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Why is the number of orcs thousands instead of millions in "The Lord of the Rings"?

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In the Star Trek universe, are transporter effects visible and/or audible? [duplicate]

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Why did Aragorn let Frodo keep the One Ring after Weathertop?

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Do computer games still exist in Star Trek?

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Has Q ever really shown power outside of some knowledge and illusion?

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Why is Picard requested and required to give up command to Jellico?

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Does anyone else have a clock like Molly Weasley's?

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Why is Luna Lovegood reading this book upside-down?

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Why do some planets in Star Trek have a numeric designation while others have just a name?

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Why didn't Tony put a parachute in Rhodes suit but put one in Peter's suit?

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What monetary system did Hobbits use in the Shire?

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Why does Deathly Hallows imply that Dumbledore dueled Grindelwald in 1904?

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Why was Gandalf unsure if Bilbo's ring was the One Ring if he had seen an image of Sauron's Eye when he was about to pick it up?

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How did the Rangers of the North make a living in the Lord of the Rings?

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Why hunt replicants?

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Why was the first Jedi Temple built on top of a Dark Side cave?

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What is this item in the movie Aliens?

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Source of quote ~"so dumb they couldn't integrate e to the x..."

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First Sci-fi or Fantasy Story to Break the Fourth Wall to Make the Reader a Protagonist in Its Story

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answered Oct 4 at 11:25 Graham 3,936

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Why don't stillsuits protect/retain fluid from the wearer's eyes?

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What is the reason for the adornments hidden under the dome of the hemispherical droid prop from A New Hope?

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What was the first example of a heavy worlder having fast reaction times?

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Was Batman based on The Count of Monte Cristo?

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Why does the Nano gauntlet function in Endgame?

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Story where the president's advisor overseeing an anti-alien program turns out to be an alien himself

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Is there any indication what causes the holes in the spacetime fabric necessitating they be mapped by the supreme being?

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Book about a woman named Lessa

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What was the premise for J. Michael Straczynski’s Star Trek treatment?

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Are Force Ghosts only visible to those who interacted with them in real life?

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Short story about a woman and an alien symbiote who live in the vacuum in Saturn's rings

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Identify a science-fiction novel… key points: space travel, immortality drug, main characters stranded on distant planet, they eventually escape

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What did Sauron hope to become?

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Two Scenes From A Conan The Barbarian Story?

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'90s fantasy series about boy training to become a wizard

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Did anyone cross over to the mirror universe to find a loved one?

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Why can smoke be seen coming from McCoy's surgery on Sarek? (Journey to Babel, TOS)

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Novel with a hand-held kinetic gas weapon

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Name the flying train in Chuggington

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Short story about a farmer who buries the body of a crashed alien, which then grows into a new body

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Are there villains that wear a helmet in Star Trek?

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Identify this show about an AI shipping company that won't stop

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Why did the Prophets choose a human?

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Terrestrial POWs sent to prison camp, change other extra-terrestrial prisoner's behaviors and feelings about being POWs

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Do Vulcan, Andor and Tellar still have their own military ships by the time of TNG?

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Is Sisko the only Emissary?

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Book where alien helmet makes people smarter?

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90s sci-fi film or miniseries with alien non-realtime teleporter technology on earth [duplicate]

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Can the Q create another universe?

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