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How can TV networks and radio stations tell how many viewers/listeners they have at a given moment?

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Can animals conceptualize quantities and numbers? And to what degree?

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Why do foods with higher fat and sugar content tend to taste better to humans (and other animals) than foods that are leaner? Have we evolved to prefer foods that are highly caloric?

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I scan a hard-copy 1-page document to my email as a PDF. The next day I've forgotten I've done this, and scan the same document again under the same scanner settings. When I discover I've made two scans, I see that of the PDFs is 70kb, the other is 73kb. What would cause this variance in file size?

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When it comes to dropping food on the ground, how legitimate is the "five second rule"?

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Do mother cats know the precise number of babies they have?

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When you get "sick of" a type of food/dish after frequent consumption of it, are there biological implications to this feeling?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How can TV networks and radio stations tell how many viewers/listeners they have at a given moment?	33
Can animals conceptualize quantities and numbers? And to what degree?	3
Why do foods with higher fat and sugar content tend to taste better to humans (and other animals) than foods that are leaner? Have we evolved to prefer foods that are highly caloric?	2
I scan a hard-copy 1-page document to my email as a PDF. The next day I've forgotten I've done this, and scan the same document again under the same scanner settings. When I discover I've made two scans, I see that of the PDFs is 70kb, the other is 73kb. What would cause this variance in file size?	1
When it comes to dropping food on the ground, how legitimate is the "five second rule"?	1
Do mother cats know the precise number of babies they have?	1
When you get "sick of" a type of food/dish after frequent consumption of it, are there biological implications to this feeling?	1