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FYI: What’s The Point Of Sex?
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Could A Spacecraft Fly Straight Through Jupiter?
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FYI: Did Cavemen Get Athlete’s Foot?
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FYI: What Would Happen If I Ate Nothing But Meat?
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What Would Happen If I Ate A Teaspoonful Of White Dwarf Star?
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FYI: When Will We Evolve Out Of Our Useless Appendages?
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FYI: Can A Paper Cut Be Deadly?
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Could Robot Aliens Exist?
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FYI: If I Fell Through Earth, What Would Happen In The Center?
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Is Hair In Food A Health Risk?
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FYI: What Is The Evolutionary Purpose Of Tickling?
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FYI: Can Staying Positive Extend Your Life?
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Can ‘Brain Freeze’ Cause Long-Term Brain Damage?
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FYI: Just How Old is Dirt?
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FYI: Are Organs Ever Re-Donated?
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Could There Be A Planet Hidden On The Opposite Side Of Our Sun?
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Why Not Just Dispose Of Nuclear Waste In The Sun?
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FYI: Why Is It Funny When A Guy Gets Hit In The Groin?
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Could An Asteroid Impact Knock The Moon Into Earth?
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FYI: Why Does Lobster Turn Red When You Cook It?
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FYI: Could A Human Beat A T. Rex In Arm Wrestling?
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How Much Can A Human Body Sweat Before It Runs Out?
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FYI: Why Do Humans Like Fizzy Drinks?
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What Are The Least Essential Organs In The Human Body?
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FYI: What Is Hikikomori?
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FYI: What Would Happen If You Shot Off Fireworks In Space?
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FYI: Could A 3-D Movie Improve Your Vision?
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FYI: Are Beer Bellies A Myth?
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FYI: Are People Born With A Tolerance For Spicy Food?
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FYI: Do We Really Get Cold Feet When We Have The Jitters?
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FYI: What Is The Limit To How Fast A Human Can Run?
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FYI: When Did People Start Inventing Things In The Garage?
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FYI: How Does Chewing Gum Freshen Breath?
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FYI: Could Climate Change Cause More (And Bigger) Tornadoes?
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FYI: Can A Bionic Eye See As Well As A Human Eye?
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FYI: Do Parasites Get Parasites?
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FYI: Do Wind Farms Make It Less Windy?
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FYI: Which Emotion Is The Hardest To Fake?
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FYI: Do I Really Need My Pinky Toe?
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FYI: Why Do We Hate The Sound Of Nails On A Chalkboard?
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FYI: Why Do Old People Get So Hairy?
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What Makes Ebola So Deadly?
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FYI: Why Aren’t Hovercraft More Useful?
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FYI: How Does A Drug Get Its Name?
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FYI: How Much Cocaine Can You Fit In Your, Ahem, Body?
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FYI: Is Ecstasy Safer When It’s Purer?
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FYI: What Would It Feel Like To Travel At Warp Speed?
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