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Is the Bible the most read book?
I have often heard that the most popular book is the Bible, but it seems to me that, for example, classical Indian books as the Mahabharata or the Chinese Four Books and Five Classics may be more popular. Does any one have any source related to…
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Is it legal for a Muslim husband to beat his wife in Saudi Arabia?
Today on the 700 Club’s “Bring It On” segment where viewers ask Robertson questions, one man wondered how he should go about repairing his marriage with a wife who “insults” him and once tried to attack him.
“Well, you could become a Muslim and you…
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Is there a deep, hot biosphere?
Thomas Gold claims that oil is not aging vegetal or animal matter, but rather made continously from bacteria deep in the Earth's mantle (a 'deep hot biosphere') so that we would effectively never have to worry about running out.
Gold's theory is…
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Do performance incentives work for knowledge workers?
In this animated video of his talk, Dan Pink claims performance incentives do not work, and can actually lead to worse performance.
In summary, he quotes two studies (which he unfortunately does not name) where people are asked to do a task, and…
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Are there between 100,000-300,000 child sex slaves in the United States today?
Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore state this as part of the "Real Men Don't Buy Girls" campaign.
CNN -
There's between 100,000 and 300,000 child sex slaves in the United States today," Ashton Kutcher tells CNN's Piers Morgan. "If you don't do something…
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Do 15,000+ prostitutes travel to the Super Bowl each year in the USA?
There have been several reports that a large number of prostitutes visit the host city of the Super Bowl each year:
Prostitutes Plan to Profit Big From Super Bowl Week in South Florida
Local police forces have announced that they will be…
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Is overpopulation a myth?
I happened across this website http://overpopulationisamyth.com, which raises some interesting arguments against the notion that overpopulation is a real problem.
Although it isn't obvious from the site. It appears to be backed by the Population…
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Are 50% to 90% of prostitutes in the Netherlands sex slaves?
In Does Legalizing Prostitution Work?, the author says that even after prostitution is legal, a lot of women are still forced into prostitution.
These women are Amsterdam's leading tourist attraction (followed by the coffee shops that sell…
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Does a tidy desk make you more productive than a messy one?
I'm a messy desk sort of person (even the desktops on my computers are messy). But there are loads of personal productivity evangelists telling me that a tidy desk would make me more productive.
Here, for example, is one such site which says:
the…
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Is graphology grounded?
In France Graphology is still actively used by some recruiters in order to attempt to evaluate applicants' personality from their handwriting (therefore covering letters in France are still handwritten in most cases as otherwise they could go to the…
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Is margarine "one molecule away from plastic"?
I've heard the claim that "Margarine is only one molecule away from being plastic" several times. Usually from friends who think they've heard it from some reliable source. I've also read a couple books that mention this concept, without really…
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Are cancer recovery rates the same as they were in 1920?
Related: Have any “cures” been invented since the 1950's or so?
I ran across the movie Cut Poison Burn, who's abstract is as follows:
Cut Poison Burn is a controversial, eye opening, and sometimes heartbreaking documentary that puts the business…
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Is saying "du" to a police officer illegal in Germany?
A very popular YouTuber called Bharat in Germany recently made a video where it says that it is illegal in Germany to address a police officer informally, that is, using the informal pronoun du* rather than the more reverential Sie. And if one does…
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Do sandcastles kill more people than sharks?
In 2007, The Guardian made the following claim:
Be afraid: sand castles can kill
The US bucket and spade brigade went on full alert yesterday after
research by a top physician revealed that people falling into holes
dug in the sand had accounted…
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In 1936, did brothers Mark and David Ferrow transition?
The story of transgender brothers Mark and David Ferrow has become popular on Tumblr and Twitter in recent weeks. It claims
In 1934-1936, trans brothers Mark and David Ferrow of Yarmouth, UK both transitioned at age 13 with full parental…
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