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How can Scrooge McDuck dive into money without hurting himself?
In the Ducktales series, Uncle Scrooge is famous for highdiving into his money bin.
I've always wondered how he does it without hurting himself. Wouldn't he bang his head and knock himself out? Is there an in-universe explanation?
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If Luke Skywalker didn’t want to be found, why did he leave a map?
We know that Luke Skywalker vanished after
Kylo Ren killed his students.
But, for some reason, there’s a map to his location. That seems odd for someone who doesn’t want to be found, at least not by the wrong people.
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Which ship can go faster, the Millennium Falcon or the USS Enterprise-D?
As far as I can tell, both universes have equally objective ideas of speed. Do we know how fast the two ships, Millennium Falcon and USS Enterprise-D, can go? Which is faster?
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Is there an official Marvel Cinematic Universe viewing order?
What's the correct order to watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe films? Has Marvel released any sort of official viewing order? And what TV shows or short films should be included and where?
user1027
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Why didn't Sauron become invisible while wearing the One Ring?
I'm curious as to why Sauron is the only being/person shown wearing the One Ring who does not become invisible?
Isildur, Gollum, Bilbo, Frodo, and Samwise all become invisible while wearing the One Ring.
Why didn't Sauron become invisible while…
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Why are ships in Star Wars so ridiculously easy to steal?
Throughout both continuities, we see many times that stealing ships is exceptionally easy, as they appear to only rarely be locked, and to not require keys, passcodes, etc. to fly them.
A few examples:
In the Knights of the Old Republic series, the…
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In-universe, is Aslan actually Jesus?
In the Narnia series, the character of Aslan bears many similarities to Jesus Christ:
worshipped as a god but only the son of a much greater god (the Emperor-over-the-Sea)
sacrificed for the sake of his people but then resurrected
very powerful but…
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Why did the Matrix simulate 1999 instead of a pre-computer year?
In The Matrix, the people within the Matrix live in a simulated version of the year 1999. It's already been asked why the machines bothered with the Matrix at all, but let's assume that they had a good reason. My question is: why simulate 1999 or a…
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Why are there so many 47s?
I have rewatched a number of Star Trek: The Next Generation episodes in quick succession over the past week. One thing I observed that I hadn't before is that the number 47 seems to come up unnaturally often, at least at first glance. I then…
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Does Hobbes ever do anything that Calvin himself could not do?
So this question got me thinking that, except for pure Calvin fantasy (i.e. Spaceman Spiff, where nothing is real), is there ever a comic where Calvin claims Hobbes did something that Calvin could not have possibly performed himself? This one comes…
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Which 'finger' was BB-8 sticking up?
At one point in Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Finn and BB-8 are talking. Finn gives BB-8 a thumbs-up. In return, BB-8 extends a little lit welding torch. I've heard two different understandings of BB-8's gesture:
It was a thumbs-up, agreeing with…
user1027
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If only the Sith deal in absolutes, why does Obi-Wan say it that way?
Obi-Wan tells Anakin that "Only the Sith deal in absolutes", and uses that as his identification that Anakin had actually turned to the Dark Side.
But it would seem the statement itself "Only the Sith deal in absolutes" would be an absolute…
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Why did Darth Vader die in Return of the Jedi?
At the end of Episode VI: Return of the Jedi, Luke had beaten Darth Vader in a duel, but didn't seem to injure the latter critically — all Luke did was sever Vader's right hand, which was a prosthetic to begin with.
So, why did Vader die after he…
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In "The Matrix Revolutions" How Does Neo Stop the Machine Weapons in the Real World?
In The Matrix Revolutions, when Neo and Trinity are trying to get to the Machine City, when the Machines launch weapons against them, Neo is able to destroy some of the incoming weapons.
This is in the real world at this point, not in the Matrix. …
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Was Darth Vader REALLY a Sith?
Two there should be; no more, no less. One to embody power, the other to crave it. ― Darth Bane
Did Darth Vader REALLY crave power? After thinking about the films a bit I realized that Darth Vader didn't really explicitly act in a way to obtain…
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