3
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1answer
30 views
How many people were actually injured at the Boston bombing?
At the start of reporting the Boston bombing, there was an estimate of 3 dead, and 170 wounded. The death toll hasn't changed, but it seems like the number of wounded has increased as time has gone ...
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0answers
20 views
Does prison work reduce recidivism?
I'm having difficulty finding statistics comparing the recidivism rates of regular prisoners and the ones that worked while serving the sentence. I can't remember where but I've read that "specialists ...
0
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0answers
16 views
Do children who attend pre-school get sick less often when they start kindergarten?
For children who attend pre-school between the ages 2 and 4, do they tend to have better immunities (and therefore get sick less often) than elementary-school children who did not attend pre-school, ...
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0answers
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Do fire-eaters eat fire?
How does fire-eating work?
These people should probably suffer great pain and damage from this practice. I think they are using some analgesic and/or have something in their mouth that protect them.
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0answers
110 views
Do Johnson & Johnson's cosmetics contain Ethylene oxide?
An Indian News article says one of India's states suspended the Johnson & Johnson license for its products contain Ethylene oxide.
The Maharashtra Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ...
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1answer
72 views
How many days can you live without food?
I am a Malaysian. A few days ago, one of my country's political speakers claimed he didn't eat anything for 10 days, and he just survived by drinking water.
This phenomenon really make me interested ...
4
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0answers
80 views
Do lemon and yogurt remove tan when applied on the skin?
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-07-03/beauty/31330949_1_juice-skin-aloe-vera
Mixing together some gram flour, lime juice and some curd on the affected area on a regular basis ...
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67 views
Is mythology fiction? [closed]
Are the stories in any form of mythology true? Did the events in those stories really occur or are they just interpretations for actual events?
4
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1answer
206 views
Is North Korea the third smartest nation?
In the book IQ and the wealth of nations, the authors Lynn & Vanhanen published a list of measured average IQs for 81 countries (Table 6.1, base-lined on the UK), and another longer list (Table ...
20
votes
1answer
952 views
Is it possible to officially Buy A Star?
There are plenty of companies around that let you purchase a star. They claim that the star will be named as you direct and they issue you a certificate of ownership.
I realize that the T&C's for ...
9
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0answers
118 views
Are you more likely to suffer a head injury walking than cycling?
An Olympic cyclist, Chris Boardman, recently made the claim that people are more likely to suffer a head injury walking, rather than cycling.
[...] cycling is safe. You would have to wear a helmet ...
6
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3answers
160 views
Can CT scans performed on a child's head lower his or her intelligence?
The Daily Mail reports that X-rays and CT scans performed on a child's head could lower their IQ:
The study is the first to suggest that medical X-rays to the head could harm the development of ...
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78 views
Could a person become physically transgender through artifical means? [closed]
This question may appear as and pershaps is completely illogical, but it's asked out of pure curiousity. [Becuase out of paranoia I suspect it could have happened with me].
Let's say there's a girl ...
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0answers
87 views
Have the USDA bullied (allegedly criminal) raisin-marketers?
I wanted some insight on this article, as I have not been to this website before and the claims seem over the top to me.
64-year-old federal raisin-marketing program that can require raisin ...
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Methane gas bubbles and Bermuda Triangle [duplicate]
Are there methane gas bubbles in the so called Bermuda Triangle area? Can they sink a ship there or wherever they might be?
