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How do studios get to film in places as dense as New York without interrupting business and traffic, while also not being interrupted during filming?	[ "I can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet...PRODUCTION ASSISTANTS. I am a production assistant and my job is essentially to make sure that pedestrians don't walk into the shot and that they (as well as the crew) are quiet. Yes, cops help sometimes when there is a street scene (cars, walking in the road, etc.)...	[ "Cars came around in an era where there were significant concerns about \"vertical integration.\" The concern is that an automaker can undercut another retailer that sells their product and drive them out of business. So some states passed laws against them doing just that. Those laws are specifically tied to cars ...
What are tax deductions and how do they work?	[ "The government takes a cut from your income. But if you spend your income in specific ways, they'll decide not to take that cut, as a way to encourage that sort of spending. For example, they may take 10% of your income, but if you use a chunk of that income to donate to a charity, they'll let you donate all of it...	[ "This CGP Grey video does a really good job of explaining it all. _URL_3_" ]
Why do we get goosebumps when we hear/feel Styrofoam rubbing against more Styrofoam and nails scratching chalkboards?	[ "Read the title...got goosebumps....wanted to find out why....no definite explanation yet?! Edit: 'comments' to 'explanation'" ]	[ "TL;DR: Power. A big part of our social structure is based on one person having power over other people. Most of us either want to lead, are jealous of the leader, or understand we're not the right person to be that leader. We see this in a lot of other animals like horses and sheep. The large-and-in-charge 'st...
What do men really mean when they say they can't understand women? What is it to be understood that's not understood and are men understandable?	[ "It's usually more of a joke, but it is based upon some real misunderstandings. Women are much better at nonverbal communication, and so they expect others to also understand it. Unfortunately, most guys don't, so we get very confused. Especially when women refuse to use words to explain because the guy should just...	[ "How do we continue to slowly get smaller and smaller architecture in processors? I guess I am trying to understand what limits the shrinking of architexture. Essentially, why cant architexture rapidly decrease in size faster than Moores law predicted? Sorry, if this is a super complicated answer, I just always hav...
How accurate is the book "1421: The Year China Discovered the World" by Gavin Menzies	[ "There's always room for discussion, but perhaps the section [Historians' views of Gavin Menzies' \"1421: The Year China Discovered the World\"](_URL_0_) from our FAQ will answer your inquiry." ]	[ "I don't think so, but I do know that behavioral characteristics that are often associated with autistic kids were depicted in a 19th century literary writing. The characters were referred to as \"Idiot Savants.\"The first formal reporting of autism was included in a 1943 psychiatric journal, and didn't make its wa...
El Niño. What the FUCK happened to winter?	[ "Okay, so, the pacific ocean is really big, and really windy. The winds push all of the water to the west, and it wells up warm surface water along the western pacific. Every once in a while, for reasons we don't yet fully understand, the wind gets a little weaker, and the pacific ocean has a crazy backwash. Then t...	[ "Our built up immunity can last a really long time... against viruses that don't change / evolve very much (like polio, chickenpox, etc.). But the cold and flu are constantly changing, they're like viruses on crack cocaine just constantly on the move and lookin' for that next high (in this case, the high would be i...
What makes dog "treats" taste better than regular dog food (to dogs)?	[ "Its protein and fat content is higher. (Which is why it generally costs more per pound)" ]	[ "There’s a bunch of people in your tongue, and they have a weird name. They call themselves TRPM8, and they’re proteins. They specifically tell your tongue when it’s really really cold. Mint gums or candy have a chemical, called methonal, that tells them that they’re REALLY cold, and in turn, your tongue thinks yo...
What is the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and how will it affect the internet when it goes live on May 25th?	[ "It will not effect the internet, it may effect certain services like facebook or google which gather and export user data to countries outside the EU. So companies will at least have to ask before they send EU citizen data abroad. That's the general gist of ir anyway." ]	[ "One of the best things Dodd Frank happened was the creation of the CFPB. They are an agency with the monumental task of keeping mortgage companies from making predatory loans. Remember no income qualifying, interest only loans? Yeah, you could qualify someone for that, bury the details in paperwork, sell it to som...
What about hydrocarbons makes them so great for combustion reactions?	[ "Other things have been used for combustion, but they tend to end badly. _URL_10_ _URL_11_ _URL_12_ Solid rocket fuel is an exception: _URL_13_" ]	[ "This guy explains it very nicely: _URL_0_ Generally the idea of the hemi is good, but it is not very efficient when you design the layout of the valves and sparkplugs, and it is difficult to get a good compression in. Pent-roof is the way to go." ]
Do spiders ever steal another spider's web?	[ "Most spiders are territorial, although [social species exist where multiple spiders share a web](_URL_1_). Some spiders intentionally [steal prey from other spiders' webs](_URL_0_)--some even [eat the webs themselves](_URL_2_). Anecdotally, I see spiders (cellar spiders) using pre-existing webs all the time--tryin...	[ "Depends on the country. Some countries have laws in place that ensure equal service for all providers using the same network, i.e. the network owner aren't allowed to diminish the service in any way for providers who \"rent\" their network. As for your particular example, they're both owned by the same corporation...
What happens when you take a long exposure photo?	[ "The shutter stays open for a longer period of time, allowing light to enter the lens for that amount of time. So in a normal photo, the shutter stays open for much less than a second, so only the light that was let in in that quick time will be shown, but if you shoot with let’s say a 10 second exposure, the shutt...	[ "It's a consequence of general relativity. The two fundamental principles of GTOR are: > 1. Matter and energy curve space time. They shape the geometry of space time > 2. Objects move in the straights possible paths through this space time. Because space time is curved those lines are not straight. So this mean...
the difference between the Muslim and Catholic religions	[ "In addition to what ske105 said, Muslims believe that they worship the same god as the Jews and the Christians, but that these other people of the book aren't caught up on the latest chapters. Like many Christians, Muslims believe that Jesus will return for the second coming. But he is still a man, like the other ...	[ "Here's a pretty good explainer. _URL_0_ Basically it comes down to different memory, different promises (reliability and service life), and different marketing." ]
Why is American beef production based out of the driest areas of the US?	[ "They are not raised in the driest areas of the US much at all. They are raised in the natural plains areas, not the mountain states or the deserts. Human sources of water are from the aquifers in much of those areas, but cattle are generally watered by natural stock tanks that are filled by natural springs, creeks...	[ "Any idea why Petra came into existence so far from an ideal location?" ]
How a CPU can be more powerful than another, even if they're both 2.4 Ghz	[ "I want you to go to the river with this bucket and fetch me some water. You run at 2.4 GHz, so you can make this trip 2.4 billion times per second! Thanks for the water! But your brother, I'm going to give him a bigger bucket. He can also run at 2.4 GHz. He's going to be able to bring more water *because he accomp...	[ "they have different density (amount of mash potatoes per volume is higher than beans?) and different heat capacities (how much energy is needed to raise the temperature by a given amount). The most important factor is most likely water content, microwave ovens work by heating up water within the food, the more wa...
in interstellar, why did gravity have an effect on how time was experienced for the crew members and those back on earth?	[ "Gravitational time dilation is consistent with Einstein's theory of ~~special~~ relativity. Put another way, the movie shows gravity affecting time because that's exactly what happens in real life: the more gravity you experience, the slower time will appear to pass for you." ]	[ "You're thinking of the two clocks as ticking like this: \|---\|---\|---\|---\|---\| \|----\|----\|----\|----\| Both in the same \"direction\", with one ticking slow, and, therefore, necessarily, one ticking fast. But relatively-moving clocks in special relativity don't tick like that. They tick along different \"directio...
In Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, when Bill introduces himself as "Bill S. Preston, Esquire", just what are we supposed to get from the "Esquire" bit?	[ "At the time of the film's release (1989) there was a popular television advertising campaign for a new brand of appealing and affordable watches called ESQ (pronounced: \"Esquire\"). The commercial showed average people introducing themselves as \"Joe Somebody, Esquire.\" Their name would be written on the screen ...	[ "Nurse practitioners often have years of nursing experience and then return to get their masters degree and become a medical provider. Some work under a Physician guidance but some can work on their own. Physician assistants are similar to nurse practitioners in that they have clinic experience, get their masters a...
How to remove oil off of salt without damaging it?	[ "Gasoline should work. Although if you're going to just grow them more, I'm pretty sure you could just stick them into the salt-solution you'll be using to grow them. I don't think you need to clean them off first. The oil should float to the top. There's basically two kinds of chemicals: polar and nonpolar. Polar ...	[ "If Pawn Stars has taught me anything, It depends on the item. If it's a collectible or one of a kind item, the key is it has to be unaltered in any way. That's why something old and rare AND in great condition is rare and worth a lot of money. Other things, if they are decorative or nostalgic in nature, it does a...
How does the postal service machinery know the correct amount of postage has been put on via stamps? Especially with old postage stamps, or a many small currency stamps.	[ "The usps is very outdated and playing catch up they aren't good at catching it and rely on the workers a lot to catch it . They use to be really terrible and I know people who would ship out dozens of packages daily all at 1 lb no matter what and rarely ever had issues for years . Fedex use to check 10% of package...	[ "Audio is encoded -physically- onto a record, not magnetically like a tape, by way of a groove in the surface. If you imagine the groove like a deep \"V\", each side of the V corresponds to a channel of audio (for a stereo recording) and moves up and down (actually at the angle of the V) independently of the other ...
Is there an evolutionary reason why RBC doesn't contain DNA	[ "Snooptray is right, RBCs contain no organelles and the DNA is discarded to maximise the haemoglobin that can be packed into the RBC. This improves RBC efficiency; the higher the haemoglobin content, the more oxygen and carbon dioxide can be carried during gaseous exchange." ]	[ "[This was asked a while ago](_URL_0_). According to /u/mermaid_wishes: > Actually it is the opposite - red colour molecules are smaller which makes them more easily removed by water. Coincidentally; because they are smaller molecules, they get into the fibers and are difficult to remove. This is why vibrant red h...
During the prewar period in America, many people boycotted goods like sugar or cotton to support the abolitionist cause. Were there any specialty made/advertised ‘slavery-free’ goods to cater to concerned Northerners, similarly to today’s ‘cruelty-free’ products?	[ "A similar question's been asked before. You may find some useful answers: [_URL_2_](_URL_2_) & #x200B;" ]	[ "Because of human nature and we all contribute to it. Imagine you've invested 1000$ of your hard earned money in a companies stock i.e. Apple, in hopes of making a decent return on your investment. Would you primarily worry about how Apple treats its employees? How environmentally friendly they operate? That their ...
the situation in Homs Syria	[ "Related question - When there was an uprising in Libya, some other countries sent aircrafts in to bomb some strategic places. What makes Syria different, as in - how come it's being treated differently?" ]	[ "Hi there -- while we've approved this question, we would like to remind potential respondents of our [current events](_URL_0_) (AKA \"20-year\") rule -- it's fine to discuss events through 1997 (inclusive) and their effects, but not events after 1997. Thanks!" ]
Why do we pee in to toilet bowls of water when we can save water and simply pee down a drain?	[ "Drains need to have a trap so that sewer gases do not enter the structure. The water in the toilet bowl is needed to cause enough pressure to force waste through that trap." ]	[ "Your internet connection isn't one big pipe where data can go either way--it's several 1-way pipes. Given that most consumers download more than they upload, it makes sense to have far more download pipes than upload pipes in the standard connection." ]
What is the maximum number of atoms that can exist within a molecule?	[ "Some thermoset plastics form a macromolecular structure is only limited by the size of the object you are making. The whole structure is connected by molecular bonds, so is, strictly speaking, a single molecule." ]	[ "Have you ever loaded a 4K UHD YouTube video on a 1080p device? Well, 3840x2160 has exactly 4x the amount of pixels as 1920x1080, so what happens is that every 4 pixels (imagine a 2x2 square) gets made into 1 pixel, the color of that pixel is the average color of all 4 pixels. Photos are more difficult as they ha...
Why does poo 'Burn' sometimes?	[ "Sometimes, it burns a lot after eating spicy foods. That is the same reason it burns going down. LPT: After eating spicy foods and when you're anticipating a painful poop, put some petroleum jelly on your anus first. It helps coat it and soothes the pain" ]	[ "From _URL_0_ \"... Like Magic Shell, Carvel’s Brown Bonnet chocolate topping instantly forms a hard shell around ice cream. And, just like Magic Shell, one of the main ingredients is coconut oil. Tropical oils, including coconut, are naturally high in saturated fat—consisting of about 90 percent of the stuff. As P...
Why do foreign languages seem so much quicker then English?	[ "Interesting question! This is in large part due to the data density of the average syllable in a language. Languages where each syllable carries a lot of information (either from a large lexicon or conjugations or declensions) are spoken more slowly than languages with less information density. So Spanish is gener...	[ "It's a phenomenon called \"semantic satiation\". You can look it up on Wikipedia. The basic idea is that a specific group of cells in your brain is involved in recognising each particular familiar word. If you repeatedly read a particular word that is familiar, the cells associated with that word get tired and you...
Why are multiples of 5 or 10 are given more importance than other numbers in anniversaries, milestones, etc.?	[ "but would cultures with base 8/12/whatever have different \"important\" milestones?" ]	[ "I think you mean most movies, only like 1/4 are 4K today. 99% of tv is either 720p or 1080i as well. > Keep in mind, this was a 300m dollar production by James Cameron, known for using the most high-end gear to achieve the best images, so this was a conscious choice. 4K movies didn't exist until 2011, so it w...
How is Hansen VS Predator allowed?	[ "Only mildly related, but when I saw that title, I imagined a boy band fighting an alien hunter in the jungle, and assumed it was a parody series. As for Chris Hansen and his hard-on (pun intended) for catching child molesters, I'm not 100% sure how legal it is. I imagine that these people are foolishly giving thei...	[ "someone earlier on ELI5 asked why Snoop Dogg could talk about smoking weed and not get arrested, and this is similar. It's just not worth police time chasing down minor offenses that they see on TV. Especially when they have no way to prove what they saw on TV was real" ]
How did the popular media depictions of Nazis come to be? How much is it influenced by Nazi propaganda?	[ "Can you be more specific? I feel this question is horribly vague" ]	[ "Using statistics. A representative sample of a country's population either get asked to keep a record of what they watch or listen to or have devices in their TVs or radios that do this. This information is gathered and the figures are scaled up to the whole country. EDIT: grammar" ]
How did Israel become a successful country so quickly?	[ "Israel's success is largely because of the situation they're in. Most of the Israeli population are European jews, who were \"well off\" in many respects. They brought much knowledge with them when building their new country. Also there is this nation-wide survival instinct amongst the Israelis, the constanrt thre...	[ "Taxes. Delaware does not have a state corporate income tax for corporations that are based in Delaware but do no business in the state. Basically, if you operate your business entirely in, say, Iowa (the state with the highest state corporate income tax), but put your corporate headquarters in Delaware, you don't ...
Why does it take up to several hours to feel the effects of edible cannabis but much shorter for alcohol?	[ "Alcohol diffuses into the blood quickly, very quickly. Edibles require digestion before an effective concentration is reached." ]	[ "What the Hell is a hash psychosis? Is that just a fancy way of saying high? But no, there's no difference aside from legally. Practically, it's the exact same stuff. Except most of it is even more potent because it's grown by growers who are more well-funded than average. There are certain strains that contain ...
Can neutrons clump together to form a nucleus without protons?	[ "Only if there are enough for gravity to hold them together, like in a neutron star (about 10^57 neutrons). Otherwise they are not bound and eventually decay." ]	[ "> because each flavor has a different mass The flavors don’t have well-defined masses. There are three mass eigenstates and three flavor eigenstates. But a neutrino or a given mass is a superposition of all three flavors, and a neutrino of a given flavor is a superposition of all three masses. If the flavors had ...
What are the key differences between the U.S. Army and the Marine Corps, in particular during WW1, WW2 and the Vietnam wars	[ "More can be said, but our [FAQ](_URL_1_) has some entried which might be of use for you. [This might also help you for WWI](_URL_0_)." ]	[ "I cannot comment on the Annals, but in the Song of Roland, it's clear from the text that the author has very little real knowledge of those the author calls Muslims. He makes all sorts of descriptive mistakes that a person with even passing familiarity would not make (For example, Muslims are extremely monotheisti...
Why can't we use antibiotics to cure body odor?	[ "First, the accumulation of commensal bacteria such as S. epidermidis is manageable by using mild soap and water, making the use of antibiotics overkill. Second, the irresponsible use of antibiotics is dangerous in that antibiotic resistance can arise. Antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria are much more danger...	[ "It's called the oligodynamic effect. Here you can read about it, but usually it's pretty easy to google these types of questions: _URL_0_ Apparently several heavy metals do it including copper (Brass is an alloy of copper) and silver. Basically heavy metal ions bond with bits of proteins in bacteria and make them ...
Why do humans generally enjoy hot showers but we don’t like taking a cold shower?	[ "Same reason you like the temperature outside to be warm; its pleasant when your body is near the temperature that demands least thermoregulation." ]	[ "Look at it like a phone and charger. If you put a load of energy into the phone (more than it's rated for), it'll do serious damage almost immediately. If you use an underrated charger, it'll put only a little energy in, but the phone will use more than it's getting and eventually die. Heat is just a form of ener...
Why do materials have different heat capacitys?	[ "The main reason is the way the atoms/molecules behave When applying heat to something, you increase the kinetic energy (speed, since mass is constant) of its particles. A heavier particle needs more energy to speed up by the same amount. Another application of that is rotation. When applying (input) heat you expec...	[ "The temperature sensors in your skin can only detect relative changes in temperature. Not absolute temperature. You can show this by doing a simple experiment with three cups of water. one cup of ice water, one cup of room temperature water, and one cup of hot water. Place a finger of your right hand in the ice w...
How do animals not die of dehydration during hibernation?	[ "A lot of mammals store water as fat in the body. Take camels for example. People say they store water in their humps. That's misleading. They store fat which is metabolized and releases water into the body for use. They don't just have water sloshing around in their humps like a cactus. The same is true for hibern...	[ "Whats even more mind boggling is how Hippos sleep...they can actually sleep underwater, and they surface to breathe automatically, while still asleep." ]
How did Christianity become so commonplace and popular among black slaves in the United States?	[ "Whilst I'm a bit pressed for time to give you a new answer today (though I'll happily address any follow-up questions or requests for more detail you might have when I get a chance tomorrow), I would draw your attention to an answer that I wrote [here](_URL_0_) about a month ago, in response to a very similar ques...	[ "You are most likely referring to [Bicameralism](_URL_1_), first postulated and popularized by [Julian Jaynes](_URL_0_). There are a lot of problems with this theory, but for me the main one is how western-centric it is. Jaynes proposes that around 1000BCE (the time of The Iliad and the Old Testament) people consid...
What were the Soviets planning to do with Adolf Hitler if he didn't kill himself?	[ "[Were there plans in place of how to deal with Hitler had he been captured alive?](_URL_0_) Answered by: /u/Snowblinded, /u/Nechaev and /u/Desperada." ]	[ "There was no need to because: - Sweden already produced and sold iron ore. - Shipping is by far the cheapest means of transportation. Kiruna (the place where most of the ore comes from) is nearer to Narvik than to any other navable port/waterway. - Baltic sea tends to freeze. In the end, it would have been a total...
Catnip is a type of mint. Is it edible for humans? Does it taste like mint?	[ "[Nepeta cataria](_URL_0_) is indeed edible for humans. It has a very slight numbing effect on the tongue. Scientifically speaking, catnip tastes like ass. It's slightly bitter, smokey, and a bit oily. Not as skunky as weed, but you get the idea. To cats however, even most of the big cats I've worked with, it seems...	[ "Let's say you wanted to gamble at the horse track. You think Three-Legged Limpet is the horse to win on (despite having only three legs). You decide to place a $100 bet, but you don't have $100 on you now (payday isn't until tomorrow). The bookie agrees to take only $20, with the understanding that you will pay up...
Why do Earth's oceans look blue from space?	[ "Put simply, it's because water is blue. You just need a LOT of it to see that. If you've ever been on a plane flying over the ocean or on a ship in the ocean you can see it that way too. [Wikipedia confirms this](_URL_0_)." ]	[ "When light moves from one medium to another, it refracts (distorts). The eye evolved underwater, so it evolved to have fluid inside it so light would move from the water into the eye without refraction. Your eyes have adapted to compensate for the refraction that happens when light goes from the air to the fluid i...
Did pirates wear eye patches for better vision in the dark?	[ "If you're new to the thread, please don't post the Mythbusters episode again. Mythbusters is entertaining but it's not history (or more specifically, it's not historical proof of anything.) The short answer is no, not that we know of. /u/davidaop, our pirate expert, and I have both answered [questions about th...	[ "As a followup question, what \"image\" did they project? By this I mean, was it like a sign of nobility? Was it to show loyalty to a particular faction/religion/craft? Was it considered low class or as brands for criminals? Thank you. Cool question OP." ]
what happens to things like bank accounts, online profiles, subscriptions, etc. after someone dies?	[ "There are clear probate laws that handle most cases, explaining how one's possessions (called their estate) should be distributed. A person, called the executor of the estate, is approved by the courts to settle the person's affairs. They distribute the money in bank accounts, sell their house, whatever is needed....	[ "Having excavated graves before, even the coffin breaks down. You wind up with soil filling the void, stained with whatever remnant particles there are. Colored by the wood and what have you. Some degree of tougher structures may remain, coffin adornments (metal pieces), whatever amount of bone is left. I've seen b...
Why do so many have a phobia of spiders?	[ "I don't think many people understand the difference between dangerous and harmless spiders, so fearing all of them is safer. I had a guy in my unit say he'd killed 5 'brown recluses' in a field, and when he showed me the type he's been killing, it was a harmless wolf spider." ]	[ "\"Just about everyone here\" Where is \"here\" for you? It sounds like your question's premise is based on a small sample set based on personal observation. Before your question is addressed, you should be making sure the premise is valid..." ]
What is the clicking/knocking/banging noise some heaters make?	[ "Metal expands when it's heated (and contracts as it cools). Different metals expand at different rates. In a modern hot water radiator you have copper pipe surrounded by aluminum fins, all attached to a steel case. The different rates mean parts are sliding and bumping into each other, so you get little creaks and...	[ "When you let an inkjet printer sit idle for a day or more, the ink that is on the ends of the ink jets tends to dry out and get gunky. When the printer turns back on, it rubs the ink jets against a small sponge to get the gunk off. Also: sometimes, the print head contains a little sensor that says \"I've bumped in...
is the reason that we are most comfortable counting in 5s and 10s because of how many fingers we have?	[ "Base 10 is not a human universal. This answer question: [Why is the clock not in base 10](_URL_0_) gives a full list of examples of non base 10 systems used for measuring time. Egyptians used base 12 because they counted the spaces between the knuckles with their thumbs. The french word for eighty \"quatre-vingts\...	[ "Generally, it's done in a minor key where the tune is altered, so anything can be spoopy when done that way (Have you seen the Teletubby episode in black and white that plays a Joy Division Song over it?). Also, one of the early films to do this was Nightmare on Elm Street where kids are jumping rope and singing ...
How is 'I am.' a complete sentence while 'I'm.' is not?	[ "Although technically 'I'm' is a contraction of 'I am', there are differences in usage. 'I'm' is less formal, and is is universally followed with more words which describe what you are, usually an adjective (eg, 'I'm tall'). For instance, if I you asked me if I was a reddit poster, I could say 'I am', but I couldn'...	[ "I like to think of it like this: Lets say you are fixing a roof on a house (you are the only one that can do this), right after you tear off the roof, but before you you start rebuilding the roof, you get shot. Damn no one can use that house, as you are the only one that could fix the roof. * \"You\" -- Update Pro...
Were there any Roman stone castles?	[ "The Romans built many great stone forts. The word \"castle\" is usually used to refer to the private fortified residence of a noble (though not always, there are Royal Castles, and castles of the military orders as well as the castles of nobility in Medieval times). The Romans did not build many (any?) of these t...	[ "So, I don't know if you know this, but Blackstone did just what you are suggesting. After the housing crash of 2009, they went out and bought up homes in different cities. They put them all under the umbrella of a REIT (real estate investment trust) called \"Invitation Homes\" and then spun it out in an IPO a few...
Is it reasonably conceivable that there are large planets in the universe where there are lifeforms that are thousands or even hundreds of thousands of times the size of humans? Or would some physical law prevent this?	[ "There are animals on Earth thousands of times bigger than humans! Blue whales are about 2-3 thousand times the mass of humans. The largest organism on Earth (known) is a fungus, Armillaria solidipes, the largest of which is at least 2.4 miles across. If you want to restrain yourself to more conventional animals l...	[ "Square-cube law. Ants have a sturdy structure which would immediately collapse if they were human-sized." ]
is there anyway you could beat cancer without any kind of treatment? If so how does it work?	[ "For the most part, people who don't have cancer are people who are beating it successfully. We all have cells that are cancerous and we're constantly beating them back. What we mean when we say a person \"has cancer\" is to say that they've not been able to beat it. So...to answer your question, probably not. Ther...	[ "The most important way they dodge missiles in modern air combat is to not get shot at. That means, taking out anti-aircraft before sending in planes with long range weapons (on aircraft or ground/sea launched). Using stealth to get in fairly close and attack more conventionally. Or using a \"stand off\" weapon, su...
Why can events occurring before the administration of general anesthesia be erased from memory?	[ "Your brain isn't like a recorder that instantly writes your experiences into a persistent format. It sorts, categorizes, prioritizes, and even edits your experiences as it makes memories. That takes a certain amount of time, and getting hit with a syringe full of night-night juice interrupts the process." ]	[ "Humans are wired to forget how a bad experience feels. You get arrested, the entire experience sucks and you're miserable. The next week, you're looking at it and laughing about it. It's the same reason people are easily trapped in toxic relationships. That terrible fight you had last week seems like it wasn'...
Why currency inflation happens, and why deflation is a bad thing.	[ "Inflation happens because the ammount of money in the economy grows faster then the ammount of stuff. Deflation is bad because it deincetivises the behavious that keep the economy going. for example: why buy more than the ammount you need to subsist on because you would be able to buy more tomorrow?" ]	[ "You have a lemonade stand. You sell it for 50 cents a cup. One day you find out it's going to be very hot outside and people are going to want more lemonade. You figure you can get away with selling it for a little more since the demand is there. So you start charging 80 cents. You notice that the number of people...
Western civilization belongs to Greco-Roman culture sphere. East-Asian civilization belongs to Chinese culture sphere. What sphere does sub-Saharan Africa belong to?	[ "> In the east from Malaysia to Mongolia to Japan people similarly study ancient Chinese history & philosophy, having societies and ideas greatly shaped by China. This is clearly an overgeneralization for Southeast Asia (except maybe Vietnam). Go around Malaysia, Indonesia, Cambodia, Thailand, Burma, and you will s...	[ "Uranium is a [lithophile](_URL_0_) element, which means it tends to associate with the light elements that make up the crust. This is a result of the chemistry of uranium, and doesn't really have anything to do with its mass. Silver, cadmium, and mercury in contrast are chalcophile elements, meaning they tend to o...
why there's such outright hostility against trade unions	[ "Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: Why does the GOP hate unions? ](_URL_5_) 1. [ELI5: Why unions are hated in the US ](_URL_7_) 1. [Why do stores like Walmart and Target hate Unions so much? ](_URL_4_) 1. [ELI5: Why do people hate Unions? ](_URL_3_) 1. [ELI5: Middle and Lower cla...	[ "Greetings everyone. In the few minutes this sub has been up, it's attracting sub-standard responses. Just a reminder of a few of the rules: * no responses covering events/conditions post-1994, per this sub's \"20-year rule\" prohibiting discussion of current events * no anecdotes * no speculation OP: your question...
When I think, it "feels" like the thoughts are coming from my head and not some other part of the body, is there a reason for this or a name for this phenomenon so that I could learn more about it?	[ "I asked a neuroscience about this once (something I've long pondered). Many civilizations (like the ancient Egyptians) thought that thoughts came from the heart-- so some part of this \"feeling\" in the head must be social conditioning because we know thoughts are in the brain. Besides that, this neuroscientist sa...	[ "Similar questions have been asked several times before. You may be interested in the following posts: _URL_3_ _URL_8_ _URL_6_ _URL_0_ _URL_1_ _URL_4_ _URL_7_ _URL_2_ _URL_5_ _URL_9_ There are lots of really great questions and answers in /r/askscience that unfortunately get buried because of the high volume. It's ...
What is private equity and why do so many Ivy Leaguers from the Northeast go into this field?	[ "Firms use wealthy investors’ money, along with their own, to buy, fix, and sell companies. They may identify a company that’s losing money and take it private by buying all the stock. They fix the company by changing management, selling off divisions, closing portion of locations, etc. and get it on more stable gr...	[ "Nostalgia, too ~ a lot of older guys that now have lots of money are reliving their youth - they either had one when they were young & want another, or wanted one when they were young and can now afford to pay the big bucks to get one." ]
What the origins of and justification/reasoning for these Catholic and Orthodox Christian practices: saints, icons, Mary?	[ "Just on the lack of an answer after several repost: You're quite welcome to keep positing it (though obviously not incessantly). Even though church history is my area, I have never traced these particular issues through in any great detail. I suspect that you just have not had a constellation of a knowledgeable w...	[ "I have always enjoyed the observation of E. Estyn Evans in his classic study, Irish Folkways (1957: \"Butter spread thickly on fresh bread is a tasty if simple food, and one suspects that in pre-famine times, the staple was butter and oatcake rather than oatcake and butter. When bread was made from gritty quern-gr...
Gay Marriage and the Christian Church	[ "I'm not familiar with this, but I will state my contention with the article for making claims without citing them or backing them up in any way. The original article linked 404'd for me, so I wasn't able to read it. These types of ceremonies for adoption were very common in many societies, and many of them had the...	[ "I think it's silly that this became a default subreddit. OP is clearly a faggot." ]
Why is developing an Artificial Intelligence so difficult?	[ "I suppose it is partly related to the fact that we don't have a firm grasp as to how \"intelligence\" is created by the mass of neurons that is the brain. The broad strokes are there, but the exact mechanism and neuronal signalling that allows one to make abstract reasoning of a given situation is just... insanely...	[ "It takes a great deal of human-hours as well as computer-hours as well as very expensive license fees for the software to make good quality CGI." ]
Greeks actually lost Trojan war?	[ "While you wait for a response to this specific question, you may be interested in [this previous answer](_URL_1_) from u/Iphikrates about the Trojan War and its historicity." ]	[ "I don't know about the Gulf War, but a fox news correspondent was [kicked out of iraq](_URL_0_) for compromising troop locations." ]
How does groups like Vice, get interviews with high profile criminals?	[ "I'd imagine a lot of it comes down to vanity. These high profile criminals want power and control, they want to feel important, if you've got a journalist willing to hear them talk about their activities and how great they are, why the hell not I guess." ]	[ "Respected news sites won't buy photos from a source they have not vetted and is known to be reliable. If they post unverified photos, they will make this clear using words like \"Alleged\" and \"Not independently verified\"." ]
Friday Free-for-All \| November 16, 2018	[ "One of my professors was so impressed with my work that he invited me to apply to participate in the 2019 Missouri Valley History Conference this spring as an undergrad. The project that I had been working on regarding the U.S. Army's World War II casualty replacement system that was on indefinite suspension is no...	[ "Hi there, I've approved this question but you may want to reword it so the question is actually in the title. Most of our flaired users have alerts set up that search titles for keywords, that one isn't going to get you anywhere unfortunately :-)." ]
How does night vision work?	[ "When you say night vision do you mean how do night vision devices work or how humans/animals see at night?" ]	[ "It blocks the portion of the spectrum where red cones and green cones overlap in everyone (but is larger for some types of color deficiency). That makes the unblocked red and green more separate and easier to perceive. They explain it with pictures on their [technology page](_URL_0_)." ]
Why does San Marino exist? What was so unique about that area that it did not become part of Italy during unification, and instead became a microstate?	[ "Some good existing answers to related questions can be found to start you off: & #x200B; [Why has nobody ever bothered to annex San Marino in over 1700 years?](_URL_1_) & #x200B; [How did city-states (eg, Monaco, Vatican City, Lichtenstein) form, and why do they still exist? Is there some mutual benefit between ...	[ "Greetings everyone. In the few minutes this sub has been up, it's attracting sub-standard responses. Just a reminder of a few of the rules: * no responses covering events/conditions post-1994, per this sub's \"20-year rule\" prohibiting discussion of current events * no anecdotes * no speculation OP: your question...
Why is it that after chewing mint gun that all liquids feel so much colder	[ "I suppose it is because they contain menthol which is a known ingredient that causes cooling effects on the skin so I suppose on the mucous membranes as well. Menthol is used widely in the cooling lotions for muscles, those that don't contain any real medicines like the joint pain ointments. I think it might have ...	[ "Sweet tasters are blocked by ingredients in toothpaste. So you only taste the bitter parts of OJ" ]
How far away must an object be to orbit a neutron star?	[ "Distance is not the limiting factor. If you're moving fast enough, you can orbit as close as you want. Excepting, of course, that the object isn't destroyed by proximity. And that there isn't some form of drag slowing the object down." ]	[ "> If they don't interact through Standard Model interactions, how can we ever directly observe them? We can observe them if that part of the Standard model is wrong. > And if we can't, how do we know that they exist? We don't know that they exist. If our everyday low-energy neutrinos are Majorana fermions, then t...
what's the fascination that people have watching videos of maggot removal, zit popping, ear dirt extraction, etc. ?	[ "Talking completely out of my ass here, maybe it has to do with some instinctive grooming drive that we inherited from our ancestors. If you go to the zoo or watch a documentary, you can see that apes/etc. instinctively groom each other; so some people probably get a sense of pleasure from seeing such things becaus...	[ "ELI5: have you been browsing my web history?!? There are certain people who enjoy pie. They form an online community of pie lovers and pie makers. The pie makers get rated on their pies, from appearance to quality. If a pie maker hers a bad reputation, pie lovers will avoid in the future. Sometimes, a new pie make...
Why are antennas made with metal?	[ "metals have electrons that are free to move about. The oscillating electromagnetic field of a radio wave is able to set up oscillating currents within the metal. Shorter wavelengths of light are effectively screened by being too rapid to push the electrons around in a coherent manner (to be extremely handwavey and...	[ "When you heat something in the oven or toaster you are directly exposing the food to heating elements that give off intense radiation and heat which stimulate all kinds of chemical reactions in the upper layers of the food, usually causing a toasting and hardening of the outermost layer. Microwaves do not work by ...
What effect does a mans health have on a baby?	[ "So I think you mean how does a males behavior affect the health of his sperm? And nobody has really found much. Genetic disorders will obviously be passed. Even genetic markers for things like alcoholism and addiction can be passed on. But sperm is replicated so quickly that any harm done to them in one \"batch\",...	[ "Asking for medical advice on askscience is not allowed, as medical advice is disallowed by Reddit's terms of service. See _URL_0_ Please go to your doctor with your particular case and ask them if you should be worried." ]
Is their a reason why the terrestrial planets are followed by the gas giants or is that just a coincidence?	[ "The usual thinking is that although the original disk was mostly hydrogen, planetoids that are too close to the star will be unable to retain hydrogen, so they'll be smaller and more rocky. Once you cross the \"snow line,\" though, they'll be able to hold hydrogen, and then they'll bloat to enormous size. This is ...	[ "I think Neil Tyson put it best in this video. Answered this same question for me. _URL_0_ TL;DW we are made of the most abundant chemicals in the universe with carbon being the most reactive chemical known. It makes sense that other life would also have similarities to \"known\" life due to the sheer abundance of ...
How are modern day planes able to land even in thick fog?	[ "Depending on the plane some have auto-land systems (not joking). There’s Instrument Landing Systems that guide the aircraft down to 100-200 feet above ground. These airports usually have pretty bright runway edge lights and runway centreline lights that shine through fog pretty good especially at night. Some aircr...	[ "To supplement what My_Empty_Wallet [said](_URL_0_): it's worth noting that the satellites aren't complicated flying space computers and don't tell you when to turn. They're just atomic clocks with radios and a bit of laser rangefinding gear. Your satnav/phone/whatever has a radio receiver that picks up the clock s...
Why is it when I swallow my own saliva I am not rehydrated unlike when I drink water?	[ "I live near a reservoir that supplies water to my city's water system. If I fill a bucket at the sink, then take it to the reservoir and dump it in, why does the level of water in the reservoir not rise? Because the water came from the reservoir in the first place. Swallowing your own saliva can't possibly rehydra...	[ "The sugar in the cookies is hygroscopic, which means that it will draw moisture from the air into the sugar's structure and hold on to it. Bread however is not hygroscopic and the moisture inside of it evaporates into the air. The moisture that evaporates from the slice of bread is then drawn into the cookies." ]
Why it takes so long for NASA to prepare one launch	[ "cuz it's a machine going into fucking space" ]	[ "Cost, safety which is a component of cost, and the reception of the consumer to having to order and pay in some kind of interface when a large group of people can't even figure out credit card terminals at the grocery store. Additionally, wherever the food comes out you'd have to make sure it got I the right perso...
How did the sites WWI was fought on become heavily forested again by WWII?	[ "You may be presupposing facts that aren't really true- most of France was not heavily forested either before or during each world war. There were of course regions with more tree cover, most notably the Ardennes (which is mostly in Belgium), but by and large the norm was grassland or farmland." ]	[ "Gargatua already gave great answer. I'd like to just give one example of a place where the matter carried by glacier has formed a clearly visible large landmark. In Finland there are three ridges called [I, II and III Salpausselkä ](_URL_12_). They were formed around 12 250–12 050, 11 790–11 590 and 11 300–10 400...
How do oil /gas pipelines,such as the German Russia one work?	[ "Similar to a water pipe, and a bit similar to a straw. You push in oil/gas on one side with a pump and it is pushed through the pipe. A single pump wouldn't be sufficient for most pipelines so you have frequent stations with more pumps - a bit like many shorter pipelines in series. You can pump stuff all the time,...	[ "Imagine you have a computer on your house. Now you want to connect that computer to your friend 100 miles away. How do you do it? You could lay a 100 mile cable, but do you have the permissions to dig up roads and pathways? You would use a company whose cables were already there, and just use that network of cab...
How do people make computer generated art?	[ "CG art in general is made with a wide variety of software packages. packages like Photoshop for 2D and packages like Autodesk Maya, 3DS Max, Zbrush etc for 3d images and the stuff in movies/ video games. I only listed a few, there are many more. If it is something that you're interested in i suggest youtubing some...	[ "They don't. They have really really good camera's that can take a picture from really far away." ]
Why do we have to eat multiple times a day? Why can't we just eat a lot at once then not eat for several days?	[ "A lot of it has to do with humans being mammals, since most mammals use energy from digestion and other processes to maintain a stable body temperature (the [naked mole rat](_URL_0_) largely doesn't do this). Think of it like a fire: if you want the fire to burn, you have to keep adding fuel and make sure the fire...	[ "Words that often appear together are called \"collocations\", and it's simply the way we've learned them. We tend to process them as indivisible units -- phrases, rather than separate words. For example, when we say \"apples and oranges\", we're not thinking of two different kinds of fruit and then putting them in...
Why is the calcium in foods such as milk products good for us, but the calcium in water is not?	[ "> is the calcium in water somehow different from that found in food? Nope, it's the same. Mostly, it's chalk (calcium carbonate). Calcium/chalk buildup in pipes isn't a health problem, it's mostly just that it can end up clogging your pipes, or make your bathroom tile look less pretty." ]	[ "This doesn't change between babies and adults. It's actually the exact same. What changes is they way we take our drinks as we get older. As babies we are drinking from a nipple (either an actual nipple of a simulated one on baby bottles). A baby has to suck to get liquid out of it. If you tilt a baby bottle, ver...
Why do many Mesoamerican civilizations have names ending in "tec" (Zapotec, Olmec, Toltec etc.)?	[ "When the Spanish conquered the area, Nahuatl--the language of the Aztecs--was the lingua franca of the region and the one the Spanish (and, from them, the rest of Europe) borrowed most heavily from. The -tec ending is derived from the Nahua suffix meaning \"people from / people of\". * Aztec = Aztecah, people f...	[ "There was segregation against Mexican-Americans, although it doesn't seem to have been as extensive or as formalized as it was against African-Americans in the South. Some examples: Mendez Vs. Westminster was a federal court case having to do with school segregation in Orange County, California, that actually pred...
Is there anything that won't be a solid at absolute zero?	[ "At standard pressure, helium will not be solid at absolute zero." ]	[ "Nervous system is all about the action potential in the neurons. All neurons signalling is an active chemical function. Energy is required to produce this function, and as a result lower temperatures drive down the energy available for the reaction to occur. This also happens in cells, making it impossible to main...
Why do packaged meats have a slightly farty whiff on first opening?	[ "I'm guessing... Meat has bacteria living on it. The bacteria, eat, fart, poop, and die. The farting combined with the decay of their little bodies creates various gasses that fill the space inside the plastic, eventually to the point of pressurizing the package. When you open the package you're releasing these pun...	[ "The chemistry is described [here] (_URL_0_): the sulphur compounds in smelly substances react with the steel and are neutralised." ]
Can you Pavlov condition yourself to menstruate?	[ "So far there isn't any evidence to suggest that classical conditioning can activate menstruation since menstruation is induced by a hormonal cycle. Now, this isn't to say it can't be indirectly activated and confused for something similar to classical conditioning. For example, sexual intercourse can induce menst...	[ "It's the association of a new toy/item that we get from it. You're unlikely to associate that action with anything else in any case. It's like how some people associate a biker bell as to get out of the way." ]
Was the custom of covering oneself during sleep always so prevalent?	[ "Do you mean \"covering oneself\" as in sleeping under sheets and/or blankets? Or do you mean pajamas? As for why we do it, try /r/asksocialscience." ]	[ "I've deleted this post. \"Throughout history\" questions, as stated in our rules, [are too broad for this subreddit](/r/AskHistorians/wiki/rules#wiki_no_.22in_your_era.22_or_.22throughout_history.22_questions). Moreover you're obviously trying to make a point about the way this subreddit is run which makes me doub...
Is there a maximum energy of a photon?	[ "While your assumptions and other things that are being said here may be correct, it is important to remember that the Standard Model is only an effective theory that cannot be assumed to be correct in energy regions that are well outside the what has been explored experimentally so far. Anything involving the plan...	[ "No, more energy is required to create the compounds than is stored in the compounds, because the production of them also required the metabolic maintenance of the plant which was constructing them. Imagine the fat cells in your own body - an adequate analogy despite the vastly different purposes. A pound of fat ha...
How do insects function brain wise, they're so small. How do they know how to do anything.	[ "Think of a very basic program. It's like they have several subroutines going: Function See() Function Hear() Function Feel() Function ReactToStimuli() Function FleeAwayFromThreat() Function FindAndProcureFood() Function Procreate() It does not take a lot of cells in a brain to do these things." ]	[ "I think they learn each other's body language, like we did with dogs and like dogs did with us." ]
How does washing your hands with plain old liquid or bar soap and water remove more germs than just water alone does?	[ "Soap is made of “amphiphilic” molecules. These molecules are special in that they can bind to both water and oil at the same time, meaning they can also dissolve water/oil at the same time. Some bacteria bind to surfaces using hydrophobic bonds (oil-type), some bind using hydrophilic bonds (water-type), and soap l...	[ "That's actually a large part of it. Aluminum cans are sealed with plastic on the inside to keep the soda from dissolving the metal, but glass doesn't need to be sealed. The sealant in aluminum cans leaches a tiny bit into the soda (because the carbon dioxide and other compounds in the soda just work that way), but...
During the Scramble for Africa, why did the United States not join in the land grab alongside the European Countries?	[ "I found a couple of previous threads that dealt with this topic to some degree. This thread speaks specifically about America's lack of Imperialism in general, but provides some insights as to why they would not want to engage in the Scramble for Africa: _URL_0_ This second thread asks directly about the Scramble...	[ "If your next door neighbor is trampling flowers in your backyard, and your much larger, much bigger neighbor from across the street decides to try and stop him, it's in your interest to just let him do that, whether with implicit or explicit approval. ... especially when you can't get to that corner of the backyar...
How private prisons make money.	[ "They charge the government a set rate per inmate for the cost of running the prison, which includes a profit margin." ]	[ "they could. but what would be the benefit to the owners of the company by having less profit? what would be the benefit to shareholders who are looking for the company to maximize profits?" ]
What would happen if you ate nothing but candy suckers (or just sugar for that matter) for a month?	[ "It takes a pretty long time to develop nutritional deficiencies generally speaking, but it does depend upon the person and their activity level, etc. but if we add to the problem that you're only eating sugar, that might increase the use of some vitamins and minerals, e.g. You would need to produce more insulin to...	[ "This video created by Vsauce 3 (Jake Roper) does a very good job explaining this: _URL_1_ I hope this answers your question. He also did another video on a simmilar line of - could you survive: _URL_0_" ]
My bowl says "Not Microwave Safe." What makes it safe/unsafe?	[ "Depends on the item, often it can't handle the localized warming that microwaves can generate, other times it's because they contain something that gets hot in a microwave, and that thing will get hot enough to damage it (common with a cup that has a metal support in the handle, it could actually start a fire if m...	[ "No, it sounds like one of two things happened there: 1) A technical writer was having a bit of fun, assuming that no one would ever read the instructions. 2) Someone in the past complained about it, and now that line is in there to appease the complainer. An important note though. Anyone can sue for anything if t...
How does Lego get to use characters and IP from across many franchises that aren't owned by the same entities (i.e. DC & Marvel among many others)?	[ "They license these themes individually, and pay a hefty price for it. Doing so allows them to cross many mediums, even so, it may cause controversy. This is why most of the time these franchises do not cross over and are in stand alone games, though the LEGO Movie was an exception. But notice how you never see Iro...	[ "In the American legal system there is no legal obligation to report a crime or volunteer information to the police. It is criminal to help someone cover a crime up, or make it harder for the police to discover. It is criminal to lie to law enforcement during an investigation. And if subjected to a subpoena you mus...
A car has a 2.5L 4 cylinder engine. What does this mean?	[ "The cylinders themselves, where the gas and air is sprayed and combusts, will combined (all 4 of them) add up to 2.5 liters of volume. (they would hold 2.5 liters of water for example) It varies a lot, the size of and number of cylinders certainly helps, but there are other methods to get more power out of an engi...	[ "Without more context I believe you are talking about a 7-inch mix which is a hold over from the days of vinyl records. Albums were on large records with lots of tracks. Single songs were sold on smaller 7-inch records. Sometimes the same song would be released as a single and also as part of an album. Often there...
Why do so many people believe conspiracy theories ?	[ "A shocking number of them turn out to be true. Not long ago you would be a nutter if you said that the US government had giant facilities that were secretly recording everyone's phone calls." ]	[ "The best answer here is going to include the phrase \"confirmation bias\" I guarantee it." ]
Why aren't animals with very large brains (e.g. elephants, whales) smarter than humans?	[ "The size of cerebral cortex matters - that's the surface of your brain. Humans have the most brain folds, largest brain surface and therefore the highest intelligence." ]	[ "You mean like giant tortoises, which live to be over 150? Or deep sea perch that can live to be over 140? Or Glass Sponges that live to be over 10,000 years old?" ]
Why does it seem as though right-wing Christians take deliberate alternative spellings of Islamic words (e.g., "Usama" rather than "Osama" - "Qu'ran" rather than "Koran" "ISIL" rather than "ISIS" or even "Moslem" rather than "Muslim")	[ "It's your own confirmation bias. \"Muslim\" is a comparatively new spelling of \"Moslem\" (which succeded \"Mohammedan\" and \"Mussulman\"). Ditto \"Quran\". The rest - it depends on what newspaper and what country you're in. Nothing at all to do with Christianity or conservatism." ]	[ "I don't understand the question or what you are trying to imply about Islam being something that must be \"dealt with\"." ]
Why does drag on an aircraft reduce after breaking the sound barrier? Why doesn't drag just keep increasing the faster you go?	[ "In the most basic sense, it boils down to two main factors; shockwaves and turbulence. At near-supersonic speed, shockwaves form around the aeroplane wing. Like any wave they require energy to occur and this is taken from the aircraft, which then needs to produce more energy to break the sound barrier. This is con...	[ "It's all about relativity. If the Hulk ran for a quarter mile, he'd only appear to be moving a few dozen widths of his body size. If a dragonfly then traveled the same distance and speed, it'd appear to be moving thousands of widths of its body size. So they cover the same distance but relative to their body size ...
What makes prime numbers so effective in encryption?	[ "> But I'm just wondering if anybody can explain what exactly makes this process irreversible The fact that multiplication is easy, but factorization is hard." ]	[ "Because the human mind is an expert at pattern and relationship/structure detection and recognition. That is essentially how we think. We are masters of pattern recognition, so when you glance at a word your pattern mind kicks in and you have no conscious choice but to 'decode' that pattern. (you read the word). B...
Magnets.. How North and South poles get their names?	[ "Most cultures have a word for the directions: north and south. English gets it's version from proto-germanic and old-norse. When the compass was introduced to Europe, they noticed one end pointed north and one end pointed south. So they named that end pointing north the north pole and the one pointing south the s...	[ "This is a more scientific answer than it sounds: it's all in your head. Try having a friend hold a pen there randomly half of the time. You guess when it's there, the more you guess the closer to chance you should get." ]
Why do our mouths fill with saliva right before we vomit?	[ "To protect your teeth from stomach acid, which essentially turns your enamel into gum. This is also why you shouldn't brush your teeth directly after, and not at all if you don't have fluoride mouthwash to use prior to brushing." ]	[ "Imagine every time you eat something, a large burly man appears in front of you and dances a burlesque routine. Without fail, this goes on for several years. Soon you fail to even think that this rotund mustachioed man is anything out of the ordinary. After all, every time you even begin to take a bite of somethin...
If energy is neither created or destroyed, what happens to the energy in our bodies when we die?	[ "The vast majority of the energy in your body is the mass of the atoms that make it up. These atoms will survive unaltered. The thermal energy of your body will quickly dissipate into the environment until the body is the ambient temperature. The chemical potential energy of many of the compounds in your remains wi...	[ "There are cells sitting on the back of your eyes (called retina) and they kind of \"read\" the information (light) falling onto them trough your pupils. When light shines on them, they get activated and send tiny electrical signals to your brain, which in turn translates them to a picture you can \"see\". So when ...
Is there anyway to react a noble gas?	[ "> Maybe a acid strong enough can theoretically 'force' a proton in? Noble gases are called Noble because their outter electron shell is filled making them chemically unreactive. They won't easily form molecules with other atoms because of this. Forcing a proton in, as you call it, would be a nuclear reaction whe...	[ "I like the dry ice and water idea, and then put a balloon in the water too (underwater). Then all you need is a mechanism to pop the balloon, the water will muffle the pop into a poof, and you should get a nice burst of vapor along with it." ]

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