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The U.S. goes fascist. How do you escape?
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Crime, police and the law
Can Congress override a presidential pardon?
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Where did two-letter postal abbreviations come from?
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Is it dangerous to eat magic mushrooms before they have dried out? What mushrooms are safe to eat?
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Drugs
Do brain supplements do anything?
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Is flying really worse for the environment than driving?
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Why aren’t internal organs symmetrical?
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Do dogs have better protection from ticks than people do?
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Why is Asian earwax different from black and white people’s earwax?
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Cecil Adams
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Origin Stories
How did "nuts" and "bananas" come to mean "crazy"?
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Cecil Adams
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Drugs
Why does South America grow all the coca?
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Cecil Adams
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Crime, police and the law
How often do emergency vehicles get into accidents?
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Cecil Adams
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Is there a link between the Zika virus and toxoplasmosis?
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Cecil Adams
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How dangerous are cows?
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Is there a link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer?
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Food
What’s so bad about processed foods?
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