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Secondary Rear-View Mirror Reflection?

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If pain is a way to alert our bodies to damage and danger, then why can pain be so bad that it physically and/or mentally inhibits our ability to escape the danger? Such as being unable to move or falling unconscious due the the extreme feeling of pain?

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Can a single drop of water really raise the sea?

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Why is water slippery when it's inconvenient? When you're walking or driving, the wet ground can make you slip and cause an injury. If you're trying to hold onto something that's wet, it can slip right out of your hand. But if you want to use water for machine/sex lubricant, it doesn't work? NSFW

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Why do animals, such as birds or deer, bob their heads back and forth while they walk?

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Why do we associated different colors with different school subjects?

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How does the heat cause my cooking sheet warp and move around on its own after I take it out of the oven?

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Say you're on an asteroid going 75% the speed of light. There's another asteroid moving away from you also at 75% the speed of light. How would this asteroid look, considering it's relative velocity to you is greater than the speed of light?

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How did the symbiotic relationship between the Egyptian Plover and the crocodile start?

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Secondary Rear-View Mirror Reflection?	1
If pain is a way to alert our bodies to damage and danger, then why can pain be so bad that it physically and/or mentally inhibits our ability to escape the danger? Such as being unable to move or falling unconscious due the the extreme feeling of pain?	1
Can a single drop of water really raise the sea?	1
Why is water slippery when it's inconvenient? When you're walking or driving, the wet ground can make you slip and cause an injury. If you're trying to hold onto something that's wet, it can slip right out of your hand. But if you want to use water for machine/sex lubricant, it doesn't work? NSFW	1
Why do animals, such as birds or deer, bob their heads back and forth while they walk?	1
Why do we associated different colors with different school subjects?	1
How does the heat cause my cooking sheet warp and move around on its own after I take it out of the oven?	1
Say you're on an asteroid going 75% the speed of light. There's another asteroid moving away from you also at 75% the speed of light. How would this asteroid look, considering it's relative velocity to you is greater than the speed of light?	1
How did the symbiotic relationship between the Egyptian Plover and the crocodile start?	1