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Why does everyone wear sunglasses in The Matrix?
I see that every free human who goes into Matrix wears sunglasses even when it isn't sunny outside.
Talking about coolness, Neo didn't use to wear sunglasses when he wasn't free. How come his mind started to project sunglasses all of a sudden?
Is…
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A universe not quite like ours
Okay this is a story someone else was telling me about. I wanted to read it but he didn't remember the title. This was in the mid-eighties; the story itself must be at least that old.
The protagonist invents a machine he believes will allow him to…
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How does AT-AT deploy troops?
In Star Wars franchise, AT-AT walker is described as "All-Terrain Armored Transport". Its primary function is to carry and deploy troops.
But how exactly does it deploy troops? Do they jump out using some equipment that slows down descent? Or does…
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Why did the people of Zion never find evidence of the previous cycles?
In each cycle of Zion and the Matrix, the One chooses those who will found the new Zion. I can see how the knowledge of the previous cycle might be lost in the first few generations of trying to simply stay alive — when all you can think about is…
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Did anybody find out it was Anakin who blew up the command center?
In Star Wars: Episode 1 - The Phantom Menace, in the climactic battle, Anakin Skywalker gets inside the command center for droids and destroys it from the inside. After escaping, one other pilot says:
BRAVO THREE: Look! One of ours! Outta the main…
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Why does The Ancient One think differently about Doctor Strange in Endgame than the film Doctor Strange?
In Doctor Strange, we see that, when Strange is seeking healing, he is rejected by The Ancient One, and if Mordo had not convinced her to change her mind Strange would probably never have been trained.
So, considering this evidence, The Ancient One…
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Why isn't Tyrion mentioned in the in-universe book "A Song of Ice and Fire"?
Why isn't Tyrion mentioned in the in-universe book "A Song of Ice and Fire"?
He certainly deserved to be. He mentions that he didn't think he'd be spoken of kindly. Why did the maester dislike him?
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Why do Thanos's punches not kill Captain America or at least cause some mortal injuries?
In Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos can
badly hurt The Hulk
so we know that his punches are lethally powerful. However at the near end of that movie, when
Cap attempts to hold Thanos' hand and gets a punch to the face
Why doesn't Cap's face…
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Is Picard actually fluent in French?
Let me throw out a few examples and potential evidence either way:
We have heard Picard utter isolated words and phrases in French ("merde", "maman") and, in "11001001":
PICARD: "Incroyable! Vous êtes Parisienne?"
MINUET: Au fond, c'est vrai, nous…
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Story about a spaceship "emergency program" that simulates a "perfect woman"
There’s an SF story I’ve been looking for for a long time. I have a hard time believing that I made it up myself, so I feel like it must be out there, somewhere. But I can’t seem to find it.
The story must be from either the Golden or the Silver…
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Has a Star Wars character ever been told the odds and not gone on to beat them?
C3-PO: Sir, the possibility of successfully navigating an asteroid field is approximately 3,720 to 1!
K2-SO: There is a ninety-seven point six percent chance of failure.
This happens a lot in Star Wars. Are there any examples of a character…
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Could the Hulk become powerful enough to break adamantium?
The madder the Hulk gets, the stronger and more powerful he becomes. Could he eventually become mad enough to break adamantium?
I've seen a couple of cartoons where it is Hulk vs Wolverine. These typically seem to end in a stalemate. But shouldn't…
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Why does Harry not know / realize that he's already performed a 'Wronski Feint'?
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, during the Quidditch Match against Ravenclaw, Cho Chang:
decided to mark him [Harry] rather than search for the Snitch
herself...All right then, if she wanted to tail him, she'd have to
take the…
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Was Ned Stark actually a good swordsman?
Inspired by this question (Is there any proof that Jaime Lannister is actually a good swordsman?), the OP mentions Ned in a way that he thinks Ned is a great swordsman. I don't recall anything from the books or show that indicate anything at all…
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Novel where the wealthy could save up time and use it for an "eighth day of the week"
Sometime around the 1980s, I recall reading one of my father's 'mass market paperback' science fiction novels. The book was showing its age even then, so it's likely to have come from the 60s or 70s.
The basic idea of the story was that rich people…
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