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Do desert reptiles like this lizard have feet that can stand the scorching heat of the hot sand in order to avoid burns?

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Would enormous eyes allow us to see things very far away at good resolution?

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Is it true that being careless about handwashing etc could make your immune system "stronger"? Vaccines only ramp up relevant antibodies without infecting the body since they are often injected in very small amounts in oil so it doesn't spread easily yet persists.

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If we could breathe water, could we effectively produce a whistle-like sound using water instead of air?

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What, if anything, are human eyes better at than most or all animals?

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In a consistently ideal climate, how long would common edible garden plants survive, regardless of fruit/seed production?

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What causes muscles to ache throughout the body after getting a flu shot?

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Could a mammal possibly survive on a diet void of plants or animals, only eating fungi, bacteria, microbes etc. (assuming the avoidance of ingesting harmful species)?

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If microwaves only create heat by adding kinetic energy to water molecules, how is it that a microwave is able to burn food that has dried out when cooking?

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Why haven't we switched to a metric version of time? If we just changed then length of a second, we could have 10 hrs/day, 100 mins/hour, and 100 sec/min

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Do desert reptiles like this lizard have feet that can stand the scorching heat of the hot sand in order to avoid burns?	4
Would enormous eyes allow us to see things very far away at good resolution?	3
Is it true that being careless about handwashing etc could make your immune system "stronger"? Vaccines only ramp up relevant antibodies without infecting the body since they are often injected in very small amounts in oil so it doesn't spread easily yet persists.	1
If we could breathe water, could we effectively produce a whistle-like sound using water instead of air?	1
What, if anything, are human eyes better at than most or all animals?	1
In a consistently ideal climate, how long would common edible garden plants survive, regardless of fruit/seed production?	1
What causes muscles to ache throughout the body after getting a flu shot?	1
Could a mammal possibly survive on a diet void of plants or animals, only eating fungi, bacteria, microbes etc. (assuming the avoidance of ingesting harmful species)?	1
If microwaves only create heat by adding kinetic energy to water molecules, how is it that a microwave is able to burn food that has dried out when cooking?	1
Why haven't we switched to a metric version of time? If we just changed then length of a second, we could have 10 hrs/day, 100 mins/hour, and 100 sec/min	1