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Formal/Informal Language	[ "Even in an egalitarian society like the US, there are vast differences in the language that you use, depending on who you're talking to. For example, you don't expect to walk into a store and have the sales assistant greet you with, \"How ya doin', bud?\" And if your best friend greeted you with, \"Good afternoon,...
How can people be convicted for offensive statements?	[ "Are you American?\n\nI ask because this is really weird for many Americans. In the rest of the world, it's pretty much agreed that inflicting emotional distress through offensive comments should be illegal. There's room for debate about just how offensive the comments must be, but it's basically only the USA tha...
Why does exposing factual information about a company lead to a successful lawsuit against you?	[ "It depends on how that information was obtained and what kind of information you're talking about. If it's not public information, (i.e. a company secret), think of it like insider trading. This information is an asset of the company, and by making it public, you stole this asset of the company.\n\nIf it's whist...
Why aren't germicidal ultraviolet lights used everywhere, to prevent the spread of disease?	[ "They use a wavelength of light that is cancer causing. Do you want to sit under a cancer causing light?\n\nPlus, they aren't all that effective to stop, say a sneeze from transmitting to another person. It takes some time to kill the germs.", "One answer (assuming the harmful light wasn't harmful) is because you...
How is kilogram a unit or mass and not weight? (flair physics)	[ "Mass is a unit of how much \"stuff\" is in something - if two objects have the same number of particles (subatomic stuff - protons, neutrons, electrons), then they'll have the same mass, anywhere in the universe.\n\nWeight is a little different, because it's actually a unit of force - in most cases, it's the force...
Why wouldn't game developers make exact copies of good old games but with better graphics?	[ "Well thats actually something that has been happening a lot in the game industry recently. There have been quite a few remakes / remasters. This year alone we got a re-releases of the last of us, kingdom hearts 2 and 4 Halo games so it's a thing that is happening.\n\nI think though that you more asking why don't t...
What is inflation and what causes it?	[ "Inflation occurs when your currency looses its value. Because there is a finite number of money in the world it has a specific value. if you burn/ destroy half of it, its value doubles and if you print more bank notes, it will inflate again.\n\nWhen a countries economy collapses and the state starts to print more ...
Why is suspension from school a punishment? Isn't that just giving them what they want?	[ "1. Removes a potentially dangerous or disruptive child from school.\n\n2. Wake up call from the school to the parent.\n\nUnfortunately most repeat offenders aren't going to care about some other scolding from mom and a chance to not be expected to go to school.\n\nAs a teacher though, I've found that kids that hav...
Why are button batteries so expensive?	[ "Very often, miniaturisation does make things more expensive. \n\nHowever, I think you might simply be shopping in the wrong place. You can get packs of 20 LR44 button cells for well under $10 (or even 100 of them for slightly over $10) - it's a matter of shopping around.", "Common button cells contain silver o...
What causes currency devaluation?	[ "Let's say there are ten children in a playground, and they all want gold beads. Each child has one or two of these beads, but occasionally they'll trade it with another child for a new toy or a packet of sweets. Now, Jimmy, one of these children, tells his mother to go and get him so golden beads, so she comes bac...
What is so enjoyable about tobacco? Explain the attraction or positive value of cigarettes, cigars, snuff, and etc. other tobacco products.	[ "As with a lot of things, the enjoyment inst necessarily from the object itself but from how it makes you feel.\n\nI started smoking when i was 10 years old. At the time, It was simply an adult thing, and I wanted to feel older and do things only adults did. I would get together with a friend of mine and we would s...
Why was America reluctant to join the allies in WWII before Pearl Harbour?	[ "The US was a lot more isolationist back then. Not only that, but they weren't the military powerhouse that they are today. The military might of the US was mostly untested. WWII is really when the US came into the forefront in that arena. It also wasn't that long after WWI; the US wasn't keen on getting themselves...
Why don't seizures cause the heart to spasm erratically like other muscles?	[ "Seizures start in the brain and send electrical signals to the muscles. But the heart has its own separate electrical system.", "Other muscles are under voluntary control; heartbeat is controlled by a signal from the brain which comes down a special nerve, the [vagus nerve](_URL_0_).", "You have a central nerv...
Coughed up a tiny tooth?	[ "Try to break it open. If it's tooth or bone, it'll have a soft (most likely degraded) interior where the marrow or pulp was.\n\nMore likely is that it's either a tonsil stone that somehow didn't get stinky, or it's a piece of gravel that got kicked up into her mouth. If you can't break it, it's probably gravel, as...
why does the mentos and diet coke geyser have to be diet coke?	[ "The process is called nucleation. See those bubbles that form on the sides of your glass when you fill it with soda? They're bubbles of carbon dioxide, formed when the tiny cracks and crevices in the glass give them a place to form. A typical mint Menthos candy is covered in millions of microscopic pits, which giv...
Masturbation, oral sex, and other non-intercourse from an evolutionary perspective	[ "its a way to bond and resolve conflict within groups. like with the bonobos.", "They do it for the same reasons we do. It's fun.\n\nThey discover it through experimentation and/or observation.", "It's apparently just as pleasurable for many other mammals as it is for us." ]
How is love any different to being overly-attached?	[ "Love is about wanting what is best for them.\n\nBeing overly attached is all about you.", "To kind of follow up on my other comment differentiating between infatuation and \"overly attached\", I think the root difference between love and being overly attached is that one is the emotion that one feels, and ...
Why do we always think that dreams are real life despite them usually being obscure and unrealistic?	[ "While dreaming, the part of your brain that determines if things are obscure and unrealistic is operating at a diminished capacity.\n\nIn a sense, you are just not smart enough to realize there is anything wrong with an illogical situation.", "Same reason why we believe that vivid hallucinations are real (someti...
Why is the Mona Lisa worth so much money?	[ "Think of it this way, little 5-year-old Billy/Sally: you have a really cool toy. All your friends look at that toy and want it. But you hold on to it, because it's special to you. Over the years, far into the future when you grow old, people still look at your toy and wish it was theirs, and think it looks really ...
why is it that big dogs drool alot while small dogs tend not to drool at all?	[ "Larger animals have to work harder to keep cool. Volume, which determines the amount of heat produced, goes up with the cube of the length of the animal but surface area, which determines the rate that heat is lost, goes up with the square. Dogs cool off by panting while producing drool instead of sweating. Large ...
Why are springy doorstops made with maximum compression? Wouldn't they be more effective if they could be compressed to cushion the door's impact?	[ "The coil is just for flexibility (as others have said). If the spring was not compressed though when the door was pushed into it the spring would compress, absorbing the impact (good), however it would the release this compression, flinging the door back towards the person opening it (bad). The more force the door...
Why do different people like different climates?	[ "I live in the Las Vegas Valley and chances are if you lived here long enough you grew a tolerance to heat, went to Norwalk (east of los angeles) and I was FREEZING. \n\nAfter long periods of time we get used to the temperatures in our enviroment, the same way early humans adopted to breathing atmospheric oxygen." ...
How is fire able to be on the surface of water?	[ "There's something else on top of the water that is burning, like oil or fuel or flotsam." ]
Why are taxes on gasoline a fixed dollar amount when nearly every other tax is a percent of the sale?	[ "The price of oil (and by extension, gas) fluctuates wildly in response to geopolitical events and supply factors that state governments have no control over.\n\nRather than try to budget in advance for such an impossibly unpredictable revenue source many governing bodies opt to impose a tax on volume instead. It'...
If steroids were around since the 1930's how do we know older players didn't use them?	[ "Older players didn't use steroids because they used much stronger performance enhancing drugs such as speed.", "It is likely that older players used steroids, but the steroids athletes could use in the 1930s weren't as effective as the steroids athletes use today.", "The incentive wasn't there at all. The rea...
Why Do Most Games These Days Indicate Loading With An Icon Instead of a Bar?	[ "One less feature to support.\n\nLoading bars are actually pretty hard to do correctly. How much work is left to be done? What percentage of it is done? Keeping track of that adds development overhead to some overworked teams, and usually isn't particularly accurate.\n\nModern game UIs tend to be heavyweight, too. ...
How does electroplating work?	[ "You stick what you want to electroplate into a pool of metal ions. You then run a current through it (opposite to the ion charge sign you want to attract). The metal ions will stick to the thing you are electroplating.\n\nThere are tons of applications, from aesthetics (gold plating), adding conductivity (copper)....
How come all those gift cards for Steam, iTunes, Google Play, etc. have the exact same proportions and layout?	[ "It's probably the same size as most credit cards, drivers licenses and so on.\n\nThat size is normed as \"ID-1\": _URL_0_\n\nValve, Apple and Google just decided to use that, because they fit well in wallets and it's a nice know size.", "If you actually look at all those gift cards, they are made by the same com...
How did Kirby Dick's documentary "This Film Is Not Yet Rated" show him appealing and discussing the movie with the MPAA,in the movie?	[ "The film the MPAA reviews often is not completely finished. MPAA rating can be time consuming, so they send the movie early and finish up special effects and such, or even added scenes." ]
How is a Gendarmerie different from a National Guard or Police Force?	[ "The Gendarmerie is a police force, but part of the military. \n\nThey are different from military police because their jurisdiction is among civilian citizen populations rather than military personnel. They are different from the National Guard because they are a law enforcement agency rather than reserve troops...
why did some men have misstresses in the past but now the term isn't used much?	[ "Women didn't like it back then either, but it wasn't easy for women to get jobs, or at least good paying jobs. A lot of social stigma for a divorced or separated woman. So they had to put up with a lot of men being jerks. Cheating, physical and metal abuse, etc. \n\nToday women are more educated and independent, t...
Why do we hear new songs on repeat and love them but after a while we hate them?	[ "Your brain is full of synapses--connections that fire when activated by stimuli, in this case, a song. \n\nYou can think of it as a movie. The first few times you watch it you notice things you didn't the previous time. Once you watch it enough, you know each line of the characters.\n\nThe same goes for a song. Wh...
How does a roomba work without damaging itself, such as falling down stairs etc?	[ "The roomba has proximity sensors and spends its time mapping the room. It knows where hazards are and can avoid them. Just don't pick them up, or they might accidentally fall down stairs if it's not where they expect itself to be.\n\nAnd yes, they do actually clean, although not as well as a traditional vacuum. It...
why does a scissor not work for left handed people but does for right handed?	[ "scissors are actually made for right handed people typically, it's the way the right hand applies pressure on the handle aligns the blades. When you try and use your left hand, the blades separate and nothing cuts.", "My question is: do lefties use their right hand for scissors or just learn to use it with the l...
what happens when a clothed cat falls over?	[ "Exactly that. They feel restricted, like they cannot move, so they stop trying. This may help An Engineer's Guide to Cats 2.0 - The Sequel: _URL_0_\n\nAlso, not all cats to it. Mine doesn't.", "... I'll admit I'm curious enough to see where this goes" ]
Why do some people tan and some get sunburned?	[ "Being sunburnt is your bodies reaction to excess UV light. The pigment that colors our skin (ie. Tans) is called melanin. Those who have more tanned/darker skin have more melanin. Melanin serves as the first layer of protection from UV rays, once this layer has been overloaded, then the skin will start to become s...
Why is tear gas internationally banned for use in warfare, but not for use by police?	[ "All chemical weapons are banned for use in warfare, not just tear gas.\n\nIf the police are firing gas canisters at a rioting crowd, I (unlike a soldier in the field) can be pretty sure it doesn't contain VX." ]
Do fish drink water?	[ "This seems like a legitimate question a five year old would ask.", "In short, yes. Freshwater fish drink lots of water and pee most of it out because they want the salts.\n\n_URL_0_", "The [top google answer](_URL_1_) seems like a good explanation:\n\nFresh water fish absorb water through their skin and gills...
Why do adults need less sleep than children?	[ "Every noticed how when you're taking in a lot of new impressions you get more tired? Like when traveling, living in a new environment etc.\n\nNot only are childrens brains under intense development physiologically, they also need to learn an immense amount of new skills, from basic ones like just getting the hang ...
Why do Americans not have an English accent anymore? When did we lose it?	[ "So this is a topic I actually find quite interesting, but I feel like I'm going to have to address a few issues to fully answer your question. To begin with I'm just going to point out that I'll use the term dialect instead of accent, I have my reasons for this but they aren't important to understanding everything...
Why are people from Manchester called Mancunians?	[ "Manchester's original Latin place name was either Mamucium or Mancunium, depending on the source and time. Over many centuries, this ended up becoming the name Manchester that's used today. Mancunian is simply derived from the older place name.\n\nA side note, but it's not uncommon in the UK for demonyms t...
Do other languages need the use of a Thesarus or is it only English that has so many synonyms?	[ "Thesauruses and synonyms exist pretty much in every language. Synonyms are there to describe very similar objects or situations in slightly different ways to give a more precise picture. Most languages have some space to allow for such variations." ]
How do people with Alzheimer's suddenly remember a fact about their lives, but forget it a moment/day later?	[ "Alzheimer's messes with the neural connections in the brain. Think of it like a shorting wire. Sometimes the signal will get through, sometimes it won't." ]
Why when you get sunburnt is drinking a lot of water a huge importance?	[ "Basically sunburn is inflamed skin and its going through the healing process. Our body uses water as a transport mechanism to provide nutrients and remove waste products. Sun burnt skin needs to be replenished with nutrients and have the injured skin bi products removed. More water means more transport and removal...
When big movie producers send out movies to be reviewed by critics, shouldn't it be easy to catch who uploaded the DVDScr?	[ "It's a decent idea.\n\nAmazon tried to do something simillar for their e-book sale, they thought of placing 1-2 random spelling mistakes in each one, to see who uploaded something at a torrent tracker. But eventually they abandoned the plan. \n\nI'm not answering your question though :(" ]
Why do you feel cold and nauseous after breaking a bone?	[ "Shock. You both is redirecting your blood to your vital organs, which drops your blood pressure. Shutting down your digestive system and flooding your body with hormones such as adrenaline enables it to have the resources it needs to deal with the problem once it knows what it is.", "I could be wrong but I’m fai...
How does my charger know to stop charging my phone when it's at 100%?	[ "The usual way the state of charge for any battery is measured is by voltage. It's most accurate when the battery is full or nearly full or empty.\n\nMy guess would be that there's a target voltage and when it's reached the cellphone disconnects the charger electronically.\n\nProper battery monitors actually use a ...
How do TV companies record viewing figures?	[ "TV Viewership is measured under the Nielson system, which returns \"ratings\" for specific demographics. They gather the information by either having select households self-report their live viewing habits or by sending out \"Nielson boxes\" to certain homes to be connected to TVs to specifically send viewing rep...
What would if we dug a hole across the earth and threw and object in there?	[ "Gravitational pull is basically zero at the center of the earth, so an object would fall and pass the center, but then be drawn back the opposite direction. Each pass through the center of the earth would slow the object down, eventually leaving it suspended right in the middle." ]
Why is the filming and distribution of pornography legal, while prostitution is illegal?	[ "I'm not the expert or anything but my guess is that porn actors and actresses go through severe and mandatory regulations, policies and laws in order to be hired. They need to do weekly tests as proof that they are healthy and have no diseases.\n\nOn the other hand, prostitutes don't have any regulations at all an...
how can some people have a fetish that they only fantasies about while finding it disgusting in real life. Incest is one example where many claim they would never do it in real life however it is still a turn on for them in form of a fantasy.	[ "Specifically in your example of incest, there's a thing called [the Westermarck Effect] (_URL_0_) that is basically the effect that growing up around family members ruins any possibility of being sexually attracted to them. You don't want to bone your sister because you grew around her, watching her dirty her diap...
When you eat healthy and then eat a cheat meal, why does the junk food taste so bad and make you feel sick?	[ "A lot of Junk food is really high in sugar and salt, while a lot of home-cooked 'Health' food is much lower in those things. \n\nAs far as taste: When you're eating junk food all the time, your senses get used to the ultra-high sugar and salt content. When you switch to eating 'health' food all the time, you get u...
Can I fire a gun in space?	[ "Yes, it will fire at normal bullet speeds. The bullet contains everything it needs to fire, so you don't need to worry about that. The only difference would be that the bullet would not lose speed to friction with an atmosphere and the trajectory wouldn't be curved (or as curved) due to gravity.", "Yes, gunpowde...
The difference between Prussia and Germany	[ "Prussia is a region of Europe roughly comprising what is now northern Poland, parts of Lithuania, and the Russian exclave of East Prussia.\n\nThis region was given to the Teutonic Knights during the Crusades to fight against the native Baltic pagans, which was the first German state in the region of Prussia.\n\nFa...
Why are some countries' military independent from the government?	[ "There is no single answer to this but in some countries the military have managed to own land which they can get income from instead of getting income through taxes. This makes it much harder for the government to control the army as they can not reduce their income. Of course there is a lot of politics and cultur...
why do we treat/accept Monday as the first day of the week, but almost all calendars show Sunday as the first day of the week?	[ "I don't know about Monday being the first day of the week. It's moreso the first day of the workweek, and why its treated like the first day of the week probably originates with that. In fact, in Vietnamese, Sunday is literally translated to \"First day\" and Monday is \"Day two\" and so on for the rest of the day...
How did ships work?	[ "A sailing ship cannot go directly into the wind, but it can engage in what's known as tacking.\n\nTacking is when a ship sails at a 45^o angle into the wind. It can repeat that process at a 45^o angle in the other direction into the wind, and end up moving slowly, but ultimately directly into the wind, like t...
Why do we have registries for sex offenders but not for murderers?	[ "[Recidivism Rates](_URL_0_) - the statistics and likelihood of a person repeating an undesirable behavior after they have either experienced negative consequences. \n\nSex Offenders are statistically more likely to offend again than murders are. Furthermore Sex Offenders are really easy targets for politicians ...
What happened to the new CEO's weekly AMAs?	[ "They got tired of lying and having to backtrack on everything they bullshit about. So it's best to avoid questions.", "Oh, he's a fraud like the rest, I hope that helps clear up any confusion.\n\nOr like the other person said:\n\n\"They got tired of lying and having to backtrack on everything they bullshit abou...
How do natural wildfires start?	[ "Lightning is natural, and starts a surprising number of fires. At our annual campout this year we watched smoke jumpers and helicopters spend the night putting out a lightning-spawned fire on a ridge only two or three miles away. AFAIK, everything else is man made.", "Natural wildfires are mostly started by ligh...
How are wooden barrels made to not leak?	[ "It takes a long time to build a barrel, but the longest time is simply letting the wood air dry for a few years. \n\nThe easiest simple explanation is that they use the two iron bands and a big old hammer to bang the wooden slats in so that they fit VERY tightly to each other. Like we're talking massive pressure...
Why do people assume that a guy driving a big truck is overcompensating?	[ "Because very few people actually *need* a big truck, especially in cities. They don't typically tow large loads, or haul three refrigerators at the same time very often, so people assume it's a macho thing.", "Right or wrong - there is a stereotype that people who drive big trucks are only concerned about t...
Who owns the federal reserve?	[ "This is a complicated question, so bear with me.\n\nThe first thing to keep in mind is that the idea of there being a singular Federal Reserve is an abstraction. The Federal Reserve system consists of a couple of committees and twelve regional Federal Reserve Banks. Private banks in each region hold stock in the r...
Is the Human Brain faster than a computer?	[ "It depends on what you mean by \"faster\". Can the human brain show a correct response to a simple external stimulus or output a simple computation more rapidly than a computer? No. \n \nAre there tasks that the human brain can do more rapidly than a computer? Yes. Mostly because there currently are tasks that ...
Why orange juice tastes so bad after I brush my teeth?	[ "I read somewhere that one of the ingredients in toothpaste kind of deactivates the part of your tongue that tastes sweet things. So OJ minus the sweetness is that sour icky taste you're thinking of. \nHere it is: _URL_0_", "The emognulate part of your tounge that reacts to sweet sensations is inhibited by the co...
We do people featured in drug documentaries not get arrested?	[ "and yes i know i wrote we in the title instead of why. you're so smart for spotting that." ]
Europe and North American culture and civilization is refered to as "western". Why is that?	[ "The term 'West' (as opposed to 'East' in the sense of China or the like) developed before the Americas were known. At the time, the known world was Eurasia, and Europe was on the western edge of that world. So the 'West' came to mean 'European-influenced'.", "Before the discovery of the new world, Europe was Wes...
How come I jump as high off 2 feet as I would off 1 foot? Shouldn't I jump higher off 2 feet? Which would let me jump higher?	[ "Depends on whether you are moving or not. \n\nIf you are getting a running start, jumping off one foot is much better. You can drive one if your knees upwards to change your forward momentum into vertical momentum.\n\nIf you are standing still, two feet is the way to go. If you can, pump your arms to get more powe...
When oligarchs like the Koch brothers die, where is all that power gonna go?	[ "Both of them have children. Whether the children can exercise the power is a thing yet to be seen. Just like it was not known at the time when Fred Chase kicked it which of his four sons would do what.", "My uninformed bias is that whoever is underneath the power position of the Koch brothers...." ]
Why do we say 'the NSA' but rarely 'the NASA'?	[ "\"NSA\" is an initialism, like FBI or most 3-letter agencies. \"NASA\" is an acronym and linguistically treated like a noun.", "We treat NSA as an acronym (which is what it is) and NASA as a proper noun (although it's also an acronym). In other words, you say n s a, but you also say Nah Sah. NSA is in a subset o...
How do they decaffeinate coffee and soda (pop)?	[ "The [International Coffee Organization](_URL_0_) actually has a decently ELI5 worth explanation on how they do it." ]
How do short films make a profit?	[ "There are tons of \"shorts\", after a fashion. They're just on television -- most TV shows are basically in the tradition of the serial shorts (once a staple of movie theaters), adapted from cinema to the small screen.\n\nModern short films mostly don't make a profit. Many get made by student filmmakers and arti...
what makes "neon" colors so bright?	[ "> Sometimes instead of being called neon colors they are called \"fluorescent\" colors. What makes them fluorescent is that they absorb light you normally can't see (UV light) and then release that energy as visible light. The result is that if you shine light that has UV in it (like sunlight or a blacklight) inst...
Why are chocolate stains so hard to get out while other stains aren't?	[ "Part of it is that chocolate is super dark, of course. It's also ground very fine too make, so it gets everywhere. And the bits that are not tiny teeny chocolate powder are brown cacao oil. So you've got those three things (each of them a hard stain alone) to make the perfect storm of stains." ]
how come we couldn't use built up pressure to launch objects into space?	[ "It's actually an idea, called the Verne Gun after Jules Verne's classic book From the Earth to the Moon and like you said, the initial object would be fired into near earth before propulsion or other means are used.\n\nThe problem is pesky G forces. In a rocked it's a somewhat slow build up, but firing shit out ...
How does eardrops works in reducing pain or infections?	[ "It depends on the medication contained within. Many contain antibiotics and many contain steroid anti-inflammatory agents which reducing swelling and pain associated with it." ]
Why are fingerprints different person to person?	[ "Actually, even identical twins have different fingerprints. Minor differences in fingerprints arise from random local events during fetal development. The genes determine the general characteristics of the patterns of fingerprints. However, inside the uterus, finger tissue comes in contact with the amniotic fluid,...
Why is the scandal with Chris Christie and the lane closures a big deal?	[ "It isn't just that someone died in an ambulance. Granted, that is the worst possible outcome for the situation, but what makes those responsible for this situation reprehensible is the fact that the lane closure was designed to cripple the city of Fort Lee. People would not be able to get to work on time, stores a...
how do scientists fire just a single elementary particle?	[ "Usually they do not. For example the Large Hadron Collider emits protons in bunches of 100 billion. [source.](_URL_0_)", "They don't, but they do clever things like fire a very small stream of them (lets say photons, particles of light) and then put a bunch of \"filters\" between the beam and the target detector...
Why do we "hallucinate" while reading?	[ "Go to a doctor. There might be something wrong with you. Or perhaps stop chewing on the book. Thanks.", "Uh...do we? I visualize what I'm reading in my head but that's about it.", "I don't hallucinate whilst I read. I focus and read the words. You might need professional help neighbourino." ]
How can enough oxygen remain in crowded cities where there are very few plants to photosynthesize the CO2?	[ "there are no impregnable barriers separating urban air space and surrounding air space, so air can move freely back and forth. as such, not only can wind (credit to ernie) bring in oxygen, it can also remove CO2 and other components that make up \"air\".", "If cities were incased in air tight glass bubbles that ...
Can insects really make a home for themselves inside a human's ear canal?	[ "Yes. Yes they can. There are also blowfish which can lay eggs in your eye and then grow maggots inside your eyesocket. There are also 3 foot long nematode worms which can get into your feet, grow into your leg, and then spend weeks crawling out when they die. Fortunately, we are pretty close to wiping out that par...
How can someone sue over potential profits?	[ "There is precedence in the concept of tortious interference. Let's say you arrange to sell some product to a potential buyer. But, before they actually buy the product, they bow out of the deal. You find out that some third party was spreading rumors or lies about you, and that directly led to the buyer not follow...
If hair is supposed to be "dead", how does shampoo+conditioner+hair creams work in order to make "dull, life-ess hair" into smooth, shiny and silky?	[ "You know how shoe polish and leather conditioner will make old shoes look new again while exposing them to water, mud, and sun light will make them deteriotr faster? Even though hair is not living, they could still benefit from adding more moisture while exposing them to the elements could still destroy them." ]
Why is "18 years old" most desirable in porn films? (NSFW)	[ "They know their market. Who doesn't like the idea of watching some 18 year old girl get pounded? The funny thing is a lot of them probably aren't even 18. Who the hell cares? Who would be able to tell? Just give her some pigtails and a cheerleader outfit and you're good. They'd say 16 if it were legal.\n\nAlso, th...
Why do we say our descriptive words in a particular order? For example: "Big red ball," not "Red big ball."	[ "There actually is a \"correct\" order, although most people don't learn it. We often pick it up without realizing it, but that's why certain orders sound \"weird\"\n\n_URL_1_\n\n_URL_0_", "These descriptive words are called adjectives and when multiple adjectives modify a noun, they will be in a [particular orde...
Why do emergency vehicles sirens in the US also have the strange sounding siren that almost sounds like a bubble or being underwater?	[ "The thumper? \nIt is a really low tone that deaf people can feel approaching.", "Cop here:\n\nAre you talking about the \"[piercer](_URL_0_)\" siren? \n\nIt is easier for people to identify where it's coming from.\n\nMost of our cars don't have it, but I'd generally use it when approaching an intersection.", "...
Why are dogs one of the few animals that form strong attachments to people and bond really well with humans?	[ "Because dogs have been domesticated over time.\n\nOriginally dogs (or the precursor to what we call a dog now) wouldn't have been as friendly and attached to humans as the ones we have today. Over time, however, 'dogs' that were more friendly to humans would be more likely to get food from humans and survive (and ...
If water boils at 212°, then why is there water in the air?	[ "There is water in a gas form in the air due to a process called evaporation. Evaporation creates water vapour. Evaporation is different to boiling water. When water reaches 212F it turns into steam. \n\nThere is only so much water that can stay suspended in the air as a gas (the water vapour) through evaporation. ...
If Bitcoins are just computer generated, why hasn't some one found a way to just make them without mining?	[ "Bitcoins aren't generated, they already exist. They are the answers to a set number of very hard and tedious math problems. You don't create new bitcoins. You get access to a bitcoin that already exists when you find the answer to the problem it is hidden behind. That is if no one else got there first and logged i...
How do earphones know which sounds to play in the right ear and which to play in the left?	[ "Take a look at this picture of earbuds: _URL_0_\n\nNotice the jack is separated into 3 sections. This is how the stereo sound gets split into right and left. \n\nOne section carries the signal for the right ear; one section carries the signal for the left ear. The third section is what is called a common wire. T...
If we can control our breathing manually when we think about it, why can't we control other things manually like our heartbeat?	[ "But you can control your heart rate. Just because you never learned dosen't mean you can't. There are many stage performers, yoga, martial arts enthusients who have demonstrated the ability to control their heart rate.\n\nThe quickest that comes to mind is people who train to hold their breath underwater ~ they sl...
Accumulation of wealth	[ "The accumulation of wealth by one group is associated with the accumulation of things by others. Which results in the accumulation of obligations and debt. These obligations and debt become the generator of wealth for others. These obligations come in the form of labor to earn a living, providing for and raising a...
Defragmenting a hard drive, and what it means for the hard drive to be fragmented.	[ "Let's say you have a lunch box. When you go to school, your mom has already (but hastily) packed it for you. Every item in your lunch box takes up some space (including some more than others). For example, your PB & J sandwich takes up 3 units of space, and your juice takes up 2 units of space, and your cookies ta...
Why do we die instantly when our heart stops? Why don't we asphyxiate from lack of oxygen from blood no longer circulating?	[ "You don't die instantly; people with a totally stopped heart often die, but it is possible if the heart resumes in a timely manner you'll survive.\n\nThere's a distinction between alive and conscious, though. A total stop in blood flow will make you pass out really quickly; in fact a sudden decrease in blood flow ...
how Issac Newton came up with calculus and how others knew it valid and sound	[ "It's all about recognizing a relationship between certain numbers. Let's talk gravity. Without air resistance, roughly 9.8m/s^2 on earth. We for sure know gravity works, we've proved it many times, objects fall down!\n\nand if objects fall down...what the fuck is up with the moon! It's just up there, mocking gravi...
How bad is car exhaust for you?	[ "Aside from the carbon monoxide, which just kills you, combustion byproducts are extremely toxic. There are gasses and particles that are inhaled and collect in the lungs and blood. Long term exposure is very bad, which is why cars have so many emissions controls to try to reduce the impact. The older the car, the ...
How are doctors able to so accurately estimate how much time terminal patients have left to live?	[ "This isn't biology, it's math. To be specific, it's statistics. \n\nDoctors know the percentages, basically. They know that, out of 1,000 patients with a specific diagnosis, all were dead within a year, and the average life expectancy was 6 months. So when a new patient is diagnosed with the same condition, th...
How did the diet commonly associated with breakfast remain so much less diverse than that associated with dinner?	[ "Traditionally, breakfast foods are things that can be made quickly with little or no preparation time -- important because it's the first meal of the day. As a result, they are generally not very complicated dishes.\n\nFor example, I wouldn't want to prepare a lasagna for breakfast. Bacon, eggs and toast cook much...
Suffered with severe acne for 5 years trying everything. I gave up and stopped washing my face at all. 1 week later it stopped. I haven't washed my face in years and haven't seen any acne. Why has not washing my face worked better than any other product on the market?	[ "Many things could be going on. You may have been allergic to an ingredient in common facial cleansers (like salicylic acid). More likely is that these products were drying out your face too much, so you skin responded by producing too much sebum (oil), which in turn clogged you pores.\n\nI have battled terrible ac...

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