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When different breeds of cats reproduce indiscriminately, the offspring return to a “base cat” appearance. What does the “base dog” look like?

7191 upvotes • elstevebo

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Why do tires on cars when doing a burnout give white smoke, but a pile of tires burns black?

7182 upvotes • CyborgWarrior

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I heard that detergents, soaps, and surfactants have a polar end and a non-polar end, and are thus able to dissolve grease. But so do fatty acids; the carboxyl end (the acid part) is polar, and the long hydrocarbon tail is non-polar. So why don't fatty acids behave like soap? What's the difference?

7179 upvotes • Berkamin

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Do asteroids fly into the sun?

7175 upvotes • BlueChameleon64

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Why doesn't our brain go haywire when magnetic flux is present around it?

7160 upvotes • mere_nayan

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Since we measure nuclear warhead yields in terms of tonnes of TNT, would detonating an equivalent amount of TNT actually produce a similar explosion in terms of size, temperature, blast wave etc?

7149 upvotes • OverRetaliation

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Is the original strain of covid-19 still being detected, or has it been subsumed by later variants?

7141 upvotes • Ghosttwo

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Why do certain flavours go well together? E.g. chicken/coleslaw, tomato/mozarella, spinach/garlic, walnuts/honey, tuna/mayonaise?

7140 upvotes • Edipya

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How do scientists know that 1 Billion crab went missing ?

7138 upvotes • WhtRabit

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Why is 18 the maximum amount of electrons an atomic shell can hold?

7135 upvotes • 999horizon999

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When different breeds of cats reproduce indiscriminately, the offspring return to a “base cat” appearance. What does the “base dog” look like?	7191	elstevebo
Why do tires on cars when doing a burnout give white smoke, but a pile of tires burns black?	7182	CyborgWarrior
I heard that detergents, soaps, and surfactants have a polar end and a non-polar end, and are thus able to dissolve grease. But so do fatty acids; the carboxyl end (the acid part) is polar, and the long hydrocarbon tail is non-polar. So why don't fatty acids behave like soap? What's the difference?	7179	Berkamin
Do asteroids fly into the sun?	7175	BlueChameleon64
Why doesn't our brain go haywire when magnetic flux is present around it?	7160	mere_nayan
Since we measure nuclear warhead yields in terms of tonnes of TNT, would detonating an equivalent amount of TNT actually produce a similar explosion in terms of size, temperature, blast wave etc?	7149	OverRetaliation
Is the original strain of covid-19 still being detected, or has it been subsumed by later variants?	7141	Ghosttwo
Why do certain flavours go well together? E.g. chicken/coleslaw, tomato/mozarella, spinach/garlic, walnuts/honey, tuna/mayonaise?	7140	Edipya
How do scientists know that 1 Billion crab went missing ?	7138	WhtRabit
Why is 18 the maximum amount of electrons an atomic shell can hold?	7135	999horizon999