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To warm up quickly, should I put on my trousers or top first? part 2

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To warm up quickly, should I put on my trousers or top first? part 2

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This week’s new questions

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2M5GPCD Preparations of plants with bubble wrap for the winter

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Should bubble wrap face the inside or the outside of the object?

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BCM7JY Rainbow above rolling farmland on the edges of Dartmoor National Park Devon England Spring April 2009. Image shot 2009. Exact date unknown.

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Why do rainbows refract light into several colours but clouds don’t?

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Issue no. 3566 published 25 October 2025

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