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In this day and age, on the surface level, it seems like we know a lot about how the world, the human body, and the universe all work. And though we do know quite a bit, there’s still lots of room for scientific progress. Some theories aren’t as solid as you might think, and there are plenty of questions that have researchers puzzled.

Internet users took to an online thread to share what they think are the biggest still-unanswered mysteries that we don’t seem to be close to fully solving yet. Read on to get your creative juices flowing and to think about something bigger than "what should I have for dinner?"

#1

Young woman stretching in bed with pillows and white bedding, reflecting on mysteries we aren’t getting closer to solving Why we dream. Brain runs a midnight movie with zero budget and wild plots. Why?

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Marnie
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's simple: Dreams are when we roll our eyes back into our heads and see what we're thinking (or so I decided when I was 4). It still makes a bit of sense to me :-)

Crystalwitch60
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

😂😂😂 that’s deep for 4 yr old you , but I like that narrative lmao it does make sense actually 😂

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AnnaB
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have the most vivid, detailed dreams every night. And I remember them. Some of them are totally wacko.

Jumping Jellyfishes
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Brain gets bored while night systems run and repair, so it entertains itself.

Lisa T
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s weird, I have aphantasia, so I can’t visualise things in my mind’s eye, or “picture” a thought. Only found out like three years ago people can actually SEE images while thinking about something. But I have always had very vivid dreams, and I lucid dream a lot. I still remember some dreams from 45 odd years ago, too.

Jp@nda
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21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's interesting, I can't imagine what that would be like. It's like the people that have no inner monologue going and just exist with a silent brain

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Chaos Pandas Unite
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

There’s research that suggests it’s a byproduct of the brain ‘washing out’ and replenishing neurotransmitters used up during the day.

LizzieBoredom
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Your brain weighs less when you get up than when you go to bed. Chemical flush.

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Colleen Glim
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Been asking myself this question lately. I’ve been stressed at work (because Christmas) and have been talking/yelling in my sleep lately

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Stardust she/her
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I can remember every dream I’ve ever had since I was 5 to the point where there’s a literal cinematic universe in my dreams and locations I’ve been visiting for years that don’t even exist. My friends think this indicates I don’t sleep well

Chaos Pandas Unite
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Or you have a very vivid dream life and it’s profound and valuable and cool? Or I mean I look at it that way. I think we’re the poorer for it when we can’t remember our dreams. We spent so much of our life asleep; sleep and dream life are a huge part of human life, not just our waking life. A lot of cultures find utility and another way of knowing through dreams.

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Panda Kicki
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Well, otherwise the whole Dream Productions would be out of jobs. Duh. (I love that Pixar made a whole mini series about them)

Boo
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22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know how I managed to be able to do this, but if I have a dream go in a direction I don't like, I can concentrate and change it. Although I wake up in the morning with a headache from hèll though.

Lady Eowyn
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20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Lucid dreaming. Sometimes I can control what I dream about. Unfortunately doesn't work with nightmares and night terrors.

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CatD
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I get surround sound and panavision. My dreams are fun.

Mari
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1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

You are lucky if you have fun dreams!

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    #2

    Scientist examining a brain model with brain MRI scans in the background, highlighting unsolved brain mysteries. What consciousness really is. How does meat think?

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    Janelle Collard
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "How does meat think?" 🤣

    Mike Goslin
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "If the human brain were so simple That we could understand it, We would be so simple That we couldn’t." Emerson M. Pugh

    Charlotte A.
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Brains are mostly fat, though...

    Virgil Blue
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Its function is kind of like the insulation in electrical cables and as a spacer. There is a disease that eats away at it and gives epileptic fits as the neuron pathways start to short circuit.

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    Roxy222uk
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s interesting that science has no idea what consciousness but so many people state ‘I believe in science, so there’s no after life’. If we don’t know what consciousness we sure as hecky peck don’t know what happens to it after we die. There not being an afterlife (or reincarnation) is as much a belief as the rest.

    Upil
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Carl sagan once said "The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself". It changed my perspective about human consciousness, blown my mind....

    Virgil Blue
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's if I remember right a combination of neural nodes distributed along the body capable of storing simple instructions and patterns the brain can trigger with shorter commands than it would take to send the full command string. Its probably a lot more complicated than I remember though.

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    Beady El
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’ve yet to hear a concise definition of what consciousness is, I.e. what we mean when we say “consciousness”. It seems to consist of mostly subjective experiences, a kind of internal narrative. That makes it practically unmeasurable. People with “locked in syndrome” are conscious but unable to move or speak - so we can’t define consciousness based on observable behavior. Hence, anything COULD be conscious, even rocks and atoms.

    Crystalwitch60
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    I think he meant how do brains think , I HOPE 😂

    Julie S
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No they are saying we are meat like cows, just big lumps of meat with conscious thought.

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    #3

    Underwater scene with light rays piercing through dark water, symbolizing mysteries we aren’t getting closer to solving What kind of life lives in our oceans . Current scientific estimates say that we have only discovered 10-25% of marine species.

    Ok-Strawberry488 , Blaque X Report

    Robin Roper
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When we find out, the next thing would be figuring out how to s***w it up.

    UKGrandad
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We're doing it the other way round. We're scréwing up the oceans (and everything else) then every now and then find the body of an interesting new species in the fishing nets or washed up on the shore.

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    Greenkitty
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And yet we would rather explore space where there may or may not be other life. While I enjoy learning about our solar system and outer space, it seems kind of wack that we spend so much time and effort on space exploration while we know so little about our oceans and in fact are k*****g them with pollution.

    John
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But space is less scary. 😂🤷 The stuff down in the ocean.. that's some crazy stuff.

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    ChugChug
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Good for them. Look what happened to the ones we "discovered"...

    Vermonta
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    what we know so far is pretty scary

    Daisydaisy
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or: what we know so far is pretty amazing, interesting and beautiful! And worth preserving!

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    Jane Doe-Doe
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    18 hours ago

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    #4

    Eerie figure wearing sunglasses against a distorted background representing unsolved mysteries and unknown puzzles. Tossing out one less existential, but who pirated the WGN signal with a Max Headroom skit in the 80s.

    Lots of theories, but no real evidence and no one has any idea who did it.

    Kudos to the people involved for actually keeping their mouths shut for 40 years. Makes me think it was one person that did it all on their own. What are the chances of more than one person keeping a lid on that?

    On the one hand, I want the guy(s) who did it to come out and admit it and how they did it. Statute of limitations has to be up right?

    But I get why they don’t. I’m sure the Feds would find some way to convict them of something if they came forward, statute of limitations be d****d.

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    nottheactualphoto
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Two people can keep a secret, if one of them is dead." - Ben Franklin, or somebody

    Anony Mouse
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Up voted for the underrated and nearly forgotten Max Headroom 😄

    Michael Largey
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The current federal government would not follow any statutes of limitation. I doesn't even follow the explicit language of the 14th Amendment.

    Zero Costa
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean it had to be two or more ppl bc there were two ppl in frame at one point

    JL
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hopefully they put a confession in their will, so we can know eventually.

    Rick Murray
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it would be better to never know. It's like this random weird thing that happened and nobody knows why...

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    b s
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It was very easy to hack a channel at the time. It was a drunk college couple most likely.

    John
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think you had to know the correct angle though to interrupt the signal. And you had to be close enough to overpower the signal (since the corporation had much stronger transmission strength). I saw a TV show on it once and I believe them that it was too sophisticated that you need inside knowledge. Hacking a channel to small area could have been done by a college student at that time, but this was to a wide area. They had to overpower the original transmission from Chicago. Also a theory is they couldn't get into the first station they tried so they tried the 2nd one. The original planned station is mentioned in their message... Something 'news nerds' I forget what they said.

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    Jp@nda
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wish it never looked it up after reading this. Now that will permanently be in my brain and I wish it wasn't

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    Beady El
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The perps would be nearing retirement age by now.

    Roxy222uk
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    16 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Cottingley Fairies girls only admitted their photos were fakes after more than 60 years, so there’s plenty of time. I grew up seeing the photos in books as ‘unexplained mysteries'

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    #5

    Vast starry night sky showing cosmic mysteries and space phenomena beyond current human understanding. What the universe, or multi-verse, is inside of. Like where is the end and if there is no end what is it all in? My brain can't handle this, no amount of theories can make me stop wondering.

    Edgeguy13 , Jeremy Thomas Report

    Daisydaisy
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to lie awake as a child trying to think about this and just freaking out

    GenuineJen
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I DID THE SAME THING!! And then little child me would experience absolute crazy disassociation as I thought about it all.

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    Chich the witch
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    23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really does not matter. It is Turtles all the way down :P

    Stardust she/her
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a kid I assumed that if we managed to somehow ‘teleport’ something ‘outside’ the universe then because of the fact that literally nothing exists ‘outside’ the universe, either the object would completely disintegrate, ie all information about the object remains lost forever and not preserved or the object’s internal energy would trigger a sort of Big Bang event creating a new universe branching off from ours but since the internal energy would be far too little, the new universe would collapse in less than a fraction of a second

    meeeeeeeeeeee
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or, because time is not linear and if it's poofed out then it would just have not existed in the first place and therefore there was nothing to throw out...but it couldn't become nothing without having existed to be chucked out...and that is the true source of the universe and all things, this object in a constant cycle of not existing and existing, of is and isn't, creating infinite energy.

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    Doofnuts
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just go with "Men In Black". We're inside a marble.

    Jane Doe-Doe
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nobody’s brain can fathom it, if there’s an end then what is on the other side of the end? And we can’t wrap our heads around the fact that there might not be an end

    Grm Moore
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    the universe is finite in volume but has no boundaries, similar to the surface of the Earth. If you were an ant walking in a "straight" line on the surface of a balloon, you would travel forever without ever falling off the edge, eventually returning to your starting point. The universe could be a 3D version of this idea, where space is curved (positively) in a higher dimension we don't perceive. Traveling in one direction for long enough would theoretically bring you back to where you started.

    Ryan Mercer
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They've tried to measure the curvature of the universe and found that it is either flat, or the curvature is so large that the entire observable universe appears flat by comparison.

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    Riley Quinn
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to lay out in the grass gazing at the sky for hours, so it was inevitable that I'd continue that gazing with all the gorgeously amazing telescope images we now have. But understand it??? I've never been able to wrap my brain around any of it.

    Bob H
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where did all the matter come from? At some point there was nothing, before all the big banging started.

    Eri J
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then where did the bang come from? You can't create something from nothing.

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    Greenkitty
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a kid I decided that everything we see including the universe is just part of a larger being and that humans are just cells or something inside thar lifeform.

    Virgil Blue
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Infinity is weird. Even weirder, in math you can have things like infinity plus one.

    Roxy222uk
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There’s even different kinds of infinity! Don’t even . . .

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    #6

    Person wearing boots and jeans sitting by the water, reflecting on mysteries that remain unsolved and puzzling. Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a condition that causes a very strong urge to move the legs. The urge to move usually is caused by an uncomfortable feeling in the legs. It typically happens in the evening or at night when sitting or lying down. Moving eases the discomfort for a short time.

    CletusMuckenfuss , Zachary Ferguson Report

    The Other Guest
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's super annoying, too, both for the person who has it (me) and the person who shares their bed (Mr OG).

    CatD
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It takes a long time to fall asleep when this happens.

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    Oliver
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We know a lot of causes but maybe not all. Low iron / anemia is absolutely one of them. I take iron every day and it disappears. …unless I forget for like a week in a row and it comes right back more annoying than ever.

    CatD
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I take vitamins every day and still have it

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    Crystalwitch60
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s bloody annoying I gotta say ,more so at night , I have to get up to shake it off , cos it scares the dogs , I’d love to know why it happens to please ,

    Carrie Laughs
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to Dr Google: Restless legs at night are often caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain, specifically involving the neurotransmitter dopamine, which affects muscle control. It can also be linked to underlying conditions like iron deficiency anemia, kidney failure, and pregnancy. Lifestyle factors like excessive caffeine or alcohol consumption, smoking, and certain medications can also contribute. I have found compression socks do help.

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    Anne Roberts
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Once in a while one leg will suddenly kick out while I'm sleeping. It's annoying and wakes me up.

    Jon Parrott
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently I found out that there is a connection between RLS and Parkinson's. I got to find that out the hard way. At 44:years old

    Riley Quinn
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I developed this annoying syndrome in my late 40s, and it lasted for about 20yrs off and on. I was diagnosed with hypertension, went on meds, and drastically reduced my salt intake. Voilà, the RLS disappeared. Ahyep, salt exacerbates this syndrome.

    Greenkitty
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Solanpas at bedtime and Tylenol before bed helps me.

    QuincyForrest
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yup. I have it, from time to time. It really s***s. Especially if it comes on when I'm trying to go to bed and sleep. Nothing for it but to get up and come sit in the living room in the recliner and hope I doze off and just wait for it to pass.

    Roxy222uk
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sincerely suggest any sufferers try taking a good magnesium supplement every day. Obviously there can be more than one cause, but it’s well worth trying and won’t do you anything but good anyway.

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    “It is critical that the brain disposes of metabolic waste that can build up and contribute to neurodegenerative diseases. We knew that sleep is a time when the brain initiates a cleaning process to flush out waste and toxins it accumulates during wakefulness. But we didn’t know how that happens. These findings might be able to point us toward strategies and potential therapies to speed up the removal of damaging waste and to remove it before it can lead to dire consequences,” notes Jonathan Kipnis, PhD, the senior author on the paper, the Alan A. and Edith L. Wolff Distinguished Professor of Pathology & Immunology, and a BJC Investigator.

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    According to Kipnis, if you can enhance the cleaning process in the brain, it would be possible to sleep less and remain healthy.

    “Not everyone has the benefit of eight hours of sleep each night, and loss of sleep has an impact on health.”

    #7

    Model of the human brain showing detailed anatomy, illustrating one of the many mysteries we aren’t getting closer to solving. The brain.


    I have brain cancer, and when I was first diagnosed with it I asked how it happened and my doctor shrugged and told me that they don't really understand how brain cancers develop and that we are just stepping our toes in the door for treatment for it.

    Own_Construction2682 , Robina Weermeijer Report

    Anne Roberts
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a tough diagnosis. I wish you the best of luck in your treatment.

    Linda van A.
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    23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have brain damage from a fall and a stroke, and it has completely turned my life upside down. I'm no longer who I was; you are your brain.

    Jp@nda
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm sorry that this happened to you, I'm sending you strength and love 🩷

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    Jane Doe-Doe
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband had brain cancer, it made him do some really strange things

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    #8

    Spiral galaxy in deep space surrounded by stars, illustrating some of the mysteries we aren’t getting closer to solving. Why the universe exists at all instead of nothing.

    Mound_builder , Arnaud Mariat Report

    Jaya
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, so weird. But... if nothing existed at all, would be even weirder. I cannot wrap my head around either option.

    Riley Quinn
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you think about it, it wouldn't be weird at all bc we wouldn't be here to give it any thought.

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    Doctor Strange
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "The story so far: In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move."– Douglas Adams

    Anne Roberts
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Scientists say the universe is constantly expanding. Expanding to where?

    Rick Murray
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spacetime doesn't work like that. Things are getting further apart, but it's not like there is a boundary wall that is being pushed, it's just... the space between everything is increasing. Our current theory is that, eventually, the space between will be so immense that it will literally pull atoms apart and, ultimately, everything will just stop existing. Which may be wrong, because of late some rather big cracks have started to appear in the theories of how the universe is behaving.

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    UnclePanda
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Chicken nuggets. The entire purpose of the Cosmic Egg was chicken nuggets.

    John
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or maybe it wouldn't be. Who would it be dull to?

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    Jeanbore Dilford
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    23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The concept of "nothing" is as daunting as the existence of our universe. Imagine...nothing...terrifying!

    Beady El
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    12 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow I actually just posted about this in reaction to the “outside the universe” entry. I would seriously freak myself out pondering this as a kid.

    Ryan Mercer
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    18 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Give me one example of nothing. Empty space? Try again! "Nothing" is an imaginary concept. As far as we know, it doesn't exist.

    Zac
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    nothing literally exists where somthing is not. the void of space is nothing. the only thing space expands into is more space. more nothing, until there is something there then its something instead of nothing, until the something leaves then its nothing again.

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    #9

    Goofy and Pluto in a classic animated scene, highlighting mysteries that remain unsolved over time. What the hell Goofy is supposed to be, given the existence of Pluto.

    CantTakeMeSeriously , Walt Disney Feature Animation Report

    The Other Guest
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This isn't a mystery at all: he's a dog. He first appeared in the 1932 cartoon "Mickey's Review," and was originally named Dippy Dog. This was changed to Goofy in 1934, with his first appearance under that name being "Orphan's Benefit." The difference between the two is that Goofy is an anthropomorphic character, and Pluto is not.

    Kira Okah
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    According to Disney, Disney workers, and Goofy's VA, Goofy may have began as a dog, but in his redesign he is a non-dog canine.

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    Jumping Jellyfishes
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think Goofy may have spent some time on the Island of Dr. Moreau.

    Der Kommissar
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    or was in a c**p movie starring Rob Schneider

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    Pandora
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always thought that Goofy was just a really ugly moose. 🤔

    Robert Trebor
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't know that there was a planet named Goofy. Dit it get demoted too?

    Kira Okah
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Goofy is a Goof, Goofs resemble dogs but aren't dogs. Surname in these cartoons tends to denote species, like Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck.

    Mike Goslin
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    by that reasoning, Pluto is a dwarf planet?!?

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    Linda van A.
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    23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Goofy is a human dog and Pluto is a dog dog.

    Dave In MD
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So many people are missing the point. The question is, why is Goofy human like while Pluto is dog like. Since both of them are dogs. I mean you don't see little mice running into the walls in Mickey' house. Or Donald feeding the ducks in a pond.

    Kira Okah
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    People seem to be missing that you can be a canine but not a dog. Goofy is, offiially, a canine but not a dog. Bill Farmer, one of his most prolific VAs, points this out often. People who have worked for Disney state that he is a Goof, a non-dog canine.

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    Julie S
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now we are getting to the important questions!

    KDS
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here’s a bigger mystery why does Donald Duck puts a towel around his waist after getting out of the shower when he never wears pants in the first place? Rework of Chandler’s question from Friends.

    LollyLaLu
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's the question brought up in the movie "Stand by Me." Made us stop & say "yeah, what is he?"

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    From your perspective, what are the biggest, most important mysteries that remain unanswered to this very day, dear Pandas? What theories do you personally think most people take for granted, even though there’s still room for research?

    What do you do to stay up-to-date with scientific breakthroughs? Let us know what you think in the comments below.

    #10

    Young woman in a brown sweater sitting on concrete steps, lost in thought, reflecting on unsolved mysteries and puzzles. The placebo effect—how our brains can literally heal the body.

    adamfromonline , Anthony Tran Report

    Nikki Sevven
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just read a study where the participants had a DNA analysis, then were asked to think of their favorite relative for 20 minutes every day for one month. At the end of the month, the participants' genetic expression leaned more heavily toward that favorite relative.

    Resting B.
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wow, that s quite amazing.. any chance you still have a link to that study?

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    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Or the evil twin, the nocebo effect. It is a real thing.

    Daisydaisy
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Apparently a placebo you genuinely believe in works better than medications in many instances. I find that remarkable!

    Anyone-for-tea?
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I tried it, I don’t think it works for very chronic long term conditions.

    Roxy222uk
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s also the case that the placebo effect can cause proven medications to work more effectively too.

    #11

    Ancient stone ruins under a clear blue sky, representing mysteries that we aren’t getting any closer to solving. The Bronze Age Collapse. As a history nerd, it keeps me up at night.

    StoicWolf15 , Andy Hay Report

    Skara Brae
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look up "sea peoples" on youtube. Unknown people from the sea (duh) attacked the countries around the eastern Mediterranean, about the same time as a long drought. Only the Egyptian civilization survived.

    Kira Okah
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sea peoples is a 19th century hypothesis based on accounts of piracy and pillaging in the late stage of the collapse. They, if they even existed, were just people taking advantage, not a cause.

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    Kira Okah
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Prevailing theory iirc is a volcanic eruption.

    Mike Goslin
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    IMHO, the Volcanic eruption in Iceland in 1159BC was only a contributor to the collapse, not a major cause.

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    Zac
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    49 minutes ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    one thing i think is overlooked alot is that the "bronze age" was a very very long time, and it collapsed over the course of hundreds of years, not overnight. the collapse is likely due to multiple geographical, meterological, and societal changes happening over generations in multiple different locations across the planet.

    Phil
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Eric Cline in his book 'After 1177 BC' argues, rather convincingly, that the Bronze Age Collapse was not really something that happened, but a gap in written and archeological evidence that is only recently being filled in.

    Kira Okah
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Access to iron didn't cause the collapse, the collapse caused people to look at the utility of iron due to the loss of trade routes for tin and copper.

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    #12

    Silhouette of a person standing under a vivid starry sky, representing mysteries we aren’t getting closer to solving. Maybe, the size of the universe.

    Only-Function6630 , Greg Rakozy Report

    Dorothy Smith
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Webb telescope is seeing even more mysteries as it goes.

    Virgil Blue
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I learned that we are not just looking out, but also back in time it blew my mind. Some stars we see are already long gone. And there ate stars out there that have been shining for eons but we haven't been able to see yet.

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    Michael Largey
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    23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Obligatorily: "Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space." - Douglas Adams

    Stardust she/her
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At this point we honestly can’t tell anymore about the rest of the universe because for some reason the cosmological principle isn’t holding up as well as we thought so for all we know we could be living in an anomalous part of our universe where what happens in this bubble could be considered strange to others outside

    Robert Trebor
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it was Robert Jastrow who said that the universe is stranger than we can even imagine.

    Jumping Jellyfishes
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take a peek in the Total Perspective Vortex. That’ll give you some idea… and make you feel extremely insignificant.

    #13

    Ancient undeciphered symbols and markings representing mysteries we aren’t getting any closer to solving. We don’t seem to be making any headway in deciphering Linear A, the Minoan writing from. Which is kind of odd because there’s a rather big sample size and it’s in a pretty central location whose people and culture influenced a lot of our touchstones today, but there’s really been no progress to speak of.

    emptycagenowcorroded , Evans, Arthur, Sir Report

    Kira Okah
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The lack of a big sample size is what is standing in the way. Around 1400 samples, mostly fragmentory and heavily damaged, by comparison Linear B has over 6000. Another reason is that most of those are also quick notes instead of full sentences, and we have zero bilingual references. We have deciphered numerals in Linear A, and have some clue of fractions, and a few are close enough to Linear B to make a guess. Note also that Linear A doesn't encode a known language, we don't know Minoan, and we don't know if all Linear A texts are in the Minoan language.

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always check on their progress with Linear A! There's so much fascinating stuff in that culture!

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    nm
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We need another Rosetta Stone.

    Kira Okah
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    7 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That is exactly what researchers really want with Linear A.

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    Lee Gilliland
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm betting it's the same reason hieratic exists - it's a shorthand form used by clerks.

    SheHulk
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Minoans were fascinating and had a unique culture, maybe matriarchal. Sussi Bech, a Danish comic book writer and illustrator, gives a fascinating story about two lost at sea, teenaged girls from Minoa, and their fate! Mostly Egypt, but does circle around to the Thera Eruption.

    SheHulk
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    1 hour ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In fact, I just realized that I am describing an awesome plot for a new TV or movie franchise that has not been done before.

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    #14

    Close-up of an insect on mossy surface, illustrating natural mysteries that remain unsolved in the environment. How do parasites know how to control the behavior of their hosts? Particularly things like fungus, which don't appear to actually have minds of their own?

    Also, how does something evolve to learn how to do that?

    DeadSuperHero , National Geographic Report

    Luke Branwen
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Unlike most religions who see God as some kind of magical being, I believe God, or some universal consciousness we may call God, is more akin to a scientist and evolution is their way of creation. And some of their experiments yielded horrifying results 😅

    Joy
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AI one day might say the same thing about us

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    michael reid
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They don't 'know' how to do it, it's just the end result of many much smaller decisions made along the way that are each pre programmed by millions of years of evolution. Like a fungus spore will have evolved to sprout when it senses the chemicals of certain insects, and so on.

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the end it's all chemistry in the brain. Toxoplasma Gondii for example blocks the fear receptors that act in the brains of mice so they stop avoiding cats, get eaten and the parasite into the cat's intestines to reproduce. And yes, it can infect us as well and cause people to show more riskful behaviour

    Leslie Victor
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be some kind of superpower...

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    #15

    Vivid deep space scene showing mysterious cosmic clouds and star clusters in a dark universe, highlighting unsolved mysteries. What was before the big bang.

    Longjumping_Soft1890 , NASA Hubble Space Telescope Report

    Stardust she/her
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How can a ‘before’ exist before the creation of time itself? Humans are a foolish species to assume that we have the capacity to understand the very fabric of reality when all we were made to do was survive on a planet we were tailored for. Perhaps in a billion years we may have evolved the capacity to understand the universe we live in but not today

    Yora Belle End
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is time but a human construct. Time only has meaning because humans gave it so.

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    Spark
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The Galactic Cat who dropped a HUGE detonator off the table... 💥😸

    Spark
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Then the Galactic Cat ran away, as they usually do, but its paw prints are still visible in the galactic background radiation. And now it's dozing somewhere in the Oort Cloud as if NOTHING had happened... 😺

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    Anony Mouse
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Faith says “Before anything existed there was God who created everything we know”. Science then rejects faith because it regards that position as irrational. Then science says “Before the Big Bang, there was either nothing or else an eternal preexisting ‘something’.” But that belief, which hasn’t been proven, is no more rational than the faith position. That’s why many traditional scientists are people of faith who find no incompatibility between faith and science. It’s only the extreme positions that are irrational.

    Jane Doe-Doe
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing was before the Big Bang but if it was nothing then how did the universe start if nothing was there before,?

    sofacushionfort
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Gas injection by the Big Carburetor

    Bob H
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And how many big bangs have happened in the entire history of the universe

    Leslie Victor
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was no big bang. This is a creationist point of view....

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    #16

    Star trails radiating in a night sky, illustrating cosmic mysteries that we aren’t getting closer to solving. If the universe continues to expand, what is it expanding into?

    ThreeRRRs , Casey Horner Report

    Colleen Glim
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But what is it expanding from? The idea of a humongous ball of nothingness that exploded begs the question, how did it explode?

    Stardust she/her
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There was never an explosion, just an inflation where a tiny packet of energy went from nearly the size of a proton to about a metre in size in less than a second and went on expanding at a constant rate for billions of years. A way of describing the birth of the universe is by saying that the big bang occured everywhere all at once at the same time, first there was nothing and then came everything. And there’s nothing outside the universe (no space, no time, no quantum fields) so the universe isn’t expanding ‘into’ anything, it’s just expanding and this concept is incredibly hard for our simple minds to grasp

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    Grm Moore
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We are the equivalent of Flatland people pondering how 3D seems. This is why it sounds weird and impossible.

    Spark
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is expanding into the Omniversal Cat Kingdom. ✨😺✨ Cats approve it, but they'll rule "our" universe too. And that is good.

    Michael Largey
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    23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is expanding beyond it's previous boundaries (however you define them).

    Beady El
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    11 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Perhaps outside is true, primeval nothingness. Not time, not space, no features of any sort. If so, our universe doesn’t so much expand into it as push it back.

    meeeeeeeeeeee
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it's trying to catch something that's running from it.

    martymcmatrix
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, definitely (but luckily) not into our b🔞tts...🤷🏽...more important is to question wether space is already there, or is space itself created through / by the expansion? 🤔

    Joy
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    More universe. If humans can 'expand' through reproduction so can the universe. Energy is always interacting with itself. The universal space will continue to grow into its own unfathomable eternity.

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    #17

    Illustration of a man’s face representing one of the mysteries that people point out as unsolved and baffling. Who was D.B. Cooper and what happened to him and the money?

    BrilliantHyena , Roy Rose Report

    Pandora
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was Loki. Mystery solved.

    Dave In MD
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nothing happened to D.B Cooper. Now Dan Cooper hijacked an airplane and parachuted out the back and disappeared.

    Jacob B.
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most assume after he opened the back door, he jumped. I don't believe that for a second, just because he opened it doesn't mean he left the plane right then and there. They did find some money buried in a river bank, but when the calculations were done, the plane had already crossed the area. Meaning, it was probably a decoy. He probably jumped as the plane was making its approach to Reno. And he's probably dead by now, he got away with it.

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They found some of the money in, I think, the 1980s? But they're still no closer to finding out who he was.

    Tobias Reaper
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    his real name was Charles Westmoreland and he died trying to escape fox river penitentiary

    Jane Doe-Doe
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I heard that he jumped out of the plane, landed on a dragon, flew to Narnia where lived the rest of his life

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    #18

    Thoughtful man in a blue shirt and red tie reflecting deeply on unsolved mysteries and complex questions. How to reliably prevent or stop hiccups. For such a universal experience, its not terribly well-understood since it happens so infrequently, unpredictably, and for (usually) such a short period of time.

    vonHindenburg , Nicola Barts Report

    Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I had hiccups as a child my mum would say "hiccup again and I will give you £20" . I never managed to get that £20. Not once.

    b s
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In 5th grade I had the hiccups. My teacher called me to the front ans said hiccup again I'll give you a can of mountain dew. I did. She told me I faked it. F you ms. Ebnett.

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    Lisa T
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have to distract your brain to get rid of hiccups. There’s lots of remedies, too. I don’t get them often, but when I do they last for quite a while. My best remedy for me is eating a teaspoon of hot English mustard or something else hot

    Fungus John
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    19 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    whereas with me spicy things cause hiccups.

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    michael reid
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's easy. You just tighten the muscle at the top of your stomach.

    Kelly Scott
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Get a mouthful of water. Hold that water in your mouth while you hold both ears shut and bend over. Swallow (while you're upside down). Hiccups gone. Edited to add: I've used this a lot throughout my life and it hasn't failed yet. You might have to do it twice sometimes.

    Roxy222uk
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The hiccups stop because you’re so busy coughing and spluttering?

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    Anyone-for-tea?
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Hot drinks can give me hiccups. I’ve always wondered if that happens to anyone else!

    Dragon Ashes
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    4 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband hiccups a lot after eating. The grandchild started doing it to and my husband denied he did this. Then a few days later admitted that he did. He'd done it so much, probably from childhood, that he'd never noticed. 🤣🤣

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    Tim Gibbs
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Doctors say the only way is digital rectal insertion (QI)

    CatD
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I sit up straight, hyperventilate for about 10 seconds and then fill my lungs completely with air. About every 10 seconds I release a tiny bit of air and refill my lungs again. Do for about a minute. It keeps the diaphragm from spasming.

    Julie S
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I get really bad actually painful hiccups if I eat without drinking.

    No one
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Left over evolutionary involuntary response from aquatic animals gulping air at the surface.

    Pigeons & Peacocks
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    12 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Breathe out, take 20 small sips of water (or as close as you can get), breathe in. Gone. Old school military tricks for this sort of thing are the best.

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    #19

    Person sleeping peacefully wrapped in a blanket surrounded by pillows, representing mysteries that remain unsolved. What does sleep actually do, and why do we need it? On the surface, it seems obvious, but there seems to be a lack of general consensus on why it's necessary. Some species require very little sleep, some require a lot.

    We can point to anecdotes regarding how different animals do it, and even the benefits that come from sufficient sleep.

    We have some good ideas about what sleep does for the body, along with theories as to why this is a necessity. But in terms of a definitive answer, things seem kind of murky.

    DeadSuperHero , Andrej Lišakov Report

    Robin Roper
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is known that sleep is a necessary biological process that allows the body and brain repair, restore, and recharge. During sleep, waste is removed from the brain. Other biological processes occur so all this is what sleep actually does.

    Jp@nda
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The human growth hormone is only released during deep sleep which is necessary for cell building and repair

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    Lee Gilliland
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Try living in DC. These idiots run around with four hours sleep every two days and are proud they make mistakes.

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    CatD
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think it's cool that dolphins sleep with half their brain at a time. Wish we could do that.

    Nick Gibbs
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sharks dont sleep at all.If they did,they would drown.

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    Julie S
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I said this on the dreaming post. I spent a sleepless night once trying to work out what sleep was.

    Kerry Borthwick
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    13 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a trial for death like those old AOL discs

    The Scout
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Without context, it is a disturbing concept to fall unconscious for hours every night while being vividly hallucinating...

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    #20

    Mature woman in white robe examining her face in a mirror, reflecting on mysteries and unanswered questions. Why aging affects people so differently.

    Ivory-Fern , Getty Images Report

    Miss Tinker
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Genetics and lifestyle would play a big part.

    Chich the witch
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    23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and to what degree you take it seriously or not.

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    sofacushionfort
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s not the age, it’s the mileage

    ️Rando Panda
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is about so many factors, you can't help but say it is an individual experience: genetics, diet, activity, stress, and solar exposure are only a few of the factors, both voluntary and involuntary, that affect how we age.

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My guess would be differences in telomere quality and quantity within cells

    Michael Largey
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    23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In the end, it affects all of us exactly the same way.

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    #21

    Intelligence is a concept we understand. Animals don't know what intelligence is, and yet they might or might not use it. What are some other concepts similar to intelligence that we have no idea exist and we have no way of knowing they exist. It's a big assumption that we can understand everything in the universe using intelligence.

    permacougar Report

    Daisydaisy
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Slime moulds, with no nervous system or anything like a brain, can learn. Our understanding of "intelligence" is perhaps very limited

    Lotekguy
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Intelligence is knowing how to do what one needs to thrive as a species. It includes adapting to changes in one's environment. Basically, every extant life form is as intelligent as it needs to be, with the arguable exception of humans.

    Grm Moore
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    WE think we are smarter than we are because we have thumbs and build. It's our measurement of intelligence. "primitive" peoples = minor building. We can't understand animals and have only recently learned they communicate, language, names, emotions, same as us. Why would we even know how smart they are? We test our abilities, not theirs. In our way. Even so some results have been a shock to researchers.

    Dee Tag
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do we assume that animals are not intelligent? Do animals unalive each other for no reason? No. Do they lie, cheat and steal. No. So it seems that they are the most intelligent species on this planet.

    Chich the witch
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    23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I could be wrong but a large part of it seems to be pattern recognition.

    Michael Largey
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    23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fish don't know what water is, but they deal with it more easily than us.

    #22

    A glowing black hole in space with orbiting objects, illustrating mysterious cosmic phenomena people cannot solve. What really happens if you try to enter a black hole and what’s on the other side? We will likely never know.

    djazzie , Alexander Mils Report

    Marnie
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A black hole is not actually a hole, so why assume one could "enter" it? The other side is just the other side. Like the other side of our sun from where we're currently located. We do know that we could not currently survive approaching closely to a black hole, because the gravity would stretch us. I think OP is thinking a black hole IS a "worm hole" - that that's a fact, but we just don't know how worm holes work yet.

    Brian Droste
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do worm holes really exist or are they just made up from tv programs and movies? I never heard of them until ST:DS 9

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    Rick Murray
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Watch the YouTube video ErMSHiQRnc8 (Animator vs Physics).

    Stardust she/her
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That’s one of my favourite videos on the platform, I revisit it every few weeks

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    No one
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    6 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A white hole in a parallel universe, where the people ask what's on the other side of a white hole?

    Jared C
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    9 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's not a hole. At its center is an incredibly dense dead star and it's gravity is so strong it pulls everything to it, where things violently become part of it. Bad analogy, but think of the world's strongest magnet and everything around it being made of steel. Get the steel too close and it slams into the magnet.

    Roxy222uk
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    16 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t you get spaghetti-fied? The question is: what happens to spaghetti if it gets flung into a black hole?

    Michael Largey
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    23 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We might find out. Getting that information back to others could be problematic.

    martymcmatrix
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You better ask a proctologist with a telescope license....I tend to believe that all the information (that has ever entered a black hole) remains accessible...🤔

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spaghettification (yes that is the term) is what will happen - Certain death due to gravitational force

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    #23

    A smiling couple posing closely together, capturing a moment amidst unsolved mysteries people continue discussing. Not biggest on a universal or global scale, but locally near Philadelphia, a couple has been missing since 2005 and vanished without a trace. They were at a bar and after leaving were never seen again. Car missing, no activity on phones or credit cards. Just gone. A lot of speculation but so far no leads and it bugs me. If interested just google “missing South St couple Philadelphia”.

    lifeslidesdown , CNN Report

    Pferdchen
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Around here, it seems that a lot of missing people drove into a body of water. A lot of multi-decade old cold cases have been solved lately due to drones, satellite imagery and improved sonar devices.

    highwaycrossingfrog
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    21 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They would have had to drive across the Delaware river to get to their New Jersey destination...

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    Dee Tag
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Do they have names? Why would we Google the location they disappeared? Call them by their name.

    Jp@nda
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Danielle Imbo and Richard Petrone disappeared after leaving a bar on South Street Philadelphia in 2005

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    Eri J
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    14 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They either chose to go off grid or someone k****d them.

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    #24

    Our brains and bodies and the exact reasons we do things like yawning.

    Icy_Marionberry_2422 Report

    Boo
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    22 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I find yawning contagious. I yawned when I read the word, I yawn just after the cat yawns etc and will keep on yawning until I distract myself with something else. (I yawned multiple times whilst typing this out)

    Faith Sweema
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    15 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Contagious yawning is due to empathy and mirror neurons. The more empathy that you have, the more susceptible you will be to others' yawns, and mirror neuron responses. Mirror neurons cause animals to mimic behaviors in others to help them communicate and learn. Since psychopaths don't feel empathy, yawns aren't contagious to them.

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    TotallyNOTAFox
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yawning is supsected to be a mechanism for cooling the brain through the bloodvessels in the palate like a heat exchanger

    Trashy Panda
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yawning is suspected to be a lot of things

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    Leslie Victor
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    17 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Why do songs get stuck in one's head???

    #25

    One day my dog was running along the fence with the neighbors dog, which both of my dogs have done for years. I call him to come back inside and 1/3 of his ear was missing. It looked like someone had just stripped a piece off the edge for some beef jerky or something (he had Lab ears, if that helps you imagine haha)

    After freaking out for a second (and before I loaded him into the car to head to the ER vet), I looked all up and down the fence where they run, I tried to see if the neighbors dog had blood on or around his mouth - maybe she got Boo's ear when they were running. NOTHING. No ear strip, no blood, nothing along the path he runs. I looked for days too. Whenever the dogs were outside, I was outside looking for Boo Boo's ear and never found it.

    While, honestly, thank god. It would have probably made me puke to find his ear strip well after the fact, but I really would like to know what happened.

    That's my biggest mystery.

    614meg Report

    G A
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Caught it on a nail or splinter, ripped it off and ate it. Most dogs are not fussy.

    Betty Spaghetti
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just read about some woman’s dog eating a rotten sheep carcass while she hurled from the smell in the other BP post, and BOY are dogs not fussy!!!

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    #26

    The identity of Jack the Ripper.

    SpaceTall2312 Report

    Vermonta
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    recent DNA analysis from a shawl found at a m****r scene strongly points to Aaron Kosminski

    Robyn Hill
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The problem is, that shawl has a very murky provenance, and many dismiss this DNA result as proof positive. I like the theory that he moved to New York and committed a series of murders there.

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    James Twong
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kosminski was a Jew and this theory doesn't explain the 'Juwes are the men that won't be blamed for nothing' graffiti.

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't know why this was downvoted. Apparently the double negative was a way of talking back then and some people think that it means something like, "The Jews always get blamed for everything".

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    Apatheist Account2
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The killings occurred while Gandhi was studying in London, and stopped when he left. Just saying...

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    #27

    Who pulled the panic button out of AOC’s office.

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    David
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    not just hers, on Jan 6, most of congress had their torn out of their offices, and had to be replaced. She was in a different building at the time and not in danger. But it was Jan 6 rioters, and they were wearing masks and gloves, so we dont know who did it or why.

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    #28

    What really happened to those guys who escaped Alcatraz?!

    ProBuyer810-3345045 Report

    Colleen Glim
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Mythbusters did this. They drowned

    liam newton-harding
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you actually watch the episode? What they proved was that they ended up miles away from where the police were looking, on the other side of the Bay.

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    John Vandyke
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I teach the case as an example of Occam's Razor. They were hardened criminals, but we never heard from them again. They had no money and no connections in SF. What's the simplest answer?

    liam newton-harding
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    1 day ago

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adhX2dx0FkI

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    #29

    Two medical professionals in scrubs and masks preparing anesthesia for a patient amid unsolved medical mysteries. How anesthesia works.... Honestly, no one really knows.

    marcus474 , Getty Images Report

    Ace
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not true. It's often stated as such, but it's simply the case that like a lot of d***s we can only drill down to a certain molecular level. There is not real mystery waiting to be solved - they know what it does and how it does it to the level of detail required.

    Shark Lady
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    An anesthetist once told me that they poison you enough to be unconscious but not so much that they k**l you.

    Corey Smith
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    BP keeps posting this falsehood. Every time it is countered with varrying levels of detailed fact regarding the mechanism of multiple anesthetics. Yet, like the sunrise and taxes, BP reliably ignores facts and reposts.

    Börje Strömming
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Facts aren’t BPs thing, they mindlessly just copy&paste content.. not the source of ”original content and writing” as themselves likes to put it.

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    martymcmatrix
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Look, I just whipped this stuff up during my lunch break...Amazing, inject it into my vein now...🤷🏽 💉 😷

    #30

    Person with blonde hair facing a chalkboard covered in complex equations representing unsolved mysteries and challenges in science. Prime numbers remain quite a mystery. I was going to say that they aren't close to finding patterns or ways for identifying the "next" prime number, but tbh I don't know if that's true. Apparently this summer it was published that mathmeticians developed a new method for *defining* prime numbers.

    I'll leave this up as I think it fits the topic, but I'll let other correct me if we are closer than I thought.

    animalmarshall , Vitaly Gariev Report

    Colleen Glim
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Iirc, and math class was a long time ago, prime numbers are numbers that are only divisible by themselves

    Andy Frobig
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They're divisible by themselves AND 1, which is why 1 isn't a prime number, but 2 is

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    Lotekguy
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In terms of practical application, what difference does it make whether a number is prime or not? Is the designation just an artificial creation by mathematicians, or do prime numbers of anything function in a certain way? A platypus is a platypus whether it fits the definition of mammal or not. It's still going to do what platypuses do.

    Michael Largey
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    23 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Certain patterns in nature follow a pattern of prime numbers. Secure codewords and transactions rely on the products of very large prime numbers. There are many other examples.

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    Tamara
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would like to know the use of prime numbers

    Ludwig Michiel
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    https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/maths/applications-of-prime-numbers/

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    #31

    A mysterious UFO hovering over dark mountains at sunset, symbolizing unsolved mysteries and unexplained phenomena. I think it's bizarre so many people in our government are saying aliens are real and people are just brushing it off as a nothing burger.

    newtonreddits , Wesley Tingey Report

    Ace
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't find it at all bizarre that many people simply brush off a lot of the things that people in your (I'm assuming USA) government are saying.

    Jumping Jellyfishes
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our (US) government? The same one with RFK, Jr. as its Secretary of Health? THAT government?

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    Kenneth Smith
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Saying and providing verifiable evidence are two very, very different things.

    CatD
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yet Hegseth is bombing civilians in boats without evidence and proud of it.

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    Bill Galbreath
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What are we supposed to do? I don’t think it is blowing it off as much as just not having any control, knowledge, or sight of them.

    Nikki Sevven
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    While it would be the height of human conceit to think we're alone in the universe, I can't imagine why an alien species would want to visit here, unless it was in advance of annihilation to make way for a space bypass.

    Rick Murray
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not to mention that we have so far failed to detect any signs of life in our celestial neighborhood, so any aliens would have had to come from beyond and, well, given the ridiculous distances involved they are likely to either never come or they will be so technically advanced that they barely even register that we exist. We have only managed to put one of ourselves onto our planet's moon, and drop some litter on nearby celestial bodies. The centre of our galaxy is about 26 *thousand* light years away. Or tens of millions of years travelling using current technology. So an alien species from *another* galaxy.... the scale of things is mind boggling.

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    Stardust she/her
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Idk about governments but it would be outright stupid and egotistical to presume ourselves to be the only ones in our universe as the alternative to this is highly unlikely and rather unsettling

    Norfolk and good
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most physicists agree that it's unlikely that Earth is the only planet in the universe with life on it.

    TotallyNOTAFox
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Most physicists also agree that it's very unlikely that we'll ever meet them. Aliens would also have a hard time finding us since the introduction of precise signal broadcasting reduced our electronical signal emmssion output to a level comparable to an iPhone lying in a room

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    Apatheist Account2
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's all a smoke screen to hide advanced tech. There almost certainly are other living creatures elsewhere; but given how long the dinosaurs lasted without (as far as we know) developing space travel, the accidental impact that led 65 million years later to us developing, and how long we've had the ability to communicate (just over 100 years), it's really not that surprising that we've not detected any yet.

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    #32

    How to cure cold so that our body doesnt shutdown for a few days.

    Not____007 Report

    Ace
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The range of treatments available today for many commonplace viral infections like colds is taken for granted by many, but you don't have to go back much more than a hundred years or so when just being under the weather for a few days would have been regarded as a cure, rather than the serious consequences that were common then.

    Stardust she/her
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The common cold is caused by millions of types of pathogens, if you really want a cure then be prepared to recieve dozens of shots or you can just let your body rest while treating the symptoms

    Rick Murray
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There will be no cure for cold. Pharma makes much more money flogging us ways to alleviate the symptoms. Or as mom put it, it takes us about two weeks to get over the worst of a cold, or with medicine a fortnight.

    Bored Birgit
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    18 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here in Germany it's a week for a cold, and with meds 7 days. 🤭

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    zatrisha
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Elderflowers, lime blossoms and bed rest, the body needs rest and cannot avoid it

    meeeeeeeeeeee
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The symptoms are your body curing it.

    Andy Frobig
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't think my body has ever shut down from a cold. Flu a few times, maybe, but even covid (three years in and after three rounds of shots) barely slowed me down

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    #33

    Aliens. For decades we had several testimonies from people ranging from farmers to astronauts and the highest government officials. Yet the discussion always hits the wall with the simple question: where is the evidence? No matter who discusses the topic we never get over the issue of the lack of credible evidence. Reason tells me that it is impossible that we are the only living conscious beings on this ever expanding universe. But if visitors are always coming in and out, where is the actual proof and why do they not present themselves to us?!

    Prime-119 Report

    Mike Goslin
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's a big universe (lots of posts on that topic in this thread) There could be millions of alien races and, on the average, we would never run into each other.

    Miss Tinker
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Because they have seen what we are capable of 😕

    James Twong
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Although the fact that life is here is because of ridiculously improbable luck and coincidence.

    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The universe is huge and there are billions of galaxies. Just mathematically, life would have appeared elsewhere.

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    DawnoftheDead
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    17 hours ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With greater tech than us, they probably have some kind of Star Trek cloaking device

    highwaycrossingfrog
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Space is big. Really big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space."

    Lotekguy
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They aren't litterbugs, and have yet to find common ground for constructive interaction.

    Andy Frobig
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They have their own Prime Directive and can see that we're not ready

    Stardust she/her
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If aliens are really visiting us as frequently as we claim they are then I’d expect them to camp out within our solar system as the distances of travel would still make sense. In that case we’d have found evidence long ago, even if they’re being careful there’s always the occasional slip up

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    #34

    Spontaneous Human Combustion

    Ball lightning

    Ancient iron alloys that do not rust.

    Jo_of_Average Report

    Kira Okah
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    3. Low carbon irons, purer irons, and protective metal oxides.

    John Vandyke
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spontaneous Human Combustion does not exist. Ball lightning is a ball of silicon vapor created from lightning striking the soil or a plasma bubble. Iron is an element, not an alloy.

    Colleen Glim
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spontaneous human combustion seems physically impossible. We’re entirely too wet

    ️Rando Panda
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    20 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw ball lightning once during a snow storm. Freaked me out like you wouldn't believe. I was almost ready to call it an alien sighting until my neighbor let me know what it was.

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    #35

    The Malaysian flight that just disappeared.

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    Anony Mouse
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    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    True. But the Indian Ocean is only 40% of the size of the Pacific Ocean and that’s where it went down - around 2,500km from where I live.

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    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They found pieces of wreckage, but not enough to silence conspiracy theorists. A more recent review of the satellite data shows that the plane could have gone north instead of south (something to do with how the data is interpreted?) and maybe some Russians took over the plane and made the pilots fly it to Kazhakstan where there is a landing strip. (Thank you, History's Greatest Mysteries.) No one really knows, and until we find the plane we'll never know.

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    #36

    Ancient cemetery with weathered gravestones and a stone church tower, evoking mysteries we aren’t close to solving. Who or what is behind our existence? Why are we something?

    If you are as logical as you think you are, why do you have emotions?

    WindowNo6601 , Wojciech Rzepka Report

    Rick Murray
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A complicated process of evolution got some molecules stuck together, and more came, and they started to do interesting things. I think a far better question is how can molecules that are essentially lifeless "stuff" create a living being that can understand that he's made of this lifeless "stuff"? How does that work?

    nottheactualphoto
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There doesn't need to be a "who or what." There doesn't even really need to be a "why."

    Andy Frobig
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As logical as I think I am? That isn't very logical at all. Why do you think Spock seemed so different from the rest of the crew?

    #37

    What’s really in Area 51, no guesses or theories, ‘ just the facts ma’am’.

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    Mike Goslin
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Area 51 is an Air Force test range for experimental aircraft. Not a guess, not a mystery. It is well established and has been for quite some time.

    David
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    and no longer is service, they even use a private security company these days not even the military to secure it. But we know when it was shut down in the 90s, it was the site the f117, b2, as well as many one off experimental aircraft were out of. I am sure someone thought the f117's early flights were UFO's

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    Kira Okah
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    With the attention on Area 51, the alien spaceship has probably been moved now :P It's probably in Zone 91 (sorry, Animorphs reference).

    meeeeeeeeeeee
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    21 hours ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There's definitely at least one door.

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    #38

    Every six months I hear they’ve finally found Amelia Earharts plane. Do I care if they solve the mystery? Nope don’t gaf at all, but apparently lots of other people do .

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    T'Mar of Vulcan
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They found a plane wreck on an island in the '40s and dismissed it for some reason. But it was mosty likely her plane. (Or she got transported to the Delta quadrant.)

    liam newton-harding
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is a mystery, is why you, OP, think being an edgelord is still "a thing".

    G A
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    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mystery is also this-why does anyone care any more? She ain't livin' it up wearing a grass skirt and coconut halves bra now, whatever happened.

    #39

    Ancient pyramids in desert under blue sky, symbolizing mysteries that remain unsolved across history. Unless I've missed something - how were the pyramids built?

    oysterboy9 , Getty Images Report

    Kira Okah
    Community Member
    1 day ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    By skilled craftsmen using mathematics and diagrams; with copper tools, sand, and water

    Ace
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No mystery there at all. It's not absolutely certain which of the many possible methods was used to raise stones, but some sort of ramp is commonly accepted; that and lots and lots of people.

    Robyn Hill
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We’re pretty sure they used large sleds to move the stones from the quarry, then a series of ramps and/or sand technology to get them into place. Not that mysterious.

    TotallyNOTAFox
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    By stacking stones in a form that grants stability

    liam newton-harding
    Community Member
    1 day ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have missed...quite literally...EVERYTHING.

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