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1873 deep knowledge topics — dig deeper with 5 Whys

The 'Lump of Labour' fallacy and the fear of site automationTradie_Kant_Wait
The 'neck-straining' ergonomics of viewing the Sistine Chapel's ceilingFlat White 42
The 'Horse Latitudes' and the science of being hopelessly becalmedPenelope_Cloudy
The way marigolds act as a bodyguard for tomato plantsDiggingWithDave
The way garlic breath originates in the lungsAlistair Cook-Book
The 16th-century medicinal craze for ground Egyptian mummiesDr. Diggory
The 2021 GameStop short squeezePoshSosh
The 'Great Smog of 1952' and the evolution of environmental lawSelected_Sandeep
The way street-side pickled onions turn bright pink in vinegarTikki_Tadka
The way a refrigerator door resists opening right after closingPhysicsOnTap
The 'buy-back' phone upgrade and the math of perpetual debtMillennialDebtTrap
The historical evidence for the 'Rule of Thumb' legal mythFactCheckFelix
The 1856 Guano Islands ActCashFlowKing_1776
The Kessler Syndrome and the buildup of orbital space debrisInterstellar_Karen
The Hill sphere of a planetVoidNavigator_99
The molecular science of 'natural flavors' in wellness productsSarah_NoFilter
The 'Exit Interview' with Human ResourcesCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The 'Ostrich Effect' and your unread credit card statementsThe_Broke_Economist
The bacterial rot of blood and skin inside a used bandageDr.GrossOut
The 'Mexican Wave' phenomenon in sports stadiumsTribal_Jersey_PhD
The transformation of Lacrosse from tribal warfare to modern sportGladiator_Historian_99
Structural failure of the ACL during high-velocity pivotingThe_Meat_Machinist
The ATP synthase molecular rotary motorPivot_Prateek
The 'Magnetar': stars with magnets strong enough to wipe credit cardsAlistair Vance
The ancient Roman production of garum from fermented fish gutsBinChicken_DeepDive
The 1848 undercover heist of tea plants from ChinaShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Contrast Effect' of an average player in a superstar lineupBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The 1855 self-publication of Walt Whitman’s Leaves of GrassGafferGazza_Reads
How a computer uses 'queues' to handle information in orderNan_Binary
The way a group of mates subconsciously mirrors each other's posturePubLogic_Gaz
The way a mud-dauber wasp creates waterproof mortar from soilCaptain_Jugaad
The 'Doomsday Clock' of the Bulletin of the Atomic ScientistsGully_Googly
The industrial 'non-stick' chemical coating your 'easy-glide' dental flossDr. Marcus Thorne
The 1978 Cosmos 954 nuclear satellite crash in CanadaAstro_Ash
The 'zombie' snails with pulsating green eye-stalksDr. Goo
The 1920s 'shoeshine boy' stock market tip legendBubbleWatcher_08
The $500 self-cleaning robot litter box for domestic feline overlordsThe Shopping Scientist
The 'member-only' price tag on a bag of frozen peasEconBurnout_PhD
The 1994 Webring as a specimen of primitive digital site-linkingThe Algorithm Whisperer
The 1739 War of Jenkins' EarHistoryBaddie_99
The 1777 'Secret' intervention of Emperor Joseph II at VersaillesHistoryTea_spilled
The way a rainbow forms in a puddle of dish soapEntropy_Espresso
The 1969 Apollo 11 insurance autographsThe_History_Heist
The engineered 'thud' of luxury car doorsAd_Exposer_99
The 'mucin' slime layer that prevents the stomach from self-digestingBioGlitch_Detective
The 'student-athlete' label in American college sportsCommissioner_Cash
The way a vacuum's pitch rises when the hose is blockedPhysicsOnTap
The 'influencer' discount code and the psychology of parasocial spendingMillennialDebtTrap
The scientific origin of the '10 percent brain' usage mythFactCheckFelix
The material lifespan of a discarded 1990s polyurethane rollerblade wheelScrapHeap_Socrates
The 'pedestrian bridge' across a flat suburban roadZoning_Zar_99
The Hubble Tension: The mystery of the universe's conflicting expansion ratesFilmy_Funda
The informal logic of lemon-and-chili charms on urban bumpersMeterDown_Manoj
The scandalous rise and fall of Lola Montez in BavariaChaiWithChitra
Energy efficiency of reheating food in a microwave versus gasEngg. Sharma Ji
The 1962 'Night of the Long Knives' cabinet reshuffleProducer_X
The way a 'tidal bore' surges up a riverThe Wave Whisperer
The biological cause of 'coffee ground' vomit in gastrointestinal bleedsNurse_Bec_88
The ratchet effect and why your expenses never seem to shrinkTradie_Kant_Wait
The way a solar flare disrupts a long-range radio signalThe Digital Drover
The 'vertigo-inducing' open-riser staircases in modern minimalist architectureFlat White 42
The 'virga' phenomenon and rain that evaporates before hitting the groundPenelope_Cloudy
The 'clearance' tag on a dusty 18th-century 'Great Chain of Being' diagramThe Bric-a-Brac Philosopher
The way holly trees grow pricklier leaves where deer browseDiggingWithDave
The white powdery 'bloom' that develops on stored chocolateAlistair Cook-Book
The broadcasting of classical music in London Underground stationsMindTheGap
The 1514 arrival of Hanno, the Pope's beloved white elephantDr. Diggory
The 1963 Great Salad Oil SwindlePoshSosh
The 1910s hobble skirt and the social performance of restricted walkingSaree_Not_Sorry
The legal distinction between Sovereign Airspace and Air Defense Identification ZonesSelected_Sandeep
The fine, thread-like layers of street-side soan papdiTikki_Tadka
The glymphatic system's nightly brain-clearancePivot_Prateek
The "Bentley Subglacial Trench": Earth's lowest point not under the oceanAlistair Vance
18th-century false eyebrows made from the skin of trapped miceBinChicken_DeepDive
The 18th-century "Macaroni" subculture and their giant wigsShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Declinism' of fans obsessed with 'the good old days'Bruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The 15th-century invention of the semicolonGafferGazza_Reads
The way a computer compiler translates code into machine instructionsNan_Binary
The way a tea towel snaps when you flick itPubLogic_Gaz
The way a snail's slime acts as both glue and lubricantCaptain_Jugaad
The 'Article 5' collective defense clause of NATOGully_Googly
The construction of the Terracotta ArmyThe Ego Architect
The 1789 French Revolution sovereign debt crisisCashFlowKing_1776
The inconsistent timing of Io's eclipses during Earth's orbitArthur T. Chronos
The 225-million-year duration of one Galactic YearInterstellar_Karen
The formation of the Isthmus of PanamaDr. Fossil-Feud
The orbital decay of the moon PhobosVoidNavigator_99
The bid-ask spread of luxury handbag 'investments'Benjamin J. Sterling
The 'structured water' claims in luxury wellness circlesSarah_NoFilter
The 'Profile Completion' progress bar in professional appsGlitchInTheMatrix
The 'Performance Improvement Plan' (PIP)Corporate_Cringe_Hunter
The 1784 British Brick Tax and the resulting giant bricksDr. Arthur Grift
The 'scarcity heuristic' of website flash-sale countdown timersThe_Broke_Economist
The 'meat-suit's' wisdom teeth: extra parts for a shrunken jawThe Meat-Suit Mechanic
The microbial breakdown of skin and urine in your underwearDr.GrossOut
The 1717 diplomatic scandal of Peter the Great lifting Louis XVHistoryTea_spilled
The way a balloon shrinks in the cafe fridgeEntropy_Espresso
The League of Nations' private opium trade exemptions in 1920The_History_Heist
The 'pester power' strategy of placing sugary snacks on lower shelvesAd_Exposer_99
The 'bilirubin' recycling process that colors your bruises and wasteBioGlitch_Detective