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What determines the number of wheels on an articulated lorry (semi-truck)? Both can weigh the same tons yet the European ones use 12 wheels and the US ones use 18?

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What are some of the consequences of human skull elongation?

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Typically how deep does the foundation of a skyscraper, or any tall building, go in relation to it's height?

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Are Prime numbers still prime when changed to different numbers systems instead of decimal?

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I heard that a piece of the Sun's core (15,000,000° C) that is the size of a pinhead can kill a person from 90 miles away. Is this true?

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How much Teflon do I eat for dinner, and just how carcinogenic/dangerous are nonstick pans, anyway?

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When we get sick, we take drugs like pseudoephedrine which mask our symptoms. However symptoms are our bodies' method of eliminating the cold. Does this slow our healing time?

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Why doesnt the US military build their own programming language so if their hardware is captured by the enemy it is impossible for them to figure out how the thing works?

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Do undersea animals have especially effective blood clotting agents, or do they bleed freely until fully healed because of the water?

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What determines the number of wheels on an articulated lorry (semi-truck)? Both can weigh the same tons yet the European ones use 12 wheels and the US ones use 18?	304
/r/AskScience is now self posts only	303
What are some of the consequences of human skull elongation?	303
Typically how deep does the foundation of a skyscraper, or any tall building, go in relation to it's height?	303
Are Prime numbers still prime when changed to different numbers systems instead of decimal?	303
I heard that a piece of the Sun's core (15,000,000° C) that is the size of a pinhead can kill a person from 90 miles away. Is this true?	300
How much Teflon do I eat for dinner, and just how carcinogenic/dangerous are nonstick pans, anyway?	300
When we get sick, we take drugs like pseudoephedrine which mask our symptoms. However symptoms are our bodies' method of eliminating the cold. Does this slow our healing time?	299
Why doesnt the US military build their own programming language so if their hardware is captured by the enemy it is impossible for them to figure out how the thing works?	299
Do undersea animals have especially effective blood clotting agents, or do they bleed freely until fully healed because of the water?	298