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Does flu vaccine make us more vulnerable to COVID-19?

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Does wearing a helmet cause/aggravate hair loss?

safety engineering

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Was Robert Capa’s famous 1936 war photo “The Falling Soldier” a faked photo?

history war photography

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Were the vast majority of people on the National Sex Offender Registry children when they committed their crime?

united-states criminology children sexual-abuse

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To what degree do facemasks protect against COVID-19?

covid-19 disease statistics

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Can electricity be transmitted wirelessly over Zenneck surface waves?

technology electromagnetism scam

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Did German troops ignite pools of kerosene on a ship in March 1943?

history world-war-ii weapons fire

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

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Is code read more often than it's written? [closed]

programming

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

covid-19 china

modified Sep 24 at 21:12 Obie 2.0 655

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Can the molecular bond angle of water be changed via distillation?

chemistry water

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Do bigger or more monitors increase productivity?

computers productivity ergonomics monitor

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Did the United States ever call Venus “the Soviet planet”?

united-states russia space

answered Sep 23 at 21:28 Gothos 116

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Has Sweden beaten SARS-CoV-2 with herd immunity? [closed]

covid-19 sweden

modified Sep 23 at 15:49 Minnow 209

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Are 2 million Uighurs and Muslim minorities put into political camps

china

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Was the UK the third poorest member of the EU despite being the second biggest net contributor in 1979?

united-kingdom europe brexit

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Is the UK headed for “200-plus deaths per day”?

mortality united-kingdom covid-19 public-health statistics

modified Sep 22 at 16:44 Avrohom Yisroel 149

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Do heavier people need to drink more water?

water public-health drink

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Does wearing spectacles protect you from covid?

medical-science covid-19 epidemiology

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Does the Constitution of the US have anything to say about slavery?

united-states law slavery

modified Sep 21 at 19:57 Kingghoti 1

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Can a president legally issue an executive order prohibiting someone form becoming the next president? [migrated]

united-states politics

modified Sep 21 at 13:49 fredsbend♦ 9,406

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Is Adrenochrome an addictive drug only obtained by drinking blood?

medical-science chemistry recreational-drugs

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Did a prisoner die from a needle prick when he was told that it was a snake bite?

medical-science history toxicology experiments placebo

modified Sep 21 at 10:07 F1Krazy 2,344

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Does Russia have two currencies, the ruble and the chervonets? [closed]

economics russia banking currency

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Do adrenaline rushes cause people to have feelings of “electricity”, “fire”, “heat” or “burning all over” commonly reported in religious settings?

medical-science religion neurology emotions spirituality

modified Sep 21 at 3:30 Spirit Realm Investigator 71

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Are a large proportion of programming job applicants unable to implement FizzBuzz?

programming

modified Sep 20 at 18:05 Ash 271

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Does wearing summer clothing during the winter increase your tolerance to the cold?

physiology weather clothing

answered Sep 20 at 16:29 The Masked Rebel 11

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Did the Chinese chairman Xi Jinping carry 100 kg of wheat and walk 5 km of mountain road without switching shoulders?

physiology china

modified Sep 20 at 15:38 Avery 30.5k

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Are farm bankruptcies in the US “at highs not seen since the Great Depression”?

united-states history economics agriculture

modified Sep 20 at 15:35 chicks 153

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Did nude pictures kick off the industry for photographs?

history photography pornography

modified Sep 20 at 14:36 Ash 271

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Do people carry around up to 20 lbs (9 kg) of poop?

medical-science physiology weight-loss

modified Sep 20 at 0:05 DavePhD 91.5k

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Are children of incarcerated parents much more likely to become incarcerated?

united-states criminology

answered Sep 19 at 23:59 Daniel R Hicks 4,786

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Is the Eye of Horus symbol based on the human brain?

medical-science neurology egypt

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Does looking at screens damage your brain?

neurology computers intelligence monitor

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Does slapping parts of your body increase blood flow and help with physical activity?

physiology physical-fitness

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Is phosphine evidence of life on Venus?

biology astronomy

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Was the “Do So” movement orchestrated by Cambridge Analytica and is it responsible for the results of the Trinidad and Tobago election?

answered Sep 18 at 1:05 bishop 723

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Is the chance of solving a murder cut in half if they don't find a lead within the first 48 hours?

united-states criminology television statistics

modified Sep 17 at 16:43 ventsyv 6,886

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Can homeopathic remedies contain a significant amount of active ingredients?

homeopathy

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Does water therapy provide measurable benefits to childbirth?

medical-science alternative-medicine water pregnancy birth

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