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What would happen if all the debt in the world was forgiven tomorrow?	[ "It wouldn't be possible. Too much of our money supply (as in the vast majority) is the result of fractional reserve banking (where your bank loans out most of your deposits to other customers.) Debt is the foundation of economic growth (take a look at the correlation between British usury laws and economic growth!...
why when moving a file on a PC does it take so long? Is the computer actually physically moving the location of the data on the disk, if so why?	[ "It depends on whether you're moving between logical disks (C:, D: etc.) or between locations on the same logical disk. The latter is usually much quicker, since the OS doesn't move the data, just the pointers to the data. Between logical disks, however, the data must be moved (copied then deleted)." ]
Is there actually a Solution to 'This Statement is False'? (Liar's Paradox)	[ "The solution is pretty simple, but unsatisfying.\n\n\"The assumption you can create a logical system where all propositions are either true or false is incorrect.\"", "> Surely things can either be true or not true...\n\nWhy must they be? It's no earth-shattering event if we add a third category: things that ha...
If the size of a Vagina is only 3 to 5 inches long, why does size matter?	[ "The vagina can stretch. In a neutral state it is 3-5 inches but can stretch to accommodate larger things.", "Well, it doesn't matter per se. \n\nIf you don't have a micropenis, which is not an insult but a medical term, you are big enough to fill a vagina. \n\nGirth is where you can make a case of \"bigger is ...
I feel a cold coming on. Home remedies aside what should I ACTUALLY be doing to avoid/weaken it?	[ "Stay hydrated, get plenty of sleep, eat decently. But you should be doing those already :P" ]
How does a liposuction work without ripping your guts out?	[ "The type of fat that people are trying to remove by liposuction is the visible fat that lies between the skin and the muscle. Lipo literally vacuums the fat from under the skin and never actually penetrates into the abdominal cavity." ]
Are dogs really happy when It's owner comes back home?	[ "Dogs, in fact, [do have emotions](_URL_0_). So yeah, it's not just anthropomorphizing. They do often experience emotions differently, and we do often anthropomorphize more complex emotions or human understand onto them, but they do definitely feel emotions, one of which is love and affection.\n\nLove and a...
Tax return, its importance in US presidential election and implication/justificiation of candidates publishing them	[ "Tax returns reveal information about people. You can check out [Hillary Clinton's 2014 tax return here](_URL_0_). The most salient things regarding political office are things like:\n\n* How much money did you make?\n* Where did your income come from?\n* How much tax did you pay?\n* How much did you give to charit...
why do we feel less tired and feel less need to sleep when we can engage often in activities that makes us feel good?	[ "Dont let me talk out of my ass too much but basically your body releases endorphins when you do something you enjoy. Endorphins provide a sense of euphoria which stops you from feeling tired. Another reason may be that your body is releasing andrenaline when you play video games which also gives you more energy. D...
How come the international community supports Israel so much?	[ "Israel is a valuable military and political ally in the region for the US/Europe. Especially the US - we basically ensured their survival with our constant support. \n\nChina and Russia (more so Russia) don't really support Israel and in the past have worked against it. They both just don't have so much of an obli...
Why does your "tolerance" increase when you drink alcohol more frequent?	[ "Because when you drink more your liver adapts to become more efficient at metabolizing alcohol. Further, there's a vein that connects your stomach to your liver, allowing your more efficient liver a first pass at the alcohol before it reaches your bloodstream and thus your brain, which is where you feel the effec...
how do boomerangs work?	[ "When you throw a boomerang one of the wings is actually moving faster than the other (think about how you whip it out of your hand). The air that flows around that wing lifts it and makes it gradually spin in the opposite direction.", "Follow up question: Were boomerangs ever actually used as weapons/to hunt? Se...
what would happen if Russia started focusing more on Asia instead of the EU?	[ "Actually funny you should ask but I watched a story on the news here in AUS and it was saying that Russia is in fact looking to Asia more, and by some certain date like 2020 I think (I don't remember the stats), that it would be supplying most of its oil to Asia, followed by Europe. But to\nDo that they first had ...
Why does chugging any carbonated beverage burn your throat so bad?	[ "Your throat is sensitive. It is trying to keep out chemicals and cocks." ]
Why do burgers have this little white piece at the bottom of the bun?	[ "That comes from an imperfection in the baking process. When you bake a burger bun, you typically place it flat on a metal pan. Oftentimes a little moisture will escape the dough during baking and get stuck between the bun and the pan. As the oven heats up, the moisture turns to steam and gets trapped as small stea...
What is the little sound you hear sometimes right before you get a call or a text message?	[ "The ringtone? You're gonna have to be a little more descriptive. The only thing i can think of would be interference with other devices. My parents computer speakers used to buzz right before the phone rang.", "I'm going to presume you mean the \"duh dah dah\" sound that comes through on poorly shielded speakers...
If the moon can eclipse the sun why can we see stars every night?	[ "The moon can block out the sun because it's massively closer than any planets. Sometimes that one really bright star you might see in the night sky is actually Venus. It's just a tiny point of light and it's the closest planet to the earth. Other planets in our own solar system will be even less visible than that....
What's wrong with having a firewalled internet	[ "The simple answer is to ask another question: what would you allow through this firewall and what would you block?\n\nA firewall isn't automatic and it isn't magic. You can't get a firewall which blocks \"bad stuff\". It works on rules. You tell it what to block and what to let through. China has made one which bl...
How come it isn't freezing cold during/eight minutes after a total solar eclipse?	[ "Solar eclipse is about like nighttime -- if night only lasted half an hour or so. So it's going to be less cold that a boring ordinary night.", "Why isn't it freezing cold during the night? Because our atmosphere traps heat: hence global warming" ]
What is the differences between each major sect of Islam?	[ "There are two big separate sects of Islam (Sunna & Shiaa), and two major styles (Orthodox/Traditional & Suffi). You can be a Sunni, Shiaa, Sunni Suffi, Shiaa Suffi. That covers pretty much 97% of Muslims. The other 3% can be either:\n\n* Khawarij\n* ISIS\n* Whatever someone made up (like Nation of Islam).\n\n\...
Why are there multiple gas stations at one crossroad? How do they compete with each other?	[ "A lot of similar stores open up near each other, it is part of game theory. They do what is best for themselves, instead of what is best for the consumer. The best example I have is 2 ice cream sellers on a beach. They could place themselves 1/4 of the way from each end \\(so say 100 feet long, 1 seller at 25 f...
Aside from signing executive orders, what power does the president actually have to force Mexico to pay for a border wall?	[ "Theoretically you can threaten tarrifs on their goods if they don't pay and offer them trade deals if they do. That's about the only real power short of war. If they don't pay either we build it and pay for it or we don't build it." ]
Could anyone onboard MH17 have survived the missile impact, and dropped 10km to their death?	[ "Unlikely that anyone would survive for to long. It was about 600mph and dropped like a stone (didn't glide after losing power). This tells us that there was explosive decompression. This would rip the clothes righ off you. Since they were at altitude and during the day many of them wouldn't have had seatbelts on. ...
Why do kids usually learn the R sound last? What makes it so hard?	[ "I have two boys, 6 and 4, who both struggle with it - the 6 year old in particular. It's funny, but when you try to explain how to do it...it's actually hard to describe. Go through the alphabet and you'll see that all of the other consonant sounds are easy to describe, except R. You have to bunch up your tongue i...
All the madness that you always see on the Wall Street trading floor, what is going on here? Why is everybody yelling?	[ "So first of all, this doesn't really happen anymore. Now computers do most of the trading. What you see on TV is planted to make it look busy. The floor is usually pretty empty.\n\nNext, when people were on the floor, you can think of it like organized chaos. There were hundreds of people crammed into the spac...
Why do I get a cold (sore throat, stuffy nose, etc) when I fall asleep with a fan blowing on me?	[ "The dry air can promote a response from your body, similar to cold winter air.", "Dorment viruses. Bacteria and viruses need to be at their ideal temperature in order to multiply. The high temp of the body keeps alots of things dormant, but Breathing in cold air can drop the surface temp along synus passages, wh...
How can a member of the Commonwealth be considered independent but still have a constitutional monarchy with Queen Elizabeth II as the head of state?	[ "You are thinking about this all the wrong way. She is not the “queen of the Commonwealth”. She is the queen of the United Kingdom. But she’s also the queen of Canada, which is a completely separate job. Then, she’s also the queen of Australia, which is a completely separate job from the first 2.\n\nSo, each count...
Why are space photos color enhanced?	[ "I'm not sure why the Mars photos are falsely colored, but for things like galaxies and nebulae it's so that you can actually see what is there. Light comes at a variety of wavelengths, some visible, some not. The band of light that we can see is called the \"visible light spectrum\" or the \"color spectrum.\" Chan...
How can unemployment drop to 5.6% when we have a record number of people not working?	[ "You have to meet two criteria in order to be counted as \"unemployed\":\n\n1. You have to not have a job (duh).\n\n2. You have to be actively looking for a job.\n\nSo all the 16, 17, 18-year old highschoolers who aren't trying to get jobs are not in the workforce, but they're also not unemployed.\n\nCounting...
purchasing small aircraft.	[ "A ferry pilot likely flew it from the factory to the customer's location, but I think you mean more like \"how does the customer find the plane and what's the process?\"\n\nThere are a lot of brokers, who are probably closer in function to real estate brokers than car salespeople; they are selling things which are...
What are hiccups and how are they caused?	[ "The diaphragm is a domed muscle at the bottom of your chest that helps you breathe. When you inhale, it pulls down to open up your chest and allow air into your lungs. When you exhale, it relaxes to let the air out of your lungs.\n\nOccasionally, the diaphragm will get irritated and start to contract and move in...
what's stopping me from naming random people as my heirs, in my will, when i pass and leaving my debts to them?	[ "Debts do not get passed on like that. When you die, your estate (whatever assets you have after you die) are responsible for your debts. Any debt that cannot be paid by your estate is forgiven.", "I can't speak for other states, but in TX, secured debt (mortgage, car lien) attaches to the property regardless of ...
How does paypal credit work?	[ "You want a toy that costs $5, but you don't have $5. Mommy gives you the five dollars to buy the toy, and you pay her back over the next few months using your allowance. That's credit. Now, since mommy loaned you $5 and she's charging interest you give her a dollar a month for six months, paying back the $5 she lo...
How come you can use different programming languages to create the same website?	[ "There are server-side pieces of software that run on the server and send HTML/JavaScript to the browser. Then there's code that runs on the browser. The standard for that in JavaScript, and that's pretty much what you can expect the browser to support (apart from plugins such as Flash).\n\nOn the server side, you ...
Why are people worried about using growth hormones on animals to be eaten?	[ "It is not known if animal hormones effect humans or not. These things are difficult to test. \n\nCurrently the FDA says they are safe, so many companies use them.\n\nSome consumers are afraid of chemicals and sensationalist articles can make anyone afraid of anything, and it has created the idea that consumers sho...
Why do animals smell things in many short, quick bursts as opposed to long drawn out sniffs like a human would?	[ "Actually, if you want to smell something really good, the best technique is to have a couple of small sniffs instead of one long sniff. This creates turbulences in your nasal cavities, mixing up scents and air really good." ]
How are noodles made industrially?	[ "Here's a video. \n_URL_0_\n\n\"How It's Made\" tends to cover high end products, which might be slightly different from similar mass market products.", "There's a purpose-built industrial machine. It mixes semolina flour and hot water into a dough, then extrudes, rolls, and cuts the dough into thin, ~1\" strips...
Why does the leaves on the linked tree stay there even when it doesn't receive enough sunlight to make chlorophyll?	[ "Plants can perform photosynthesis from artificial light. Sunlight is better, but the streetlight is sufficient and would basically give the tree endless light.", "Plants sense when to lose their leaves based on length of day. Since the light is on, the length of day for those leaves is 24 hours.", "Plants don'...
Years ago lead was used prevalently in paint, water pipes, and fuel. Why didn't everyone who was exposed get poisoned?	[ "A lot of people did. Google \"mass lead poisoning\" and there are a lot of pretty gross examples. There is also a strong correlation between use of leaded gasoline and violent crime in the US (_URL_0_).\n\nYou also have to recognize, though, that lead poisoning is on a spectrum to some degree (it's not just blac...
Why do cell phones fake ring before the real ring?	[ "/u/MaskAfter has a pretty good idea of the why, but the how is a little off, if I remember right.\n\nWhen you make a call on a cell phone the process looks a bit like this:\n\nCell phone tells the tower it's ready to make a call, and to pay attention.\n\nTower responds, \"Okay, who are we calling\"\n\nCell phone r...
Why are artificial sweeteners unhealthy?	[ "Per se not actually bad for you like most things are bad. Studies show that it may mess with how your brain processes sweet signals without calories versus regular sugar and it messing with that in a negative way. They have shown to cause cancer, but in those studies the doses tended to be very high, on the order ...
What exactly the Seroquel and Lamotrogine is doing to my brain?	[ "This is a question you really need to ask your doctor. Given that you are on schizophrenia/bipolar disorder medication at 26 I think you need to take some interest in the specifics of maintaining your mental health." ]
If the USA was to switch to the metric system...	[ "That has been done by Congress. The US officially switched in the 1970s. It did not stick. Those industries like the Sciences where it is much more useful switched, but general society where there is virtually no difference in the usages as we do not need to be that accurate in things there is not enough of a bene...
Why do Chinese "Lions" not look anything like actual lions?	[ "Mostly because lions are not native to China. Imagine this: one person saw it, and tries to describe it in text, and the artisans tries to create something from the text, pretty much what Chinese lions looks now is what we get. Then newer generations simply copy and add their own interpretations, similar to Burr...
Data Architect	[ "Google defined architect as \"a person who designs buildings and in many cases also supervises their construction\". Replace buildings with data and you got a data architect in a nutshell.\n\nThis role usually handles everything data related, mostly SQLs, but most of the time files and folder structures too. Basic...
Why do some people get paralysed by fear?	[ "It's the third option in the \"fight or flight\" response. When people freeze, their brain decides being perfectly still so the attacker can't see you is the best response.\n\nThis is rooted in the fact that some of man's early predators reacted to motion. So being the one that didn't move meant you were the one...
Why is Australia so dominant at the Commonwealth Games against other countries with much higher populations?	[ "Wealth/climate/space/culture is a potent mix. I've three teenage Aussie nephews and they and their friends all engage in sport at a level you very rarely see in the UK outside of fee-paying schools. \n\nThis time round Australia also has home advantage which plays a big part, particularly with the integration of p...
How much does it cost me to charge my power bank?	[ "First you need to convert 12000mAh(miliamp hours) to Wh(watt hours) To do this, use this formula (mAh)(voltage(typically 3.7v check back of power bank))/1000. (12000)((3.7)/(1000)). This will get you 44.4 Wh. Convert 44.4 Wh to kWh which is .0444kWh. Now, take the cost of kWh and multiply it by the kWh used. .1...
The difference between Unison and Harmony.	[ "When two instruments are playing the same notes, this is unison. When two instruments are playing different notes, then this is harmony." ]
The sun's rays and why there's not a "circular ray"	[ "What you call sun rays is actually light that is bouncing of atmospheric particles. The reason the rays appear to emanate from the centre is a a simple perspective effect.\n\nIt's the same effect that makes it seem like the rails of a railway track appear to converge each other a point in the distance. You know, h...
how come all animals have adapted to not brushing their teeth except humans?	[ "Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think I remember learning that it's because we generally outlive our teeth when we use them the way we like to, especially with the amount of sugar we eat, contrary to our ancestors tens of thousands of years ago. Many parts of the human body don't last as long as we actually...
Why is it when I look at something that's "Glow in the Dark" it appears to be dim, but when I see it in my peripheral, it shines like a damn lighthouse?	[ "Phospherescent (glow in the dark) things emit very small amounts of light. The human eye is structured with a very high concentration of cones in the middle-section (fovea centralis) of the retina at the back of the eye. These pick up colour and can resolve things that you're looking directly at in great detail ...
Why do songs pitches apparently change when one yawns?	[ "Inside your ear you have a membrane called the tympanic membrane, or ear drum. It's connected mechanically to the cochlea where the pressure waves are translated into nerve impulses perceived as sound. On the other side of the tympanic membrane from the auditory canal is the eustachian tubes, which run down behi...
What does the 1m rise in the ocean from the melting region of Antarctica mean for everyone in relatable terms?	[ "Most of the world's large and important cities are on the coast. A 1m rise in sea level would mean those cities would become much more vulnerable to storms, parts would flood, sea walls might need to be built around them, etc. Some cities might need to be abandoned or protected by seawalls.\n\nLarge areas of coast...
Why can some species newborns run immediately, while human newborns can't even hold up their own heads?	[ "This happens because of two of the most uniquely human features:\n\n* Big brains relative to our body size which helped with tool usage, running \"what if\" scenarios, etc.\n* Bipedal locomotion: which uses much less energy than walking on all fours\n\nWhen our bodies adapted to being bipeds, our pelvis sh...
squads, fire teams, brigades, companies, soldier ranks	[ "Imagine you a 100,000 strong army. You are the general in command and need to take a town. If you told all of them to do it, it would be a cluster fuck.\n\nSo you organize your army into corps of 20,000 to 50,000 each. You need someone to manage each one so you appoint some lieutenants and give them the rank t...
What are the different programming languages for?	[ "In general all programming languages can all do the exact same thing. They differ in how easy, how fast and how efficient the process of doing the thing is. \nThe basic test for what a programming language can do is to see if it can do the same thing as a very simple computer called a \"Turing machine\" and langu...
How exactly can a medication cause "suicidal thoughts or actions" in a person with an otherwise normal mental state?	[ "They generally are not talking about \"normal\" people. And for many drugs with this warning it is not understood. In the case of antidepressants, it is sometimes thought of like this: When someone is extremely depressed, they have very little energy, they sleep a lot, and in general lack the drive or inspiration ...
How the economy collapsed	[ "In the 1980s and 1990s, various Congresses thought it would be a good idea for more Americans to have the opportunity to own their own homes. A long series of subtle changes was made to the various laws governing mortgage lending to encourage what we call \"second-chance\" lending. In particular, the government to...
How does ordering someone out of their car not constitute a seizure of the person under 4th amendment?	[ "The 4th amendment does not say seizure is disallowed, it says \"unreasonable\" seizure is disallowed.\n\nOfficers are allowed to make lawful demands during a traffic stop, such as requring people get out of their cars. That's been considered reasonable." ]
Why is non-resident college tuition so much higher than resident college tuition in the US?	[ "You pay taxes in a state and the colleges and residents of that state benefit directly and indirectly from those taxes.\n\nGoing to school out of state means that you're benefiting from others' tax money. The only way to compensate for that or keep it from being abused is to charge more for out-of-state students.\...
How is dust able to collect on the edge of a ceiling fan that's used every day?	[ "Well if I am imagining it correctly, it is constantly being pushed into dust. Also, is it used all the time?" ]
the idea of intelligent design and how it determines the existence of a creator.	[ "The idea is that our universe was intentionally created by some unnamed (wink, wink) intelligence with massive or even infinite power. For evidence they point to things like the distance from the Earth to the Sun being good for life, the fact that the moon perfectly covers the sun during an eclipse, the fact that ...
Moon's gravitational forces versus water in our bodies	[ "Tidal forces aren't causes by the strength of gravity.\n\nThey are caused by differences in the strength of gravity.\n\nDepending on position, one side of the Pacific Ocean might be several thousand miles closer to the moon than the other side. That means the moon is pulling one side about 5% harder than the ...
Why is iron important in the human body	[ "It binds to haemoglobin (the stuff in your red blood cells) and makes it work, haemoglobins' job is to carry oxygen around your body, so if you have no iron, you have no oxygen carrying stuff which means you have no oxygen which means dead." ]
How do musicians/producers/music studios choose which of their songs will be hits?	[ "They can choose which songs to promote, and those may become hits, but ultimately, the consumers decide if they like it enough to buy it." ]
Why are many highways winding and not straight?	[ "They have to go around hills and valleys without going up and down to much. Therefore, they gently curve around to keep the road relatively level.", "Winding roads make you more alert than straight roads. It's safer. \n\nEdit - Don't know why I'm getting downvoted. Google highway hypnosis, it's a thing. There h...
Music Equalization (as it pertains to Mixing)- what's the deal?	[ "Boosting = making a certain range of sound frequencies louder\n\nCutting = making a certain range of sound frequencies quieter\n\nI'll post sample pictures in a bit.\n\nEDIT: Here is an [example](_URL_0_). \n\nSo for me, I make hip-hop beats. When I'm making beats from sampling + chopping, I always cut the low / b...
Doping	[ "Doping is the practice of taking banned, performance enhancing drugs or having banned, performance enhancing procedures done to you. For example, taking anabolic steroids will give you bigger muscles but they are banned. Similarly, if you take some of your blood out, filter away everything but the red blood cells,...
What’s actually happening when a person “gets the wind knocked out of them?”	[ "You temporarily stun the diaphragm muscle, preventing a person from being able to breathe." ]
What function does isopropyl serve in isopropyl alcohol (rubbing alcohol)?	[ "It is disinfectant as alcohols tend to be, but because of it's structure (slightly different number and arrangement of carbons) it has desirable properties such as how easily it evaporates and the fact that it is a liquid. Isopropanol is simple enough, and very easy to manufacture, but doesn't have the same regula...
what's the difference between a green and blue screen, and why does it seem like everyone only uses green these days?	[ "The basic principle is the same--in your video editing software, you select everything that's just the right color, and then apply edits to that. It stops you from having to manually select an area in each frame, which would be incredibly impractical for most purposes.\n\nGreen screens are favored for digital film...
why do malnourished people get bloated bellies?	[ "What is happening is that for those people they might get enough calories but have too little protein. That lack of protein leads to a lack of fluid regulation and buildup of fluids within the abdomen. The big belly is water weight to the extreme.", "As u/phage0070 said, it's caused by protein deficiency and [ed...
Why, when quoting a Sanskrit text in English, did Oppenheimer say "I am become death"? Why would you translate something into a target language using poor grammar?	[ "\"Joy to the world, the Lord is come.\" \n\n\"Christ is risen. Christ will come again.\" \n\n\"I am come in the name of the father.\" \n\nIt isn't poor grammar, it's an archaic use of to be as an auxiliary verb. Modern English uses the verb 'to have' instead: the Lord has come; Christ has risen, etc....
What exactly is a spinoff company?	[ "You make beer, that is your company's main line of business.\n\nIn the process of becoming a leader in beer, you got really good at making beer cans...so good, you get a lot of business that has nothing to do with your beer.\n\nThis has muddled your business direction a little, because you have to make decisions t...
Why do bank transfers take so long?	[ "Because banks don't like to share information, with strict handover policies. Some things take 4 days still! Like Cheque's! \nOne day in transit from where the cheque was paid in, one day at the swap cheque place, one day in transit to the issuing bank, then the funds are sent on day 4. \n\nThen there are large tr...
Do new born babies dream? Do they dream while they're still in there moms stomach?	[ "They probably dream about being safe in their mother's womb. Are we talking babies in the womb or their first sleep after being born? Since there is probably no way to know exactly what they dream, they could be dreaming about world domination for all we know." ]
How does currency conversion work?	[ "This one is actually really cool, and works without anyone knowing the 'exact' amount of currency in the world. \n\nWhen one country wants to purchase something in another country - for example the Bangladeshi's ship the sweatshop clothing or the sum of all the Americans purchasing canadian coinage to cross the bo...
Abstraction in a Philosophical sense.	[ "Abstraction is the breaking down of properties and use of those properties for the purpose of extending them to something else so the something else can inherit the properties and change these properties as the abstraction requires. \n\nWhen ideas and concepts become sufficiently complex it is often helpful to bre...
the difference between Teen Titans and the members of the Young Justice League.	[ "It's a different group from a different comic strip... While still members from the same universe. Like the avengers and x men" ]
How does the audio know how to split into 2 different left and right signals in earbuds?	[ "The audio file is stereo (a left signal and a right signal). \n\nLook closely at that one jack and you'll see it is divided by a pair of black lines into sections. These sections are hard-wired so that one will carry a signal to the left bud and one to the right. If you opened up the jack casing you would see two ...
Subnet Mask	[ "It helps if you know binary. Basically subnet mask tells you which bits are part of computer IP is network address and which are computer address. For computers to see other computers, they need to be in the same network.\n\nYou have IP 192.168.15.166/23\n\nWhich makes subnet look like this:\n\n255.255.254.0\n\nNo...
how lyft is almost as big uber but only uber is suffering with regulations, fines, arrests and stings?	[ "It's not. \n\nLyft's last valuation put it at $2.5B _URL_3_\n\nUber's last valuation put it at $41B. It has raised more money than Lyft is worth.\n_URL_2_\n\nLeft currently serves 1 country\n_URL_0_\n\nUber serves 57 countries\n_URL_1_", "I can tell you that in Albuquerque Lyft was forced out due to all of the...
The Twin Paradox	[ "In terms of ageing the people on the rocket ship would be ageing (experiencing time) slower, but while they were looking backwards at the Earth it wouldn't look like time was running faster back home because the ship was staying in a band of \"old\" light as it travels.\n\nPicture something travelling at lightsp...
What is the difference between Jews, Christians and Muslims when it comes to the soul and afterlife?	[ "There are distinct differences between each. For a Jewish person, they will certainly get to \"heaven\" (there is no concept of hell) and because of this, they thank G-d by obeying him. Christianity is similar; although Christians do believe in hell for non-believers, the rationale is because God has forgiven you ...
Where do fruit flies come from?	[ "Small eggs you don't see, or they hatched from another nearby location such as your trash, and were attracted to the fruits." ]
What is so special about Ebola	[ "Previous outbreaks were easily contained and did not spread beyond a small region. It also occurred only sporadically. Every few years it would show up, kill a few hundred people at max and then disappear again.\n\nThe best management strategy was to isolate outbreaks and let the virus burn itself out. This is no ...
is “a hour” still correct because a vowel doesn’t follow it? Even though “an hour” sounds better because the sound when you say “hour” is an “o” sound?	[ "The a/an rule depends on whether the next word begins with a vowel sound, not a vowel letter.", "The choice of \"a\" or \"an\" is based on the sound that the word starts with, not how it's spelled. So \"an hour\" because it sounds like \"our\", and \"a uniform\" because it sounds like \"yuniform\".", "\"Hour...
Why did video game developers stop using footage of real actors? Wouldn't that be the most realistic option for say, a FPS?	[ "It'd be uncanny valley. [Beowulf](_URL_0_) in 2007 was pretty much one-of-a-kind because it looked so close to realistic, but it was just that much off. Your brain is really good at picking up on the subtle failures of lighting and colouration that CGI can make, so you either spend way, way too much time and energ...
How do services like Pandora make money?	[ "at first Pandora relied on donations, as it had no means of directly earning money from playing songs. they operated under the premise of being a sort of scientific endeavor, and the service was threatened many times with copyright policy shutdowns. today, they are still a \"music discovery service\", but play ads...
The "Paris Agreement" on climate change	[ "> What is this?\n\nA agreement to collectively take action against human-caused climate change and reduce the negative impacts of global warming and climate change in future years.\n\n > What countries participated?\n\nNearly every country, 196 to be exact. The largest agreement ever of its kind.\n\n > What agr...
How does currency work in the world markets in terms of inflation, exchange rates, stocks, etc.?	[ "If a bunch of people in foreign countries suddenly want to buy American goods, they're going to need dollars to do that. Same thing works with stocks. Ford doesn't take the Japanese guy's yen to pay for the stock, they only take dollars. So, you have a bunch of people who want to get dollars. Just like anything el...
What did Margaret Thatcher do to become so hated?	[ "I'll try to be impartial here:\n\n(1) Read up on the [miner's strike](_URL_3_) in the 1980s. It is a very divisive issue, but her detractors blame her destroying the mining industry in Britain. A lot of people were put out of work. Communities were destroyed and never fully recovered. Police were allegedly violent...
what goes on neurologically thats makes one person smarter than another?	[ "I think before we can answer that we must first figure out what intelligence is and how to measure and define it. \"Oh but what about IQ tests\" you say. Sure, when administered by a psychologist, psychiatrist, or trained professional, it can give you a base line of how one person stacks up against the rest of us,...
How google maps work?	[ "Not quite sure what it is you are after. If you are wondering though how it gets stuff like traffic info, then look into the app called Waze." ]
Why were dinosaurs so much bigger then pretty much every animal around today	[ "The truth is we don't really know, some of the more common theories are.\n\n\n1. The world was different then, compared to today. Oxygen content of the air back then was much higher. \n\n2. The planet was warmer, with lots of plants for them to eat, and less competition for the food. \n\n3. A large cold blooded cr...
When there is a breaking news story (or important event) how does a news channel get away with having no commercial break? Do they loose revenue?	[ "Doing lots of coverage on an important event will make viewers like that news show more, resulting in more returning viewers when there is less exciting news on and ads run normally." ]
How do currencies have different values/worth?	[ "When you exchange currency from one country's to another's, the ones making that transaction, usually banks, are left with that currency you exchanged. For example if you went to Germany from the U.S. and exchanged your US dollars for Euros, that German bank now has some US dollars. For that to be a worthwhile tra...
Since silverback gorillas have such humongous guts, how come they don't get diabetes, heart disease, and other obesity related health problems?	[ "A thing to consider is time. A gorilla's lifespan is normally between 35 and 40 years. And health problem with obesity in humans develops over time but gorillas develops faster and humans usually don get obese at a young age.\n\nThe diet of a gorilla is low in sugar and fats and is likely similar to what would be...
Why is my internet connection speed much faster on my laptop than on my iPad from the same place in my house?	[ "Because your laptop is probably euipped with an better wireless card, that will give you further range and faster speeds than a simple Ipad.", "It's just because your laptop itself is faster. The internet is like you and a professional chef cooking. It takes the same amount of time to drive to the store to get t...

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