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Sixes and Sevens

What is the origin of "sixes and sevens"? Why do Australians call British people "poms"?

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The Origin of Pounds

Where do pounds come from? How much is a billion? Why don't birds collide?

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Left Handed Pianos

Do left handed pianos exist? Who were the first diplomats?

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Apes Under Threat

How do ships use lights for navigation? Has the Turin Shroud been accurately dated?

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The Doomsday Comet

What became of the "doomsday comet"? What is the life cycle of the bumble bee?

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Postcodes

Can anything travel faster than light? Does water divining work?

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Sylvia the Arctic Tern

Can genetic coding cure short-sightedness? Do boomerangs really come back?

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Five Pound Note

What is a five pound note worth? Could antisense gene therapy cure cancer?

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Esperanto

Is Aids a disease or a syndrome? Why is the Houses of Parliament's clock called Big Ben?

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The Effects of Coffee

What are the long term effects of coffee? Why was the Irish potato famine so deadly?

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Do Ants Sleep?

What happened to George Bernard Shaw's bequest to promote the reform of English spelling?

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Electrical Storms

Can physicists explain electrical storms? Why are mosquitoes increasing in numbers?

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The Big Bang

Was there anything before the Big Bang?

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Romans Maths

How did Romans do maths with their numerical system?

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Tic-Tac Men

Why are counter staff in banks called tellers? What is sudden adult death syndrome?

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El Nino

What causes the weather phenomenon called El Nino?

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Radio Jamming

Is it possible to develop lung cancer from passive smoking?

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Rotating Planets

Why does everything in space rotate on its own axis?

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Yagan's Head

What happened to the head of the Aboriginal warrior Yagan?

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Crop Circles

Are crop circles magical, meteorological, or man-made?

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Best Man

Has another planet been found in our solar system? What makes a proper poem?

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Dow Jones Index

Do ships really disappear in the Bermuda Triangle?

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The Purpose of Mosquitoes

Do mosquitoes have an ecological purpose? Did ancient Egyptians brew beer?

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Grapefruit Diets

Does eating grapefruit shrink your stomach? What language did Jesus speak?

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Dollar Signs

What is the origin of the US dollar symbol?

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Landmines

What is the best way to clear landmines? How accurate was Mayan astronomy?

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Radio Waves

Why does lightning sometimes look green? Why don't insects drown when it rains?

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Handshakes

Why and when did humans start shaking hands? Do humans only use 10% of their brains?

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Longest Place Name

Why does Britain compete as one team in the Olympics but as four teams in the World Cup?

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Pollution Free Engine

Is the ceremonial bugle call, the Last Post, unique to Britain?

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