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Does sipping water vs 'chugging' water impact how the body processes water?

17277 upvotes • ZuluPapa

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When someone is dying of hunger or thirst, is there a "point of no return" after which they are still alive but if they were given food or water their body would not be able to absorb it fast enough to survive?

17274 upvotes • ArchmageIlmryn

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The Gunpowder Plot involved 36 barrels of gunpowder in an undercroft below the House of Lords. Just how big an explosion would 36 barrels of 1605 gunpowder have created, had they gone off?

17121 upvotes • Notmiefault

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Didn't the person who wrote world's first compiler have to, well, compile it somehow?Did he compile it at all, and if he did, how did he do that?

17062 upvotes • Loldererste

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We encounter static electricity all the time and it's not shocking (sorry) because we know what's going on, but what on earth did people think was happening before we understood electricity?

16767 upvotes • BecauseDan

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Is there any reason for the alphabet being in the order its in?

16756 upvotes • dworkphone

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Yuo're prboably albe to raed tihs setencne. Deos tihs wrok in non-alhabpet lanugaegs lkie Chneise?

16674 upvotes • Chlorophilia

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The universe is said to be around 23% dark matter, 72% dark energy and 5% ordinary matter. If we don't know what dark matter and dark energy are, where do the percentages come from?

16555 upvotes • Luxray1000

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With people under quarantine and practicing social distancing, are we seeing a decrease in the number of people getting the flu vs. expectations?

16519 upvotes • TXflybye

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Why can we develop a vaccine for COVID in 8 months, but still don't have a vaccine for other viruses that are decades old?

16499 upvotes • Coppatop

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Does sipping water vs 'chugging' water impact how the body processes water?	17277	ZuluPapa
When someone is dying of hunger or thirst, is there a "point of no return" after which they are still alive but if they were given food or water their body would not be able to absorb it fast enough to survive?	17274	ArchmageIlmryn
The Gunpowder Plot involved 36 barrels of gunpowder in an undercroft below the House of Lords. Just how big an explosion would 36 barrels of 1605 gunpowder have created, had they gone off?	17121	Notmiefault
Didn't the person who wrote world's first compiler have to, well, compile it somehow?Did he compile it at all, and if he did, how did he do that?	17062	Loldererste
We encounter static electricity all the time and it's not shocking (sorry) because we know what's going on, but what on earth did people think was happening before we understood electricity?	16767	BecauseDan
Is there any reason for the alphabet being in the order its in?	16756	dworkphone
Yuo're prboably albe to raed tihs setencne. Deos tihs wrok in non-alhabpet lanugaegs lkie Chneise?	16674	Chlorophilia
The universe is said to be around 23% dark matter, 72% dark energy and 5% ordinary matter. If we don't know what dark matter and dark energy are, where do the percentages come from?	16555	Luxray1000
With people under quarantine and practicing social distancing, are we seeing a decrease in the number of people getting the flu vs. expectations?	16519	TXflybye
Why can we develop a vaccine for COVID in 8 months, but still don't have a vaccine for other viruses that are decades old?	16499	Coppatop