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Today I was in a 15 story building during an earthquake. If the building collapsed, would I have been safer on the first floor, 15th floor or somewhere in between?

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If I have 100g of Uranium 235 for one half-life, what determines which 50g decays?

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What is actually happening in the brain when you suddenly recall an obscure fact/moment/word, remember a specific moment in your life or have an "Eureka!" moment?

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Indigenous people have historically succumbed to "depopulation by disease" upon arrival of settlers (e.g. Native American population loss upon European arrival), yet the latter group remains unscathed despite new exposures from the indigenous people. What accounts such a discrepancy of immunities?

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If all organisms capable of sneezing faced due East and sneezed simultaneously with their feet (or respective limb-thingamajigs) firmly planted on the ground, how would the earth's rotation be affected? If very little, how much sneeze-power would it take to cause a notable difference?

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Today I was in a 15 story building during an earthquake. If the building collapsed, would I have been safer on the first floor, 15th floor or somewhere in between?	628
If I have 100g of Uranium 235 for one half-life, what determines which 50g decays?	2
What is actually happening in the brain when you suddenly recall an obscure fact/moment/word, remember a specific moment in your life or have an "Eureka!" moment?	2
Indigenous people have historically succumbed to "depopulation by disease" upon arrival of settlers (e.g. Native American population loss upon European arrival), yet the latter group remains unscathed despite new exposures from the indigenous people. What accounts such a discrepancy of immunities?	1
If all organisms capable of sneezing faced due East and sneezed simultaneously with their feet (or respective limb-thingamajigs) firmly planted on the ground, how would the earth's rotation be affected? If very little, how much sneeze-power would it take to cause a notable difference?	1