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Why is the human mouth so resistant to hot foods (compared to other parts of the body's heat tolerance)?

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How much solar energy does a large tree consume in a day?

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Why is it easy for me to mentally tune out music I know (and other white noise), but hard for me to tune out music I haven't heard before?

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In a world-ending asteroid/planetoid strike, how long would the opposite side of the planet survive for?

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Let's say we trigger catastrophic runaway global warming that wipes out all large life. What are some things that will happen between now and our extinction?

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Are we living in a period with more planetary alignments than normal? If so, how infrequent is this kind of situation?

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What is the closest thing we currently have to a perpetual motion device?

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Besides powering life, does the Sun have notable characteristics that distinguish it from other G-type stars?

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What is most efficient way to cool a planet? What about with terraforming machines limited only by the laws of physics?

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Someone invents a device that is accurately named the flux capacitor. Based on the name, what does it do? What applications is it used in?

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Why is the human mouth so resistant to hot foods (compared to other parts of the body's heat tolerance)?	1
How much solar energy does a large tree consume in a day?	1
Why is it easy for me to mentally tune out music I know (and other white noise), but hard for me to tune out music I haven't heard before?	1
In a world-ending asteroid/planetoid strike, how long would the opposite side of the planet survive for?	1
Let's say we trigger catastrophic runaway global warming that wipes out all large life. What are some things that will happen between now and our extinction?	1
Are we living in a period with more planetary alignments than normal? If so, how infrequent is this kind of situation?	1
What is the closest thing we currently have to a perpetual motion device?	1
Besides powering life, does the Sun have notable characteristics that distinguish it from other G-type stars?	1
What is most efficient way to cool a planet? What about with terraforming machines limited only by the laws of physics?	1
Someone invents a device that is accurately named the flux capacitor. Based on the name, what does it do? What applications is it used in?	1