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Are pigs effective intermediate hosts of new viruses, due to being susceptible to human and avian influenza viruses?

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FlatAssembler

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Is sex slavery active in the Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and the United Arab Emirates?

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Persian Cat

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Do all the Li-ion batteries in the world have just enough power to meet peak demand in the U.S.?

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LShaver

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Is biological stress related to COVID lockdown policies a better explanation of excess pandemic deaths than COVID infection?

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matt_black

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Was there a co-regency of Tiberius and Augustus?

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Christian Sirolli

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Did Winston Churchill say that proof of alien spacecraft would threaten the Church?

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Brian M. Hunt

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What is the origin of this photo of a young girl with the caption "The world you were raised to survive in no longer exists"? [closed]

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Qwokker

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Did the crime rate in Norway drop 31% after Muslims were deported?

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user366312

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Are laundry detergent and fabric softener fumes dangerous to human health?

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dtanders

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Did Allied forces use chemical weapons in Okinawa during World War II?

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Golden Cuy

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Did such a medical device ever exist that blew air into the anus?

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Celeritas

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Did Superdana manufacture a 66 AC outlet power strip/surge protector?

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Giacomo1968

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Are Muslims allowed to deceive non-Muslims through a practice called Taqiyya?

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dwjohnston

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Is 90% of media in the USA controlled by six companies?

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Yuriy

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Are 21% of American adults illiterate?

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Peter - Reinstate Monica

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Is this web-site a Z-Library site that was seized by the FBI?

Awarded Nov 11 at 16:57

user2231142

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Is the Deep Web orders of magnitude larger than the surface web?

Awarded Nov 10 at 22:24

Affable Geek

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Does the USA plan to establish a military facility on Saint Martin's Island in the Bay of Bengal?

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user366312

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Did Jesus use cannabis?

Awarded Nov 3 at 1:15

RedRiderX

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Did YouTuber Jay Foreman draw "a fake map of the India-Bangladesh border" which subsequently "turned up in an episode of Geography Now"?

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Rebecca J. Stones

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Was Benjamin Franklin denounced for inventing the lightning rod?

Awarded Oct 30 at 19:31

Chris B. Behrens

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Did the Manhattan Project scientists consider whether the first nuclear test could start a global chain reaction?

Awarded Oct 27 at 7:18

Nigel J

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Have human infant foreskins been put into commercial cosmetic products?

Awarded Oct 25 at 20:36

tuskiomi

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In 1964, were some prospective voters in Louisiana asked to "spell backwards, forwards"?

Awarded Oct 23 at 14:09

nneonneo

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Did the U.S. government require SpaceX to study the impact of rocket launches on sharks and whales?

Awarded Oct 22 at 5:15

JonathanReez

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Is this video a serious explanation of missile guidance algorithms?

Awarded Oct 21 at 18:09

Reubend

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Is Ukraine considering restoring nuclear weapons?

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user1605665

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Are apples 25% air?

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Cecilia

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Does painting or staining a fence make it last longer?

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user1605665

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Is it more secure to close the door turning the key twice?

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please delete me

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Do modern nuclear weapons produce no nuclear fallout?

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GC_

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Did 60 Minutes edit one of Kamala Harris' interview answers?

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user4951

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Did Edward Snowden say "When exposing a crime is treated as committing a crime, you are being ruled by criminals"?

Awarded Oct 9 at 18:43

enharmonic

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Did Elon Musk pay "the most [income] taxes ever in history for an individual last year"?

Awarded Oct 8 at 6:23

LShaver

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Does Israel have an AI system called 'Where's Daddy?' that preferentially targets Hamas in their homes, together with their families?

Awarded Oct 4 at 21:09

days of love iff good genes

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Is Aspartame being added to regular Coke?

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Tyler Durden

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Was 2023 already the 'deadliest year' for Palestinian children by October 6th?

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Ona

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Do cockroaches eat margarine?

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Mindwin Remember Monica

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Were the entrails of the victims of the 2000 Ramallah lynching held aloft by mob members?

Awarded Oct 3 at 13:28

bondonk

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Did Voltaire say/write "In 100 years, the Bible would be a forgotten and unknown book?"

Awarded Oct 2 at 16:21

Martín-Blas Pérez Pinilla

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Did Steven Pinker test (or propose testing) if ADHD patients could sit still for 5 minutes while in front of "6 legos and an over turned lamp"?

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Rebecca J. Stones

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Did Ancel Keys disregard reliable data that did not fit his conclusion that saturated fat was a leading contributor to heart disease?

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Flimzy

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Do the seeds from 20 apples contain a fatal dose of cyanide?

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SleepingGod

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Were Irish prisoners shipped to America as slaves?

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Jan Vladimir Mostert

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Did 800 people estimate the weight of an ox within 1% in 1906?

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fi12

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Is this gorilla joke from 1897?

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TenthJustice

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Does AI use lots of water?

Awarded Sep 23 at 10:21

spraff

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Does blood type affect what type of food is best for you?

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Borror0

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How can "chemical-free" surface cleaners work?

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Adam Williams

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Skeptics Anonymous

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Did Amazon remove copies of 1984 from Kindles?

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ike

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Did Plato and Socrates discuss picking the largest ear of wheat in a wheat field?

Awarded Sep 10 at 8:41

Qiulang

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Does the average income in the US drop by $9,500 if you exclude the ten richest Americans?

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user4951

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Are all citizens of Saudi Arabia "considered Muslims by the state"?

Awarded Sep 5 at 12:25

days of love iff good genes

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Can anyone function on just 2 hours sleep per night?

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Count Iblis

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Why should we try to reduce swelling after injury?

Awarded Aug 29 at 17:40

Martin F

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Do metal objects attract lightning?

Awarded Aug 29 at 6:48

Daniel

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Is Donald Trump forcing the EPA to take down all climate change information?

Awarded Aug 28 at 20:07

Sklivvz

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Was the 2023 Ohio train derailment the 'worst environmental disaster in US history'?

Awarded Aug 22 at 17:11

JonathanReez

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Did the French janitor at the University of Hanoi receive a higher base pay than a Vietnamese professor?

Awarded Aug 21 at 10:08

user182601

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