You use what after certain words, especially verbs and adjectives, when you are referring to a situation that is unknown or has not been specified. You can imagine what it would be like driving a car into a brick wall at 30 miles an hour. I want to know what happened to Norman. Do you know what those idiots have done? More @Wikipedia
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