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What is monoatomic gold?
Over the weekend I heard an acquaintance mention something called "monoatomic gold", followed by a bevy of fantastic and surprising claims about the substance, what it does, and how it was discovered.
My subsequent Google searching has returned a…
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Does Apple have more cash reserves than the U.S. government?
There are stories like this floating in the internet.
Apple is now more liquid than the United States government, the Financial Post reports.
As the government struggles to resolve the debt ceiling debate, the operating balance in Washington is at…
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Did a Turkish cargo ship get bombed in the Black Sea during the Russian invasion of Ukraine?
In a Discord server, someone pointed out the following article by Russian state news media about a Turkish cargo ship which was reportedly hit by a bomb on the way from Odessa to Romania:
Turkish Cargo Ship in Black Sea Reportedly Hit by 'Bomb' en…
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The mystery of "Numbers Stations"
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From NoiseAddicts:
"Static. Faint voices. Seven slow, monotonous tones. A pause.
Suddenly, you hear music–one of those wind-up songs played by a
child’s toy. The melody repeats three times. A pause. Suddenly, you
hear a female voice…
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Will putting a car remote under your chin increase its range?
Image source: Miniseed blog
I've heard this before and anecdotally have thought I've experienced it working, but I thought I'd ask here. Many years ago, someone told me that putting a car remote (unlock/lock/alarm/auto-start) under my chin would…
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Did "global cooling" have as much scientific consensus as "global warming" has now?
it is projected that man's potential
to pollute will increase 6 to 8-fold
in the next 50 years. If this
increased rate of injection... should
raise the present background opacity
by a factor of 4, our calculations
suggest a decrease in…
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Did Barry Goldwater claim peanut butter is good shaving cream?
If you don't mind smelling like peanut butter for two or three days, peanut butter is darn good shaving cream.
I've seen this quote floating around, attributed to Barry Goldwater, but only on those unsourced quote websites (Brainy Quote, All Great…
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Does Kasardevi, India, have an enormous geomagnetic field because of the Van Allen Belt?
An online magazine says this about Kasardevi:
What makes the place what it is, is its positioning on the earth’s Van Allen Belt. Simply put, the region surrounding the Kasar Devi Temple has an enormous geomagnetic field, thanks to gaps in bands of…
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Do surgical masks help prevent the spread of COVID-19 from infected members of the public?
One of the most politicised scientific issues of 2020 was the question about whether face-masks stop the spread of COVID-19.
Here are some specific examples:
Australian Department of Health (generalised to "masks")
Mayo Clinic
Science Daily
Tweet…
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Do commercial airline pilots make around $19,000 - $25,000 per year?
I always thought pilots were paid well. I am currently watching the movie "Capitalism, A love Story," and Michael Moore interviews some pilots, in which the pilots say they make around $19,000 - $25,000 per year as their starting salary flying…
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Is the "Tribe meets White Man for the First Time" video fake?
Is this video fake?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyHYbsXt05k
Most of the links according this video have no information besides the video itself and are very recent. How should I proceed to get more information about this expedition?
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Are these pictures of Osama Bin Laden with Obama, Rice and Hillary Clinton authentic?
I saw a post on Facebook with these pictures:
They apparently show Osama Bin Laden with Condoleezza Rice, Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.
Are these authentic pictures of actual meetings?
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Are bodies stored in vacant rooms at Detroit hospital?
On April 15, 2020 (today at the moment of writing this question) WIS news posted an article titled "GRAPHIC: Bodies stored in vacant rooms at Detroit hospital overwhelmed by coronavirus". (News originally came from CNN, it looks like).
In that…
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Does a surgical mask help prevent catching COVID-19?
According to the Mayo clinic:
"The current recommendations regarding masks are that if you yourself are sick with fever and cough, you can wear a surgical mask to prevent transmission to other people. If you are healthy, there is not thought to be…
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Is this picture of Trump, Bloomberg, and Clinton playing golf real?
Picture reads "it's big club and you ain't in it", and has Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump, Michael Bloomberg, and Clinton.
That's quite similar to this tweet of the same Image without the caption by Glenn Greenwald
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