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Why does Binary exist?
According to Wookieepedia, few organics have directly learnt and understood Binary, and these are mainly people who interact with droids frequently at a technical level, such as pilots, mechanics, scavengers etc. Even then, it tends to be people who…
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How does one leave platform nine and three-quarters?
When parents send their children to Hogwarts, they walk through the walls to enter the otherwise hidden platform nine and three-quarters. Is it explicitly stated how they get out of it?
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What flaw in the Matrix was Neo supposed to correct?
The Architect tells Neo:
Your life is the sum of a remainder of an unbalanced equation inherent to the programming of the Matrix. You are the eventuality of an anomaly, which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is…
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Why are the colors reversed between some blasters and lightsabers of the Republic/Rebels and Empire?
To my knowledge, in all the movies, the good guys use green/blue lightsabers and the villains prefer red. This is reversed though for the blasters on the TIE fighter, Star Destroyer, and even the Death Star doomsday weapon, where they all fire…
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Were parts of Harry Potter inspired by James and the Giant Peach?
James and the Giant Peach:
full name James Henry Trotter
parents killed by a rampaging rhinoceros when he was very young
lived with 2 abusive aunts until magic came into his life
Harry Potter:
full name Harry James Potter
parents killed by a…
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Why does Quidditch allow faster brooms?
In the first Harry Potter book, Harry got Nimbus 2000 which was the fastest at the time. In the second book, Malfoy's father gave everyone in the Slytherin team Nimbus 2001.
A sport is a test of players, not their tools. Real World sports do allow…
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Is there FTL travel in the "Alien" franchise?
A common event in the Alien movies is people being placed in stasis for long periods of time, presumably because space travel is a slow and arduous process.
Given the vast distances between even the most remotely-interesting interstellar…
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Why was Marty present in his jump to 2015 in Back to the Future 2?
I was doing some thinking about the paradoxes that arise during Back to the Future 2 when Marty, Doc and Jennifer travel to 2015 to see their future selves and help Marty's kid.
It was shown that BTTF (Back to the Future) uses the Multiverse theorem…
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In Star Trek TNG, why does everyone have plants at the head of their beds?
I've been noticing that everyone in Star Trek The Next Generation seems to sleep in a shrubbery:
Notice in this image that the sill is void of nick-nacks except for the plant directly behind the bed (observation: I think it's literally the same…
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Why is Lando wearing Han's clothes?
Every time I watch the 2nd family Guy Star Wars parody I keep forgetting to ask this but recently I saw it again.
Near the end at the point where Lando and Chewie break off from the Rebel Fleet Chewie (portrayed by Brian) breaks the Fourth Wall and…
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Why wouldn't Luke use his lightsaber to cut the feet off the Imperial Walker?
As demonstrated in the beginning of Phantom Menace, lightsabers can easily slice through or melt metal. Why didn't Luke just slice the feet or legs off the AT AT Walkers in The Empire Strikes Back?
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How do we know that the First Doctor was indeed the first?
How do we know that the First Doctor portrayed by William Hartnell was indeed the first Doctor, and not a reincarnation of a previous one, that for example the Doctor wanted to forget (something already seen with the War Doctor), and that's why he…
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Why Was Obi Wan So Eager to Train Luke as a Jedi?
I saw the entire Star Wars series as it was released, starting back in 1977 when I had to ride my bike about 8 miles to the theater where it was showing in my city for the first showing on the first day it played there. After the release of Revenge…
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Why did the Borg name Locutus?
The other Borg get names like 4th of 12, adjunct matrix blah blah. So why did Captain Picard get a name when he was assimilated, instead of a numerical code / designation like all the other drones?
Reinstate Monica - Goodbye SE
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Do Lord of the Rings or The Silmarillion pass the Bechdel test?
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Let's face it, Tolkien wasn't much of a promoter of women's equality (to say the least). Thus there are no female characters in The Hobbit. The Lord of the Rings certainly has several (Eowyn, Galadriel, Arwen, Goldberry...) but that is…
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