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Can anything travel faster than light? Does water divining work?
Sylvia the Arctic Tern
Can genetic coding cure short-sightedness? Do boomerangs really come back?
Five Pound Note
What is a five pound note worth? Could antisense gene therapy cure cancer?
Esperanto
Is Aids a disease or a syndrome? Why is the Houses of Parliament's clock called Big Ben?
The Effects of Coffee
What are the long term effects of coffee? Why was the Irish potato famine so deadly?
Do Ants Sleep?
What happened to George Bernard Shaw's bequest to promote the reform of English spelling?
Electrical Storms
Can physicists explain electrical storms? Why are mosquitoes increasing in numbers?
The Big Bang
Was there anything before the Big Bang?
Romans Maths
How did Romans do maths with their numerical system?
Tic-Tac Men
Why are counter staff in banks called tellers? What is sudden adult death syndrome?
El Nino
What causes the weather phenomenon called El Nino?
Radio Jamming
Is it possible to develop lung cancer from passive smoking?
Rotating Planets
Why does everything in space rotate on its own axis?
Yagan's Head
What happened to the head of the Aboriginal warrior Yagan?
Crop Circles
Are crop circles magical, meteorological, or man-made?
Best Man
Has another planet been found in our solar system? What makes a proper poem?
Dow Jones Index
Do ships really disappear in the Bermuda Triangle?
The Purpose of Mosquitoes
Do mosquitoes have an ecological purpose? Did ancient Egyptians brew beer?
Grapefruit Diets
Does eating grapefruit shrink your stomach? What language did Jesus speak?
Dollar Signs
What is the origin of the US dollar symbol?
Landmines
What is the best way to clear landmines? How accurate was Mayan astronomy?
Radio Waves
Why does lightning sometimes look green? Why don't insects drown when it rains?
Handshakes
Why and when did humans start shaking hands? Do humans only use 10% of their brains?
Longest Place Name
Why does Britain compete as one team in the Olympics but as four teams in the World Cup?
Pollution Free Engine
Is the ceremonial bugle call, the Last Post, unique to Britain?
What existed before the Big Bang? What caused apes to mutate into Homo sapiens?
The Cuckoo
How do cuckoos learn to sing? Can water-damaged books be restored?
Australian Maoris
Why didn't Maoris go to Australia? What are the origins of the Rolls Royce flying lady?
Snoring
Why does the British 拢2 coin have an inscription about giants?
Nuclear Weapons
Are India and Pakistan bluffing about having nuclear weapons?
The MV Stirling Castle
What is the meaning and origin of the phrase "choc-a-bloc"?