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When I clasp my hands together, why does it feel so unnatural to have my right thumb on top? | I tried it. Then I figured it out, it feels unnatural because it's not the same clasp. Extend your right hand in front of you horizontally then clasp with your left vertically and if you swap thumbs then it feels weird. Flip it and have your left hand in front and you clasp with your right then it's the same and if you... |
How did France lose to Germany so quickly in 1940? | In a nutshell, the French's defense plan hinged on the idea that the German attack wouldn't come in through Belgium, thinking that the Ardennes forest would be impenetrable and too risky. This ignored the fact that the Ardennes was how Germany invaded France during WWI So essentially the Germans broke through and were ... |
How do astronomers know there are billions of galaxies out there, but don't know for sure if there's a planet in our solar system beyond Pluto? | Because we've seen the truth of it in images we've taken. Check this out: [Hubble Ultra Deep Field] Every single object in this image is an *entire galaxy*. And yet the image itself came from an area of the sky only 1/10 as wide as the full moon. On the other hand, a planet beyond pluto would be very dark; we would hav... |
How did we land on the moon and why do we really need to think about it on how to land on Mars? | Mars is much more massive than the moon. Thus the force of gravity while attempting to land on it is stronger. Furthermore, Mars has an atmosphere. It isn't as dense as the atmosphere of Earth, so while parachutes can be used to slow the decent, they aren't as effective as on Earth. Also, that atmosphere may have wind ... |
Why can't we build a subway or tunnel from the US to Europe? | It's just not feasible in any practical manner it would have to go incredibly deep due to the depth of the ocean, and the amount of material needed to keep it pressurized would be incredible, and the risk of rupture would be great and pose a huge threat. Never mind the logistics of getting to the bottom of the ocean fl... |
Why I see patterns and swirls when I'm in complete darkness. | Everything that your brain interprets as vision is simply a model of what is as interpreted by our animal brains, not what actually is. What we've found is that this model can be manipulated in many different ways either purposefully or against your will. Prolonged darkness is one of the ways in which this model can be... |
Some people say Obama lowered the deficit, some say he raised it more than any other president. Who is right and how can there be such a gap in analysis here? | Each year the government has spent more money than it raises. The result of this is that the debt has increased every year for a while now . However, the debt doesn't increase by the same amount each year. The largest deficit ever to occur did indeed happen under Obama, in 2009. That fiscal year there was a $1413 Billi... |
ELIM5: Why does growing a beard itch like hell? | I never had itching just some tickling when random hairs poked out at odd angles and touched parts of my cheek that weren't used to being touched. |
Why we can take detailed photos of galaxies millions of lightyears away but can't take a single clear photo of Pluto | Think of it like you're in a car, traveling across the big city. You take out your phone and take a picture of some of the sky scrapers from far away. It's pretty easy because the buildings are far away and from where you are, the perspective doesn't really change for the most part. And then imagine trying to take a pi... |
Why are so many non-psychoactive medicines prescription only? | TL;DR: Exactly what's available over-the-counter and what requires a prescription is pretty much arbitrary. Just because a particular medication isn't psychoactive doesn't mean it isn't *dangerous*. That topical cream? [Yeah, it can be *seriously* bad for you if you overdo it.] That said, exactly which drugs can be pur... |
Why Libraries Aren't Illegal | It's the same way Netflix and Spotify work. You don't get to own the thing. You rent something for a monthly/yearly price , and you can only use it in specified ways or place or time lengths. It's kinda the same thing when you rent a house; you live in it, you don't own it. You can't do most renewals to it without auth... |
Why Didn’t the Allies Just Bomb the Beaches of Normandy Instead of Sending in a Suicide Ground Assault? | They did both! The problem is that the air assault was not very successful. They didn't have guided weapons, just unguided, so most bombs missed. And it was dark and cloudy. And the Germans had powerful air defenses, and heavily fortified concrete bunkers. |
How do movies and TV shows deal with actresses getting pregnant? | Depends on the show. Sometimes they write it in, and other times they try to hide it. On Deep Space Nine, for example, a woman got pregnant but they didn't think it would fit to have her character raise a child. So, it being a science fiction show, they wrote an episode where she wound up having to carry the child of a... |
Why do some people faint when they see famous people (on concerts, etc.)? What happens to their body? | Uhg, reminds me of the time I threw up in my mouth and choked on it when I met Britney Spears after a taping of X Factor. My body just couldn't handle the excitement.If someone faints at a rock concert, what happens to their body is that it gets groped, most likelyMore serious answer, at a guess, hormones, peer pressur... |
How do companies make money by giving huge bonuses to new hires? | Hiring bonuses are usually a small fraction of a yearly salary. Over 5 years it's practically nothing. Bigger picture, companies pay employees less than they make from their labor. Google makes something crazy, like $100,000 per employee hour. That's why they offer huge salaries, catered lunches, gym memberships, snack... |
ELI where the heck Pinterest came from, and why am I hearing so much about it in just the past 30 days? | The reason you've heard about them more recently is because they won best new startup of 2011 at the Crunchies awards ceremony in San Francisco on Jan 31. |
How can the president order media blackouts? | You can still say whatever you want, but you can't do it as an official on behalf of the agency that the president runs. Which is most federal agencies.The President is the boss of all the people in the Executive Branch. He can order what the employees do during their work. The order, which is not that uncommon, says "... |
Why does drinking alcohol make you hungry? | I don't have any scientific evidence to back it up but I think it's simply that alcohol lowers your inhibitions and you feel less guilty about eating more. |
What caused the downfall and collapse of the worlds great empires in the 20th Century? Also, Is there a potential for massive empires to reemerge again? | It seems that technological advances, particularly in war made building and maintaining empires much more costly. Almost to the point where it isn't worth it. You saw this with France's inability to retake Indochina after WW2. Ever see that one movie where the British fight Zulu warriors?Well imagine if those guys had ... |
Why was the Lewinsky scandal such a big deal? | In the nineties, everyone was a big prude. Bill Clinton was the first man to receive a blow job EVER and people went Fucking insane. There were many factors: many people felt it should have been handled between Bill and Hillary, they also saw it as a purely political show trial. Others thought it was a major deal and t... |
What is the difference between a profession and a trade | I don't know where you are, but in the case of the US, it's actually in the federal law: Title 5 U.S. Code § 7103 > “professional employee” means— > an employee engaged in the performance of work— > requiring knowledge of an advanced type in a field of science or learning customarily acquired by a prolonged course of s... |
Why do criminals who robber and became rich/set for life, go and rob again rather than just disappear and enjoy life? | Because they don't take that money and put it in an IRA. They blow it all on cars, drugs, and alcohol until they need to rob a bank again. Then the cycle starts over. Anyone who gets into robbing banks is bound to have one or twi issues with impulse control |
If the population of Crimea wish to be apart of Russia, why can't they separate from the Ukraine. East Timor became it's own sovereign state, how does this differ? | The main difference is the independence referendum was allowed by Indonesia . Essentially, a region can't just decide for itself that it's allowed to leave its mother country; it has to be allowed to do so by the mother country. For example consider Scotland leaving the UK versus Texas seceding from the US. In the UK, ... |
What is a Git and what is GitHub? | Git is a software version system, which allows people to work on the same source code in the same time - something similiar to collaborative document editing. You are informed about changes: who made them, why they were made, and how the code looks after changes.Github is a community site, built around the idea of many... |
Why is it when someone yawns, inevitably I need to yawn right afterward? | I don't know the answer, but I can tell you that it's great fun turning around during a Monday morning lecture and yawning as dramatically as possible to see how many people you can catch.interesting fact: babies do not do this. it is not until 3-4 years of age, around the time of true self realizationYawning, like lau... |
How can hooliganism be orchestrated? | Think of football hooligans as meta gangs. They are hugely committed to the project of following their team and fighting others doing the same. They are relatively small, cohesive groups that have clear aims and goals. The fact that those goals are ridiculous to you is not important. They plan very very carefully, and ... |
how can galaxies be traveling faster than the speed of light? Doesn't this disobey Einstein's theory of relativity? | A common example is if you imagine galaxies as dots on a rubber bands. If you make two dots move away from each other at the speed of light. Now if you stretch the rubber band while they're moving they haven't broken the speed of light but because space is expanding, they look like they're moving away faster. |
if warm air rises, why is it colder the farther you get from the earth's surface? | The air does actually get warmer as you go higher up, if you are in the stratosphere. This is because hot air rises, obviously. The reason near the ground the air gets colder as you go higher, is that the air doesn't absorb much sunlight, so most of the sun's energy heats the ground. Then the ground warms the air near ... |
Alcohol is less dense than water, so why do the last sips of a cocktail taste stronger than the first? | Educated guess here. In my experience this happens when you add the alcohol before the mixer and don't stir. I am guessing it is simply due to a rather slow rate of dispersion.Are you drinking through a straw? Some cocktails are served with a straw, anyway.. A straw sucks liquid from the bottom first, so it would make ... |
For all the money and research, why haven't we cured cancer? | The problem with curing cancer is that every case of cancer is different, and I don't even mean different kinds like lung and breast, i mean that between 2 people with the same kind. There's a great Scishow video on the subject that I hope a kind redditor will link for us |
Why can you see the moon in the daytime sometimes but other times you cant? | Because the moon rise and moonset are slightly faster -- about 50 minutes-- than a regular day. So sometimes the moon is rising during the day; other times it's rising at night. _URL_0_ |
What is a pap smear and what is it for | I'm going to piggy-back on this and ask why the hell was I soo sore down there later?? Like, sitting wasn't even comfortable. O^O |
Why doesn't everyone who plays roulette just continually bet on one color and double their stake each time they lose? Are their rules against it or are the odds less favourable than they appear? | This is known as the [Martingale method], and it works great . . . until it bankrupts you. You can keep doubling your bet, and you'll win sometimes, but the sheer probabilities dictate that you will eventually hit a losing streak where the next doubling will require more money than you have. And that's assuming that th... |
Why is Humpty Dumpty often times depicted as an egg when the nursery rhyme does not mention him being an egg? | Humpty Dumpty was a canon that cracked, all the kings horses and all the kings men couldn't figure out how to uncrack it so it couldn't be fired. Most older nursey ryhmes were political satire. The grand old duke of york, he had 10,000 men is about the ill concieved battle strategies of Richard, Duke of York . ring a r... |
What are the down sides to drug testing for welfare and food stamps? | Aside from the cost, it also starts leading down a slippery slope. If you are testing food stamp recipients because they are receiving tax payer money from the state, why not test students who are getting a scholarship to a state college, because they are getting tax payer money also. Then you might as well test the st... |
I've heard that services like Uber & Lyft are in a legal "gray area", and they have been ruled legal in some places, but illegal in others. Why is this? | Not a specialists but I watched a documentary in Germany a while back where they explained the German standpoint on it. There were two major problems: 1. Insurance, since uber drivers don't have an extended or higher insurance security than the average dude. Passengers wouldn't be covered since it's not a privat thing ... |
The phrase, "if the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't" | The brain is a very complicated thing, and we have complicated ways of thinking, and acting, I guess. If the brain was simple enough for us to understand, it clearly wouldn't have the capability to allow us to understand anything of that simplicity anyway. I think? If our brain was simple, we'd be dumb.The reason we ca... |
What would happen if a political party's nominee could no longer run? | Kinda to add to this, what would happen if the candidate won the election, but before being sworn in they decide they don't want to to be president, and withdraw? |
How can I eat 2000 calories and 100 g of fat in a meal at Whataburger and still be hungry? If I ate that many calories in a home cooked meal I would be bloated. | Oh my god, Whataburger, so delicious! Just moved from the Southwest and they don't have them here. |
Why did the Republicans block their own bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security? | > Is there something larger at stake? And just to add to what's been said, the Tea Party Republicans want a bill passed that reverses the executive action Obama took on immigration. So basically the Tea Party Republicans want to deny funding to the Department of Homeland Security until they can pass an immigration bill... |
Why do men and women look so mature in the 20th century despite being late teens/early twenties compared to now? | It was expected to get a job early and to dress more professionally. Now have you people dressing like they're still in middle school. If I alive in 1917, I would probably be wearing a suit an tie everyday, shaven beard but with a mustache and a professional hat. |
How do birth control/contraceptive pills work? | Not quite Birth control pills don't trick your body into thinking it's pregnant. But they do stop the ovaries from releasing an egg . In a normal cycle, the brain sends signals to the ovaries using fluctuations of different hormones. These hormones have feedback loops to the brain so that the brain knows when to turn t... |
Why do cats love to knock stuff off of high surfaces? | My mum's cat seems to get really interested in sliding something along a surface, and sometimes he just doesn't stop when it reaches the edge. It doesn't look like he does it on purpose, more that he likes pushing it and doesn't understand/care that it'll fall off. |
How does a turbo provide MORE power than it requires to spin? | Combustion engines work by burning fuel. The more fuel you can burn, the more energy is available to extract. But fuel requires oxygen to burn, so if you want to burn more fuel, you have to add more oxygen. One way to do this is to make the cylinder bigger, but doing this also makes it heavier. An alternative is to com... |
How do cranes appear so quickly in construction sites without me noticing | The big ones I assume you are referring to are modular and are usually constructed in a day or two with the parts brought in on flatbed trucks which is probably the main reaaon. Also you might just not be particularly observant, some people spot changes in their environment better than others. We also only tend to noti... |
Why is violence, murder and death so widely accepted in movies/TV/Video games, while sex and nudity is considered taboo? | To simplify, violence is fictional while nudity is real. Not that I agree but that's the line of thinking.Odd thought. Have you noticed how little violence is created on YouTube. It is strange how when you leave it up to people the number one thing they want to share is knowledge or laughs. To me that is encouragingtha... |
How can cockroaches survive a nuclear blast? | Cockroaches can't survive a nuclear blast. Although they do have a better chance of surviving the radiation than humans [source], they can't stand the extreme heat that follows a nuclear blast. As to *why* cockroaches can withstand radiation , this might be helpful: > Cells are said to be most sensitive to radiation wh... |
Why old wine or whisky are more expensive then new one? | In addition to the product taking on more sought after flavor characteristics, there is also the issue of evaporation during the aging process for example, a whiskey barrel might lose half its volume when aged 18-20 years--known as the angel's share. So if you have to spend the time, effort and resources to create the ... |
Why do small animals move in quick twitchy movements? | So you know how when you cook most birds they have white/grayish meat? That meat is made up of white muscle fibers. White muscle fibers don't contain many capillaries and get less oxygen from blood flow. They are capable of fast twitches consisting of short, powerful contractions of the muscles that tire quickly. Red m... |
The need to have separate local law enforcement: sheriff, police department, highway patrol, etc. | Sheriffs are elected law enforcement officers , often under the jurisdiction of the courts. Police are LEOs under the jurisdiction of the local executives -- county board, governors, etc. Their jurisdiction is a function of where they're located and who they answer to. Highway patrol LEOs are usually state police, with... |
How come some plugs have two prongs, while other plugs have three? (American outlets) | Specifically, devices need a third prong if they have metal bits that are exposed to the user, that could potentially come into contact with a wire that has mains electricity running through it. Sometimes even if they won't come into contact with people either. The third prong is wired to the metal part of the device, ... |
Google +. What, Why? | Google+ is Google's social networking service and personal hub. It accomplishes what Facebook does, plus more. People share links, 'upvote' links , upload photos, create events and send invitations, create interest groups/hobbyist communities, play casual games, check into/let people know where they are and what they'r... |
The beef between Tupac and Biggie and the conspiracy surrounding their deaths | they were friends. tupac got shot while on the east coast and found out biggie knew about it happening but never warned/said anything to tupac. tupac accused him of it. biggie denied it. words got thrown around on songs and it eventually became team biggie vs team tupac. things got worse until tupac was shot and killed... |
How is it that water soluble vitamins can be simply pissed out in case you take to much of it? | There is no way to stop it. If the molecules are present in the blood and small enough to escape via the kidneys into the urine, then that's what they will do. It's physics. |
Why do humans seek privacy when performing sexual acts? | You are more vulnerable when having sex, you want to be somewhere you don't want to be interrupted or surprised. Also, humans for the most part pair bond. Making sex a private matter enhances this bond. Finally, privacy during sex to the degree we enjoy it is a relatively new thing. For most of human history, families,... |
Creating real fakes images with concaves mirrors | [This] is a simple diagram which shows how light is reflected to reconstruct a hologram. Basically the mirrors are set up so that each beam of light coming from the object will meet up right at the opening and reconstruct the original object when those beams enter your eyes. As you can see you really have to be around ... |
Why is there such an anti-union mentality among many Americans today? | If this is in regards to workers unions, it's because America has been so vehemently anti-socialism because of the Cold War that anything which has the slightest association with socialism is automatically stigmatised, despite how much they may benefit many of the people who are against them |
Why do some people consider real-life "not enough"? Constantly wishing it were more fantastical in some way rather than finding enjoyment in its current state? | There is an oft quoted and really beautiful paragraph from Shirley Jackson's *The Haunting on Hill House,* which reads, *“No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream.”* That makes some sense to me; that no one can s... |
How does a medical condition like thyroid problems cause weight gain? Surely it still comes down to calorie control? | Think about your car's engine. Even if the car's not moving, it's burning gas. If you hit the accelerator while parked, the engine revs faster and burns more gas even while sitting still. Thyroid hormones, in a sense, are the body's accelerator. |
For a patent application's patentability, how can an idea be considered novel and still be rejected on the basis of NOT being non-obvious? | You invent a brand new tech device thingy. I submit a utility patent for tossing your invention down a hill. It makes it end up at the bottom. Its novel, because your new tech hasn't been thrown down a hill before, but obvious because that's what things thrown down a hill do. Patent rejected. |
If cancer exists in someone's testicles (or any other body part), why can't they just cut them off and have that be the end of it? | We can and we do. This is slightly more problematic if it's brain cancer. Cancer has several stages of development, and generally as long as it has't metastasised and spread throughout the body, surgery can be an option, if the tumour is small enough, has clear edges and isn't in too complicated a spot. But this isn't ... |
how can America rank so low in education yet reject workers with degrees from other countries? | General education in America is bad because many of the most educated and rich do not send their kids to public schools and then defund them . However 80% of the top universities in the world are located in the U.S., so although the general level of education is bad, we also have some of the smartest people in the worl... |
How does spam get to my email if no one knows my email address? | The most common way people get it is by sending basically every address emails with images. When you open that email, if your email service automatically downloads the image they know your email is real. If it isn't automatic and you choose to manually download it, that happens as well. Other than that it's due to givi... |
How do we know for sure that drugs that fail to work in mice/rats wouldn't work in humans? Is it possible we've discarded drugs for this reason that would have worked? | It's entirely possible. The reverse is common, many studies that show positive benefits on mice and rats go on to show no similar effects in human trials. It is an attempt to mitigate the risk to humans, not a definite 1 to 1 correlation. |
Why do successful bands break up, when staying together would be lucrative? | Robert Plant, for example, won't reunite Led Zeppelin because he's fucking old and can't sing that way any more. Though it would be lucrative he doesn't want to harm the band's reputation by touring way too long and being shitty a la Guns and Roses. Touring and recording constantly is very strenuous and requires months... |
Why does inflation even occur? Can't we just "reset"/"deflate" the value of money? | The value of your dollar is determined by two things, at the same time. First, and most importantly, is the interest rates the world banks set for their currency. This controls the money's hard value because it is used to estimate what your current holdings, would or would not be worth a day, a year, or 10 years later.... |
How come getting tattooed isn't a big bloody mess? | [It can be when the artist doesn't know what he's doing and stick the needle in too deep]. |
with camera flash, why do human eyes appear red, while animals' eyes often appear blue, yellow, or green? | Human eyes appear red because the light bouncing off the back of the eye in a human eye is bouncing off of blood vessels, which reflect the color red. Some animal eyes - like cats - have different features. Cat eyes, for instance, have a flat set of cells which bounce light to the retina, which gives them better night ... |
If carbon dioxide is toxic, how come breathing in and out of a bag doesn't kill us? | Carbon Dioxide is only toxic in excessively high concentrations. If it were toxic at lower levels, our own metabolism would kill us. The same is true for Carbon Monoxide, Cyanide, and many other organic compounds. They become harmful when their concentration increases beyond the body's ability to process them. |
on the news this morning, it said that our co2 levels are the highest in human history. what does this mean for us and our planet? | higher CO2 will lead to increased temperatures, among other problems. This will lead to may issues including melting of ice caps and ocean levels rising. This is the whole basis behind concerns about climate change, if you're unaware of the current terminology. |
Why is it that in English there are no diacritics, collations or ligatures as there are in other languages that use the Latin script for writing? | Actually there have been. For instance, before we were cooperating or co-operating, one might have cöoperated. Other than that, I've been wracking my brain and I can't come up with examples that aren't obvious loan words like café and naïve |
How do members of the clergy get promoted? | I come from a non -denominational background, so I can't speak to large denominations, but I'd say it's a two -parts: 1 ) they need to handle tasks and roles assigned to them by the senior pastor and other leadership well, and 2 ) they need to have a good rapport with the congregation, as much as their role allows . Al... |
Why does running water make people want to urinate? Wouldn't a source of fresh, moving water be the LAST place for our ancestors to contaminate with human waste? | It's just pavlov's dog. You condition yourself by hearing the noise while peeing into a toilet. |
Why do I have to boil water when making noodles? | Store bought noodles are only partially cooked. If you left them in cold water they'd probably soften up and be edible but it would take quite a while and they wouldn't taste great. Boiling water finishes cooking the noodle and gets it to soften up quickly so you don't get noodles that are gooey on the outside and stil... |
and then ELI20, both sides of the Amanda Knox trial. | Two American women were living together in Italy with a few roommates while they studied abroad. One of them was sexually assaulted and murdered; her flatmate Amanda was accused of having done the crime, and signed a confession after a night of interrogation. Because one young, white American woman was accused of killi... |
why does sugar make you fatter than fats do? | It's very important to note that sugars can and *will* by incorporated into fat production within the body. Sugars will have *less* calories than fat and this makes fat a very attractive organic compound to synthesize - it efficiently packs in calories for the body. The binging of dietary carbohydrates can certainly le... |
Why aren't airplane fares static? Why do they get more expensive the nearer it is to the flight date? | People who are purchasing flights closer to the date are generally less flexible in their options, which means they're willing to pay more for a flight. If you need to fly in one week, you probably can't adjust the flight date much or decide not to go very easily. Until the price gets exorbitant, you're just going to p... |
When you take out the CPU, RAM and Video Card, what distinguishes one laptop brand from another? | Since everyone seems to be talking about performance, I'll mention the rest - durability, build quality , design. * **Durability** - how long it will last you through-out the years; a hard drop here, the screen jerked back suddenly there, a cat clawing at the surface, etc. * **Build quality** - how smooth the display o... |
How can some people smash through concrete blocks without breaking their hands? | Concrete can be very strong, but only to once kind of force. There are a few different kinds of forces, but the ones that matter here are compression and tension . The key to punching through a concrete is bending it, and bending is a combination of compression on one side and tension on the other. If you make a brick ... |
Why is fuel for automobiles commonly referred to as "gas" when it's actually a liquid? | It's not related to the etymology of the word but gasoline is gaseous when it is distilled from crude oil. Crude oil it is heated and vaporized to separate it's various components by boiling point. The vapor that condenses around 100-180°F is what makes up gasoline. [Here is a picture that shows what products condense ... |
Why does water change its course when it's flowing down a window? | I'm on mobile so I can't link to it, but Jeff Goldblum nails it in Jurassic Park when describing Chaos Theory. Basically there are imperfections in the window, changes in the air, small debris, etc that can alter the course of the droplet as it flows. |
How do software bugs/glitches happen? | As nowadays hardware is pretty reliable, basically all the bugs are made by software developers. Sometimes bugs occur just because of simple human errors, but it may happen that there are more serious flaws in the architecture or algorithms of the application. That's why being a programmer may sometimes be hard, you ha... |
Why do phones practically stop working when your at a large event? (I.e. sporting events or concerts) | Cell towers can only handle so many devices at once. When you have too many devices trying to talk to one tower, you run out of time slices and lots of people don't get a chance to transmit/receive. The only solution is to install more cells in the venue, which can be very expensive depending on the desired capacity. |
Why are people on death row kept alive for so long? | Because we've executed innocent people in the past and would like to avoid the same mistakes.The Due Process clause of the Constitution requires that when government decides to take something from people there must be process . The right government seeks to take determines the amount of process that is due. There is no... |
[LI5] Can someone give me some ground rules on how to use the following words: 1) lay and lie 2) affect and effect. | I effected a reconciliation between my two fighting friends" You lie down but you lay something down. However, the past tense of lie is *lay* and the past tense of lay is *laid*. To make matters more confusing lie collocates *down* as in "I lay down last night" where it can easily be confused with *laid down*. For thes... |
Why are some people able to consistently avoid hangovers, while others pay for each shot with an hour spent in fetal position on the bathroom floor? | Often the type of liquor, time in which it is consumed, and other things consumed have a huge impact on whether you get hungover. Mixing alcohols makes things worse. Drinking water, throughout he night, makes things better. Drinking shots of liquor rapidly, as opposed to spaced out, makes things worse. Drinking after e... |
Why can I binge watch a TV series but after one movie I feel like I need a break? | For the same reason you can eat a whole box of chicken nuggets without stopping, but don't feel like any more chicken after eating a chicken breast.Bc the movie usually has a definite conclusionAt the end of a movie all pertinent problems have been resolved and all questions answered, whereas on a TV show you are left ... |
Why are needle injection treatments conducted on vastly different parts of the body? | It depends on what you are injecting. Some things need to be injected into muscle . Some things are injected into veins . Shoulder and buttock are both sites for IM intra-muscular injections and are used because you generally aren't at risk of hitting major structures |
How is it possible for Netflix to crack down on all VPNs/Proxies in an effort to curb users accessing content outside their countries? | They don't need to stop *all* the proxies, they just need to stop the major commercial proxies to get 90% of the proxy traffic. They're never going to tell if somebody's got a VPN into their company's New York office but *they don't care* - they care about the company that's charging $5 to get around region locked cont... |
How come whenever I'm exposed to the cold my hands always get slow and sluggish? | In cold weather, one of the most important jobs your body has is to keep your core warm and working properly. If it is cold, your body can only produce so much heat to warm it up, so to be more efficient and keep you alive longer, it starts reducing the blood flow out to your extremities like your hands and feet and in... |
Why do web browsers run multiple processes whereas most other software can perform tasks just as complex with a single executable? | It's not that they can't--in fact, they used to do just that. And it sucked. Because it turned out that crappy code from one site you had open could then torpedo every frickin' page you had open. And that happened ALL THE TIME. The Internet was young, dot-coms were hiring coders who had, ten minutes earlier, been engag... |
Water is a great conductor of electricity, salt water is even better. So how come lightning strikes in the ocean don't kill thousands of fish daily? | Electricity takes the path of least resistance. Look up electrofishing. That's a thing. It works in fresh water because fish conduct electricity better than the water, so it tries to go through them. It doesn't work in salt water because the salt water is a better conductor than the fish, so it avoids the fish. Here's ... |
How are my beneficiaries guaranteed $100,000 in life insurance payouts if I pay $7 a month (roughly $5,500 over the expected U.S. adult lifespan)? | $7 a month is what you're paying now. You won't be paying that your entire life. Your $7 a month vs $100k payout is comparable to your odds of dying, which is unlikely. When you're 70 you won't be able to have that much life insurance for only $7 a month.The insurance company collects from everyone each month mostly fr... |
Why is the Iran nuke deal a good thing? | In exchange for no longer throttling the Iranian economy to death, Iran has agreed to: * have international inspection of their nuclear facilities * convert their nuclear facilities into physics labs * decreasing their capacities to enrich uranium to power-plant levels * decrease their amount of enriched uranium In a ... |
How did West Berlin operate when it was located on East Germany during the Cold War? | Before the Berlin Wall was built, it functioned as simply another part of East Germany, albeit one where the East German government had no authority. In other words people were free to cross from east to west Berlin to meet friends, buy goods and services, and so on. Once the Berlin Wall was built everything changed. I... |
if television makes money from advertising, how and why do they still make money on recorded shows, if at all, when we can just fast forward through the commercials? | The same question could have been asked back when VHS video recorders became more common. And still TV is going strong today. It's probably due to the fact that more people watch live TV than recording shows and watching them later. |
What exactly is an itch? What triggers us to feel like we need to scratch that spot? | bugs crawling on you. animals evolve to react to that and swat/scratch to get rid of the bugs, thus reducing transmission of disease. . This was an hypothesis i read in a sciam article a few years ago so i don't have the reference handy.Most itches come from a special "itch" anatomical system . The current thinking is ... |
Please E term life insurance LI5. | Whole life insurance is essentially a combination of term life insurance and an investment account. You pay more to get both benefits. But most financial advisers will tell you that you would be much better off buying term life insurance and then put the rest of your money in a mutual or index fund, because the investm... |
Why can't Sony/Microsoft emulate previous generations (360/ps3) on their new consoles the same way we can emulate GBA/N64/PS1/etc games on our desktops and smartphones? | It's not as simple as that. The reality is, the 360/ps3 are hard to emulate. Even more harder when you consider the architecture of the new consoles. If you took a PC from 1995, it would have a very hard time running a SNES emulator. They often need far more power than just matching the same system specs as the console... |
Why did the Olympic committee decide to cut out wrestling? | Wrestling isn't popular on TV and is pretty much a minority sport, so it got the chop. I would cut all equestrian and yachting events too. Also, bmx, beach volleyball and a few others. |
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