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Is it a good idea to drink your own urine in a survival situation?
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In Man vs. Wild the host Bear Grylls claims you should drink your own urine to avoid dehydration. Among the many other interesting feats he has done:
The show has featured stunts including Grylls climbing cliffs, parachuting from…
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Does a -9 dB room cause hallucinations?
Does being in an anechoic chamber cause hallucinations? According to several blogs (that likely copy each other), it does. The Orfield Laboratory in Minneapolis–Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States is reported to be the quietest room in the world…
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Did an F-15 airplane successfully land with just one wing?
I've just been forwarded a video about a jetfighter landing with just one wing and I wonder if this could indeed be true.
Here's the link to the video: One-Winged F 15 Crash Landing Video (landing starts at 2:45)
My understanding of flight is that…
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Was the music used in the "You wouldn't steal a car" advertisements pirated?
I was browsing Reddit and I saw this post that garnered 51 thousand votes claiming that the music used in the "You wouldn't steal a car" advertisements was, itself, stolen.
According to the source in the post, the Piracy - It's a Crime ad campaign…
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Did Neil Armstrong write such a letter to a skeptic?
Today, I saw a tweet with an image that claims to contain the answer of Neil Armstrong to a teacher that was skeptical of the moon landing (see below).
Of course it's not the image of a real letter, that's not the point. It's about the content.
What…
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Is the number of complaints filed a good measure of how abusive a police officer or department is?
Derek Chauvin had 17 complaints on record when he killed George Floyd. I have seen many articles, including this NYT article, which use this statistic as evidence that the whole department is corrupt. I don't discount that possibility, but it…
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Is Fox News not classified as a news channel?
This article mentions in passing:
I even pointed out how Fox News wasn’t even a news channel. It changed classification in 2018. That one blew a few minds.
The article references Fox News T&Cs, which don't seem to say anything about it.
Is Fox…
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Have only girls been born for a long time in this village?
German media has reported that a village in Poland has had only girls born for the last decade:
The head of the parish promises a reward, the Catholic village priest asks for God's help: In the Polish village of 300 souls, Mistitz, no boys have…
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Do predators tend to have vertical slit pupils versus horizontal for prey animals?
The picture above is taken from a Telegram channel and the text in Russian goes as follows.
Prey has got a horizontally shaped pupil to better scan the horizon and a
predator's pupil has a vertical shape to better focus on a prey.
Is this…
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Did the CIA blow up a Siberian pipeline in 1982?
The Telegraph claimed in 2004 that the CIA blew up a Russian gas pipeline in Siberia, by tricking the operator into installing booby-trapped software.
Thomas Reed, a former US Air Force secretary who was in Ronald Reagan's National Security…
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Is it necessary to change motor oil every 5,000km/3,000 miles?
I've always heard that you should change your oil every 3,000 miles (5,000 km). That little sticker you get on your windshield after an oil change agrees. Growing up, my parents told me the same thing.
I doubt that you need to change your oil that…
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Can the US government garnish 100% of your income?
I was reading a Wikipedia article about Karl Hess. The article contained this quote (emphasis mine):
During that time [1967], President Johnson, a Democrat, ordered the Internal Revenue Service to audit him [Hess]. When Hess asked if a certain…
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Did Wonder Woman's Gal Gadot earn ~1/40th of Man of Steel's Henry Cavill?
According to a recent Fox News article, Gal Gadot earned much less money for starring in her DC movie, Wonder Woman, than fellow actor Henry Cavill did for starring in Man of Steel.
“Wonder Woman” may have slayed the box office, but…
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Do hot peppers kill cancer?
While browsing Health.SE, I came across an answer that makes the following claim:
A 2007 study by Nottingham University2 found that spicy foods can help kill cancer cells. Capsaicin, which is what makes many foods spicy, attacks the mitochondria of…
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Did Hillary Clinton refuse to designate Boko Haram a terrorist organisation when the FBI, CIA and the Justice Department asked?
Tera Dahl at Breitbart writes:
As Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton refused to designate Islamic State affiliate Boko Haram in Nigeria, which was named the deadliest terrorist organization in 2015, a terrorist group. She not only refused, but she…
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