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Why doesn't water just slide down our throats when it's in our mouths? What stops it? | You have muscles in your throat that you instinctively control to keep the water in your mouth or to swallow it. |
What would happen if we stopped maintaining nuclear power plants? | Reactors use nuclear fuel to generate heat, and the heat is turned into electricity. As the reactor runs, the fuel gets very radioactive — not just dangerous to people but boilingly hot to the touch. The actual reactors themselves are set to turn off automatically whenever there is major problem . This means the contro... |
Why do my punches feel weak in my dreams? | Because in reality, you are getting a wide range of sensations when you throw a punch that you don't get when you do the same in a dream. The air rushing off your hand, your muscles contracting, the resistance when your punch lands- you don't feel any of this in your dream, which is why they feel so weak and empty. |
What is a cashless society? | The concept is that we move away from using coins and bills to pay for our purchases and rather use digital money transfers. This have some advantages as you do not have to have lots of money on hand and you can even automate more of the process. However this does mean it is easier to track someones movements and behav... |
What is an abstract animation screenplay like? | In the case of the video you linked, it's probably something along the lines of < Exterior Alley: Night > A rat scurries away from the camera, before The Character, in a Point of View shot picks up a pipe of DMT and a lighter and takes a hit. Fade to Black. Fade in, same location, but the neon sign across is blinking v... |
Why do long freight trains have engines on the back facing backwards? Is there a difference between the engine facing forwards? | This is known as a "push-pull" train, and has a few advantages: * It makes direction reversals much easier. Turning trains around is very difficult; it's much easier to simply switch the direction of both engines. * When climbing mountains, it's safer for the engineer to be at a higher elevation than the rest of the tr... |
How did Anonymous get this / is it legit? | Anonymous is not anyone's army. They do not fight owing to popular request, they have their own supposed ideals to fight for purportedly - internationalism and the like. Some people just see them as no different from groups like the Lizard Squad; just cyberterrorists. Is it legit? How did they get it? Anyone can send a... |
Why do incredibly dated and/or irrelevant discussion threads often remain in the first page of search engine results (e.g. yahoo answers from 2004)? | Relevance, for Google and most search engines, is determined by word matching. If the post in 2004 matches all your keywords the best, then it'll be the top result, even though it's a decade old. I believe you can use "advanced search" to filter results by date, but I'm not completely sure about that. |
Coping strategies and developing mental toughness? | It's ok to get angry or sad, that is normal and happens to everybody. The important thing is what we do when we have these feelings. I teach this to my kids. |
I have seen people dive under huge waves but could you dive under a tsunami? | A tsunami is a sinusoidal wave until it approaches shore, meaning the water moves up and down and transfers the energy of the wave horizontally, but the water itself isn't driven forward. You could be in an innertube on the water and you'd just go up and then down - nothing special or dangerous. So you could likewise g... |
Why don't humans get the same joy of having our bellies rubbed as other mammals? | It might be because those animals that enjoy the belly rubbings are the ones that have nipples on the tummy, which would probably make the area more sensitive. Kind of like how, for us , it feels better to have your chesticles touched than your tummy. |
Why do we sometimes get that itch around our bodies that we can never seem to find? | Sorry, I don't have an answer, but I get this sometimes too. I get one at a specific spot on the right side of my stomach that can't be scratched. Occasionally I noticed that there would be a faint itch around the opposite side of my back, so a few times I have scratched that instead and it has soothed the other. I ass... |
Difference between shaver, trimmer, clipper and epilator. | A shaver will cut the hair at the skin level leaving a smooth surface. A trimmers and clippers are designed to cut the hair away from the surface of the skin. The primary difference is a trimmer tends to be smaller and designed to trim shorter hair where as clippers are designed to trim longer hair . An epilator yanks ... |
After a spinal injury, how can some people regain the ability to walk? | The unfortunate reality is that most people with spinal injuries who loose the ability to walk will not regain their mobility. Central nerves really don't regenerate very well - they form scar tissue which blocks re-growth. Most peripheral nerves can grow about 1mm per day. If you are using the right muscles and areas,... |
What does "You buy on the rumour and sell on the facts" mean? | In stock trading, companies are worth what people think they're worth. Often, rumors will come out about what a company is thinking about doing, or planning to do which has the potential to raise the price of stock . Then, when the facts come out that it's a boring plan that everyone else is doing, you sell the stock a... |
If the theory of relativity is true, isn't it equally valid to say that the sun revolves around the earth? | > all reference frames are equivalent. All **inertial** reference frames are equally valid. This is key, because the Earth isn't in an inertial reference frame, it's in an accelerating frame. What you're thinking of is geocentrism. It can work but you need to add a lot of weird math like epicycles in order to properly ... |
How automated are our power and communications grids? | Power grids are operated by dispatchers, 24/7, and so are the generating stations that fed them. They would keep functioning unattended until the first major disturbance came along, and would then shut down automatically. Probably a matter of minutes, hours at the very most. Most people underestimate the amount of huma... |
The appeal of trading cards, and how/why some become valuable. | I can only answer in respect to Magic: the Gathering , a collectible trading card game from Wizards of the Coast. There are several reasons why someone may want to partake in these cards, but the two largest are collecting for the sake of collecting and the appeal of playing the game. Both of these activities are fun f... |
- why does steel become non-magnetic when heated red hot? | The loss of ferromagnetism is due to the fact that iron/steel is allotropic, meaning that it can have different crystal structures. At room temperature, steel is a mixture of pearlite, ferrite, and cementite. It can have some others. Some of those are magnetic, giving the metal it's ferromagnetic properties. Above the ... |
How is it that old but massive games like Mario 64 take up less space than an HD background photo? | It's not that weird. The largest part of a video game will be the media assets and in Mario 64 these are very low quality and therefore very low in size. The code, data, events, etc. will be very small. It's not any weirder than the fact an electronic book will be tiny next to a high-definition photo. |
How does software (like Mathematica) solve problems analytically? | The risch algorithm can be used to evaluate integrals of elementary functions. For non-elementary functions, it's usually a combination of pattern matching and lookup tables. |
The difference between a director and a producer | The Director of a movie is the artistic and creative leader. He reads the script, and puts his vision of the material onto film. When we watch a movie, we see and feel what the director wants us to see and feel. They usually have a main role in casting, motivating the actors, artistic direction, cinematography, music, ... |
Micro LEDs aka "fairy lights" | Certain types of copper wire have a transparent enamel around them - so they look like naked copper but are actually insulatedA: the wire is insulated with a thin polymer sheath. B: The voltage is low enough that it poses little to no risk when operating correctly; individual LEDs run off around 3v, depending on how th... |
Why do spam comments on YouTube/Instagram list links and words in fancy text? | The spammers do that to try to defeat anti-spam measures. For example: "Meds" is a strong spam indicator, but they might hope that "Μεds" doesn't, because it includes a couple of Greek letters. |
The state of NJ just issued a state-wide travel ban. How are travel bans legal? | Because you do not have the right to use public roads, you have the privilege. They cannot prevent you from going somewhere if say you decided to go by dog sled, but they can shut down the public roads and prevent travel on them. Which is what has happenedBecause folks have to rescue the stranded fools thus risking the... |
How is a laser pointer with only 2 small batteries so powerful I can hit buildings miles away? | You can hit a building from miles away with a flashlight as well. The difference is that in a flashlight the light is scattered over a wide area, while in a laser the light is focused around a single point. |
Why can ants fall from heights hundreds of times their length and be unharmed, but humans cannot? | Falling objects have a terminal velocity, this is the highest speed they can reach while falling. Because Ants are so tiny and weigh so little their terminal velocity is pretty low, so the speed they hit the ground at is never going to be fast enough to hurt them. Humans are comparatively huge and heavy compared to an ... |
How does cloud technology work for computers? | Your files are stored on a server somewhere and whenever you want to access them from whatever device you use they are sent from that server to your deviceThe “cloud” has always been a metaphor for the Internet; in fact, cloud symbols are often used to portray the Internet on diagrams. As a virtual space that connects ... |
Why don't winners of award shows like the Oscars and the Grammy's get leaked? | For the Oscars, votes are tallied by the auditing firm [PricewaterhouseCoopers]. Very few people are involved in the tallying process, they are people that both the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences and PWC can trust, and they are paid a lot to keep their mouths shut. Also non-disclosure agreements. Grammy vote... |
Why are airplane (and some car) seats not designed to conform to the human vertebral column? | The most likely reasoning is that properly designed seats take up room and taking up more room means less seats which means less money to make.I always thought my back wasn't 'normal', but I have to agree. Airline seats are some of the worst for back comfort.Because fitting the most people on a plane takes precedence o... |
- Why do airport runway numbers change? | The numbering is according to magnetic north, and earth's magnetic field is changing ever so slowly. After many years, it has moved enough that it's now closer to 15 than 14 . |
The difference between curd and yogurt. | I like both cheese and yogurt and no one has answered, so I'll have a go at this. Milk is made of water, sugars, fat and proteins. When they're all flowing together as a liquid, that's milk or cream. Curds are formed when the proteins in milk get bunched together and tangled up so that part of the milk turns solid, and... |
What percent of their contract do NFL players actually end up earning? | It's usually something in between. When they say "$52m guarenteed" they mean if he were to be cut tomorrow, he 'd receive $52m. However, I believe the NFL is the only sport without guaranteed contracts. So at any point they are allowed to cut him and won't have to pay out the remaining part of his contract. How much Fl... |
Why publications like "The National Enquirer" can get away with printing outrageous stories and false information. | The formation of the United States was rebellion against the King of England. These founding fathers, who had just won independence from a country ruled by a single monarch who could do whatever he wanted, wanted to be sure that their new country was a land of the free and nobody's right to say pretty much whatever the... |
Why do ants/bugs come if exposed food is left sitting out, but not when exposed food is in a garbage can? | They do usually go to food in garbage containers, people just don't usually notice them as much as ants swarming all over stuff they want. |
- Why do days feel longer when we’re depressed? | When were sad, we don't care about much. Since nothing is keeping us entertained at that time, time doesn't go by fast. My sad days always feel long since I'm not enjoying anything in those times.Perception of time is affected by our mood, brain chemistry, and bodily health in general. Source: _URL_0_ |
How does the US economy stay strong with heaps of debt? | **Because the debt doesn't fucking matter.** On a % basis the US isn't even the worse off, some companies have debts that are **double** their GDP the US is basically equal. Also the debt is highly structured in Treasury Bonds which have a fixed payment schedule. Since our economy is massive, and continually growing th... |
How does my call from the United States reach Australia? | The vast majority of international calls travel through fiber optic cables running from one continent to another at the bottom of the oceanHere is an interactive map of all the cables and there connection points: _URL_0_ Also here is a diagram of a cable : _URL_1_Careful. I once knew a guy who had to pay nine hundred d... |
Why Cleveland's population continuously dropping since 1970s? What are the push factors that causes people dont want to live in Cleveland anymore? | Cleveland is part of the Rust Belt, a part of the USA whose old prosperity was based on steel production and other very heavy industries, peaking just after World War II. These industries became old and inefficient and many companies went out of business. This led to loss of jobs, so people leftWhat’s the basis of this... |
Why does increasing education correlates with increasing voluntary childfree-ness? | Increasing education correlates with a bunch of different things. Pew Research has shown that time and time again. One of the biggest issues being the negative correlation between intelligence and religiosity. While it's not true in all cases, the more intelligent a person is the more they weigh pros and cons; as well ... |
Will the US Post Office actually take legal action if you reuse their boxes for other things? | Not for one box, because it isn't worth it to them and it's bad PR. But if you built a business around repurposing boxes, then yes. Priority Mail boxes are not actually free--their price is factored into the postage for mailing the parcel. |
Why did the ancients decide Gold was so valuable? | They did a whole NPR article on it But basically it was rare but not too rare, didn't rust, was easy to make into coins and jewelry, non reactive, not radioactive, and was a solid. |
China has been growing @ 7-10% for the last 40 years (give it or take). Why is it that China needs to slow down to keep a healthy economy? | Part of the problem is that a growing economy means that the workers demand a higher salary, which makes production more expensive. Many companies produce in China because labour is so cheap there. But if it becomes more expensive, companies will start moving to countries that are still as cheap as China used to be.Thi... |
What are the benefits of multiculturalism | Its like a pot luck. Everyone brings something different. Some bring good things to the table and some bring bad. Just because you might not like a certain dish doesn't mean your friend doesn't. By saying that dish isn't welcome again you defeat the purpose of the potluck. Take in lots of what you like, and ignore the ... |
The plot to the Dark Tower series | Life is not a destination, but a journey. Roland finds loved ones from unexpected places, but ultimately sacrifices them for his goal only to reach that goal and find he must start over with a new goal. The story evolved with the man. Stephen King started the Dark Tower in college and only just finished it. It probably... |
What do luge athletes do? | There is a lot more going into this that you would think. You control your body weight, shifting it slightly can affect the way you take a turn. Mostly you work with total body control, knowing just how to place the body to minimize drag. The start is where they have the most control, as for the track, the near perfect... |
Why was Princess Diana so popular and globally renowned? | She was not heir to the throne. Her husband was heir to the throne. And then they got divorced so she would never become queen. She was popular for a few reasons. Chiefly, I'd say it was because she had a certain charisma to her that attracted people to her. She was beautiful, and she had a great fashion sense and winn... |
Why do some chargers charges phones faster than others? | Because they're sending more power through. I know this is a rather poor explanation, but it's the simple truth. The voltages are always the same, but the Amperage is higher which means that more power courses through the cable per second. All batteries have an inherent safe-amperage for charging, but it's often higher... |
What is this "Youtube made for gamers"? | It's YouTube's personal version of twitch basically it allows youtubers to stream without fear of copyright claims. It's considered to be not as good or easy to use content creator side, but for viewers it's generally the same concept. |
Why can't VR be only a few centimeters thick. | It can be, it'd just be real expensive to do that. Eventually that will happen, but there are other problems that need to be figured out before we can get there and those problems are more financially worth it for the companies researching the technology.Cost and well focal length. You need room for lenses to properly ... |
How do hospitals find your family so quickly if you're incapable of telling them? | if you're in a car wreck they can pull up your car's registration from your numberplates. and check your wallet. you might not have a specific identification card on you, but most of your cards will have some of your details on them. then it's assumed you're found in your local area, which narrows it down further. |
Why does your skin hurt more when it's very cold? | Basically nerves have electric switches on them that allow current to flow through and that creates all sensations. Including pain. When you hurt yourself, some of these switches trip causing the 'pain sensation'. Now there is a particular switch that gets turned on by the cold and it has the effect of making the other... |
What happens in my brain when I get "used" to a smell, and no longer notice it? | It's called Olfactory Fatigue. Your brain gets bored with noticing the same smell over and over and searches for more exciting stimuli while ignoring the normal stuff. Sniff a little coffee and you'll be able to smell anew because the coffee smell is more entertaining and your olfactories will snap out of their hypnosi... |
Why are graves 6ft deep? | That was found to be the depth necessary to prevent animals from picking up the scent and digging for food. |
When my wifi will allow me to connect to it but it won't load anything, what is/could be actually wrong with it? Like, what's stopping it from loading stuff? | I assume you are trying to load stuff from the internet.You have to understand, that your wifi consists of different parts.One, the modem, which connects the wifi to the internet and the wifi router itself. So if the modem can't connect to the internet the wifi can still be fully functional. So your, for example phone,... |
How is a song produced? | There's a few approaches to writing a song, one is you write lyrics then add instruments. Another is you write lyrics to already written instrumentals. The third way is everyone writes the instruments and the singer writes lyrics then they put it together and adjust the lyrics or instruments as needed. When recording, ... |
How do laser pointers work | Essentially you pump energy into a cloud of atoms to get them to emit light, then you trap it between two mirrors so it builds up in intensity before you let it out. Better explanation here: _URL_0_', "Magic. I mean, not really, but frankly quantum electrodynamics makes about as much sense sometimes. It's all about the... |
Why does meat not contain any carbs? Don't animals store sugars in muscles like humans do? | Meat doesn't contain any carbs, or at least not enough to be significant. carbohydrates are a way of storing sugars. your muscles uses glucose, unstored energy. to store energy, muscles use fat. we also get calories from meat via protein. so meat: fat and protein is what gives us calories. plants tend to store energy i... |
how do pain meds alleviate pain in a certain spot? | They don't. Though how they relieve pain is dependent on the type of pain med you're taking . They each have different specific mechanisms of action, but neither works at the actual point of the injury/pain. Opioids affect the central nervous system and shut down the pain signals there. Anti-inflammatories, reduce the ... |
What happens if the company you receive retirement pay from goes out of business? | Many companies pay their premiums to another company that has the retirement plan already worked out, similar to life insurance. If the company did it themselves and was behind on the payments, maybe you'll get less money than you initially anticipated |
Why does sleep paralysis usually only occur when sleeping on one's back? Does it have to do with blood flow or the inner ear? | I get it when I lay on my stomach most of the time. Only once on my back. Laying on your belly during sleep paralysis is worse IMO. More terrifying.I don't know if there is enough data to say. All I know is that when I do get sleep paralysis it is usually when I'm laying on my back. Even when I sleep on my side I usual... |
How is ecstacy in pill form if it is not manufactured by the pharmaceutical industry? | A pill press isn't difficult or expensive to get; a couple grand and you're in business. People making illegal drugs can be surprisingly sophisticated; they build submarines to run drugs into the US. As to getting around? You name it. Plain, train, bus, car, truck. I remember one case where a fuel truck blew past a wei... |
Why does my tongue feel like sandpaper after I burn it by drinking coffee thats too hot? | Not an expert, but most likely because the nerves on your tongue are numb from the "extreme" heat for a period of time |
Why is the Ohio voter rule considered voter suppression by rights groups? | Because voting isn’t a privilege, it’s a right. Imagine applying similar logic to any other right: you didn’t express your opinion so your right to free expression is quelled. You don’t own a gun so you shouldn’t be allowed to have one People have the freedom to vote as they please, if their preferred style is not voti... |
What's the difference between Arduino and Raspberry Pi? | An Arduino is a small prototyping board, based off of a microcontroller. A Raspberry Pi is a small single-board computer. The difference comes in both what they're designed to do, and how they work. An Arduino is basically a board which is home to a single chip called a microcontroller. Such a chip is a very small, ver... |
How come storage devices like USB drives and memory cards etc don't need batteries? | Interesting question! USB drives and SD cards are examples of flash memory, which is based on something named "floating-gate transistor technology". A flash memory is made of several cells, each of which is similar to transistor. Transistors are tiny electronic devices at the core of all electronics built in the last 5... |
The "de-canonization" of Star Wars, as pertains to the new films. | Star Wars has generated an absolutely massive Expanded Universe over the years. Fans have created all sorts of plots and characters, which became canonized after getting green-lighted. However, the new movies are expected to throw pretty much everything from the books/games/comics out of canon and create their own stor... |
Why sound at a certain frequency disrupts flames? | Basically, the vibrations of low frequency sound waves have the ability to separate oxygen from carbon dioxide surrounding the burning material, which will result in suffocating the flames. |
Why do I get a runny nose when I am in the cold? | During the winter air looses moisture and becomes more dry irritating your nose. Your body tries to stop this by pumping out more mucus than normal to keep the inside lining of our nose wet to keep it from drying out. |
Why is the African continent so full of wars and conflicts? | It's a previously tribal society that was colonized, exploited and divided up by Europe without concern of natural/ethnic borders, then had the nation-state model superimposed on it. [this map] illustrates my point. This has a few negative side effects. First of all, the role of personal, tribal and ethnic identity, an... |
How are presidents taken care of once they leave office? | They're given a pension as well as secret service protection for life. There were some notable ex presidents who were broke after leaving office so it was instituted when Truman retired since he was not a rich man. Hoover also took the pension. Not because he needed it but wanted to not make Truman look bad for taking ... |
Why do people laugh when they feel embarrassed? | It is conscious effort in an attempt to move a situation along more quickly. Laughing makes your mood better, it reduces stress. In a case of someone finding something horrible about you, laughing can even alter his way of thinking how bad it actually is. edit: typoBut it can backfire sometimes, laughing in the wrong t... |
Why do downloads and updates sometimes go really slow from 1-10%, then really fast from 10-20%, for example? Is there a reason they are so inconsistent? | Because different progress bars work different ways. Some are just for show. Most count tasks to be finished, without any thought to how fast those tasks are. So the tasks from 10-20% are much quicker then the tasks from 1-10% in your example. The computer doesnt know in advance how long something will take until it do... |
How come we get runny nose when we eat spicy foods? | In your throat, nose, and lungs, you have mucus membranes. These produce mucus as a defense against anything foreign, which helps keep undesirable things out of your respiratory system so it all functions nice and clean. Spicy foods contain an irritating agent - in peppers, and many pepper-based foods like hot sauce, t... |
How do I choose a credit card? | It depends - the credit card issuers put different features on different cards so that they'll appeal to different people. - Some credit cards are low fee. Get one of these if you want to be frugal. - Some cards are low interest. Get one of these if you have lots of high interest debt that you want to consolidate and p... |
When we test potential medical treatments on animals such as rats, how can they ensure they will transfer over to us humans? | We can't, but Mice/Rats are close enough to us that we can get a rough idea what a product will do to us. They usually move to human testing after animal testing. Edit: to elaborate. Mice and rats are omnivores like us, and the things that are bad for us are comparable. They also have a much faster metabolism so resear... |
Censorship reasoning across the world? | There are several reasons for censoring material, depending on the subject matter. For example, governments have an obvious interest in censoring information that may be harmful to national security. Where most people have problems with government censorship is in matters of "decency." Traditionally, governments have b... |
How can TV shows and movies that were created prior to HDTV look HD on new HD/4K TVs? | As long as the film that it was originally shot on was high quality, the film can be displayed in high quality on an HDTV. The lower quality that you saw before the advent of HDTV was often caused by the limits of the TV itself, not the original filmOlder movies were filmed mostly on 35mm, 35mm has a digital equivalanc... |
Why is increasing your heart rate with stimulants bad but increasing it with excersise good? | This should get you started, _URL_0_. The dose is what determines weather a stimulant is hormetic or notBecause your heart rebate increases for a reason when you exercise. When you exercise your muscles have a higher demand for oxygen so in turn your heart beats faster to supply more oxygen. When your heart beats from ... |
Why do people suffering from hypothermia remove their clothes? | The body tries to conserve heat by limiting blood flow to the extremities and shivering to increase heat production. But at some point these systems start to fail and the body begins to die. In a last-ditch effort to keep the body from completely shutting down the body will distribute the remaining warm blood from the ... |
What is the Dirac Sea? | **ELI18**: In 1928 Paul Dirac attempted to combine quantum mechanics and special relativity, after previous failed attempts by others. As a result, he derived what is now known as the Dirac equation. The Dirac equation can be thought of as a relativistic version of the Schrödinger equation. It describes the evolution o... |
Why is the Sahara desert so large? How has the rain shadow from the Atlas Mountains affected such a huge area of land? | The Sahara isn't a matter of rainshadow effect, it's caused by [Hadley Cells], which are large scale atmospheric circulation loops that take moisture from places along the longitude of the Sahara and American Southwest and drops it along the equator in the Congo and Amazon. Same thing happens on the other side of the e... |
Why was the sky yellow in the UK today? | The storm that hit Ireland today formed out in the Atlantic close to the Azores. As it tracked north it "sucked in" winds from across North Africa, these winds bought dust from the Sahara desert with them. This dust is now high up in the atmosphere and has spread over southern England as the storm made land over Irelan... |
Why does a horse need to be put down if they break a leg?? a dog or cat doesnt | It doesn't NEED to in some cases. People put horses down because they are no longer "useful" and rehabilitation doesn't suit their financial interests. I'm thinking specifically about race and show horses, cart mules, packing burros and forest service equines. A compassionate owner would rehab the horse. But, depending... |
Why do we use hand gestures while on the phone? | Because we are used to face to face interaction, it's a habit that's hard to shake. Why smile if no one is watching? |
Why do people keep telling me to drink water while drinking to stay hydrated, when in ye olden days before water sanitation, people drank beer all the time instead of water? | Your question is like: > Why do people keep telling me to take a pill my doctor prescribes when in ye olden days people didn't have access to the same pills? Clean water is way easier to get now than it was then. Since you have access to clean water you should use it. In the same way, getting a doctor to prescribe a pi... |
what is the deal with retail marijuana stores | Yes, federal law enforcement agents could waltz in & arrest everyone. Currently, the president has issued an order prohibiting them from doing so Theoretically, that could be revoked at any time or when the next president comes into office. |
What keeps journalists from honoring someone's request for "off the record"? | Professional reputation. You could get away with it once, but then the journalist gains a reputation for being a blabbermouth. People won't want to talk to the journalist anymore and the journalist loses out on tips on good stories. So it's in the journalist's interests to honor their word. |
If hydrogen was the birth element of all other elements, then what birthed hydrogen into existences? | Sub atomic particles formed into protons and electrons. Those protons and neutrons became attracted to one another and created hydrogen. The entire history of the world has an extremely simple view of how it worked, but it still is accurate for the scale it is on.To get an atom of hydrogen, you need a proton and an ele... |
why can a light tap or flick or what have you on my testicles hurt pretty bad, but ball-slapping sex doesn't hurt at all? | Well, during ball slapping sex, things hurt less. Hormones, adrenaline, etc. For me at least, it's common for them to be a bit sore after. |
why is dairy considered a major food group? | The milk lobby. Massive amounts of lobbying resulted in the traditional food pyramid.No, not really. I mean, it can form a part of a healthy diet but it is not really a key component. After all, in adulthood, the big advertising feature of dairy products is calcium, which you can get from other sources and some studies... |
Why does standing up while drinking make it seem to hit us harder. | I am no expert but it is because you are not using your legs/balance and when you sit and when you stand up it causes you to use these functions and since you were not using them before you did not notice them but when you stand up you realize you are intoxicated because it affects them. |
Where all the data on the internet stored, how people can buy or sell the storage space, and how to create more storage space. | > Where all the data on the internet [is] stored Huge warehouses of computers in the middle of nowhere. Sometimes, in a city, if the land was reasonably cheap. > how people can buy or sell the storage space, and how to create more storage space You rent them the use of your machine over the internet. If people need mor... |
What is the white foam that forms on top of the water when you cook pasta ? | It's starch. By the way, when cooking pasta, or any starchy items, add some oil to water. Note that this is NOT for the folk tale of making the pasta "not stick", it doesn't do jack for that. But it will prevent the pot from boiling over.It's the starch! > It has everything to do with the composition of pasta. Pasta is... |
Why is circumcision not viewed as genital mutilation? | Because circumcision is seen as "normal" in your particular culture but other forms of genital mutilation are not.Circumcision *is* a form of genital mutilation, except it is so commonplace in many western societies that we're de-sensitized to it. Just like many people will happily eat bacon, but are horrified at the t... |
Why does it takes several days to bank transfer to actually been transferred? | Two reasons: 1. because there's no pressure on banks to speed this up. It's not really a parameter people look for when choosing banks, so doing it faster gives them no real competitive advantage2. doing it slowly is easier and more profitable for the bank. They like having your money in the limbo between accounts. Whi... |
How card chips are safer than mag stripes if you can just swipe your card anyways | This is either a fault of the system in your home country, accepting swipes for chip cards when they shouldn't, or is a deliberate use of both during a transition period - the stripe only exists as a backup during the time your country is moving to chip & pin. After a certain date, the mag stripe should no longer be ac... |
What happened to AGP slots in computer motherboards? | too slow. PCIe is faster, and more versatile. Just like IDE lost out to eSATA for hard drives.AGP was just a special PCI slot on it's own bus. Being on it's own bus they could increase the clock of the AGP bus. PCIe came out which has a much faster bus and more bandwidth then AGP and PCI. So AGP and PCI were nolonger n... |
Why are we still driving on inflated rubber tires? | Today's tires have very little in common with the tires of 50 years ago beyond being rubber & filled with air. The way their built & the materials they use have been continuously refined & improved. |
Why is my head and body hair uniformly brown, but I have almost equal parts red, brown and blonde beard hair. | Because your beard hair is governed by different genes.For someone that identifies as Mexican or any other region that had been previously colonized, appearances can be oddly different that the expected appearance because of the introduction of the colonizer a genes into the existing gene pool. That's why it is not unc... |
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