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In an interview with Dick Cavett, Richard Burton described a coal seam called "the Great Atlantic fault," that goes from Spain through Wales under the Atlantic to Pennsylvania. Was he full of it?

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Steam baths have been used medicinally by many cultures worldwide. Are there any studies showing their effectiveness for any ailment, or was the idea widespread just because people thought they were "sweating out" the disease?

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Why do elephants have a longer gestation period than whales?

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Has anyone tried to measure the effect of the Endangered Species Act on its goals?

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How do you store a living virus in vitro?

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In parts of the world where malaria used to be endemic and has since been eliminated, was the local mosquito population destroyed for a period of time during malaria elimination?

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If a species of dinosaur 65 million years ago had neolithic-level technology, would any evidence of that survive today? How about iron-age technology? Industrialization?

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In an interview with Dick Cavett, Richard Burton described a coal seam called "the Great Atlantic fault," that goes from Spain through Wales under the Atlantic to Pennsylvania. Was he full of it?	203
Steam baths have been used medicinally by many cultures worldwide. Are there any studies showing their effectiveness for any ailment, or was the idea widespread just because people thought they were "sweating out" the disease?	15
Why do elephants have a longer gestation period than whales?	1
Has anyone tried to measure the effect of the Endangered Species Act on its goals?	1
How do you store a living virus in vitro?	1
In parts of the world where malaria used to be endemic and has since been eliminated, was the local mosquito population destroyed for a period of time during malaria elimination?	1
If a species of dinosaur 65 million years ago had neolithic-level technology, would any evidence of that survive today? How about iron-age technology? Industrialization?	1