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Category: Science and Innovation   •   Results found: 30

Why don’t printers use the primary colours, red, blue, and yellow?

Why don’t printers use the primary colours, red, blue, and yellow?

How did people open cans before can openers were invented?

How did people open cans before can openers were invented?

Who was Jethro Tull?

Who was Jethro Tull?

What colour is neon light?

What colour is neon light?

How big is a cubit?

How big is a cubit?

What’s the difference between a meteor and an asteroid?

What’s the difference between a meteor and an asteroid?

How many senses do humans have?

How many senses do humans have?

Why does the CDC want you to hum Happy Birthday – twice?

Why does the CDC want you to hum Happy Birthday – twice?

What’s the air pressure inside a commercial aircraft?

What’s the air pressure inside a commercial aircraft?

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What’s the difference between poison and venom?

What’s the difference between poison and venom?

What is Wi-Fi short for?

What is Wi-Fi short for?

Is Sodium Pentothal real and is it actually a truth serum?

Is Sodium Pentothal real and is it actually a truth serum?

How do viruses jump from animals to humans?

Which came first, the word “crap” or Thomas Crapper’s toilet innovations?

What percentage of the human body is made up of other organisms?

Why is the same side of the moon always facing earth?

Why is the same side of the moon always facing earth?

How long is an eon?

Which way do helicopter blades rotate?

Which way do helicopter blades rotate?

Which planet was originally known as “George”?

What is the horsepower of one horse?

What is the horsepower of one horse?

What is brimstone?

What is brimstone?

What does the acronym Taser stand for?

What does the acronym Taser stand for?

What is an “REO Speedwagon”?

What is an “REO Speedwagon”?

Which came first – the electric car or the gasoline car?

When and where was the fastest recorded temperature change?

When and where was the fastest recorded temperature change?

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Are redheads going extinct?

Which came first – the match or the lighter?

Which came first – the match or the lighter?

Was Sputnik the first man-made object in space?

Is there “zero-gravity” in space?

Is there “zero-gravity” in space?

Is a scientific theory less certain than a scientific law?