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What are some Biblical figures, that can be historically confirmed?	[ "The rulers of Babylon, mentioned in the Old Testament book of Daniel, have independent, local, primary sources that confirm they were actual historical figures. Unfortunately, the book of Exodus does not provide the name of the Pharaoh of Egypt. Nor are there any surviving Egyptian sources that confirms the Exodus...	[ "Not to discourage anyone from answering your question but /r/AskBibleScholars may be a better match for your questions." ]
How are bananas so cheap?	[ "Slave labor, they grow on trees, very little nutritional value. The banana from which nutritional value AND \"banana flavor\" are both derived went extinct in the late 1950s. The modern banana is little more than a \"field corn\" version of what we used to have." ]	[ "It's the same business model as sites like Groupon in that the business pays Amazon to show their deal. This is advantageous as it is simply another advertising front for the business. Beyond that, they are relying on you coming back after using your deal and also spreading the word to your friends etc." ]
What would someone with a chromosome combination of YY look like?	[ "Since the X chromosome contains thousands of genes, while the Y contains only dozens, I'm gonna say they'd look dead." ]	[ "Anna Yegorova, one of the (female) pilots of the famous 588th Night Bomber Regiment ended up [in a concentration camp](_URL_0_), like male Soviet soldiers." ]
Why Shouldn't You Pop Pimples?	[ "Short answer. Infection. Linger answer. Pimples typically are caused by an infection of the pores. This causes the pores to become inflamed and fill with puss. You don't want to pop it for two reasons. First, before the pimple pops out and it pop in, meaning all that puss and infection can enter the blood stream,...	[ "For starters the extra costs to the manufacturer and the customer are not worth it. And second saftey, they could be dangerous closing down on little children & even adults." ]
How did Asians get slanted eyes?	[ "Alot of people are saying survival of the fittest however, there is evidence that its not necessarily natural selection but could have been caused by a societal push. There's evidence that a lot of asians in the south east asia and central asia have similar features all stems from Genghis Kahn and the Mongols. The...	[ "You each got 50% of your dad's genes, some overlap and some don't, some get activated earlier than others." ]
Why are there no national grocery stores	[ "There are. _URL_0_ Kroger bought several grocery store chains. Because people don't like change, and like to think they are sponsoring local brands/companies, Kroger kept the local names of each chain." ]	[ "Taxes and the cost of actually bringing the product to the country as we are sort of surrounded by water..." ]
In World War II, did the allies (besides the Russians; I'm mostly referring to Britain and the United States) commit any notable war atrocities?	[ "The Allied Dehousing programme. It was noted that bombing factories wasn't having much of an impact on Germany's ability to produce war goods (bombing was inaccurate plus factories were really hard to destroy even when bombs did hit them) so it was decided by the British to swap over to bombing civilian houses on ...	[ "Your best bet would be to dredge up a copy of [USA Confidential](_URL_0_). But be warned, the book is a racist, sexist and homophobic look at 1950s America. It was a bestseller of the decade, probably because of equal parts decent Americans getting a glimpse of the immoral activities of parts of this country. That...
Is there a way to determine someone's age scientifically?	[ "Unfortunately, I don't think we have a good way of doing this yet. The best method I found was [this](_URL_0_) which takes a blood sample and measures the decay of DNA, more or less. It has an accuracy of 9 years in either direction, though, so it wouldn't tell you much." ]	[ "the laser light beams out till it hits something, then the light bounces back to the meter. The time it takes the light to reach the object and get back to the meter tells you the distance because we know the speed of light." ]
How do so many airlines stay afloat in America?	[ "The country is very large, with the cities so far apart that train service is too slow. So people want to fly a lot. The country is immensely wealthy, with a GDP per person of well over $50,000 per year, and hundreds of million of people. So a lot of people can afford to fly." ]	[ "They don't. It's a marketing ~~lie~~ gimmick. I used to work for a company that did a similar thing by mail. New customers were supposed to sign up by a certain time for special rates but as a specific matter of policy we'd give those rates to anyone who mailed back the special offer." ]
What would happen if lightning touched snow?	[ "Some of it would probably melt. And all the other shit that goes down when lightning hits things. This does happen, albeit uncommonly. A snowstorm with lightning is called thundersnow." ]	[ "The powerade zero family of beverages has a special pigment known as [anthocyanin](_URL_1_). Those pigments are notable because they can change colour depending on the pH of the solution. One of the factors that [affects the pH of a solution is the temperature](_URL_0_), when you freeze the beverage, all the ingre...
What happens in the brain and to the brain when someone is suffering from Alzheimer's Disease?	[ "So I’m not sure how in depth of answer you’re looking for but the basic gist of it is that AD presents with neurofibrillary tangles (which are a type of microtubule associated protein called tau which have become hyperphosphorylated and start to aggregate together that make these twisted fibers and build up inside...	[ "Lots and lots of progress has been made. The survival chances for most cancers have gone up dramatically. In addition to that, the drugs use have become less taxing on the body (though still no walk in the park). In addition, for certain cancers, we've found better methods of early detection. That said, cancer is ...
During a game in the world cup between two different language speaking teams, how are they communicating as they do sometimes?	[ "Most often, they are speaking in English as this is a common second language around the world. Otherwise, much of the communication is uttered in the players native tongue, regardless of the opponents fluency in the language. Body language, mannerisms and facial expressions also send very clear messages that trans...	[ "Imagine you wanted to send a digital file to a friend of yours, but all you have is a telephone and the binary data contents of the file. You tell your friend \"when I say beep you write down 1, when I say boop, you write down 0\", and then you read the contents of the file to him over the phone \"beep beep boop ...
Would it have been possible for a roman citizen around 1 A.D. to obtain everything needed to make a Cheeseburger, assuming they had the knowledge of how to make one?	[ "A follow up question for when this is answered: if it is possible to make one, would it be possible to mass-produce? I’ve heard of Roman “fast food”, so the concept was there, but if someone went back in time with the knowledge to do so, would it be achievable to get a Roman McDonald’s chain up and running?" ]	[ "Depends on what level the study is at. Look at people who regularly eat lots of red meat and bacon, and compare it to people who don't If there is a difference in cancer rates between the two groups, something is causing a higher rate of cancer. Maybe work place exposure, food, lifestyle etc. Then take genetically...
when I'm very intoxicated why does the cold weather not bother me?	[ "Alcohol dilates (expands) your blood vessels. This makes you feel warmer because more blood (which carries heat) is being pumped to your extremities. However, this is bad because it means you're losing heat faster and your core (heart and other organs) is losing heat which leads to hypothermia and potentially deat...	[ "It's called dehydration. Your liver needs water to process the alcohol or something like that" ]
Possibly stupid question - If for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction, how does anything happen in the first place?	[ "That statement applies specifically to Newton's laws of motion and it simply means that when you push something, you get pushed backward too as you do so. Normally you don't notice this because you have something big like the Earth to anchor yourself against, but if you were to throw a football in space you'd find...	[ "[This figure should help explain it.](_URL_0_) A shows 4 waves each with different frequencies and C shows what you get when you combine those waves together. (Ignore B and D). A combination of different sound waves creates a single wave with a unique pattern. So instead of a speaker moving in and out by same amou...
In a video shows "Deaf woman Joanne Milne hearing for first time" the women understands the English she is hearing. How come?	[ "If she can lip read, she will be conceptually familiar with spoken English because certain sounds correspond to certain lip movements. I've never received any instruction in Latin, but I can read a good deal of it from my knowledge of English and French, which derive from it. It's comparatively much easier to map ...	[ "Need more detail! Was the pilots voice being played through the speakers? If so, are your headphones wireless? Or did the headphones not cancel out the noise like you thought they should? Edit-- * If playing through the speakers, your headphones are wireless and the signal sounded fine: digital comm problem (im...
How do 3-d printers work?	[ "Essentially, it's a moveable hot-glue gun. The \"printing\" nozzle is feeded with the constructive plastic. The nozzle is heated, so the plastic (think like ink) is soft - as it is placed on the printing surface it begins to harden and stick. A 3-D printed plastic object is essentially tons of little layers of t...	[ "Take a look at this video at starting around 2:10 : _URL_0_ To summarize, it's made out of very thick materials (steel, titanium) and many safety precautions to make sure data is not destroyed." ]
Why are people who refuse to vaccinate their kids considered to be ignorant for blindly following a theory but any anyone who vaccinates without fully understanding the science behind viruses is considered smart or normal?	[ "I highly doubt you understand everything that goes on in your computer, but refusing to use one would be odd. Same goes for electric light, cars and just about everything else. The problem with vaccines is that refusing to vaccinate does not just impact you, but impact everyone around the kid too. Check out \"Herd...	[ "JFK was elected in 1960. Recognizing the importance of the \"space race,\" and the significance of scientific and technological development, immediately began a program of fostering education at all levels. Science and technology flourished, and US education became even more globally famous for excellence. Unfortu...
- If wrestling is a fake fight who decides who will win the fight and be the championship winner?	[ "Wrestling is not fake fighting. It is a legitimate sport with competitors and a scoring system. The WWE is a scripted show based around wrestling like a play. The writers decide the outcome." ]	[ "Here are a couple of related questions I remember reading, where you can find relevant answers. New ones are welcome in this thread as well, of course: [How strong/muscular were ancient warriors? Did they know enough about muscle growth to be the same build as many athletes/bodybuilders now? When did humans start ...
Friday Free-for-All \| April 19, 2013	[ "My dissertation on Chechen suicide bombings and terrorist motivations was given \"honored pass with distinction\", exactly one week ago yesterday. And now it turns out the Boston bombers were Chechen brothers, fitting exactly the profile for my theory of what motivates Chechen terrorists. So this is a sad day for ...	[ "Here's an ancient forum post from 1997 that you might find interesting...though you actually have to click the links to navigate. Also, I wonder if that's _the_ John Conway leaving replies there... _URL_0_" ]
What is the point of the new chips in debit/credit cards if all my stores just let me swipe instead of using the chip?	[ "When the store lets you swipe instead of chip, they are taking the risk that the card is stolen. This is a great deal for banks, who used to be liable for all stolen card transactions. If the store loses too much money, then they will switch to chip." ]	[ "Because otherwise the hero wouldn't be able to sneak through. Movies are not reality. They're written in a way so it works out exactly the way the writer wants it to." ]
Is it possible that there are other elements on other planets that we have none of here on Earth?	[ "No. If you're asking about elements, no. If you're asking about compounds, yes. Elements are stable up to 92 protons, thats uranium, and the further up you go the more unstable it becomes and the element decays. Radioactive-decays. Its a foundation of ours physical understanding that nucleus of elements decay whe...	[ "We do know how to make it and actually can make better with modern processes. This is one of those yarns about ancient technology being mysterious and better. Total BS." ]
University Hospital vs. Regular Hospital	[ "As far as patient care goes, nothing noticeable. University hospitals however, are teaching hospitals. That means that they will have medical students and residents providing patient care in addition to the full time providers. However, don't let this deter you. Many \"regular\" hospitals are also teaching hospita...	[ "In the U.S. they're essentially the same thing. The name commonwealth goes back to the end of the colonial period. [Here's](_URL_0_) a good article explaining it simply." ]
Why is it that our facial expressions seem to show that we are in pain while having sex, even though we feel pleasure?	[ "I think it has to do with the intensity of the pleasure we're experiencing. It can be overwhelming, even though it feels so good, and the body even prepares itself sometimes by involuntarily tensing up our muscles, especially when we're close to experiencing an orgasm." ]	[ "Simply put for the same reason drinking water when you're not thirsty isn't as refreshing as when you're REALLY thirsty. Anticipating the bodies' needs doesn't trigger the same reward responses in the brain as fulfilling a need that is already present. Your muscles don't NEED to stretch right now, so you can't ant...
If America Owns the Internet, then why can't they control the Internet Black Markets like "Silk Road", which are clearly violating national law? (AND OTHER QUESTIONS)	[ "America does not own the internet. The US Government does not control the internet, neither technically nor legislatively. You might as well ask why America can't prevent piracy on the high seas off the coast of Africa. Also, \"the internet\" is owned by companies, and other governments, and America's government h...	[ "You don't actually \"buy\" anything. You rent it. Much like you rent an apartment. You rent it from the ICANN for a fee. This rental, much like your apartment rental, has a time constraint to it. The root DNS servers get their information from ICANN, so when you type in your browser \"_URL_0_\" your computer goe...
What would happen if you ate the stuff inside silica gel packets (the ones that say DO NOT EAT on them)	[ "It's a dessicant, which means it removes moisture (wether through the air, or in liquids). It would be extremely \"dry\" to eat and it might also dry up your mucous membranes which can lead to problems if that mucous membrane is your stomach. Maybe not, although given that it's not that great tasting I wouldn't ta...	[ "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_" ]
What is the origin of the bronze age 'hero' myth?	[ "We could ask /r/askanthropology, but I suspect every culture has heroes. And if it is not \"every culture,\" we can at least agree that most cultures have heroes. So we can also imagine that the prehistoric antecedents of the Bronze Age also had stories of heroes. The Bronze Age represented that time that was the...	[ "The graph cites a broken link to the US Census Bureau. A few minutes of digging led me to [this table](_URL_0_). As you can see, the only number for 400 BCE is from Biraben, whose numbers are higher than the McEvedy and Jones numbers the table depended on before. Biraben numbers often are the upper limit, but acco...
Would a letter sent from the Bikini atoll the day of the first H bomb test be radioactive?	[ "Unlikely. People were far away from that test. They were not allowed back for a long time. If you are worried, you can buy a Geiger counter. An easier way would be to buy or make a small cloud chamber and see if the paper causes an increase in tracks. Otherwise you would have to send the letter to someone who can ...	[ "Radio waves, just like we still do today. If you want an example, think about how television worked in the 1940's and 1950's. Take an image and transmit it via radio to a receiver." ]
Can we use fluid mechanics equations to model evolution of galaxies?	[ "Yes actually, although the equations that we use are more akin to particle methods, which simulate the interaction of lots of particles. We use these methods for what is called 'rarefied gas flows' as well, because the density in these flows is extremely low and the forces between particles dominate the flow. So, ...	[ "you're missing a T, but G is actually defined in terms of H, T, and S, so you can't prove a definition. gibbs free energy is the thermodynamic quantity that gets minimized under conditions of constant pressure and temperature, which is why you care about it in chemical reactions. you get that from dG = Vdp - SdT. ...
Why do I see a shadow on the inside of my eye when I push my finger on the outside edge of my eye?	[ "Your finger pushes against your eye and distorts the lens that focuses light on the back of your eye. A small indentation can create a black spot where light doesn't focus, or focuses very poorly. It's similar to how you can have dark spots on the bottom of a pool by distorting the surface." ]	[ "Do you have a fly screen over the window? If so what you are observing is a [Moiré pattern](_URL_0_) being projected onto the window. Essentially the light is passing through the screen and the light waves get split up and then interact with each other causing spots of superposition where some regions are darker a...
What is the official definition of an island?	[ "Geologically speaking, an island is a landmass surrounded by water that is not the primary landmass on its tectonic plate, e.g. [the description of the difference between a continent and an island](_URL_0_). Under this definition, this is why Greenland is an island (it is a part of the North American plate, of whi...	[ "While we're explaining things: their - ownership, like \"Why do balloons deflate on their own over time?\" there - location, like \"Do you see that deflated balloon over there?\" they're - shortened form of they are, like \"They're balloons, they are not perfect.\"" ]
How does insurance on a laptop work when I can just say it got stolen?	[ "Usually filing an insurance claim for stolen property requires you to file a police report first. Filing a false police report is a felony. Filing a false insurance claim is fraud. So if you want to risk a felony conviction, thousands in legal fees and fines, and possible jail time, go ahead." ]	[ "Sometimes the government, in the interest of encouraging certain behavior, lets you subtract money spent on certain things from your income for the purposes of paying income tax. For example, they might let you subtract money spent on solar panels in order to encourage solar energy. By writing that off, you wont h...
How were Germanic tribes so succcessful in conquest and why they migrated so far from their places of origin?	[ "In a real sense there were no Celtic tribes left, nor had there been for nearly half a millenium. One could make the argument for certain regions of Wales and northern Gaul, but those had been marginal even before the Roman conquest and certainly did not have the strength to reconquer the Roman provinces. Echoes o...	[ "This has essentially been answered by the preceding comments, but what hasn't been contributed is this: _URL_0_. Muster and enrollment records, transfer lists, honours lists, etc, for the period of 1730 through 1898. Worth having, OP, if you're writing or researching the topic academically. To succinctly summarise...
How does a neutron star generate a magnetic field if it is composed entirely of neutrons?	[ "Mostly because it's not composed entirely of neutrons - just nearly so. The very outer layers of a neutron star are \"normal\" matter (as normal as 1,000,000 K matter can be, that is) and probably consist of a very dense fluid of nuclei and electrons. This layer is conductive, and so combined with the very fast...	[ "The actual term \"dark matter\" is something of a misnomer. The basic idea is that there is some kind of exotic matter that simply doesn't interact with light at all; that is to say, light passes straight through it. In essence, it's invisible. If stars and galaxies were disappearing as they passed behind dark ma...
How does Facebook know what I've Googled?	[ "Facebook also allows advertisers to place a \"pixel\" on their website to track you and retarget you with ads. So, if you went to the airbnb website, you got retargeted by a pixel." ]	[ "Depends on the fliter in the OS. Could be due to name, WiFi security type, strength of the connection, GHz band etc." ]
Why did the great leap forward fail to industrialise China unlike Stalin's five year plan which succeeded in industrialising the Soviet union?	[ "I have a follow-up question. Is the question being ask correct in saying that Stalin's five-year plan was successful? Wasn't the second five-year plan from 1933 to 1937 ordered due to the inability of the USSR to modernize/industrialize under the first or is that incorrect?" ]	[ "I'd actually like to add a cautionary note to the suggestions of Stephen Pinker's book. His use of statistics is deeply misleading, from the numbers killed in the An Lushan Revolt (which certainly did not kill 2/3 of the population of the Tang Empire), to the suppression of the Cathars (which Pinker has essentiall...
How do we know the age of the universe, specifically with a margin of error of 59 million years?	[ "By measuring it. There are so many contributing measurements that it is difficult to list them all in a reddit comment. [Wikipedia has an article](_URL_1_). The small uncertainty is simply a result of very precise measurements." ]	[ "We don't. The concept of things being greater than we can perceive is kinda the only thing that keeps religion going. It is not just possible but probable that we are part of a larger structure of some sort. Unlike, say, mites we have a brain capable of understanding it though. We just have to get a better picture...
What causes microwaves to make their distinctive humming sound?	[ "Generally, all you're hearing is a fan and a motor. A device called a \"magnetron\" uses electricity from the outlet to create microwaves in a beam. A beam would just make a hot spot in your food. So, it's bounced off of a reflective fan called a \"stirrer\" that scatters the beams randomly inside the cooking area...	[ "Basically you are hearing the muscular waves or [peristalisis](_URL_1_). More detailed explanation here at [Discovery Health](_URL_0_)." ]
if we breath in oxygen and out CO2, how does mouth to mouth breathing work?	[ "This was already explained very recently, your body does not consume all the oxygen you breathe in so there is still leftover oxygen being breathed out." ]	[ "If you've ever sat in a car for a long time with the windows up, you'll notice the windows start fogging up. You end up respirating some of that water up. Everything else would either be urinated out, sweated out, or be involved in some other biological material output (some in feces, tears, bleeding, etc)" ]
When was the last major war among the countries of the Arabian Peninsula and how has it influenced current relationships among Gulf States?	[ "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!" ]	[ "The Bahamas and some of the surrounding area was relatively safe for pirates and their crews (including Port Royal and Tortuga). Colin Woodard covers exactly this and more in his book [The Republic of Pirates: Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down](_URL_0_...
What would the night sky look like if your solar system was not part of a galaxy, and was instead just a rogue system floating between galaxies?	[ "You can get stars thrown out of galaxies due to close interactions with other stars in a cluster for instance. You sky would be mostly black, but you'd see a few fuzzy patches where nearby galaxies are. The surface brightness of a galaxy is constant when it's resolved, so they'll be no brighter than Andromeda is -...	[ "Cameras aboard spacecraft like Cassini take photos using filters that isolate different wavelengths on the electromagnetic spectrum. Some, like red, green, and blue, capture light the human eye can see. Others, like ultraviolet and infrared, capture light it can't. All the images arrive to Earth as black-and-white...
Why are some illnesses such as the common cold worse after waking up before improving throughout the day?	[ "Your body produces more of its own steroids (cortisol) during daylight hours and levels reduce as the sun goes down. It’s why our kids are too sick for school in the morning but by lunch are amping to go play, and you’re sure they’re going to school the next day. Then their fever returns after dinner - 😤" ]	[ "Seasons are the result of the tilt of the Earth. Earth spins on a slight angle compared to the circle of its orbit around the Sun. This means that at different times of year, the poles are pointed towards or away from the Sun. This affects how much daylight the poles get, with the impact decreasing as you get towa...
Do tentacles need to be wet to work? are there any reasons why a land animal couldn't evolve terrestrial tentacle locomotion?	[ "The problem with tentacles is that they don't have much compressive strength. As you say, this isn't much of a problem in water when bouyant forces reduce the weight they have to bear. But on land, it makes them difficult to use for propulsion. If you look at the video someone else posted, you'll see the octopus ...	[ "On average, air is air. However, on a very small scale, there are pockets of low/high pressure, and low/high concentrations of all sorts of chemicals. You can see [in this incredible gif](_URL_1_) how \"tendrils\" of electricity are extended first. They travel through as low-resistance a path as they can find, and...
What makes your fingers pop and why is it so addictive?	[ "I'm a physical therapy student and my teacher just gave us some \"nice to know\" information on why it feels too to crack your back or other joints. In a nut shell he basically told us when you crack or pop a joint you get an inhibitory response to the muscles surrounding the joint. Because those muscles are inhib...	[ "You don't want to inject air. It's difficult to fill a syringe without having at least a small air bubble. Putting the needle up and flicking will get any air bubbles in the syringe up to the end, you then push out the bubble and you know when it's all out of the needle when liquid flows through. Even when you're ...
Why is malaria not common in the United States?	[ "Because the CDC eliminated malaria in the United States in the 1950s. > The National Malaria Eradication Program was a cooperative undertaking by state and local health agencies of 13 southeastern states and the Communicable Disease Center of the U. S. Public Health Service, originally proposed by Dr. L. L. Willi...	[ "Costs money to build and maintain the facilities, some countries don't feel like taking on the burden of that cost." ]
Why do cars travel in packs on the highway, even when there are no traffic stops to create groups?	[ "Faster cars inevitably stack up behind slow cars, generating this pack formation. Eventually the faster cars will weave through and \"escape\" until they hit the next pack, but there's always another slow-car-slowly-passing-even-slower-car up ahead to cause another group. The cars in a group do not stay together l...	[ "Most neighborhoods built after the 1950s, ie subdivisions in the suburbs, are built all at once. Meaning they will all be built within a year of each other and use 1-5 building plans. Homes built in cities or on privately owned lots outside the city limits that are not a part of a subdivision are built as the owne...
Biologically, why are sweeping views aesthetically pleasing to humans?	[ "I assume that by \"biologically\" you mean that you believe we experience sweeping views as pleasing _innately_? If so, a natural desire to achieve a vantage point where we can see threats and opportunities easily would result in an increased likelihood of survival. It would therefore be advantageous that we'd ha...	[ "For the same reason the solar system overall looks like a disk, and galaxies are usually disk-like: That is the only stable arrangement where no more (violent) collisions happen. If you have a spherical arrangement then things will bump into each other all the time. After sufficient time nearly everything either h...
Why do competitions by radio or television companies ask questions that 99.999% know the answer to rather than just give the money away?	[ "In some legal jurisdictions, games of pure chance are illegal, but games of combined chance and skill aren't. By adding a trivial question, they can turn a random giveaway into a combined game of chance and skill, and thus avoid the prohibition on pure gambling games." ]	[ "We pay more attention when we get it wrong on the first try. It's a straight 50/50 shot, but it's way more annoying when we get it wrong on the first try. At the end of a given time period you might have had 10 \"successes\" and 10 \"failures\" but you'd only notice the failures." ]
the concept of 4th, 5th, 6th, etc. dimensions.	[ "I explained it to my girlfriend (who is older than 5) like this: Imagine a piece of paper, and you draw some little stick figures on it (their faces pointing sideways). Then imagine magic happening and these figures coming to live. They're living their happy lives in their paper world, they can only look sideways ...	[ "> So my question is, if I am able to observe the Pleiades as I travel towards them at 77% of the speed of light, does it seem like time there is rapidly accelerated? i.e., will I observe planets orbiting their stars at 40 times the regular speed? And if so, why? And if not, why not? No, in fact, you will see their...
Why is it that when we say two consecutive words incorrectly, we replace the first letter of both words with each other?	[ "Your brain is getting ready to say the next word by the time the first word is being spoken so it's kinda like they un synced for a second" ]	[ "Imagine you wanted to send a digital file to a friend of yours, but all you have is a telephone and the binary data contents of the file. You tell your friend \"when I say beep you write down 1, when I say boop, you write down 0\", and then you read the contents of the file to him over the phone \"beep beep boop ...
A computer does thousands of calculations per second. Why does my old computer take so long (multiple seconds) to display a pull down menu?	[ "Even on older computers, the processor activity required for generating and displaying the graphical aspect of a pulldown menu is minimal, and thus the display should be effectively instantaneous. However, menus often display choices, the states of which are dependent on hardware or other running programs that mus...	[ "The human brain is great at recognizing patterns and is very used to making predictions about the environment. For example, due your experience, when you're walking in the street your brain tells you \"people are walking in a certain direction and they're going to keep doing so\". When you experience something new...
How does sending troops help prevent the spread of ebola?	[ "The military has medical professionals. As well they can help organize and distribute necessary aid, and are capable of mobilizing (relatively) quickly on a large scale to construct and supply treatment facilities." ]	[ "I'm a journalist. I can tell you straight up : it's for audience. These videos create shock, which is the best hook television news has over the viewer. The whole ethics speech they'll give you about people having the right to see it is BS. Television is a business, news or not, sadly. This is even more true in th...
Does Cooking Expiring Food Allow it to Last Longer?	[ "Cooking kills bacteria, but not the bacteria poop. It's the poop that gets you. If the poop is already at an iffy level, cooking it will slow the accumulation, but it doesn't lower it. New bacteria will start adding to it after the cooking." ]	[ "Those websites aren't interested in what happens when SHTF. They are interested in what might happen this week, namely that people might send them money. They are definitely in favor of people sending them money. If sending you gold, or MREs, will get you to send them money, then they are all over that. Since the ...
Why does unhealthy food taste good?	[ "We've evolved to get as much of certain high-value foods as we can. Meaty (umami) tastes, fatty textures etc are all programmed into us. Trouble is, while they're OK in moderation they're far too readily available today, so we label them as \"unhealthy\" because if we eat them in the amounts our body would like to...	[ "The human brain is partly designed to assess risk and keep us out of danger. All the things you listed have potential danger associated with them, be it physical danger, or danger to our pride, self-esteem, etc" ]
the ISS orbits around the earth many times a day. Does this mean that if you return to earth you are younger than the people that stayed on earth?	[ "Very fractionally younger, because you were moving at a very high speed relative to them. Astronauts on the ISS age slower by about 0.01 seconds per year." ]	[ "If the outside of the craft is symmetrical then it is likely that I the weight on the inside is not evenly distributed. A craft that is heavier on the right becomes harder to \"push\" on the right and will then turn in that direction. Applying more force on the right than the left side (an off center rocket) will ...
Why are dams, like Hoover Dam, built in arc shape instead of straight line?	[ "It is designed with the arch upstream so that the pressure of the water strengthens the dam as the water presses it against the foundations and abutements. Edit to add: PBS does a better job than I \"The Hoover Dam is a curved gravity dam. Lake Mead pushes against the dam, creating compressive forces that travel a...	[ "Edit: STSCI people have [posted an explanation](_URL_4_). There's also a [youtube video](_URL_3_) which explains it around 1:45. The long and short of it is that Hubble was tracking background stars throughout those images, and its orbit around the Earth meant that the comet had noticeable parallax which cause...
If all of our dreams are jut coming from our brains, how do we not know what is going to happen next and still get surprised, scared, excited, etc.?	[ "People have both a conscious and a sub-conscious mind. Your conscious mind can be surprised by your sub-conscious mind." ]	[ "Because we peed the bed as children and now recognize the feeling, which startles us awake..." ]
If we can try children, as young as twelve years old, as adults; why can't twelve year olds sit on a jury?	[ "A minor being tried as an adult is a rare circumstance, based on very very specific criteria. The minor in question has to have been shown to have acted in a manner that shows their understanding of their actions was at an adult level. This is generally done through a lot of professional and potentially traumatizi...	[ "Because we count the hours that are, not the hours that are not. The original 12-hour clock of the Babylonians (and the Romans and the Greeks) counted the number of hours during the day, and the number of hours during the night. They divided the day into 12 periods, and called each one an hour. There was the f...
Why is the person in this picture making holes into german helmets during WWI?	[ "The photograph is from after World War I. Article 169 of the [Treaty of Versailles](_URL_0_) required that: > Within two months from the coming into force of the present Treaty German arms, munitions and war material...in excess of the quantities allowed, must be surrendered to the Governments of the Principal A...	[ "[Here is a link to an earlier thread](_URL_0_) that does a good job of answering this question. That thread was also inspired by the exact same Mad Men scene and the top answer briefly touches on the 'crying Italian guy in redface', so it should be the exact kind of information you're looking for." ]
Why do pigeons fly in groups and fly in circles instead of flying alone?	[ "V formation is easier for flying. Birds at the back have an easier flight than the bird at the top, with each bird taking the lead at other points. It allows them to conserve energy and fly longer distances in one go." ]	[ "I think what you mean to ask is \"do the planets orbit in the same plane\", and the answer is yes, they do. All the planets formed from a rotating disc of material around the sun, and since that disc was flat the planets all orbit within the plane where that disc once was. They do not, however, all orbit together ...
What is considered a point in a poll?	[ "> Is it two percentage points? Yes. That's exactly what it means. A \"point\" is a \"percentage point.\"" ]	[ "Your employer takes money out of your paycheck throughout the year to pay your local, state, and federal taxes. The amount they take out, however, is just an estimate how much tax you will probably owe at the end of the year. There's no way for the state, local, and federal governments to know what you actually do...
So I wanted to understand how do authorities verify when a mountaineer has actually reached the peak of a mountain.	[ "They don't and there are no authorities. Historically there were so few people climbing mountains for fun that they all pretty much knew each other and climbing a major mountain ( one worth talking about ) usually involved a large team of climbers and an even larger team of support staff that you really couldn't l...	[ "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 can diseases be past down from mother to child but not immunizations?	[ "Diseases that are passed down from mother to child are hereditary, and are inherited because they are part of a mutation in genetic code. Immunizations, however, are not part of your genetic code, so they can not be passed down. Another example is if you dye your hair, that cannot be passed down to your offspring ...	[ "Because everyone involved in the education- teachers, textbook writers, principals, people who make the curriculum- are all very educated. Educated people cost money to pay; and so that cost is passed on to the student. But its worth noting that education is much more expensive in the USA (I'm guessing you're Amer...
How come a solar eclipse could blind you?	[ "Looking at the sun will blind you. Any time, anywhere. Including when you look at the sun during the partial phases of a solar eclipse. Naturally, people who don't know any better are more likely to look at the sun during a solar eclipse. They should not. One can look at the sun safely only during \"totality,\" th...	[ "Mythbusters did a segment on it, and they found that eye-black coupled with shade from a hat brim made a noticeable difference against glare. Sorry, on phone and I don't know exactly which episode." ]
How did the athletes got fit in the Classical era?	[ "Here's a thread you might find interesting: [What would the fitness regimen of a Roman citizen be if they wanted to become an athlete?](_URL_0_)" ]	[ "As a reminder, [top-level answers](_URL_0_) in this community need to be \"comprehensive and imformative.\" Single-links to Wikipedia and unsourced opinions do not clear that bar. This question already rests on a part of history hamstrung by the fuzzy diagnostics of diseases in the past and an almost unavoidable b...
Einstein's first postulate and magnetism	[ "From the perspective of the train, the magnetic field surrounding it is moving. A moving magnetic field produces an electric field (Faraday's Law) that is felt by the electron, affecting it in a way that is the same as determined by the lorentz force in the lab frame." ]	[ "Look at [this picture](_URL_0_). Pretty much gets the idea across. The lines in the picture represent magentic field lines. Note how the disk is sorta \"pinched\" between them. In that fashion the disk is held in place." ]
The Planned Parenthood Fetal Organ Donation Program	[ "Yes, the fetal tissue is harvested after abortion only with the mother's consent. If the mother does not consent, the tissue is destroyed in the same way all medical waste is destroyed. The tissue can come from any sort of abortion, whether that is a fetus that is not viable, one that threatens the life of the mot...	[ "Here is the [skeptic]( _URL_0_) discussion on the matter. Basically it's a fetus. Also it's from the Daily Mail, the internets version of a tabloid, they just make shit up." ]
Why do some people get bit by mosquitos much more often than others?	[ "It's basically because of the amout of Carbon Dioxide you exhale. People that exhale more Carbon Dioxide than others have a higher chance of getting bit. Also, scent (sweat) makes a difference." ]	[ "Moisture in the air helps to dissipate the electrical charge and not allow it to build up into a noticeable zap. And dry air does not." ]
How does daylight savings time affect people working the graveyard shift	[ "I said this in another thread earlier: For those of you working tonight, make sure you get paid for the extra hour, I've had to get it corrected before. You should always be tracking your own hours and checking your pay stubs anyway, but keep an extra close eye on this one." ]	[ "It doesn't, math works no matter what base system you use. Whether it be base 10, base 16, base 234...." ]
Does electric current move at the speed of light through superconductors?	[ "No, it'll move much slower than the speed of light. In fact, superconductors and superfluids have a critical current, beyond which they cannot carry current without destroying the supercurrent/superflow. If the current surpasses the critical current, the superconductor becomes a normal conductor with resistance." ...	[ "Quoting [Wikipedia](_URL_0_) (a bit naughty, but it's a nice way to express what I think): > The proposed theory is inconsistent with quantum mechanics and critics have ruled it out on those grounds. Which is essentially saying what you pointed out, yes. If what they're doing is as easy as it sounds - just runnin...
Why people are rolling over during their sleep if it's not necessary for their bodies to survive the night, like breathing?	[ "It is necessary. Lying in one position for too long causes discomfort as the bed presses on the body, restricts blood flow, and so on. Over a long period, this can lead to bedsores, which is why bedridden patients that cannot move by themselves need to be turned periodically. EDIT: fixed broken English" ]	[ "It's a vestigial reflex. It's from when our ancestors were covered in more terminal hair than we are (we have a lot more vellus hair which is short and fine). One of its purposes was to make our ancestors look bigger. Another was to create a layer of trapped air for insulation when cold." ]
Why is it believed black holes preserve mass, charge and angular momentum, but not baryon number, weak isospin and lepton number?	[ "Basically nobody has a fully quantum mechanically sound theory that relates to black holes, so people don't know whether they expect these things to be conserved or not. I would say these quantities probably are conserved but don't affect the properties of a black hole. To an outside observer matter never even re...	[ "The \"standard model of cosmology\", i.e. [the lambda-CDM model](_URL_0_) treats dark energy as the result of having a non-zero cosmological constant. \"Constant\" being the key word. Ideas like the Big Rip only come about when you imagine a cosmology where the cosmological \"constant\" is actually some elaborate ...
Did it ever look like the Confederacy was going to win the Civil War?	[ "A follow up & relevant question, how close did the CSA come to being recognized by a European Power?" ]	[ "The BREXIT polls weren't \"so wrong.\" They pretty consistently depicted about equal amounts of support for each side and the final vote ended up being 51-49. There is no \"phenomenon\" in play here and the BREXIT polling has nothing to do with the US election." ]
In what ways did Hitler hurt the German war effort?	[ "Actually invading Russia wasn't necessarily against his generals' advice even though there were some who argued for and against it as is almost always the case for operations of that size, (chapter one of 'War of the Century' by Laurence Rees, published by BBC Publications, 1999). During Operation Barbarossa, Hitl...	[ "In very very brief: a lot less than most people think. No matter how you slice the question. I've [written at some length about this](_URL_0_). His physics (despite popular understanding) has essentially nothing to do with the feasibility or development of nuclear weapons; his letter to FDR did not really start t...
Because Na explodes upon contact with water, if I stabbed someone with a dagger made of sodium would it explode as soon as it enters their bloodstream?	[ "Just say sodium. Or elemental sodium. It'd start to fizzle from the humidity in the air. The reaction would probably finish long before stabbing, unless you used the knife immediately after creation. In which case you've got a bomb in your hand." ]	[ "Commercially frozen meat is often flash frozen, this means that the ice crystals formed are small and don't damage the meat cells very much. If you freeze meat at home it's a much slower process, Large ice crystals form an like little spears puncture the cell walls of the meat. This means that when it defrosts the...
Has the universe always been flat?	[ "As the Universe expands, it deviates from flatness. So if you start off with a universe that is barely not flat, it will quickly become VERY highly curved. So we go out and measure that our Universe is [extremely close to flat](_URL_0_). This means it must have been yet closer in the distant past. How is that poss...	[ "Space isn't expanding like a balloon into the air around it - it's expanding like the surface of the balloon. The surface of a balloon expands without needing more \"balloon\" to expand into - we call this stretching. Space expands in a similar way, only in more dimensions than the two of a balloon's surface." ]
Why do I feel embarrassed for others as if I'm somehow connected or responsible for the act they are doing?	[ "Most likely mirror neurons. These are nuerons that fire both when you perform an action, and when you observe someone else perform that action. This probably applies to emotions as well, and is generally thought to be the basis of empathy." ]	[ "It doesn't, the ad was intended to make you associate Colgate with feeling virtuous and then want to buy Colgate the next time you're at the store." ]
Has there been any research suggesting that people who are more "tolerant" of spicy foods are also more "resistant" to the effects of pepper spray?	[ "I don't have any specific references to hand, but it is highly likely! Capsaicin/spice/pepper spray is all the same thing, working on the same receptor(s) (trpv1). In general when something is stimulated excessively in the nervous system your brain tries to balance this out and desensitises you to this stimulus. T...	[ "Doesn't entirely answer the question, but the MythBusters kind of did it: _URL_0_ Human fat is bulletproof. busted Determining that the largest layer of fat around a human (Walter Hudson) would measure 16 inches, Adam and Jamie placed that amount of human-temperature cow fat in front of the dummy. The bullet m...
Why do car batteries die when you turn the car off and leave your headlights on all night, but do not die if you drive 10 hours straight/have the engine on as the battery is on?	[ "Because the alternator continuously recharges the battery as you drive. As the engine runs a belt makes the alternator operate like a crank flashlight to produce electricity. When the engine is off and the lights run, there is nothing recharging the battery." ]	[ "Different battery designs have different capabilities- the most common characteristics being: * Capacity- how long will it maintain a constant voltage. * Drain rate- how well it performs and lasts under high-drain (flashlight, motors) and low-drain (clocks, thermostats) devices. * Shelf life- how long it will hold...
Why at high speeds on a motorcycle you countersteer turns while leaning.	[ "As you're rolling forward you turn the wheel to the left Momentum continues to carry you forward Since the wheel's moved to the left you 'fall' into the space where the wheel used to be. The bike leans over to the right (the space in which you're falling) The bike's wheels draw a curve that has your 'lean' towards...	[ "Your CPU's clock is generated using a quartz crystal oscillator. It is excited and produces resonant periodic output. That signal is then multiplied by a factor using a control system called a phase-locked loop (PLL). When you overclock your CPU, you are changing the configuration of this multiplier circuitry. Say...
how celebrity actors get paid	[ "Just to add to what others have said, even smaller name actors can earn residuals off of a film. Emo Philips, the comedian, talks about earning $.30 residual checks from the Screen Actors Guild for his not even 5 minute bit on the Weird Al film UHF." ]	[ "Depends on the specifics of the tax law wherever you live, but generally you'll have to declare all income as income, no matter where it comes from." ]
(engineering) In a refrigerator, what is absorbing the heat from the objects inside?	[ "Yes. This is an important thermodynamic concept, actually. You can't just make heat disappear — you have to put the heat somewhere else. The heat goes from the objects in the fridge into the air. Then the heat goes from the air into the coolant, which is circulated out of the fridge compartment, releasing the heat...	[ "This is physics, not chemistry Spherical ice \"cubes\" would melt more slowly since spheres have the lowest surface area per unit volume. This might be considered efficient in the sense that the ice would last longer. Also, the bigger the sphere, the more \"efficient\" it would be (thanks, square/cube law). These ...
What laws are actually broken when a parent bribes someone to get their kid into a prestigious school?	[ "The main thing here was that the company that they were paying to help get their kids into better colleges was illegally posing as a charity, so that the parents appeared to be donating to charity and getting tax writeoffs at the same time that they were cheating to get their kids into a prestigious school. That's...	[ "So it's like this: Many of the federal agencies or departments in question do good for the citizens. Many of the cabinet heads being nominated to be the leaders these agencies are people that either are on the opposite side of the citizens or want to either do away with that agency or department. In this case, ma...
How does the Sun work ?	[ "The Sun is a star, an enormous ball of plasma, made primarily of hydrogen and helium. Contrary to what many people think, the Sun doesn't burn. It's so big that the pressure at the centre of the star squashes the hydrogen atoms together to make helium: this is called _nuclear fusion_. The process creates an enormo...	[ "The giant glowing ball of gas undergoing nuclear fusion that \"rises\" every morning. If in England: Drink a pint ~~of water~~ before retiring." ]
If you were to ingest or inject yourself with ATP, would it provide you with energy? Would consuming more act like a sugar rush or an energy drink?	[ "ATP is fairly large, and it's purine functionality would make it difficult to enter the cell without transport. Outside of the cell it acts as a signalling molecule, which plays a role in regulating heart rate, blood coagulation, and inflammatory/immune response. The metabolic byproducts of ATP degradation are als...	[ "My understanding is that the TED talk is slightly misleading. With their system, the time-scale of a frame is indeed a trillionth of a second, but they can't actually take a trillion frames in one second. So what they do is take the shot a bunch of times, each time slightly out of phase with the previous time. The...
Why do so many people have allergic reactions to peanuts, with many being severe? Why peanuts compared to other foods?	[ "According to the article I read in Popular Science, peanuts appear to have several proteins that don't exist in very many other foods. These proteins cause an immune response. For some reason the response seems to be particularly violent compared to many other allergies. _URL_0_" ]	[ "Straight hair that lies flat tends to hold in heat. That's an advantage in cold climates. Curly hair allows heat to escape while still providing protection from the sun to the skin underneath. That's an advantage in hot climates. Melanin in skin (the part that makes it dark) tends to block what's needed to make vi...
How much predictability is there in a quantum system? Is it theoretically possible for everything to be calculable? Are there any formulas for predicting quantum behavior with 100% accuracy?	[ "If you know the full Hamiltonian for your system and the initial state, you in principle know how the system will evolve for all time. The time evolution is governed by the [time-dependent Schrodinger equation](_URL_0_). However you don't necessarily know what the results of measurements will be. For example, if y...	[ "ITT: Very elaborately worded variations on \"We don't really know\". Coming from someone with epilepsy who has done a moderate amount of reading and talking to neurologists, take it from me - the ultimate answer is \"We don't really know\". They know what happens, and how to control and/or prevent it in most cas...
why do they make movies based off books that are not similar to the book at all? When they know people will be upset with it.	[ "They are using the author's name and fame to sell a movie. A perfect example is I, Robot - older readers and hardcore sci-fi fans *ran* to the theaters to watch this travesty of manipulation. The book is a collection of short stories. The only pieces in the movie that have anything to do with Asimov are Sus...	[ "Your employer takes money out of your paycheck throughout the year to pay your local, state, and federal taxes. The amount they take out, however, is just an estimate how much tax you will probably owe at the end of the year. There's no way for the state, local, and federal governments to know what you actually do...
What is/are "alternative news/facts" and why have i just started hearing the phrases in the last year or so?	[ "A Trump press representative, I thought it was Conway, complained that the press were focused on the facts that portrayed President Trump in a negative light. They said that \"alternative facts\" would show him in a better light, and argued for a more balanced treatment. I think they meant \"don't focus on how the...	[ "Before a judge makes a decision, they usually have two arguments (one from each side). Sometimes the arguments are faulty, incorrect in some precise legal way. These are the easy cases. The interesting cases, like the Obamacare case you cite, have two arguments that do not have a clear legal fault. In these cases,...
Why is Ronald Reagan such a polarizing figure?	[ "Conservatives love him because he was incredibly successful at pursuing policies that conservatives like: He significantly cut taxes He was extremely aggressive on the world stage - which many conservatives credit for the fall of the Soviet Union and the Berlin Wall He busted unions by defeating the Air Traffic C...	[ "Was Oliver North really just a scapegoat for the big fishes?" ]
What keeps the center of the earth hot(molten) and what would happen if it was cooled down?	[ "The square-cube law means that very large objects loose temperature very slowly. The rate of heat loss is proportional to the surface area which is proportional to the square of the object's size. The amount of heat to lose is proportional to the volume which is proportional to the cube of the object's size. Obvio...	[ "Imagine you build a spherical shell around the sun, just bigger than the sun itself, and that the shell is absorbing all the incident radiation. Each square-meter of this shell would be receiving a very large amount of power from the sun. Then imagine you double the radius of that shell. Now, because its surface a...
Why can apex predators feel fear?	[ "Getting wounded in a fight, even one that you win, will reduce your ability to hunt and compete with uninjured same-species competitors. Additionally, being an apex predator doesn't mean that you can kill everything or are even safe from everything, it just means that no other predator can hunt you. A lion has eve...	[ "Humans eat raw meat all the time, ranging from fish to [horse meat](_URL_4_). All food carries some risks that you'll get sick from eating it (\"pathogens\"), and various things can limit those risks, like [proper cleaning and storage of meats](_URL_0_), freezing meats to [kill bacteria](_URL_3_), and only using m...
Did Vietnam Veterans have an impact on the role of drugs and/or guns in Outlaw Biker culture?	[ "Do you have a source on numbers of vets in gun- or drug-running MCs? Aside from Sons of Anarchy, that's something I've never come across in research. Something you might be interested to learn is that Vietnam vets were surprisingly quick to acclimate to drug-free civilian life. David Courtwright discusses this in...	[ "Discovery Channel, TLC, The History Channel, they started out as niche channels...inexpensive programming aimed at a specific audience it was easier to target ads for. Then came Mythbusters, a big hit that appealed to a broader audience. Soon all the networks wanted to try to reach a wider range of viewers, and ...
Can G be given an exact definition as easily as c?	[ "Yes it could, in fact defining natural constants to be exact values is something which has been planned and will probably happen in 2018 at the next General Conference on Weights and Measures. However the gravitational constant G will not be defined to an exact value simply because the gravitational constant know ...	[ "Those sites for whatever reason are ranked highly by the google page rank algorithm. The only time Google will interfere with the search results is when the website is doing something illegal or spreading malware. At present it is very difficult for a computer to differentiate human generated content from that gen...
Why are Performance Enhancing Drugs in baseball treated much more harshly than in other sports such as football and basketball?	[ "They’re not, all leagues suspend player for significant amounts of time for use of PEDs. Baseball may suspend more games, but that’s because they have much longer season." ]	[ "In the ancient near east/middle east in the Hebrew Bible era (say before 1000 BCE) deities were very regional and it was generally held that a certain god held dominion over a region and its people and a different god (or pantheon, like in Egypt) had dominion elsewhere. Common people generally held that a god wors...
Where does the stereotype of Germans lacking a sense of humour come from?	[ "I asked the same question about American Indians last week, [the answer also covered Germans as well.](_URL_0_)" ]	[ "It's a joke. I first heard it on Saturday Night Live when they did a skit called \"the change bank\". Basically it was a bank that gave you change for your money. Say you have a fifty dollar bill and you want 2 twenties and a ten, they can do that for you. At the end of the skit the bank CEO says, \"You may ask h...
What happens when a jet “breaks the sound barrier”?	[ "As the jet moves it pushes air out of the way. The fastest the air can move out of the way is the speed of sound. So when the jet goes at the speed of sound air can’t move out of the way quick enough and builds up at the front of the jet. Once the jet goes faster than the speed of sound it leaves this build up beh...	[ "> This recent infrared image of the Eagle Nebula shows a bubble of hot, rapidly expanding material directly behind the pillars What they have seen is the beginning stages of a supernova. The initial stages of the supernova itself happen very fast, but the shock-wave needs time to pass through and destroy the Pill...
What are the odds of your child being born "normal"? No disorders, no conditions, completely normal.	[ "Define normal. For example, the average living person is not lactase persistent. We shouldn't call not being able to drink milk \"lactose intolerance\", we should call being able to drink milk \"lactase persistence\". This question is too culturally bound, too open ended to have a scientific answer." ]	[ "Say you have a banana and an apple. How many ways can you arrange those on a table? You can put the banana on the table. You can put the apple on the table. You can put both on the table, or you can put none of them on the table. There are four ways total that you can arrange these fruits. This represents 2 to the...
How does the UK Prime Minister just get booted from office? It appears much harder to be booted from office in the U.S.	[ "In the United States, the President is elected by the Electoral College for a fixed term and can only be removed from office for specific reasons. In parliamentary systems, a prime minister is a member of parliament chosen by other members of parliament to be PM only as long as they want that person there (or they...	[ "Our shows are more likely to go for 6 episodes per series really, especially on the BBC. It's sort of the standard length for anything that isn't a quiz show or reality TV show. The answer's pretty simple: We never started making \"seasonal\" TV like America did, hence why we use the word series instead of season,...
What's the difference between centrifical and centrifugal force? Which is the "fake" one?	[ "Neither one is \"fake\" however one is \"fictitious\". But fictitious doesn't mean \"not real.\" The centrifugal force is the fictitious one. When you have circular motion, there must be a force pointing inwards, since the object is always accelerating towards the center of the circle. That is the centri*petal...	[ "The CIA is tasked with gathering information in other countries and with covert operations, and it's only supposed to operate outside the US. Since 911, that has loosened somewhat. The FBI is tasked with federal law enforcement. They do handle counter intelligence as well, by finding spies inside the USA and that...

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