Avery

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Humanities researcher. I read extensively about the philosophy of science, and I like writing about this kind of stuff.

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Was the Brazilian Zika virus outbreak centered in a place where GMO mosquitoes were released?

disease brazil asked Feb 1, 2016 at 10:42

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65 votes

What are the software logos in MORICONS.DLL?

history windows-3.x identify-this-software asked Jun 10, 2018 at 19:15

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30 votes

Why do 適当 and いい加減 refer to both considerate and inconsiderate things?

word-choice usage asked Aug 5, 2011 at 4:02

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Was "L" placed at the beginning of the LGBT acronym because of the AIDS crisis?

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Buying an airplane ticket for someone without a last name/surname

air-travel tickets bookings asked Sep 27 at 15:39

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Do the Huichol of Mexico tie rope around the father's testicles during birth?

pregnancy childbirth native-americans asked Jul 31, 2022 at 22:25

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16 votes

Has the synthetic bacteria Synthia become a rogue flesh-eating disease?

medical-science united-states biology gmo asked Sep 19, 2016 at 12:49

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15 votes

Is David Graeber correct to assert that patriarchy did not exist in Sumeria?

ancient-history middle-east women sumeria asked Jun 6, 2018 at 20:20

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Did Margaret Mead say that a healed femur is the earliest sign of civilization?

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10 votes

Did Charlemagne save Latin literature?

middle-ages europe asked Mar 5, 2017 at 17:44

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Did Valerie Jarrett say she wanted "America to be a more Islamic country"?

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Was ISIS created by the USA?

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Was Morocco the first country to recognize USA?

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Why are names starting with a "J" common, while words starting with a "J" are uncommon?

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Did this Twitter bot predict the Paris shootings 2 days before they happened?

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Is this a real photo of North Korean kids?

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Did al-Ghazali lead to decline of science in Islam as Neil Tyson claims?

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Are the claims made by Indian Ministers / personalities regarding ancient Indian inventions true?

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Did the WHO deliberately skip the letters Xi and Nu when naming the latest COVID-19 variant Omicron?

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Are human fetal cells used to produce Pepsi?

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Did Martin Gugino, 75, who was injured at the Buffalo, NY protest, provoke the police?

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What fueled the street lights in 13th-century Cordoba?

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Was anyone murdered, disappeared, or died suspiciously to cover up the Deepwater Horizon disaster?

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Is America “the only nation where this [a mass shooting] regularly happens”?

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Does Sci-Hub use malware and phishing to obtain researchers' login credentials?

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Did a 'Black History Month website' call white people ‘genetically defective descendants of albino mutants’?

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Were the emission savings of Greta Thunberg's trip by boat outweighed by crew flights?

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Was a massive case of voter fraud uncovered in Florida?

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Is it illegal for regular US citizens to possess or read the Podesta emails published by WikiLeaks?

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Did the Indonesian army have a virginity test for female recruits?

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Only the US, Liberia and Myanmar are “not metric”?

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Is Microsoft going to produce an operating system based on Linux?

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Were the women of Travancore, India, taxed for covering their breasts by breast size?

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Did Donald Trump call Alicia Machado "Miss Piggy" and "Miss Housekeeping"?

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Does a 7000 year old ostrich eggshell held at the Nubian Museum depict a drawing of ancient Egyptian pyramids? If so, when was the drawing drawn?

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Is the skeptical movement an offshoot of the Communist Party?

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Was there a negative response to the video of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dancing?

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Were Vietnam veterans spat on?

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Did Edison refuse to pay Tesla, saying "You don't understand our American humor"?

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Are there mass graves of indigenous children in Canada?

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