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Q: If filch hates Hogwarts so much, why does he still have the job?

blehFilch seems to hate students, dirty messes of Hogwarts, and pretty much magic in general. I know he is aspiring to overcome his Squibness, but there must be many better jobs than a janitor at a Middle-High school. Why does Filch feel obligated to be a janitor at Hogwarts?

 
 
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2:29 AM
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Q: Looking for a sci-fi book that involves Mankind's very last Starhip

KahunaThe ship was crewed by an AI and carried the "hero" thru time to battle Orbs of energy that turned out to be what Man had evolved into.

 
2:45 AM
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Q: Iron Man. 3 gigajoules per second

Jeremy DiazHow much is 3 gigajoules per second? In the first movie he made a small reactor and said that's how much energy it produces. What I want to know is the science behind that kind of power. What it would be equivalent to if it's possible to make maybe not that small but anything at all that can make...

 
 
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8:10 AM
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Q: Why does house elves struggle with English grammar?

Shana TarIn the Potterverse we see house elves speak broken English. Winky is the best example House elves does what they is told. I is not liking heights at all, Harry Potter...but my master sends me to the top and I comes, sir. But in fact they all speak oddly. Given the fact that most of them see...

 
8:26 AM
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Q: Shared consciousness or dream story

Phil JohnsonI recall reading a story when I was younger about a group of people who found themselves on the run, being pursued by "shadowy figures". In the end it was revealed that they had all shared the same consciousness or "dream" while unconscious, and the shadowy figures were the doctors trying to hel...

 
 
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12:00 PM
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Q: Was Nagini the only snake which could become human?

Captain MarvelRecently launched trailer of Fantastic Beast 2: Crimes of Grindelwald has proved that being Animagus (I don't have proper word) was Nagini's inherent quality, not something assisted by Voldemort when she had became Bathilda Bagshot. Which kind of snake Nagini re...

 
 
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1:37 PM
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Q: Story about a military agent sent in to retrieve a spy from enemy lines

ChiefAmay The story is about a military agent with an incident in his military record (Something about a hostage situation if i remember correctly) that indicates he's soft and is not fine with mindlessly spending other lives in the name of collateral damage. This soldier is sent behind enemy lines to ret...

 
 
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3:13 PM
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Q: short story about an exploding mountain with alien craft inside. Near by town residents killed and preserved

Christine Barnson Kedma CantorI seem to recall a story about some teens or kids who discover an alien space craft in a mountain who explodes killing everyone in threat by town. The main character goes in to become an expert in this explosion and eventually goes to Kill himself by laying down in bed with his parents who died a...

 
 
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5:06 PM
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Q: What alcoholic beverage is in Rick's hip-flask?

ShreedharIn Rick and Morty, Rick is an alcoholic who always has a hip-flask form which he regularly drinks. Although he's ben shown to consume other beverages (like champagne during Birdman's wedding for instance), is it ever revealed which alcoholic beverage is in Rick's personal hip-flask?

 
 
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8:03 PM
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Q: novel about man awakening in the future on a planet with intelligent forest and feline-humanoid species

Janet ChenevertI read this story/novel in the 1970s. My recollections are : A man wakes up thousands of years in the future, on a planet which turns out to be Earth (maybe). The man had been somehow petrified, and awakened, due to electricity or lightening. The planet has beings which are feline-like and also...

 
8:29 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive answer detected, potentially bad keyword in answer, toxic answer detected (165): Is there a Klingon word for "curiosity"? by Klingon cunt on scifi.SE
 
9:21 PM
[ SmokeDetector | MS ] Offensive answer detected, toxic answer detected (164): In what year is Maniac supposed to take place? by Hsb on scifi.SE
 
9:56 PM
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Q: Gargoyles (1972) - A different ending?

hrhIn my search for a movie or TV episode from the 1950's or early 60's with talking termite or ant-like creatures (see my question for that subject) I have read many plot summaries and re-viewed a number of vintage movies and shows with insects or other creatures. A few nights ago it was Gargoyles ...

 
10:28 PM
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Q: Was Obi-Wan-Kenobi assuming the same pose of the Jedha statue before he self-sacrifice?

Wilfredo Molina After watching for the nth time Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope, it looks to me that Obi-Wan-Kenobi, just before he sacrifices himself in the lightsaber duel with Darth Vader, assumes the same pose of the giant fallen Jedi statue in the desert planet of Jedha in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story....

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Q: Where does Koloss skin come from?

amflareAs Koloss grow, their skin goes from super loose to stretching and breaking. It was a creature of smaller size—perhaps six feet tall. It was man-shaped, with two arms and legs, though its neck was hard to distinguish. It was completely bald. The oddest feature, however, was its blue skin, whi...

 
11:17 PM
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Q: 1984 and Philologists

Blueevent47This is a question I have for those trained in the classics and have read the novel, 1984. One of the minor characters in the novel is a man called Syme, who works on Newspeak. He waxes eloquently about the beauty of destroying words and how that will fundamentally change the way people will ...

 

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