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Will there be an eventual limit to physical/athletic world records? It seems every year we run/pitch/jump/swim a mph/second faster/ foot higher. Will humans continue to become bigger stronger faster or will the body hit a point where it becomes physiologically impossible?

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Can the brain control anything other than thought and muscle movement?

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So what would happen if a 60 meter asteroid hit the earth.Both scenarios, land and sea.

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Meteorologists, should I give a fuck about Irma? Or is this sensational?

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Will there be an eventual limit to physical/athletic world records? It seems every year we run/pitch/jump/swim a mph/second faster/ foot higher. Will humans continue to become bigger stronger faster or will the body hit a point where it becomes physiologically impossible?	1275
Can the brain control anything other than thought and muscle movement?	2
So what would happen if a 60 meter asteroid hit the earth.Both scenarios, land and sea.	1
Meteorologists, should I give a fuck about Irma? Or is this sensational?	1