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Can trained humans run faster than all other animals on a marathon distance?
During the athletics world championship, a commentator mentioned casually during the marathon discipline that humans are faster over long distances than all animals.
I'm unsure if this can be said generally. Obviously some individuals cannot run,…
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Can you cause mosquitos to explode from drinking too much blood by flexing your muscles?
I have heard several times as I've grown up that you can flex your muscles to make mosquitos get stuck and explode. Looking around the web, I find several sources claiming the same.
Q: If you flex your muscle while a mosquito is biting you, will…
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Will liver move towards milk?
Someone here in the office reckons that if you put liver and milk in a fridge overnight, the liver somehow 'crawls' towards the milk. I am inclined to think this is rubbish but a casual trawl of the internet suggests there may be a very small…
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Have any "blockages" ever been observed in the body's EM field?
Crystal healing techniques speak of blockages in the body's electromagnetic field.
Electromagnetic fields can usually be measured and observed. So, it seems to me, if a body's electromagnetic field experiences some sort of anomaly, it would be…
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Do banana peels take 2 years to decompose?
A Google search for "banana peel decompose time" gives the result: 2 years.
This claim is repeated in several reputable sources, such as: Popular Mechanics, The Guardian, and BBC.
However, primary sources are not provided: Popular Mechanics refers…
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Can the rhinoceros beetle carry 100x its own weight?
Intel have posted a twitter pic depicting a rhinoceros beetle carrying 8 ultrabooks (of an unrecognizable brand) with the tagline:
#FACT The Rhinoceros Beetle can lift up to 100x its own weight. That means it could carry 8 Ultrabooks on its back…
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Are there pine trees on Mars?
There's a UFO site which claims that the below image is captured by the Mars Global Surveyor and is
of what looks like pine or other similar type of trees. I think this image is important because the trees seem to be on a hillside, and for the…
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Can people detect "heart waves"?
A study by Robert McCraty at the "HeartMath Institute" investigates electromagnetic fields created by the human heart and claims:
Particular emphasis will be devoted to evidence demonstrating that this energy is not only transmitted internally to…
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