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Large planets have more distant horizons than small ones, but lower mountains due to higher gravity. On which would you see further?
Hillary Shaw,
Newport, Shropshire, UK
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Other than humans, animals just eat what they find, as they find it – no cooking, no washing, Why aren’t they vomiting all the time?
Robert Watson,
Jesmond, Australia
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