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How effective is Snoozing our alarms in the morning? Does it make us more awake?

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When you get that overwhelming need to stretch a part of your body, what exactly causes it? And what does the stretching accomplish?

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When I look down at my hands, how do I know they are mine? Just pure familiarity?

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Does the black stuff under an American Football players eyes have any proven benefits?

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What are the effects of the different octanes of gas on my car? What do they even mean in terms of how they effect the performance of the vehicle?

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I close my eyes, and rub my fingers against my eye lids. What exactly am I seeing?

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If a child were to be born and raised in roughly zero g (Space station for example), what special care would they need to survive?

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When you are 'trying hard to remember something' what is actually going on in your head?

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What things in nature are truly random, and how do we know for sure?

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When I try to 'think of a random number' - what am I actually doing to generate it?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
How effective is Snoozing our alarms in the morning? Does it make us more awake?	444
When you get that overwhelming need to stretch a part of your body, what exactly causes it? And what does the stretching accomplish?	193
When I look down at my hands, how do I know they are mine? Just pure familiarity?	4
Does the black stuff under an American Football players eyes have any proven benefits?	3
What are the effects of the different octanes of gas on my car? What do they even mean in terms of how they effect the performance of the vehicle?	2
I close my eyes, and rub my fingers against my eye lids. What exactly am I seeing?	2
If a child were to be born and raised in roughly zero g (Space station for example), what special care would they need to survive?	1
When you are 'trying hard to remember something' what is actually going on in your head?	1
What things in nature are truly random, and how do we know for sure?	1
When I try to 'think of a random number' - what am I actually doing to generate it?	1