/u/ZombieAlpacaLips's posts
If you had mugshots of a billion people, would current computer technology be able to sort them by appearance?
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[WP] One percent of all babies born after the year 2015 have a fractal birth mark centered on their right or left cheek. Nearly everyone with the birthmark dies without apparent cause before their 18th birthday, but most live until at least 15.
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It's fairly common to be born with extra fingers or toes. Are there other body parts that humans can have fully functioning extras, and if so how frequently does that occur?
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Regular bathing was much less common before modern times. Did hunters bathe before hunting, attempt to cover their scent in other ways, and/or only hunt downwind?
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[WP] In the year 2118, Earth established New Jamestown as its first colony on Mars. One hundred fifty years later, the thriving Martian colonists are growing dissatisfied with their Earthling government.
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[WP] A seemingly asymptomatic virus infects nearly all of humanity within just six months. But six months after infection, people rapidly lose large portions of their long-term memories or become unable to form new memories, depending on how their immune systems responded to the virus.
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What happens when someone builds up a tolerance for extremely spicy foods/sauces? Is there a physical change to nerves, or does the brain just stop responding to the stimulus the same way?
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Is there much variance in the efficiency of digestion across the animal kingdom? Are there a lot of unused nutrients and energy in urine and feces? Does a low food supply force better processing? Could technology augment the process somehow to increase efficiency?
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