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Is the rate of major archeological/paleontological discoveries increasing, decreasing, or staying the same?

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When a photon leaves a star, what are the odds that it will eventually hit something, vs. never hit anything for the rest of the life of the universe?

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Can someone get sick from ingesting something contaminated by their own feces, or are people immune to their own GI bacteria because it's already in there?

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What would happen if someone brushed their teeth regularly and thoroughly, but with no toothpaste, just water? Assume regular flossing and low sugar diet.

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Do any animals respond to music in ways similar to how humans do, such as rhythmic foot-tapping (paw tapping?), etc

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If fish all poop in the ocean, why is the ocean not a huge bacterial cesspool, unsafe to swim in?

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Illustrations of dinosaurs often depict volcanoes in the background. Were erupting volcanoes once so common that this a probable scene if one were to look at a typical dinosaur during its era, or is this a cliche that's an artifact of compressing our perception of extremely long time-scales?

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How did engineers/machinists create the first precise straight edge?

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If we had never seen an actual sample of gold, would modern atomic theory predict/know that it is yellow?

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In the absence of an interpreter/observer, does information exist? Is information real like matter and energy?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
Is the rate of major archeological/paleontological discoveries increasing, decreasing, or staying the same?	3216
When a photon leaves a star, what are the odds that it will eventually hit something, vs. never hit anything for the rest of the life of the universe?	680
Can someone get sick from ingesting something contaminated by their own feces, or are people immune to their own GI bacteria because it's already in there?	504
What would happen if someone brushed their teeth regularly and thoroughly, but with no toothpaste, just water? Assume regular flossing and low sugar diet.	97
Do any animals respond to music in ways similar to how humans do, such as rhythmic foot-tapping (paw tapping?), etc	84
If fish all poop in the ocean, why is the ocean not a huge bacterial cesspool, unsafe to swim in?	36
Illustrations of dinosaurs often depict volcanoes in the background. Were erupting volcanoes once so common that this a probable scene if one were to look at a typical dinosaur during its era, or is this a cliche that's an artifact of compressing our perception of extremely long time-scales?	29
How did engineers/machinists create the first precise straight edge?	23
If we had never seen an actual sample of gold, would modern atomic theory predict/know that it is yellow?	22
In the absence of an interpreter/observer, does information exist? Is information real like matter and energy?	18