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How can Penny afford a one bedroom apartment on a waitress salary?
In The Big Bang Theory, How can Penny afford a one bedroom apartment on a waitresses' salary?
She doesn't seem poor and lives off with free food and WiFi, right?
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Why didn't Paul cry?
Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of Dune is unquestionably fantastic, and shows deep respect to the source material. With the necessary changes to transform even half of that beast of a tome into a movie, it takes care to hit all the important…
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Why did Gandalf only use his magic powers against the Balrog? Why not before?
Why did Gandalf only use his magic powers against the Balrog in The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring? Why not before? Could he have used that kind of firepower earlier to the Fellowship's benefit?
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How did they bring Fischer back to life within the 3rd layer of the dream?
Near the end of Inception, Mal shoots Fischer, killing him (or at least mortally wounding him) within the 3rd layer of the dream. Dom and Ariadne go down a level to find him and bring him back.
How does this actually work?
When they find him there…
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Why did Panic Room cost $48 million to make?
Recently I re-watched Panic Room after almost a decade and the movie still holds up to this day. Anyway, my question regarding this is, after watching the movie I went to Wikipedia and saw that the movie's budget is $48 million.
How did this movie…
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Why was this sailor painting a Swastika on a US Destroyer?
In the WWII movie Greyhound (2020), at about 25:00 we can see a sailor painting a Swastika symbol on the ship. This happens right after they have sunk a Nazi U-Boat.
Why was this sailor painting a Swastika on the ship? Was it a count of U-Boat…
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Random bystanders helping Reacher out
During the Camaro Chevelle chase scene, Reacher simply walks out of his moving car and joins a crowd waiting for a bus (or possibly a tram) while the police converge on the still moving vehicle. Why does everyone of the bunch of random people also…
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Why didn't EDITH recognise Mysterio and inform Peter?
In Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019), Peter transfers E.D.I.T.H. to Quentin Beck.
But why didn’t E.D.I.T.H. recognise Quentin, who was a former employee under Tony Stark?
So why didn’t E.D.I.T.H. inform Peter that Mysterio is actually a former Stark…
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Is the conflict between Captain America and Tony Stark in "The Avengers" Blue Collar versus Educated Elite?
I was puzzled by the conflict between Captain America and Tony Stark during the first part of The Avengers. There were obviously values that differed between the two.
Looking at their background, Steve Rogers is from a working class neighborhood in…
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What's the criteria/reasoning for Rick's three questions in The Walking Dead?
At a certain point in The Walking Dead, Rick [and later on other members of the group] started asking potential newcomers three questions as a kind of screening process to see if they're dangerous and/or would be a good fit for the group:
How many…
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How does a Mandalorian eat food if he never takes his helmet off?
I am currently watching The Mandalorian and in an episode, it is mentioned that these bounty hunters never take their helmet off. So, how do they eat food, especially in public places?
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Why are computer hackers shown to either be geniuses, or show them doing it in fantastic ways?
I was watching The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, and Lisbeth Salander was really good at hacking computers as well as other security breaking skills, to the point where it was way too easy to do from a real life standpoint. This isn’t the first…
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Is the "Watchmen" TV series a continuation of the movie or the comics?
In the Watchmen TV Series it shows a bunch of people weathering Rorschach-like masks called the Seventh Kavalry who were inspired by Rorschach's writings about Adrian Veidt's (Ozymandias) conspiracy.
From my understanding the film's main plot about…
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Was Wayne Brady considered a guest star on "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
The show Whose Line Is It Anyway? had a run which aired for 8 seasons from 1999-2008. Each episode had 4 comedians doing improv. Two of them were always Collin Mocherie and Ryan Stiles, of the other two, it seemed like Wayne Brady was on at least…
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In Endgame, wouldn't Stark have remembered Hulk busting out of the stairwell?
Clever scene in Endgame where future Tony arrives at Stark Tower right after the Battle of New York in Avengers 1. After dismissing everybody for posing too much, the Avengers head down to lobby in the elevator, telling Hulk to take the stairs. …
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