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Why do most questiones in category "Unanswered" have answers?
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Answered by Tijdelijk
on 2011-02-10 22:07:23

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If people from Poland are called Poles what do you call people from Holland?

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Asked by Georg
on 2011-01-11 15:07:11

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Why do most questiones in category "Unanswered" have answers?
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Answered by zygmuntek
on 2011-01-19 21:32:46

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Because people like reply

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Asked by Georg
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Why do most questiones in category "Unanswered" have answers?
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Answered by Jon-Richfield
on 2011-01-11 16:01:30

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I don't know. I don't know the background to this facility, who created it, how or why.

All I know is that we have a very impressive group of regulars who should be encouraged to participate and recruit more, but that the operational aspects are most unsatisfactory. Does anyone have any thoughts about an alternative software, or options for improving this facility?

I am not thinking about trivial bugs like dropped medals, but ease of entry, scanning, and lookup etc.

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Asked by Georg
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May 10, 2010 - Amazing Answers

There are tons of questions on The Last Word - the more difficult part of this community is finding great answers. To make finding great answers to unusual questions a bit easier, the team at New Scientist has compiled a list of posts to check out from this week.

Feel free to add your two cents, comment and interact.

Love libations? Enjoy ethanol in its various forms? Answers to our favorite questions surrounding the consumption and chemistry of alcohol top our highlight list this week.

Is James Bond ordering a watered down martini? A favorite Last Word question reinvigorated, check out the science behind "shaken not stirred" from our readers here: https://www.last-word.com/content_handling/show_tree/tree_id/2851.html

Does booze make you brave, angry, emotional? Frederick Allen asks, why do certain alcoholic drinks put you in different moods? Can you really blame it on the alcohol? https://www.last-word.com/content_handling/show_tree/tree_id/1857.html

Pint of the usual? Why do we develop different tolerance levels to alcohol over time? Phil Manning, Dan Stotland and others chime in here: https://www.last-word.com/content_handling/show_tree/tree_id/1485.html

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Asked by KimKarman
on 2010-05-10 20:51:32

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Better control as we grow older? Why is it that we dont wet our beds as we grow older, even if we dream about doing it?!
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on 2010-05-07 10:36:44

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Spit quenches thirst? Do spit quench thirst, and if it does, how much is needed? If not, why not?
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on 2010-05-07 10:35:28

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What is this weird insect? While in Costa Rica we were visited by this beast (see photo). It was about the size of a cigarette packet, could fly (but not very well), and dogs seemed nervous of it. We haven't managed to identify it and neither could locals or tour guides. We're not even sure what sort of insect it is. Can any of your readers help? Xavier Gallagher, London, UK
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Answered by Pat_the_Pat
on 2009-07-23 15:46:33

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This question had definitely been answered when I looked in the last version of the Last Word. Some well-informed person had stated it was a male Dobson fly, whose larva is a Hellgrammite. The latter is also a supervillain character from DC comics. From pictues I looked at elsewhere that person was correct, or it is very closely related.

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