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How can I make it a habit to study 18 hours a day? Say Keng Lee, Knowledge Adventurer & Technology Explorer in Strategy, Change & Future-Focus 159 votes Interestingly, I just tackled quite a similar question on Quora just a short while ago. So, this is my quick recap: ... Read More » Which was the saddest death in the Harry Potter books? Gary Goldberg 471 votes Cedric Diggory. "Kill the spare." ... Read More » What are some good electrical engineering jokes? Siddharth Mohan, Product guy, Technology enthusiast, Engineer by training 278 votes This is by far the best EE joke I have heard. I don't know the source. A Polish airlines was on its daily flight from Warsaw to Switzerland. While flying over the Alps, th... Read More » Why is the wolf-head pommel of Jon Snow's sword (Longclaw) so ugly and impractical? Todd Gardiner, Photographer and questioner of too much privacy 73 votes Because it wasn't designed to be used in real fighting. It was designed to look cool to the audience members. An audience that is by large majority not populated with weapo... Read More » Harry Potter (creative franchise): Why didn't Voldemort or Bellatrix know that Narcissa Malfoy was lying when she said that Harry was dead? Peter Ramirez, Writer, Reader, Reviewer & Student of Human Nature 166 votes How did Narcissa Malfoy fool Lord Voldemort, the greatest legilimens in wizarding history, and his top lieutenant, Bellatrix Lestrange, when she told them Harry Potterwas... Read More » What are some conversational "life hacks"? Alex Mombo, Published Author & Communication Coach 380 votes Good question! Here's one interesting hack people don't usually think about: ... Read More » Does NASA use Photoshop? Kaz Vorpal, autodidactic polymath 1.3k votes I worked at NASA, in charge of the rework of the Hubble Space Telescope's website. At that time, they heavily used Photoshop, and other graphics tools, to manipulate the ki... Read More » How hard is string theory? Prahar Mitra, Ph.D. in Physics 100 votes I'm a physicist (among many many) who is currently doing his Ph.D. in string theory. I can therefore safely conclude that you do not need a doctorate to understand it. I've... Read More » You receive a letter in the mail. It is either a rejection letter or an acceptence letter to medical school. It is Friday and you have a great weekend planned. How is it possible to find out the contents of the letter only if it is good news? Stefan Larsson 262 votes Ask a friend to: Open the letter If it's good news - flip a coin and tell you the news if it comes up heads, otherwise tell you nothing If it's bad news, tell you nothing....  Read More » Is every math major smarter than every humanities major? Olya Losina, art teacher 64 votes When I was in grade school, we had a math genius in our class. From the first grade, he was unusual. It was amazing; when we were in elementary school, he would help 10th-g... Read More »