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Why are leftovers from a hot meal always tastier than the original meal when they are heated up the next day?
Kevin Halford
 Pelt, Belgium
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Could we survive complete memory loss? If we could, would we revert to the state of a newborn baby?
John Howes
 Cardiff, UK
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