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Why a refrigerator doen't need a coolant change but my car does	[ "No one is getting this and keep getting hung up on 'coolant' BTW I'm assuming you mean getting your AC recharged in your car and nothing to do with the engine coolant. That's an entirely different system. I believe it would have to do with the fact there is a lot more vibration and places for a very small leak to ...	[ "The angle of your front and rear windows are much more shallow than those of the side windows. Hence water will be more likely to stick to those shallow surfaces and freeze/rain out there." ]
Why does cold air feel "fresh" and hot air feel "stuffy"	[ "We associate cold moving air with invigoration and warm still air with nappy-time. The human animal has evolved to have a preferred avoidance when possible of being really active when it's really warm. A lot of societies in warmer climates have a \"siesta\", or mid-day nap time, to dodge the hottest sun and heat....	[ "When you close the door, a bunch of air is displaced, and it has to go somewhere. If you don't have a window open, the only place the air can go is to rush out the door gap as you're closing it. This is difficult to do, and so the air forms a higher pressure \"cushion\" which prevents the door from closing as hard...
How did the internet work under the AOL era?	[ "I remember getting in trouble several times for dialing long distance bulletin boards.. the reddit of the 90s." ]	[ "Essentially everything that you use will be networked together. Your clothes, your refrigerator, your alarm clock -- pretty much anything you can think of." ]
When a wireman climbs a radio tower etc... are there any maleffects from waves?	[ "There can be, mainly from RF burns. The eyes are most vulnerable because they have no circulation to cool them. Cataracts can occur with high levels of RF. 4 watts/kg is considered to be the limit for whole body exposure. I worked at a TV station and whenever the tower climber was changing bulbs we had to switch ...	[ "The photovoltaic installations I know about don't have batteries. They store energy in the electricity grid by selling excess power. IMHO the biggest danger would be falling off the roof while installing them, or being sued if somebody else falls off the roof." ]
Why do some grocery stores leave food / water outside of their stores when it can easily get stolen?	[ "Someones always watching, don't assume someone isn't. Before you pull an Aladin, just know that someone is watching. That said, whenever we put things in front of the store I used to work at it was to get people to see the items and get interested so they can buy. It's about trust really. I trust no-ones going to ...	[ "Online tracking is easy. Whenever you click on an ad, it sets a cookie on your computer that marks you as arriving to that site from the ad. Your each activity on that site is tracked and noted when you make your purchase. Offline is a bit different. Depending on the size and marketing efforts of a company, they m...
Why did single-payer healthcare fail in Vermont?	[ "It wasn't successful because when people saw how much it was going to cost, they balked. We have a really expensive healthcare system. Our system was not designed to minimize costs, it was designed to make sick people well regardless of the cost. When Vermonters saw what they'd have to pay to provide universal sin...	[ "I think you may be operating under a false assumption, as there were and are [Canadian Peers](_URL_4_), though it seems most of them are counted as British because they never really lived here at all. It seems that the same is true for [Australia](_URL_3_), though I couldn't find historical data on the US pre-revo...
Why after years of quitting smoking do I frequently crave cigarettes? I no longer have a physical need and it's been years to kick the mental habit of smoking.	[ "It's been nearly seven years for me...and I don't think it's actually the cigarette I want. More of like a trigger that makes me want to smoke one...like nostalgia of a certain mood or something. The addiction wasn't nearly as hard to kick as changing every single habit I had. It could just be that certain things ...	[ "Imagine our brain takes all human vocal samples we hear and puts them in sound \"Jars\", and attaches a sticker with a picture of the human that is speaking on that jar. Whenever you imagine what a person's voice would sound like, your brain opens that jar and you hear his vocal samples. Imagine Morgan Freeman's f...
How do certain applications increase/decrease the pitch of songs without changing the duration of the song?	[ "Sound is just bunch of frequencies, sounds of different pitches mushed together,First, you analyze frequencies of sequences, or time segments (Fourier transformation), then you apply those frequencies to smaller or larger time segments (Reverse Fourier transformation). So you have the same arrangement of frequenci...	[ "Usually it uses something called a \"checksum\". A checksum works by feeding the contents of the file through an algorithm that converts it to a much shorter sequence of bytes (usually a series of numerical digits) using a mathematical formula. The formula is designed so that similar sequences of bytes produce ver...
Are Mass and Gravity "Absolutely" Related?	[ "According to Einstein's theory of general relativity, the curvature of space-time (which IS gravitation) is caused by something called the [stress energy tensor](_URL_1_), which is not necessarily just mass: it includes angular momentum, all forms of energy, momentum flux, etc. This makes it possible for all forms...	[ "If it were not accelerating, then it would travel in a straight line (at a constant speed) - so it would not be in orbit, but would fly off in a straight line! Here's an easy way to think about it: Suppose you have a ball on a string, and you swing it over your head in circles. The tension in the string means i...
Does pink noise and white noise really induce sleep in newborn babies? Why?	[ "How is noise defined? What is pink noise? What is white noise?" ]	[ "Analog TVs had a circuit called the [\"color killer\"](_URL_0_). It was designed to eliminate any color from the screen when B+W programming was being received. The B+W signal did not have a [color burst](_URL_1_) reference signal, and it is the absence of this color burst which triggers the color killer. Static m...
What is the definition of the term "co-dependant" ?	[ "The idea is that a healthy relationship involves two people that express and exchange desires and needs in an equitable, balanced way. Both are in control of their expectations and behaviour, no one is being taking advantage of, and both benefit in a healthy way. Co-dependency involves one person who focuses on th...	[ "I've no idea if this is the correct place for this or not, however, I have recently completed (well, very nearly completed) my dissertation. It's on a topic that hasn't been studied in detail before, exploring the social impact of industrialisation in 19th century Coalbrookdale, UK. Colabrookdale is known for bein...
How does digestion work in zero gravity?	[ "digestion still takes place even when you are upside down because our digestive system has many muscles that force things to the end." ]	[ "Exposure to unfiltered sunlight and near-vacuum conditions, most likely. Conducting experiments on site would definitely pose a challenge though." ]
How dangerous is turbulence on a commercial flight? What are the risks, and how high are they?	[ "It's annoying, and you should try to avoid being out of your seat when it hits. But really, airplanes are amazingly beefy for their weight. They are built to take any turbulence you're likely to experience, and more. Just pretend you got a free ticket to Six Flags when you booked your flight. EDIT: Here's a video ...	[ "It varies, but not much individually. The problem is when everyone does it. It's kind of like why you're taught not to pick a flower from a garden when growing up. You alone, picking one flower, is not going to be noticed, it's not going to affect the plant or garden overall, but if everyone picks just 1, very s...
Where did all the last names come from?	[ "If you ask Malcolm X he would point out some of them are slave names....." ]	[ "Motivation is a widely recognized factor in second language acquisition (I don't have my SLA materials with me, but Jeff Siegel's (2013) Second Dialect Acquisition discusses it). So insofar as connecting with one's ancestry could increase motivation to learn a language, that could have an effect on how well you ...
What is the exact purpose of a hunger strike?	[ "For example, let's say that you have captured a prisoner of war (POW) from an enemy you're at war with. The POW is your leverage, your way of getting something in return from the other country (could be prisoners of war that they have). You could potentially trade. The POW's have some value as long as they are hig...	[ "> If I'm not mistaken, the sixth amendment provides the right for those involved in criminal prosecutions to a speedy trial. You can waive this right, and most defense lawyers do. This gives the defense time to prepare (get and analyze evidence that the prosecution has, get tests done, come up with plausible expl...
With the increasing number of GPS devices connected, will the GPS bandwidth ever be saturated?	[ "GPS is one way, your device receives signal from satellites and determins your location from that. In effect it's the same reason why Radio bandwidth doesn't get overloaded the more radios you turn on. When you use Google Maps, you aren't telling the satellites where you are. You just use your data line (3g, 4g, ...	[ "Pretend you have 2 cameras, 1 at mile marker 0, and the second at mile marker 1. At 60 mph, it should take you 1 minute to cover that distance. But what if you drive at 80 mph for the first 1/2 mile, then get stuck in traffic and go much slower for the remaining 1/2 mile? You were speeding at some point in that 1...
Why does adding ethanol to gasoline reduce fuel economy?	[ "Ethanol has an energy content of ~21.2 MJ/L while gasoline has a higher energy content of ~34.8 MJ/L. Because of this you must burn more ethanol to equal the combustion of pure gasoline. Check this table for the energy content of other fuels: _URL_0_" ]	[ "There's fluid within tiny tubes in your ears, and these tubes have hairs on them. Your brain pays attention to these hairs and how the fluid moves them in order to figure out where you are in space and how you're moving, but it also uses what your eyes see. Normally, your eyes and ears tell your brain the same thi...
Why was the "Tampon Tax" started in the first place?	[ "* It's not a specific tax relating to only tampons. Other items e.g Toilet roll, soap and bread fall under it as well. * Women believe it shouldn't be taxed, because it's an essential healthcare product. To be honest, they've got a point. Edit: checked the VAT stuff-- my mistake, bread isn't taxed, but the rest ar...	[ "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." ]
Why i have a 20 megabit/second internet connection on speedtests but i cant stream a simple youtube video without buffering.	[ "It's like saying the speed limit on the highway is 65MPH, therefore I should be able to drive anywhere in (total_miles/65) hours. It's a matter of maximum throughput, traffic congestion and packet throttling. Having your connection be a certain speed doesn't mean much." ]	[ "There are a lot more steps involved than you see. From your perspective as a customer, you see the the money leave your account immediately when you make a purchase; but in reality there's a lot of processing that goes on and banks talking to each other and checking with each other before passing the money over. J...
How do they fit 6.9 billion transistors on a 7 nanometer chip? Additionally, how do they connect them up correctly?	[ "7 nanometer technology refers to the smallest feature they can make. As for how they can be made they are produced through a process called lithography. Individual layers are made and projected onto the material with light, interacting with chemicals to either stay put or wash away to mask areas so other material ...	[ "Back in the cold war days, many small \"bug\" radio transmitters in Britain worked by rectifying BBC Radio 1, a powerful radio station that blankets that nation. Instead of trying to incorporate and hide a battery, spies would run a little wire out from the bug to pick up tiny amounts of power from the aether. The...
Why are coins historically round? Seems like square coins would be more efficient/easier to cut from a sheet of metal.	[ "Early coins were not cut from a sheet of metal. They were formed by taking a carefully weighed lump of metal (usually silver or bronze), heating it, and smashing it between two sides of a die. The important thing is that coins made of precious metal have to be precisely weighed. If you're cutting or stamping the...	[ "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...
How does retirement work?	[ "Nobody. Well, they used to, but nowadays finding employment with a guaranteed pension plan (what you are referring to) is not that easy. If you have a job with a pension plan, it will have a formula that calculates how much you'll get paid once you reach retirement age. That formula is heavily dependent on your ye...	[ "This CGP Grey video does a really good job of explaining it all. _URL_3_" ]
Why are many of us afraid of ghost even though we think it's illogical?	[ "We are scared it might be a tiger ghost. They are vicious. People have in fact died from tigers, so a supernatural tiger would be 10x the nightmare." ]	[ "An ELI(actually)5 answer: The photons that make up light we can see are HUGE compared to the gaps between the atoms that make up your body. So a photon hitting you is like a tennis ball hitting the mesh of a tennis racquet, it just bounces off. Very compact photons like x-rays, which are about 50 times smaller tha...
With the death of Charles Manson, a lot of people are making posts partially crediting him with ending the Hippie Era. What did end it and how?	[ "Followup question. I just read this comment in another thread. Is there any truth to this? > From what I read, Atkins and Watson didn't even blame Manson until the police put that idea in their heads. Similarly the young women didn't blame Manson or say he brainwashed them until the cops inferred that he did. I s...	[ "Here are two photos from China after Japanese surrender: [Mao Zedong and Chiang Kai-sheik toasting each other](_URL_0_) [Chinese civilians celebrating Japanese surrender with American soldiers](_URL_1_)." ]
why are wall clouds/hail clouds green?	[ "Have you noticed how the color of sunlight seems to change throughout the day. The sun doesn’t change, it’s how much of the Earth’s atmosphere the light from the Sun has to travel before hitting your eye. The atmosphere is very very thin compared to the size of the Earth. At noon the Sun is brightest white/blue be...	[ "Hi, I'm Dr Jim Leary, lecturer in Archaeology and Director of the [Archaeology Field School](_URL_3_) at the University of Reading in England. I'm going to be here in AskHistorians to give an AMA on the 10th of November at 5pm GMT. I'll be talking about my work on round mounds, which included recently [discoverin...
Why are we able to remember more disturbing memories/keep remembering them. While other memories you have to recall?	[ "I'm no Dr but I do know trauma tends to \"code\" to the brain because you experience it in your autonomic nervous system. You experience trauma with your entire body. There are talks about treating trauma in the moment with beta blockers so you feel it less." ]	[ "This article looks pretty relevant, Neural Correlates of Reexperiencing, Avoidance, and Dissociation in PTSD: [\\[PDF link warning\\]](_URL_0_). Quote from article: > As predicted, state reexperiencing severity was associated positively with right anterior insula activity and negatively with right rostral anterior...
Do skin cells die or get damaged under contact with alcohol like bacteria does?	[ "The cells at the very surface of your skin are already dead. The live skin cells at the basal layer of your epidermis divide and the new cells get pushed upwards towards the surface of your skin. Those cells produce lots of kertain, lose their nucleus, and eventually just become sacks of keratin, surrounded by an ...	[ "never seen this in the movies, and this would not be true in real life. think of aloha air flight 243. a huge chunk of the cabin skin peeled off, instantly depresurizng it. it landed safely." ]
Why can't we simply suck the excess fat from out bodies, like with a syringe?	[ "We can. That's more or less what liposuction is." ]	[ "It is, you just need hills. China does, it, anywhere that has a lot of hills does it. It just is not usually worth building a hill to put a reservoir on top of. The weight based one doesn't scale properly, and is a lot less safe, also the masses required are enormous, you might as well just build a hill for the re...
How do the same species such as bass end up in pretty much every lake or pond across very large regions?	[ "Several methods: - The adults swim up of down stream. - Eggs go down stream, fry swim up a different fork. - The lakes are connected underground. - Humans move them. - Female full of fertilized eggs is carried by predator, eggs fall into water. - Some fish can survive out of water long enough to move themselves." ...	[ "I really just think everyone is jealous. They keep pumping out the tunes that (as detestable as it might be to think) a lot of people (clearly not Redditors) like. Why? Chad K, when he writes, researched what makes a hit. What keys, what lyrics etc. of all the top 50 songs, and he writes their music using that. Th...
Why does it not matter the way you plug a phone charger in?	[ "AC is converted to DC, in order to do this you need to rectify both the positive and negative cycles of the AC waveform . This is done through a set of diodes that don't care which winding of the transformer is energized. After this diode bridge we are left with a crude positive waveform that is further \"massaged...	[ "Simply to hold it in place. If you look [here](_URL_0_) or [here](_URL_1_) you can see that the prongs on the female line up perfectly with the holes on the male." ]
What is the color of a mirror?	[ "It depends on what the mirror is made out of, many materials can act as mirrors and some materials only act as mirrors for certain wavelengths. Typical mirrors like you would find in your bathroom are ever so slightly green. _URL_0_" ]	[ "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 keeps hydrogen peroxide from turning into water and visa versa?	[ "For the former? Nothing. Hydrogen peroxide is unstable and will readily decompose into water and oxygen. This is why you are to keep it cool and away from sunlight. The reverse process doesn't happen precisely because water is the more stable compound." ]	[ "You're right to be confused. It is 100% wrong as depicted in the movie, and a lot of people of wondered about why they made such a grave error considering the rest of the movie was somewhat realistic. It is likely that the reason this happens in the movie is that it makes things more dramatic. Artistic license i...
Why does lightning tend to hit trees?	[ "The basics of lightning: Clouds naturally become positively charged as they grow, just like rubbing a balloon on your head and it becomes charged enough to stick to the ceiling. The ground is naturally negatively charged and positive charges always want to go to the negative ground. The air between the cloud and n...	[ "It might just be your perception: you notice them buzzing around your face (the part of you with all the sensory organs) more than you notice them buzzing around your leg." ]
Are these theories about the causes of World War I reasonable? They seem quite unorthodox.	[ "The Lusitania claim should be easily shown false on the face of it. The ship sank in May, 1915. The US didn't declare war until April, 1917. If the US had intentionally sent the ship to her death for an excuse to join the war... why would they then wait two years? (I've heard people say that the British wanted it ...	[ "Before I answer, may I ask who the speaker is for this particular lecture? Or if you have a link for me to listen to? I would like to know where they are coming from in their argument." ]
How do stoplights detect traffic?	[ "Using inductive detection. There's a loop of wire in the pavement, with an alternating current in it. Like all loops of wire, it has a certain inductance, and when two tons of iron are placed on top of it, its inductance increases, and that is detected. Inductance is tricky to explain, but think of it kind of like...	[ "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 do we see colorful patterns if we rub our eyes?	[ "You see because light stimulates the cells in your retina, as you likely know. However, light isn't the only thing that can cause signals to fire from your eyes to your brain. Among them, pressure can also cause stimulation, making signals travel to your brain. Your brain, on the other hand, doesn't know the diffe...	[ "I read an article a somewhere that said it was do the the \"roughness\" or randomness of the noise. As the fingers nails catch and slip it produces random variances in the amplitude and frequency of the noise. Our brains find the signal unpredictable and that somehow causes it the view it as a danger. There are a...
When someone is shot in the head and dies instantly what exactly is it that kills them?	[ "The bullet's wound track causes massive damage to the cerebral cortex, not only by physically destroying tissue by crushing, overpressure, and hydrostatic effects, but by opening up blood vessels which flood neighboring neurons and rapidly drown them. Since the interaction of neurons in this cortex is what (arguab...	[ "There are several types of OTC pain relievers. Advil (ibuprofen) belongs to a class known as NSAIDs. Non-Steroidal Anti Inflammatory drugs. Some other well known NSAIDS are naproxen sodium (Aleve) and Ketorolac (Toradol). NSAIDs work by stopping the body's inflammation response. These drugs inhibit certain enzymes...
Why does boiling water freeze faster than cold(er) water?	[ "It's not clear that this is the case. The effect, called the Mpemba effect, is not easy to reproduce, and does not have well defined criteria. Thus, it may only be true in trivial circumstances (like the hot water sample having a greater surface area exposed or otherwise subject to different conditions, while fai...	[ "Hydrogen bonding! In a solid state, the average kinetic energy of water molecules is low enough that hydrogen bonding can happen. This creates a highly ordered crystalline structure with lots of space between molecules. In liquid water, however, the kinetic energies of the molecules overcome the hydrogen bonding e...
Why is it that men get erections from boobs when they are culturally sexualized, but not when they are a regular part of everyday life?	[ "I don't know about you, but breasts always give me a slight \"tingling\" Though an erection is not directly related to boobs, but what the boobs represent. They represent sexy time, and when they come out, it's time to go." ]	[ "Context is important. I'm not surprised to see a hot dog at a hot dog stand. I'd be surprised if I opened my wallet to pay for a hot dog and it only had a hot dog inside. I'm not surprised to see beach clothing at a beach, but would be concerned if I'm about to go into surgery and the surgeon shows up in a speedo....
Why do some of my micro USB cables charge my phone faster than other micro USB cables?	[ "It depends on the resistance of the wires in those USB cables. Let's take a plumbing analogy. The water pressure (5 volt potential) is the same for all the USB pipes (cables). However, the width of the pipes differ. Wider pipes have less resistance to water flow compared to more constricted pipes." ]	[ "It's all marketing. There has been much criticism of pharma companies for this practice of marketing the same drug as multiple different medicines, at different price points. There are many people that think this is unethical behaviour. I would agree. If you want paracetamol then buy paracetamol. Ignore any \"spec...
What kind of interference pattern will be observed in a Young's double slit experiment if the screen is curved (semicircular or spherical)?	[ "If the curve is symmetrical around the line that's the center of the slits, it'll be essentially the same pattern, as both slits are still equally far from the screen. But you'll effectively make the slits narrower, as (the usual assumption is) the incoming light is propagating perpendicular to the slits. Approxim...	[ "Both special relativity and general relativity affect clock rates. * Special relativity: Faster moving clocks run more slowly, so a low orbit (fast moving) clock runs more slowly than a high orbit (slow moving) clock or than a stationary clock on the Earth. * General relativity: Low altitude clocks run mor...
How to use bobby pins	[ "For me, I find to pin my hair up with bobby pins, I need a lot of them to do it. I try to cross them over each other when I can for stability, it does seem to hold them in a lot better... overall, though, I prefer the teensy little claw clips to hold my hair up in a non conspicuous way. It's like a game with...	[ "How would you know which button was the bottom button if they didn't put one on?" ]
Why does only 1 piece of fruit in the bunch get moldy? Is it still ok to eat the others?	[ "If it's black and/or shiny, don't risk it! But other than that, you can have the rest of the bunch of they're clean, and better yet, you can even have the moldy fruit if you cut off the contaminated part! (plus a few cm extra for a margin of safety, they can penetrate deeper than what you can see with your eyes) F...	[ "Remember when you played with play dough as a kid. If you mixed all the colors up you just end up with a big brown lump?" ]
What needs to be changed or reworked when porting a game to Xbox, PlayStation or PC?	[ "Imagine you're building three houses, each should have the same layout on the inside, but the foundations are different. Those are like the systems. Before you build, you have to create the blueprints, and let's also say that you begin with one blueprint, which has the first foundation already drawn (this might re...	[ "A compiler essentially turns your human readable code into binary that can then be executed. You cannot generally run Windows programs on Macs due to the operating system's core functionality being different. Lets say Windows is a house and that house has a sink. You might have a piece of code that says \"Wash han...
Would a 9mm black hole (mass ~Earth) be able to consume the sun?	[ "Eventually it must. Mass near the black hole undergoing random motion is likely to fall into the event horizon, which has a twofold effect. Firstly, this increases the mass and therefore gravity of the black hole. Secondly, it decreases the amount of mass contributing to the pressure that keeps the sun \"inflated\...	[ "If something enters the Schwarzschild radius, it's not coming back out again." ]
Richard Nixon became a Representative in 1947, a Senator in 1950, and Vice President in 1953. That seems like a meteoric rise! How did he do it, and was it remarked on by his contemporaries?	[ "How did Nixon, the son of a gas station owner, view politicians from privileged backgrounds -- especially his opponent in the 1960 elections, John F. Kennedy?" ]	[ "[Source](_URL_0_) Incredulous, at best. When the Beastie Boys were introduced, they started as \"heels\" acting like bad boys and using that imagine to find a niche. They weren't accepted immediately by any means. In 1985 they toured with Madonna, to give you an idea of the music landscape they had to deal with a...
When a dog or a bee sees a rainbow, does it see a broader rainbow?	[ "Unfortunately I can't post it from my phone right now, but Radiolab covers this exact topic in their podcast titled Colors. It's an especially excellent Radiolab. Even if the question is answered in this post, it's worth checking out. Edit: [Here it is](_URL_0_)" ]	[ "There's already [evidence](_URL_1_) suggesting a [genetic component](_URL_3_) to human sexuality. I'm not sure that your idea would produce any more powerful evidence, since there are already all sorts of difficulties with mating animals in captivity, which would complicate any attempts to study sexual orientation...
Why does everyone think OJ Simpson killed his wife even though he was found not guilty?	[ "Because Not Guilty does not equate to Innocent. Oh and all the evidence that points to him committing the crime. And lastly, an incompetent prosecutorial staff and a big money defense team that convinced a star crossed jury that despite overwhelming evidence of his guilt, OJ just did not do it." ]	[ "Shakespeare was declared a canonical figure sometime in the 19th century. Being part of the literary canon pretty much means that an author is widely accepted as being important and influential. Since England was a colonial power, they imposed their literature on their colonies as a mode of superiority. This is wh...
Can someone please explain to me what exactly Cognitive Dissonance is?	[ "Cognitive dissonance is that uncomfortable feeling you have when two thoughts conflict with each other. Let's say you're a Cubs fan, and you grew up being taught White Sox fans are mean people and eat babies and you're not supposed to be friends with them. Then you go to college and you meet your roommate. Your ro...	[ "It's geometry accounting for perspective projection. Imagine standing on railroad tracks that vanish in the distance. The tracks are parallel but appear to converge/intersect on the horizon." ]
Why did Britain agree to let southern Ireland secede?	[ "Largely a combination of the factors that you have already noted. Britain's brutality in Ireland was an acute embarrassment in London after four years spent fighting, and demonizing, the Hun on the Western Front. The IRA's military campaign undermined Britain's claims to be merely policing law and order, and also ...	[ "It's similar to the way 125% subprime mortgages spread (without getting into the debate about whether that caused the recession) - you get a few groups who think a similar way, with broadly the same ideas, motivations, worldview, that sort of thing, and when one of them comes up with a policy that fits those ways ...
When the Roman Empire was divided into two empires, how did the lives of the average person change?	[ "I assume by division into two empires you mean the period between AD 395 and AD 476 (or AD 480) when the Empire was ruled by two emperors: one in the East and one in the West. Note that it was still the single empire during that time, not only theoretically but in the practice as well: the same constitutional laws...	[ "\"So perish every one that shall hereafter leap over my wall\" ( Romulus ) _URL_0_ Once you cross the pomerium ( without any authorization ) you become an ennemy of the city and by killing his brother, Romulus acted as its guardian. Civic duties are more important than blood ties , importance of the law. W...
Why did Molotov say, "Compared to Lenin, Stalin was a mere lamb", especially in light of the Purges, Holodomor and so on? Was there a genuine reason or was Molotov just being a sycophant?	[ "Lenin would have been exceedingly brutal for the modern world, but I wouldn't say that he was particularly out of place in the early 20th century. And I certainly wouldn't say that Stalin was \"a mere lamb\" compared to him. Stalin was essentially the definition of ruthless. Of course, I haven't studied Lenin ver...	[ "If I could add a question: Was Plato known for going out and engaging in dialectic in a similiar way to how he portrays Socrates? In the dialogues Socrates meets all sort of people, friends and foes, and discusses with them. But from reading Platos history I always get the impression that he spent most of his time...
How does a potato power a light bulb?	[ "Together with the wires you plug into the potato, it forms a crude battery. The two electrodes (usually one zinc and one copper) you stick into it act as cathode and anode, and the potato juice (acid) acts as an electrolyte." ]	[ "Without additional and extensive tests and research, your question is premature. What we know so far is that through [multiple discovery](_URL_1_), two different inventors independently created a device that can create thrust directly from electricity, without the need of a heat exhaust like a jet or rocket engine...
Do animals understand the concept of albinism and do you treat and albino member of their own species as their own?	[ "Yes they understand the concept. But albino members usually get abandoned by the group because they stand out very clearly to predators, making them a liability for the survival of the rest of the group." ]	[ "If you had never seen a window before you would probably hit it a few times too before accepting that a completely transparent object can block your way, or perhaps you'd keep touching it while walking along it, searching for an equally transparent opening. I'm not sure the intelligence of an insect is enough to r...
how are dish sponges considered sanitary enough to use to clean something?	[ "In the same way a loofah or bath scrubber is not efficient by itself for actually cleaning yourself, it's a tool used for applying a lather of soap and water, with a material conducive to physically removing food debris" ]	[ "I think I know the answer to this one! The near-vertical boxy non-aerodynamic shape on the rear of SUVs vans etc tends to cause dirt from the road to end up on the glass, sedans don't suffer from this effect as much." ]
Why are water parks allowed to stay open in states with droughts?	[ "in extreme cases, they are. under less dire circumstances, however, their usage of water is considered necessary to the operation of their business. the economic damage caused by their closure can be regarded as greater than the threat posed by the water usage. those places also go to great lengths to recycle wat...	[ "Before you get too concerned, follow closely the information offered on this website: _URL_4_ And for CA, specifically - _URL_4_Home/StateDroughtMonitor.aspx?CA And finally, the outlook... _URL_4_Home/Narrative.aspx It's bad, no doubt, and the heat wave/dryness this next week will not help... but it seems like the...
what exactly is happening when a volume dial breaks and starts turning the volume up instead of down or vice versa?	[ "Do you mean a rotating volume dial, like found on an AV reciever/amplifier? They are rotary encoders. They're supposed to repeatedly count +1 or - 1 when you turn up or down. When they get dirty, they can count all sorts of things instead. Here's [a video](_URL_0_) of a guy dismantling and cleaning such a dial, ...	[ "If you are using standard television speakers and the movie is in stereo (like 5.1), some systems or players treat those speakers like midrange. The voices come out of the center channels/speakers on a 5 speaker system, so those being absent, it's much quieter. Imagine listening to a CD with only a subwoofer. My ...
Is gravity's relationship to an object's mass a linear one?	[ "[Newton's Law of Gravitation](_URL_0_) is relevant here: and it states that the force of gravity between 2 bodies is directly proportional to the masses of each body and inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them, with the proportionality constant being G, the Gravitational constant. For you...	[ "Think about things bouncing around. Imagine a box with a fan in it. Put 20 balls in ithe box. Now imagine a basket to one side just the right size for the balls. Turn on the fan. The balls jump around randomly. At some point a ball will fall into the basket. This will happen at a given rate which will depends on h...
Is everything covered in germs?	[ "This is an interesting one. A simple answer to your question is yes everything is covered in germs. The longer; every surface has germs but to a varying extent. A surface that is regularly wiped clean such as a kitchen counter has some germs or microbes on it from the bacteria in the air. In comparison a surface t...	[ "commercialism. if you were happy with your old stuff, you wouldn't need to buy new stuff. all the designers and manufacturers come out with new looking stuff and market the old stuff as ugly and new stuff as pretty in order to make money. our tastes are hugely influenced by others." ]
Why is postage not moved on weekends?	[ "The mail people need a day off too?" ]	[ "ISPs usually have terms of service that discourage customers from using their Internet connection to operate servers. It doesn't make sense to offer high upload speeds under those circumstances--and the rest of the comments are also true, regular users just don't need that much upload bandwidth as it's mainly used...
Were the early Christians of Britain even aware of where places like Jerusalem were exactly?	[ "If by 'early Christians' you mean the first wave of converts following the Augustinian mission of 597, rather than the first Romano-British Christians then the answer is a qualified yes. The Anglo-Saxons were well aware of the Classical world and its legacy. The British Library contains an early eleventh century *...	[ "Follow up. Would they be able to figure it out considering the travel times involved in traveling between the hemispheres back then?" ]
Why is warm/hot water less thirst - quenching than cold water?	[ "You are thirsty because you are loosing water. Water is lost often through your sweat glands which secrete water when you are hot. Since drinking hot water cool you down but actually warms you up your body takes note of the tempurature increase. So drinking cold water: replenish water store and reduce temperature ...	[ "When you're injured, your body inflames the area around it - basically by increasing bloodflow to that area. This allows the body to move lots of platelets to the area (to scab it over), lots of white blood cells (to fight infections), and to help repair the area and remove damaged bits. So all the increased blood...
Summers at the Poles vs at the Equator	[ "> How does that happen with constant sunlight? Are the Sun's rays weaker due to the angle or something? Yes, the angle is the issue. Consider that there is a certain amount of energy per area of exposure to sunlight. Imagine a sheet of paper which is flat vs edge on to you. The more angled the sheet of paper is to...	[ "The vodka, since a change of state takes extra energy and the difference in specific heat of alcohol and water isn't enough (or even a difference in the right direction in this case) to counteract this." ]
What's so special about finding liquid water on Mars?	[ "On Earth wherever there is liquid water there is life, and wherever there is no liquid water there is no life. Its a direct correlation water is the one thing that all life on this planet depends on. Does that hold true on Mars? On Earth water = life. On Mars, water = life? Maybe. Obviously it does not mean ther...	[ "Because of the way rockets launch, when the first stage (they part they are landing) separates from the rest of the rocket, it is flying out over the Atlantic ocean at high speed. It would take much more fuel to kill that motion and fly all the way back to Florida than to just slow down enough to land on the barge...
What causes a knockout in boxing? How does getting hit on the chin knock someone unconscious?	[ "I remember seeing a documentary on this, years ago so forgive the lack of formal names. Bascially, those knockout punches are thrown in a way to make the head go up and to the side which causes the brain to move slightly inside of your cranium. This causes the brain to hit the sides, causing swelling, which leads ...	[ "Our brains didn't evolve with cars in mind. They evolved with, like, being hunted by a jaguar (or whatever) in mind. So your brain doesn't know what to do with a car. It thinks hey, we're sitting, our body's not really doing anything physical, there's very little activity or stimulus... this seems like a good time...
it's obvious radioactive water leaking into the ocean, but what does this mean for the rest of the world?	[ "The amount of radioactive substance being released into the water is negligible when compared to the amount of water in the oceans. Locally to the power plant it's an issue, but for most of the rest of the world, it's not a big deal. Any radioactivity should be very diluted before it gets too far." ]	[ "When cells divide they make pretty much exact copies of themselves. Introduce radiation to the equation and the copying process goes screwy and the new cell is different. Rinse and repeat over and over and you end up with body cells which are completely different in shape size and function to what they were origin...
What would happen to the penny if removed from the US economy?	[ "That would be an excuse to round up every price now ending in .99 to the next dollar. Then the actual total cost after taxes would be rounded up again to avoid the need to give a penny for change. Greed will out." ]	[ "If you have Netflix there's a very good documentary titled \"the world without US\" It explains your exact question." ]
What exactly is the Occam's razor?	[ "It's a principle, it's basically an idea that if you've got several possible explanations for a particular thing being the case, the simplest; the one with the fewest assumptions, is most likely to be correct. Simple as that, really." ]	[ "We don't, we go by the most logical and most common accounts. If there is a fight with 10 people, and 6 of them all say the same thing and the evidence backs it up, then the other 4 saying it was aliens was probably wrong." ]
Why are cash 4 gold and other similar establishments all over the place? How do they profit?	[ "By under paying you for your gold and sending it to a refinery, who then sends them back their choice of money, metal, or both." ]	[ "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 ...
Are there any books tracing the history of the idea of Utopia? Any comments on the subject?	[ "Let's not forget [Utopia](_URL_0_) by Sir Thomas More." ]	[ "Hi - we as mods have approved this thread, because while this is a homework question, it is asking for clarification or resources, rather than the answer itself, which is fine according to [our rules](_URL_1_). This policy is further explained in this [Rules Roundtable thread](_URL_3_) and this [META Thread](_URL_...
Can you break plastic particles back down into their original components?	[ "One method of doing this is called [Thermal Depolymerization](_URL_0_). It involves placing the materials with water into a container and heating it under pressure. The process breaks down the plastic into short chain hydrocarbons (oil) and other constituent components. It has been tested and it does work, however...	[ "Just to add to the explaination already here, saying somethings \"made of atoms\" is a broader concept than I think you understand. An atom isn't a single unit like a brick or something. There are a lot of different kinds of atoms. Suggesting that because something is made of atoms therefore shouldn't they be the ...
Why do some video game cut-scenes look better than full length CGI films?	[ "You kinda answered your own question most cgi films are not trying to be realistic / are made for kids. All of the top animation studios like pixar and dream works do pretty much exclusively family friendly cgi movies. Outside of that the other bulk of cgi work is generally added special effects and what not to mo...	[ "Most popular games come out on the Xbox 360, the PS3, and the PC. Out of the three choices, the Xbox 360 is the most popular and has the oldest hardware, so the games usually get designed to run really well on the Xbox 360 first. After the game is done, they really quickly make versions for the PS3 and the PC, the...
Is the sugar I eat in fruits just as bad as the sugar in other things?	[ "Sugar is sugar, it is what comes with it that really matters. Fruit is better than soda because of the fiber and vitamins in the fruit, not because of some difference in the sugar. Not sure how you are powering your cells without sugar in your diet, considering your blood carries glucose. Sugars are not bad for yo...	[ "Because taxes are complicated, and not all taxes relate to \"commerce\". For example, you pay taxes based on how much you make. But if you do something like donate to charity you have to pay less taxes. If you have an additional child you may end up paying less in taxes. If you get divorced you may have to pay les...
If the desire to go to sleep comes from ones brain, and ones brain controls the functions that send one to sleep, why can one not just decide to immediately fall asleep?	[ "The conscious brain does not have control over all subconscious functions. You can't for example, consciously stop your heart or tell your muscles in your intestines or esophagus to move or not move at will." ]	[ "Sometimes there is mucus in the sinuses that drains to the bed-side cavity. When it fills up our body gives us a signal to flip over and let it drain to the other cavity. This is not always obvious like a runny nose but more internal to your system. Sometimes what feels comfortable for a bit puts unwanted pressure...
Why do cats need to sleep so much?	[ "It has to do with metabolic rate. Cats run a higher body temp than humans. The biology of nerves is such that higher temps allow faster communication along the nerves, giving faster reaction time and the so called \"cat-like reflexes.\" As a consequence, cats also run at a higher idle, so to speak, and consume a l...	[ "As a man that has had every eye problem under the sun. I would say it's to help to meimobian glands excrete more oil to stop the moisture evaporating as quickly, which happens when we're tired. I'll happily be proven wrong though.." ]
How is water (H2O) safe to drink but hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) fatal to drink?	[ "Oxygen is really reactive - and a single oxygen atom is unbelievably reactive. Normally, oxygen is in the form of 0₂, two oxygen molecules bound together, which gives them a bit of stability. One oxygen atom on its own will react with literally the first thing it comes across. So if you drunk peroxide, soon after ...	[ "A few reasons, first you may remember from high school chemistry the ideal gas law. PV=nRT, where P=pressure, V=volume, n= number of moles, R is a constant and T is temperature. If you spray a pressurized gas (the propellant in the can), which is typically butane or propane, as the gas comes out of the spray nozz...
Why do we still not have a male birth control pill while the female pill has been available for decades.	[ "we did have a male birth control... _URL_0_ problem is...females only drop 1 egg a month on a hormone regulated cycle that you need to control. males drop a million sperm every day continuously." ]	[ "Becsuse all tux's basically look the same, just different sizes and are a basic loose fit. Easy for many men to wear the same thing. But theres a bajillion styles of wedding dresses and different styles for different shapes and they're usually fitted. Odds of finding a generic sized dress in a style you like that ...
why is whistleblowing illegal	[ "I believe this has to do with the principle that the country must protect its sovereignty and its citizens. Imagine if a whistleblower came out with something so dire that other countries decided to just nuke the offending country / make a joint effort to break it up. It wouldn't help anyone in the long run. Obvio...	[ "because much of your tax situation involved information that the govt and your employer do not have. Things like charitable contributions and other tax deductions, tax credits for things like using green energy, income from investments and savings." ]
What is the accepted logical explanation for the Bermuda Triangle?	[ "It doesn't exist - at least, not as a paranormal entity. The [wikipedia entry](_URL_0_) cites multiple sources, but in part: 1. There is not a higher incidence of ship or plan disappearances in the Triangle. 2. Many of the stories told about the Triangle are exaggerated or false." ]	[ "You mean the Animal Planet one? Hype and marketing. Then it became a euphemism for menstruation (I'll fill you in if you want, but it's gross sex stuff...) and took on a life of its own." ]
How are we able to isolate the different instruments sounds or voices when listening to music?	[ "Inside our ears are special hairs with many different sizes that act as tuning forks that vibrate when different pitches or frequencies of sound are heard. Our brains process all these pitches from different-sized hairs together to generate the sounds we hear. Since we hear pitch, our brains can tune into a certai...	[ "I would suspect something like binaural recording would come into play. You can listen to the results here: _URL_0_" ]
How do candle wicks burn so long?	[ "It's not the wick that's burning, really. It's the wax. The candle wax is the fuel for the flame, the wick is just carrying it." ]	[ "Let's take plan old white glue for an example. It is a bunch of sticky stuff in water. When the water evaporates, the stuff that's left behind is frozen into place. When it's in the bottle, there's nowhere for the water vapor to evaporate to, so it stays wet and sticky." ]
Why doesn't alcohol freeze?	[ "C2H5OH (ethanol) vs H2O (water). Ethanol is alcohol. It does freeze, just at a colder temperature than water. Ethanol is a bigger molecule than water; the electron distribution is also more equal (but still favoring the -OH side of the molecule). Water is more polar, so the molecules are attracted to each other (l...	[ "It has do to with what is the most favorable lattice formation (crystalline structure) for the atoms to arrange themselves in. In a liquid, the molecules can pass over each other and pack together to fill the volume. Similar to a gas, without expanding to fill the volume. In solids, the molecules have to arrange ...
Why is Colorado seemingly ahead of the curve compared to most other states in the U.S? Who is pushing for all the political change that is occurring there?	[ "Please tell us what changes you are speaking of. Parts of the state are quite conservative and part of the state is very progressive. Changes have happened in both directions in the past - which ones are you asking about." ]	[ "Many states have laws on their books that explicitly state that car manufacturers cannot sell directly to their customers; they must operate through an intermediary car dealership. Tesla doesn't want to operate through dealerships, so they have to go to each state and basically ask their courts for an exemption to...
What is consdiered a natural cause of death?	[ "Natural death is failure by organs. Being attacked by a lion, accidentally poisoning yourself with lead or falling from stairs is considered an accident. Murdering yourself non accidental is considered suicide Someone else causing your murder on purpose or due to neglection, weather it be through poisoning, sendin...	[ "Nothing about the falling would affect you in any way. Assuming you can breath just fine the next thing to kill you will be dehydration. You can go a few months without food, you can't go more than a week without water." ]
How is it that the boston marathon bombing trial is already over when the Aurora theatre shooting trial just sat jurors?	[ "The boston marathon case was very very clear cut. There wasnt much to do really." ]	[ "MPAA send a request to google to stop showing results for a specific subreddit, /r/FullLengthFilms, because in it they found links to cam recordings of Tom Cruise's newest film 'Edge of Tomorrow'. That subreddit had like, 300 subscribers prior to this but this move made a huge number of people visit it." ]
What books would you recommend about the black plague in England?	[ "John Hatcher, The Black Death (2008). By the Prof of Economic and Social History at Cambridge, so pretty authoritative and up-to-date. What makes it particularly readable is that he tells the story of the plague as it affects a single village, so it is very much about the impact on individuals. He uses the recor...	[ "Slightly off-track, but why does it have to be a movie?My aunt teaches that age-group History, and sometimes will show them a sketch-show called \"Horrible Histories\". Its a BBC comedy sketch show that is aimed towards children, has high-level professional actors in it, its very educational and its hilarious aswe...
The difference between Communism and Socialism	[ "Here's my attempt at dumbing it down a bit. Capitalism: private individuals control the means of production (economy). Everything can be privately owned. Socialism: social groups (i.e. government or other groups) control the means of production. Most things can be privately owned. Communism: all of society, equall...	[ "/u/crrpit has a good response, but I'd point you to [this old thread too](_URL_0_), which has a good discussion from several users, including /u/commiespaceinvader and myself." ]
How do suction cups work	[ "Suction cups form a smooth seal around a small pocket of air at low pressure. Atmospheric pressure causes a force that holds the suction cup against a surface when it is opposed to the low pressure inside of the cup. Once air leaks into the cup and increases the pressure, the suction effect goes away. Some suction...	[ "The simplest explanation i have seen is the fact you can pick up a paperclip with a magnet. The tiny magnet (magnetism is considered a strong force) can over power the gravity from the whole of the Earth." ]
Why are male divorcees expected to give half of all possessions to the wife after a divorce? Where did that come from and why is it still happening?	[ "That is not something unique to men. Marriage is a partnership that pools all your resources and assets together. If that partnership is dissolved, we have decided that a 50-50 spit of the assets is the best way to move forward as it can be pretty much impossible to tell who contributed what. This holds true regar...	[ "Hi OP, this is a cultural question, so it would greatly assist anyone considering answering if you could specify which culture you're asking about. For example, the name of a cultural group / country / geographic region, plus a rough time period. Otherwise, this question is simply too broad, as it encompasses almo...
in regards to cars, I always hear people say "it has to learn my driving style", what exactly is my car learning from me and what changes to what is it making?	[ "They’re just saying some random shit to sound cool and that they have a newer car and aren’t driving it well" ]	[ "Before I answer this, let’s first answer the question how websites know you’ve read a certain amount of articles in the first place. They do this through a method called caching. In simple terms, it is somewhat of a temporary storage in your computer so when you visit the website again, you don’t have to request e...
Why did Greek and Roman nude statues generally snow no pubic hair?	[ "Add-on question: how hard would it have been for them to have sculpted body-hair, assuming that's not the answer?" ]	[ "My guess? When you're dealing with a lot of makeup, prosthesis, special effects its easier to hide flaws. You can see acne under makeup in high def, you couldn't really see that back in the day. Just a guess." ]
If a buoyant object is placed in a beaker filled with water. The beaker is then placed on a scale. Will the scale detect the weight of the object?	[ "Yes. The buoyant object is supported by the water but its weight still results in downward force, just as if an object which I picked up adds to my measured weight." ]	[ "Objects on the moon weigh less. But they still have the same mass. Basically, it will be easier to lift objects, you need less energy to lift objects because g_Earth > g_Moon. However moving stuff laterally will still need the same amount of energy." ]
How can a company as unbelievably sh*tty as Comcast stay in business?	[ "ISPs have local monopolies. They're often the only service provider in the area. Google is attempting to change this by pushing Google Fiber." ]	[ "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 ...
How come batteries can die out without being used just from placing them in a device, but keep their energy stored if not?	[ "Lots of devices aren't entirely off. They maintain a clock, volatile memory and such. So if you leave the batteries in there is a slow drain on them that isn't present normally. Of course, batteries don't strictly speaking keep their energy when stored. Single use batteries can hold a long time, but rechargeable ...	[ "Think of it like a hose... and a room made of sponge. The light bulb is a hose, spraying water (light) everywhere. The room is a sponge, absorbing the water (light) all the time. The moment you turn the light off, it's like closing the faucet to which the hose is attached. It stops spraying water (light) everywhe...
Is there a historical reason the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church have such a large canon	[ "This [archived article](_URL_0_) might shed some light. The most important points seem to be that canonicity is regarded loosely, the total of 81 is reached different ways, some of the books in the official canon were never even printed in Geez, and the Ethiopian Orthodox Church never claimed posession of a comp...	[ "This question was asked before: _URL_0_ _URL_1_ They were used, but abandoned during Edo period. Most of the Japanese warfare was based on weapons and techniques which are used by utilizing both hands, making shield-carrying impossible." ]
When inflating a balloon by mouth, why is the first initial blow so much harder than the rest?	[ "I think what you're getting at is the [Law of Laplace](_URL_0_), which describes the pressure exerted by a balloon-like structure as 2hT/r, where h is the thickness of the balloon, T is the tension in the rubber, and r is the radius of the balloon. From that equation, you can see that as r increases the pressure w...	[ "Your whole high school is in the gym for an assembly. The presentation comes to an end and everyone needs to leave all at once. If you never open the doors, people will never leave. If you open one door, how long will it take for everyone to leave? If you open all the doors, how long will it take for everyone t...
Why do black women have larger and more pronounced butts than white women?	[ "It is a genetic trait called [Steatopygia.](_URL_3_) There are a few theories about why this trait evolved. Theories include: 1. Helping to carry children 2. Being a fat reserve during times of famine 3. Being an adaptive physiological feature for female humans living in hot environments because maximizes their bo...	[ "\"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..." ]
Why am I never hungry in the morning?	[ "Maybe you eat too much at night. If I eat a small dinner at something like 7pm and that's it, I can stand food in the morning, but if I snack after dinner it's a different story." ]	[ "Think of your brain like a billion streams of water that flow over the surface of a rock. The more you use a certain stream, the more \"powerful\" that stream becomes by digging away that rock. Now even if you have a nice dug place for a stream, sometimes randomly that stream won't have needed to flow for a while ...
What is the biological relationship between depression and anxiety?	[ "I'm a counter-example, and I had difficulty convincing a doctor I was serious about depression when I wasn't at all anxious." ]	[ "That's possibly a bit of a myth. The fifty-fifty legend seems to have started years before the first complete banana genome, and most articles reference back one or two old claims. I'm not saying it's exactly like the persistence anti-vaxx research, but there are similarities. So. Probably, a lot of that overlap...
Please explain how the Infiniti Q50's "Lane Departure Prevention with Active Lane Control" works.	[ "Is this an attempt at viral marketing? On the exact link you provided it says: > Infiniti’s Lane Departure Prevention system uses a camera to monitor the distance between the vehicle and lane markings. If the vehicle drifts, the system signals a warning and can help the driver return the car to the center of the ...	[ "This is a hold-over from the physical book era. When physical books had to be printed, publishers had local partners in many different places in the world that did local marketing, printing, and distributing to local bookshops. So if you were in New York, you didn't have to talk to a book shop in Switzerland. The...

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