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Is Sharia Law a legitimate threat in the US?	[ "Muslims form less than 3% of the US population. I don't see how such a tiny group could impose its own laws on the US, any more than tiny Christian populations can impose Christian laws on Islamic countries. Even when the British rules vast swathes of the Islamic world they could not impose Christian or even Europ...
The subjunctive case in English and the difference between "were" and "was"	[ "First, let's be clear what the subjunctive is not: (1) Minor quibble: it's not a \"case\" (case is something that substantives have; let's deal with that some other day), it's actually a \"mood\". Verbs take different moods depending on the relationship between the sentence and reality. (2) It's for special occa...
Why don't reptiles produce their own heat, physically how do they NOT and is this preferential to being warm blooded?	[ "There are several advantages, as well as disadvantages, to being cold blooded. By not generating your own body heat, you get to save energy and don't need to eat as much food - which again saves energy because you don't have to hunt. A disadvantage would be that it takes a while to 'warm up' after a cold night. Th...
If you eat something that causes stomach cramps quickly, why is their often difficulty at the other end of the alimentary canal so quickly?	[ "Food passing through your body is less like a car going down a road, and is instead more like a package moving along a conveyer belt. In this analogy peristalsis is the movement of the conveyer belt. When something is irritating to an earlier portion of this belt, the whole thing speeds up. While it still may take...
Why does Colorado seem to catch fire every summer?	[ "We have a very arid climate. Although we get more rain than parts of Nevada and Arizona, our state is very dry compared to most others. Most people don't know that about Colorado, I guess. It is a steppe climate, like New Mexico. Trees don't grow naturally in most parts of the state, except along creeks and rivers...
how do websites know when you're on mobile?	[ "Every device or browser you install has assigned to it what's called a \"User Agent\", which it announces to the web server, along with display dimensions, etc... (all this happens in microsecond).\n\nWebsites assume (typically) that anything under a certain dimension is mobile, which is why even on some smaller d...
Tim Ferriss' 'The 4-Hour Workweek'	[ "Most people fuck off a lot which causes them to be really inefficient. We are too easily distracted by email, phone calls and the like during the course of a day and end up only getting about 45 real minutes of working every day. Tim advocates only returning email and phone calls during a set time and letting them...
Why are hockey players going to strike against the NHL?	[ "The players are not going on strike. The owners (the employers of the players) are locking the players out, because they want the players to accept lower salary growth in future seasons." ]
Why can some people raise their right eyebrow independently of their left, but can't do it the other way around?	[ "I can do both, and each one independently, should I call Prof. Xavier?" ]
why do jehovah's witnesses refuse medicine/medical treatment?	[ "It's not modern medicine in general, it's specifically blood transfusions; they refuse blood transfusions, which precludes a ton of other treatments and surgeries where a blood transfusion may be necessary.", "As others said, the JW only refuse blood transfusions. There are groups that refuse all forms of medici...
Pasteurization	[ "It's a process of rapidly heating and then cooling a food (such as milk) to kill any germs in it, making it safer to consume. It's similar to canning, but the point of pasteurization is to cook the food as little as possible." ]
Jury decisions	[ "> When a jury makes a seemingly stupid or erroneous decision and this seems obvious to judges/lawyers... Can it get overturned?\n\nYes. For civil cases, there is something called a judgment as a matter of law or judgment not withstanding verdict. This basically says that the judge can reverse the verdict if no r...
What is holocytochrome C?	[ "A protein in general can have cofactors, that are not aminoacids, in their structure. For example the hemoglobine has the heme group that interacts with the oxygen. The protein without the cofactors, just the aminoacid chain, is called holiprotein In your case the holocytochrome c is the Cytocrome C withoit the h...
If they really are the same thing, how can generic pharmaceuticals cost so much less than their name brand counterparts?	[ "Name brand company will spend millions developing, testing, and approving a drug. Once they spend all of that time and money inventing the drug they start mass producing it. Actually making the drug is cheap, usually just a few cents to a couple bucks per pill. So the company has to charge enough to cover the cost...
What causes the phenomenon of wind?	[ "Sorry for whoever thought they were cool for down voting your simple, straightforward, shameless question.\n\nAnyway, as you may know, warm air rises because it is less dense. So when a pocket of air gets heated up, it rises higher up in the sky. \n\nBut as you also may know, nature doesn't like a vacuum (empty sp...
Commission on Net vs Gross. Whats the difference?	[ "I don't know how this would apply to media, but generally these are the definitions:\n\nGross: the total amount of a transaction. You sell a $30,000 car, you get commission on $30,000.\n\nNet: the total amount of a transaction, reduced by expenses. You sell a $30,000 car, you get commission on $8,000, which ...
The difference between a URL, URN, and URI	[ "The simplest explanation starts by categorizing: The first thing you should know is that an URL or a URN are both URIs.\n\nAn [URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)](_URL_4_), is a way to identify some type of resource on the Internet, they are handled by browsers and other network capable applications.\n\nSo ...
How can a foreign diplomat lose there diplomatic immunity?	[ "Diplomatic Immunity exists solely as an agreement between two nations to provide diplomatic immunity. \n\nIf the two nations no longer agree to provide immunity to their counterparts consular officials then it no longer exists. It is never done lightly though because it's considered vital for functioning diplomati...
Why is sugar bad in soda/energy drinks but not juice?	[ "Nothing. Sugar in juice is just as unhealthy as sugar in soda. \n\nPeople just don't think that there's that much sugar in juice.", "The sugar is bad in either one. Red Bull has very little nutritional value otherwise, which is why it seems unhealthier. The juice has some vitamins, at least.\n\nBut it's true...
Why are we in a male dominate world?	[ "Biology. Men are hard wired to seek dominance.\n\n[In men, high levels of endogenous testosterone (T) seem to encourage behavior intended to dominate--to enhance one's status over--other people. Sometimes dominant behavior is aggressive, its apparent intent being to inflict harm on another person, but often domina...
Conditional probability (searched already. Other explanations posted are way too complex)	[ "What's the probability of flipping two coins and they both turn up heads? That's pretty easy to calculate, it's 25%.\n\nBut what if you flipped one already, and it was heads? Now the probability of both being heads is 50%, it's just down to the second coin flip.\n\nThat's the idea behind conditional probability, y...
The physical significance of some math terms	[ "Eigenvectors, eigenvalues, and the determinant of a matrix don't necessarily have 'physical' meanings.\n\nIf you think of a matrix as a linear transformation (something that stretches or squeezes space) then the eigenvectors are the directions in which space is stretched or squeezed. \nThe eigenvalues (which pair ...
how do companies like Gamestop etc. decide how much a used game is worth?	[ "supply and demand.. the basic principles are maintained.. they probably have a tracking system for what they know they can sell it for and then have a formula that dictates what percentage they need to make.. things are worth what people will pay for them.", "It's based on what they can sell it for and still mak...
how does WiFi/radio/phone signal make its way through solid brick walls?	[ "Same way visible light goes through glass. Glass is a solid. Different objects absorb, reflect and transmit different wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation (emr). So glass is transparent to visible EMR and brick is transparent to radio waves (im pretty sure wifi uses radio waves)", "Wifi uses radio waves in t...
Why does everyone believe everything Snowden leaks as truth?	[ "When Snowden started releasing information, the US government got very upset. You know how sometimes you get upset, even though you don't mean to? Usually it's because there is some truth there. If somebody said something ridiculous, like your brother is a raptor, you wouldn't be mad because you can prove it's...
Why do we frequently add the sound "ee" to the end of names, particularly children's names?	[ "Many languages have a \"diminutive\" form, usually a suffix, for names and objects. In English, it happens to be -y (or rarely -ie, same sound); in German it's -lein and -chen; and so forth.\n\nIn other words, \"Why?\" \"Because.\" It's a fairly common construct.\n\n----\n\nNow, if your question was actually \"...
what is the logic behind letting someone go if you love them ?	[ "The issue is that if you love someone, and genuinely love them, you want the best for them. Even if the best for them isn't you. You care about them enough that you just want them to be happy, and though it'd make you happy to have them with you, you know that you aren't the one who can give them the happiness an...
What causes dandruff and how can it be removed permanently?	[ "> Dandruff is thought to be due to a combination of an over production of skin oil and irritation from a yeast called malassezia.\n\n > Stress, fatigue, weather extremes, oily skin, infrequent shampoos or skin cleaning, use of lotions that contain alcohol, skin disorders (such as acne), or obesity may increase ...
Why sprinter runners have their names, numbers on A4 paper, and not a branded shirts like football players?	[ "starting number is given on the place. it would be wasteful to buy uniform for every event.\n\nin football and almost every (or probably in every) other sport involving numbers it's just indicator of number in team." ]
; Do vaccines cause autism? If so why? If not, where did this idea come from?	[ "No, they do not. A surgeon named Andrew Wakefield wanted to make a name for himself, so he published a \"study\" that linked vaccines to autism. It caught on largely after a celebrity (Jenny McCarthy) became very vocal against vaccinations. Even though Wakefield was later revealed to have completely fabricated his...
Liquor before beer, you're in the clear.	[ "Basically bullshit that sounds funny when you are half drunk.", "Mythology spoken of by first time drinking teens.", "Mostly bullshit. The only truth it might have is that if you switch to higher alcohol content drinks when you're already impaired, you're going to have a hard time judging how much is appropria...
Why does hitting a dim fluorescent lightbulb help make it bright?	[ "I'm not sure of this mechanism. My guess is that the contact between the bulb terminals and the fixture is not very good. If the connection isn't snug, or if the contacts have built up a little oxidation, then there will be a high resistance connection. Flicking the bulb could break through this oxidation (whic...
Why are certain American movies released in some other countries before they're released in the USA?	[ "There's a whole ton of math that goes into when a movie gets released, based on competition, based on local culture, based on how the reviews might go, based on various deals with the theaters, based on... well, you get the idea.\n\nSuffice to say you and I will probably never know the reasons a specific movie was...
What did the 1% protesting actually accomplished if anything?	[ "To deal with a problem, you first have to be aware that there is one, so accomplishing awareness is something.", "It did get a lot of people talking about inequality. President Obama is spending his remaining years \"fighting\" inequality and at Davos this year I think that was the main topic.", "More people a...
How does "muscle memory" actually work?	[ "Your nervous system is all about connections. The more you use a connection, the stronger it gets. Muscle memory is imprinting movement patterns deeply on the neurons needed to control those movements so they can be repeated precisely." ]
How Megaupload can be held responsible for the files uploaded to it.	[ "I believe it was because they made no attempt to moderate their servers for pirated content. They even admitted making money off of pirated content.", "They don't have to check every single file for copyright violation. The only thing that they were legally required to do was to remove copyright violations from...
Help with Coefficients and Matrices	[ "y/2 is (1/2) * y. The coefficient is 1/2\n\nAnd no, higher degrees are nonlinear and matrices are strictly linear, and higher-degree equations have multiple solutions: x^2 = 4 is an easy example." ]
Why is Hydrogen fuel not being more readily pursued as an alternative fuel source?	[ "Mostly because it is very costly to extract. Any energy used in the production of hydrogen would probably end up coming from fossil fuels anyway, making the energy savings moot.\n\nThere is also concern over the safety of hydrogen. It is very flammable and prone to leaking. Hydrogen fuel cells have been known to e...
Why wouldn't Americans want improved relations with Russia? Why have they been demonized by our media and politicians?	[ "America would love improved relations with Russia. A number of things stand in the way of that, but mostly the tendency of Russia to invade its neighbors and take them over by force. Europe is separated into two groups: Those in NATO and those who should be worried about Russian invasion.\n\nPutin sees NATO as Rus...
I thought Jordan had a constitutional monarchy, yet it appears that democratic movements have flaired up in the region. ELI5	[ "Edit: I know this isn't a ELI5 but it isn't a ELI5 question :p If you want to talk more, reply and i'll be glad to respond :-)\n\nI am Jordanian and have been living here for 21 years. All the riots you are seeing now happening all across the kingdom is mainly because of the government's recent decision to lift th...
Why do some chef's knives cost so much? Why is Japanese steel considered so much better? Is it really impossible to "perfect" a knife?	[ "Japanese steel isn't the best. They still make good stuff, but there is not single place that makes the best steel. With the advent of modern metallurgy and the sharing of knowledge, everyone is on an even playing field and the Japanese never were the best in terms of steel quality. The Indians and middle east has...
Why do abnormal events that occur while dreaming seem perfectly normal in our dreams?	[ "One dream theory states that our upper brains (cerebrum) receive random signals from the lower brain (brain stem, cerebellum etc.) and the upper brain tries to make sense of them. It takes the data, interprets it and then experiences what that interpretation states should be experienced. That isn't to say that you...
How does cooking something cause it to gain more carbohydrates?	[ "Fiber in foods represents inaccessible carbohydrates because your body can't break fiber down. However, when you cook fiber it can sometimes break down in the cooking process into something your body actually can use, and therefore increase the carbohydrates your body takes from the food." ]
Why do so many people not vote in the US?	[ "I am educated (post grad degree). I don't vote because my vote only matters if the election is decided by one vote. This basically never happens, even in local elections. \n \nI also try as much as possible not to pay attention to current affairs and the news. They can use up a lot of your mental resources and...
Why is storage space for genomic data a big concern when all 3 billion base pairs from a human could be stored using only ~700 megabytes, given a 2-bit representation for each base pair?	[ "Can you please point me to anything that says this is in any way a concern?" ]
Why do we get hiccups? How to make it go?	[ "One method i learned from Reddit.\njust as you get your 1st hiccup, take a long deep breath and hold it as long you can.. hiccups gone!\nworked for me.", "You get hiccups from your diaphragm muscle,the one you use to breath, has a spasm. There are a bunch of traditions to calm the diaphragm. Getting scared is on...
Does religious tithing create any legal obligation for the church to the contributor?	[ "Not unless they are made legally explicit by some contract.\n\nLegally speaking, a tithe is a voluntary charitable contribution to a non-profit organization. Many churches claim they are required by the bible, and some even track them and deny you church services if you don't pay. But like any other charitable c...
What's it like to live in a tornado zone? People talk about warnings & safe areas at work - but I live in UK and have no frame of reference to imagine this.	[ "There's not too much too it. You just drill for it like a fire drill. If one is coming try to get to a secure area that wouldn't be affected by super strong winds. That's why basements and bathrooms are typical places you're supposed to go. \n\nIn some towns in the mid-west where tornadoes are more frequent there ...
What are the controls on the Earth's crust floating?	[ "It's mainly (2). \n\nViscosity certainly isn't the preventative factor, because that's essentially how plate tectonics works (where cool, dense oceanic crust is subducted beneath lighter continental or oceanic crust). The entire earth, apart from the outer core, is solid, but the outer mantle has a low enough visc...
How are the sellers on AliExpress able afford charging free shipping (to most places) on most items, without having a minimum order requirement?	[ "_URL_0_\n\nTL;DR - China provides artificially cheap shipping costs for businesses & they have agreements with the US Postal Service that require them to deliver the shit without charging extra money.\n\n...and you're bypassing all taxes & duties on your purchases.", "Those sellers are located in special are...
How can the power company remotely shut off power to a single house?	[ "I work for an electric company and currently we are installing Smart Meters on everybodys house. These meters will be somehow read 48 times a day (every half hour) and people who have the smart meters will be able to check their usage when ever they want through a website given by their power supplier, and yes the...
How does shorting a stock work in it's entirety?	[ "Normally you buy a stock at a low price, and hope you can sell it later for a higher price.\n\nSelling short is basically the opposite. You \"borrow\" the stock from the brokerage, sell it and get the money. It's important to note they are not lending you money - they are lending you XX of shares in the stock, w...
What makes a superpower a superpower?	[ "From [Wikipedia](_URL_0_) - Alice Lyman Miller defines a superpower as \"a country that has the capacity to project dominating power and influence anywhere in the world, and sometimes, in more than one region of the globe at a time, and so may plausibly attain the status of global hegemony.\"\n\nOf the original 3 ...
Why Muhammad is such a popular Muslim name, Even though Its the name of their Prophet (I'm 5 years old)	[ "Muslims have great admiration for all the prophets, so they name their children after them\n\nMuhammad is the most common, but there are a lot more\n\nIbrahim (Abraham) is very common\nMusa (Moses) is also common\nIsa (Jesus) less common, no particular reason\n\nAnd girls are also given names of honorable woman\n\...
What is the difference between an Internet Usage Policy and an Online Safety Policy?	[ "Internet Usage Policy - here are the things you can use the internet for at work...wikipedia good, porn bad\n\nOnline Safety Policy - here is some common mistakes you can make that will get you or the company in trouble, like malware, phishing, and Nigerian princes\n\nIf you were caught playing fantasy football at...
How do hot air balloons control which way they go, why are they not just swept away by the wind?	[ "Wind blows in different directions at different heights. So they raise or lower the altitude of the balloon to find a current that is going the way they want to head.", "Unlike traditional aircraft, balloons can only move in two directions. Up and Down. A balloon pilot (is that the correct term?) will move their...
Amanda Knox has been found guilty of murder (again). Should I believe it?	[ "I recommend this article from Rolling Stone _URL_0_ which outlines the absurdity of the allegations against her very well." ]
How does high and low tide work. I know it has to do with 'gravity' and the moon, but how does the moon influence the tide?	[ "A lot of explanations say that it is because it is because the moon is \"pulling\" on the water however this is only partially true as this does not completely explain why there is a high tide on the opposite side of the planet. You must not think of it as the moon pulling the water but instead the water being a...
The Fiscal Cliff.	[ "Aljazeera breaks this down in a really easy-to-understand sort of way. Hopefully this helps: _URL_0_" ]
What are ocean currents? How do they work?	[ "I am not an oceanologist, but I'll do by best.\n\nThe main factors as far as I know are temperature (like in air currents) and salinity.\n\nWater in the northern areas cools and becomes more dense, causing it to sink. This sinking action causes warm water from the equator to displace it. The cold water is slowly p...
How does sleepwalking work?	[ "When you fall asleep, your brain paralyses your body so you can't move or hurt yourself by acting out your dreams. Sometimes, that paralysis fails to occur, and you end up acting out a dream, or something you commonly do when awake. If you are a sleepwalker, It's important to prep your house so you won't hurt your...
How does a coup work?	[ "It's just a revolution. The only difference is that a coup is often run by someone who's already in power, like a military leader leading a coup against the President." ]
Why do Kim Jong Uns top military leaders always follow him around and take notes?	[ "Because the Kim (Kim IL sung, kim jong il, kim jong un) dynasty are considered to be God-like and have the infinite wisdom. They take notes because anything Kim Jong un says is the truth and he is giving them direction and guidance.", "It contributes to the narrative (which may be true, for all I know) that he's...
Why does abstract math have so much history and application to computing, but computers are so new?	[ "This is the whole point of basic research. Mathematicians concern themselves with studying the properties of interesting internally consistent systems. \n\nBut somehow, these systems tend to also be valuable for modelling things from the real world. The reason this happens is not very well understood as far as I k...
How come black coffee has a laxative effect while most other stimulants make people constipated?	[ "Which other stimulants cause constipation? Are you talking about rebound constipation?" ]
How do limousine services bypass the open container laws?	[ "Sometimes there's an exception in the laws regarding commercial type transports. [California example:](_URL_0_):\n\nNo drinking:\n > 23221 \n\n > (a) No driver shall drink any alcoholic beverage while in a\nmotor vehicle upon a highway.\n (b) No passenger shall drink any alcoholic beverage while in a\nmotor vehi...
Is there a pleasure-related reason to eat ass?	[ "Sometimes it can be as much for the giver as the receiver. There's something primal, taboo and sweaty about burying your face and tongue into someone's anus that can't be topped. This is definitely one of those \"your mileage may vary\" kind of topics.", "Getting your asshole licked feels great! the sensation re...
Can someone explain SQL to me?	[ "Think of SQL as a way to manage a huge set of index cards with a bunch of information on them (this is your database). Maintaining a huge pile of index cards is a pain in the butt, so SQL gives you an English-like language you can use to control an index-card-maintaing robot. The key concepts are:\n\n* A single co...
Why are most sweat glands in the armpits ?	[ "They are not. You have sweat glands all over your body and while there may be a slightly higher concentration of them in your armpits than the average density on say your stomach it is not anywhere close to having most of the sweat glands that your body has.", "They're not. Your entire body is covered with sweat...
Why is there a need of an additional checkin process in flight travel. Why cant we just use the tickets to board the plane?	[ "Having passengers check in before boarding allows the airline to confirm which passengers have actually shown up for the flight. This can be important if a flight is overbooked (too many passengers), or if a flight has open seats that could be filled by standby passengers.\n\nIf they waited until boarding to check...
the differences between Whiskey, Bourbon, Scotch, and single malt / multiple malt (?)	[ "Whiskey is a general term for aged liquor made with grains (depending on where the term is used it can be spelled as whisky) and aged in oak barrels or casks. Bourbon is a legal term for whiskeys made in the US from a majority corn grain mix and there are other requirements. Scotch is whisky made in Scotland (an...
How come digital videos take up less memory than the sum of their individual frames.	[ "Videos aren't stored as a series of images. It's closer to being stored as a series of changes in frames. Since most pixels on most frames are the same as the previous one, this saves an enormous amount of space. It doesn't work exactly like that, but that's an easy way to imagine how it could be much small...
Why does travelling make you feel so tired when you've just sat there for hours doing nothing?	[ "Former flight medic here. There is lots of data on the \"stressors of flight\" (many of these stressors are also present in automobiles). As the vehicle moves, the sway and direction change cause you to have to keep yourself upright. These micro movements cause your muscles to be continuously working (even if you...
Implementation of Anarcho-Communism/Libertarian Communism	[ "I don't have time to type out a whole history of attempts at implementing libertarian communism so I'll just point you to [The Anarchist Collectives: Workers' Self-Management in Spain 1936-39 by Sam Dolgoff.](_URL_0_) There were similar attempts elsewhere but the effort in Spain is the one with the best document...
- how do you know when it is a good time to buy a home...how do you know when it is a buyers market?	[ "Generally low interest rates are a good time to buy as well as more sellers than buyers. For you personally it doesn't matter what the U.S. housing market looks like, it matters what the specific house/area looks like. \n\nFor you to figure this out I'd recommend a site like Zillow for houses you are looking at. T...
Biologically, why do humans feel sentimental about things, (places, objects) and how has this helped us?	[ "Being sentimental is just another way of saying we experience feelings or emotions. Emotions are a reaction to our environment and help us to differentiate between positive experiences that we would like to repeat and negative experiences we wish to avoid. It also helps us to know what feels good and bad at an emo...
What the difference is between having to pay property taxes and having to pay into the healthcare system.	[ "There are many differences between property taxes and federally mandated health insurance. First, the federal government doesn't collect property taxes, nor does it have the power to do so, as far as I know. Property taxation happens at the local (not at the state or federal) level. One of the biggest misconceptio...
Why do we make solid and liquid waste? How does our body know which to make of what?	[ "The solid waste is what didn't get absorbed in your intestines.\n\nThe \"liquid\" waste is all the stuff that was absorbed and needs to be flushed out again or the waste products of using the absorbed stuff. And it's only liquid because water is used as a transport medium.\n\nSo imagine you have a bag of apples. A...
The drastic drop in the price of oil.	[ "* The oil price went over $100 a barrel.\n* At that price, expensive-to-extract oil such as fracked/oil shale became profitable to mine for the first time.\n* It takes a really long time to set up a new oil well.\n* There was an Oil Rush (like a gold rush)\n* Where thousands of people/companies wanted to get in on...
Why do some people fall asleep instantly, while it takes others hours to?	[ "In order to go into sleep your brain activity has to slow, if you've got too many thoughts going on, keep opening your eyes, moving, etc, you're sending conflicting signals to your brain. Your brain waits for cues to go into \"standby\" and by doing these things, you're confusing it. Aches can do this too, since t...
Why does using cellular data have such a big hit on battery life?	[ "To get more data the radio needs to work harder, which takes more power. The radio is the second largest power consumer in your phone behind the screen, so if you're say streaming netflix you're killing your battery because you're asking the radio to do a ton of work and then using it to watch a movie.", "When y...
What exactly is the true north?	[ "True north is based on geometry, and points directly to the geographic/geodetic North Pole (i.e. [the axis that passes through the Earth, around which the Earth rotates](_URL_0_)). The magnetic and geodetic north poles aren't at the same geographic spot (and, as you say, the magnetic north moves around over time),...
American Censorship on TV	[ "The FCC regulates free, public air channels. Cable channels are not part of that since you choose receive those. \n\nMany cable channels will voluntarily censor swearing, sex, violence, etc because their advertisers may not want to be associated with those things. Premium channels like HBO, Cinemax, Starz, Showtim...
Why are entire cornfields left intentionally unharvested?	[ "First, the corn you are seeing in is not what we humans generally eat. Humans generally each \"sweet corn\". What you are seeing is \"field corn\" - stuff that animals eat and stuff that is turned into various manufactured products. Basically you don't want to harvest the corn until it is really, really brown. ...
Why does being angry/annoyed for an extended period make your stomach hurt?	[ "When you are angry or annoyed you are likely stressed, meaning you are producing the stress hormone (cortisol). Cortisol is released when the sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight) is activated. The system temporarily stops digestion and absorption. Frequent and excessive release of cortisol can cause inflam...
Do animals experience similar symptoms of periods (cramps, mood swings, sleepiness, overall blah?)	[ "Sort of, if you've ever seen a pet in heat you can tell that they aren't themselves. I've had rats that got ratty, and a cat that got catty, even by the standards of their species. The rats were especially notable because they're sweet, gentle beasts, but they turned into little bitches who would nip your fingers ...
Why is there an attendance policy for many classes in college when I'm the one paying for the classes?	[ "Being the customer does not entitle you to dictate the nature of the product - all it entitles you to is the choice whether or not to purchase said product. The professor, as the provider of said product, retain the ability to dictate what type of service they will provide and how that service will be provided.\n...
DnD Morality Alignments	[ "The best way to explain alignments is to frame them with other media you might know, with a bit of peppering of a few things.\n\nIt's split between two axes -- we can regard these as ACTION and INTENT.\n\nSo, take the quintessential Paladin. They are honor bound, DUTY bound, to do what is right. But who decides wh...
Difference between Medicare and Medicaid	[ "Medicare is for people on social security (mostly retirees) it tends to offer more generous coverage. \n\nMedicaid is for those with low income. Most of it's funds come from the federal government, but administered by each state so the program varies rather widely by state. In general, Medicaid doesn't tend to ...
How were they able to make such precise world maps 300 years before, when nobody had the possibility to get on anything higher than a mountain?	[ "Making maps isn't about getting to a high point and drawing what you see. Map making, perhaps more technically surveying, is about taking measurements of things like distances and angles, recording them in a big list, and then using that list of numbers to draw a map. A bit of imagination was often used to fill ...
What exactly are goosebumps and why do we get them from a variety of emotions?	[ "This one is fun! \n\nYou know when a cat gets angry? Its fur puffs up and it looks like a big Tribble? That's it. The cat is getting goosebumps. It just has fur on top of the bumps.\n\nNow, this reaction is used for a variety of things. We often notice it when we are cold. On mammals who do have fur, puffing it up...
Why do you pee more when you're in a cold environment than in a warm one?	[ "Sweat doesn't magically come from nowhere. It is water coming from your body, same as evaporation from your breath. Water you sweat out is water you won't urinate out. If you are dehydrating you will barely urinate if you do at all.", "When its hot, you sweat a lot more, thus losing more water (and a couple mine...
When a specific noise wakes you up, how come you can recognise the noise even though you were just asleep?	[ "Bias. You are only aware of noise when it wakes you up. You aren't aware of the noise you slept through.\n\nWhen you are in deep sleep (N3 and REM sleep), you are very hard to wake up. Your brain takes in a relatively tiny amount of environmental information. Your brain prioritizes keeping you asleep. You generall...
When posting a link into a comment how do you edit it to appear as different text instead of the actual web address link?	[ "You can also use the \"formatting help\" link right below the input box (where you type in the message). When you click it, it brings up all of the formatting syntax (what to type) without refreshing the page or changing anything you've typed so far.", "I don't know about the Reddit is Fun app specifically, but...
what happens when I click on "Safely Eject Hardware" in the Windows Tray?	[ "If you're asking what happens when you click on the icon, it is just giving you a list of removable storage devices that you can disconnect. The repetition is to make it easier to identify which device you want to disconnect. If you want to disconnect fappy's device, you can do it by type or name.\n\nIf you're...
Why is it that when some people read while reading in a car it can make people sick?	[ "You brain is receiving two separate signals. Your eyes are telling you that you are stationary while your ears are telling you you're moving. This co fuses the brain and generally causes motion sickness." ]
How does an antibiotic know how to destroy infections in random places in the body?	[ "It affects your whole body. Some people suffer adverse affects after taking antibiotics because they can throw off your entire system. We've got plenty of organisms in our bodies that are good for us. Sometimes, they get caught in the crossfire.", "Great question! Some other posters are right. The antibioti...
Why is it impossible to achieve total Game Balance in RPGS/MMORPGS games in general?	[ "Imagine that you are playing tag in the playground. Johnny and his friends all play tag together, The school has just released a whole new set of equipment for the playground and this included a whole set of shoes!\n\nNow to start with everyone just wears the things that are most fun. But Johnny figures out that t...
Amazon free shipping. Pay $1 more to meet the free shipping minimum, or pay $10 for shipping because you're short $1 of the free shipping minimum. It seems like Amazon is eating the $9 either way, why not just charge $1 for shipping to simplify things?	[ "You forget the margins on the items you are buying. We don't know what their profit margins are. \n\nAnd their algorithms may not be accurate or fudge things - they may eat it on some stuff and not eat it on others.\n\nThe whole \"add on item\" is a relatively new thing to keep people like me from gaming the syst...
How did the turmoil in Syria and the surrounding countries develop?	[ "Starting in 2011 there were protests against the Assad regime demanding greater political rights/end to corruption. Eventually the regime responded violently. \n\nIn turn, some of the protesters formed their own forces to fight back against the regime -- the Free Syrian Army.\n\nPartly separately, **the Ku...

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