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Do more men use the Internet than women?
Long before the Internet existed, computers were women. (United States Census Bureau, courtesy of the University of Hartford)
It's a well-known trope that there are no girls on the Internet. In fact, apparently that is a "rule of the…
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Did Joseph Goebbels say "Accuse the other side of that which you are guilty"?
The quote, "accuse the other side of that which you are guilty" is often attributed to Joseph Goebbels.
For example this meme and it also appears in me.me and memegenerator.net.
I have looked for it in the wikiquote entry about him. I have also…
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Are 2 million non-citizen Hispanics illegally registered to vote in the United States?
A large number of non-citizen Hispanics, as many as 2 million, were illegally registered to vote in the U.S., according to a nationwide poll.
The National Hispanic Survey provides additional evidence for use by anti-voter fraud conservatives and…
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Does the Talmud say, "The Jews are called human beings, but the non-Jews are not humans. They are beasts."?
According to the Radioislam.org (pro-Palestinian site) page Jewish Racism towards Non-Jews as expressed in the Talmud, the Talmud contains the following verse:
"The Jews are called human beings, but the non-Jews are not humans. They are beasts."
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Can a television thrown in a bathtub kill someone?
In TV show or films, it seems that throwing any mains-powered electrical device (such as a television or radio) in a bathtub can kill the person in said bathtub.
Can this happen? It appears to me that power should shut down almost instantly.
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Did an ostrich pull off its own head?
In The Runaway Brain by Christopher Wills, the author illustrates the fact that ostriches aren't too bright by saying that an ostrich has been recorded as getting tangled in the fork of a tree, panicking, and pulling off its own head.
Is there any…
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Do nice guys finish last?
xkcd #513 Friends by Randall Munroe
You might think this is something men parrot to justify their lack of luck with the ladies, but ask any androphile and we'll tell you there's just something about "bad boys" that drives us wild.
Apparently,…
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Can ants lift 50 times their weight?
I've encountered this one many times over the years, mostly in those "useless facts" books and sites such as the one here.
In fact, it's been one of those bits of trivia I seem to have unconsciously taken for granted as true, probably due to the…
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Was Osama Bin Laden responsible for 9-11?
I know he admitted it or something in one of his earlier videos, but aside from that, do we have any actual solid evidence he ordered the September 11 attacks?
Like if he hadn't of admitted it, and he was captured instead of killed, would we really…
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Did an experiment show none of 680 Air Force cadets were of "average" size?
Various workshops given by Nielsen-Norman Group in the User Experience field, mention a specific experiment that involved Air Force cadets.
The experiment is meant to illustrate the point that there's no such thing as an "average user", and it goes…
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Does the death penalty in California cost more than $300m per execution?
In the talk show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, John Oliver was arguing against the death penalty and showed the following image claiming that the death penalty cost more than $300m per execution in California:
Costs of capital punishment in…
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Did the Hebrew exodus from Egypt ever happen?
The Book of Exodus describes a movement of the Hebrews from Egypt, through the desert, and into the Palestine/Israel region.
It also describes a number miracles, such as the ten plagues and the parting of the Red Sea, but they are not the subject of…
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Is warm water more effective than cold water for washing one's hands?
When washing my hands, I was always told to use warm soapy water.
However, is there any chemical or biological reason why warm soapy water is more effective to cold soapy water when trying to sanitise your hands?
For example, a reason given for…
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Did humans almost become extinct about 70,000 years ago?
I received this screenshot which is actually a post on Facebook by 8facts. It claims that humans nearly became extinct 70,000 years ago when the population sunk to 2,000.
Is there any evidence that this claim is correct?
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Organic food is worse for the environment because it requires more land than non-organic food
I've heard that organic crops and husbandry are worse for the environment than non-organic equivalents because in the absence of pesticides and fertilizers much more land is required for an organic yield equivalent to what would be achieved with…
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