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ayatollahofdietcola_ , Roman Kraft Report

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True The illusory truth effect.
People will believe something *just* because it is repeated, even when they know that what's being said is not true.

Final score:

115points

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Tucker Cahooter 1 month ago

Certain politicians have learned that well

119points

UnderstandingFun5200 , DreamWorks Pictures Report

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True You absorb more nutrients from cooked eggs than you do from raw eggs. People don’t believe it because cooking eggs actually does reduce the amount of nutrients. BUT cooking them changes the protein structures and makes it easier for your body to actually absorb them. It’s called Protein Denaturation and it increases the bioavailability of the proteins. Bioavailability describes what is actually available for your body to digest and absorb.

More nutrients doesn’t necessarily mean more bioavailability and less nutrients doesn’t necessarily mean less bioavailability.

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112points

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Sky Render 1 month ago

The same thing happens with a lot of food. Especially plants, many of them have complex proteins that are more bioavailable when denatured.

40points

So many examples on this list might sound absurd at first, until you try and uncover the truth behind them. Like the idea that your personality changes when you switch between languages. The idea behind it is that you might speak in a different language when going to a new environment or culture and that ultimately affects the way you express yourself.

Compared to that, pseudoscience doesn’t have evidence backing it and is almost always based on flimsy ideas. To understand the difference between what information’s real and what’s fake, Bored Panda reached out to Paul M. Sutter. He is a theoretical cosmologist, NASA advisor, and author of a book called ‘Rescuing Science: Restoring Trust in an Age of Doubt.’

The most important thing Paul told us about pseudoscience is that it “takes the surface tools of science, like complex jargon and fancy equipment, but misses the deeper soul, like skepticism and openness.”

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True The effect on your dopamine receptors from fantasizing/ imagining things. I forget the exact term. As it turns out, you can achieve a pretty high dopamine response from fantasizing/ imagining/ talking about goals, which can provide your brain with enough happy chemicals to actually HINDER your drive to go and achieve those things for real. This sounds like b******t, but it’s true.

Degen_Boy , olia danilevich Report

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94points

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Phine Colella 1 month ago

This happens a lot with people with adhd

34points

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True Mycelium. You're telling me the 'roots' of mushrooms act as a big message delivery system that not only allows information to be sent large distances across a single specimen but can also be used by connected TREES to communicate with each other and swap nutrients??? This is an oversimplification and mycelium absolutely does not think (isn't sentient) like humans do-- however, I am not exaggerating just how implausible it all sounds. There are some amazing mushroom documentaries out there and it still baffles me.

TheGayestSlayest , wirestock Report

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82points

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Andrew Keir 1 month ago

These theories just pop up out of nowhere, but yes, they're linked

14points

GlorifiedDissident , Lara Jameson Report

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True That talk about you changing personalities when switching languages apparently has truth to it.

Final score:

81points

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Feathered Dinosaur 1 month ago

So which language will make my personality bubbly and outgoing? German seems to make it gloomy and sarcastic

60points

SexyFrancesca4365 , Annushka Ahuja Report

Across the globe, around 60% of folks believe that the average person in their country doesn't care about factual information and just believes what they want. That is quite worrisome, considering how easy it is to pass pseudoscience off as real science and how believable a lot of it seems.

That’s why we also contacted Melanie Trecek-King to share her views on this topic. Melanie is a speaker, writer, educator, and consultant specializing in critical thinking, information literacy, and science literacy. She is the creator of Thinking Is Power—which empowers individuals with skills to make better decisions and protect themselves from misinformation.

She is also an associate professor of biology at Massasoit Community College, the education director for the Mental Immunity Project and CIRCE (Cognitive Immunology Research Collaborative), and a fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry.

Melanie explained that “pseudoscience masquerades as science but doesn’t adhere to the rigorous processes that make science reliable. Pseudoscience is widespread and can be dangerous. To protect ourselves, we must understand its characteristics and why we’re vulnerable to it.”

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True The bacteria in your intestine exist to digest the foods you usually eat. If you stop eating those foods, the bacteria will die, so they send a message to your brain, causing you to crave those foods. If you're trying to give up french fries, for example, it will take about 4 weeks to kill all the bacteria accustomed to digesting that food, and you will continue to crave it while they live.

It also may be possible to lose weight by getting a fecal transplant from a thin person. The only problem is, it is also possible to get a mental illness (potentially) from that same person, so they should be screened carefully.

Final score:

76points

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Andrew Keir 1 month ago

This explains why I just can't do without chocolate ... but how on Earth does a faecal transplant affect my mental health?

19points

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True Red heads need more Anaesthesia than non-read heads. (Not sure if this fits the bill, but it’s always been fascinating to me!).

explorerdoraaaaaa , Old Youth Report

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70points

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Fembot 1 month ago (edited)

As an aside, different dog breeds react differently to anesthesia. Eg some breeds are prone to epileptic fits, some get sick more, a few small breeds need more than other large ones, etc

14points

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR). essentially, you look at a moving light or object in the therapy room as you process painful memories (as in PTSD and related trauma disorders). it's very effective for most people and typically works faster than traditional therapeutic models. sometimes the relief is apparent even after one session.

it's broadly applied, too. PTSD, anxiety disorders, phobia, dissociative disorders....EMDR is indicated for a wide variety of life challenges.

privately, i call it the "little miracle". there are times when it appears to be almost mystical, but then, the human mind is vast and endless, and we know very little about it.

taurussy , RDNE Stock project Report

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68points

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Feathered Dinosaur 1 month ago

Our brains are sometimes like computers and in PTSD it's like the memory got stored at the wrong place, where it's always accessed by mistake. It needs to be moved to another part of the brain where long term memories belong to fade away eventually

38points

To simplify things for everyone and help distinguish between the facts on this list and misinformation, we asked Paul Sutter for tips. He said: “Here are my warning signs that you might just be encountering pseudoscience:

Secrecy: science is open to critique and evaluation. Watch out for ideas that rely on some secret or arcane knowledge that only a select few have access to.
Convoluted: even the most complex of scientific theories are straightforward and to the point. We always try to have as few steps and assumptions as possible to explain the data.
Conspiracy: if an idea needs vast conspiracy to work, like there's some cabal of scientists and government officials trying to hide the ‘truth,’ it's probably not true.
Static: science is always changing and updating with new evidence. Keep an eye out for ideas that haven't changed for decades or longer.”

#10

It’s not so much a pseudoscience as it is just good old fashioned, under funding for research but Gut microbiome health is way more than just the health of one’s gut.

theWildBore , freepic.diller Report

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67points

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Andrew Keir 1 month ago

Then what is it ?

6points

#11

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True Ever heard of epigenetics? It sounds like pseudoscience with its talk of genes being turned on and off by environmental factors, but it’s a legit field of study. It’s all about how lifestyle and environment can influence gene expression without altering the DNA sequence itself.

MeteorMystic , digitale.de Report

Final score:

61points

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Tabitha 1 month ago (edited)

A lot of it is how long term stresses can change the chemical makeup of your cells, which can then essentially wake up dormant DNA. So, if you have the DNA for certain cancers, experiencing the right stresses for the right protracted amount of time can wake them up and start them multiplying. This can also affect babies in the womb, as the stresses change the chemical makeup of the mother’s cells she shares with the baby. Additionally, the stresses of womb placement for multiple births can affect it—-there’s usually one dominant baby who ends up getting the lion’s share of nutrients from the mother, leaving little to their siblings. Even monozygotic twins (identical) aren’t 100% identical, and become less so as they grow up, because of differing life experiences. That’s how you can have one twin develop cancer or schizophrenia, and the other not develop it at all. It’s a really fascinating science, and truly answers the nature or nurture questions, by proving that it is a combination of both that shapes us.

29points

#12

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True Placebo effect - your mind can genuinely heal your body just by believing it works.

DblockDavid Report

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61points

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Feathered Dinosaur 1 month ago

And nocebo: getting side effects, because you believe in them

46points

Most of us aren’t scientists, which is why it can be hard to distinguish between fact and fiction. Melanie Trecek-King explained that “the line between science and pseudoscience isn’t always clear, but there are a few telltale signs. Unlike scientific claims, many pseudoscientific claims are so vague that they can’t be tested.”

“By using overly broad statements (promotes vibrant health and wellness) or appealing to energies or spiritual forces (rebalances the body’s energy fields), pseudoscientific claims are difficult or impossible to verify. Pseudoscience promoters create an aura of mystery and encourage us to interpret their claims based on our hopes and desires,” Melanie explained.

#13

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True When an amputee is experiencing phantom limb pains, massaging their stump and then the space where the limb was actually does help reduce the pains, especially if the person is already on the maximum dosage of pain meds and can't have anymore. Hearing the hands against the sheets where the limb would be tricks the brain into thinking that it's still there, so it stops the nerves from overfiring as much.

SailorVenus23 , ShotPot Report

Final score:

57points

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LizzieBoredom 1 month ago

'The Massage of the Night' - Phantom of the Limb.

30points

#14

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True I'm no expert but this is based on my firsthand experience:

Taking vitamin D supplements makes me feel *significantly* less depressed. Like, I have the potential to be normal, if I've consistently taken it. And if I haven't, I will definitely be depressed, even if everything else is going great.

Now, vitamins aren't exactly pseudo-science. They are, in fact, *actual science*. But I had a hard time taking certain people seriously about them.

But damned if it doesn't make a demonstrative difference in my life.

thugarth , freepik Report

Final score:

55points

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Shelby Moonheart 1 month ago

My dad who was a doctor worked in a nursing home. He would prescribe vitamins to his patients at double the recommended FDA amounts. He said that elderly people were more likely to take the vitamins if they were prescribed and that they needed all that nutrition since they didn't get it in their diet.

24points

#15

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True Having blue eyes can make you prone to sneezing when exposed to bright light.

T*tShark , Tamba Budiarsana Report

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54points

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Feathered Dinosaur 1 month ago

I have eyes so dark they're almost black and still sneeze in bright light. The photopic sneeze reflex is due to our optical nerve being very close to the trigeminus nerve coming from the nasal cavity. When the optic nerve gets excited, the trigeminus gets excited alongside it and the result is a sneeze

36points

If you take one thing from this list, it should always be to question the information that comes your way. A very important point that Melanie mentioned is: “Pseudoscientific beliefs are motivated by a desire to believe, often due to identity needs or wishful thinking. Hope is powerful, and it can overwhelm our critical thinking faculties.”

“Remember, true scientific claims are supported by rigorous evidence and are open to scrutiny and debate. By being aware of how pseudoscience can fool us, we can better protect ourselves from falling prey to its deceptive allure,” she added.

Let us know if you’ve got any examples of things that sound like pseudoscience but actually aren’t. Be warned: diligent Pandas will definitely fact-check you!

#16

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True It's really hard to drown in quicksand, but rather easy in a grain silo.

Woodie626 , Arches National Park Report

Final score:

54points

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Forrest Hobbs 1 month ago (edited)

Quicksand can trap you, then you drown when the tide comes in. I live near a part of the coast where this is a very real risk (we have very wide and fairly flat beaches). I also live near a couple of lifeboat stations equipped to rescue people who do get trapped like that. I've seen a documentary on the telly where the presenter volunteered to get trapped by what they typically call "soft sand", and watched how they freed her leg - local to me in NW England. It's genuinely scary stuff and nothing like the Hollywood version.

20points

Dutch Swimmer Goes Viral For Super Revealing Trunks During 2024 Olympics: “Is This Legal?”

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#17

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True The lead-crime hypothesis. There was a massive increase in violent crime in a lot of countries between the 60s and the 90s that then disappeared, correlating with the addition and removal of leaded gasoline. You can google some studies that show a range of results, and there’s a good magazine article here. https://www.motherjones.com/kevin-drum/2018/02/an-updated-lead-crime-roundup-for-2018/.

iacte , kat wilcox Report

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47points

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Tabitha 1 month ago

It also had to do with taking lead out of paints used to paint the inside and outside of houses and apartments. When paint oxidizes, it turns to a fine dust that can be inhaled. Additionally, we all know how babies go through a phase where everything goes in their mouths. They found that paint chips that fell in their reach also were ingested. Just like we removed asbestos from our insulation, we removed lead from our paint—-and both were given time limits for abatement that have now long ago passed. If you ever come across old asbestos insulation or leaded paint, you have to have it correctly removed by professionals, and replaced with new. (I worked in real estate when the bulk of the abatement jobs were happening.)

23points

#18

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True Crazy to think cooling your wrist, behind the knee or inside elbow can cool the whole body due to blood proximity to the surface.

Stachemaster86 , freepik Report

Final score:

47points

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Not-a-Clue (she/her) 1 month ago

I remember learning to run cold water over my wrists to cool my hands when working with pastry. A school cookery lesson in about 1978.

19points

#19

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True VISUALIZING AND MIRROR NEURONs!! Research has showed that visualizing is actually incredibly powerful. It activates both motor neurons and mirror neurons. Watching someone do a squat with good form and visualizing yourself executing that same motion with good form are almost the same to your brain as physically doing it.

So if you’re working out, learning a dance etc. watch videos of other people doing it. Close your eyes and visualize yourself doing it, moving through the motion and then when you go to do it, it will be easier!

SadQueerBruja , DC Studio Report

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45points

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Sand Ers 1 month ago

Aphantasia. I can’t visualize. At best I get an ephemeral shadow, but mostly I just get a close memory.

28points

Woman Put A Water Fountain With A Camera In Her Yard, Here Are 24 Photos Of Regular Visitors (New Pics)

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“Ma’am I Live Here”: Woman Refuses To Back Out Of Driveway, Learns A Lesson The Hard Way

#20

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True That the water content of bamboo is affected by what phase the moon is in.

Hardy-fig-dreaming19 , erika m Report

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40points

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Andrew Keir 1 month ago

tides in the bamboo - interesting ...

18points

#21

Seeing with your tongue is possible by wearing a special helmet with a camera and an electric plate on your tongue that transmits low-voltage signals via the plate. The brain will interpret that information through the visual cortex.

The technique has also been used to help people with a malfunctioning cerebellum by helping them restore their balance.

ChronoLegion2 , freepik Report

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32points

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Andrew Keir 1 month ago

citation needed

14points

#22

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True Quantum mechanics. All of it, but especially antimatter and the way the little bits pop in and out of existence.

tralfamadoriest , DC Studio Report

Final score:

30points

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Andrew Keir 1 month ago

QM makes no sense apart from ... it works ...

15points

#23

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True If you hold a pencil between your teeth, forcing your mouth into a grin-like shape, it will make you evaluate your mood more positively. Your brain responds to body movements and postures, and this way you can trick the brain into thinking you've been smiling all day.

rainbow_drab , krakenimages.com Report

Final score:

30points

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HTakeover 1 month ago

This works with dogs too - tail position. Fake it 'till you make it works both psychologically and physiologically.

13points

50 Of The Most Incredible Shots That Were Submitted To The Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards

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“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation for depression.

I told my doctor it sounded like pseudoscience once a long time ago, but I later found out that it really is a legit thing.

I haven't actually done it myself though, and I've heard personal reviews on both ends of the spectrum.

Linkums , pvproductions Report

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29points

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Sand Ers 1 month ago

I’m scheduled to start next month. I’ll let you know.

34points

Hey! 1 month ago

I would be really interested to know how this works for you.

8points

Tamra 1 month ago

I'm very interested how you respond to this, if it's ever something you'd feel like sharing. I'm currently staring down a diagnosis of treatment resistant depression, and this is a potential therapy I'm considering.

4points

Sand Ers 1 month ago

1) Had the first TMS treatment today. It went well and pretty much like I expected. On the first visit they mapped out the spots on my head that responded to the impulse. They identify those by finding what spot makes your hand twitch. They put a tight-fitting skullcap on my head, and marked out all the measurements on that. I didn’t ask but I assume that will stay attached to my chart, and be used for each subsequent visit.

2points

My O My 1 month ago

O I wish you all the best! The psychiatry I was in did ECT and I only saw people profiting - to be fair, in varying degrees, but all were better. May you have no muscle pains and a good spirit!

2points

Gingersnap In Iowa 1 month ago

I've had TMS sessions. It didn't work for me but I encourage everyone to try it out. You never know what will work.

9points

Hosteshumanigeneris 1 month ago

I've done it twice over a period of two years and I can say that without a doubt... That TMS and Ketamine have saved my life. After a lifetime on various psych meds and years of battling with my mental health, I have been med free for two years now and I no longer have overwhelming anxiety and depression. I did it for my ADHD as well and I am off those meds too!

7points

Ash 1 month ago

My roommate also gets ketamine treatments for nerve pain, where they knock her out for a short period of time, and when she wakes up, she feels better. It's like the doctors said, "have you tried turning her off and back on again?"

3points

Bremusa4u 1 month ago

I'd it done for my depression. It definitely worked. I still get the situational depression (experiencing at the moment) and temporarily take low dose antidepressant. However, I no longer feel the helplessness or hopelessness I used to experience.

4points

Sand Ers 1 week ago

Update posted

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Kelly Scott 1 month ago

Percocet worked for my depression just fine. Unfortunately...

1point

Sand Ers 1 month ago

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El Dee 1 month ago

Wouldn't this be cheaper than being on meds for many years and potentially the associated costs and lost earnings??

0points

Sand Ers 1 week ago

A lot less hassle too. After a while keeping track of and portioning out a bunch of pills every day gets very old. So far it seems to be working.

0points

Zaach 1 month ago

I went through 2 series, did not help me but I am quite different

0points

#25

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True Fascia. Biology and anatomy ignored it until pretty recently, and it's probably the #1 cause of most general pain and aches.

Mrsbennefits , stefamerpik Report

Final score:

28points

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Sand Ers 1 month ago

What is fascia? Fascia is a thin casing of connective tissue that surrounds and holds every organ, blood vessel, bone, nerve fiber and muscle in place. The tissue does more than provide internal structure; fascia has nerves that make it almost as sensitive as skin. . . . . . . . https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/muscle-pain-it-may-actually-be-your-fascia#:~:text=What%20is%20fascia%3F,almost%20as%20sensitive%20as%20skin.

20points

#26

“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True That cosmic rays (neutrinos) are responsible for a lot of random computer errors. The smaller components are and the less electricity the need makes them more susceptible to interference. They carry very little electrical charge but enough to flip zeros to ones. The wrong flip, and oops not working correctly.... temporarily. This is why turning things off and on again fixes so many issues.

Sonova_Vondruke , Alienware Report

Final score:

20points

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Noltha 1 month ago

Neutrinos do not carry any electric charge - that's why they are called neutrinos (tiny neutral ones in Italian). Also, although some of them come in large numbers from the Sun (and other cosmic sources), usually they are not considered as cosmic rays, due to extremely low chance of interacting. Cosmic rays close to Earth's surface are composed mostly of muons.

23points

Woman Moves Out Of Parents' Home After They Asked Her To Give Her Space To Brother, They Freak Out

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“Redheads Need More Anesthesia”: 27 Incredibly Weird Phenomena That Seem Too Fake To Be True Time moves slower closer to center of masses. So if you were to fly around the world, you're time traveling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hafele%E2%80%93Keating_experiment.

not_a_moogle , Universal Pictures Report

Final score:

19points

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Andrew Keir 1 month ago

GPS has to allow for this on the satellite clocks. It's complicated ;-)

17points