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The Oort Cloud extends to about 2ly, could it intersect with an Oort cloud around Alpha Centauri (~4ly)?

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If the Space Shuttle always rolled after takeoff, why wasn't the tower built on a different side?

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How does a local anaesthetic differ from a general one?

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What determines when we wake up without external stimuli?

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What's in bug legs?

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One of these must be false, but which one is it? Shock waves travel faster than sound, thunder is a shock wave, thunder travels at the speed of sound

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Let's say Jörmungandr surrounds the world at the equator. How long would it take before he could feel himself biting his tail?

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What differentiates the Neogene from the Quaternary period?

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The Schwarzschild radius of the mass in the observable universe is ~13.7Gly. Is it a coincidence that this is also the age of the universe?

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Is temperature quantized?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
The Oort Cloud extends to about 2ly, could it intersect with an Oort cloud around Alpha Centauri (~4ly)?	442
If the Space Shuttle always rolled after takeoff, why wasn't the tower built on a different side?	171
How does a local anaesthetic differ from a general one?	56
What determines when we wake up without external stimuli?	12
What's in bug legs?	9
One of these must be false, but which one is it? Shock waves travel faster than sound, thunder is a shock wave, thunder travels at the speed of sound	5
Let's say Jörmungandr surrounds the world at the equator. How long would it take before he could feel himself biting his tail?	5
What differentiates the Neogene from the Quaternary period?	4
The Schwarzschild radius of the mass in the observable universe is ~13.7Gly. Is it a coincidence that this is also the age of the universe?	3
Is temperature quantized?	2