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Why was Boromir allowed to join the Fellowship of the Ring?
Why was Boromir allowed to join the Fellowship of the Ring after the Council of Elrond, where he succumbed to the Ring moments after first seeing it, and explicitly said that he wanted to use it himself? It was made absolutely clear that he could…
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What is the origin of all Star Wars movies?
Please dispel (or confirm, but I doubt) this thing I keep hearing about Star Wars. I heard that all 6 Star Wars movies had been written many years before their filming, even before the first movie came out. This is something that came to me over the…
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Don't replicators make the Ferengi rather pointless?
Ferengis are all about acquisition and making a profit. But, in the age of replicators, where everything you want can be produced instantly, what would be the point of their lifestyle?
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Where do you park a Star Destroyer at the Death Star?
The Death Star is a huge space station, literally the size of a moon. Now I know you can park TIE fighters and shuttles and even craft as big as the Millennium Falcon inside of the station. But when you see this photo:
Where exactly do you park a…
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How did Ron speak Parseltongue and re-enter the Chamber of Secrets?
Although 'The Deathly Hallows' was overall an excellent conclusion to Harry Potter's saga, there were moments within the book that felt infuriatingly lazy, like Rowling was whipping the plot along regardless of the holes she tore in it. For me, the…
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What happened to Gandalf the Grey's body when he was sent back as Gandalf the White?
So Gandalf and the Balrog of Moria have a little fisticuffs and they both died. Presumably dead bodies lie on the mountain side somewhere.
Gandalf "strayed out of thought and time", gets a can of spinach and a new colour then he comes back sometime…
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Why are quarters on the Enterprise-D so spacious?
Watching TNG I noticed that nearly every crew member has very spacious quarters, which is something that does not seem practical on a space vessel.
Today's aircraft carriers house 3 officers to a room and 8 or more enlisted men to a room.
Why are…
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How could Saruman lose the battle of Helm's Deep?
Saruman isn't stupid. In fact, he's called Saruman the Wise, so he must have known a thing or two about strategy. In the Battle of Helm's Deep/Battle of the Hornburg, according to this wiki, 10 000 Uruk-Hai, 5 000 Orcs and 5 000 Dunlendings fought…
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Did Mirri Maz Duur deliberately mistreat Drogo's wound?
When Khal Drogo gets wounded by Mago, the Lhazareen healer Mirri Maz Duur offers to help treat the wound to prevent an infection.
But Drogo dies from the infection anyways. Seeing how she felt towards the Dothraki for destroying her sacred temple…
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How did people know Emperor Palpatine's name before the release of Prequel Trilogy?
As far as I can remember (and I can't find anything on the internet to refute this), the name "Palpatine" is never used in the original Star Wars trilogy (he's just called "the Emperor"). Despite this, I remember knowing that the Emperor's name was…
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Where is Gotham City located?
Has there ever been a definitive location cited for Gotham City in the DC Universe United States? I remember hearing somewhere that it is close to New York (the DCU has a New York), but how close?
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Why doesn't the wizarding world use computers?
I know, I know it would destroy the atmosphere. But I’m interested to see if JK Rowling has made a up a valid reason for a complete lack of computers in Hogwarts.
It’s always bugged me ever since I first read Philosopher/Sorcerer’s Stone when Harry…
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Rich Wizards, Poor Muggles
Why, oh why, don't the Weasleys "conjure" up some diamonds/gold/etc, sell 'em to Muggles, and get rich? They could buy a mansion (like the Malfoys), and live there happily ever after.
I know there's Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration that…
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Short story about a boy and girl enclosed in an experiment and given injections to age rapidly
The story is told from the point of view of one of the scientists. He meets the subjects in the experiment as they play in the lab before being put into the enclosure that will become their world/home. They are given injections that cause them to…
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Which actor has portrayed the most distinct roles in the Star Trek universe?
This question got me to thinking about how there have been many actors who have had several roles across the Star Trek franchise. It seems that once an actor demonstrates good performance in that franchise, it is very likely (at least more so than…
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