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Why does it seem like so many more children today have severe food allergies (eg: peanut, gluten, shellfish) than than there were 20 years ago?

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How are fingernails able to slide along the nailbed as they grow, yet also remain firmly attached to it?

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What determines handedness, and why is there such an imbalance of left and right?

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Why is it hard to make a fist when you first wake up?

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How did this mountain ridge form? pic inside

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Because anti-depressants have shown to increase dendritic branching in depressed patients, is it possible to take anti-depressents and receive benefit from them even if a patient isn't depressed?

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Why is it that people in the warmer climates like India and the middle east have so much body hair yet people in colder climates like Scandinavia have so little body hair. This seems counter intuitive from an evolutionary standpoint.

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If time slows down if nearer a massive object, does that mean places in the universe are younger than others?

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If I were to recreate a modern microprocessor with TTL chips on a gigantic breadboard, how large would it be, how much power would it need, and what would be its speed?

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Would this concept in today's xkcd actually work? NSFW

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Why does it seem like so many more children today have severe food allergies (eg: peanut, gluten, shellfish) than than there were 20 years ago?	273
How are fingernails able to slide along the nailbed as they grow, yet also remain firmly attached to it?	272
What determines handedness, and why is there such an imbalance of left and right?	272
Why is it hard to make a fist when you first wake up?	271
How did this mountain ridge form? pic inside	270
Because anti-depressants have shown to increase dendritic branching in depressed patients, is it possible to take anti-depressents and receive benefit from them even if a patient isn't depressed?	270
Why is it that people in the warmer climates like India and the middle east have so much body hair yet people in colder climates like Scandinavia have so little body hair. This seems counter intuitive from an evolutionary standpoint.	269
If time slows down if nearer a massive object, does that mean places in the universe are younger than others?	266
If I were to recreate a modern microprocessor with TTL chips on a gigantic breadboard, how large would it be, how much power would it need, and what would be its speed?	265
Would this concept in today's xkcd actually work? NSFW	263