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Who would win in a sprint: Usain Bolt or a cyclist? Read the Answer
Why do black widows eat their mates? Read the Answer
Do snow chains work? Read the Answer
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2010
JUNE
Who would win in a sprint: Usain Bolt or a cyclist?
JUNE
Why do black widows eat their mates?
JUNE
Do snow chains work?

MARCH
What is the coldest possible cocktail, and why is chilled better?
MARCH
What is "dead pool?"
MARCH
What is the most powerful species?

2007
MARCH
Mosquito Itch
FEBRUARY
Athlete Genetics
JANUARY
Women Cold Water

2006
DECEMBER
Raised By Wolves
NOVEMBER
Animal Grudge | Avoid Natural Disaster | Skipping Stones
SEPTEMBER
Outer Space Organism | Most Dangerous Sport | Sheer Drop-Off

AUGUST
Pink Flamingos | Adrenaline Junkie | Hurricane Names
JULY
Deadliest Animals | Minnesota Lakes | Muscle Memory
JUNE
Lying Cows | River Vs Sea Otter | Colored Iris

MAY
Dogs In Wild | Couples Germs | Flower Aroma
MARCH
Fastest Growing Population | Training To Music | Vertical Bullets
FEBRUARY
Plants Life Span | Blue Sky | Drinking Urine

JANUARY
Animals Rage War | Visible Stars | Geriatric Hair Profusions

2005
DECEMBER
Dogs Circling | Wave Sets | Willie
OCTOBER
Rattlesnake Bite Immunity | Acres On Earth | Max Human Speed
SEPTEMBER
Tick Life Span | Greatest Fall Survived | Whale Yawn

JULY
Hill To Mountain | Day Time Stars | Panama Canal Locks
JUNE
Flies | Cartilage To Bone | Most Food Consumption
MAY
Flying Squirrel | North Pole | High Altitude Plant

APRIL
Screaming Spiders | Ski the Equator | Animal Orgasms
MARCH
Eagle Eyes | Longest Lives | Lost Our Moon
FEBRUARY
Human Hair Insulator | Siberian Larch | Smallest Dinosaur

JANUARY
Fastest Insect | Disposal Or Landfill | Sweat While Swimming

2004
DECEMBER
Exploding Trees | Earthquakes for Marine Life | Man-Made Object in Space
NOVEMBER
Deadly Germs | Fly Landing | Plants Surviving Winter
OCTOBER
Vampire Bats | Telescope Moon | Cyclists Drafting

SEPTEMBER
Poison Honey | Coconut Juice | Windiest Place
AUGUST
Wild Vegetables | Horse Latitudes | Elephant Mating
JULY
Plants Go Potty | North Star Southern Cross | Highest Mountain Ever | Loons Red Eyes

APRIL
Earths Interior | Tallest Iceberg | Mimicking Parrots| Paved U.S. Roads
MARCH
Shortest Migration | Specter Brocken | Whale Shiver | Water Expands
FEBRUARY
Spider Webs | Oldest River | Colorblind Animals | Talus Scree

JANUARY
Next Ice Age | Altitude Appetite | Oxygen from Trees | Elephant Trunks

2003
DECEMBER
Bottled Water | 4AM Stars | Snow Cups
NOVEMBER
Flies Compound Eyes | Base Camp | Sleep Exercise
OCTOBER
Stronger Primates | Perpetual Sunset | Squirrel Chatter

SEPTEMBER
Fall Caterpillars | Geronimo Jump | Moon Illusion
AUGUST
Dog Running | Cloud Seeding | Cell Signal
JULY
Dolphin Breathing | Hole in the Divide | New Species

JUNE
Mosquitos at Sea | Runners High | Heavy Raptor Prey
MAY
Mount Everest Weight | SPF T-Shirt | Bike Tire in Lightning
APRIL
Paw Preference | Eyelashes | Eels in Sargasso

MARCH
Water Resistant Skin | Flocking Behavior | Drink Like a Fish
FEBRUARY
Magnetic Pull in Space | Terms of Venery | Cows' Four Teats
JANUARY
Human Ape Evolution | Dust Bowl | Unstable Mountain

2002
DECEMBER
Cannibalistic Societies | Accuracy of North Star | Poisonous Berries
NOVEMBER
Racers Sleep | Mountain Goats | Sailing MDD
OCTOBER
The Wildest File

SEPTEMBER
Interspecies Shagging | Northern Hemisphere Whirlpools | Round Planets
AUGUST
Deskunking Dogs | Waterfall Illusion | Bats Turning
JULY
Catastrophic Ocean Rising | Seeing Stars | Body Temperature Vs Air Temperature | Animal Tails

JUNE
Hummingbird Calories | Highest Unclimbed Mountain | Hammerhead Sharks
MAY
Squeamishness | Non-Functioning Compass | Angling | Other Mosquito Victims
APRIL
Too Cold to Snow | No Fireflies West | Hot Tea Hot Weather

MARCH
Bugs in My Lungs | Lichen Deodorant | Lightning While Swimming
FEBRUARY
Lost Animals | Campfire Smoke | Giraffe Sounds | Heat Loss Hands
JANUARY
Mountain Names | Lightning in Winter | Chum Scent | Human Horsepower

2001
DECEMBER
Large Brain More Pain | Propane Lanterns | Small Bird Attacks | Speed of Equator
NOVEMBER
Early Bird | Survival | Dead Lakes | Holy Light
OCTOBER
Earth's Name | Human Giardia | Car Sunburn | Peacocks Drowning

SEPTEMBER
Woodpeckers | Feet Stretching | Campfire Hiss | Insect Adhesion
AUGUST
Cloud Formation | Deacclimatization | Gnat Swarms | Ocean Cold Pockets
JULY
Under Water Eyesight | Winter Solstice Day Light Expansion | Insects Deadly Parasites | Ice Cream Headache

JUNE
Sand Squeak | Spider Webs | Kestrel Vision | Olfactory Stimuli
MAY
Tomato Juice Deskunker | Motion Affect Effect | Bats Exit Left
APRIL
Greatest Migratory Range | USU Tornado Target | Enough Rain for a Rainbow | Tall Vs Short Pull Ups

MARCH
Sleep Walking | Mammals Swimming | Earth's Weight | Ant Pheromones
FEBRUARY
Tree Lifespan | Inuit Snow | Dogs Sniffing | Cold Body Parts
JANUARY
Fresh Snow | Drinking Seawater | Animal Parenting | Earth Tilt

2000
DECEMBER
Cotton Hypothermia | Extremophile | Bear Hibernation | Slippery Ice
NOVEMBER
South Pole Ozone | Moths and Wool | Chocolate Plants | Second Wind
OCTOBER
Dehydration | Space Trash | Warmest Fur | Camping

SEPTEMBER
Freezing Water Altitude | Orange Juice Vs Coke | Harvest Moon | Daddy Long Legs
AUGUST
Lightning Strike | Paragliders Thermals | Air Pollution | Aggressive Animals
JULY
Sweat Chemicals | Animals Eating Flowers | Water Purified | Moose Diving

JUNE
Most Remote Lower 28 State | Airtight Room | Spider Caught in Webs | Workout Soreness
MAY
Deepest Cave | Kayak Paddling | Human Eyesight | Birds Worms
APRIL
Perfect Wave | Animal Laughter | Running in the Rain | Cumulative World Population

MARCH
Falling Birds | Eight Percent Grade | Attractive to Mosquitos | Rainbow Arch
FEBRUARY
Snake Hips | Frost Pattern | Navigating North | Achy Chest
JANUARY
Cactus Water | Fish Sleep | Undertoe Surf | Tree Line

1999
DECEMBER
Death Rays | Nosebleeds | Mean Polar Bears | Sun Dog
NOVEMBER
Hypothermic Delerium | Llama Spit | Mogul Fields | Gamy Taste
OCTOBER
Scarecrows | End of Space | Bee Fear | False Dawn

SEPTEMBER
Max Earth Population | High Seas Visibility | Biggest Hail Stone | Animal Moon Relations
AUGUST
Frog Deformities | Frog Vs Toad | Frog Puddles | Frog Rain
JULY
Saltwater Fish | Seven Natural Wonders | Bug Repellent

JUNE
Heat Lightning | Gray Hair | Wetsuit Smell | Ostrich Head
MAY
Planet Music | Deer Running | Scuba Diving | Moss Growth
APRIL
Topsoil Erosion | Hiking Hands | Worms Rain | Garbage Heat

MARCH
Earth Leakage | Fruits and Veggies | Frost | Poisonous Baby Snakes
FEBRUARY
Moving North Pole | Elephants Afraid of Mice | Squeaky Snow
JANUARY
Lake Effect | Same Species | Funny Bone

1998
DECEMBER
Tongues and Metal | Thick Ice | Star of Bethlehem | Stargazing
NOVEMBER
Oldest Living Organism | Electric Current | Holding in Sneezes
OCTOBER
America | Bats and the Occult | Pruny Fingers | Stargazing

SEPTEMBER
Champagne Boat Christening | How Ducks Float | Arctic Mirage | Nausea after Exericse | Stargazing
AUGUST
Pluto Planet | Next Volcanic Eruption | Why Fire Flies Light | Stargazing
JULY
Foxfire | Fishy Taste | Smog | Stargazing

JUNE
Skipping Stone | Contagious Yawns | Rain Smell | Stargazing
MAY
Weeping Willows | Moth to Flame | Pond Vs Lake | Stargazing
APRIL
Monarch Butterfly Migration | Moon Bow | Cracking Knuckles | Most CO2-Absorbing Tree | Stargazing

MARCH
Pacific Vs Atlantic | Chameleons | Paper Clip Compass
JANUARY
Penguin Feet | Passport Stamps | Skunk Reload | Tachymeter

1997
DECEMBER
Kissing Under Mistletoe | Cold Women | Giraffe Horns | Real Indiana Jones | Stargazing
NOVEMBER
Why Dogs Roll | Lake Turn Over | Man in the Moon | Stargazing
SEPTEMBER
Dead Bugs | Wild Camels | Mount Chimborazo | Stargazing

AUGUST
Largest Living Organism | Record Hang-Glider Time | Spiders Own Web | Stargazing
JULY
Poison Ivy | Bangladesh Natural Calamities | Sailboat Faster than the Wind | European Continent | Stargazing
JUNE
Remove a Leech | Bigger Montana Sky | Blue Moon | Stargazing

MARCH
Why Planets Are Round | Alpenglow | Snow Fleas | Stargazing

1996
DECEMBER
Underground Warmth | Flying Fish | Giardia
NOVEMBER
Goose Down | Gas Skunk | Male Pattern Baldness
OCTOBER
Biggest Pumpkin | Green Flash | River Vs Creek

SEPTEMBER
Quicksand | Shades of Blue | Pigeon Heads | Stargazing
AUGUST
Itchy Skin | Sea Level | Lizard Communication
JULY
Triple Rainbow | Cattle Guards | Photic Sneeze Reflex | Stargazing

JUNE
Animal Eyeshine | Continental Points | Planet Light | Poison-Dart Frog
MARCH
Oak Syrup | Cooling Core | Boomerangs
FEBRUARY
Mating Mid-Air | Post Athletic Soreness | White Snow

JANUARY
Twinkling Stars | Bear Hibernation Length | Naked Sleeping Bag

1995
DECEMBER
Geese Formation | Snowflakes | Wild File First Anniversary
NOVEMBER
Lemming Suicide | Mountains Hot Air | Acorns
OCTOBER
Ant Screams | Old Tent Barf Smell | Red Sky Morning

SEPTEMBER
Porcupine Love | Dirt Road Ridges | How the World Turns
AUGUST
Mushrooms Are Animals | Stinky Scat | Salty Ocean
JULY
Ticks | Continental Divide | Beaver Trees

JUNE
Cricket Chirps | Fish Lightning | Male Nipples
APRIL
Opossums Out | Gore-Tex Flip | Goose Bumps
FEBRUARY
Aurora Borealis Noise | Red Meat Dreams | Building Fires



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