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If I went back to the Cretacious era to go fishing, what would I catch? How big would they be? What eon would be most interesting to fish in?

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Would it be physically possible to see the Apollo landing sites in recognizable detail with an Earth-based telescope? If so, what magnification would be required?

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When a tree (or other land plant) is immersed in water, what does it die of?

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How long does it take for two celestial bodies to become tidally locked? What does the transition from being not tidally locked to being tidally locked look like?

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If I placed a sufficiently large block of lead, or other dense, massive object, next to one of the arms of the LIGO detector, would its gravitational influence be detectable by LIGO?

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Which would experience more brain trauma when shot in the head: a normal human skull, or a bulletproof human skull?

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What microorganisms can insects see that we can't?

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Could you theoretically use rape as an interrogation tactic?

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If a planet spun fast enough, could something orbiting it be accelerated into a higher orbit purely by tidal gravitational forces?

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What would happen if I ingested a whole gram of pure LSD? Would I die? If so, from what? If not, what would happen? Do we know?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
If I went back to the Cretacious era to go fishing, what would I catch? How big would they be? What eon would be most interesting to fish in?	4141
Would it be physically possible to see the Apollo landing sites in recognizable detail with an Earth-based telescope? If so, what magnification would be required?	20
When a tree (or other land plant) is immersed in water, what does it die of?	19
How long does it take for two celestial bodies to become tidally locked? What does the transition from being not tidally locked to being tidally locked look like?	6
If I placed a sufficiently large block of lead, or other dense, massive object, next to one of the arms of the LIGO detector, would its gravitational influence be detectable by LIGO?	3
Which would experience more brain trauma when shot in the head: a normal human skull, or a bulletproof human skull?	2
What microorganisms can insects see that we can't?	2
Could you theoretically use rape as an interrogation tactic?	1
If a planet spun fast enough, could something orbiting it be accelerated into a higher orbit purely by tidal gravitational forces?	1
What would happen if I ingested a whole gram of pure LSD? Would I die? If so, from what? If not, what would happen? Do we know?	1