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Why don’t starch and cellulose taste sweet like sugars, although they’re polymers of sugars?

6614 upvotes • soliperic

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Why does running ice cold water on my hands not feel as bad as running it on any other part of my body?

6613 upvotes • thunk_stuff

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What is happening when we randomly lose slight hearing in one ear and hear a loud ringing sound in it for a few seconds before the ringing fades away?

6611 upvotes • doodoojones

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Bird Flu, Swine flu exist and has been past to humans. How come we never have canine or feline flu, despite our close contact to those animals?

6608 upvotes • mulletpullet

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Is it possible to create a contagious Vaccine?

6604 upvotes • Asshole_from_Texas

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what happens to food that accidentally gets into the lungs?

6601 upvotes • spritehorn

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Why does a woman’s risk of having a baby with Down Syndrome increase with her age, when women are born with all the eggs they will ever ovulate?

6599 upvotes • heinz_inthecity

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Im wondering as to why all the Birds ,Insects and Fish were very large back in the mesozoic age compared to what they are now?

6593 upvotes • internet5500

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Is there any kind of an upper limit for how many planets can be in a solar system? I assume that there are plenty of systems with zero, but are there others with hundreds or thousands, or is there some kind of clear maximum?

6593 upvotes • Toorelad

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According to the last episode of Chernobyl, there is still a man buried inside reactor 4. Would his body have decomposed normally or would the excessive radiation not allow for any substantial bacterial activity?

6590 upvotes • stoneymunson

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Title	Upvotes	Author	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why don’t starch and cellulose taste sweet like sugars, although they’re polymers of sugars?	6614	soliperic
Why does running ice cold water on my hands not feel as bad as running it on any other part of my body?	6613	thunk_stuff
What is happening when we randomly lose slight hearing in one ear and hear a loud ringing sound in it for a few seconds before the ringing fades away?	6611	doodoojones
Bird Flu, Swine flu exist and has been past to humans. How come we never have canine or feline flu, despite our close contact to those animals?	6608	mulletpullet
Is it possible to create a contagious Vaccine?	6604	Asshole_from_Texas
what happens to food that accidentally gets into the lungs?	6601	spritehorn
Why does a woman’s risk of having a baby with Down Syndrome increase with her age, when women are born with all the eggs they will ever ovulate?	6599	heinz_inthecity
Im wondering as to why all the Birds ,Insects and Fish were very large back in the mesozoic age compared to what they are now?	6593	internet5500
Is there any kind of an upper limit for how many planets can be in a solar system? I assume that there are plenty of systems with zero, but are there others with hundreds or thousands, or is there some kind of clear maximum?	6593	Toorelad
According to the last episode of Chernobyl, there is still a man buried inside reactor 4. Would his body have decomposed normally or would the excessive radiation not allow for any substantial bacterial activity?	6590	stoneymunson