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Will my kids inherit the genetic mutations that I aquire during my lifetime?

779 upvotes • RedditScoutBoy

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How do human postures work? Why is it so difficult to consciously correct a bad posture ?

778 upvotes • Throwaway09284762312

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Are there any known endogenous retroviruses that can cause active infections, and is this possible in principle?

778 upvotes • amlyo

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Do white people have a tan ''cap'' in a sense that they can't get darker past some point ?

777 upvotes • Trollfrag

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We speak in different languages, so why do we all make "ha ha" or "ho ho" sounds when we laugh?

777 upvotes • frontloader

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Has the Internet and social media increased the prevalence of attention seeking disorders such as Munchhausen's Syndrome by Proxy or Histrionic Personality Disorder?

777 upvotes • jcaseys34

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How does Xenon bond?

777 upvotes • rkh00

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How far back in human history would we have to go before modern humans could not reproduce with their ancestors?

776 upvotes • bizzehdee

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If I dropped a lamp into a black hole and a photon left the lamp travelling exactly away from the singularity, after the lamp had passed the event horizon, would the photon slow down or leave the black hole?

775 upvotes • Toxicitor

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Why are there so few lakes in South America?

775 upvotes • Jaicobb

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Will my kids inherit the genetic mutations that I aquire during my lifetime?	779	RedditScoutBoy
How do human postures work? Why is it so difficult to consciously correct a bad posture ?	778	Throwaway09284762312
Are there any known endogenous retroviruses that can cause active infections, and is this possible in principle?	778	amlyo
Do white people have a tan ''cap'' in a sense that they can't get darker past some point ?	777	Trollfrag
We speak in different languages, so why do we all make "ha ha" or "ho ho" sounds when we laugh?	777	frontloader
Has the Internet and social media increased the prevalence of attention seeking disorders such as Munchhausen's Syndrome by Proxy or Histrionic Personality Disorder?	777	jcaseys34
How does Xenon bond?	777	rkh00
How far back in human history would we have to go before modern humans could not reproduce with their ancestors?	776	bizzehdee
If I dropped a lamp into a black hole and a photon left the lamp travelling exactly away from the singularity, after the lamp had passed the event horizon, would the photon slow down or leave the black hole?	775	Toxicitor
Why are there so few lakes in South America?	775	Jaicobb