that represent the pinnacle of modern materials science,what should it be constructed from?	869	55555
Why have CPUs been limited in frequency to around 3.5Ghz for so many years? What prevents us from increasing the frequency to 10, 100, 1000Ghz?	869	aphexcoil
At what room temperature do humans get the best sleep?	869	spontain
If the Yellowstone Caldera were to have another major eruption, how quickly would it happen and what would the survivability be for North American's in the first hours, days, weeks, etc?	869	skel625
How much more mass would Jupiter need to fuse Hydrogen and become a star?	869	touchmyfuckingcoffee