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Can lightning blow up rocks?

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If gryphons/griffins were real, how big would their wings need to be to fly as fast as normal birds of prey?

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When figuring out how much force a bird's wings are exerting as it flies, is it simply taking the mass of the bird and multiplying by how fast it's going or is the way the wings work alter that equation somehow?

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When I'm breaking a habit, why do the urges to do the bad habit get stronger?

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How do we know an object's mass increases as it approaches light speed?

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When the sun becomes a red giant, won't it drastically change the orbits of the surviving planets?

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How explosive is swamp gas?

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Why do all the larger land creatures on Earth have four limbs (plus/minus a tail)?

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Why can't anything in the electromagnetic spectrum have wavelengths longer than radio or shorter than gamma waves?

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How strong is water at different psi's?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Can lightning blow up rocks?	1
If gryphons/griffins were real, how big would their wings need to be to fly as fast as normal birds of prey?	1
When figuring out how much force a bird's wings are exerting as it flies, is it simply taking the mass of the bird and multiplying by how fast it's going or is the way the wings work alter that equation somehow?	1
When I'm breaking a habit, why do the urges to do the bad habit get stronger?	1
How do we know an object's mass increases as it approaches light speed?	1
When the sun becomes a red giant, won't it drastically change the orbits of the surviving planets?	1
How explosive is swamp gas?	1
Why do all the larger land creatures on Earth have four limbs (plus/minus a tail)?	1
Why can't anything in the electromagnetic spectrum have wavelengths longer than radio or shorter than gamma waves?	1
How strong is water at different psi's?	1