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Swiss gun laws	[ "Swiss gun owner here.\n\nHere's how it works.\n\nYou have three categories of guns that you can buy as civilian:\n\n* Notifiable guns / Free weapons\n* Mandatory permit guns / Anything semi auto, pump action or lever action (including handguns)\n* \"Forbidden guns\" / Full auto guns\n\nFor the first category you j...
how bose noise cancellation work	[ "It doesn't deflect the noise, it literally cancels the noise out by playing the opposite noise through the headphones.\n\nSound travels as a wave. If you play a sound 180 degrees out of phase (aka, the opposite sound), it effectively cancels out and creates silence. [This is a really simple graph showing the conce...
How come people can't be cryogenically frozen safely as the ice crystals destroy the cell membranes, but sex cells such as sperm are kept frozen for long periods of time yet remain functional?	[ "Sperm is frozen in liquid nitrogen, and the water in the cells is replaced by glycerol (basically antifreeze) as a \"cryoprotectant\", which displaces the water and does not form the crystalline structure that damages cells.\n\nHowever, the freezing and thawing process is still pretty harsh and many sperm don't su...
Newton-Cotes Formulas	[ "Suppose you want to find the area underneath a curve, but you'd rather not (or are unable to) work out the exact formula. Since area is such a nice geometric idea, you can approximate it by breaking it up into smaller, simpler pieces. \n\nThese formula accomplish this, with varying degrees of simplicity and effect...
How are firefighters able to determine what caused a fire even when the structure or forest is totally destroyed?	[ "For forest fires it is likely that the point of origin isn't as burned as the rest of the surrounding area since it wasn't as strong of a fire. The fire that was close to where I lived two years ago was thought the be the result of an illegal camp fire. They found the origin and found what was a small grassy clear...
How is Ishmael the father of arabs ?	[ "Well if you look at the Old Testament, Abraham had two sons: Ishmael and Isaac. Ishmael, though older, was born to Abraham's servant and as such was not able to inherit directly from Abraham. Abraham freed the servant and Ishmael, and he went on to father many children and became a prophet and the patriarch of Isl...
Why do people shake when they get scared?	[ "Exteme emotions like fear and anger activate the bodies fight or flight response. The body shuts down systems like digestion and decreases blood flow to the extremities. This allows it to increases heart rate and blood flow to the heart and lungs. Also breathing rates increase to get more oxygen into the blood. Ho...
Verb forms and tenses (particularly French)	[ "Consider three English sentences.\n\n1. I go to the store.\n\n2. He goes to the store.\n\n3. He went to the store. \n\nNow, all three of those have a differently shaped verb. Sentence 1 has \"go\", Sentence 2 has \"goes\" and Sentence 3 has \"went\". So those are three different verb forms. \n\nTense (primarily) s...
There's an aweful lot of craters on the moon, would having a moon base up there be safe?	[ "The moon has no atmosphere or running water, so there's no erosion. The craters on the moon today are the result of basically every single impact over its entire history. Impacts are still comparatively rare.", "Craters have accumulated over millions of years and do not erode due to minimalistic erosion conditio...
why people make viruses?	[ "For a lot of them, to make money. For example, many kinds of viruses load a screen as soon as you boot up that says something to the end of \"You did something bad...your computer is locked....pay fine at this place to restore your computer\" and users will \"pay the fine\" to get around it.\n\nSome virus authors ...
Why does starting task manager when my computer is frozen seem to unfreeze it?	[ "Task manager has top priority, so if any other program is hogging up the computer in an endless cycle you can force it to shut down.", "Context: Task Manager is a program like any other program and as such is subject to the same resource limitations as any other program. However, because of the nature of the pro...
Why is beer not sold in plastic bottles?	[ "Glass has been used for centuries to contain alcoholic beverages because the glass does not react with whatever it contains - wine and whiskey do not age once bottled and sealed, for example. They've pulled bottles of wine out of shipwrecks on the ocean floor and they're still perfectly drinkable after decades of ...
How do our bodies “get used to” being in very cold water (e.g. the ocean) after several minutes?	[ "Your brain contains a region called the hypothalamus. This acts like an internal thermostat that controls your body temperature. When you jump in the ocean or a cold pool, your hypothalamus instructs your body to use more calories to raise your body temperature. Of course, it's not foolproof. If the water is suffi...
Why can't Mexico do anything to stop the drug cartels?	[ "The cartels have tons of money, local support in some areas, and a small army worth of mercenaries. Mexico is up against a very difficult task. America's hunger for drugs is what finances the cartels, and Mexican leaders have repeatedly asked us to reconsider our drug enforcement policies.", "The problem is the ...
When dropping a counter into a slot from the exact same postion on a pegboard/plinko/pachinko style game what is it that stops the counter from falling the same way everytime?	[ "If you could drop the counter into the same position in exactly the same way and the game was in exactly the same state then it would fall exactly the same way. However, you can't do that because even though it may seem like you are doing things the same way on the large scale, on the small scale there are very ti...
why does cold water taste better than regular water?	[ "It's just a cultural thing. The Chinese prefer to drink hot water. \n\nIf there are contaminants or bad-tasting substances in the water, though, it'll taste better cold simply because you'll taste it less.", "Cold water kind of gives me a stomachache actually. Prefer room temperature." ]
What does having insurance on a priceless artwork do?	[ "Priceless is a subjective term used to describe something that is one of a kind and no reasonable amount money can replace. Realistically, every piece of art has a price (what others are willing to pay for it). For insurance purposes, a guarantee of compensation for specified loss, damage, in return for payment. I...
How can a solution to a problem suddenly pop up?	[ "Subconscious mind solves it for you with all of the acquired knowledge and experience. This won't happen if you've no knowledge." ]
how do you take an idea to invention if you have no applicable talents?	[ "You need a partner. It is very doable if you are willing to do work. I.E research what materials are needed, how much it will cost. Applicable uses, just research what you can research. Get a patent. then you can do a lot of stuff. You can PM me for more info. BTW don't talk about it too much and just do. You don'...
The LIBOR scandal, how it works and how it could have been manipulated.	[ "Massively oversimplified, of course. But okay, I'll take a shot.\n\nLets say you want to sell something or buy something. How do you set the price if you're selling, and how do you know if you're getting overcharged if you're buying?\n\nWith some things this is simple. How much does a Big Mac cost? McDonalds sets ...
Why did everything become so minimalistic? Buildings, art, etc..	[ "In Western culture, the era from 1916 to 1945 (the two World Wars) marked a turning point. The old European ways did not seem to be working -- that culture seemed to be collapsing on itself in a wave of wars and mass murders. Some artists responded by trying to throw away everything and start with a new, more mode...
Why do we need less sleep as we get older?	[ "We do? I don't know about you but I am tired all the time", "Define \"Older\"? 25? 35? 45? 55? 65? (why does it have to end in 5?)\n\nI'm \"Almost Over The Hill\", and I love me some naps.. I have a friend (65) who stops for naps on his way home from work." ]
How is it that SD cards stay the same size but manage to have such varying levels of storage?	[ "Because the actual part the data is stored on is tiny.\n\nThink of it like this; a school buss looks just as big from the outside when it's carrying one kids as it does when carrying 20 kids.", "The plastic part of an SD card is the same size because it has to be, or it wouldn't fit in the slot.\n\nThe electroni...
Why is my inner monologue an arsehole?	[ "I'm not sure what kind of answer you're looking for. We don't know what your inner monologue is saying. It's your own unfiltered thoughts. \n\nSo apparently you consider yourself to be an asshole.", "Funnily enough I just talked about this over in another thread somewhere.\n\nEverybody has both good and bad (or ...
How did people in the olden days construct buildings that were multiple stories high without the use of machinery like cranes to lift and place materials?	[ "Pulleys and inclined planes have been used since a long time. Pulleys to lift loads and inclined planes to push stuff up or down. Much like today's modern cranes, pulleys did the same except using man power." ]
Are Volvos actually safer than other cars?If so why?	[ "Yes they are. If internet is not lying then one of Volvo's co-founder's wife died in car accident, and safety was the highest priority from the start. They invented three point seatbelt (and gave it away for free to other car manufacturers, which was very generous move) and side airbags.", "I own a Volvo actuall...
What happens to the "data" that is transmitted wireless and/ or through digital TV. How is this signal turned into audio/video? (It must pass through the human body, it transmits through the walls)	[ "Impossible to explain like you're five, but I'll try my best not to overcomplicate.\n\nIt's waves. Waves all the way. But a special type of wave: electromagnectic waves.\n\nWaves all share an interesting characteristic: they only carry energy, not mass. Sound is a wave too: when someone speaks to you, their voca...
In the recent Nuclear Weapons Treaty, why did the Netherlands vote in opposition?	[ "There are American nuclear weapons stored on a Dutch air base. It was public secret for a very long time, though it was confirmed in more recent years. That sort of thing would be against the treaty. Currently, the government is not taking steps towards removing these weapons / ending this cooperation with the Sta...
Protien Folding and how it relates to Alzhiemers and related conditions	[ "A protein is a very long chain of amino acids. Amino acids are molecules with different shapes and components that can be strung together. A denatured protein has no defined shape and flops around like a piece of string. However, the different amino acids making it up have different functional groups, which are ...
Why does adding water in a beer bottle make the pitch of the sound higher when blowing in it, but adding water in a wine glass make the pitch lower when tapping on it?	[ "The difference is in the medium making the sound. In the beer bottle it is the column of air, in case of the wine glass, it is the glass itself." ]
What makes crack addicts pull out their teeth?	[ "What makes you think that crack addicts pull their teeth out? Pulling out teeth isn’t easy, and pulling out your own teeth would be next to impossible unless you’re completely impervious to pain.", "The crack fucks with your hunger and you basically just crave sweets like M & Ms or chocolate covered peanuts.\nTh...
Why is our organ of equilibrium located in our ears?	[ "If you want to keep balance you want the system measuring it somewhere that experiences the least acceleration during normal movement and that is the head. The position in the ear is useful, too, as it is further and on opposite sides from the center of the head and therefore experience more movement and in opposi...
Why do wall chargers seem to charge iPhones faster than computers, xbox... etc	[ "To add to the other replies, current (measured in amps) is drawn by the phone rather than pushed by the charger, and the rating of the charger is how much can be drawn before it shuts down/overheats/burns out. \n\nBy default, the phone will only draw a low amount of current (should probably only be 150mA to allow...
If a high-security building like The Pentagon or The White House catches on fire, do firemen have instant clearance to access any area necessary?	[ "This was actually a problem with the 9/11 attack on the Pentagon. \n\nThere were reports of unofficial firefighters and military personal touring the site without actually helping. Their motives are still unknown although a few were arrested.\n\nRather quickly a perimeter was setup and all personal who required ac...
Why does my hair grow to a certain length a few weeks after I shave my head; but remains that length and never goes past my shoulders even after years?	[ "Your hair doesn't actually remain a certain length. Depending on which part of the body, your hairs can only grow to a certain distance, once they reach that distance, they fall out." ]
Mathematisches Problem benötigt Lösungshilfe	[ "Guten tag. Diese subreddit ist Englisch, und du sollst nich hier Deutsch sprechen. Vielleich /r/de oder /r/Deutsch ist better" ]
What is aggregate efficiency ?	[ "You can figure out how much energy is in a barrel oil, say by burning it in an enclosed system seeing how much the temperature increases. But that is not going to be the same as the amount of economically useable energy it provides. \n\nIt takes energy to pull it out of the ground, energy to ship it, to refine i...
Why do Computers have dates going back to 1969?	[ "A timestamp of -1 gets rendered as 12/31/1969.\n\n_URL_0_" ]
How big of a deal is it "actually" that Russia was "kicked" out of G8?	[ "Russia was not \"kicked\" it is suspended. A time out if you will." ]
How come animals can eat off the ground? Does germs not effect them?	[ "Not all germs cause disease. You can eat off the ground, too, and (depending on what ground you're eating on) getting a parasite is very possible, but most bacteria and viruses don't survive outside a body for a very long time. People ingest more germs than they think they do, and for the most part, its unavoidabl...
From the Psychology perspective and personal perspective. What is depression like?	[ "I think everyone probably experiences their own particular flavor, so to speak. Sort of like pizza. We all can ID what a pizza is and yet each one:\n\n* Has different seasonings in different amounts\n* Has different toppings\n* Is cooked uniquely\n* Has different dough\n\nAnd so on. \n\nFor me, it's a blend of apa...
How do cell phones only pick up signal from their specific provider?	[ "It's because of the frequency bands; they are regulated by the Federal Communications Commission.\n\nI do not know who shares which frequency in Amerika but here in Germany we got 4 mobile networks (D1, D2, E1, E2) each got a different owner and a different GSM900 frequency range.\n\n* D1 / Telekom\t13–49, 81–102,...
Australian football	[ "It's a big oval with 18 players on each team. There are three goals made of 4 goal posts on either side of the oval. The teams want to get the ball through the opponents goal posts. You can run and dribble or pass the ball by hitting it (like in volleyball) or kicking it. You can also block and teams can be awarde...
How do people see beauty? For example, what makes a rose beautiful but a Cactus not?	[ "I find cacti beautiful, its all subjective. Beauty is not in the object, it is in your perception of it.", "It's really a case of individual likes and dislikes. Personally I find deserts and prairies beautiful because the wide open spaces mean room to roam, wind in my face and air to breathe. My SO thinks the...
Why does the moon have a ring around it some nights?	[ "was it a rather cold night? I believe that the Halo may be a light refraction caused by ice crystals in the air, similar to rainbows." ]
The 9th amendment to the US Constitution.	[ "The US government has \"enumerated powers\", which means that it can only do those things which are specifically laid out as legal for it to do. Civil rights, which the first eight amendments protect, work precisely the opposite way. The ninth amendment basically says that, as opposed to the powers of the US gover...
How Tube Amps And Solid State Amps Work	[ "Do you want to know how amplifiers work or why people choose tube over solid state? \n\nSolid state devices go into saturation (distortion) at a sharp knee, tubes do do in a gradual curve. It is believed that the gradual curve of the tube going into saturation is more pleasing to the ear. \n\nSource: im an electro...
How are sentences by judges that are aimed at making an example out guilty parties not a violation of "Equal Justice Under Law", and therefore unconstitutional?	[ "Each type of crime has a valid minimum and maximum sentence. As long as the judge stays within these guidelines, it is 100% legal." ]
Why don't we sneeze when we're asleep?	[ "A simple google search will show\n\n\"We're actually more prone to sneezing while asleep, since the mucous membranes swell when we lie down, but because there usually isn't much airflow or movement to stir up dust or other particles while we sleep, the membranes don't come into contact with as many stimulants as t...
it's 90 degrees fahrenheit outside. It's going to rain. Is the air more humid just before it rains or just after?	[ "Actually it's most humid WHILE it's raining. The air has so much water in it that some people even use umbrellas or stay indoors completely.", "I think it depends on your climate, because here in Michigan, it's normally more humid right before, but the rain will drop the temp about 5 degrees as well.\n\nAlso dep...
When you bump, scrape, or acutely injure yourself, why does it instantly feel better simply by putting your hand over the injury?	[ "Your nerves are mostly sending either pain or pressure signals to your brain. However, they can only send one signal at a time, and pressure takes priority over pain. So when you get hurt and apply pressure, your body thinks \"ok there's pain and pressure but since we can only send one signal to this meatbags brai...
My rights, or lack thereof, when encountering the TSA in an American airport.	[ "You are required by law to comply with legal orders of border control agents, the TSA, and police.\n\nYou are not obligated to incriminate yourself. So you do not have to answer any questions they ask you.\n\nIf you have entered a border control facility (like customs at the airport) they have the right to open a...
How can ocean water and air temperature be the same temperature, but the water feels so much colder?	[ "You don't feel temperature. You feel rate of heat transfer, which is greater for the water because of its higher thermal conductivity. The same thing is true when you put your hand in the oven at 350F: in air, no problem. Touch the metal, problem.", "Water has many more molecules per volume, which means it can t...
2001: A Space Oddessy.	[ "There is much more to the monoliths than they get around to in the movies. \n\nRead the books, they cover a LOT that's not in the movies, I can elaborate in PM, don't want to spoil the books if you may be interested in reading them.\n\nOf better yet, if you want book spoilers, read the wikipedia entry for the nove...
What drew people to attend the Grateful Dead concerts over and over again?	[ "The GD started their career as a band playing live gigs, most notoriously at the Acid Tests. These were like the very first rave parties, initially when LSD had not yet been made illegal. People would come and drink the spiked Kool-Aid, and there would be a variety of amusements, often including the Grateful De...
Why do hotels always keep a bible in every guest room?	[ "A large Christian organization called the Gideons gives them to the hotels as a way to evangelize.", "Hotel Manager here. \n\nQuick answer - expectation and superstition. People expect to find the bible in the nightstand. Often, if there isn't one, even the least religious of people notice and call for a rep...
why is the Mona Lisa so highly coveted- I've seen so many other paintings that look technically a lot harder?	[ "Five reasons:\n\n1. The smile. It was the first painting of its kind to have someone smiling in such a way, so it was sort of a new era.\n\n2. The brush strokes. He used strokes so small, they were damn near invisible, creating a very 'photographic' painting in a time when that wasn't really done.\n\n3. Street Cre...
Because you have to swear to tell the truth in court then why is "I swear I'm not guilty" not a viable defence?	[ "The court is not assuming your truth, they're asking you to pledge to tell the truth and will punish you if you do not.", "The trier of fact, the judge or jury in US courts, is tasked with giving weight to the evidence presented to them and arriving at what they feel is the truth. Nothing is preventing them fro...
What people mean when they say they have a fast/slow metabolism, and how that affects their diet.	[ "Metabolism is the amount of calories your body naturally burns to stay alive. This is without assistance from fitness or athletic training.\n\nFat takes less energy to burn than muscle which is why skinnier people tend to have faster metabolisms than heavier people. This also allows them to eat more without the we...
Why does 1% battery last longer?	[ "Battery remaining is pretty much just a guess. Your phone measures the voltage and makes a guess as to how much of power is left. If you rarely or never let your phone run all the way to where it cuts off from lack of power, it will slowly start measuring more and more inaccurately. First it will think 1% remainin...
What is a CO-OP?	[ "A co-op is any independent organization where people cooperate for mutual benefit. REI is specifically a consumer co-operative, as opposed to a housing or worker co-op. In this case, the shareholders and consumers (shoppers) are essentially one and the same.\n\nIf it helps think of Costco/Sam's Club (these are no...
What is happening in our bodies when we feel our stomachs drop?	[ "It's part of the fight or flight response. Blood rushes out of your stomach to your muscles" ]
What will actually happen in the event of a financial collapse?	[ "Credit will dry up in a financial collapse, causing banks to call in their loans and the people who can't pay are forced to sell. This applies to individuals, businesses and the government. The world runs on credit, so next to no credit slows the economy down. Then over time everything tends to correct itself and ...
Why do all contests have a NO PURCHASE OR PAYMENT NECESSARY TO ENTER OR WIN clause ?	[ "If a purchase is necessary, it becomes gambling, which is illegal in most states. As such, in order for contests to be legal, they have to include an entry option that doesn't require the entrant spend money. \n\nUsually the requirements are overly cumbersome (physically mail in an entry form, which still requires...
How does the compass on the iPhone work?	[ "Non-douchey answer: There's a chip inside that can sense magnetic fields (such as that generated by the Earth) and can use the field to determine the direction the phone is facing. There's really no way to explain simply how the chip works inside, as it uses fairly advanced principles of electromagnetism, but it a...
the deal with Putin in Russia. Is he a villain or not?	[ "Shame on that guy linking you to wikipedia. this is not a snarky reply sub reddit.\n\nI have limited knowledge on some of his acts, russian politics can be pretty complicated. I will try and give you a basic understanding of why people like him, and why people wouldn't.\n\nWhy would you like him?\n\n* He took ...
Why does streaming from sites like Youtube or Twitch seem to hit my bandwidth harder than playing online video games in real time?	[ "Edited: I wrote without my notes, and overstated size of each frame. Luckily, five seconds of medium def is about 1 megabyte, and the explanation works almost as well]\n\nNetworking designer here; my team helped with some of the XBox network code.\n\nYou know the phrase, \"a picture is worth a thousand words\"? ...
Why are some videos framerates 23.976024 fps (as opposed to exactly 24)	[ "Basically it solves the problem of fitting 24 fps source material onto a 29.97 fps NTSC video signal. \n\n23.976 fps is 80% – or four fifths of 29.97 fps, which is the frame rate of the NTSC video signal. By slowing down 24 fps ever so slightly (by 1/1000), you get 23.976 fps. This then allows four frames of sou...
How is Uber legal without following the same liscensing rules as taxis?	[ "Basically, because a taxi is defined as a car that you can stand on the sidewalk and hail. Legally, if you don't provide that service, you're not a taxi. This was upheld in a recent lawsuit against Uber, and the judge ruled that Uber didn't meet the definition of a taxi, since they can only be hailed from the ap...
Why are people mad about Microsoft's Windows "spying" but not Google's same "spying" in Android?	[ "Everyone knows Google is spying on them. It is part of their business model, and Google is up front about it. They even give you web pages that show you how much they are spying on you.\n\nMicrosoft is less up front about it, and has more of a history of doing dodgy things without telling users. Also, they are ...
How come some city streets in the US like in NY emit large amounts of smoke/steam from underground unto the curbs yet you never see this phenomena in european cities?	[ "Because the buildings are heated with steam that sometimes escape. We don't have that in Europe.", "_URL_0_\n\nDistrict heating systems pump steam through certain areas, from a central heating installation.\n\nThe system in New York is more than a hundred years old, and hence is less insulated and more prone to ...
How exactly does our body produce electricity?	[ "At the very basic level, it is caused by Sodium and Potassium ions, which are differently charged, and using these ions to create channels of chemically-induced electric current.\n\nIt would be extremely inefficient if we wanted to use it as a sort of biological battery. Our current chemical batteries have much be...
Does this lawsuit make the family (and possibly the lawyer) some of the richest people in the country?	[ "No.\n\n[ABC News](_URL_0_):\n\n > An attorney who persuaded a Texas jury to award one of the largest civil verdicts ever says he and his clients don't expect to collect any of the $150 billion judgment, but they hope it helps persuade prosecutors to seek charges against a man they say doused a boy with gasoline a...
Why do water pipes not burst after you turn the sink/hose off? Shouldn't the pressure from the water backing up cause this?	[ "Imagine that you have a bucket full of water. Poke a hole in the bottom of the bucket, and water will start pouring out. But if you plug the hole, the bucket doesn't burst from pressure backing up. The pressure is constant, and does not (noticeably) increase when the water stops flowing. The same is true with ...
What exactly happens in a Windows computer when you delete system32?	[ "System32 contains all the components to get your OS running, deleting that would just result in getting stuck in the bios. This doesn't happen when you are an active user in the OS, only when you restart your computer after trying (you can't delete all files whilst you're active) to remove the folder 'system32'.",...
Why do humans get time suppression during tragic events?	[ "Time appearing to slow down is actually an illusion. The part of our brains that helps us feel emotions, the amygdala, becomes more active during times of stress. This causes our brains to ramp up memory recording, making our memories in the moment of a car accident or similar situation much more dense and detaile...
Why do I, sometimes, really not like some people for, seemingly, no reason?	[ "You're probably not a terrible person.\n\nEveryone has a few little things that just rub them the wrong way. Not everybody is socially compatible. The polite response is simply to tolerate those people who you don't like and observe the social niceties when necessary and avoid them the rest of the time.", "I'm t...
Why do smartphones have two cameras on them and not just one double-sided one?	[ "Its a tad more complicated than just make it double sided!. It would significantly increase the cost and bulkiness of the camera area, both things people care about more than the frontcam image quality. Its for selfies and posting to Instagram, people aren't taking panoramic landscapes with it. Quality doesn't...
How does burning happen? Do food-calories "burn out"?	[ "Pretend like you have a jar of marbles. The marbles/jar in this case are molecules/electrons. You start shaking the jar of marbles (applying energy), now let's say you shake it hard enough to the point that some of the marbles break through the jar. (You've applied enough energy to break the bonds.) \n\nThe new...
Why are smartphones coming out with a 64 bit processor but < 4GB ram?	[ "Well if you've already hammered out your 64bit support before you need it for the RAM that's always nice, of course.\n\nThere are some other advantages, though none I would imagine are Earth-shattering. 64bit CPUs would also generally use 64bit registers, which means you can potentially keep more useful informatio...
Why do fries get soggy the next day?	[ "The inside of a fry is moist cooked potato. Deep-frying dries and cooks the outside to a crisp. There is nothing keeping or blocking the inside of the fry seeping out moisture to the outside. Over time, this process makes the outside layer moist and soggy." ]
Is it possible to drink water at a constant rate such that you can just keep peeing indefinitely?	[ "No. You can drink in excess to the volume of water you excrete, and this can in fact even be fatal if done excessively enough. The result is that your extra-cellular fluid will be low in solutes, and osmosis will shift it into your cells, causing swelling in (among other places) the brain, what is sometimes called...
When I play guitar my left hand is fluent, fast and accurate but when I use it for anything else it's basically useless. How come?	[ "You've taught the muscles to work in a certain way as you learn to play. Muscle memory. If you went and did normal day to day stuff with your left hand you will become more proficient at anything." ]
Why do windows sometimes act like mirrors	[ "Glass allows most light to pass through it, but because it's still naturally reflective ([similar to a mirror](_URL_0_)) you will always have some light reflected back. If the light coming through the window (from outside) is brighter or more intense than the small amount of light that's reflected (from inside), ...
What is going on with You Tube? All sorts of fairly popular channels are being deleted, losing monetization, or having constraints placed on them and seemingly out of nowhere. Is there new management, broken automation, or something else?	[ "I'm not sure if this is what the OP meant to imply, but the limitations aren't being placed on specific channels, but are rather sweeping algorithm and policy changes that affect everything. \n\nThe two that seem to be causing the most grief are the switch from a per-view monetization plan to a per-minutes-watched...
How does radiation from the Fukushima plant affect the fish I eat in North America?	[ "It doesn't, really. The levels measured are incredibly tiny, nanosieverts. You'd get more radiation from spending time in Denver or eating a banana." ]
Why do some sudden noises scare the crap out of us, while others go nearly unnoticed?	[ "(This is purely from what I understand about the flight or fight response; I have done no research into whether this is an accurate explanation so take it with a grain of salt). If your ears cannot detect or is not expecting a specific sound the brain defaults to \"this sound is foreign or out of the norm so it mu...
how does Kinesiology Tape work and what affects does it/supposed to have on the body?	[ "Ahoy, matey! Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained:\n\n1. [ELI5: Kinesiology Tape ](_URL_7_)\n1. [ELI5: How Does Kinesiology Tape Work? ](_URL_0_)\n1. [ELI5: What is up with that kino-tape that most olympic athletes are wearing? Does it actually do anything? ](_URL_2_)\n1. [ELI5: How does kine...
Why are things like countries referred to as females?	[ "Other languages have grammatic rules in a way that differentiates male, female, and middle form (and a plural form of a singular object).\n\nEach noun belongs to one of these forms. Doesn't matter if it's a living thing or just a thing. And doesn't even matter if the object is of male nature or a female nature. It...
How exactly did the rotors on the Wehrmacht Enigma work?	[ "I hope you get to read this. Look for a YouTube channel named singingbanana the guy is a matematician and he has an awesome explanation on how the enigma machine works.\n\nFound the link for you (wanted to watch it again)\n\n_URL_0_" ]
Whats the psychology behind the "silicone baby" phenomenon on YouTube.	[ "1) Some people who have lost children use them for grieving \n\n2) Some people who can't have children use them as surrogates\n\n3) Some people just like them, they're considered collectible", "you'll find, i'm sorry to say, that in this life there are some things that happen to you that are very very hard to li...
How to pay off students loans?	[ "Interest is a percentage that you were told when you took out the loan, and every month (or year or some other time frame) that much percent of the amount you have left to pay is added to your bill. To pay off the loans you probably have to contact the company you took out the loan from, look for a contact number ...
Why can't humans see in the dark?	[ "Our eyes are stimulated by electromagnetic radiation in a specific range - we see the \"short\" end as violet, the \"long\" end as red, and everything between as various colors of the rainbow. Any shorter wavelengths start moving into the ultraviolet range, which doesn't stimulate our eyes. Same with wavelengths l...
Why is the patriot act viewed negatively?	[ "The purpose of the act was to deter and punish american terrorists. In reality it was used by the FBI to ignore the constitution and things like 'probable cause' to investigate people unrelated to terrorism. This included, drug traffickers, homeless people, visitors to las vegas, and a webmaster regarding copyrigh...
How do software engineers keep track of all the code in a very big program?	[ "[Let me introduce you to git](_URL_0_)\n\nGit is a version control system that acts as a repository for your source code. It has features like version history, branching and merging, code rollback, all the things you need to properly handle large coding projects.\n\nGit is one of a number of version control system...
Why are older people generally more conservative?	[ "There are several different things at play here. I'll try to cover the biggest factors.\n\n1 - The older generation already won.\n\nThink of the world as a thermostat, with the temperature it is set at being the condition of the world regarding everything from social issues to economics to politics and beyond.\...
What does the common person seek to gain from denying climate change?	[ "Howdy! It's my belief that the crisis is overblown. I do not deny these things:\n\n1) climate is changing\n2) we are part of what's changing it\n\nThose are the things that there is scientific consensus on. The things that I do not find as much consensus on:\n\n1) the actual percent contribution we have on climate...
how do exploding bolts work?	[ "The application I know explosive bolts are used for is aerospace engineering: they are used to separate rocket stages since they are lighter and much more reliable than other mechanical separation methods, especially in a zero-G environment. You can see that [here](_URL_0_).\n\nExplosive bolts contain explosive ch...
What is it about the color black that absorbs light and converts them into heat?	[ "it's physics. and you got it the wrong way 'round.\n\nobjects appear black to you BECAUSE they absorb the electromagnetic waves we call light. \n\nthat light carries a certain energy with it which gets absorbed, which is then converted to thermal energy aka heat.\n\nIf thats not what you meant, please elaborate a ...
What all exactly did Edward Snowden reveal?	[ "Strictly speaking he only \"revealed\" details on US foreign surveillance. Prior to the Snowden leaks, it was widely assumed that the US was spying on pretty much every other country (and that they, in turn, were spying on the US). What Snowden provided were concrete details on how exactly the US was doing that....

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