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Yoram Soreq

A deadly mantis in a horror movie. An insect of this size would have suffocated in the absence of a mechanism for transporting oxygen. Reynold Brown, Wikimedia

Things people know: why are insects small?

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Over a million species of insects breathe through cilia, so there is a limit to their growth capacity.
Chickens. From Jumpstory

Things that donors know: what are chicken wings used for?

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In honor of Yom Kippur and the chickens of atonement, we will answer the question of the Yosef family "We wanted to ask and can't find an answer - what is the function of the chicken's wings?"
A risky bet. Illustration: shutterstock

Things that Yoram knows: why do we love the lottery and is it possible to beat the roulette?

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Siegel asking "Where is there more chance in the stock market or the lottery. And if there is more chance in the stock market: why do we play the lottery?" The answer is unequivocal - in the stock market. And why only people like Sheldon Adelson can make money in the casino
Baroque fresco of the creation of the world in the church kostel Svaté Voršily by Jan Jakub Stevens ze Steinfelsu (1707).

Things that donors know: why exactly 5781?

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Chaim wonders: How did they decide that the world was created exactly 5781 years ago?
Lotto (not Israeli so as not to do free advertising). From jumpstory

Things Yoram knows: hot numbers

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Efrat asks: How is it possible that theoretically each of the numbers drawn in the lottery has an equal chance of being selected, while in reality it does not seem that way?
Piranha fish. Illustration: Image by Reimund Bertrams from Pixabay

Things that people know: what is disgust?

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Disgust, along with fear, anger, joy, sadness and surprise belongs to a very small group of "basic emotions" - those that we are born with the ability to feel and that we will recognize on the faces of strangers from any culture
A single-celled parasite colony feeds inside an animal's cell. From Jumpstory

Things Yorami know: the multicellular conundrum

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Two questions will occupy us in this column, both of which concern the relationship between the whole and its parts. Let's start with Nir's philosophical questioning: in the animal world (fish, reptiles, mammals and birds) we know that all the organs of the body serve the brain, without a brain the rest of the body has no right to exist. But what happens in the plant world? On which part of the tree can it be said that all the other parts serve it?
leader. From Jumpstory

Things that Yorami know: who is a leader?

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BL asks: What makes a person a leader
A jury in Mexico. From jumpstory

Things that donors know: why are there no juries in Israel?

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Exhibition in the museum. Remote viewing. From Jumpstory.com

Things that donors know: why is it forbidden to touch the exhibits in the museum?

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shaving From Jumpstory

Things people know: why shave?

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Numbers. From Jumpstory

Things that Yoram knows: Is the number of stars in the sky even? How natural are the natural numbers?

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Things that Yoram knows: challah, candles and guillotines - alternative Shavuot

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A detailed calendar for the days. From jumpstory

Things Yorami know: Why are there seven days in a week?

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Soup of numbers, from jumpstory

Things that donors know: why do we live in base 10?

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The blue player A is in the gap because only the goalkeeper of the opposing team is between him and the goal. The dotted line is the "line of distinction" indicating the position of the rearmost defensive player. Source: NielsF, Wikimedia

Things that donors know: Is the human vision system able to recognize a difference in football?

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Chihalion, Scotland. The first mountain to be measured and for which a topographical map was drawn. Photographer: Andrew2606, Wikimedia

Things that donors know: how did they weigh the earth and what are we doing to it?

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A goat and a cat seek shade together in Harar, Eastern Ethiopia. From Wikipedia

Things Donors Know: Do Animals Have Pets?

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A girl plays with dolls. - from Jumpstory.com

Things Yoram knows: why do girls play with dolls and boys with cars?

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A sea turtle swallows a plastic bag. Illustration: shutterstock

Things that donors know: who invented the plastic bag and will it destroy us?

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Things that Jews know: Are all the letters of the Hebrew alphabet hidden in the Star of David?

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eating. From Jumpstory

Things that Yoram knows: why should you eat? On the strange connection between evolution and thermodynamics

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The num lock keys on the left side of the keyboard. The numbers go from bottom to top. Photographer: Mysid Wikimedia

Things Yoram Knows: The Evolution of the Numeric Keypad

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smile. From Jumpstory.com

Things Yoram knows: Maybe stop smiling at the world already?

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The Ugly Duckling. Artist: Milo Winter, Wikimedia

Things that Yoram knows: the cuckoo, the swan and the ugly duckling

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