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how come so many shows on Fox make fun of Fox so much? Why does Fox keep them on the channel? Shows like Simpsons and Family Guy.	[ "Aside from the fact that the shows are very popular and make the company a lot of money, letting shows like The Simpsons and Family Guy make fun of Fox boosts the company's corporate image. By letting shows poke fun at the company, Fox seems like a \"good sport\" and like they don't take themselves to seriously (e...
How do PC games have "bad ports" when the games themselves were made on them?	[ "Games made for consoles:\n\n* Are using different technologies, so a lot of code has to be rewritten for PC.\n* Have fixed hardware that developers can optimize for. On the other side, PCs have a variety of different hardware with different performance, and software can vary too (operating systems, drivers, etc.)\...
with glasses, can e.g. watching tv worsen your eyes?	[ "No. The reason your vision goes bad is because they grow into an incorrect shape. Looking at a television isn't going to cause that to happen, and incorrect glasses are just going to cause eye strain." ]
Why is it so easy to work yourself into an anxious tizzy, but it isn't as easy to calm down again.	[ "My guess is that it's evolutionarily advantageous to be more scared and anxious than calm and happy. Fear can motivate you to do something now to save your life. Calming down quickly doesn't appear to benefit humans enough to have been favorably pressured by evolution.", "Your body is equipped with the stress ho...
What happens when you reinstall your Windows OS over your computer?	[ "The only risks you're really running are in deleting files you don't want to delete; re-installing Windows works best when you erase your hard drive and start over from scratch.\n\nThink of it like this: you buy some tropical fish, and every few weeks you scrub the gunk off the inside of the fish tank with a brush...
Why are drinks like coffee and tea gross when they are between luke warm and cold, but delicious when they are hot or iced?	[ "I actually like the flavor of both at any temperature. It's probably just because I need the caffeine. \n\nAccording to [this](_URL_0_) we have certain \"channels\" in our taste buds that affect the way we perceive flavor at different temperatures. These channels are called TRPM5. \n\nThere was a scientific study ...
Why do many herbivore's horns point backwards instead of forwards?	[ "Many herbivores with horns such as those use them to show who the better mate between the males is. Or would be better to lead the pack. It is a show of dominance, but the intent is usually not to kill. You are right, horns facing forward would be better for killing, but that isn't what they are intended for to be...
What is philosophy?	[ "Philosophy is asking yourself BIG questions. What is good and evil? Is there a god? What is justice? How do you live a good life? What is the meaning of life? How can we define truth? How can I assume that everything I see is real? Why do we dream?\n\nThese are all questions that are very hard or may even be impos...
Why did people lose their retirement funds during the recession? Wasn't it protected or guaranteed?	[ "Sensible investors didn't lose anything.\n\nThe proper way to save for retirement is to automatically rebalance your portfolio as you get closer to retirement age.\n\nBasically there are some investments that grow faster, but can also lose faster in a recession - like stocks.\n\nThen other investments grow more sl...
Do musicians get paid everytime one of their songs is played on any radio station at any given time?	[ "They do get paid royalties, but it's not a one-to-one pay out (i.e. you typically do not get paid in relation to each time your song is played). Basically radio stations report which songs they've played during what programs to performing rights organizations which then decide how to divide up the royalties approp...
Why is the word ignorant used as an insult, when everyone is ignorant.	[ "Ignorant is used as an insult regarding things you are supposed to know.", "Well to be ignorant isn't necessarily an insult. But if you are saying it to someone when discussing a topic you are essentially saying \"you don't know what you are talking about\". Which can be seen as insulting.\n\nBut saying that you...
Why we dont forget how to talk when they erase our memories?	[ "When who erases our memories? At the moment we don't really know enough about the brain to intentionally remove memories from one without also causing severe damage to other systems.\n\nBut if we're talking in terms of accidental memory loss (from head trauma, etc) then it's very common for one to lose more than...
Why don't people sense the pressure of the atmosphere?	[ "It isn't our brain filtering out something constant. Everything on Earth, including inanimate objects, is being pushed on by that pressure, all the time. All that air above you weighs a lot. It's exerting a force on you, a huge one. So you, and everything else, need to push back. Your body is pushing out constantl...
If nature is so jagged, colorful, and seemingly random (yes, I know all about the golden ratio), why do us humans find straight lines, clean edges, and muted colors so aesthetically pleasing?	[ "2 things most likely.\n\n1) We like these things because they are different from nature. We can get all the other stuff from nature easy enough, but we have to work at making a straight line.\n\n2) Nature is dangerous. Disease, predators, poisons, and natural disasters are all natural, so why should we necessarily...
How does the 3DS work?	[ "I assume you mean the 3D aspect? when the 3d is activated, the screen disaplays two slightly different images visible at different angles. one image is seen by your left eye, the other by your right. the images are such that they create the illusion of depth." ]
how could the Romans build 220 ships in 45 days?	[ "You really have to take into perspective of how massive the roman populations expanded to at that time. And it's not exactly to say they built cruise ships, but smaller more manageable ships and boats; as well as the high level of slave driving and forced prisoner labor that took place.", "slavery. it's the ...
Why do people tends to shift to the right (ie - adopt more conservative views) as they age?	[ "The way it was put to me was somewhere along the lines of \"You don't become conservative until you have something to conserve\".", "There are two separate things happening here. \n\nOne, some people go from being have-nots in early life to being property and business owners as later adults, and get protecti...
What exactly gets lost when mass gets converted into energy?	[ "Nothing gets 'lost' per se, that mass represents the energy (and some other stuff) that was originally bound up in the Hydrogen atoms. Helium atoms use less energy to keep everything together than two Hydrogen atoms, so some of that energy gets ejected from the newly minted helium atom. And that's how our sun shin...
The theory we are all colorblind in our own way.	[ "I don't believe it's color blindness, just difference of interpretation" ]
Why is it a bad idea to put dental glue for braces all over your teeth to prevent damage or for less maintenance?	[ "It's easier and less expensive to just brush and floss, but even if you could encase your teeth in a protective shell, you would still need to brush and floss to protect your gums from disease. People with crowns, which cover the exposed tooth and cannot get cavities, can still develop cavities around the edge of ...
What should I go to school for if I want the knowledge to fix audio equipment and gear? ( like synths, receivers, etc.)	[ "Engineering, specifically electrical or electronic engineering. Luckily, Electrical engineering is a very broad field, so you could get your degree there and then decide later that you aren't super interested in audio equipment, but you'll still have a really great degree to fall back on in order to further your c...
Why is that when we flick an ant with our finger, it continues to walk around unharmed, where as if a human were reduced to the size of an ant and flicked the same way, it would end up being killed by the physical damage alone?	[ "Square-cube law. Ants have a sturdy structure which would immediately collapse if they were human-sized." ]
How do they get the ketchup into those little drive-thru packages?	[ "[Like this](_URL_0_).\n\n^This ^useless ^sentence ^brought ^to ^you ^by ^AutoModerator's ^Nazi ^length ^requirements." ]
Hollywood Pedophilia	[ "Not an expert. But my understanding is that they have easy access to actors - actors need to please to get good parts: this includes handsome guys, cute girls, teens and kids.\nThey have parties with a lot of drugs. They are often creative, sometimes deviant.\nOmerta: no one says anything even if everyone knows." ...
Why does the human eye see more shades of green than any other colour?	[ "this is due to the Spectral sensitivity of the eye it perceve a larger intencity of green and red light than it does for blue, the eye has 3 type of colour receptors called cones and rods that are associated to the 3 primary colours, the amount of cones and rods for the 3 colours are not equal so you might perceve...
What exactly would it be like to live or visit the fourth dimension (4D)?	[ "A dimension is not a place you can visit. A dimension is a direction. For example, on a straight line, there is only one possible direction of motion, namely forward/backward, so a line is a one-dimensional space. In a flat plane, you can move forward/backward or left/right, so a plane is two-dimensional. Similarl...
How can a telescope detect oxygen?	[ "Spectroscopy. Different atoms and molecules absorb/emit light at different wavelengths. Spectroscopy is basically an analysis of the light we see coming from an object (an emission spectrum). We can compare that light to the emission patterns of elements and tell what a planet or star is made of.", "Spectroscopy...
What are the origins of the Baptist church?	[ "The original baptist church was started by a minister who had split from the Anglican church (the Church of England). From there it grew and spread, came to the new world, and became very diverse. Today it is not a guarantee that two baptists from different congregations (this means a church community) will beli...
How does Albert Einstein's equation E=MC^2 relate to the creation of the atomic bomb?	[ "When a nucleus of uranium-235 or plutonium-239 absorbs an additional neutron, it makes it wobble significantly. This wobbling causes it to break into two more or less equal-sized chunks. These chunks are then repelled away from each other by their electrostatic charges — it is like trying to hold two magnets so th...
Why can I never remember falling asleep?	[ "Here's the scary thing: This must be what it's like to die, except you never wake up and have the memory of attempting to go to sleep.", "Your brain tends not to write short term memory into long term memory while you dream, otherwise your normally somewhat reliable memory would be tainted by nonsense. But by n...
why we get goosebumps when we hear a particularly beautiful voice or a certain scene in a movie?	[ "The human brain is pretty amazing; it doesn't have to actually experience something to respond to it. Some external stimuli (e.g. a scene in a movie) can lead your brain to start acting like you are experiencing that scene in real life. This leads to the release of chemicals in the brain (neurotransmitters, hormo...
How do we know that a machine isn't deceiving us during a Turing test by simulating detectable machine answers so the AI remains undetected?	[ "In general, many people give too much credit to Artificial Intelligence in its current state of advancement. Most Artificial Intelligence is simply a very complex rule based system. If x than y. If not x than z. While the situations become much more complicated and the algorithms used to make these decisions could...
How can radio waves go through walls, but visible light can't?	[ "Depends what the wall is made of. Various chemicals are transparent to various frequencies of light. Typically we also prefer walls people can't see through so we avoid materials that are transparent but you could choose the opposite." ]
why do your pupils dilate when you take Psychedelic drugs?	[ "depends on the drugs or your definition of psychedelic. if you mean sensory hallucinations (drugs known as hallucinogens) then its because they generally act as stimulants (another word for drugs that overclock your brain) and since your eyes are now processing more light back at the cerebral end and your heart ra...
how wells work.	[ "The dirt, rock, silt, etc filter the salt and impurities from the sea water. So the water you drill down to tends to be much cleaner than the ocean it comes from around your island.", "The water from wells comes from rain. Rain goes into the ground because gravity is pulling it down towards the center of the Ea...
How much effect does Central Park have on New York City's air quality?	[ "Ever spit into the ocean? It's about that much effect.", "There are two separate possible alternatives:\n\n* Central park is replaced with a giant void that has no effect on the outside world\n* Central park is developed as densely as the surrounding area. \n\nThe park itself has very little effect directly. The...
Why are some former presidents referred to as former President and some referred to as President?	[ "\"President\" is an official title, but it is also a job. If you were ever the President of the United States, you are entitled to use the title President for the rest of your life. Thus, everyone who was ever President is titled \"President\", but every one except Barack Obama is also a \"former President\".", ...
Why do sounds become 'distant' when you hang upside down?	[ "Probably because gravity lets blood pool in some of the areas of your inner ear that normally aren't so full of blood, which slightly dampens how effective your ear drums are. Guessing." ]
Why is that when someone sentenced to 20-30 year in court but sometime only need to serve a year or so?	[ "Judges usually don't give a simple sentence, they usually give a fixed term over a variable term (kind of like a mortgage).\n\nThe news reads \"sentenced to 20 years\", but really it is \"sentenced to 20 years with parole eligibility after 8\".\n\nThere is a fucking colossal variation in the behavior patterns and ...
How do divers that don't have an oxygen tank not get brain damage from lack of air?	[ "Mammals have bodily reflexes to being underwater known as [mammalian diving reflex](_URL_0_). Heart rates are reduced and our bodies let the outer layers cool(by not delivering blood) so that it can conserve oxygen.\n\nAs babies fresh out of the womb this reflex is generally very strong but we lose it overtime, fr...
Why do some businesses say no photos?	[ "There could be many reasons. \n\n1) Taking photos is discrating to the people working. This is common for performance venues. \n\n2) Taking photos may capture information that the business is keeping secret. \n\n3) The business may make their money by having people come into it to see what they have. You get this ...
Why must an FCC approved device accept interference that may cause "undesired operation"?	[ "It means that the device has a low priority on the hierarchy of communications, so if something is interfering with it, tough titty.\n\nAs an example posted on a thread I found about this, someone pointed out that amateur radio and wireless LANs share a frequency band. Because amateur radio is on a higher priority...
Government bonds	[ "It's pretty straight forward. You are not so much \"investing in the government\" - you are loaning the government money for a profit.\n\nThe government sometimes needs to raise cash. To do this, they issue bonds. A bond is essentially a loan agreement between the buyer and the government. If I buy a bond for $10...
Why is bureaucracy in India so stifling, and why does it seem to be accepted by everyday people?	[ "A lot of things in India are blamed on the British (including the 1000+ year old caste system). When it can't be blamed on the British it's blamed on Pakistan. When it can't be blamed on Pakistan it's blamed on India's less developed/poor states. When not them then it's the next village over, or the other politica...
what does it mean to wear your heart on your sleeve?	[ "It is a metaphor. It means that you allow your emotions to show- people can tell easily if you are happy, sad, angry, etc- ether by what you say, or how you act/compose yourself.", "It means that you're very emotionally open and willing to share your deep feelings with other people." ]
If water makes up 70% of our earth and we have things such as water purifiers, why are we running out of drinking water on our planet?	[ "We're not running out.\n\nThe problem isn't the amount of drinking water, it's the distribution of the water.\n\nMost developed countries could probably hydrate their population 50 times over, if they wanted (assuming there's no drought). Whereas, for example, in hot African countries where water is scarce, co...
What would happen if the Yellowstone super volcano erupted?	[ "Since this is a science question, I figured I'd use the search function of r/askscience to find you some relevant submissions there.\n\nLook what I found!\n\n- [This thread](_URL_0_).\n- [This thread](_URL_2_).\n- [This thread](_URL_1_).\n\nAnd you know what? None of them are complicated. Enjoy your reading. :-)",...
why is it that we are able to subconsciously control our bladders when we sleep? How is it that we manage not to piss ourselves?	[ "Your body releases a hormone while you sleep called vasopressin which inhibits the production of urine. You produce less urine while you sleep, and it's a thicker, more dense liquid (partly because of the hormone, partly because you're not drinking while you're asleep). \n\nPeople who have lower naturally occurrin...
Why are dinosaurs marketed so much toward kids instead of other animals?	[ "Dinosaurs only exist in the toy aisle of the store. \n\nFor contrast, ponies are a real thing. You can actually buy your kid a pony, and teach it all about how much a pony eats and the work involved in picking up after a pony. There is a mix of upside and downside with a pony.\n\nWhere I grew up, many kids had ...
How do basic circuits work, what is voltage, resistance and current?	[ "I think of it in terms of water. \n\nWater flows from high ground to low ground. Electricity flows from negative to positive. \n\nA river is when you have a channel for the water to move through. A circuit is when you have a conductor for the electricity to move through. Damn the river, the flow stops. Break the c...
Rugby and how its played	[ "As an American, I hope someone will answer this question seriously. I'd like to be able to comment on that ludicrous display last night." ]
why do oceans exist?	[ "Oceans cannot be absorbed into the sea bed because below the sea bed there is bedrock and the water is already saturated within the sea bed. Open water sits on top of the water within the sea bed." ]
Why do Americas call "Back Bacon", "Canadian Bacon" and when did that start?	[ "It is called both Canadian Bacon and to a far lesser degree Irish Bacon or Back Bacon in the US. This is because they are the cuts that the Canadians and Irish (as well as the UK) call bacon. They are from the pork loin which is the back muscles toward the rear of the pig. \n\nBut what we Americans call bacon is f...
Why is Xbox in competition with PCs? If most gaming PCs run on Microsoft Windows what do they gain by releasing a "console only" game?	[ "Delving into this is going to take awhile.\n\nHistorically, (i.e the past two console generations) game consoles used pretty different API's to PC's - the current batch is standardised so that it's incredibly easy to port games from one console to the PC. The attraction of game consoles was with ease of running an...
Why do we use the word "late" when talking about deceased people?	[ "One lesser-known meaning of \"late\" is \"recently, but not any more\". If, for example, you say, \"A man late of London,\" you mean he used to live in London until just a short time ago, but now he lives somewhere else.\n\nFrom that came the expression \"The late Mrs Smith,\" which was used as a euphemism to avoi...
Why isn't a Bluetooth connection instant?	[ "Whenever two electronic devices talk to each other they go through what's called a \"handshake\" - basically it's the two devices trying to negotiate a common ground and make sure they can continue speaking in a stable fashion.\n\n > Device A: \"Hey! Hey is anyone there?\"\n\n > Device B: \"Yeah, I'm here. Hi, I'm...
Why is shampoo almost always colored but conditioner is almost always white?	[ "Hm, I guess that hasn't been my experience. Besides white I've had pink, blue, and yellow conditioner. Maybe it's just the brand you're buying?" ]
Who notifies Google about newly made roads for their maps?	[ "There are companies specialized in this sort of thing. They monitor local government announcements, planning permissions, etc., and when they see a new road is being constructed, they will go and collect the data.\n\nGoogle's maps business is big enough for them to own some companies like that as a subsidiary, but...
What is the difference between being a line cook and a chef?	[ "Cool, that makes sense. I recently became the kitchen manager of my restaurant six months ago, the only reason why is because everyone else who worked there quit. But I make new recipes constantly and everyone calls me chef, but it feels weird.", "A line cook follows a recipe to prepare a dish.\n\nA chef sees wh...
What's the difference between the words 'Muslim' and 'Islamic'?	[ "\"Muslim\" refers to people. \"Islamic\" refers to everything but people: \"Islamic art\" \"Islamic architecture\" \"the Islamic world.\" Like that.", "A \"Muslim\" is a follower of Islam. \"Islamic\" is used to describe anything related to Islam.", "Islam is a religion and it's followers are called Muslims....
Why does the U.S. always side with Israel over Palestine?	[ "There's no diplomatic way to say this — Israel is considered to be culturally similar to the US, it has a representative government with stable political institutions, and American Jews (who tend to support Israel) are an important domestic political constituency.", "This is slightly less to do with US policy a...
Why do those cheesy pictures that get shared on Facebook always looks so grainy and pixelated?	[ "They tend to pick up artifacts because the original image has gone through a chain of hundreds of computing devices which used different file formats and resolutions and so on. People do stupid shit with their files like opening them in Paint to edit them (adding/removing watermarks, resizing, adding/removing text...
"Magic eye" images	[ "One of the depth cues your brain uses to determine where things are located is called binocular disparity. Binocular disparity works by comparing the image of the world in the left eye to the image of the world in the right eye. Depending on how different the two images of an object are in the two eyes (the bino...
Does Marijuana really makes you slower?	[ "It seems like it at first, but that's because when you are stoned, you are a different \"you\" and you have to learn to do things over again. For example: you smoke a bunch of weed then decide to go to the munchy store, you get outside and start walking, and it's totally awkward, you feel wobbly, your legs feel cr...
why progress bars always hang on 99/100%	[ "Progress bar values are basically made up by the developer. For some things they work pretty good. If you are downloading a 100MB file and have finished downloading 70MB then saying you are 70% done is pretty easy. For things like installing a game, where you have a huge number of files of different sizes it ge...
What is the mechanism that wireless devices use to generate electromagnetic waves, millions per second?	[ "Electromagnetic waves generated by our current generation wireless technology (what are called \"transverse electromagnetic waves\" or TEM), are thought to be alternating areas of (relatively) strong electric field followed by strong magnetic field followed by strong electric field, etc. The change of intensity of...
What is the scientific reason behind why pedophilia exists?	[ "Rather than postulate about sexual advantage, I would say the main factor is that human sexual desire, like most other elements of human sexuality, exists on a spectrum rather than clear and discrete values. The main biological default is that one will be most strongly sexually attracted to those who show general ...
How do spark plugs break car windows while rocks can't?	[ "concentration of force.\n\na nail can break a window. a palm doesn't, even if there's more force applied." ]
. Why is voltage proportional to resistance when voltage drops after going through a resistor	[ "It's not perfect, but the water analogy is a reasonable one.\n\nYou can think of resistance as the size of a pipe, with larger resistances meaning smaller pipes. Voltage is proportional to resistance as long as current is kept constant. Constant current is analogous to constant flow, so that means that if you ta...
I need a very 5 year old explanation of what happens when normal poor people file bankruptcy.	[ "Most poor people will file what is called a Chapter 7 bankruptcy. First, you list all of the debts you owe and who you owe them to. The fact that you're applying for bankruptcy is published, so any creditors who were unaware can come forward. First, the court stops everyone from being able to sue you or otherwise ...
How come video compression is getting better all the time, but sound files are still the same size as ever?	[ "Audio compression is already really good, and has been for ages. People tend to be a bit more picky about audio quality (real or perceived) than they are about video quality, for some reason. \n\nThe bottom line is we don't really need better compression for audio files." ]
How does lumens work?	[ "Let's look at what a \"40W\" light bulb means first.\n\n\"40W\" means that the bulb consumes 40 Watts of power. Exactly what a \"Watt\" is doesn't much matter. The point is that it measures how much power the bulb uses. Incandescent bulbs waste about 90% of their energy as heat (which makes Easy Bake Ovens wo...
Online Universities and their value over a traditional degree. Is a degree from one just as good from the other?	[ "In the UK this depends entirely on the reputation of the University. We have the Open University, which was established in 1969 specifically for distance learning regardless of previous qualifications. In 2009/10 it enrolled 250,000 students and in 2011 was ranked in the top 40 UK Universities and top 500 global...
What is the IMF and what does it do?	[ "The International Monetary Fund deals with money problems on a world-wide scale. Think of them like a bank, but for countries not people. It started by a bunch of countries putting in money, and other countries could borrow this money if they promised to change their economies to be more 'effective'. I put this...
Why should we keep funding NASA?	[ "> So, what makes these investments worth while?\n\nWe don't know ahead of time, which is the biggest reason. Advances made in the space program are both obvious (satellites) and subtle (enriched baby food, or structural analysis software). It leads to detecting threats to our infrastructure (solar storms) and ins...
What makes PewDiePie so popular?	[ "The reason you find him childish and pointless is because his videos aren't made for you. PewDiePie is actually something of a genius because he knows his audience inside and out and knows how to entertain them. His target? Teenagers. They eat his stuff up because they're still at the stage where randomness is the...
Physicist James Gates claims that you can find computer code in the equations that we use to describe our universe in string theory.	[ "You're asking for a hell of a lot!\n\nSo, the \"computer codes\" he is talking about are, on the one hand, representations of complex algebraic systems in superstring theory, and on the other hand (in the computer system) they're Shannon codes — creating a set of unique, compact symbols that point to larger, less ...
Why are emulators so tricky to make?	[ "Emulation does not improve as the technology gets older. \n \nEmulation's difficulty depends on how different the platform is that is being emulated from the platform you want to emulate on. In the end it all comes down to the fact that emulators are non-profit, unofficial projects. Creators don't have the necessa...
With an inherently limited number of sources from past centuries to examine, will there come a time that we "run out of history?"	[ "It's doubtful. The more we find out about history the more wrong we tend to discover we were about things. Even very recent history is full of misconceptions, falsehoods, and propaganda to dig through.", "It's certainly possible that we will eventually uncover every single piece of historical evidence in existen...
Why do kittens go into a state of paralysis when grabbed by the scruff?	[ "you can also use scruff training for teaching discipline, but only for kittens not adult cats. I wish I'd known this when I adopted mine as kittens. My 3 cats are all rescues, grew up with no mum so they have a bad habit of biting, nipping & generally bratty behavior that kitty mom would discipline out of them. ...
why did the fur on our bodies dissapear if some humans moved to colder climates?	[ "Humans originated in the hot savannah of Africa. The leading theory on how people back then hunted was running down animals for many miles. This was reliant on tiring the animal out from constantly running to where the human could get close and kill it. Because of the heat generated by running in the 100+ degree s...
What causes bioluminescent plankton to ONLY light up when agitated?	[ "chemical reaction of luciferins in the plankton which reacts with luciferase to create light and oxyluciferin." ]
Why are batteries charge measured in mAh instead of Coulombs?	[ "No real reason. It's just because that if you know that your circuit draws 100mA and your battery has a 1000mAh capacity then you know that your battery is going to last 10 hours. Easier than using C and then diving by 3600 second to get the number of hours.\r\rSame reason we measure energy in kWh instead of J", ...
Does exercise and eating healthy "unclog" our arteries? Or do our arteries build up plaque permanently?	[ "Yes. Having a diet that's higher in HDL cholesterol and low in LDL cholesterol will see the macrophages that make up atherosclerosis (plaque) lose their LDL cholesterol and have it transported back to the liver to be excreted in bile. This will slowly reduce the volume of the plaque and start to bring the artery b...
How are phobias acquired?	[ "It's kinda like a psychological allergy. With an allergy, your immune system is overdoing a normal healthy response. A phobia is when generally healthy fears are exaggerated. \n\nWhen you have a phobia of something you shouldn't be scared of, there's normally a situational association. Like if you got lost when yo...
What is this bizarre intersection?	[ "It's called a [diverging diamond interchange](_URL_1_). It's considered one of the best recent innovations in interchange design because of all the [benefits it provides](_URL_0_).\n\n > It seems to make interchanging with I-77 easier\n\nYep. That's just one of the benefits.\n\n > I imagine that it's super confu...
In times of severe to hyperinflation, why can't the government mandate a price ceiling to counteract?	[ "Hyperinflation comes almost always because of a specific supply-shock problem. Something has increased uncertainty of the economy so so much that goods do not have any sort of reliable delivery in adequate amounts. \n\nSevere uncertainty can come from people hoarding in fear of a war or in fear of supplies cut o...
using coffee grounds to filter out lead ions from water.	[ "scientists tested whether or not coffee grounds could be used to filter lead out of water. they found some interesting things out, firstly if more coffee grounds are being used more lead is removed from the water. Secondly neither water temperature nor bean type have any effect on the amount of lead removed. If th...
Why is there such a growing anti-intellectual sentiment growing around the world?	[ "Where to even begin? There is simply so much to discuss with this question. It can be broken down into 2 main facets.\n\nThe first is that intellectuals are generally in charge of policy. It may be politicians that make the rules, but the rules are only as strong as the enforcement of said rules. With that in mind...
How do we know life on other planets will be of the same type as life on Earth?	[ "I took a class in college about this actually, it had nothing to do with my major, but you don't pass up the chance to take a college class on aliens.\n\nIt's been a few years, but from what I can remember, you're right, we don't know that life would be exactly like ours, but based on what we know now, that seems ...
Why does the World Cup have varying competition formats for different regions?	[ "> South America only has 1 round\n\nSouth America (CONMEBOL) only has ten members. Their qualifying tournament is a full round-robin with 18 games. They can do their entire qualifying process in one step. \n\nMost of the members are relatively strong, and there aren't any 'big gaps' between the best and worst ...
Why do I always feel like I need to piss right after I cum?	[ "Because its your body's natural reflex to return your urethra to the proper pH to avoid bacteria growth and also to clean out and residual semen. If you fap, don't pee and go to bed. When you wake up to pee you might notice it splits in two streams, that's cause your piss is being blocked by a little bit of jism" ...
Why is when my body is freezing (like making snow balls without gloves) and I go and put them under a hot sink they ich like crazy?	[ "When your hands get cold the blood vessels in them contract. When you run them under hot water they expand rapidly, stretching them and the area around them, causing discomfort.", "Don't have the answer to that question, but don't use hot water, use cold water first until your hands have warmed up from freezin...
How did Britain come to command such a vast empire in the early 1900's?	[ "The English started colonising other countries very early on. We could say that England itself is a result of being colonised as the Normans invaded in 1066 and conquered England. \n\nEngland went on to colonise Wales, Ireland and then Scotland. From the 17th century, England went on to colonise North America. The...
Can animals recognize music as music?	[ "Apparently the part of the human brain that's stimulated by melody is left untouched by just about every other animal. According to brain imaging, your dog has no sense of rhythm. Your cat certainly doesn't \"get\" that CD you're listening to, and your hamster can't even remember and recognise a simple melody pla...
Explain e=mc^2.	[ "Energy and mass are the exact same thing, in different forms. You can take a heavy atom and split it into two smaller atoms that have a combined weight less than the original. The missing mass is converted to energy. This is how a nuclear reactor creates electricity. On the other hand, if you take two particle...
Why is it worthwhile to separate colors from whites in laundry?	[ "In the past, you would often add bleach to whites to help clean them. However, it would destroy colored dyes, so you would need to separate them first.", "i believe upon first wash (or the first few), some of the dyes can run and influence the color of the whites. i don't fucking know. i've only ever seen it in ...
Why does the TSA require a max limit per bottle of liquid/gel but no limit on the number of bottles?	[ "Because the TSA's rules are arbitrary and meaningless.", "Because one 300 ml cream bomb can take out an airliner, but three 100 ml cream bombs cannot.", "The reason the liquids rule was implemented in the first place was because they were worried about people bringing liquid explosives on board (Nitroglycerin,...
Why is the bathroom light switch in hotels outside the door?	[ "It is a precaution so that you don't electrocute yourself trying to turn off or on something with wet hands. In UK,only pull cords are allowed inside bathrooms. Having switches inside bathroom may land you to into legal trouble." ]
How do scientists determine the calorie content of a food item? And the nutrient content?	[ "They literally burn it, as far as I can tell. We got to do this in Chemistry with Pringles and a can of water suspended above the burning Pringles. We used a butt load of foil to direct all the hear towards the can. \n\n_URL_0_\n\nEdit* My guess is that they use lasers to burn a piece and then measure the heat giv...

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