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military ufo

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Have 1.5% of all nuclear reactors ever built melted down?

nuclear-energy power-generation

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united-states police

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mortality

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human-reproduction birth

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Did the precedence of operations in arithmetic change since 1917?

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united-states law environmental-health

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Does cutting paper dull a knife quickly? [duplicate]

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Did Michelle Obama have a staff of 23 people, while Melania has a staff of 4?

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Did abortion rights activists burn effigies of fetuses at a protest?

abortion

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military switzerland

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biology

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coffee

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programming

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history literature

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physics

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weapons

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Does drinking coffee interfere with magnesium absorption?

nutrition coffee

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Does the PX Project increase reading speed by an average of 386%?

education reading

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Has shea butter been clinically proven to help?

alternative-medicine medications

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Do biological males who were castrated at birth and raised as females often behave like stereotypical men?

biology gender sociology

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Can you increase sleep quality by removing static electricity from the body with a specialized mattress/quilt?

sleep

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Could we nourish an additional 3.5 billion people if we just ate the stuff we feed to animals?

nutrition

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Can drinking “harmonized” water prevent sunburn

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Does fossil fuels use since 1990 account for half of all the fossil fuels used in history?

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Does an American taxpayer fund $870 in corporate subsidies for every $36 in food stamps?

united-states taxes

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Is having bike lanes safer than not having them? [closed]

bicycles traffic

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Do beef farmed pastures net remove carbon emissions?

climate-change agriculture

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Do diets containing meat and milk cause a large proportion of breast cancer?

medical-science nutrition cancer epidemiology

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Does handling your food release digestive juices and enzymes that enhances the meal?

physiology sociology culture

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Brain-computer interfaces and feasibility future visions of cognitive sci-fi cyborgs [closed]

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Did a Cypriot bishop claim that homosexuality is caused when parents have anal sex?

quotes sexuality christianity cyprus

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Home-made vs. commercial toothpaste?

hygiene dentistry

answered Aug 12 at 20:41 Jeffrey 141

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Did ancient people have flying vehicles?

egypt archeology

modified Aug 12 at 13:25 Stefanos Zilellis 163

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The extinction of the thylacine: could some still survive?

zoology australia cryptozoology

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Were the Schutzmannschaft members mostly allowed to return to their former lives?

history soviet-union nazi-germany holocaust

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Was there a camera malfunction at the facility where Jeffrey Epstein was being held on the night of his death? [closed]

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Did China choose to finance the US after the 2008 crisis?

united-states economics china

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Does Microsoft's Hololens create true holograms? [closed]

technology marketing

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Did France flood Guinea with counterfeit currency to destabilize it?

history france africa currency

answered Aug 8 at 22:24 Avery 23.3k

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Was the first German bombing of London an accident?

war world-war-ii nazi-germany

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Did the chief baker of the Titanic survive two hours in ice-cold water?

medical-science history biology titanic

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united-states war russia syria

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