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My questions

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# Date RefDesk Topic
1 2010-12-18 Language

Ram Khamhaeng or Ramkhamhaeng?

2 2011-02-17 Humanities

M1911's small magazine size

3 2011-02-24 Humanities

Correct pronounciation of "ICE"

4 2011-03-05 Science

Food spoilage rates

5 2011-04-12 Science

DNA samples and testing time

6 2011-04-12 Science

Efficiency of fixed wings vs. rotors

7 2011-04-12 Science

Maximum carrying capacity of aircraft

8 2011-04-12 Humanities

NFL cross-ownership rules

9 2011-06-24 Science

Sugar water injection

10 2011-06-30 Science

Plugging in and electrical use

11 2011-07-05 Science

Hospital double doors

12 2011-07-05 Science

Raw food

13 2011-10-20 Humanities

Last Rites for a Catholic priest

14 2011-12-11 Science

Radiation guns

15 2012-01-09 Entertainment

Field goals and punts

16 2012-01-13 Language

Rainforest layers in Chinese

17 2012-01-23 Science

Coilguns and railguns

18 2012-03-12 Mathematics

Quantifying heterogeneity

19 2012-04-04 Humanities

Shouldn't incumbents want their own party's presidential candidate to lose?

20 2012-07-14 Humanities

Overlaid text at end of films

21 2012-07-19 Science

Image artifact of purplish and greenish/yellowish stripes

22 2012-07-26 Humanities

Weapons of rainforest tribes

23 2012-07-30 Science

Foraging worker ant behavior

24 2012-08-22 Mathematics

Riemann's integral from infinity to infinity

25 2012-09-06 Entertainment

Topknot ponytail hairstyle

26 2012-09-06 Language

Nooki experiment viral video

27 2012-09-14 Science

Eggs, water, and temperature

28 2012-09-17 Mathematics

Definite integral from -1 to 1 of 1/x

29 2012-09-18 Mathematics

Complexity class of minimalist pangram construction

30 2012-09-22 Science

Bread hardening in open air

31 2012-10-02 Science

Animal eyesight and the electromagnetic spectrum

32 2012-10-03 Computing

Hard disk orientation to maximize device lifetime

33 2012-11-17 Computing

Refresh rates of 59 and 60 Hz

34 2012-11-21 Science

Why are space probes so slow?

35 2012-11-22 Science

Atomic/molecular blades

36 2012-11-23 Science

Diamond plate armor

37 2012-12-06 Miscellaneous

Population within cars in transit

38 2013-01-05 Humanities

Classical vs. medieval armies

39 2013-01-27 Science

Does the dog recognize me?

40 2013-02-12 Science

Media coverage of coronaviruses compared to other infectious diseases

41 2013-02-12 Science

Stove vs. oven usage costs

42 2013-02-22 Humanities

Criminal charge for serious poisoning

43 2013-02-23 Mathematics

Mathematical symbol for specifically integer division

44 2013-03-03 Humanities

Why are modern warships so much bigger than tanks?

45 2013-03-13 Science

Colossal multirotor

46 2013-03-14 Science

Iodine and hydrogen peroxide as antiseptics

47 2013-05-25 Humanities

Odd number of police officers or detectives?

48 2013-06-27 Science

Plausibility of leaving message for police with bare finger?

49 2013-06-30 Mathematics

Copeland-Erdős constant and normality

50 2013-08-11 Entertainment

Throwing teammate in American football

51 2013-08-18 Mathematics

Intraconference/intradivisional scheduling as pairing off elements from different sets

52 2013-10-20 Mathematics

Optimal allocation strategy

53 2014-01-18 Mathematics

Expected proportion of completed files?

54 2014-01-30 Humanities

United States television networks and the State of the Union

55 2014-04-08 Science

Antibiotic resistance arguments applied to vaccines

56 2014-04-08 Science

If all matter outside the solar system ceased to exist?

57 2014-07-02 Science

Air conditioner settings

58 2014-07-02 Science

Iron as essential nutrient, rust, and water pipes

59 2014-07-03 Science

Flush survivors

60 2014-07-04 Mathematics

Test for which is greater, average or product

61 2014-09-04 Science

Do salamanders slither?

62 2014-10-15 Science

Smoke detector placement and orientation

63 2014-11-01 Science

Why don't dogs and cats get sick from licking, tasting, and even eating everything?

64 2014-11-05 Mathematics

7-game series

65 2015-01-10 Humanities

Largest cities in mountain passes?

66 2015-04-11 Mathematics

Statistical significance of a low number of positives

67 2015-09-24 Science

Why are salt pans and dry lakes flat?

68 2015-09-24 Science

Why is the Baja California Peninsula a desert area?

69 2015-10-12 Mathematics

Worst possible champion record in a multiple round-robin tournament

70 2015-11-28 Humanities

Manhattan highrise mixed zoning?

71 2016-01-16 Science

Cartilaginous fish outcompeting bony fish as predators

72 2016-01-24 Mathematics

Connecting line between hex centers on hex grid that intersects exactly one vertex

73 2016-02-24 Mathematics

Simple monotonic functions that asymptomatically approach a value from below

74 2016-03-09 Science

Some structures on a ship's deck

75 2016-03-12 Entertainment

Music in an Olympics ice skating video

76 2016-03-23 Mathematics

Simple monotonic functions that asymptomatically approach a value from above

77 2016-03-23 Science

Hospitals inhibiting cell phone signal

78 2016-06-09 Humanities

Past occurrences of major-party United States opposing presidential candidates being from the same state?

79 2016-07-08 Language

Translation in Revelation 6:8: death or plague?

80 2016-09-08 Science

Elevated levels of amino acids as evidence?

81 2020-03-19 Mathematics

Expected sum on a matching dice mechanic

82 2020-05-08 Mathematics

Secretary problem variations with costs

83 2021-02-01 Mathematics

Winning percentage fallacy

84 2021-03-12 Science

Properties of a macroscopic amount of virus

85 2021-07-14 Humanities

Why was the Tulsa Ports placed at Catoosa?

86 2023-07-21 Science

Why does electrocution stop after a few seconds in a bug zapper?

87 2023-07-21 Mathematics

What is the expected number of steps it will take to reach the exit square of this teleporting grid?

88 2023-08-10 Mathematics

Finding rational coefficients of a cubic polynomial that fits 4 data points that have been floored to an integer

89 2024-03-12 Science

Fail-safety of the air brakes in the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster

Others' questions

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I've provided answers to many others' questions, the vast majority of which are not listed here. The questions listed under this heading are just those of others that I found the most interesting.

# Date RefDesk Topic
1 2012-09-21 Mathematics

Friendship combinations

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