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Are there very efficient and higly used drugs that we have no idea how do they work?

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Why are there never any colors on a tv tuned to static?

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Is it known if any other species have an inner monologue? How does the human mind recognize the inner monologue as its own thoughts, and not as external stimuli?

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How do girls develop "girl hand writing" and boys develop "boy hand writing"?

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I keep reading about how Covid has had a worse effect on minorities in the US particularly blacks. Is this all because of environmental/societal reasons, or do people of African decent actually have a harder time with the virus physically?

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Can nuclear waste from a reactor be used to create energy still?

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Why can't our bodies limitlessly produce vital cells such as brain cells but we can practically infinitely produce more or less useless cell types like body hair?

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The Interplanetary Transport Network is a collection of gravitationally determined pathways through the Solar System that require very little energy for an object to follow. Does such a system exist for Interstellar points?

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I'm ex-military, and today when playing a new first person shooter, I swear you, I smelled gunpowder. What causes that, and how does it work?

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If somebody a few feet away can hear your stomach "growling" through all the fat and muscle of your body, does that mean it has to be deafeningly loud INSIDE your body? Is there an actual measurement in dB that can be made?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Are there very efficient and higly used drugs that we have no idea how do they work?	1048
Why are there never any colors on a tv tuned to static?	1045
Is it known if any other species have an inner monologue? How does the human mind recognize the inner monologue as its own thoughts, and not as external stimuli?	1034
How do girls develop "girl hand writing" and boys develop "boy hand writing"?	1033
I keep reading about how Covid has had a worse effect on minorities in the US particularly blacks. Is this all because of environmental/societal reasons, or do people of African decent actually have a harder time with the virus physically?	1030
Can nuclear waste from a reactor be used to create energy still?	1027
Why can't our bodies limitlessly produce vital cells such as brain cells but we can practically infinitely produce more or less useless cell types like body hair?	1025
The Interplanetary Transport Network is a collection of gravitationally determined pathways through the Solar System that require very little energy for an object to follow. Does such a system exist for Interstellar points?	1023
I'm ex-military, and today when playing a new first person shooter, I swear you, I smelled gunpowder. What causes that, and how does it work?	1004
If somebody a few feet away can hear your stomach "growling" through all the fat and muscle of your body, does that mean it has to be deafeningly loud INSIDE your body? Is there an actual measurement in dB that can be made?	992