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85 Questions

Have phone scammers recorded “Yes” statements to fraudulently authorise payments?

Does this video show a water droplet in gravitational orbit?

Do snowballs snowball?

Is this popular optical illusion made of a grey-scale image with coloured lines?

Did the Allies reverse the threads on secret microfilm-hiding buttons to thwart the Germans?

Does a pear contain 600 times more formaldehyde than a vaccine?

Do ibuprofen or paracetamol cause hearing loss?

Is “tag” named for “touch and go”?

What is the failure rate of Solid-State Drives (SSD)?

Can venomous snakes be determined by these pupil, nostril and scale patterns?

Has fluoride been classified as a neurotoxin?

Did a nocebo study find that rashes could swap hands?

Do “sword-swallowers” swallow swords?

Do rapists think rape is normal?

Can the Overton Window be deliberately moved by espousing extremist views?

Did a Florida woman get 20 years jail for firing warning shots in the air?

Is using cruise-control dangerous in the rain?

Do police have easy access to building plans?

Is an ice-cream tub made of a single molecule?

Did a US court rule that the MMR vaccine causes autism?

Do light field cameras exist?

Can lions sense menstruating women?

Is this photo of Occupy Wall Street authentic?

Is this a true demonstration of using a stove to power a paper airplane?

Does pricking eggs before boiling them reduce cracking?

Did Desmond Tutu criticize African missionaries for stealing land?

Is Tehran suffering from a plague of mutant cat-sized rats?

Does regular exercise improve how you feel?

Is the Heimlich maneuver the most appropriate response to choking?

Did an Algerian man sue his new bride for not looking pretty without make-up?