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Do bees and wasps get any benefit from feeding from diet soft drinks?

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I was using a trickle charger on my truck battery and after each time I checked its progress I had a slight metallic taste in my mouth. What would cause that?

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Question for engineers that study traffic patterns. When driving on a lightly travelled road, are we more likely to meet oncoming traffic at curves and corners than on straight-a-ways?

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A question about the "Placebo Effect". I few years back there was a study done that indicated that doing nothing had the same outcome as a placebo. One patient was give medicine, another a sugar pill and the third was told to come back in a day or two to report how they were doing.

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Is there really a "Placebo Effect"? I few years back there was a study done that indicated that doing nothing had the same outcome as a placebo. One patient was give medicine, another a sugar pill and the third was told to come back in a day or two to report how they were doing.

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Does human cremation have a significant carbon footprint?

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Do bees and wasps get any benefit from feeding from diet soft drinks?	21
I was using a trickle charger on my truck battery and after each time I checked its progress I had a slight metallic taste in my mouth. What would cause that?	1
Question for engineers that study traffic patterns. When driving on a lightly travelled road, are we more likely to meet oncoming traffic at curves and corners than on straight-a-ways?	1
A question about the "Placebo Effect". I few years back there was a study done that indicated that doing nothing had the same outcome as a placebo. One patient was give medicine, another a sugar pill and the third was told to come back in a day or two to report how they were doing.	1
Is there really a "Placebo Effect"? I few years back there was a study done that indicated that doing nothing had the same outcome as a placebo. One patient was give medicine, another a sugar pill and the third was told to come back in a day or two to report how they were doing.	1
Does human cremation have a significant carbon footprint?	1