r/sciencefaqs

161 archived posts · Feb 2011 – Apr 2020

Answers to FAQs on /r/askscience

r/sciencefaqs

Archived posts from r/sciencefaqs, Feb 2011 to Apr 2020.

Created Feb 10, 2011 · restricted

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161Archived posts

Definitive answers to the frequently-asked questions of r/askscience.

If you post, please try to use this format:

Question in the title
TLDR answer
Link to detailed answer (on reddit or otherwise)
Post sightings of the question seen on reddit. To help keep the F in FAQ, only post comments you've seen appear multiple times; though you need not include every submission or mention.

If you can't provide a TL;DR, please copy-paste one of the better answers.

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