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Does my electric vehicle weigh more after I have charged it?

Doug Bates, Exeter, UK

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What would be the best way to fossilise my body after I die? And would an inscribed gold plate with my epitaph survive a few million years in rock, in case a future archaeologist finds my fossil?

Marthinus Roos, Elgin, Moray, UK

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