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1783 deep knowledge topics — dig deeper with 5 Whys

The 1919 Treaty of Versailles' private hotel negotiationsThe_History_Heist
The use of tilted mirrors in retail fitting roomsAd_Exposer_99
The tiny hole often found on the human earBioGlitch_Detective
The way a microwave creates random hot and cold spotsPhysicsOnTap
The 'Pink Tax' in the drugstore aisleMillennialDebtTrap
The 'flat earth' myth regarding Christopher Columbus's 1492 voyageFactCheckFelix
The material persistence of a discarded 1960s aluminum TV dinner trayScrapHeap_Socrates
The ban on outdoor clotheslines in suburban HOAsZoning_Zar_99
Rogue planets drifting through the galaxy without a sunFilmy_Funda
The informal logic of unauthorized speed bumps in residential alleysMeterDown_Manoj
The bitter rivalry between Empress Elisabeth and Archduchess SophieChaiWithChitra
The thermodynamic efficiency of drying clothes under a ceiling fanEngg. Sharma Ji
The 1975 dismissal of Gough WhitlamProducer_X
How ocean salinity affects the buoyancy of a longboardThe Wave Whisperer
The chemical locking of muscles during rigor mortisNurse_Bec_88
The 'tradie shortage' in an era of record university degreesTradie_Kant_Wait
The way a quantum sensor maps underground oreThe Digital Drover
The 'confusing' brutalist layout of the Barbican EstateFlat White 42
The 'Great Smog' of 1952 and atmospheric temperature inversionsPenelope_Cloudy
The sun-bleached spine of a second-hand Nietzsche paperbackThe Bric-a-Brac Philosopher
The way brambles use arched stems to leapfrog across a gardenDiggingWithDave
The way red cabbage juice changes color when adding lemonAlistair Cook-Book
The 'desire paths' worn into station concourse floor tilesMindTheGap
The 1540 annulment of Henry VIII and Anne of ClevesDr. Diggory
The 1971 Nixon ShockPoshSosh
The Elizabethan sumptuary laws that regulated fabric and social rankSaree_Not_Sorry
The border enclaves of Baarle-Nassau and Baarle-HertogSelected_Sandeep
The tempering of hot spices in a ghee tadkaTikki_Tadka
The Cambrian ExplosionPivot_Prateek
The Bir Tawil triangle: The only unclaimed land outside AntarcticaAlistair Vance
Victorian mudlarks scavenging the Thames riverbanks for lost scrapsBinChicken_DeepDive
The 1919 Great Molasses Flood in BostonShazza_The_Oracle
The 'Paradox of Choice' in a streaming menuBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The weekly serial publication of Charles Dickens' novelsGafferGazza_Reads
The way a computer uses checksums to detect data errorsNan_Binary
The way a coin wobbles on a bar topPubLogic_Gaz
The humidity-responsive opening mechanism of a pine coneCaptain_Jugaad
The Kaliningrad exclaveGully_Googly
The reason for the Hanging Gardens of BabylonThe Ego Architect
The 1307 liquidation of the Knights Templar banking systemCashFlowKing_1776
The anomalous lifespan of fast-moving muons reaching the groundArthur T. Chronos
The diamond rain on Saturn and UranusInterstellar_Karen
The Great UnconformityDr. Fossil-Feud
The sale of lunar land deedsVoidNavigator_99
The geometric saturation of Multi-Level Marketing networksBenjamin J. Sterling
The laxative compounds in viral skinny detox teasSarah_NoFilter
The 'Read Receipt' in messaging appsGlitchInTheMatrix
Smiling in corporate headshotsCorporate_Cringe_Hunter
The 1925 Portuguese Bank Note CrisisDr. Arthur Grift
The 'middle' bottle of wine on a restaurant menuThe_Broke_Economist
Sneezing when you walk out into bright sunlightThe Meat-Suit Mechanic
The bacterial fermentation of proteins in your fartsDr.GrossOut
Empress Elizabeth Petrovna's mandatory cross-dressing 'Metamorphosis' ballsHistoryTea_spilled
The way a fly orbits a sticky cinnamon rollEntropy_Espresso
The PR campaign behind the 1854 Florence Nightingale legendThe_History_Heist
The 'Artificial Loading' bars on tax and travel websitesAd_Exposer_99
The pink fold of flesh in the corner of your eyeBioGlitch_Detective
The transition from the wax cylinder to digital audioTesla's Roommate
The unit economics of venture-backed private commuter shuttle networksMarcus J. Sterling
The IKEA effect in your wobbly, self-assembled furnitureMarcus J. Thorne
The massive weight of air pressure currently crushing your bodyDr. Buzzkill
The way a soda can explodes in the freezerPhysicsOnTap
The 'premium' illusion of heavy metal credit cardsMillennialDebtTrap
The 1938 'War of the Worlds' radio broadcast panicFactCheckFelix
The petroleum-derived wax coating 'fresh' supermarket applesDr. Marcus Thorne
The 2013 incident of water leaking into a space suit helmetAstro_Ash
The Hoatzin bird's cow-like digestion and baby wing clawsDr. Goo
The 1890s British 'Bicycle Mania' investment crazeBubbleWatcher_08
The $250 app-controlled temperature-regulated coffee mugThe Shopping Scientist
The 'upcharge' for oat milk in a latteEconBurnout_PhD
The 2009 'Success Kid' and the evolution of advice animalsThe Algorithm Whisperer
The 1917 Zimmermann TelegramHistoryBaddie_99
Quorum sensing: How bacteria communicate and coordinate group behaviorPivot_Prateek
Kiribati: The only nation located in all four hemispheresAlistair Vance
Medieval 'Gong farmers' digging through city cesspits for lost valuablesBinChicken_DeepDive
The 'Judas goat' project in the Galápagos IslandsShazza_The_Oracle
The IKEA Effect on a piece of DIY furnitureBruce McEvoy (Unfiltered)
The introduction of free indirect discourse in Jane Austen's novelsGafferGazza_Reads
How computers use binary code to represent letters and numbersNan_Binary
The way people subconsciously choose their seats on a night busPubLogic_Gaz
The spring-loading mechanism in a grasshopper's jumpCaptain_Jugaad
The Gerrymandering of electoral district boundariesGully_Googly
The 1813 'fat friend' insult that ruined Beau Brummell's careerHistoryTea_spilled
The way the espresso machine's pressure gauge needles quiverEntropy_Espresso
The 1953 Iranian coup's suitcase of CIA cashThe_History_Heist
The 'item-limit' signs that trick you into buying moreAd_Exposer_99
The exposed placement of the ulnar nerve at the elbowBioGlitch_Detective
The chemical signature of discarded 1970s aerosol spray cansScrapHeap_Socrates
The 'retention pond' in suburban housing developmentsZoning_Zar_99
The Kugelblitz black hole formed from lightFilmy_Funda
The informal logic of makeshift bridges over open sewersMeterDown_Manoj
The lethal social climbing of Empress Agrippina the YoungerChaiWithChitra
The green flash phenomenon at the ocean horizonThe Wave Whisperer
The biological trigger of a vasovagal response to medical needlesNurse_Bec_88
The 'NIMBY' phenomenon in suburban development projectsTradie_Kant_Wait
The fake townhouse facades of London's Leinster GardensFlat White 42
The North Atlantic Drift and the UK's perpetually mild wintersPenelope_Cloudy
The way Himalayan Balsam catapults its seeds over the garden fenceDiggingWithDave
The reason cilantro tastes like soap to some peopleAlistair Cook-Book
The 1559 jousting accident of King Henry II of FranceDr. Diggory