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Can certain sunscreen products damage coral reefs?

oceanography

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Did John Earle Sullivan invite Proud Boys on stage at a rally and said he wants to work with them?

united-states quotes

modified 20 hours ago Jacob Blaustein 1,595

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Is drinking while standing unhealthy?

medical-science nutrition

modified yesterday Glorfindel 805

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Is Xylitol Carcinogenic?

medical-science nutrition cancer

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Did Spain have 433.13K deaths in 2020 and 428.44K in 2019?

mortality covid-19 spain

answered yesterday Fizz 35.2k

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Has HIV ever been isolated?

medical-science biology hiv-aids

answered yesterday Polypipe Wrangler 111

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Has SARS-CoV-2 been purified in a lab? If not, does this imply that the PCR test for it is not specific?

medical-science biology covid-19 virus diagnostic-test

modified yesterday Fizz 35.2k

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Did Kim Jong Un have his Uncle's entire family executed?

north-korea

modified yesterday Community♦ 1

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Does Saudi Arabia have 100,000 tents equipped with air-conditioning systems sitting empty in the desert?

saudi-arabia

modified yesterday Skylo 1

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Do most locations have an infection fatality rate less than 0.20% from Covid-19 (and less than 0.05% for those under 70 y.o.)?

covid-19

answered yesterday Andrew Lazarus 1,933

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Did Jewish ritual circumcision become a more invasive procedure in 140 CE?

jews circumcision

modified yesterday Björn Lindqvist 153

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Is it dangerous to give cow's milk to a baby before their first birthday?

medical-science nutrition children milk

answered yesterday Boodysaspie 1,488

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Do the post offices workdwide offer the service of pursuing the addressee over the world? Did they in the past?

literature business

asked yesterday Anixx 788

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Does Xylitol Need be Ingested to Reduce Tooth Decay?

medical-science nutrition natural-remedies dentistry

modified 2 days ago Ojasvi 388

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Do lipid droplets in our skin create a laser?

biology physics alternative-medicine

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Do airplanes need to deviate their routes on new year's eve?

aviation

modified 2 days ago Community♦ 1

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Has China eliminated local transmission of COVID-19 within its borders?

covid-19 china

modified 2 days ago smwikipedia 109

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Did “the” (or a) European Court declare that Covid-19 PCR tests are “not fit for purpose”?

medical-science covid-19 europe court-case diagnostic-test

modified 2 days ago Oddthinking♦ 125k

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Did “Antifa in Portland” issue an “anonymous tip” in Nov that John E. Sullivan be “locked out” of their circles because he is “agent provocateur”?

united-states quotes

modified Jan 18 at 4:43 Russell Borogove 105

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Do the 3 red stars on Washington DC's flag represent 3 city states?

united-states

modified Jan 18 at 4:43 Community♦ 1

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Does “the captain's daughter” refer to a whip/cat o' nine tails?

history military literature

modified Jan 18 at 3:13 lambshaanxy 1,102

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Did Spain use an ice rink as a morgue?

covid-19 spain

answered Jan 18 at 0:55 Laurel 17.6k

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Did 92% of left-wing activists arrested in Berlin live with their parents and were one in three unemployed?

politics germany

modified Jan 18 at 0:54 Laurel 17.6k

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Was the storming of the US Capitol orchestrated by Antifa and BLM Organisers?

politics us-capitol-storming

modified Jan 17 at 14:05 DavePhD 92.3k

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Did Bernie Sanders never “earn a steady paycheck” before 40?

united-states politics bernie-sanders

modified Jan 17 at 1:11 Paul Draper 5,669

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Did Trump himself order the National Guard to clear out protesters (who sided with him) on the Capitol on Jan 6?

united-states donald-trump military us-capitol-storming

modified Jan 17 at 1:07 Paul Draper 5,669

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Are Americans more likely to be monolingual?

united-states language

modified Jan 17 at 0:29 Glorfindel 805

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Could a SARS-CoV-2 variant with increased transmissibility lead to more deaths than a variant with increased Case Fatality Ratio?

covid-19 epidemiology

answered Jan 16 at 9:02 Fizz 35.2k

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Did Pablo Picasso state “The hidden harmony is better than the obvious”?

quotes

modified Jan 16 at 4:39 Fizz 35.2k

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Did WHO publish a bulletin stating that COVID-19 is “equivalent in lethality to seasonal flu”?

covid-19 research

modified Jan 13 at 20:57 Fizz 35.2k

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How long do disposable plastic shopping bags take to break down [closed]

environment

modified Jan 12 at 3:12 Fizz 35.2k

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Was an Armenian S-300 battery radar destroyed by a drone attack?

army

modified Jan 10 at 22:44 Fizz 35.2k

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Did a psychic, Pat Price, correctly predict one of Patty Hearst's kidnappers?

law-enforcement esp

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Does Spry Xylitol chewing gum reduce tooth decay?

medical-science nutrition dentistry chewing-gum

modified Jan 10 at 17:54 S.O.S 547

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Is there a negative correlation between parenthood and pet ownership?

psychology zoology sexuality children parenting

modified Jan 10 at 13:15 David K 103

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Do speed bumps cause more deaths than they save?

road-vehicles driving-speed

modified Jan 10 at 13:15 Glorfindel 805

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Was Bill Gates' mugshot photo used in 2010 as a template for Outlook contacts?

modified Jan 10 at 13:00 Community♦ 1

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Was U.S. voter turnout at a 20-year low in 2016?

united-states politics statistics

modified Jan 9 at 21:24 jwodder 498

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Are there 300,000 items in the average American household, and 10,000 items in the average European household?

united-states europe household

modified Jan 6 at 19:26 Fattie 245

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Link between cow's milk and autism? [duplicate]

milk autism

modified Jan 6 at 13:11 Avery 31.2k

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Does Milk Protect or Harm Your Teeth?

medical-science nutrition dentistry milk

modified Jan 5 at 23:26 Fizz 35.2k

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Did Vincent Van Gogh say "If you truly love nature, you will find beauty everywhere”?

quotes

answered Jan 5 at 21:53 William H. Fields 186

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Do 50% of Canadians live south of the 45°42′N latitude?

geography canada population map

modified Jan 5 at 2:09 Schwern 5,846

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Did Leonardo da Vinci say “Simplicity is the ultimate form of sophistication”?

quotes leonardo-da-vinci

answered Jan 4 at 11:02 EarlGrey 141

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