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Is there any known element or material that won't become solid even near 0K ("absolute zero")?	1
Can you still be in pain while unconscious?	1
Why do some fainter stars in the night sky appear clearer and less flickering when not observed (with the naked eye) directly, e.g. looking at a nearby point instead?	1
Alcohol makes you feel hotter, but you are actually losing heat. Is there any food/beverage with the opposite effect, giving you the impression you're cold, but your body temperature is rising, similar to how some kind of fevers feel?	1
According to "daily need" values and percentages on food labels, we should be getting a whole lot of essential nutrients every single day, but most of us clearly don't. Shouldn't many of us suffer from malnutrition, etc?	1
What actually happens in the body when you get the "recommended daily need" for a nutrient, e.g. vitamin B12 or iron, inconsistently?	1
What do we fundamentally mean with "time slows down" near massive objects or near the speed of light, exactly? Do all affected particles collectively move slower, or what?	1
What happens to the environment around massive objects or near the speed of light, that makes time "slow down"? What is going on at a fundamental level, that makes time "flow" slower than on our Earth?	1
What fundamentally happens that slows down time e.g. near the speed of light? Is there another detectable phenomenon that makes it so we can state time flows differently, without looking at two different clocks?	1
We theorised and observed that time dilates near massive objects and can accurately predict the phenomenon. Do we know, however, what physically happens, at a fundamental level, that makes it so the flow of time is altered?	1

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