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    What is the smallest measurement of time?

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    What is the ratio of people being born to people dying on any given day?

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    How do antibiotics work?

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    Why does salt enhance flavour?

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    Could Chernobyl happen again without human error?

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    Why does time seem to go faster as we get older?

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    How does popcorn pop?

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    Why are UK plugs different?

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    Is it only metals that respond to magnetic forces?

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    How many helium balloons would it take to make me float?

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    What makes chewing gum bond so well?

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