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Does blood type affect what type of food is best for you?
I remember that, a few years ago, my parents were told that different blood types need to eat differently. From a quick look online, it seems to be called "Eat Right For Your Type."
It claimed that, depending on what your blood type is, some food…
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Did violent gun crime rates rise in Australia after the 1996 gun control laws?
In 1996 Australia passed the National Firearms Agreement (NFA) which greatly restricted the option to legally own some types of guns by private citizens.
The activist site, World Public Union claims that crime is on the rise in Australia since…
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Was Nelson Mandela a killer?
There are many claims that Nelson Mandela was a killer; for example:
Obama holds surprise press conference to praise genocidal killer Nelson Mandela
He signed off on the deaths of innocent people, lots of them
Mandela was a Marxist, a terrorist and…
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Does the carrot on a stick method work on a mule?
Some idioms ("chase the carrot" / "carrot and stick") and a popular image (as shown below) suggest that you can make a mule move forward (and pull a cart), by placing a carrot or some other food hanging from a stick, in front of its face.
For…
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Has yoga been shown to have a healing effect?
In a comment to one of the answers of Is there any scientific evidence that prayer can help to heal? Konerak wrote:
That's for intercessory prayer. Praying for yourself has been correlated to increased healing, but no more than meditation or…
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Did this building cause carpet to burn and cars to melt?
The BBC reports that a building with curved glass in London appears to have caused damage nearby as a result of the architecture focusing the sun's rays.
Seems plausible enough to me, but is this true?
An aside: this made me think of Charles…
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Is margarine healthier for you than butter?
An article at MayoClinic by an R.D. says:
Margarine usually tops butter when it comes to heart health. [...] So skip the stick and opt for soft or liquid margarine instead.
The American Heart Association says:
Recent studies on the potential…
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Did von Braun say "The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet"?
A number of sources including Wikipedia state that when the first V-2 hit London, Wernher von Braun apparently said:
The rocket worked perfectly except for landing on the wrong planet.
This sounds entirely too dramatic and rehearsed. It doesn't…
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Airplane software crash caused by zero/negative altitude at Dead Sea
I've been told anecdotes like this several times on the interviews. Interviewers used this story as an argument in favor of defensive software development.
Here is an explanation from one of the numerous occurrences on the web:
This story was told…
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Were the Japanese suing for peace prior to the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki?
In the United States, it is a widely-held belief that an invasion of the Japanese main islands would have been necessary were it not for the use of atomic bombs (putting aside the question of whether a demonstration in an unpopulated area may have…
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Are Americans ignorant about the geography of the world?
Jenny Jinx tweeted (244 retweets, 31 favorites)
Seriously, the Czech Republic released a statement to correct stupid
Americans. I am so ashamed. Good grief. http://bit.ly/11mROu5
The linked press release states that the Czech Republic is not the…
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Do non-FDA approved "male enhancement" pills work?
The airwaves and Internet are full of advertisements for "male enhancement" products: magic pills "guaranteed" to enlarge your penis and increase your sex drive.
For example, ExtenZe, perhaps the most commonly advertised product of this nature,…
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Do non-educated people tend more to the right/conservative political wing?
This is a common prejudice in my social environment, but is it true?
Are educated people more likely to vote for a social/left wing party?
Examples: [1]; [2].
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What is the most realistic estimate for how far the Vikings could have explored the western hemisphere?
There is at least one proposal that Vikings sailed around the northern coast of Canada and made it as far south along the west to reach Vancouver Island.
(Image taken from the link in the previous paragraph.)
There are also considerably more…
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Is there any data on how efficient Tesla wireless power transmission was?
It's widely believed that Nikola Tesla not only demonstrated wireless power transmission but his works in this field were very successful.
Wikipedia only says this
The electric energy transmitted by means of electrostatic induction can be utilized…
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