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Why do zombies eat our brains?
In regards to why the zombies feed on brains, there is an official explanation is a quote from Return of the Living Dead’s writer and director, Dan O’Bannon, who suggested that the undead felt the ...
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Do orcs drink water?
Yes.
Sam asks the same question, of whether orcs eat and drink or just live on foul air and poison, and Frodo gives him the following answer:
"No, they eat and drink, Sam. The Shadow that bred ...
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Are there any species in Star Trek whose dietary requirements are different enough, that they couldn't survive on e.g. Human or Vulcan food?
The Horta, a silicon based life form that eats rocks. From the TOS episode The Devil In The Dark.
And Odo's people, the Changelings or the Founders don't eat at all. It isn't clear how they gain ...
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Is Lembas (Elven bread) magical?
Almost certainly
There's an entire essay devoted to the subject of lembas in History of Middle-earth, imaginatively titled "Of Lembas"; in it, Tolkien writes:
The Eldar say that they first ...
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Does Darth Vader eat?
Only certain things at certain times under certain circumstances, and rarely, if ever, without a significant amount of difficulty.
Wookieepedia's article on Vader's armor says:
The collar [of ...
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What are Luke and Yoda eating in Yoda's hut in Episode V?
There's mention in the film and film script that he's cooking something called rootleaf.
CREATURE: Not far. Yoda not far. Patience. Soon you will be with him. (tasting food from the pot) Rootleaf,...
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What has Lieutenant Lopez been consuming during interrogation sessions?
These are described in Leviathan Wakes as "focus drugs". They apparently give the user the ability to accurately assess the mental state of those that they're observing through their micro-...
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What does Hagrid eat?
I will honestly admit that I haven't the faintest idea what some of these foods are.
sausages
The giant sat back down on the sofa, which sagged under his weight, and began taking all sorts of things ...
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How does walking dead still have edible (canned) food?
What do the dates on canned goods mean?
The dates on canned goods don't reflect when the food will become unsafe to eat, they are based on quality control concerns. Manufacturers don't want ...
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What is a Knickerbocker Glory?
It's a type of sundae also known as a Knickerbocker Glory. From Wikipedia:
A knickerbocker glory is a layered cream sundae that is served in a large tall conical glass to be eaten with a distinctive ...
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Is Lembas (Elven bread) magical?
Lembas may seem like magic to us, but the elves would have seen it as simply natural.
Clarke's Third Law is
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke ...
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Where do R2-D2's drinks come from?
Not from R2-D2?
This is a modification so R2-D2 can serve drinks on Jabba's sail barge, but he's only serving them, not producing or dispensing them. Presumably they come from some bartender or a ...
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What livestock did hobbits raise?
Cows
There is one specific mention of owning cows, which is the fictional innkeeper in the song Frodo sings at Bree, which is a song that it's implied Bilbo would frequently sing in the Shire, ...
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Short story about spaceship powered by cheese
Are you referring to Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers? This is not a short story, but rather a 1973 novel by Harry Harrison. Other than the fact that it is a novel, Star Smashers fits what you're ...
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Is Lembas (Elven bread) magical?
Its virtues cannot be explained with science. From Letter #210
We are not exploring the Moon or any other more improbable region. No analysis in any laboratory would discover chemical properties of ...
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What long-looking worms are the Klingons always eating?
These are serpent worms, commonly called gagh by the Klingons.
There are different types of gagh, such as one kind that jumps, one that wriggles, and one that has feet.
Klingons usually eat it alive,...
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Is the Hobbit diet based on Full English breakfast and Tea?
It's hard to answer this beyond what was included in the question; in their preferred environment, hobbits eat food that would be commensurate with traditional English meals. This is demonstrably true,...
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Aliens attack space station and dissolve humans into food
It's "Proxima Centauri", a short story by Murray Leinster published in 1935.
The human starship Adastra is in exploration and is suddenly attacked by a race of plant-based creatures, whose ...
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Why are there so many oranges in Sheridan's quarters?
John's obsession with oranges seems to stem from his childhood, eating oranges from his family's orchard.
When I was 12, I used to sit in my dad's garden the air full of the smell of orange blossoms ...
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Where is food found on Arrakis?
Assuming you're talking about Dune prior to its 'greening', there are essentially three different populations on Dune, each with their own primary sources of food.
The gentry
The well-to-do nobles ...
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What long-looking worms are the Klingons always eating?
To add to the in-universe answers, it seems like the prop gagh is made from Japanese Udon noodles, according to the Star Trek cookbook, page 59:
There was another dish, the famous gagh, that always ...
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Do orcs drink water?
Yes.
In addition to the quote provided by @Randal'Thor, there is also this:
'Water, water!' muttered Sam. He had stinted himself, and in his parched mouth his tongue seemed thick and swollen; but for ...
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Why do zombies eat our brains?
White Zombie (1932) and I Walked with a Zombie (1943) are the more traditional zombie movies. The zombies in these are based on the traditions of Haitian voodoo. The Romero zombies were introduced in ...
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What is Linda McFly eating for breakfast at the end of Back to the Future?
Based on the similarity of the cropped/blown up image:
(particularly the red item with apparent white streak, right in the middle)
to this one:
I'm going to guess she's eating sliced strawberries.
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Pears in Doctor Who
The anti-pear comment in the television episode Human Nature comes from Paul Cornell’s novel of the same name.
The novel features the Seventh Doctor, and formed the basis for the television episode. ...
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How does walking dead still have edible (canned) food?
Canned food typically has a shelf life of several years, not months, and is perfectly edible even after that time. The expiry date is because its flavour will be impaired, not because it will be ...
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Out-of-universe, why was the Fifth Doctor given a piece of celery to wear?
Unknown, but maybe because it was unusual
As indicated in the comment by Richard, the celery idea was due to the producer, John Nathan-Turner, who did not offer an explanation for it.
The celery ...
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Why didn't Sirius, and Ron, Harry, Hermione just conjure animals to use as food while they were on the run?
They probably wouldn't have been edible
There are indeed many examples of people conjuring apparently edible things out of thin air. You mention the animals that Hermione and Draco conjured, but there ...
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What are the rations Rey eats?
There's a pretty reasonable description of how they work in the film's two novelisations (Official / Junior);
Green slab-stuff sizzled in a makeshift cook pan. Opening the packet
of beige powder,...
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How did Romilly's food supplies last 23 years?
No specifics are given in the film or the film's novelisation regarding the food situation. We know from the dialogue that he used the cryo-sleep pods to hibernate for a couple of long periods (10+ ...
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