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Did Thomas Edison test 1600 materials for the filament of his light bulb? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
1 point by joebig 4 months ago | past | 1 comment
Is the Ballmer Peak real? (2011) (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
24 points by tosh 6 months ago | past | 18 comments
Were there Black people in Japan in 1600? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
1 point by firebaze 7 months ago | past
Do bigger or more monitors increase productivity? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
1 point by ent101 9 months ago | past
Are the ingredients listed in "Macbeth" common plants? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
1 point by Rant423 9 months ago | past
Did Richard Feynman say that if all of mathematics disappeared, physics would..? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
1 point by peter_d_sherman on Aug 14, 2023 | past | 1 comment
McKinsey told AT&T that cell phones would be a “niche” (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
3 points by doener on Aug 8, 2023 | past
Is the “Tribe Meets White Man for the First Time” Video Fake? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
1 point by thunderbong on July 13, 2023 | past
Are U.S companies legally obligated to maximize profits for shareholders? (2012) (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
169 points by toomuchtodo on Feb 17, 2023 | past | 193 comments
Was the Experiment with Five Monkeys, Ladder, Banana and Water Spray Conducted? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
3 points by belter on Oct 7, 2022 | past | 2 comments
Are more than a billion umbrellas thrown away every year? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
4 points by beatthatflight on May 30, 2022 | past
Is the sewage from the Burj Khalifa transported away by trucks? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
4 points by techolic on Nov 21, 2021 | past | 1 comment
Are U.S. companies legally obligated to maximize profits for shareholders? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
2 points by tosh on Sept 23, 2021 | past | 1 comment
Is Lisa Holst responsible for the belief that everyone eats eight spiders a year (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
1 point by shusaku on Sept 16, 2021 | past
Did NEJM say that Sinovac is more effective than the Pfizer? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
4 points by nsoonhui on July 27, 2021 | past
Have mathematicians concluded that an Indian solved the Riemann Hypothesis? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
5 points by weinzierl on July 1, 2021 | past
Do fast jury verdicts favor either the prosecution or the defendant? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
1 point by 29_29 on April 20, 2021 | past
Do pigs have 30 minute orgasms? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
3 points by tosh on Aug 12, 2020 | past
Do bigger or more monitors increase productivity? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
5 points by segfaultbuserr on Feb 11, 2020 | past | 1 comment
Does the logarithmic nature of global warming invalidate climate change claims? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
2 points by aazaa on Dec 2, 2019 | past | 1 comment
Did Ohio pass a law for students to answer wrongly according to their religion? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
4 points by ponsin on Nov 18, 2019 | past | 1 comment
If you can't explain it simply you don't understand it well enough (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
9 points by tosh on April 14, 2019 | past
Was there Cyrillic text visible on Intel 386 chips after decapping? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
11 points by _0nac on Sept 14, 2018 | past
Are personal electronics a risk to commercial aviation? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
2 points by shubhamjain on Aug 23, 2018 | past
Does torture work well as an interrogation technique? (most voted Q&A) (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
2 points by wslh on Feb 2, 2018 | past
A Skeptical Take on Recent Claims That Australian Raptors Spread Fire (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
1 point by meri_dian on Jan 12, 2018 | past
Does the average American eat 7,000 animals during their lives? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
4 points by niklasbuschmann on Dec 23, 2017 | past
Is Lisa Holst responsible for the myth that everyone eats 8 spiders a year? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
1 point by wybiral on Dec 3, 2017 | past
Is it illegal to own a rabbit in Queensland unless you're a magician? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
73 points by zeristor on Oct 20, 2017 | past | 59 comments
Did Adolf Hitler's family make a pact to ensure the line died out? (skeptics.stackexchange.com)
3 points by dsr12 on June 3, 2017 | past

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