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How many axioms do you need?

In mathematics you can derive almost everything provided that you know some fundamental laws or axioms. I was wondering what the least number of such axioms you need to be able to derive the 'entire...
01:25 Thu 04th Jan 20078 answers, last by Peter Pedant 23:15 Sun 07th Jan 2007
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Sound of wind

What's the cause of the whistling sound created by the wind as it passes brances and cracks? I know sound is pressure waves, but what exactly is the mechanism behind this phenomenon?
16:21 Mon 06th Feb 20063 answers, last by Gnu 17:26 Mon 13th Feb 2006
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Why are Asian people yellow?

Why have asian people the characteristic yellow-like skin color?
22:01 Thu 10th Nov 200514 answers, last by Xeranox 10:03 Sat 12th Nov 2005
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Do guns go off?

In movies, people are often pointing guns at each other. My question is this: If person A fires the gun at person B, will the gun of person B automatically go off when he'* ***?
08:01 Thu 25th Aug 20051 answer, last by JackDanielsU 08:32 Thu 25th Aug 2005
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The World Bank

The way I understand it, is that the World Bank is a foundation that can grant loans and fundings for poor countries. Is this correct? I also heard that more than 100 countries are member in the world...
15:43 Tue 26th Jul 20054 answers, last by Eternity 01:23 Sat 30th Jul 2005
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Slope on road signs.

Road signs alerting about steep hills often give a percentage (at least they do in Norway). Is this simply 90 degrees divided into 100% (so that 45 degrees = 50%), or is it the mathematical average...
15:36 Tue 26th Jul 20056 answers, last by Xeranox 21:03 Thu 28th Jul 2005

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