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Are there limitations inherent in interstellar space that would limit observations via space telescopes, like atmospheric distortion limits earth-based telescopes?
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Could a person/family/town acclimated to living near the Arctic Circle survive at the warmest spot in Antarctica?
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Has there been a city, state, or country that has gone from what we would call "corrupt" to "not corrupt" in a short period of time?
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If you left out only distilled water for a blind housecat, would it eventually die of dehydration because it couldn't "find" the water bowl? Or does even molecularly pure water have a "smell"?
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Is there an upper, practical limit to the speed we could get a probe up to by slingshotting around our system's planets over and over and over and over again?
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My street flooded last night, and this morning the whole neighborhood has a smell that reminds me of every camping/fishing trip I've been on. I'd always heard it referred to as "that dead fish smell" but in this case it's just rainwater, no fish. What is that smell?
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If I were to acquire a cubic foot of material halfway between me and the core of the earth (and let it cool), what would I have? Is it basically liquid clay that would solidify eventually? Or is it lava that would cool into rock?
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If an asteroid (large enough to cause worldwide effects, but not so large that it destroys everything) crashed into the heart of Antarctica, how would the effect on the planet be different?
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