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What exactly causes the pain from a static spark?

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To what extent can/do multiple strains of an illness (like 2 different kinds of the flu or 2 colds for example) infect a person at the same time and compete for control of their body?

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How did the "different parts of the tongue sense different tastes" myth start? Did any actual scientists believe this?

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How do smell receptors release smell molecules after they're done with them?

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Why are 6- (and sometimes 5-) membered rings far more prevalent in chemical compounds than rings with 4 or 3 members?

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Can/do dolphins resent the fact that we make them do tricks? Are they even aware that that's what we're doing?

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What was the universe like precisely one second after the Big Bang?

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Do plants ever get "full" of sunlight/water? If not, how do they store their surplus sunlight/water?

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My biologist friend claims we're born with the same number of adipose cells we die with. To what extent is this true?

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I just learned that black holes can carry electric charge. Does this mean traveling black holes can produce huge magnetic fields? If two black holes have large enough charges of the same sign, will they repel each other rather than attract? Has any of this actually been observed?

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What exactly causes the pain from a static spark?	91
To what extent can/do multiple strains of an illness (like 2 different kinds of the flu or 2 colds for example) infect a person at the same time and compete for control of their body?	26
How did the "different parts of the tongue sense different tastes" myth start? Did any actual scientists believe this?	23
How do smell receptors release smell molecules after they're done with them?	11
Why are 6- (and sometimes 5-) membered rings far more prevalent in chemical compounds than rings with 4 or 3 members?	11
Can/do dolphins resent the fact that we make them do tricks? Are they even aware that that's what we're doing?	7
What was the universe like precisely one second after the Big Bang?	6
Do plants ever get "full" of sunlight/water? If not, how do they store their surplus sunlight/water?	6
My biologist friend claims we're born with the same number of adipose cells we die with. To what extent is this true?	3
I just learned that black holes can carry electric charge. Does this mean traveling black holes can produce huge magnetic fields? If two black holes have large enough charges of the same sign, will they repel each other rather than attract? Has any of this actually been observed?	2