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What is the meteorological difference between the parts of America where tornados are common and the parts where they never occur?

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What is the charge inside an average human axon, at rest, in coulombs?

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How much difference is there between 8 hours of sleep, or 7 hours with a 1 hour midday nap?

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Is it easier to do a triceps dip on a plane that is descending?

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Is it easier to do a tricep dip on a plane which is descending?

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What is the evolutionary advantage that made hydrangeas bloom in different colours depending on the pH of the soil in which they grow?

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Since there is a finite number of human genes in our genomes, is it inevitable if we have enough humans, two must eventually be identical? Similar to how if a monkey types on a typewriter indefinitely, eventually, the works of Shakespeare would be in the random output somewhere.

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If you were in a car travelling at the light of speed, what would happen if you turned the headlamps on?

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If vitamin D comes from absorbing skin UV light (and we're all supposedly defficient) why don't we add UV light to the spectrum of indoor lightbulbs?

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A colleague insists that current use of anti-bacterial cleaning sprays will bring about massive problems with infections/immunity in the future. Is there substantial evidence for or against this? Or is it just a hypothesis?

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Title	Upvotes	Mark as read	Favorited	Rating	Add to a list
What is the meteorological difference between the parts of America where tornados are common and the parts where they never occur?	6
What is the charge inside an average human axon, at rest, in coulombs?	3
How much difference is there between 8 hours of sleep, or 7 hours with a 1 hour midday nap?	2
Is it easier to do a triceps dip on a plane that is descending?	1
Is it easier to do a tricep dip on a plane which is descending?	1
What is the evolutionary advantage that made hydrangeas bloom in different colours depending on the pH of the soil in which they grow?	1
Since there is a finite number of human genes in our genomes, is it inevitable if we have enough humans, two must eventually be identical? Similar to how if a monkey types on a typewriter indefinitely, eventually, the works of Shakespeare would be in the random output somewhere.	1
If you were in a car travelling at the light of speed, what would happen if you turned the headlamps on?	1
If vitamin D comes from absorbing skin UV light (and we're all supposedly defficient) why don't we add UV light to the spectrum of indoor lightbulbs?	1
A colleague insists that current use of anti-bacterial cleaning sprays will bring about massive problems with infections/immunity in the future. Is there substantial evidence for or against this? Or is it just a hypothesis?	1