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# Awesome Quora [![Awesome](https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome)

Collection of interesting questions, answers & blog posts on Quora



## Contents



- [Questions](#questions)

- [Contributing](#contributing)

- [License](#license)



## Questions



- [According to the theory of evolution, why do we die?](http://qr.ae/Ts0ZR4)

- [Am I a coward or is my girlfriend being unreasonable?](http://qr.ae/Ts0ZN1)

- [Are actors in Hollywood happy and satisfied?](http://qr.ae/Ts0ZtD)

- [Are birds dinosaurs?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Z2o)

- [Are general requirements in college a waste of time?](http://qr.ae/Ts0ZF2)

- [Are human stomachs better able to digest cooked meat than raw meat? If yes, why did we evolve this way?](http://qr.ae/Ts0ZWd)

- [Are Ramayan and Mahabharata real?](http://qr.ae/T28uCK)

- [Are stealth games in any way realistic?](http://qr.ae/Th0Vm7)

- [Are the features we see in indigenous Africans proof of evolution since apes and homo sapiens originated from the continent?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Zzl)

- [Are there any grammatically sound sentences in English where every word starts with the same letter?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Zju)

- [Are there skills (other than coding) that I can learn to get a good paid job?](http://qr.ae/Ts0ZQb)

- [Are we really running out of helium?](http://qr.ae/Ts0ZLy)

- [Are you a bad developer if you don't take on side projects?](http://qr.ae/T28PxJ)

- [Batman (creative franchise): What are the long term health consequences of Mr. Harvey Dent's open face wound?](http://qr.ae/TXxqrH)

- [Can an Indian be a white supremacist?](http://qr.ae/Ts0cIm)

- [Can black holes devour other black holes?](http://qr.ae/Ts0ch1)

- [Can questions that are impossible to answer completely nevertheless be answered adequately?](http://qr.ae/Ts0ct8)

- [Descartes, Cantor, Newton, Hobbes, Occam, Franklin, Lincoln. None attended anything we'd call primary or high school. Why should my children?](http://qr.ae/Ts0coM)

- [Did Pixar accidentally delete Toy Story 2 during production?](http://qr.ae/TsfrQo)

- [Do all living organisms on Earth share a common ancestor, or did life begin more than once?](http://qr.ae/1dMYX3)

- [Do animals or human beings feel pain after being beheaded?](http://qr.ae/Ts0c4E)

- [Do animals show any special care towards our children?](http://qr.ae/TsfKP2)

- [Do doctors visit other doctors when they fall ill? Or do they prescribe their own treatment and medication?](http://qr.ae/T28GrF)

- [Do grad school students remember everything they were taught in college all the time?](http://qr.ae/Ts0cMn)

- [Do insects sleep?](http://qr.ae/Ts0c5y)

- [Do people still write and compile programs from the command line instead of an IDE? Why or why not?](http://qr.ae/Ts0cO1)

- [Do people who are born beautiful, smart and into a wealthy, healthy family know how lucky they are?](http://qr.ae/Ts0caH)

- [Do the best programmers use the fewest lines of code?](http://qr.ae/1hSZs7)

- [Do the Chinese people currently consider Mao Zedong to be evil or a hero?](http://qr.ae/Ts0cZ9)

- [Do women, deep down inside, like being stalked?](http://qr.ae/Ts0cSI)

- [Do you think that the current engineering syllabus is outdated?](http://qr.ae/Ts0cVM)

- [Does a fetus urinate or excrete? If yes, what happens to the feces?](http://qr.ae/Ts0SP1)

- [Does Adam D'Angelo still commit any code to the Quora codebase?](http://qr.ae/T28Mjx)

- [Does chess really improve thinking skills?](http://qr.ae/Ts0cmr)

- [Does college make you a better coder?](http://qr.ae/Ts0clj)

- [Does Isaac Newton deserve the praise and respect he's been given throughout history?](http://qr.ae/RLt8AW)

- [Does practicing math make us more intelligent in other areas as well?](http://qr.ae/Th0Vmp)

- [Does quantum physics end the free will debate?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Shm)

- [Does safely ejecting from a USB port actually do anything?](http://qr.ae/Ts0SAk)

- [Game of Thrones (TV series): Who was truly to blame for the downfall of the Starks?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Skq)

- [Given our current technology would it be possible for someone to become Batman?](http://qr.ae/Ts0SjB)

- [Have I have fallen in love with Python because she is beautiful?](http://qr.ae/T27pHX)

- [How are drivers for a computer written?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Sdt)

- [How are regular expressions implemented?](http://qr.ae/8zarxb)

- [How can I become a world-class coder in under three years?](http://qr.ae/1Bff4m)

- [How can I become better politically educated?](http://qr.ae/Ts0J8V)

- [How can I develop my kids' curiosity?](http://qr.ae/T28Gqz)

- [How can I gain the confidence to be an effective leader?](http://qr.ae/T28G59)

- [How can I improve my ability to solve hard problems?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JIW)

- [How can I learn about Indian and world economics on my own?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JG6)

- [How can I learn as much as possible in my life?](http://qr.ae/Ts0SFQ)

- [How can I learn to communicate like Bill Clinton?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Jtt)

- [How can I make my life simpler?](http://qr.ae/Ts0m2y)

- [How can I polish my PowerPoint to make my presentation more compelling?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JnB)

- [How can I prepare myself to be a software engineer at Google?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JvV)

- [How can I study more effectively?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Jr6)

- [How can one become part of the 1%?](http://qr.ae/RLn8Dz)

- [How can one visualize 4-dimensional space?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JAJ)

- [How can the Halting Problem be explained to a layman?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JCc)

- [How can you explain black holes to a kid?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JFQ)

- [How can you increase your productivity on side projects at the end of the day when you're tired from work/college?](http://qr.ae/Tsf2IK)

- [How can you overcome your envy of people who are your age but are far more successful?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JH6)

- [How can you tell whether someone is smarter than you?](http://qr.ae/RVhS3Z)

- [How could New Horizons keep flying for 9 years without getting fuel supply frequently?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Jkc)

- [How could we have once been apes, and yet we look so different right now? Is it change of climate?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Juy)

- [How did Adrian Lamo learn to hack?](http://qr.ae/8zaKhT)

- [How did Ashton Kutcher prepare for his role as Steve Jobs in the new movie Jobs?](http://qr.ae/T28IIl)

- [How did flowers evolve?](http://qr.ae/Ts0J9W)

- [How did game developers pack entire games into so little memory twenty five years ago?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Jag)

- [How did Internet Explorer lose to other browsers such as Chrome and Firefox?](http://qr.ae/T28OaP)

- [How did Shakuntala Devi mentally calculate the 23rd root of a 201-digit number correctly?](http://qr.ae/T27IlT)

- [How did Stephen Hawking have children?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JJM)

- [How did wings evolve, given that they're not useful unless they're evolved enough to enable flight?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JDQ)

- [How do actors' significant others feel about love scenes in film, TV and theater?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Jq4)

- [How do agents for organizations like the CIA learn so many languages so quickly?](http://qr.ae/Ts0J68)

- [How do animals in the wild avoid eating anything poisonous?](http://qr.ae/Ts0J3E)

- [How do atheists explain the appearance of design in the universe?](http://qr.ae/T28b1X)

- [How do atheists explain the Earth's formation?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JBD)

- [How do good hotels always feel so clean and fresh?](http://qr.ae/Tsfh3C)

- [How do I calculate cos, sine, etc. without a calculator?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JEf)

- [How do I keep my confidence when I am with smart people who really think I am smarter than they are whilst I am pretty sure I am not?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JdK)

- [How do I learn all (I mean everything) of the Linux commands?](http://qr.ae/Ts0JLq)

- [How do I turn my life around as a teenager?](http://qr.ae/Ts0J0Z)

- [How do Indians feel when they go back to live in India after living in US for 5+ years?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Jfz)

- [How do math geniuses understand extremely hard math concepts so quickly?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VRT)

- [How do Muslims in India view Pakistan?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Vp9)

- [How do people describe Che Guevara?](http://qr.ae/T28gKB)

- [How do people live in North Korea?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VI3)

- [How do programmers code quickly?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VGx)

- [How do tech companies deal with bugs that cannot be fixed without major changes to the software?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Vte)

- [How do top students study?](http://qr.ae/T27NNg)

- [How do we know that the speed of light is the fastest possible speed in the universe?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VvT)

- [How do we know that there is no meaning to life?](http://qr.ae/T28t9b)

- [How do we know that we're not living in a computer simulation?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Vro)

- [How do you build a company?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VyD)

- [How do you explain dimensions greater than 3, to a 5 year old?](http://qr.ae/Ts0V27)

- [How do you explain evolution to a 10-year-old?](http://qr.ae/Ts0V2l)

- [How do you fire an employee that just isn't good enough?](http://qr.ae/Tsf2om)

- [How do you know when it's time to leave your current company and move on?](http://qr.ae/Tsf2wB)

- [How do you make a video go viral?](http://qr.ae/T28YDh)

- [How do you make programmers work 60-80 hours per week?](http://qr.ae/T28wlU)

- [How do you manage people who are clearly smarter than you, without them thinking you're an idiot?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VAX)

- [How do you think the concept of God came into existence?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VFP)

- [How does a computer chip work?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VHv)

- [How does a spider decide where to put up its web?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VoG)

- [How does BitTorrent work?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VMd)

- [How does cyber warfare work?](http://qr.ae/T27IQm)

- [How does evolution work?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Vu5)

- [How does it feel to be both highly attractive and highly intelligent?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Vbt)

- [How does it feel to be extremely poor?](http://qr.ae/T2XB2T)

- [How does it feel to get fired from your job suddenly?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VWN)

- [How does it feel to have sex with your spouse on your wedding night when he/she is a stranger?](http://qr.ae/Ts0V9w)

- [How does it feel to work in service capacity position where one constantly interacts with extremely wealthy?](http://qr.ae/T28Yis)

- [How does one determine whether a number is evenly divisible by 7?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Va1)

- [How does randomization in a random forest work?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Vet)

- [How does the human brain decide which memories to store?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Vc7)

- [How does the thinking or talent of a top 99.999% percentile math person differ from a 99% percentile math person?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VcD)

- [How easy is it to tail/follow someone in real life?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VJF)

- [How is school life in different countries?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VVb)

- [How is Stephen Hawking alive in spite of his illness?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Vqh)

- [How is the game of chess similar/dissimilar to life?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VBw)

- [How long does it take to recognize a face?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VED)

- [How physically intense is ballet?](http://qr.ae/T28g0k)

- [How should I deal with the overwhelming envy I feel toward people whom I perceive as better than me in some way?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Vd8)

- [How should I explain dynamic programming to a 4-year-old?](http://qr.ae/Ts0VLX)

- [How were arrows mass produced from raw wood in the Middle Ages in Europe?](http://qr.ae/T28izR)

- [How would a person have spoken with him/herself inside his/her head before the advent of any language?](http://qr.ae/Ts0V0F)

- [How would you explain the Gaussian distribution in layman's terms?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Vf9)

- [How would you explain the plot of Game of Thrones in brief, from the beginning?](http://qr.ae/8Up5Pu)

- [How would you explain to a five-year-old that higher taxes on the rich don't fix everything?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xRp)

- [How, when and why did apes (hominoideas) lose their tails to evolve into their modern forms?](http://qr.ae/Ts0x84)

- [I asked my boyfriend to fight for me, and he refused. Does that mean he doesn't really care that much about me?](http://qr.ae/Ts0x12)

- [I have heard some people claim Einstein was a fraud. Is there any truth to that claim?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xT6)

- [I just attempted to decapitate an ant. Both the body and head is still moving, how the hell is this possible?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xkI)

- [I want to re-learn mathematics from the ground up. What is the best way to do it?](http://qr.ae/8zaYWz)

- [I'm interested in too many things, how can I choose a major/career and is it necessary to choose one?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xiY)

- [If a bird had never seen a nest, would it know how to build one?](http://qr.ae/T28hjM)

- [If a cab driver makes more money than an IT professional, why should I study?](http://qr.ae/RLtd46)

- [If Barack Obama is so brilliant that he earned a seat at Harvard Law School, why doesn't he release his college transcripts?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xZR)

- [If developing countries are growing faster than developed countries, why wouldn't you invest most of your money there?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xZ0)

- [If everything is made of atoms, how are some things living and others not so? What infuses life in atoms?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xJf)

- [If I want to look smart, what do I need to know about the Higgs Boson discovery?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xVE)

- [If Steve Jobs was such a bad boss, why did so many people work with him?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xDy)

- [If the Sun disappeared completely what would happen to the Earth and the rest of our solar system?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xmQ)

- [If the wheel is an extremely efficient method of transportation then why is there no evolutionary equivalent in nature?](http://qr.ae/Ts0x3l)

- [If there were ten commandments in cooking, what would they be?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xBO)

- [If we can already make diamonds, why can't we make gold yet? Is it just a matter of time?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xEm)

- [If we never use 90% of the stuff we learn in engineering school, why do we learn it?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xdy)

- [If you could give one interesting example to grab someone's interest in game theory (ex: how useful it can be) what would that example/problem it be?](http://qr.ae/8vRNJr)

- [If you injure a bug, should you kill it or let it live and not die?](http://qr.ae/Ts0x0g)

- [If π ≠ 22/7, how do we know its value?](http://qr.ae/Ts0xfu)

- [In general, why does an airport need such a huge area?](http://qr.ae/Ts0D7G)

- [In layman's terms, how does Naive Bayes work?](http://qr.ae/Ts0D7Q)

- [In layman's terms, what are the major programming languages, and what are they used for?](http://qr.ae/1LC0Iw)

- [In layman's terms, what is amortized time complexity?](http://qr.ae/Ts0D1N)

- [In movies, why don't the cool guys look back at explosions?](http://qr.ae/1dY11s)

- [In The Dark Knight, how did the Joker really get his scars?](http://qr.ae/Tsfrmt)

- [In The Matrix Reloaded, who is the Architect, and what's he talking about?](http://qr.ae/RLhJ2G)

- [In what specific manner did learning Haskell make you a better programmer?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Drn)

- [In what ways are the major modern functional languages different from each other?](http://qr.ae/Ts0DsT)

- [Indian Space Mission, Poverty and Closet Racism](http://qr.ae/Ts0D2Q)

- [Is "cuteness" an evolutionarily advantageous trait?](http://qr.ae/Ts0DAK)

- [Is (a, b) = (1, 1) the only solution of the equation 3a = b2 + 2 where a, b are integers?](http://qr.ae/Ts0DCH)

- [Is 10100 + 1 (a googol plus 1) prime?](http://qr.ae/Ts0DFI)

- [Is a 100% literacy rate a good thing?](http://qr.ae/Ts0DHr)

- [Is C++ a good first programming language?](http://qr.ae/Ts0DoH)

- [Is everyone's experience of color the same?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mqN)

- [Is family really all that important?](http://qr.ae/Ts0DPr)

- [Is India a good travel destination?](http://qr.ae/Ts0D4P)

- [Is Islam misogynistic?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Dkl)

- [Is it easier to learn a programming language than a foreign language?](http://qr.ae/8SrxqS)

- [Is it important for modern programmers to know/use Unix?](http://qr.ae/RLhJs2)

- [Is it OK if a teacher says "I don't know" to students?](http://qr.ae/T27U4X)

- [Is it OK to cry near the end of a movie?](http://qr.ae/REYEza)

- [Is it possible that one specialized scientist (preferably polymath), who has time-traveled more than 200 years to the past, could construct a working computer from the ground up in less than 20 years?](http://qr.ae/Ts0Dzs) 

- [Is it possible to have a complex or imaginary probability? If so, what would that imply?](http://qr.ae/Ts0D3x)

- [Is it racist that white makes the first move in a game of chess?](http://qr.ae/Ts0DEV)

- [Is it safe for a single American woman to travel in India?](http://qr.ae/Ts0DQI)

- [Is it true that in China, you can hire someone to serve your prison sentence?](http://qr.ae/Ts0DdH)

- [Is Mark Zuckerberg a ‘bad person’ as depicted in "The Social Network"?](http://qr.ae/Ts0DLV)

- [Is Pakistani culture more Iranian / Persian than Indian?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mX7)

- [Is PHP a badly designed programming language?](http://qr.ae/1dYgvm)

- [Is pro wrestling fake?](http://qr.ae/Ts0m7l)

- [Is the story true that the US spent millions developing a space pen while the Russians used a simple pencil?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mps)

- [Is there a science to picking colors that work well together or is it just subjective?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mIQ)

- [Is there an evolutionary reason for cancer?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mGU)

- [Is there any evidence for cosmological natural selection?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mh0)

- [Is there any known way to prove that an algorithm is optimal?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mtL)

- [Is there any organism that can change shape, colour or form to resemble its own predator?](http://qr.ae/T285qX)

- [Is there any story of a dead brand brought back to life and becomes a successful one again?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mvP)

- [Is there life on other planets?](http://qr.ae/TsfsNx)

- [Linux Kernel: After a fork, where exactly does the child's execution start?](http://qr.ae/Ts0m9a)

- [My kids (11 and 8) have started learning chess. Is it a good idea to beat them sometimes to discourage them?](http://qr.ae/Ts0miu)

- [Object-Oriented Programming: What is a concise definition of polymorphism?](http://qr.ae/Ts0meh)

- [Relative to the smallest and largest objects in the universe, is there a categorically middle-sized object in the universe?](http://qr.ae/8DdGPQ)

- [Should most young people learn to code?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mJT)

- [Should siblings share beds?](http://qr.ae/ThNY2B)

- [Should you correct your friends when they make factual errors?](http://qr.ae/1LzX1a)

- [Track and Field: Why are starting blocks designed for starting from a crouched position?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mmR)

- [Video Games: What are the characteristics of a multiplayer opponent that makes their multiplayer opponent remember them, even after 10-20 years?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mlT)

- [What advice would Jimmy Wales give to the young generation?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mBM)

- [What algorithms should I know to become a good programmer?](http://qr.ae/REYEzE)

- [What are ants saying to each other when they pass in a line?](http://qr.ae/R3wHoi)

- [What are examples of assumptions that people passionately believe in when they are young, that turn out to be false?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mQc)

- [What are good ways to avoid bugs while programming?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mdq)

- [What are important things and advice to know that people generally aren't told about?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mLL)

- [What are some amazing things made by animals?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mfR)

- [What are some bad habits that self-taught programmers develop?](http://qr.ae/Ts0l7W)

- [What are some common stereotypes about Irish people that are largely untrue?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lpg)

- [What are some cool programming tricks or tasks that make a clever use of random numbers?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lNt)

- [What are some dumb questions you have been asked?](http://qr.ae/Ts0myW)

- [What are some English language rules that native speakers don't know, but still follow?](http://qr.ae/8zaART)

- [What are some examples of novels, books etc. with exceptional, unique, groundbreaking approaches to storytelling?](http://qr.ae/Ts0ltr)

- [What are some good ways to respond to a kid who asks "Why does all the stuff that is bad for you taste so good?"](http://qr.ae/Ts0lnt)

- [What are some great questions that university professors have received?](http://qr.ae/Tsft5Z)

- [What are some hallmarks of a truly educated person?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lvO)

- [What are some of the best ways to learn programming?](http://qr.ae/8zaAGU)

- [What are some of the greatest acting performances to not win an Oscar? Why?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lK8)

- [What are some of the most annoying double standards that men suffer?](http://qr.ae/T28N9B)

- [What are some of the most annoying double standards that women suffer?](http://qr.ae/T28NqM)

- [What are some of the most counterintuitive mathematical results?](http://qr.ae/T28t3a)

- [What are some of the most interesting mathematical coincidences?](http://qr.ae/RdpYSp)

- [What are some of the must-see TED talks?](http://qr.ae/Ts0l2Q)

- [What are some of the weirdest creatures that evolved during the Cambrian Explosion?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lHr)

- [What are some policies that would improve millions of lives, but people still oppose?](http://qr.ae/Ts0los)

- [What are some scams which are commonly used to deceive the people?](http://qr.ae/Ts0l4U)

- [What are some things that you have to unlearn from college/school?](http://qr.ae/T28GfD)

- [What are some traits/practices of experienced/good programmers that every beginner programmer should know?](http://qr.ae/12OHIt)

- [What are some truly complex concepts that even experienced programmers struggle with?](http://qr.ae/1dYeOt)

- [What are some useful Bash tricks?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lwG)

- [What are some useful computer related technical skills I can learn within a day?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lbF)

- [What are telltale signs that you're working at a "sinking ship" company?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lgb)

- [What are the basics I should know if I want to write scripts to automate my daily actions?](http://qr.ae/Ts0cFx)

- [What are the basics of brain chemistry?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lUv)

- [What are the benefits of using LaTeX over MS Word?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lUf)

- [What are the best photos of World War II?](http://qr.ae/T28pCT)

- [What are the best stories about randomly meeting a celebrity and not recognizing him/her?](http://qr.ae/Ts0l9k)

- [What are the biggest misconceptions that Indians have about India?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lix)

- [What are the biggest mistakes engineers make when they interview?](http://qr.ae/TsfKZv)

- [What are the economics of lying?](http://qr.ae/TsfteM)

- [What are the horrors of PHP?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lZU)

- [What are the key traits of mentally strong people?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lcg)

- [What are the most common life mistakes young people make?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lJh)

- [What are the most famous computer passwords in history?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lVl)

- [What are the most productive ways to spend time on the Internet?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lxB)

- [What are the top 10 pieces of career advice Brian Bi would give to future software engineers?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lmN)

- [What are the top five books every computer programmer should study at least once?](http://qr.ae/R35isr)

- [What are the tradeoffs of client-side rendering vs. server-side rendering?](http://qr.ae/Ts0ll9)

- [What are the weirdest things flight attendants have seen in their line of duty?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lqU)

- [What can I learn in one minute that will be useful for the rest of my life?](http://qr.ae/Ts0mWu)

- [What created time?](http://qr.ae/Ts0lzR)

- [What determines the color of stars?](http://qr.ae/Ts0l68)

- [What determines whether an actor is cast in a part in Hollywood?](http://qr.ae/Tsfyv5)

- [What did it feel like to be inside the World Trade Center at the time of the 9/11 attacks?](http://qr.ae/Ts0l3q)

- [What do all the controls in an airplane's cockpit do?](http://qr.ae/8UpVa7)

- [What do experienced software engineers see as the most common mistakes young software engineers make?](http://qr.ae/T28M1n)

- [What do real-world calculations that physicists do look like?](http://qr.ae/TXxqr2)

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