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Test Your Senses: BBC Science Human Body Challenge
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How to Make a Simple Submission Forum
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The Eightfold Way categories which groups of particles?
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Dog Chapel: Stephen Huneck's Homage to Man's Best Friend
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First off Jesus and everyone eles who was crusafied where nailied
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Bible & new testament contradictions
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Devil's Advocate: Proving the Unarguable
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What's the best way to stay hydrated during a long hike?
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Was the Death of Iranian Conjoined Twins a Murder or a Tragic Surgery?
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Question for us materialist/atheists about atheist prayer
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Philosophy and Leisure: A Necessary Combination?
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Hole found in reactor cap at Ohio nuclear plant
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Isaac Assimov: The Greatest S-F Author of All Time?
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Body temperature is strongly correlated to that of its external enviroment
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If the world was to end tomorrow, would you want to know now?
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Welcome to neckSaw: Discuss & Connect!
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Lightning strikes woman's tongue stud
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Which Two Naturally-Occurring Elements Are Named After People?
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What were some of your funniest phases during your youth?
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The sum of Eve and Ann's ages is 44
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Any Tool, or A Perfect Circle fans out here?
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Have You Been to Fayetteville, NC?
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Greek deity found extensive use in photocopying machines?
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Longest word such that each 3 letter subset (in order)is also a word
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What Do You Think About a New Date System?
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What is Han Solo's Purpose in Life?
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Majority Scientists disbelieve GOD
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Conspiracy? i think 'they' exist here too
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Can we truly say everything is predictable?
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Is 'I Think, Therefore I Am' a Valid and Obvious Philosophy?
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Longevity of Aquariums: How Long Can You Expect Your Fish Tank to Last?
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'Bigfoot' spotted in China: BBC News
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Should freedom of religion be limited for the progress and safety of society?
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Find the next number in the series
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Is it a worthy cause to pursue the fundamentals of our existence?
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Question about free will and determinism
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No Conscious Center: Multiple Drafts Model Debunked
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Is Society Doing Enough to Protect Children from Inappropriate Content?
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It's more powerful than God riddle
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News Why Hatred for Canada is Growing: An Analysis
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Find a three-digit number containing three different digits
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Planetary Alignment: A Mind-Bending Puzzle
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Is It Time to Resign from Brain Teasers on PF?
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Did Jesus Study with Socrates and Plato?
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Should Inmates Be Given Internet Access?
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A symbol for scientific knowledge?
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Non-physical beings: Do they exists?
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How Do Rights Evolve?
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The Problem of Individualism vs. Collectivism
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Who first derived Bernoulli's equation?
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Mix-Up at Harrods: Paul's Christmas Gift for Maria
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How Will the Son Break Off Links for 123 Weeks Without Skipping a Week?
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News Even Less Religion In Our Government Yay
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Is Genetically Modified Food Ethical Despite Environmental Concerns?
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How Can You Use Only Four Zeros to Get the Number 24 in Math?
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Is Jesus Depicted Accurately on the Religious Channel?
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Do you think it is acceptable to copyright
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Which University Did You Attend in New Zealand?
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Is Emo Music the New Grunge of the 21st Century?
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Why is REM one of the most underrated bands of the 90s?
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Evolution vs. Creationism: A Never-Ending Debate
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Effect of time loops on evolution
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What are the career options in Civil Engineering?
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Theorems in Wheat Fields: Science News
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Can Humans Survive on Sunlight and Liquids Alone?
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News The Clinton administration warned Bush about Osama
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Can People Travel to the Other World and Return?: Pravda
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What's going on with the rest of our brain?
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Minimum number of links he would need to cut?
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Who Actually Discovered the Formula for the Area of a Triangle?
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Are You Ready for a Game of Chess?
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Terrorism panic goes too far at Area 51
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Who else plays an instrument, and what's your favorite piece to play?
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How Old are You? - Revisiting an Old PFs Thread
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Who discovered the formula for finding the area of a triangle?
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What two types of forces contribute to the lift on a wing?
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How can you sell apples equally among three sons with the same procedure?
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Do you think it is bad to surf adult sites at work ?
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Why can't everyone be right all the time?
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Why are We Individuals? A Philosophical Question
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Comparing Forum Post/Thread Ratios
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What is considered a sin and immoral behavior?
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What are the different types of love and their purposes?
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Is Tithing Just Another Form of Taxation?
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Christianity & O.T.: Royce's Questions on Jesus & Genesis
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News Democracy Driven by Random Chance?
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Did Adam and Eve's Choice Really Explain the Imperfection of Human Nature?
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The collapse of religion, mass suicides, the collapse of governments?
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Can You Survive on $1800/month in the US?
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Can X-rays penetrate clothing and reveal hidden objects?
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Hey, any of you guys know about remote viewing?
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Is Objectivity Realistic or a Human Illusion?
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Why does logic have limits in understanding nature?
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How many organisms have been identified by biologists?
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News Political 'Center' and Compromise
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Stages of Utopia: Is Perfect Society Possible?
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Is Tongue Splitting the Latest Extreme Body Modification Trend?
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The Birthday present of a life time.
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Solve the Hardest Puzzle Ever: Who is the Engineer?
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Would you be Emperor of the World?
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