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I know there is a correlation between elevation/altitude and suicide. I moved to a place at 8000 ft 7 years ago. I now have 6 people I know that have killed themselves. I had zero before moving here (in my 40's). Why?

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How does an ideal vacuum have a dielectric breakdown voltage of 10^12 MV/m? If there is nothing there, then how can electricity pass through it?

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COVID-19: Why not purposely infect?

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If I had two brands of "low sodium" bacon (that clearly don't have the same salt according to my tongue), what experiment could I perform that gives a visual (color, etc) representation of the difference?

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Northern Widow Spider is on Trial

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I know there is a correlation between elevation/altitude and suicide. I moved to a place at 8000 ft 7 years ago. I now have 6 people I know that have killed themselves. I had zero before moving here (in my 40's). Why?	11469
How does an ideal vacuum have a dielectric breakdown voltage of 10^12 MV/m? If there is nothing there, then how can electricity pass through it?	132
COVID-19: Why not purposely infect?	1
If I had two brands of "low sodium" bacon (that clearly don't have the same salt according to my tongue), what experiment could I perform that gives a visual (color, etc) representation of the difference?	1
Northern Widow Spider is on Trial	1