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What did Americans think of Yuri Gagarin after his space flight?	[ "Yuri Gagarin was on the cover of the April 21 1961 issue of TIME magazine. What that made the American public think can be gauged by two Gallup polls, taken in June 1961. The first one, published on June 4th shows 38 % thought Russia was ahead in the space race, 38 % thought the USA was ahead in the space race and...	[ "Follow-Up question: Were the Great Leap Forward and Four Pests Campaign disastrous?" ]
What did worshippers of ancient Greek deities call their own religion?	[ "I was always under the impression that there wasn't one since the religion was tribal/regional so that if you were Greek, then you worshipped their gods and vice versa. This is just my highly unqualified assumption though, so take it with a grain of salt." ]	[ "Olive oil has been mentioned, but perhaps not emphasized enough. Judging from the numbers of amphorae found in shipwrecks, I guess that olive oil and wine were major agricultural products and also traded. From the number of pictures of fishermen on pottery it would also seem that fishing was an important source of...
Are flies everywhere, or can they detect something interesting from a distance?	[ "Bit of both. They are fairly ubiquitous. There might be as many as [30,000 species of fly in Australia](_URL_0_). Many species of flies are decomposers and use carcasses or dung as a food source, either as adults or larva. Since there are dead things and poop wherever there are animals, there are flies wherever th...	[ "Ebola is endemic to these regions. As [Sunmann](_URL_0_) has linked, the virus has its own cycles in the animals that populate these countries. It's always around. It doesn't really \"stay away\" so much as humans either properly handle, or don't have the chance to come in contact with, infected animals." ]
How do they get the bubbles inside an Aero bar?	[ "When milk chocolate is hot enough it becomes a thick flowing liquid. The manufacturer then pumps it with bubbles of air and whisks it to keep the bubbles distributed. afterwards it is poured into a mold and quickly cooled to harden the chocolate. finally the bar receives an extra coating to give it a clean exterio...	[ "The secret parts of the recipe are the methods of preparation, and the amounts of each individual ingredient. All they have to declare for USDA regulations are the relative amounts of each ingredient, and certain things (\"natural flavors\") don't have to be directly specified. As far as keeping it secret inside t...
What makes, and why is, the centre of the earth hot?	[ "It is pretty easy to find information on this using Google. To summarize, the [main sources of heat](_URL_0_) are radioactive decay of unstable isotopes in the Earth's interior, the solidification of the Earth's core, residual (leftover) heat from the Earth's formation, and chemical differentiation (sinking of hea...	[ "We use earthquakes. Waves and vibrations travel at different speeds through different substances. When they do so, they refract, like light refracts when going into water or through a prism. The waves caused by earthquakes do the same thing, they refract when passing through the mantle/core. With sensors all aroun...
If HCl is released from cells in the stomach, how do the cells remain safe from the acidity?	[ "The stomach's epithelium is protected by its own coating cells which produce bicarbonate, a buffer substance that neutralizes the liquid acid and also attracts water so that the acid's effect is diminished." ]	[ "With some difficulty. This was an issue in the Apollo 11 landing. Neil Armstrong had to send a message back about slosh in the descent engine tanks, and the Apollo 12 descent stage was modified as a result. But in a launch, the tanks are tall and narrow. They start off full and there is little side to side motion ...
If I'm allergic to house cats, am I also allergic to big cats, like lions and tigers?	[ "depends specifically on what you're allergic too and whether that allergy exists on that particular animal. but most cat allergies are caused by a specific protein (Fel d 1) that is produced by cats and released via sebaceous glands on skin. this protein interacts with IgE and IgG4 to create an immune response. re...	[ "Airplanes do get struck by lighting while in the air and while inside clouds. The airplane is reasonably well protected by the skin effect which pushes all the current around the edge of the plane and not through the middle, it helps that the middle of the plane is also not very conductive compared to the outside ...
EIL5: Why is eveverything in the UK so expensive?	[ "* the UK is a rich and privileged country...its per capita income is higher than Japan's * it is smaller than they US and Canada, which means fewer native resources and more imports, like oil * it is an island, which makes imports more expensive * because just about every bit of land has been used and exploited,...	[ "Think of a rare baseball card. If there's only 10 of them in existence, then everyone would want them and they would be willing to trade hundreds of chocolate bars for it. Now think if they printed 990 more of that rare baseball card. Now everyone has one, and no one is willing to trade a chocolate bar for it." ]
What happens to carbon emissions from vehicles travelling through tunnels?	[ "Most don't get filtered. They just have a ventilation system which expels the exhaust and brings in new air from outside." ]	[ "Your car acts as a [Helmhotz resonator](_URL_1_), just like when you blow in a bottle, but the frequency is obviously much lower because a car is much larger than a wine bottle. You can also look [here](_URL_0_) for more comments." ]
why it is so painful to bite on tin foil when you have fillings?	[ "Think of your body as a battery. Believe it or not, there is an electrical signal running through it. (This is why you are able to interact with touch screens and conduct static currents) So keeping this in mind, biting into tin foil completes an electrical circuit in your body, and the energy runs through the se...	[ "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...
If we assigned a 3 digit number to letters a-z, plus punctuation and space, then mapped that onto pi or e, would we get a "monkey's writing shakespeare" effect?	[ "A number for which, in some base, every possible string appears at some point in its expansion is called a \"rich number\". Your question essentially is \"is pi or e a rich number?\" The answer is: We don't know. Most people suspect that they are, but it has never been proven. What we do know is that the probabili...	[ "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...
Hard evidence of the risks of vaccines and the dangers of the anti-vaccine movement?	[ "There's not a more reputable source than the [CDC MMWR](_URL_0_), but a simpler way to keep track (and my personal favorite) is the [Jenny McCarthy Body Count](_URL_1_). The body count actually comes from CDC data. As for your question on vaccine risk to children, the first two minutes of [this Penn and Teller Bul...	[ "Suppose you, as a lawyer, have successfully put away hundreds of criminals. Within the boundaries of the law. Now, you're caught doing it illegally once (e.g. bribing a jury). Every criminal you ever put away can now appeal their original sentencing, claiming that they fell victim to the same jury bribing th...
Why is music/lyrics so much easier to memorize than other things?	[ "I think that it's a combination of repetition, and cadence. You hear it enough times that you basically brainwash yourself, and having a beat and tonal cues makes it all the easier." ]	[ "You've probably transitioned to muscle memory. You no longer consciously enter the pin or twist the combination lock to a specific number, you've just got a sense of the pattern to move your hand on the pin, or how long to turn the dial on the combination lock. Once you try to transition back to conscious memory, ...
Has recent research found any ill effects from prolonged exposure to radiation from cell phones?	[ "No. There is no plausible mechanism consistent with the laws of physics by which the electromagnetic radiation emitted by cell phones could cause cancer. The photons radiated by a cell phone are much, much too low in energy to ionize DNA or other biomolecules, which is how DNA is damaged by X-rays and similar high...	[ "Most of the people with melanoma now are the ones who were out in the sun back in the 60s to 80s, before there was so much awareness of skin cancer and when being tan was quite fashionable." ]
To my understanding, the US was in historically poor shape economically before the WWII because of the Great Depression. So my question is, how was the US able to finance the war efforts during the WWII?	[ "World War II was the ultimate exercise in Keynesian economics. The fact that is worked gangbusters says a lot about the reasons Keynesian theory became the dominant economic theory of the 20th century, and it remains a very difficult thing to explain away for its opponents." ]	[ "I can't speak for WWI on this specific topic, but any well sourced book on the second world war will give a broad overview of the war in the pacific, with specific areas and battles mentioned. In short, the was a whole theatre of war in the pacific, which involved much of south-east Asia ranging from China to Indo...
Why is -1/12 important in string theory?	[ "One, that video is wrong on a number of levels. In the conventional sense of an infinite sum, 1+2+3+... does not exist. -1/12 is the value of a function called the Riemann zeta function at -1. The zeta function, because it is intimately related both to the integers and to infinite sums, is important to quantum and...	[ "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 are we going to live in space with all this dangerous radiation around us?	[ "Shielding. Prototype designs for Mars shelters include a layer of dirt dumped over the whole building, perhaps 20cm thick, to act as a cheap and effective radiation-reducing shield." ]	[ "Yep! By using pulsars as beacons. Each pulsar has a very particular spin period, no two are exactly the same and we know them to very precise values. We know accurate distances to relatively few of them, but enough that by identifying the positions of these pulsars on the sky, we could accurately determine our 3D ...
What's the turning point from BCE to CE compared to BC and AD?	[ "It's new names for the same old dates. Historians just didn't to assume that everyone was interested in Christ -- for example a lot of Hindus might feel differently. Also there has some debate about the exact year of Christ's birth, so they wanted to get away from that problem too." ]	[ "[The Straight Dope covered this](_URL_0_). Basically, they started out as being made by two different production teams, but after a certain point, they became essentially interchangeable, but they kept both names going." ]
Is there any evidence that animals like music?	[ "Some [birds](_URL_1_) and even [seals](_URL_0_) can keep a beat, which is quite impressive in itself, but there isn't as much evidence that animals actually 'like' music because that's just a hard thing to measure." ]	[ "How do you know a year has passed without looking at a calendar? I imagine they sense the temperature/climate changes like anything else." ]
How does our brain "decide" the language in which we think?	[ "I see threads about what language people think in pretty frequently, and I'm pretty confused. I don't think with words, I just have thoughts. Is it normal to always be vocalizing your thoughts? It sounds fatiguing to me." ]	[ "Imagine you're trying to find a coffee shop in a city. If you've been there recently, it should be pretty easy to find. If it's been 10 years since you've been to the coffee shop or the city, it might take you a LONG time to find. It also might take long to find if you've been to other, similar coffee shops in the...
Why does music sound slower when doing exercise?	[ "Some scientists have a theory that states that adrenaline, a chemical released by your body during exercise and other physical situations, can actually \"slow down\" time, or rather, slow down your perception of time, by making your brain work faster." ]	[ "It has nothing to do with the file. It depends on whether or not the program says it's done with the file. Your word processor says \"hey I'm using this file\" for as long as it's open; apparently, your media player says it's done as soon as the song is loaded." ]
What would happen to a diver in the middle of the ocean during a tsunami?	[ "Currents aren't travelling 800+km/hr. In an ocean wave, energy is transfered through the water; the water itself is not rushing forward at 200m/s. [Here's](_URL_0_) a picture of the motion of a \"particle\" of water. A tsunami is, at sea and in deep enough water (say 4000m), not impeded and not influenced by th...	[ "why would you eat your mentor? but the reaction will cause you to vomit uncontrollably sort of like putting baking soda in vinegar." ]
Where and when were the first apartments built?	[ "The earliest examples I know are the Roman [Insula](_URL_0_). While there might be earlier examples, apartment buildings as we know them need strong courts and laws to exist for speculators to build them, and Rome might be the first to have that." ]	[ "This is a broad question do you have a specific time period or place in mind?" ]
How tall is the Milky Way? Is it completely flat, as in there are no stars above or below us? Or is it like a cylinder?	[ "Looking at [Wikipedia](_URL_3_), it says that the thin stellar disk is about 2000 light years (2 kly) thick, and about 1000 light years thick on average. I can't seem to find a number for the thickness of the bulge at the center (unless that's the 2 kly number). So, it's about like a flat cylinder with a bulge in ...	[ "Since the question has already been answered, I'm just going to throw in a plug for my favourite app for answering these kinds of questions, [Google Sky Map](_URL_0_). Just point it at whatever is confusing you, and it tells you what and where everything is." ]
What does it entail when a business is “100% employee owned”?	[ "I work for an employee owned business, so my information is based on how my company works. The founder of the company put all the company shares into a trust, this trust stated that the employees were equal owners of those shares and were to be given the dividends that shareholders would get. This means that rathe...	[ "I could think of some reasons why but they may not be the whole truth: * You don't need as much staff because you aren't serving people at their tables * You have a set menu so you can make things in bulk and have less chefs required for cooking * You can order food in bulk since you will have a pretty good idea o...
How do we know when to wake up?	[ "A routine is what the body follows for sleep, hunger, fatigue, etc. If you make it a point to wake up everyday at 6am by an alarm clock, the body adjusts its internal functioning to match that routine. Then even if you take away the alarm clock, the chemical changes in the body, thanks to the routine, will automat...	[ "We don't. We must choose to accept that what we sense is in fact in some semblance real. There is no other way to live a sane life." ]
What’s the difference between “hard” and “soft” water? What does a “water softener” do?	[ "Not a science guy at all but hard water is water with a lot of calcium and magnesium (and some iron salts if i'm not mistaken) dissolved in it. Soft water is water with only small amounts of calcium and magnesium in it. A water softener essentially takes the dissolved calcium and magnesium out of it. The differe...	[ "Ask Reddit is for personal opinions, stories, and the like. Essentially subjective answers to questions without hard answers. Something like \"whats your favorite food\" is a good post there ELI5 is for getting a simplified answer or explanation to a question that you don't understand. A good thread here would som...
I'm reading a lot about the migration period between 500 and 900, and there seems to be a lot of argument on whether they can be called 'invasions' or not. Can these large movements be described as 'invasions'?	[ "I assume you're talking more about things like European \"barbarians\" and less so things like the 7th century Arab conquests? The Arab conquests are pretty unambiguously an \"invasion\" or a \"conquest\" as they were directed and centrally organized military campaigns by a set of peoples who were, broadly speakin...	[ "Aside from the Walter diary, one of the most harrowing accounts of 1812 is Sergeant Bourgogne - with Napoleon's Imperial Guard in the Russian campaign and on the retreat from Moscow 1812 - 13 by Adrien Bourgogne who typified the Imperial Guard's hard fighting grumblers. *A Soldier for Napoleon The Campaigns of L...
if an astronaut in low Earth orbit were to fire a gun at the moon, would the bullet hit the moon at the same speed as it left the barrel of the gun because of lack of air resistance? Or would Earth's gravity slow it down at all?	[ "Not only will the earth's gravity slow down the bullet, it will cause it to fall back to the original orbit. The muzzle velocity of even the most powerful gun is nothing remotely like what is required to ballistically get to the moon. To get to the moon, you need one of [these.](_URL_0_)" ]	[ "A common misconception about thrust is that the thrust pushes against the ground, and that's what pushes the rocket up. But imagine you tape a balloon to a straw, and thread a string through the straw, and tie that string up horizontally. Inflate the balloon and let it go, and you'll see it rocket horizontally wit...
Would a toaster in a bathtub actually kill you?	[ "There was an old episode of the Mythbusters about this. The circuit in question does not include the bathtub. As long as the water has some salts (so basically if it's not distiled water) it will transfer current into your body. Dumping a live toaster in a bathtub will complete the circuit between you and the ele...	[ "It's called the oligodynamic effect. Here you can read about it, but usually it's pretty easy to google these types of questions: _URL_0_ Apparently several heavy metals do it including copper (Brass is an alloy of copper) and silver. Basically heavy metal ions bond with bits of proteins in bacteria and make them ...
If EM waves are propagated by photons, does that mean that gravitational waves are propagated by gravitons?	[ "Electromagnetic waves were detected and described theoretically before quantum mechanics, and therefore before photons. The quantum mechanical treatment of E & M predicts photons, which can be independently detectes in experimemts. Similarly, classical general relativity predicts gravtiational waves, while the gra...	[ "Absolutely. That's how we have radio, infrared, UV, etc telescopes. The coating you use to optimally reflect the wavelength you're interested in changes, but the physics is the same. For example, the upcoming [James Webb Space Telescope](_URL_1_) has gold coated mirrors, because gold optimally reflects the infrare...
Why is it female lions decide to "Submit" when a new male takes over and kills their cubs if they can gang up on him easily? Especially larger prides?	[ "Animals dont necessarily have the same emotional attachments to their children that humans have. If they got hungry enough they would probably eat the cubs themselves. Mammals that follow a social hierarchy seem to be pretty beholden to them. The lioness wants the strongest male that can protect them and their cub...	[ "Karachi (largest city in Pakistan) is currently experiencing some large problems; both in crime, and politically. This is in part due to [Altaf Hussain](_URL_0_) who is the founder and leader of the [Muttahida Quami Movement](_URL_1_) - a political party in pakistan based in the city of Karachi. The problems surro...
What happends to letters mailed to Santa?	[ "In Canada the postal workers read the letter write a response and send that back to the child." ]	[ "Not serious answer I would totally tell a 5y/o: \"Because it's a snow globe, if you keep it in the sun it'll melt and just be a water globe!\"" ]
Who defined the frequency for each musical note and how did it get universally adopted?	[ "It's not universal! Setting [A to 440Hz](_URL_0_) though common is not the only standard used." ]	[ "This is a bit like asking who decided what is polite and what is kind and what is mean - they are bound to culture, context and they ebb and flow with social norms. While we can talk about how and why words get put on lists that the MPAA uses in ratings, or that are OK or not OK on broadcast televition, it's nearl...
Does getting too much sleep cause you to become sleepy, and why?	[ "It's not well studied, but cognitive performance is altered on days in which you \"catch-up\" by sleeping extra. _URL_16_ In addition, adolescents tend to phase shift their circadian rhythms on weekends when they sleep extra. _URL_15_" ]	[ "Dude, I typically experience the opposite, usually you're wiped out before making the trip back, and energized and active on the way there." ]
Why do flies rub their hands like Mr. Burns?	[ "Flies have chemical receptors on their legs to \"taste\" surfaces that they land on. These must be kept clean. They also use the fine hairs on their legs to clean their eyes. When you see a fly busily doing something with its forelimbs, it's usually cleaning itself. Since they tend to hang around garbage, they do ...	[ "I've no idea if this is true but I read somewhere that your brain will send signals that you need to itch to tell if you're actually ready to fall asleep yet. If feel these and respond then you're still too alert to fall asleep. I think I read it when I was looking up Lucid Dreaming." ]
What makes raindrops large sometimes but small other times? And is the size of raindrops indicative of how much longer the rain will fall?	[ "Raindrops form when water vapour in the atmosphere clusters around microscopic solid particles (such as dust) in a process called nucleation. Nucleation is reversible. As water molecules attach themselves to cluster, other molecules are leaving. There is a point called the critical nuclear size, at which point t...	[ "Basically, it comes down to sensing versus perceiving. Generally everyone senses the same things the same way, from vision to taste, excluding those with sensory deprivations (colorblindness, deafness, etc.). Perceiving is a different story. It's all in your head. We attach meaning to different sensations. Like w...
What happens when I suck in my stomach? Do my organs just get crushed or what's the deal	[ "There's little to no air inside you, other than your lungs. So you can't reduce the volume of your intestines, but you can move them elsewhere. When you suck in your stomach, notice that your ribs move. This sucks your insides up toward your chest cavity." ]	[ "If you put your hand over the nozzle of a vacuum cleaner you feel something pulling your skin into the hose. We call this feeling suction. But, there's nothing actually applying a pulling force. What you're actually feeling is the difference in air pressure between the inside of the hose and the ambient air. The p...
What is the illuminati?	[ "Sweetie you don't need to worry about things like that. There used to be a bunch of people called the illuminati in a place called Bavaria, but they don't exist any more. There are a lot of people who think they still exist, but those people are crazy and you shouldn't listen to them." ]	[ "This CGP Grey video does a really good job of explaining it all. _URL_3_" ]
Is it possible to use a planets magnetic field as a particle accelerator?	[ "Static magnetic fields can not change the speed of a particle, you need an electric field for that. Although a magnetic field that is changing with time will induce an electric field. The magnetic field of the Earth approximately resembles a static dipole field. It acts like a magnetic bottle, trapping charged par...	[ "It can be done a number of ways. Chemical thrusters work just fine, especially small thrusters spinning up a big station. If you have two counterrotating sections, they can be driven by electric motors of any sort. Flywheels could also work, but it seems needlessly complex compared to simple exterior thrusters. If...
Does the North Pole rest on the Earth's axis or at the very top of the planet?	[ "It is on the Northern Most point of the Axis. It is not the top of the planet as the planet's axis is tilted." ]	[ "A long time ago in places like Greece, Rome and even before that in really, really long ago places like Sumeria, and Egypt people made up stories about the stars/planets and the pictures they thought groups of stars made. These stories were usually about beings they considered to be gods or demigods (the word demi...
What makes us have a favorite color?	[ "Some studies have been about this. They suggested that people tend to prefer colors they associate with things they like (for example, a lot of people have a good reaction to a blue sky, or a bright red tomato, so they are inclined to like red or blue). The preferences are generally associated with things that are...	[ "Your eyes work by constantly producing chemicals that is broken down by light. By measuring how much chemicals is in your vision cells you can find out how much light they receive. When it is light there is very little chemicals present and when it is dark there is lots of chemicals. However it takes your cells ab...
Somewhat Thanksgiving themed question: Why didn't the American colonists decide to colonize Canada, and how did Britain come to rule over it?	[ "...I think you have it backward. The English, French and Spanish colonized North America. The 13 colonies rebelled and gained independence to become the United States. England conquered France's territories in what is now Canada before that. What is now Canada stayed part of the British Empire. The US did try to i...	[ "We have our own Prime Minister, who is really in charge. The queen has no actual power of any kind, other than making certain appointments on the \"advice\" of the PM. The powers that she has in the UK are held here by a Governor General instead, who is also appointed on the \"advice\" of the PM. It's the Governor...
If a decimal point is placed before the ascending sequence of prime numbers is this an irrational number?	[ "1 isn't prime. So the number you're describing is 0.2357111317... and is called the [Copeland-Erdos constant](_URL_0_). It is indeed irrational. Perhaps more surprisingly, it's normal (meaning all finite strings of integers appear in the expansion with the expected probability). Of course, the number you wrote i...	[ "As long as we're talking about this, another interesting tidbit: Adjectives have an order. For instance, we say \"Little iron key\", which sounds normal, but saying \"Iron little key\" doesn't. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, the order goes: Opinion (unusual), size (long), quality (rough), shape (round), a...
Would a tree grown in a weatherless environment grow any rings?	[ "A tree that grows in a warm, tropical environment will generally have indistinguishable rings. This is why tropical wood is so highly valued; it has a very find grain. The rings are formed from variation in the width of vascular tissue which tends to depend highly on the soil and air moisture levels (though based ...	[ "Nasa, among other groups with space exploration in mind, are asking that question themselves: _URL_0_ It seems the biggest problem to overcome is the low atmospheric pressure, which sucks the already rare water out of plants. Nutrients don't seem to be a problem." ]
why do a lot of businesses push me towards downloading their app?	[ "Having an app installed (which requires more effort from the user, and therefore often a more dedicated user) encourages use of the app. Seeing the app on your phone (even while not actively using it) makes your unconscious mind think of it, strengthening brand awareness and usage. Google is currently working on [...	[ "You are having a date at a restaurant. You want a soda while you are in the middle of a meal. Will you get up and walk to the McDonalds a block away to buy a large soda? Competition is a thing but it isn’t just competition for a product, it also involves convenience." ]
Why do some people's personalities just rub us the wrong way?	[ "I once met another woman at the gym who I quickly decided I didn't like. But since we spent a lot of time working out together (we were part of a small club that met regularly) I started to think about why. I realized that everything I didn't like about her was related to qualities we shared, but she exhibited to ...	[ "The heat your body is constantly generating needs to be removed from your body, since more calories are in the queue to be burned up. In the same way a car needs a radiator to get rid of excess heat in the engine before burning the next cycle of fuel. Heat transfer gets harder and harder when it gets hotter so you...
Ask(computer)Science: What are the noises associated with dial-up internet?	[ "You could set your modem to continue to make data transmission sounds audible, but most people didn't do that. The default was for the modem to make the handshake audible so you could tell your modem was talking to another modem, and then mute the sound after the connection was made. Otherwise you might have enter...	[ "You could have [tinnitus](_URL_0_). You should see a doctor if you want any further information, since asking for medical advice is not allowed in this forum." ]
If I have a 5kg weight dropped from height intervals of 10cm, 20cm, 30cm, 40cm and 50cm, will the acceleration change?	[ "As u/AsAChemicalEngineer points out, the force of gravity on the weight is the same regardless of height, for small heights. But your question implies that you're confused as to why it seems like the force on the rope is different depending on initial height. As the weight drops from the lower height h1, it acce...	[ "Actually, for timekeeping purposes, we use the cesium atoms' vibrations in the atomic clock as THE definition of the correct time. We set all our clocks to that one clock. It also keeps track of smaller units of time than it displays, since cesium atoms vibrate at exactly 9,192,631,770 Hz. We know the time dow...
Every woman I know has at some point complained about their bra. Why have they not been re designed (I am a man)?	[ "Stores only carry a very limited range of sizing, so most women have to compromise and squeeze into whatever they can fit into. Fortunately many online stores sell a much bigger range of bras nowadays." ]	[ "How much something weighs is proportional to its volume (length cubed). How strong something is is proportional to its cross sectional area (length squared). The end result is that if you just take, say, a normal car, and make it twice the size, it will be about 8 times as heavy but only about 4 times as strong. S...
Why is there so much telepathy in Golden Age Science Fiction?	[ "I'm not sure, but I'm guessing that around the time that this fiction was written, parapsychology was \"in fashion\". According to the wikipedia article for [parapsychology](_URL_0_), in the early 1900s, even some major universities like Standford and Duke started studying it. A lot of sci-fi authors look at the v...	[ "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." ]
What is the significance of the c^2 term in Einstein's famous equation (E=mc^2)? Does it reflect some sort of radial symmetry?	[ "The best way to think of it is as a conversion factor. When we look at the mathematics of relativity, it's all much simpler and much more symmetric if we choose units such that c=1, a unitless value. These units are therefore called natural units, and in using these units, we find that for an object at rest E=m. O...	[ "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...
How do the cables in a suspension bridge hold it up, since the cable at the top is slack?	[ "Suspension bridges are an interesting design feat that were accomplished using a very complicated set of cables to balance the weight over long distances. The Golden Gate bridge is one of the prime examples and is studied far and wide by engingeering students worldwide. To simply answer: Its because it is not a s...	[ "> I think it's just a delay in the OS's process to update the display And you are almost correct. It's not the display (which can be updated immediately), it's the OS that takes a little time trying to reconnect to the network before deciding it is really down. Your roommate doesn't know what he/she is talking abo...
How does the affinity of DNA and a DNA binding protein compare to the affinity of an antibody Fc to an Fc receptor?	[ "Generally, speaking, you're going to want a looser bond between DNA and DNA binding proteins - consider a point mutation in an operator or promoter: if the affinity was very high, your regulatory protein would be useless. With antibodies, the higher the specificity the better. You don't want to make something tha...	[ "CPU cores communicate cache line locking and staleness information between each other using a bus protocol such as [MESI](_URL_1_) or [AMBA/AXI](_URL_2_). These protocols are then used by the CPU to implement atomic instructions such as `lock xadd` on x86 and `ldrex/strex` on ARM. Edit: Here's an article that give...
What are/were the financial obligations of America to the Paris Climate Agreement and why did we get out?	[ "The Paris Climate Agreement did not set or force any particular obligations, other than for a nation to set its own obligations, plan how to meet them, and regularly report on their progress doing so. We got out primarily because climate change is a politically divisive idea in the United States, despite being vir...	[ "Fed here. The Income Contingent Plan is going to adjust with your income from year to year. You'll need to re-certify. So if your plan is to never have an increase in pay, go for the Income Based Plan or ICR. However, if you start making more money in the next 20 years, your payment will go up and you'll most like...
In the Bible, Jesus tells his followers to sell their cloak to buy a sword if they didn't have one. Could a Jewish peasant just buy a sword like that?	[ "OP, you may also be interested in /r/academicbiblical." ]	[ "Quite simply, fame. Katanas are much more famous than jian. The reason they are more famous is because of the association of Katanas to the heavily romanticized Samurais. Whereas the Chinese jian and its wielders do not have much modern represantation, espicially overseas. Also, reddit is primarily an English w...
The closest star system, Alpha Centauri is ~4.37 light years away from earth. How long would it take to get there relatively? (hear me out)	[ "> If time dilation exists... Just in case you genuinely aren't sure, it definitely does exist." ]	[ "> (1) Does this mean that, given enough time, we could accelerate to 99% of the speed of light? Better than that, you can approach the speed of light but you can never travel at the speed of light, assuming that you have a lot of energy available. > And would we have enough fuel to actually accelerate to 99% of t...
How does the petrol pump know when your car’s tank is full so it stops the flow of petrol?	[ "If I remember correctly, there is a small tube connected to a pump which continually sucks in air. Once the tube is under the surface of the petrol it will start to suck that which triggers a sensor which then stops petrol from flowing through the petrol pump." ]	[ "There are two main ways - 1. The central banks of the countries print more money 2. There is a money multiplier effect - Assume that you deposit Rs 1000 with your local bank. Your local bank need not keep Rs 1000 in your account always. The percentage amount that it has to keep is determined by a reserve requireme...
When I blow my mouth up; why does a small pocket of air open up near my jawbone causing severe pain.	[ "Like blowing balloons and your jaw feels sore?" ]	[ "> Here's the basic idea. Hard candy (like a lollypop or a Jolly Rancher) is made from sugar, corn syrup, water and flavoring. You heat the ingredients together and boil the mixture to drive off all of the water. Then you let the temperature rise. What you are left with is a pure sugar syrup at about 300 degrees F ...
Why do towels get dirty if I only ever use them after I get out of the shower (when I am presumably totally clean?)	[ "As others have mentioned, the damp environment can make towels a good home for mold. But people also always shed skin. always. So even though you're clean when you're coming out of the shower, you still shedding skin into the towel." ]	[ "Think of it this way: clothes are made of threads that are wrapped around each other in a mildly organized tangle. Imagine say, a bag with a dozen headphones that are a bit tangled. Now shake the bag violently for five minutes, sometimes pulling on headphone loops. Are they more tangled or less tangled? Most often...
When flying in the US, why does TSA allow two 3.4oz bottles but not one 6oz bottle?	[ "The purpose of the rule is two fold: a) easy for TSA to apply at industrial scale and speed at a checkpoint; and b) hard for evildoer to use to get a bomb past the checkpoint. If you think 3.4 is an unusual number, that's all (a). There are companies that use 3oz bottles and companies that use 100ml bottles and 10...	[ "The change came with the meeting between Nixon and Mao. Reading up on that meeting might be a place to start. The relationship between China (PRC) and Taiwan (ROC) is interesting. Both governments consider them to be one country. As long as the exiled-government-of-China-which-resides-in-Taiwan continued (and cont...
How have Olympic gymnasts improved so much from back in the day.	[ "Back then people still needed jobs, now they dont and can practice harder for longer. And science helps by showing then methods on improving motions. You cam find cool videos on youtube" ]	[ "The only thing to me that makes sense on this topic is in previous decades, minor cases of autism have gone undiagnosed. Where now, these cases are being diagnosed and treated, causing the numbers to go up higher than previously recorded." ]
Why is the inner core of the earth a solid whereas it's adjacent layer is a liquid?	[ "The temperature within the inner core is too low to melt the Iron-Nickel alloy under the pressure which exists at that depth ( > 5100 km below the surface of the Earth). However, at shallower depths (2900-5100 km underground) the decreased ambient pressure lowers their melting points so the iron and nickel liquefy...	[ "There’s a bunch of people in your tongue, and they have a weird name. They call themselves TRPM8, and they’re proteins. They specifically tell your tongue when it’s really really cold. Mint gums or candy have a chemical, called methonal, that tells them that they’re REALLY cold, and in turn, your tongue thinks yo...
Is there some method of rating or comparing the validity of Historians?	[ "I rate history books on the quality of the footnotes. i.e. do they source primary or secondary sources more and what quality of secondary sources they tend to use. If they use a lot of secondary sources and demonstrate something is consensus or they have primary documents proving their point those seems the most l...	[ "Try _URL_1_. They have some short tutorials and online algorithms you can use to examine photos. I've used the site on occasion to check if some Reddit images are faked. Very informative site. Also, check out captain disillusion on _URL_0_. He debunks videos which have been altered and explains how he determines i...
In light of the Adrian Peterson child abuse situation. How is polygamy illegal, yet going off and having 7 kids with 5 mothers not?	[ "A married person is off the market, but single mothers are not. Society's interest in limiting polygamy is to prevent a surplus of [young single men](_URL_0_)." ]	[ "[relevant master thesis](_URL_1_) (.pdf-Warning) [relevant literature](_URL_0_) There's always the question of the effectiveness of moral legislation. It is often the case throughout history that morals are legislated, often more than once over a period of some years. This usually indicates that the legislation ...
Do optics (specifically colors) behave differently when looking at nano-sized materials?	[ "You are probably talking about some kind of electron microscopy (most likely [Scanning Electron Microscopy](_URL_0_)). These images are grayscale because they are simple intensity maps. Now, you are completely right in thinking that it would not work to acquire images of ~30 nm components using standard optical mi...	[ "Because the absorption bands correspond to electronic transitions between orbitals. Changing what an atom is bound to will change the energy level differences. More specific to metal coordination complexes, one can analyze metal complexes via [crystal field theory](_URL_0_). Again, interaction with ligands can cha...
Were there any actual circumstances of soldiers stumbling upon ancient ruins in the Vietnam War?	[ "From the top of my head, no. If we are talking about ordinary combat soldiers finding undiscovered ancient ruins, then no. But there are several interesting events happening to ancient ruins such as the VC occupied [My Son sanctuary](_URL_0_) which was bombed in 1969." ]	[ "Several reasons: * Better technology. Many chambers were detected by sonar or radar. They would send a signal through the stones and listen for irregular echoes. Today's sonar and radar imaging techniques are better than they were in the past. The equipment is more sensitive, uses different frequencies, and with d...
What was Greek military training like? Especially in the navy.	[ "I'm afraid your friend is mistaken. Herodotus specifically says that at Salamis the Greeks suffered few casualties from men thrown overboard, noting that they were able to swim and that those who were not killed outright simply swam to Salamis. Herodotus then notes that the Persians lost quite a lot of troops (pre...	[ "This question is getting a lot of traffic after being [tweeted by @reddit](_URL_5_), so I thought I'd welcome those of you that haven't visited /r/AskHistorians before to the subreddit. Please do bear in mind that in order to keep the quality of answers here high we have [strict rules on comments](/r/AskHistorians...
How have we managed to map the Milky way so accurately?	[ "We look at it, measure star movement and compare it with simulated models. Ok, so for starters, we have seen other galaxies and we can figure our galaxy should be spiral, because when we look at it the sky its flat with a central bulge. Only spiral galaxies are like that. We also measure its size and weight and ...	[ "Most of it is guesswork. Basically taking photoshop and trying to fill in the right colors. The original colors arent on the original film, so it has to be done digitally with programs, and people just figure out what the right colors were supposed to be, through looking at artifacts of clothing etc." ]
Accurate numbers for Biblical armies	[ "Just for comparison, you might want to have a look at the corrected number for the Exodus. [Colin J. Humphreys (1998), The Number of People in the Exodus from Egypt: Decoding Mathematically the Very Large Numbers in Numbers I and XXVI, Vetus Testamentum Vol. 48, Fasc. 2 (Apr., 1998), pp. 196-213](_URL_2_)" ]	[ "Not to discourage anyone from answering your question but /r/AskBibleScholars may be a better match for your questions." ]
Why do we still use mmHg (millimeters of mercury) as a unit of pressure?	[ "PSI sucks. period. The entire imperial system is the most arbitrary system. All of the units in our systems are more of less \"jerry-rigged.\" No such thing as a fundamental unit of the universe. mmHg is good, because we can create an all mechanical measurement device that is easy to read, that has a very large r...	[ "Because they're one of the only stock photography companies that has a strong customer relationship with most media companies. So when a news photographer takes a picture, they often license it to Getty to market, Getty licenses the image to media companies, and gets a cut of what the media firm pays (and pays the...
Do stranger forms of life get sick; like jellyfish, amoeba, or fungi?	[ "Even bacteria can get sick. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacteria. There are a lot of them, in oceans and in soil and in you. Some bacteria cope with constant viral assault by having thick peptidoglycan cell walls, by secreting a thick layer of mucus over the bacterial colony, and by trying to not have...	[ "Have there been more than normal? I don't know if there's anything out of the ordinary. The media will often take any discovery in cell and molecular biology and apply it to the treatment of cancer, and researchers funding often comes from the treatment of disease. Sites share what sounds interesting, and I might ...
Are the brains of scientists noticeably different than than the average person who is not a scientist?	[ "I don't know the answer to this in general, but Albert Einstein's brain [is structurally different from a normal brain in a number of ways](_URL_2_)." ]	[ "Warning: anecdotal evidence ahead. I'd consider myself mathematically minded (studied Math and CS in college, currently working as a software engineer), and this is definitely true for me. I'm pretty terrible at remembering (and sometimes even understanding) song lyrics, but I'll often be in a bar or other noisy e...
If Every transmission, radio signal etc... leaves Earth, How far has earth's broadcasts reached since the first?	[ "Radio waves are just another form of electromagnetic wave like visible light, and so they move at the speed of light, and will have traveled 103 light years since 1910. However... Radio waves lose power the further you get from the source. Anyone who's been on a long road trip and had to change radio stations ca...	[ "Scooby Doo really confused me as a child when Shaggy \"threw his voice\" across the room to distract the monster. Humans cannot do this, it's impossible. A single directional speaker can, but we are like normal speakers and eminate sound waves in all directions from our mouths." ]
the magnetic North Pole is moving south at a faster pace than usual. What does this mean for our civilization and where is it going?	[ "The magnetic north and south poles aren't what you think. It's more like a bunch of small poles that line up to make one big magnet. The magnetic north amd south poles have actually swapped places numerous times in the earth's history. Other than accurate navigation, this will have little impact. If the megnetosp...	[ "Think of it this way: clothes are made of threads that are wrapped around each other in a mildly organized tangle. Imagine say, a bag with a dozen headphones that are a bit tangled. Now shake the bag violently for five minutes, sometimes pulling on headphone loops. Are they more tangled or less tangled? Most often...
Why were women's doubles badminton players deliberately trying to lose in the Olympics?	[ "Think of it in groups, where the top 2 teams in each group continue on to the next round. Let's assume, in the next round: * The Winner of Group A plays the 2nd place team of Group B * and * The Second place team in Group A plays the winner of Group B If the 2nd placed team of Group A was a particularly strong tea...	[ "A lot of political commentators are disingenuous. In 2008, it was pretty clear on election eve McCain was done for. More so for Bob Dole in 1996. But if you are say, Rush Limbaugh, and you have a bunch of followers, you will never say \"this one isn't going to be close, might as well stay at home\". You are going ...
Does celibacy increase an organism's lifespan?	[ "Some studies have suggested that men with a higher frequency of ejaculations may have a slightly lower risk of prostate cancer. However, this difference appears to be very small and is very difficult to accurately study. _URL_0_" ]	[ "[Women who use oral contraception \\(or those with multiple pregnancies\\)](_URL_0_) do tend to have slightly d[elayed onset of menopause](_URL_1_) - however, this is [not the direct 1:1, dose response relationship you might expect](_URL_2_). This is because onset of menopause is due to more factors than just the ...
Any good documentaries/resources on the Second Mafia War in Italy?	[ "John Dickie's Cosa Nostra is a good, accessible, reliable history of the Mafia from its earliest days which nonetheless has a strong focus on the period you are interested in. Dickie is Professor of Italian Studies at University College London and so has a firm grasp of the Italian sources and their contexts, u...	[ "Not Scandinavia, but closish, by proxy. In Argentina, in the early 1900s, the legend that the seventh son would become a werewolf was so prevalent that a tradition was established by the federal government for the President of the Republic to automatically become the godfather of said child. The idea was that by ...
Are some written languages worse for dislexics?	[ "According to this [news article](_URL_0_) in Science, there are differences in the prevalence of dyslexia across countries due to differences in language. For example, dyslexia may be more prevalent in English- and French-speaking countries because their languages have very \"complex, arbitrary system[s] for spe...	[ "China, Taiwan and Singapore use a system called [Pinyin](_URL_4_) which transcribes the Manderin pronunciation of Chinese characters into the Latin alphabet and is alphabetized similar to in English." ]
Did the Japanese really send a declaration of war in 1941?	[ "There was a message intended to be sent by the Japanese ambassador to the United States Secretary of State shortly before the attack on Pearl Harbor began. The appointment to deliver this message was at 1:45 pm Eastern Time (7:45 am Hawaii Time); the attack started at 7:55 am Hawaii Time. Due to delays, it wasn't ...	[ "Related question: Jack Daniel's makes a similar claim yet the only source cited seems to be a collectible bottle of whisky they sold, is this whole 1904 World's Fair liquor competition an urban legend?" ]
A question about brothels in the Old West (US)	[ "That is a great question, I am not sure but I know that 'Upstairs Girls:Prostitution in the American West' By Michael Rutter and \"Soiled Doves' By Anne Sitgreaves are solid books on the subject. As for oral sex, no idea. What I do know about the subject, about what guys paid for, there were not many women in the ...	[ "This submission has been removed because it is [soapboxing](_URL_1_.), [promoting a political agenda, or moralizing](_URL_0_). We don't allow content that does these things because they are detrimental to unbiased and academic discussion of history." ]
political (NOT moral, personal, etc) opposition to gay marriage	[ "Political parties cater to the prevailing beliefs of their constituents even if there is no political basis other than re-election. Politics is a career. Those doing it for the greater good are very rare. You wouldn't want to get voted out of your job, would you?" ]	[ "Can you clarify what type of policymaking you're wanting to get into? While I can give you some suggestions for, say, foreign policy, I won't be of much help if you're interested in, for example, urban redevelopment. I wouldn't suggest you read Said's Orientalism. While it's an important work, there's no need to...
how did 12fl oz become the quantity that most standard drinks contain (i.e. soda or beer cans?)	[ "The rest of the world calls that 1/3 of a litre. Or almost. Probably a bit off so it's exactly 12fl oz. In any case: normal soda cans have 330ml (or 0.33 litres) in them. There are also a lot of 0.5l beer cans. Everything above that is usually in plastic bottles." ]	[ "_URL_0_ study linked in other link _URL_1_ page 1136 has the key graph world war 1 and 2 had a pretty major impact on getting a generation of americans to keep a clean shaven look forced on them by the military. for this i'm assuming politicians aren't any different from the normal man. interestingly the safet...
What happens if an pornographic actress stops consenting mid-shoot? Do they have to sign a contract where they say that they consent to a full "session"?	[ "Generally, if they vocally retract consent the scene and filming stops. legally you can't sign away your right to retract consent at anytime. That said, the person retracting consent may be at risk of not being paid as a part of the contract. This is because porn isn't legal if it isn't 100% consenting. If there's...	[ "Follow up question: How did the soldiers who did surrender know that they were in fact properly ordered to surrender instead of being lied to by Allied propaganda? Follow upto the follow up question: Did Allied propaganda actually try to lie to the Japanese troops before the actual surrender?" ]
What causes eye redness when I wake up in the mornings?	[ "You most likely sleep with your eyes partially open. The environment in your room is much harsher for your eyes than the environment experienced when you have your eye lids closed since it is much drier and has more foreign bodies (i.e. dust). This harsher environment dries out and irritates your eyes causing ...	[ "Acid reflux is my best guess .some rennies or milk of magnesium somethink to that like should help until you see a doctor. Trust me from experience u dont want to ignore it so much easier to deal with before the acid does damage . I posted a reply on a thread recently that covered my story with reflux ..." ]
Why do so many illegal immigrant choose to live in the states risking deportation for so long? What is it about gaining US citizenship that is so difficult? What are the advantages and disadvantages of being illegal?	[ "Most immigrants come here for economic reasons, even living in the shadows in America they make a lot more money than they would in their home countries. Immigrants who come here illegally have no path to citizenship. Coming to America legally is extremely difficult and even if you are highly educated you would ha...	[ "Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [Eli5: does it even matter if the food we eat is \"organic\"? ](_URL_5_) 1. [ELI5: What is the difference between organic and non organic food? Is it worth the price difference? ](_URL_1_) 1. [ELI5: Why is \"Organic\" food more expensive at the grocery...
Almost all 'beginner' workout programs seem to say that weight machines are horrible. So why is pretty much every gym in America filled with weight machines?	[ "* They're safer, in that they reduce the chance of either dropping weights on yourself or someone else or injuring yourself with poor form. * For casual lifters, they're often \"good enough.\" They still allow you to get bigger and stronger, arguably to the full extent that many people want to. * They're unintimid...	[ "In the past, the hardest thing about writing a new program wasn't the programming language. It was understanding how your programming tools worked. To use C as an example, in order to write your first program, you would need to: 1. Understand how your text editor worked, a non-trivial task on a text only, mouseles...
How did ships deal with fog around the 6th century?	[ "I'm not positive what you mean when you say \"deal with fog\". If you mean when coming into port then they would have used lighthouses just like today. If you mean dealing with fog while in open waters then one was was to use the sun during the day since you can usually still tell where it is in the sky even throu...	[ "This type of question is known as a fermi question. You need to estimate... -average displacement of a vessel -number of vessels -surface area of the ocean ----- If you can get it within a factor of 10 you win!" ]
Absolute zero. How does it exist?	[ "Temperature is the measure of the motion of subatomic particles. Nothing can go slower than not moving at all, so that's absolute zero." ]	[ "Watch this video by Veritasium: _URL_1_ I think it answers your questions." ]
How were Romans able to build fountains ?	[ "The fountain was located downhill from a river, and water from the river was delivered via a closed pipe, so that it arrived under natural pressure (from gravity). Yo ho ho! Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: How ancient Roman fountains worked ](_URL_6_) ^(_6 comments_) 1. [ELI5:...	[ "Add-on question: how hard would it have been for them to have sculpted body-hair, assuming that's not the answer?" ]
How is the caloric value of a food product calculated or found and how accurate is it?	[ "There are 2 methods used. One is the sum of the parts. Eg - we know flour has 110 kcal per quarter cup and eggs are something like 70 kcal so if you make pasta from scratch using 2 cups of flour, some salt and two eggs, your total calories in the dish would be roughly 1050 (880 for the flour plus 170 for the eggs)...	[ "Nielsen does this, they tell you how on [their website](_URL_0_), but basically they just randomly select people and track everything they do by asking them to write down everything and walk around the streets with microphones to record whatever people are listening to. They aggregate the data and produce the rati...
Why don't electrons fly into the nucleus?	[ "Electrons have less mass than protons and neutrons. That gives them a bigger wavelength, so they can't be anywhere more specific than within an electron shell. They do have a nonzero probability of being in the nucleus, but except in the case of certain kinds of nuclear decay, they don't really interact with the p...	[ "They're simply not intelligent enough to. They're basically driven by a few instincts: here's something warm where I can rest and warm up, here's something that I want to be close to because it smells really good and might be a good place to eat or lay my eggs (such as if you spattered some meat juice on your pan...
How can someone go from having a extremely bad allergy to overcoming it in a couple of years?	[ "Sometimes exposure therapy works, taking a little more each day until you build up a resistance. That's how a lot of the poison ivy medications work. Sometimes people age out of allergies, not sure why. And I've heard claims parasites can cure allergies and autoimmune disorders. Infecting yourself with hook worms ...	[ "What makes your beliefs the right ones? To you they are right but to the leaders of other countries they are not. Leaders in that country are probably asking each other the same thing about countries where homosexuality is accepted. They will be wondering how the leaders of those countries can allow such a thing. ...
What would happen if the earth was completely cut off from the sun's light for 48 hrs?	[ "I am no expert but... _URL_0_ Your answer seems ready-made. :) tldr? Move to Iceland if it happens." ]	[ "I wouldn't think so, but to be honest I don't believe there really wouldn't be much benefit over what we have. Apart from the reasons znerg (clothes, hair, and layers of dead cells on top of your skin) brought up, we use a LOT more energy than plants do. We have organs and muscles that beat/expand/move, we exercis...
Did France ever consider intervening in the English Civil War? If not, why not?	[ "[This answer](_URL_0_) from /u/ETFox explains the limited involvement of the continent." ]	[ "To reply to your specific question: The filioque was recognised by the Synod of Hatfield in 680 under Theodore of Tarsus. It is unclear whether the Filioque was in use before that date. Sources: * Carl-Joseph Hefele: Conciliengeschichte, Vol. 3, Freiburg 1877, p. 252. * A. Edward Siecienski: *The Filioque. Hist...
The Isreal/Palestine conflict	[ "You should search first before asking :) _URL_0_" ]	[ "Because Clarkson's Porsche had 'H982 FKL' written on the license plate, and Argentinians though it was a provocation because Argentina lost the Falklands War that went down in 1982. _URL_2_ _URL_2_" ]
Why was the Iceland christmas advert about the orangutan banned for being too political?	[ "In the UK, TV broadcasting first started with the BBC, which is funded by a television licence. As such the BBC required no advertising to pay its way. Commercial broadcasting came along later, and with it came worries about the power and persuasive influence of TV advertising. Because of this laws, regulations an...	[ "The New York Attorney General declared it as gambling and doesn't want the two sites taking bets from New York residents. The site has always been a mix of gambling and fantasy. Here's the full article _URL_0_" ]
How many people did Francois Duvalier recruit to participate in his secret police, the Tonton Macoutes?	[ "Several historians estimate that when Duvalier created them in 1959, the _tontons macoutes_ numbered around 25,000. To put this in perspective, the population of Haiti around this time was about [three and a half million](_URL_1_). Butch Ashton, a former Marine who had served in Haiti and helped train the men who ...	[ "I see the section on Early Modern France consists of one (very fine!) book. Given my French is sadly lacking, does anyone know a good English language book that's a broader overview of France in the sixteenth and/or seventeenth centuries? What I know about the Wars of Religion & the Fronde comes either from brief...
Why do you have to shut off electrical/computer appliances for 10 seconds?	[ "This is to allow any capacitors to drain down. Capacitors are like little batteries on the circuit board. Waiting 10 seconds allows all energy to dissipate." ]	[ "To confirm that you're ready. What if the game just started and something came along and killed your guy?" ]
Why is the community in league of legends so toxic and hostile 89% of the time?	[ "Mostly due to game mechanic and immature gamers. A typical game requires a 30-40 time commitment AND your team is only as strong as your weakest link. If someone starts throwing early, your stuck for that committed time fightng an uphill battle. It could also be because you're trash you fucking casual non-warding...	[ "Your answer was removed shortly before you posted this question. It did not meet our standards. We ask that answers in this subreddit be in-depth and comprehensive, and highly suggest that comments include citations for the information. In the future, please take the time to better familiarize yourself with [the ...

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