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After heavy drinking, why does it seem completely random and unpredictable wether I get a severe hangover, or no hangover at all, despite drinking the same amount of alcohol?

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It appears that hallucinations caused by sleep paralysis are often very dark and "scary". There also seems to be a lot of overlap in the types of hallucinations people experience. Do we have a scientific explanation for this?

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When clothes smell musty, or of tobacco smoke, even when the smell is quite strong, why does airing them out in the wind for half an hour seem to completely get rid of the smell sometimes?

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When I was a kid, I encountered a mound of sand next to a building site that behaved like a water-bed. You jumped on one side, and the other would bounce up, exactly like a water-bed. What could explain this strange behaviour?

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Is it true that you can "abort" a psychedelic trip by ingesting antipsychotics?

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If you're in a freefalling elevator, why can't you survive by jumping just before impact?

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Microwaving food in plastic containers. Health hazard or not?

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Say I want to preserve a message for future generations. Paper decays. Hardware becomes unusable. What would be the most durable way to preserve the message?

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In my girlfriend's family, a weird phobia/disgust seems to be passed on from generation to generation. Is there any scientific explanation for this?

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After heavy drinking, why does it seem completely random and unpredictable wether I get a severe hangover, or no hangover at all, despite drinking the same amount of alcohol?	1
[deleted by user]	1
It appears that hallucinations caused by sleep paralysis are often very dark and "scary". There also seems to be a lot of overlap in the types of hallucinations people experience. Do we have a scientific explanation for this?	1
When clothes smell musty, or of tobacco smoke, even when the smell is quite strong, why does airing them out in the wind for half an hour seem to completely get rid of the smell sometimes?	1
When I was a kid, I encountered a mound of sand next to a building site that behaved like a water-bed. You jumped on one side, and the other would bounce up, exactly like a water-bed. What could explain this strange behaviour?	1
Is it true that you can "abort" a psychedelic trip by ingesting antipsychotics?	1
If you're in a freefalling elevator, why can't you survive by jumping just before impact?	1
Microwaving food in plastic containers. Health hazard or not?	1
Say I want to preserve a message for future generations. Paper decays. Hardware becomes unusable. What would be the most durable way to preserve the message?	1
In my girlfriend's family, a weird phobia/disgust seems to be passed on from generation to generation. Is there any scientific explanation for this?	1