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1. Average size US woman

2. Can eye color change?

3. Ceiling fan - way to rotate

4. What animal lives longest?

5. Animals that mate for life

6. How swamp coolers work

7.Does alcohol kill brain cells

8. Does the Moon rotate?

9. Most poisonous animal!

10. Septic tank - how often pump?

 

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Passenger busWhat makes us tick?  When we sleep on a bus trip, why are we often able to wake up just before our intended stop?


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Why do geese walk across a road when they can fly, thereby not getting hit by a car?

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Evolution, fossils, dinosaurs

Dinosaurs: Could a dinosaur scratch his own itch?
Dinosaurs: Was Antarctica once warm and did dinosaurs live there?
Fingers: Why do we have five fingers?
Intelligence, species: How can one species measure the intelligence of another? Are trees smarter than humans?
Man:  How old is man?
Species: what makes sex work? What enables a male and a female to produce offspring?
Human skin color: why did human skin color evolved to lighter shades?
 

Food & drink

Alcohol: does alcohol kill brain cells?
Chiles: how hot are your chiles?
Coffee grounds: When I'm out camping, I boil coffee in a pot and then, to settle the grounds, I drop an egg shell in. Does adding the shell make any difference?
Coffee, hot: why doesn't hot coffee burn your mouth? The same coffee would hurt if poured on your arm.
Corn: is the tiny corn appearing in Asian dishes really corn?
Digesting genes: What happens to genes we eat?
Egg cartons: what do the dates on egg cartons mean?
GM food: On my table everyday, there are genetically modified rice, vegetables, and so on. Who knows if it is good or not for us?
Green eggs:  Why do the yolks of overcooked boiled eggs become green?
Ice cream: Who first "invented" ice cream and when?
Jell-o:  What is gelatin?  Is it made from horses?
LifeSavers: Why do 5-flavored LifeSavers only show four colors on the package?
Lobsters: Why are lobsters cooked alive?
Marshmallows: How are marshmallows made?
Peanuts: how do peanut processors get salt into roasted, salted peanuts in the shell?
Peanuts, grow: Where and how do peanuts grow?
Shrimp: Why do shrimp and lobsters turn orange-red when cooked?
Wine: is wine alive?
 

Genetics

Indian corn: why the colors?
Digesting genes: What happens to genes we eat?
GM food: On my table everyday, there are genetically modified rice, vegetables, and so on. Who knows if it is good or not for us?
No-father fertilization: Is it possible to take the chromosomes from one female egg and inject them into another female egg so they attach and actually form a fertilized egg?