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How did people manage diabetes before modern medicine?

7548 upvotes • A_Knights_Tail

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How do birds survive the incredible cold temperatures of the polar vortex?

7545 upvotes • Septipus

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Can i condition myself so that when i recieve a certain stimuli my pupils dilate/shrink?

7544 upvotes • neonlookscool

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How do we know it rains diamonds on saturn?

7543 upvotes • Frozaken

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How does masturbating "reduce the risk of prostate cancer"? Is it just a statistical correlation or is there a causal link?

7535 upvotes • TheScrawl

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If a person is paralyzed from the neck down, does that paralyzed body still react to temperature changes? Sweat and goosebumps?

7530 upvotes • ScratchThatItch

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We can't see beyond the observable universe because light from there hasn't reached us yet. But since light always moves, shouldn't that mean that "new" light is arriving at earth. This would mean that our observable universe is getting larger every day. Is this the case?

7529 upvotes • Worldwidearmies

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Do we have evidence that Omicron is "more mild" than Delta coronavirus?

7513 upvotes • jdtrouble

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How do lakes deep underground maintain an ecosystem with no energy input from the Sun?

7501 upvotes • Warpimp

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Does the original strain of Covid still exist in the wild or has it been completely replaced by more recent variants?

7500 upvotes • froggy_diggum

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How did people manage diabetes before modern medicine?	7548	A_Knights_Tail
How do birds survive the incredible cold temperatures of the polar vortex?	7545	Septipus
Can i condition myself so that when i recieve a certain stimuli my pupils dilate/shrink?	7544	neonlookscool
How do we know it rains diamonds on saturn?	7543	Frozaken
How does masturbating "reduce the risk of prostate cancer"? Is it just a statistical correlation or is there a causal link?	7535	TheScrawl
If a person is paralyzed from the neck down, does that paralyzed body still react to temperature changes? Sweat and goosebumps?	7530	ScratchThatItch
We can't see beyond the observable universe because light from there hasn't reached us yet. But since light always moves, shouldn't that mean that "new" light is arriving at earth. This would mean that our observable universe is getting larger every day. Is this the case?	7529	Worldwidearmies
Do we have evidence that Omicron is "more mild" than Delta coronavirus?	7513	jdtrouble
How do lakes deep underground maintain an ecosystem with no energy input from the Sun?	7501	Warpimp
Does the original strain of Covid still exist in the wild or has it been completely replaced by more recent variants?	7500	froggy_diggum