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If helium keeps floating up and up, how do we still have helium left on Earth after more than a billion years? Also, helium is a gas. Where do you actually go to find helium on Earth?	616
Ok lets assume we can’t get climate change under control in time (which we prob won’t). What are we actually looking at in terms of damage. What does this mean for humanity? How will we feel the effects? Could we actually go extinct as a result of this?	1
People can still find the Gros Michel Banana in certain parts of the world. Given that, why have we never made an effort to reintroduce it in the US? Why did we stick with the Cavendish Banana if it’s also a sterile clone with the same potential for a disease such as Panama?	1
How can the universe have an age if before said Big Bang, time has to have stopped (Someone who is new to relativity)?	1
If we just doubled light speed right this moment, what changes would we expect with these new wonky rules to our universe?	1
People diss the Oedipus Complex and Sigmund Freud cuz I mean, nobody would do shit with their mom. PornHub would argue that a lot of people get off to fantasies of their mom and stepmoms. Does that mean there’s more to this than we thought?	1
Can we predict a point in the future where modern man has evolved so much, that we are no longer the same species?	1
When is it better to use Sports Drinks as opposed to other means of caloric intake (ex. Carbing up prior or waiting till after you are done)?	1
Assuming Santa’s sleigh isn’t also magic, wouldn’t it be a dumb idea to have flying reindeer pull a sleigh cuz it’ll just go down and Santa will be 90 to the ground? Wouldn’t you want the sleigh to have like, giant wings so it’s gliding instead of falling limp?	1

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