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Have we ever seen any planets being destroyed?

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How close to lava would I have to hold a sparkler before it lit itself from the heat?

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When I drop my download speed from, say, 500kbps to 100kbps, why can I watch the download speed taper off instead of drop suddenly?

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Do insects do things that they consider funny?

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Why does toast taste different to bread?

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If I film a drummer hitting a cymbal from a distance away, does the delay between the vision and sound decrease when I increase the optical zoom on the camera?

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If you had a super-powerful telescope and were standing on Mars, Could you watch a single street on Earth's surface? Or does the planet revolve too quickly to be able to keep up with any accuracy while re-adjusting the angle of my telescope?

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What % of people who ever lived are alive right now?

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If I threw a blob of the slipperiest substance in the world on to a plain of the world's least slippery substance... what would happen?

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What is happening in my body that tells me to wake up and go to the toilet, but I'm too tired to do so; and what happens to my body when this recurs over the course of the night?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Have we ever seen any planets being destroyed?	1
How close to lava would I have to hold a sparkler before it lit itself from the heat?	1
When I drop my download speed from, say, 500kbps to 100kbps, why can I watch the download speed taper off instead of drop suddenly?	1
Do insects do things that they consider funny?	1
Why does toast taste different to bread?	1
If I film a drummer hitting a cymbal from a distance away, does the delay between the vision and sound decrease when I increase the optical zoom on the camera?	0
If you had a super-powerful telescope and were standing on Mars, Could you watch a single street on Earth's surface? Or does the planet revolve too quickly to be able to keep up with any accuracy while re-adjusting the angle of my telescope?	0
What % of people who ever lived are alive right now?	0
If I threw a blob of the slipperiest substance in the world on to a plain of the world's least slippery substance... what would happen?	0
What is happening in my body that tells me to wake up and go to the toilet, but I'm too tired to do so; and what happens to my body when this recurs over the course of the night?	0