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To alcoholics, is one beer better than no beer? |
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Here’s how I (a recovering alcoholic) explain this situation. Earlier in my recovery, I’d thought I’d reached a point where I could handle one or two drinks with friends wit... Read more »
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Who invented the Raman effect? |
Asked in World of science space and technology • Answered by Abhishek Verma • January 19 |
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The Raman effect was discovered in 1928 by the Indian physicist C. V. Raman, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930 for his discovery. The Raman effect, also kno... Read more »
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What happens if you fall overboard a giant cruise ship in the middle of the ocean? |
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Cruise ships don’t like to advertise it, but this happens All. The. Time. As long as the seas are calm, and someone saw you fall/jump in, there’s not much to be afraid of. ... Read more »
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What is the funniest joke you've been told that you still think about to this day? |
Asked in Human Psychology Facts • Answered by Rose Taylor • September 24 |
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An old farmhand fell out of the hayloft and broke his leg. When the doctor asked him what happened, he told her the following story: “They first day I was hired 20 years ago... Read more »
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What was one of the most incredible scientific experiments in history? |
Asked in Humans: instructions • Answered by Shakir Jawed • December 17 |
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During summer of 1945, two physical chemists, Willard Libby and James Arnold, were performing experiments on two samples taken from the tombs of two Egyptian kings, Djoser ... Read more »
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Why do monkeys open bananas from the bottom? |
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The reason is because they are highly intelligent creatures. Having observed monkey behavior (the Indian rhesus to be particular) plenty of times in this regard, there is a... Read more »
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Why don't the Brits admit King Charles is part black? His grandmother was Nigerian. |
Simon Cartlidge, BA(hons) History & English Literature, Kingston University (2007) • Updated October 22 |
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As with most people, King Charles had 2 grandmothers. One was this lady, Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon aka Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. She was born in London (or no more than ... Read more »
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Why are KFC restaurants disappearing? |
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Why are KFC restaurants disappearing? They made Colonel Sanders cry In 1964 he sold his business to Corporate America. Corporate America milked it like a cash cow (as per usua... Read more »
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What's the cooking mistake that cost you the most failures before you realised what it was? |
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By far, my biggest cooking mistake and most frequent failures were trying to make pizza. The big problem with pizza is that Americans are conditioned to want things quickly... Read more »
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