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[WP] One day, you decide to thumb through your past diary entries. You notice that last week had TWO entries for Monday. You reread your entries, trying to find if there's a miscount in days, but you remember every day as being distinct. Actually, every prior week had 2 Mondays... Today is Sunday.
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Do all viruses have a common ancestor (like all organisms do)? Or did different viruses arise at different points?
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If Spain and France both spent long parts of history being centralized states and monarchies, why are French regional identities relatively weaker than in Spain, where regional identities often supersede the Spanish one for many people?
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[WP] An enemy country has attacked your country by releasing an extemely potent and long-lasting biochemical agent, which makes one incapable of lying. A week later, you see your society unravelling as families and friendships crumble. You are somehow immune.
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[WP] A protracted alien invasion of Earth seems like a foregone conclusion, until another alien civilization conquers the invaders' home planet. Cut from their supply lines and any home to return to, and yet too strong to be killed off, they are forced to a ceasefire by Earth, and allowed to stay..
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Like with other humans, we often judge cats and dogs as ugly or "handsome," especially with facial features (like pugs vs. labs). Are these judgements based off the same criteria we tend to use for people?
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For some extra bucks, you sign up for a clinical study on consciousness. After some seemingly innocent seeming tests, you realize about a week after concluding the study that something has went very, very wrong.
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What would be different for Earth if the solar system had two stars? What would the orbit be like, or the day-night pattern?
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