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Did people think the Earth was flat?

Were children safer in the good old days?

Do we only use 10% of our brain?

Are personal electronics a risk to commercial aviation?

Are most terrorists Muslim?

Is Wikipedia reliable?

Is gun control effective?

Can standing in front of a microwave oven give you cancer?

Do polygraphs (lie-detectors) work?

Can you test for microwave leaks by putting a cell phone inside and calling it?

Can positive thinking provide an improved outcome for an illness?

Can you break a person's neck with a manual head twist?

Does aloe vera help cure sunburn?

Do Israeli soldiers kill Palestinian kids? [closed]

Does flossing produce better oral health?

How often are guns used by private citizens in self defense per year in the United States?

Is it illegal in the U.S. for legal professionals to answer legal questions on public Internet forums?

Will freezing your hard drive help recover its data?

Does a tidy desk make you more productive than a messy one?

Can you be electrocuted while taking a shower during a thunderstorm?

Will sticking a knife into a toaster electrocute me?

Does “photographic memory” exist?

Is some level of radiation “good for you”?

Is a coin toss fair?

Does willpower depend on the amount of glucose in the body?

Is physical beauty correlated with health?

Does abstinence-only sex education reduce the frequency of teenage sex or the rate of teenage pregnancy?

Is talking and driving more dangerous than any other type of distraction?

Are classrooms with students of the same age a counter-productive way to learn?

How often do law enforcement authorities commandeer civilian transportation?