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(kinda): Adventure Time | It's a very layered show. All that random stuff takes on meaning with time. One example is a snail that is in every episode and by season 3 it becomes a very sinister and ominous thing to see. It's a kids show, but it still has great character development and writing. If you watch more you will see that as it goes on i... |
Why do cars use a visual measurement for the engine's temperature rather than degrees? | My car has both, a colour gauge and a temperature rating. I think its because most people don't know what temperature their engine is meant to be at, but they do know that a dial constsntly in the red is worth getting looked at. |
how certain are our scientists that we won't accidentally bring something back from Mars / asteroid / etc that would potentially be hazardous to our planet? | Half a ton of rocks from Mars fall on earth every year . If there were dangerous microbes in space they would have made it to earth long ago. The theory of panspermia says they did and evolved into us. It's not a crazy as you might think. |
Why is most food acidic rather than alkaline? | Living things in general are more resistant to acids than alkali's, for a variety of reasons. Not only does this mean that alkali foods are more dangerous to eat, relatively speaking, but it also means that alkali foods are less common in the first place. Since food is for the most part made of things that used to be a... |
I got shot a couple years ago and never felt any pain whatsoever. How is that possible? | Basically two reasons: * The nerves around the calf area are generally spread further apart. * Two because the velocity of the bullet had slowed, due to the ricochet it did not leave an exit wound. It's the exit wound that usually causes most of the external trauma. From the blood description it sounded like it hit an ... |
Is putting my dog's droppings in a plastic bag and throwing it away healthier for the environment than just leaving it there? | It's not exactly good for the environment, at least, how we like it. Dog poop isn't fertilizer like cow manure; since we usually feed our dogs protein-rich foods, their poop tends to be more nitrogen-rich and acidic, and if you constantly leave it unattended, it can start to damage and kill grass. Once it absorbs into ... |
Why is shooting competitions divided into men and women? | For pistol shooting events men have an advantage in that they can typically contol recoil better. In rifle shooting events women have an advantage in that the shape of their hips can give them a more stable shooting platform when shooting standing. But mostly I think it's just because shooting is a largely male dominat... |
How are stores able to make a profit on Black Friday if they mark everything down so much? | To answer the last part of the OP's question, no, most stores don't run at a loss for the majority of the year. Only overly specialized, niche stores do. Most stores see an increase in volume that makes it a really attractive day, but it's borderline suicidal to stay open with a loss for eleven fiscal periods a year.Th... |
What are the negatives of putting nuclear waste on a rocket and launching into the sun? | We wouldn't be able to recover it, in case we found a use for it in the coming millennia I'd say that's pretty likely. We already have [reactor types] that can burn some kinds of nuclear waste. |
Do stocks have any inherit value other than the hope that someone will pay more for them in the future? | Well when you use the example of 0.0000000001% then I would guess not as that is nowhere near close enough to gaining a controlling interest in a company. But yes besides from just buying stock and making a cash in if the selling price increases on the market, purchasing stock, enough stock rather, in effect makes you ... |
what happens to stuff during the "Heat Death of the Universe"? | > Like Voyager 1 for example - let's say that it never crashes into anything AND never disintegrates. You can't assume that, or else you haven't reached Heat Death. |
When does a "startup company" actually stop being referred to as one? | Something crazy like 95% of startups don't make it past the 5 year mark, so I'd say after 5 legitimate years in business a company would no longer be a start up |
Why are pay bonuses taxed heavier than your regular wage? | > Do you technically get more of that back? You've got the right idea. There's more tax withholding on your bonus check than on your weekly paycheck, but, when you file your taxes, it all gets sorted out. Here's the gist of how withholding works: Every time you get paid- weekly or biweekly or monthly- the payroll offic... |
What it SRS, all the drama surrounding it, and why pretty much all of reddit hates it? | I read and I occasionally comment on threads in SRS. So, read and be aware there's some possible bias. I've done my best to provide no bias either way. SRS proper is a circlejerk. SRS does not want to actually rip the foreskins off of all straight white American men. SRS does, however, strive to point out the treatment... |
How is porn still profitable? | The free porn video quality isn't that great . You need to subscribe to a site to see the HD content. Also, men can be very obsessive. Like Nautica Thorn? Want to see new pictures of her as soon as they go online? Subscribe to her site. . Also, as been mentioned ads. A very low percentage of people click ads and even l... |
Why do people care so much about kitchen cabinets, why do they cost so much, and what makes them out of date? | Other things that quickly go out of fashion: Women's haircuts Women's clothes Women's shoes Other things that cost much more than they should: Women's haircuts Women's clothes Women's shoes Just sayin' |
Why do people wear helmets in autocross? | Because banging your head against the side of the door or window at 50 mph does a grand job at hurting your brain. Even the helmet isn't always going to help, just look at what happened to Dale Earnhardt. |
Why can't horse races be run without jockeys, like how dog races can? | It has to do a lot with tradition. Horse racing has been going on for thousands of years. Back then horses were the equivalent of cars today. Horse racing was as much about the rider and his skill as the horse's speed and strength. Taking the rider off the horse and training it to run around a track would be about the ... |
how will the US ever handle their debt situation? | Debt from creating the world's largest military stockpile. Collecting this money will be difficult. While China loaned the US a lot of money, the money they received in outsourced US manufacturing is vastly more. Giving the US a open credit line has been profitable. |
What makes some laughs more infectious than others? | I'd say a sense of empathy with the laugher or the cause of the laugh. ", 'A laugh that sounds "funny" is more likely to make you laugh. Some people have more silly/ridiculous laughs, making then more "contagious"Hearing someone laugh from the other room or bathroom after a joke that was thought no one else would hear. |
Why are solar panels installed on an angle instead of flat? | > Logically, if they were flat, they'd get more exposure to the sun, no? No! The sun doesn't move directly overhead most of the time when you are in the northern hemisphere because of course it tends to be toward the south, so angling the solar panels that direction will give them the best exposure over the entire year... |
Why does the hair on a man's head and face grow continuously, while eyelashes and eyebrows stay the same length? | All hair has a terminal length. The terminal length of head hair and facial hair is much longer than other body hair. But all hair has a terminal length at which it will stop growing. There are people who can grow their hair 16 feet - these people are abnormal. There are people who can barely get their hair to grow pas... |
China has giant empty cities like Ordos that have been waiting for years for people to move in to. Why don't Syrian refugees go to the massive already built empty cities in China? | Living in China now. Here's a few reasons off the top of my head: 1) Logistics. You're talking about moving hundreds of thousands of people from Syria to China. How do you propose to get them there? 2) Syrians don't speak Chinese. Chinese for the most part don't speak Arabic. Who will pay for the resources to have the ... |
Why do some countries want to keep their currency value low? | I live in cold Britain and I love travelling, and usually I look to travel where my Pound Sterling gets me the most value e.g. 4/5 star hotels, hire cars, entertainment for cheap. So when my £1 could get me $2 I really wanted to go to the USA, in fact I take that back - I went to the USA! Spent some time in New York wi... |
Why does time seem to move faster as we age? | Because if you think about it in context When you are 10 years old when a month passes that's 1/120 of your life But when you are 30 years old that's 1/360 of your life So as you age, every single second/minute/hour/etc.. is smaller and smaller compared to your life so even if the time is the same in your perspective, ... |
Why does Canada have such high gas prices? | Because taxes. Gas is about 10 cents cheaper in Alberta than Saskatchewan, because of higher taxes. Don't they still have those stickers on the pump which breaks down the gas price? Tax is about half of it. US gas has less tax, plain and simple. You're paying twice as much today because of inflation and a high oil mark... |
How Do Car Insurance Companies Justify not Paying for the Full Cost of Repairs After a Wreck | If you want replacement cost some insurers have endorsements where you pay extra premium for insuring a car, provided it was bought brand new. With this clause you get the value of the same make and model of whatever year the loss, without it you would get actual cash value. This endorsement typically has a lifespan of... |
How do rockers run all over the stage without tripping over cords? | Stage managers take care to ensure that there are no loose cables, that they're all gaffa-taped down, and so on. Stage areas are clearly marked to the musicians can see where the edge is, though they still get it wrong - ask Axl Rose or Dave Grohl about that. Most guitarists these days use wireless systems: when you se... |
Why are Texas Instrument calculators still so expensive? | just because they are one of very few manufacturers does not mean that they have to set the price low. There are some competitors, like Casio and HP, but many stores choose to only carry one brand. There is not a huge market for graphing calculators, so it does not help a store to devote more floor space to something t... |
Simulation Argument (Theory that we are living in a computer simulated universe.) | Imagine, for a minute, that it is possible to eventually create a computer that has artificial intelligence that is as conscious as us. It's probably easiest to think of consciousness as a scale, where 1 is something that is able to react to external stimulus and 10 is something that is self-aware, thinking, critical, ... |
What's really stopping us from harvesting space resources (gas, minerals, asteroids, etc.)? | Cost, at this time, it still requires an extreme amount of money/resources to launch something into orbit or beyond. There isn't anything that we need that badly that would justify mining an asteroid/etc.Launching a kilogram of payload into orbit alone is *very* expansive. [Wikipedia] lists the price for a Rocket of ty... |
Why do downloads seem to have inertia? When you stop them they keep going for 10-15 seconds. | In some cases, the current speed is reported as the average speed over the last 10, for example, seconds. The Downthemall plugin, for instance, will show the average, but will give you the instantaneous speed when you mouse over a download. When you stop it, it's still taking the last bit of activity into account in th... |
How does laser cooling work? | Photons have momentum. When the atom is moving towards the source, it absorbs the photon, and slows down a bit . Otherwise, the photon is the wrong wavelength due to doppler shifting, so it doesn't get absorbed. There are lots of other ways to use a laser to slow down atoms. |
Why do people in every country seem to detest their government? | Countries are hugely complex entities usually with man millions of moving parts and there are millions of things that could go wrong at any given moment and they often do. Governments also tend to be big slow inefficient behemoths who are often nearly strangled by their own bureaucracy. When something goes wrong it usu... |
Can I make a citizen's arrest on a police officer? | It depends on the state. Where I am, a citizen can detain another person if they committed a felony and can use the same amount of force as a law enforcement officer can when doing so. However, the person making the arrest has NO protection from civil lawsuits. In theory, a citizen has the right to enforce any law, as ... |
How do clothing companies get away with using images of super heroes, mickey mouse, spongebob, etc. on their t-shirts? | They are licensed or they are counterfeit/copywrite infringing. But it's pretty easy for a tiny clothing company to get away with it because police don't bother with copywrite infringement. Disney would have to take notice and take action. |
If my phone is off, how does it know I pressed the button to turn it on? | If it's a momentary switch, then parts of the device are never truly off. Some parts of it have to have power so it can detect the **temporarily** completed circuit. This is the type of switch used on desktop and laptop computers, and in your keyboard and mouse. |
What are "eye boogers" and how are they formed? | A combination of mucus, oil, skin cells and other debris. If you get excessive 'eye boogers', then visit an optometrist or ophthalmologist ASAP! Source: _URL_0_ |
Why do I never laugh out loud when I'm on my own? | Laughter is communication. As a social being, you want others in your group to know when you've caught on to the incongruity of a situation and that you understand why it is absurd or askew. When no one is around you, you don't feel quite as compelled to communicate.I laugh out loudly far too often when im alone. Its a... |
What do protein supplement powders actually do for your body after working out (e.g. Whey Protein powders)? What benefits does it provide? | It doesn't 'do' anything special. If you're getting somewhere between 0.7-0.82 g of protein/lb from your regular food then you don't need it at all. Protein supplements are just an easy way to get extra protein if you happen to be a little short for the day, any other claims that they make can safely be ignored. _URL_4... |
Why Frodo and not Sam had to carry the ring, when clearly Sam looked like a better choice? | It's an interesting question. I think part of the whole point is that NO ONE wanted to carry the ring. Frodo, amazing little Hobbit that he was and full of courage, was the only one who stepped up and offered to carry the burden. Everyone else offered their help, but Frodo took on the responsibility of being the ring b... |
How is tungsten melted down if the torch that produces the heat and the crucible it sits in all melt at lower temperatures than the tungsten? | Pure metals are elements. Elements are single types of atoms together. If you mix different elements, you can get a compound with a melting point higher than some elements. Tungsten has the highest metal melting point, not element. And still doesn't mean it has a higher point than anything Based on some comments, OP di... |
Lossless audio files. What's the point of having a 1000 kbps FLAC file that's 40 mb vs. a 320 kbps MP3 that's less than 10 mb? | MP3 files compress the file so that there are pieces of the music that are missing. Lossy formats attempt to minimize the acoustic artifacts that you'll be least likely to notice, but there is always going to be a loss in fidelity. FLAC compresses the file size, but the algorithm does it in such a way that no data is l... |
Can your body become addicted/dependent on a substance even if you have no idea what it is? | Of course. There are plenty of cases of children being born to women who used drugs like crack while pregnant, and then those children are born with addictions to the drugs. So it would definitely make sense for an adult to become addicted to a substance that they were unaware they had consumed. *edit: I've been correc... |
Why does it cost over $2 million to make a single Family Guy or The Simpsons episode? | I'd just like to add that for an episode of the new 'top gear', it costs $4.5m per episode, for reference. |
If aliens exist and have been to this planet, why would the government have to keep it hidden and "top secret?" | It is an actual military R & D site and remains classified for that reason. The alien bit was because when next-gen stealth fighters take off in the middle of the night, it can look a bit odd, especially before 'stealth fighter' was in the public's vocabulary.The problem with buying into a conspiracy theory is that a l... |
What does a 30% chance of rain actually mean? | Weather forecasts are usually for a given area. The percentage they give is the chance they think it will rain somewhere in the area times the amount of area that will see rain if it does rain. For example, if the weather forecast is for a city and the meteorologist thinks that there's a 70% chance it will rain somewhe... |
Does the President of The United States actually get to relax when he is on vacation? | I run a small company with only 45 employees and I go to sleep thinking about work, wake up thinking about work, think about work in the shower, on the ride to work, etc. etc. I can't imagine the pressure the President must feel. Crazy that anyone would voluntary work so hard to get into that office. |
Why is milk from Poland so cheap in China right now? | Also trade in general is growing between Poland and China, so this might be just a matter of convenience, as there could be some available space for export in containers heading to China. Not all companies export whole shipping containers and often look for some cooperators to share the shipping space, so while the gen... |
Is the jump from the size of a human to the size of the visible universe comparable to the jump from the smallest known object to the size of a human? | I don't think so. That said - if you have some time [this website] has a *brilliant* interactive scale that will take you backwards and forwards from human scale through to the smallest known things and up to the largest. |
How did Argos UK shopping center become so popular/famous? | Because Argos has the 'laminated book of dreams'. The reason it is laminated is to catch the tears of joy that form as you look at all the wonderous things and realise you can't possibly own them all.It is essentially online shopping from a shop front. But it began before online shopping was a thing. and the reason it ... |
Why are there no plants that are naturally black? | Plants use two pigments, more or less, to absorb light. Chlorophyll a which absorbs reds and purples and chlorophyll b which absorbs blues and oranges, leaving green. So they absorb about 2/3 of the visible spectrum which isn't too bad. My guess is that there isn't a single good molecule that absorbs across the whole v... |
Why did they remove baseball from the 2016 summer Olympics? | There are plenty of sports that are not globally popular that continue in the Olympics. The real reason is that baseball has a very robust professional league . Moreover, the Olympics take place in the middle of the baseball season, so the best players aren't available to compete . Unlike hockey, MLB isn't interested i... |
What is it that happens when I'm comfortably falling asleep in my bed and then I suddenly feel a shock or startled sensation and almost jump out of my skin. | I can't remember the name ~~or something like that~~), but it's basically when your body starts falling asleep, so your heart rate and respiration decrease, but your mind isn't ready to sleep , and realises that your heart is slowing down , jolts you to 'wake' you up again.: There are several brain waves that the brain... |
Why does unplugging and then re-plugging a finicky electronic device sometimes fix the problem? | *Everything* is a computer nowadays. And computers need to be restarted when something goes wrong. Why? Because computer programs are not perfect. There's always a bug in the code, somewhere, waiting to be stumbled upon when some unique circumstance occurs. Cycling the power clears the computer's memory and forces prog... |
Howcome we don't yawn when we focus on a task when we are tired, but yawn a lot when we are bored and wide awake? | I believe we yawn sometimes because our bodies just need more oxygen. We take deeper breaths because when we're relaxed we breathe slower. Not a Doctor, or a scientist but it makes sense. |
Why is it acceptable for celebrities to receive millions of dollars in salary while a CEO of a billion dollar company is often criticized for that? | Some of the answers seem to forget a fundamental difference between celebrities and CEOs. CEOs have duties and responsibilities to a large group of stakeholders. Every dollar they are being paid means a dollar less that shareholders and employees of that company get. So people are outraged that some employees down the ... |
why doesn't the Ukrainian president want to join the EU? | Ukraine is divided between two opinions, and it's near 50/50 of supporters of each . Yanukovich represents mostly pro-Russian people. |
How come cars don't automatically detect and tell what is wrong with them? Given all the technology we have today? | They do. I'll give you an example. My 2001 Corvette threw a 1214 code a few weeks ago. If you go look that up you will find that it relates to a specific relay within one of the several computers. A dealership would have swapped the computer and charged me $2k. As an electronic technician, I decided to fix the relay be... |
Why don't religious groups pay taxes? | Religious groups don't pay taxes as the government must avoid excessive entanglement with religion as established in Lemon v. Kurtzman. Congress cannot create any taxes that would tax religious establishment as it would violate the 3rd prong of the Lemon Test.As short as I can possibly make it; taxes can be used to inf... |
Why does restarting your phone/computer solve many minor problems you may have with it? | Image you're near the end of a game of chess when you notice both your bishops are on black squares. You know this shouldn't happen, but you don't know at what point the mistake happened, and you don't have a record of all your moves, so can't work backwards. Your only option is to accept something has gone wrong and s... |
Why don't countries like China make the US pay them back? | > yet nobody makes them pay anything? What do you mean? The US pays back its debt every single time. US debt is Treasury Bills. . Simplified example: You buy a $100 1 year T Bill. In a year, the US gives you $102. . What you can't do is buy a 1 year T Bill and demand payment next week. Neither can China. They can pull ... |
How are photos colourised? | I colorize photos as a hobby sometimes. )First thing I do is researching the objects in the photo. Stuff like uniforms, dresses, buildings etc. I find new images of them and do a color sample. When I can't find out a color for something I just do an educated guess. My method is that I create layers with each their own ... |
Why is it that when I fart in cold climate you cannot see the the fart, opposed to when I breathe out air, I can see my breath. | Now first I'd like to rule out that possibility that it's not just your pants diffusing and masking the fart vapour.Have you tried a sub-zero bare-assed fart to confirm?", 'This man. Asking the real questions. *Yer doin gods work, son*I distinctly recall one New Year's Eve when I was out with my brother and his wife--w... |
What is it about Denmark that consistently puts them at the top of the "happiest people on earth" list? | Having lived and worked there for a time, a combination of: 1. Saying everything is fine when they don't really feel that way. 1. Rampant, Olympic-level alcoholism. |
Why do fast cars cough and splutter even at low speeds? | I think you're just talking about hearing the exhaust. Powerful cars have powerful exhausts that spit combustion fumes out much more forcefully. |
How did student debt become as big as it is? Can America fix this issue? | This all started when the federal government got into the student loan business. Colleges and universities saw the huge availability of federally-backed, non-bankruptable loans and knew they could raise their prices to help pay for more stuff. As schools became more expensive, more loans were needed, more became availa... |
the different road types: street, avenue, road, drive, parkway, highway, etc... | A lot of other people have already mentioned that it depends on where you live. To give a good example of that you can look in Florida. In Marion County avenues run North and South while Streets run East and West. If you go a county North to Alachua County streets are North/South while avenues are East/West. Marion Cou... |
If a jury is supposed to not know the details of a trial ahead of time, how do they find jurors for high profile trials like the Boston bombing? | In high profile cases like the Boston bombing, no one really expects jurors not to know anything about the event and the story behind the brothers. What jury selection is trying to do is weed out people who have already made up their mind and aren't likely to budge. Both the prosecuting attorney and defense get to pick... |
Why does nobody care enough to try and stop what's happening in Syria? | It's not a matter of not caring. Intervention has unintended consequences, and can usually make things worse rather than better. |
What stops democrats from registering as republicans en masse for the primary and voting for the weakest candidate, so as to give Obama an easy ride in November? | if that is what it takes to get Obama re-elected, then maybe he is not the right person for the job just sayin' |
Why is China able to build entire cities in the time it takes most western nations to build one skyscraper? | There are two questions here. The first is why does China build an entire city instead of just a skyscraper and then why can they do it so quickly. Let's say that the value of a city is $100 if it is fully utilized. China decided to build that city even though it isn't going to utilize it yet, with the hopes that it wi... |
How does pleading guilty/non-guilty really matter when they will just be tried and declared guilty/not guilty? | If a person pleads guilty, there is no criminal trial. Criminal trials are to determine whether or not a person is guilty. By making a 'guilty' plea, there is no *need* to have a trial.As a criminal, pleading guilty has always been the best way to go. When admitting guilt, you give up your rights for a trial; usually t... |
Recently the video of Yale Students showed people snapping instead of clapping; how and why does clapping trigger people? | It doesn't unless they have severe PTSD, and if that is the case they need to be getting treatment. Changing societal behavior is not needed and coddling them rather than helping them deal with the trauma helps no one. |
Why is the g string on a guitar the one that tends to go out tune the most. | I have always come to the conclusion that because it's the thinnest wound string it has the thinnest core and thinnest wind,these are more prone to stretching due to the nature of the materials they are made from, than say the high e or b string which once stretched out it becomes more stable unlike the g string which ... |
how does the petrol pump know when to stop? | Does anybody know why these aren't on all pumps? I recently returned a rental car near Disney World, and topped up the gas at the station right beside the rental place. It wasnt't until I heard the gas splashing onto the ground that I realized the tank was full. |
What is the difference between a democracy and a republic? | public good" - our closest direct translation is commonwealth - which was their translation of the Greek politeia . Republic refers both to any type of government or regime in general, and to a specific type of regime which is a balance between democratic, aristocratic, and monarchic government. In modern Europe, repub... |
Why do presidents elect Supreme Court justices? Doesn't this defy the whole balance of the three branches of government? | They don't. The President nominates a Justice, and the Senate vets and confirms them. It takes the agreement of the Executive and Legislative branches to put a new Justice on the bench. |
How is sexual dimorphism preserved? | Sexual dimorphism is preserved as the genes that determine those traits are found on the sex chromosomes. Mate selection behaviour is one factor that ensures certain traits are preserved, particularly in birds. Its all about those sex specific genes, so recombination doesn't really come into it. |
What makes a knife a "good knife" and worthy of costing hundreds of dollars? Aren't all knives just sharp metal? | different grades and types of metal will sharpen better/stay sharpened longer for one. also craftsmanship and economies of scale. handmade in a guys garage with grizzly bear bone and bald eagle talon? that's gonna be expensive. Like a lot of things, a knife that gets the job done can be pretty cheap and mass produced, ... |
Why does weight loss surgery always involve making the stomach smaller? | The problem with restricting the absorption of nutrients is that we really do need nutrients to live, and the bowels play very important roles in regulation of water and electrolytes. Calories aren't the only thing we absorb, we also need various compounds that the body cannot produce itself, such as vitamins, minerals... |
Why do we have to file taxes and pay the IRS money? Don't they already take money out of your paycheck for that very reason? | The money removed from your pay is a prepayment of taxes based on an **estimate** of the final tax you should pay. At the end of the year you complete the paperwork to find out if the estimate was correct or not. If it was not then you will either owe more or get a refund. The estimate is based on a form that you fill ... |
Why have we not paved the deserts with solar panels yet? | ELI5 [got into this in a fair bit of detail] last week, there's a lot of good info in there. |
Why does California allow public/private water fountains and water-parks during a Drought State of Emergency? | You see a lot of water in one place, but it's not really significant compared the amount used for irrigation or millions of homes. |
Why are pencils shaped in a hexagon? | It accomplishes two things: the flat sides limit it's rolling about , and the relative roundness makes it easier / more comfortable to hold and write with. You can actually find flat pencils in home stores, meant for use by carpenters. The shape makes them virtually impossible to write with, but they don't roll at all.... |
Why is space debris during interstellar travel at 35,000 miles/second + not an issue? | There is a lot of garbage in low earth orbit because we didn't consider it may be an issue until it was already an issue. Once you get past low earth orbit space is largely empty. Even with all the garbage that we put up there it's still so incredibly unlikely to hit anything that it isn't a problem. Once you get outsi... |
Why would companies like Dominos prefer to sell me 3 entire one-topping pizzas for cheaper than one pizza with multiple toppings? | Pre-made dough. Most places like major chains don't make their dough from scratch, so as long as they are moving dough, they are not at risk of having it go bad. |
What should I expect from my root canal? | Try some nitros oxide if they offer it. Makes all the difference in the world if you're anxious or afraid of dental work in general. |
Why do television camera crews use very large cameras to film, but my go pro cam shoots HD and is smaller than my fist? | For newsgathering, the extra weight of the camera is actually a plus. Light cameras produce shaky footage - heavier cameras, sitting on a relatively stable base like the cameraperson's shoulder, have more inertia and make for steadier pictures. |
How can depression/suicidal thoughts be a side effect of some antidepressants? | There are a bunch of proposed mechanisms, but this is an ongoing subject of study. There's not a whole lot to say other than the brain and mind are very complex and we aren't sure how it works, much less be able to pinpoint why a certain behaviour or thoughts occur. |
Why is the roman or ottoman empire not called the italian or turkish empire? | Romans were from Rome and called themselves Romans. Ottoman is a bit more complicated, but it wasn't just Turkey and is mostly a historical designation to avoid confusion. |
How can some animals, like cats, jump incredible distances relative to their size while humans can, at best, jump only a few feet in any direction? | These boots were made for walking~ No seriously, our feet, legs, hips, spine, eyes, and skin are all designed for long distance pursuit of prey. Humans are probably the scariest predators for any animal to have to deal with since we are basically the Jason Voorhees of the natural world. If we were to hunt naturally we ... |
Why do banks have so many local branches? | I don't know, but I'd guess that one or more studies have shown that having a branch that is visible to people, largely increased their trust in that bank and thus their choice of where to do their banking. If I drive by a 'ABC Bank' branch on the way to work everyday, I'm more likely to choose them because I know I ca... |
what is the reason why we don't eat crows or crows' eggs? How come we eat only from a short list of birds. | Because once one animal becomes domesticated, it's much more efficient to eat that animal as compared to other animals. For example, chickens lay eggs year round in large clutches, most birds don't. This is a trait that has been bred into domesticated chickens. So once you have a few good domesticated animals, nobody b... |
how do spiders make webs across two objects or walls etc that are a fair distance away from each other? | The spider lets out a strand, which floats on the wind until it catches somewhere. If it doesn't catch, the spider eats the strand and tries again. If it does catch, the spider will attach a strand where it's sitting and let it out as it walks across the original strand.Howstuffworks has a good visualization of the pro... |
how do they get modern military equipment for movies? | A lot of equipment isn't modern by any means, specially tanks. But Hollywood knows that most people either can't tell the difference or don't care about it, as long as its metal made and with tracks that's a tank. |
What happened with the game Spore? | It was terrible. stage 1 was the cell level, which was fun, and how you created your creatured mattered. stage 2 is when your creature walks on land, but has nothing to do with stage 1, so all that 'evolution' doesn't have any effect. gameplay is mediocre at best. stage 3 is the tribal stage, which is basically a terri... |
How does Kim Jong-un keep his people from knowing what's going on in the real world? | A big portion of the North Koreans know they are being screwed big time which is why you hear stories about them trying to flee to China or S. Korea. The thing is they are prisoners in their own country and one wrong move can mean death. They don't know if the guy next to them is going to rat them out for brownie point... |
What happens if a cemetery runs out of room? | A lot of the times in Western nations the cemetary just stops taking new bodies and they just open up a new one somewhere else. There's bunch of older cemetaries in cities that are closed off and dead.They call in the Skeltal Golem. He fuses the skeletons to his body and in exchange he gives the gravekeepers plenty of ... |
Why are so many jobs/careers so against tattoos and piercings in the work place? | Because it's not seen as professional - particularly in an office job, or one where you need to deal with the general public. |
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