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What really happened to Voldemort's nose?
The nose of Tom Riddle (as a student) was fine, as I have seen in the movies. But, Voldemort's nose doesn't look like a normal human nose. What really happened?
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Why did Mark Hamill want everyone to “flip the bird” in tribute to Carrie Fisher?
According to a USA Today article, Mark Hamill told the crowd at a fan event on 10/7/17 to give Carrie the “one-finger salute” as some kind of sign of respect.
"Worldwide, everyone feels that gap she left," Hamill continued. "But we all have to…
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Are Pokemon farmed and eaten?
Meat seems common in Pokemon. Does meat come only from real-world animals or are Pokemon also hunted and farmed for meat? In the real world, some animals are designated as pets and eating them is criticized. Is there a "pets and food" ethical…
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Why is Wednesday Addams named ... Wednesday?
Her mother's name being Morticia, it strikes me odd that her daughter would be named after a day of the week.
Am I missing something?
What is the reasoning behind that character being named Wednesday?
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What is the recommended viewing order for young first-timers to watch Star Trek TV episodes and movies?
Some things are best read/viewed in the order of release, regardless of chronology. Some works are better taken in a sequence that reflects the order of the events represented. And for some others, it's a blend of the two.
I'd like to introduce my…
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In the Aliens movie, what do the Xenomorphs eat?
In the movies Alien and Aliens, what do the aliens eat? You would think they first feed from the body host, but then when the human host awakens he doesn't have anything visibly wrong, so the human host was used only to incubate the young alien.…
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What was the intended ending of Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
I've heard from many sources that the ending to Monty Python and the Holy Grail (where it abruptly ends just before an invasion on the French castle, due to the police arriving to arrest the cast) was put in at the last moment because they were…
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What happened to the Hobbits and the Dwarves after the Elves left?
From what I understand, The Lord of the Rings is written as the mythic past of our own world. We are constantly reminded that the race of man is becoming more and more prominent. At the end of The Return of the King the Elves leave Middle-earth to…
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Is any reason given for the low sea level?
In the Fifth Element, we see a great shot of future NYC which shows the statue of liberty and other recognizable elements sitting way up high on small mountains, with the sea line far below present day.
Is any reason given for this low sea level…
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Why didn't Vader let Luke kill the Emperor, or even kill him himself?
As we saw here, Vader made this proposal to Luke:
Luke, you can destroy the Emperor. He has foreseen this. It is your destiny! Join me, and together, we can rule the galaxy as father and son! Come with me. It is the only way.
But, before the duel…
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Why aren't alien planets as varied in climate as the Earth?
The Earth in all of its varieties has wide ranging climates. At the top level it has tropical, dry, temperate, continental, and polar climates. And yet often the planets depicted in science fiction are often single climate planets.
The forest moon…
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How did they have time to build Balin a tomb?
Who built the tomb for Balin, buried him in it, and inscribed "Here lies Balin, son of Fundin..." on it? Wasn't he, and every other dwarf with him, killed by orcs?
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Why was the riddle on the way to Moria written in Elvish?
I just caught my housemates watching The Lord of The Rings. At the scene where the Fellowship enters the Mines of Moria, the writing on the entrance is in Elvish, despite this being a Dwarvish city.
Why is that? I know my housemate said somewhere…
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So what was the answer to Varys' riddle?
From the answer to another question I learned the following bit from A Song of Ice and Fire:
It was from the first book of A Song Of Ice And Fire and it was Varys asking Tyrion a riddle:
A King, a priest, a rich man and a sellsword are in a room.…
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Why was Ron Weasley permitted to bring a rat to Hogwarts?
Ron Weasley has his pitiful pet rat Scabbers with him from almost the get-go. This rat is brought with Ron to Hogwarts for multiple years, and presumably Percy brought Scabbers to Hogwarts when he owned the rat.
Now the papers that Harry received…
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