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Why does everyone wear sunglasses in The Matrix?

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Is the location of Rivendell a secret?

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Is there a conversation regarding heroes and common people in “The Lord of the Rings”?

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Why are wands so cheap compared to their materials in Harry Potter?

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What is the life expectancy of a Hobbit?

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Do predators eat meat in the Kung Fu Panda universe?

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What is the earliest sci-fi story about humour and AI?

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Why does Tony Stark not like being handed things?

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Does Ron ever introduce himself as “Ronald Weasley” in Harry Potter?

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How do you get from one end of a Super Star Destroyer to the other?

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Futuristic Cartoon from 80s-90s

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Identifying a SF story about explorers on a strange planet travelling down a slowly steepening slope

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Why is this chapter called “The Lightning Struck Tower”?

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Did Asimov model the character of the Mule in his Foundation series on any particular historical person?

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Are there any Star Trek episode that feature only regular/recurring cast and no guest stars?

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Why did Theoden allow the Uruk-Hai to approach Helm's Deep without harassing them?

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Story of a girl whose parents implant a chip to generate aversion to men

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Comic issue where Iron Man is compared to Robert Downey Jr

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Who drank the green potion when Voldemort went checking for the locket?

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80s SF/F movie with exotic cult, soldier of fortune

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Movie where children are assigned life role at birth

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Short story, woman has something that directly stimulates the pleasure centers in the brain, man finds her

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Why wasn't Captain America “enough” for Colonel Chester Philips?

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Novel associated with Arthur C Clarke with vibrating windshield

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What is the distribution of wand lengths?

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Lovecraft story about a man who doesn't know he's a monster

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SF novel where the second Mars expedition discovers the first turned into vampires

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Is it possible to identify the wands in the Wizarding World logo?

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Old science fiction story about depositing a dollar in a bank and allowing the money to grow for 40 generations

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A story to do with Plato's cave, robots, and a vague dystopian twist

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How many different versions of cover art has Frank Herbert's Dune had since 1965?

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Short story- crashed pilot must run/jump around a small planet to catch the sun and charge her life supporting suit

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Can Sith crystals be “bled” by Jedi?

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In which manga does everyone around the world become 2 cm tall?

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Does time travel heal wounds?

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DUNE takes place near the north pole of Arrakis – why no midnight sun?

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Why did the two dementors have a much greater effect on Dudley than what Prisoner of Azkaban would have us expect?

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Why did Hogwarts expel Hagrid?

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Is Gálmód male?

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Were the crucial parts of the time machine left at the scene by Marty?

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Was the Tumbler Nolan's creation or did something similar already exist?

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Anime Identification - Female mage bitten by small creature

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Which superhero first used the power of body shrinkage?

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Where is this Star Wars image from?

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What are the scales and wings for on Captain America's costume?

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SF short story where vastly superior alien civilization's fleet surrenders to the shocked Earth top brass

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Story about a world of magic where science has been forbidden [duplicate]

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Aurebesh vs Aurebesh Droid fonts

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