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What happened to Sayid? How was he brought back to life
after being dead for hours? Why was he like a zombie
afterwards?

What happened to the resurrection pool at the temple?
Why did the waters turn dark?

In retrospect, it seems Ben was laboring under serious
misconceptions during his tenure as leader of the
Others. Why didn't Richard offer him some guidance?
Why didn't Ben ever meet Jacob? Was Ben somehow tainted
by his experience of being healed as a child?

What was going on with the cabin? The show seems to
imply that the MIB was imprisoned there by a ring of
dust or ashes. We saw Bram use the same technique
(ineffectively) in the statue base moments before he was
killed by the MIB, and we also saw this technique being
used to protect the temple. The Smoke Monster is seen
numerous times during the time the ring around the cabin
is presumably intact. Ilana seemed to expect to find
Jacob there; so did Ben. Did Jacob ever live there? In
'The Incident' (flashback to unknown time as well as
2007) and even earlier (Ab Aeterno) Jacob is shown as
dwelling in the statue.

Was there something special about John Locke's dead body
that allowed the Smoke Monster to take on his appearance
for an extended period? In other cases when the Smoke
Monster takes on someone else's appearance, it is only
for a few minutes. The Smoke Monster seems to mostly
assume the appearance of people whose dead bodies he has
recently come into contact with (Christian Shepherd,
Alex) but he also seems able to assume other forms
(Eko's brother, the horse Kate saw).

How did Anthony Cooper come to the Island? Via the time
travel apparatus at the Orchid? Was the 'Magic Box'
real?

What are the powers of the guardian of the Island?
Jacob was immortal, had the power to bestow immortality
on others, and could leave the island and travel about
in time and space. Jacob's adoptive mother was able to
wipe out a whole village and destroy the well they dug.
Was she a Smoke Monster? Did Jack and, later, Hurley,
gain any of these special abilities?

Why did Kate start season 6 up in a tree with her ears
ringing? Was there some kind of detonation? Juliet was
right at ground zero and she survived, for a few
minutes, anyway.

What was going on in the Swan with the 108 minute
countdown, the button and the failsafe?

Why was a submarine the preferred form of transportation
to and from the Island?

For a heroic effort at resolving many unanswered questions
of LOST, see Bigmouth's Big List of LOST Answers.