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World's Most Popular Questions—Today's Interrogative Zeitgeist
Man's Earliest (and Toughest) Questions
Even before we explored outside our caves, mankind has been plagued by unanswerable questions.
How do I heal a broken heart?
Why do I never see baby pigeons?
I don't understand how Lost ended.
You may notice that the third example isn't phrased as a question—it's what makes it so hard to answer.
What we know defines us as much as what we ask. So let's look at who we are, shall we?
Modern Look at Questions, Old Yet Ever New
The most popular questions are collected daily using Google's autocomplete feature. Autocomplete lists popular search queries that begin with your entry.
What are people looking to sell? What do people want to have, but can't? Autocomplete suggests an answer, in the form of a question!
While most autocompleted phrases are questions, a few are statements (see Limits & Desires, e.g. I need to vent.).
Why Can't I?
Below are combinations of the terms why can't I with the words make, have, buy and sell.
| why can't i | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| make | have | buy | sell |
why can't i… poop sleep get pregnant lose weight download apps cry update my apps download itunes get a job focus |
why can't i make… friends calls on my iphone myself throw up calls a genius bar appointment a new folder eye contact money a decision a cod account |
why can't i have… sex you a baby friends fun nice things a castle an organism a boyfriend |
why can't i buy… minecraft gems on clash of clans amazon echo vc on 2k15 a gun blood moon thresh driveclub cars in racing rivals apps san andreas on steam |
why can't i sell… on ebay my car in gta 5 my adder my house on amazon my tf2 items players on madden mobile dvds on amazon players on fifa 15 my car in gta online |
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