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Is their validity to the notion that there is a finite number of reliably discernible personality-types?

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Why is a (solid) object's resistance to change called "inertia" but a liquid's resistance to change called "viscosity"? At standard temperature and pressure, would it be accurate to describe a cube of pure steel as having "low viscosity"?

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Suppose I have a waterlogged sponge. What is the quickest way to evaporate the water without destroying the sponge?

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Does the mass of the sun affect our qualitative perception of day-length?

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Do pellets shot from a gas-operated semi-automatic shotgun fly out of the muzzle at a lower velocity than a pump-shotgun?

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Lunesta, Ambien, Sonata... If I suffer from insomnia, why don't I just regularly chloroform myself to sleep?

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How is the "stretchiness" of a material quantified and compared against other materials?

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Why do our knees have kneecaps but our knuckles do not have "knucklecaps"?

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If lightning strikes the ground near me and I am electrified by it, does that mean the lightning took the path of greater resistance by coming up out of the ground when injuring me?

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Do medical personnel have a standardized procedure for when a patient wakes from a long-term coma? A short-term coma?

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Is their validity to the notion that there is a finite number of reliably discernible personality-types?	1
Why is a (solid) object's resistance to change called "inertia" but a liquid's resistance to change called "viscosity"? At standard temperature and pressure, would it be accurate to describe a cube of pure steel as having "low viscosity"?	1
Suppose I have a waterlogged sponge. What is the quickest way to evaporate the water without destroying the sponge?	1
Does the mass of the sun affect our qualitative perception of day-length?	1
Do pellets shot from a gas-operated semi-automatic shotgun fly out of the muzzle at a lower velocity than a pump-shotgun?	1
Lunesta, Ambien, Sonata... If I suffer from insomnia, why don't I just regularly chloroform myself to sleep?	1
How is the "stretchiness" of a material quantified and compared against other materials?	1
Why do our knees have kneecaps but our knuckles do not have "knucklecaps"?	1
If lightning strikes the ground near me and I am electrified by it, does that mean the lightning took the path of greater resistance by coming up out of the ground when injuring me?	1
Do medical personnel have a standardized procedure for when a patient wakes from a long-term coma? A short-term coma?	1