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Can drinking "harmonized" water prevent sunburn
Osmosis Skin Care offers what they call "Harmonized H2O" This product is a UV Neutralizer-Tan Enhancing[sic]: Boost your body’s defenses with this innovative new technology utilizing frequencies that work against the damaging effects of the…
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Do elevator manufacturers purposefully provide a door close button that doesn't work?
I've read the above factoid many times, but sources are conflicting as to whether or not its true; that is,
some say there's a set timer on door openings and closings that can't be budged by pressing the button
others say that manufacturers…
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Does Amazon use Oracle instead of AWS to run their business?
According to Oracle CEO Larry Ellison:
Let me tell you an interesting fact, Amazon does not use AWS to run their business. Amazon runs their entire business on-top of Oracle, on-top of the Oracle database. They have been unable to migrate to AWS…
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Has the 9th Circuit Court been overturned 80% of the time?
This claim is being made in some parts of the media:
The 9th Circuit Court has been overturned 80% of the time.
Similar versions abound. Here is another one
Why? Because the “reversal rate” of the 9th Circuit is hovering at a
solid 80…
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Were children safer in the good old days?
Edited, as every site I found in my search last night gave me sites that all say the same thing:
The perception is that the world is a really dangerous place for children these days
But the statistics I seem to find online seem to imply that despite…
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Does saying "sorry" after an accident count as legal admission of fault?
It is common knowledge that after a car accident (presumably other types too), one shouldn't say they are sorry to the other person. While probably intended as an expression of empathy, the claim is that it can be taken as admission of fault and…
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Was Pac-man originally named "Puck-man"?
I always thought this quote from Scott Pilgrim to be right, since I had no reason to think otherwise:
Did you know that the original name for Pac-Man was Puck-Man? You'd
think it was because he looks like a hockey puck but it actually comes
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Are WiFi waves harmful?
Has it been proven that being exposed to WiFi waves is harmful?
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Have more Americans been killed in schools than in military service this year?
I've just come across a tweet by @spectatorindex that reads:
In 2018, more Americans have died in schools, with twenty-nine people killed, than in military service, where thirteen troops have been killed.
Are those figures true?
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Is this picture showing an eagle flying upside-down genuine?
I found this picture on Facebook:
It definitely doesn't come from a particularly credible source (I F***ing Love Science), but I'm curious if that picture is genuine.
My mother claims that the legs, wings and head appear "unnaturally twisted"…
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Can every grain of sand be addressed in IPv6?
I was once watching a slideshow about the new IPv6, and it mentioned that it is large enough for every grain of sand on earth to be IP addressable.
Is there any grain of truth behind this? (no pun intended)
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Were there 18 school shootings in the US from Jan 1 to Feb 14, 2018?
CBC Radio (Canada) reported earlier this evening that the Florida shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School "was the 18th school shooting in the U.S. since the beginning of 2018.".
On its face this seems a bit unlikely; also due to the fact…
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Entire GOP voted against letting senators read the new tax bill?
Following the passing of Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in the U.S. Senate on December 2nd 2017, this photo has been making the rounds on social media (facebook in my case). The tweet by Jesse Lehrich claims
literally all 52Rs voted against letting Senators…
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In the US, are illegal immigrants more likely to commit crimes?
Trump has claimed numerous times that part of the reason we need to close the border is that the illegal immigrants are prone to crimes. I want to check these claims. Are illegal immigrants more prone to committing crimes then the average US…
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Are 19.6 pounds of CO2 produced from burning a gallon of gasoline?
According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration,
About 19.6 pounds [8.89 kg] of CO2 are produced from burning a gallon of gasoline that does not contain fuel ethanol. About 12.7 pounds [5.76 kg] of CO2 are produced when a gallon [3.8…
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