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Biting talk Why do my fingernails grow at least three times as fast as my toenails? Tony Holkham, Petersfield, Hampshire, UK
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Asked by Moderator
on 2010-12-08 16:21:56

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Why do fingernails grow? Is it a carryover from when cavemen did a lot of manual work? Will we evolve to not grow fingernails?
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Asked by JonAxtell
on 2009-09-15 23:32:30

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Why do my fingernails grow faster than my toenails?
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Asked by bobfranklin
on 2009-08-28 12:29:06

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Why does the sound of somebody scraping their fingernails along a blackboard send shivers down your spine?
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Asked by jams5000
on 2009-08-25 14:10:07

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Tags: sound, Fingernail, chilling, nail, blackboard.

Eye liner Make a pinhole in a piece of cardboard. Bring your eye close to it and look through the pinhole as you rotate the card. You will see the network of your retinal capillaries against the background of a cloudy sky. How does this happen?Doohan Cho, Seoul, South Korea
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Asked by Michael Marshall
on 2008-01-09 17:52:11

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