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Non-tectonic earthquakes

China doll's question on the UK earthquake got me thinking. We normally associate eathquakes with slippages along tectonic plates but last I heart Birmingham was not on one of these! From a quick scan...
13:30 Mon 25th Sep 20064 answers, last by jake-the-peg 20:40 Mon 25th Sep 2006
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How far is too far?

After the Terrorists Lovers question I'm seriously interested in how far some of our right wing members would be prepared to let our politicians go in the "War against Terror" We already have...
11:27 Fri 08th Sep 200624 answers, last by maxximus 22:18 Fri 08th Sep 2006
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Obesity blackspots

Of the ten worst obesity blackspots the furthest south is Corby. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5299510.stm Culture, coincidence or genetics?
15:44 Thu 31st Aug 200611 answers, last by Scylax 16:28 Sat 09th Sep 2006
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Question quota

Is it practical to introduce a quota of say 5 or 10 questions in a day? Justified under the principal of fair usage Mentioning no names you know who I mean!
09:16 Wed 12th Jul 200614 answers, last by Kay 15:15 Thu 13th Jul 2006
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Creation of a new species?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5080298.stm Wikipedia has the definition of a species as: Groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations which are reproductively isolated from...
08:53 Thu 15th Jun 20066 answers, last by jake-the-peg 10:27 Mon 19th Jun 2006
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Double standards?

Does anybody here think the Muslim cartoons should have been published but that this: http://urchin.earth.li/~ganesh/kirkup.html Should not? Before you click this is the poem that resulted in Gay News...
13:05 Tue 07th Feb 200611 answers, last by nedflanders 15:12 Thu 09th Feb 2006
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How the donkey got it's cross

I've heard 2 versions of this old story. The first that I heard at school was related to Jesus' entrance into Jerusalem on Plam Sunday The one my wife was brought up with (In Ireland) was related to...
15:19 Tue 13th Dec 20054 answers, last by jake-the-peg 08:47 Wed 14th Dec 2005
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Royal Institution Christmas lectutres

Now I know this could be seen as advertising but hopefully the AB gods will see this in a generous light. I thought people might like to know that you can currently get tickets for this years lectures...
08:35 Tue 08th Nov 2005
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Einstein vs Newton

The Royal Society have a little vote going on as to who the greatest scientist was Einstein vs Newton http://www.royalsoc.ac.uk/page.asp?id=3848 Not to sway anybody of course - but are you kidding!?...
13:19 Mon 07th Nov 20058 answers, last by trundler 18:12 Sun 13th Nov 2005
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Is it mean....?

...to be smiling at the thought of a hoard of journalists doorstepping the editor of the Sun? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4403026.stm
13:49 Thu 03rd Nov 200512 answers, last by tali122 23:06 Sat 05th Nov 2005
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To the Immortal Memory

As it's the 200th anniversary of Trafalgar Who was the greater man? Nelson or Wellington and why? Oh I suppose you can vote for Napoleon if you're French (why they still think he was great is...
09:20 Fri 21st Oct 200516 answers, last by ilovetaz 15:56 Wed 26th Oct 2005
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Edits on the sly?

A question on speed dating originally had a second line (I resisted the obvious joke when I saw it) but now the second line has magically disappeared but there's no "edited by answerbank"...
14:29 Wed 19th Oct 20051 answer, last by jake-the-peg 14:46 Wed 19th Oct 2005
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Bird Flu cross over

It's being reported in a few areas of the media that a human-bird flu cross over variant could arise if somebody was simultaneously infected by both strains. Can somebody with a better grasp of...
11:52 Tue 18th Oct 20055 answers, last by Peter Pedant 19:49 Wed 19th Oct 2005
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Building myths

Whilst renovating my house we discovered a George II halfpenny under two of the corners of the living room. Now they could have rolled under the floor and become lodged there but it sounds a bit...
13:59 Tue 11th Oct 20057 answers, last by Peter Pedant 21:38 Wed 12th Oct 2005
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failure?

Go to google type failure and press I'm feeling lucky Some mistake
15:37 Fri 09th Sep 20059 answers, last by sunflower68 12:31 Sat 10th Sep 2005
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Selling Endowment policies

Has anybody had any experience selling endowment polices to any of these companies that buy semi-completed ones - this is a policy about half way through a 25 year term for ?60,000. Any tips?...
08:58 Thu 08th Sep 2005
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Playing God

If you could give ten more years of life to any historical character who would you choose and why?
10:47 Thu 21st Jul 200517 answers, last by Caztastic 16:05 Fri 26th Aug 2005
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Soulless?

If you were to somehow get the chance to meet a neanderthal how could you tell if he had a soul? Please don't reply and tell me that there is no such thing ( I agree ) I'm interested in answers from...
12:58 Mon 18th Jul 20052 answers, last by MargeB 21:25 Mon 18th Jul 2005

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