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If you melt a magnet, what happens to the magnetism? Does the liquid metal retain the magnetism or does it go away?	13474
How does a sponge "suck up" liquid? The liquid is moving against gravity, but it doesn't seem like any energy is being spent to do this	25
It is always said that heat rises, and most people have experienced the inside of their house being warmer upstairs than down, but why when you are outside and you go up in the air does it get colder the higher you go? Shouldn't the heat from the surface be always moving up?	1
Can a bee or wasp sting you after it is already dead, like if you poke yourself on its stinger? Or does the stinging require some action to be performed by the living bee or wasp?	1
How is it possible that the moon, which was created during a collision between the Earth and another massive object, ended up spinning around the earth without any rotation of it's own on an axis whatsoever, and the Earth ended up spinning around an axis?	1
Why does some music cause a physiological reaction in humans such as getting us excited and increasing our heart rate, but doesn't have this same impact on other animal species?	1
After eating a large meal, with so much mass moving through your system, why are you not able to feel the food moving through your stomach and intestines?	1
Is it better from a fitness and ergonomics perspective to run fast on a level surface or run slower on an incline, or some variation in between?	1
Since urine is almost entirely water, an our bodies evolved to be very efficient at preserving water, why is it possible that you can be very thirsty and still have to pee at the same time? Shouldn't your body save more of the water when you're thirsty instead of running it through a waste system?	1
Why doesn't wood melt into a liquid form at some temperature, before it turns into a gas?	1

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