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1879 deep knowledge topics — dig deeper with 5 Whys

The chemical cause of chocolate-colored blood in methemoglobinemiaNurse_Bec_88
Goodhart’s Law and why chasing metrics often ruins the actual workTradie_Kant_Wait
The way an infrared camera spots a dingo in the darkThe Digital Drover
The 'dust-collecting' intricate stone carvings on neo-Gothic skyscraper crownsFlat White 42
The ‘Radiation Fog’ phenomenon and the science of zero visibilityPenelope_Cloudy
The 'half-price' sticker on a dusty volume of Schopenhauer's essaysThe Bric-a-Brac Philosopher
The way ash trees drop limbs to conserve water during droughtsDiggingWithDave
The way lemon juice turns liquid milk into solid curdsAlistair Cook-Book
The '193 steps' warning at Covent Garden stationMindTheGap
The 1555 public nursery prepared for Mary I’s non-existent heirDr. Diggory
The European Union's 'Butter Mountain' and 'Wine Lake' surplusesPoshSosh
The 1940s Zoot Suit and the wartime politics of wasteful fashionSaree_Not_Sorry
The 'Doctrine of Basic Structure' and constitutional amendmentsSelected_Sandeep
The way street-side fried batter stays crisp while the filling steamsTikki_Tadka
The human brain's constant twenty percent energy demandPivot_Prateek
The 'Lagrange Points': Gravity's secret parking spots for space telescopesAlistair Vance
Medieval 'pattens' worn to walk above urban street filthBinChicken_DeepDive
The 1386 murder trial of a pig in Falaise, FranceShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Reactance' behind a star player ignoring the coach's instructionsBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The 1798 publication of Lyrical Ballads by Wordsworth and ColeridgeGafferGazza_Reads
The way 'latency' causes a delay in your digital communicationNan_Binary
The way a lime wedge floats in a gin and tonicPubLogic_Gaz
The way a sunflower tracks the sun across the skyCaptain_Jugaad
The Madman Theory of strategic unpredictabilityGully_Googly
The colossal seated statues of Ramses II at Abu SimbelThe Ego Architect
The 1519 Spanish conquest of the Aztec EmpireCashFlowKing_1776
The Sagnac effect on clock synchronization in rotating systemsArthur T. Chronos
The 15-mile thick ice shell blocking access to Europa's oceanInterstellar_Karen
The Cryogenian period and the Snowball Earth eventDr. Fossil-Feud
The boundaries of the Laniakea SuperclusterVoidNavigator_99
The mathematical decay of 'passive' print-on-demand marginsBenjamin J. Sterling
The transdermal absorption of magnesium in viral sleep spraysSarah_NoFilter
The 'Ghost Vibration' sensation in your pocketGlitchInTheMatrix
The 'Pomodoro' technique timerCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The 1970 Irish bank strike and pub-check economyDr. Arthur Grift
The "base rate fallacy" and your high-stakes lottery ticket habitThe_Broke_Economist
Wrinkled skin on fingers after soaking in waterThe Meat-Suit Mechanic
The cheesy buildup of skin and oils on your earringsDr.GrossOut
The 1772 "Royal Marriage Act" and the King's scandalous brothersHistoryTea_spilled
The way a spinning blender creates a vortex in the smoothieEntropy_Espresso
The 1936 debut of the Olympic Torch RelayThe_History_Heist
The 'perpetual sale' strategy of furniture retailersAd_Exposer_99
The vestigial Meckel's diverticulum in the human gutBioGlitch_Detective
The ritual of throwing octopuses onto the ice during hockey gamesTribal_Jersey_PhD
The Olympic host city contractCommissioner_Cash
The persistence hunting roots of the modern marathonGladiator_Historian_99
The 1925 offside rule change in association football tacticsRef_In_Extremis
The tensile failure of a climber's finger pulleysThe_Meat_Machinist
Active noise-cancelling headphones: creating silence by adding more soundTesla's Roommate
The business model of venture-backed 'smart' vending machine startupsMarcus J. Sterling
The deadweight loss of holiday gift-givingMarcus J. Thorne
The billions of cell deaths occurring in your body dailyDr. Buzzkill
The way grease turns a cardboard pizza box see-throughPhysicsOnTap
The 'Round up for charity' prompt at the checkout counterMillennialDebtTrap
The 1971 Stanford Prison ExperimentFactCheckFelix
The industrial-grade clay used to clarify 'clear' store-bought fruit juicesDr. Marcus Thorne
The "Peryton" signals: Alien mysteries caused by a microwave ovenAstro_Ash
The Lyrebird's imitation of chainsaws and car alarmsDr. Goo
The 1920s RCA radio stock bubbleBubbleWatcher_08
The $400 'smart' bird feeder with AI-powered squirrel recognitionThe Shopping Scientist
The 'loyalty points' that expire before you can buy a coffeeEconBurnout_PhD
The 2012 'Grumpy Cat' specimen and the evolution of digital cynicismThe Algorithm Whisperer
The 1810 Berners Street Hoax prank in LondonHistoryBaddie_99
The 17-year prime number emergence of periodical cicadasPivot_Prateek
The Vredefort Crater: the largest verified impact structure on EarthAlistair Vance
18th-century 'mush-fakers' who scavenged broken umbrellas for partsBinChicken_DeepDive
The 1829 'Petticoat Affair' social boycott in WashingtonShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Winner's Curse' in high-stakes player auctionsBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
Mark Twain’s scathing critique of James Fenimore Cooper’s literary offensesGafferGazza_Reads
The way 'data redundancy' prevents information from being lostNan_Binary
the way a pool ball skids before it starts rollingPubLogic_Gaz
The way a vine uses coiled tendrils as natural tension springsCaptain_Jugaad
The 'Iron Dome' missile defense systemGully_Googly
The 1730 'Tobacco Parliament' hazing rituals of King Frederick William IHistoryTea_spilled
the way a magnet snaps onto the metal espresso machineEntropy_Espresso
The 1954 Guatemalan coup's United Fruit Company PR campaignThe_History_Heist
The 'Planned Obsolescence' of non-replaceable batteries in modern smartphonesAd_Exposer_99
The 'Sunburn' response where damaged skin cells self-destructBioGlitch_Detective
The amortization of player transfer feesCommissioner_Cash