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A note from your friendly, ELI5 mods: Please, no more meta, "what ELI5 is/isn't" posts or arguments. We'll be removing them. | Amen! However, one of the reasons I love this sub is that I actually have a 5 year old, and I like to read the answers as though I were explaining it to her, and I have a fair idea of what she'd get or not . That being said, I enjoy giving my own renditions as to what I believe my daughter would understand, but I try m... |
How do evolution deniers use the laws of thermodynamics to prove their case against evolution? | Answer: They use it poorly. The 2nd law states that the tendency for a closed system is to progress more towards entropy than order. If an evolution denier were to fully endorse the 2nd law, he would be incapable of arranging pocket change into like denominations or un-shuffling a deck of cards.The 2nd law only applies... |
why don't girls have Adam's apples | Some women do have large adam's apples and can actually have an operation to have the extra cartilage removed.A LOT of the comments here are missing critical information .women and men both have it, yes, but it does not protrude as much in women because during puberty they grow sideways than the mens adams apple. Women... |
How come it seems no one on the east-cost of America is able to handle and prepare for a snowstorm? | The people on the East coast are quite capable and ever-ready to handle any Winter storm. It's the local media that turns every snowflake into a raging snowman with wildly speculative forecasts designed to get you to tune in versus to give you the real facts. I may be biased, but I've lived through 44 years of New Engl... |
The mindset of very rich people that are trying to get even richer | I don't think all rich people have the same motivations. Probably it just comes down to needing somewhere to go and something to do every day. I think when you're super rich, you don't work because you need money or because you think that next million will make you happy, but because you find your work intellectually s... |
What happens to neighborhoods when there is filming in that location? | The street generally is blocked off to cars . Pedestrians aren't allowed to walk through the shot while they're filming, but film shoots aren't shooting anywhere near 100% of the time, so they generally only have to wait 30 seconds or a minute before the current shot is over and they can go on their way. |
Why do we take selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for anxiety and depression, instead of just taking serotonin? ELI5ish. | Fuel-inefficent vehicles are running out of gas in isolated areas between fueling stops. Can't we just dump a whole bunch of 93 octane all over the country from 20,000 feet up? Wait, why is everything on fire?", 'The key is in the word reuptake. The SSRIs block the reabsorption of serotonin within a nerve synapse, lead... |
Why does it feel like every damn book is "#1 on new york times best seller list"? | Because the #1 books on the NYT bestseller list are the ones that are being prominently displayed and advertised and the ones being turned into movies, so you're seeing them more. |
If 10% of accidents are caused by wet roadways, why can't we create a tire type that doesnt hydroplane and is easily fitted for all vehicle types? | We can't fix the fleshy thing behind the wheel that either chooses to ignore the necessity to replace it, or is too ignorant to know otherwise. I just drove around the other day in a car where the back wheel locks up because the slave cylinder is malfunctioning. I didn't crash into anything. People fail to take appropr... |
Why African Americans are not given the prefix of their country of origin while European's are? | In addition to this, I've always been interested in the American system of putting a prefix in there at all. I've noticed Americans saying 'I'm Irish' or 'Italian', when in other countries, it's more typical to just say that you're the nationality you were born in. Is it because America still holds a lot of value over ... |
Why has no country yet extradited Polanski to the US if he is so easy to find and a convicted fugitive? | Someone has to actually ask. It's not automatic. Bluntly, no one thinks Polanski is worth the trouble. |
Fine then, why is 0! = 1? | You are sort of correct, in the fact that we have defined 0!=1. It is a special case of factorials, separate from the way we calculate other factorials. The reason for this has to do with combinatorics, and the fact that there is only one way to permute zero objects. I am not sure I could explain this like you were fiv... |
How can USA get kicked out from the international space station if they funded 81% of it ? | Well, we currently don't have a space shuttle program. Wikipedia:_URL_0_ ISS crew and cargo resupplyThe ISS is planned to be funded until at least 2020.[37] There has been discussion to extend it to 2028 and possibly beyond that.[38] Until another US manned spacecraft is ready, crews will travel to and from the Interna... |
They say that 95% of the ocean remains unexplored. Why is that we can explore billions of miles into outta space but not a couple of miles down in the ocean? | 'Explored' is the key word here. How close do you have to get to something for it to be 'explored'? We could say that we've explored the solar system with telescopes, but I think we really mean 'visit'. By that definition, we've explored such an infinitesimally small amount of of the space between earth and the moon th... |
the observance of Halloween in European countries. | In Scotland it's big. Kids dress up and go guising and for adults there'll be night clubs with dress up themes. |
Reddit, please explain like I'm five what string theory is. | Mathematicians noticed that if you imagined super tiny loops that vibrate at various frequencies , you could *sort of* model the behavior of particles such as photons and electrons in a way that possibly could really make sense. After years and years of trying, this idea has been expanded on and gotten quite complicate... |
How can satellites be free-falling towards earth all the time and never touch ground? | It's falling toward Earth, but not falling DIRECTLY toward Earth rather it's falling at an angle and a speed such that it keeps falling and keeps missing. Remember, those things are at some serious speeds. |
How come we can take long 40°C+ showers and feel great, but hot summer days over 30° feel like crap? | - you are free to leave any time- you can adjust the amount of skin exposed to the cooler air thus regulating your core body temperature- part of the suffering of a hot day is the stickiness. Doesn't happen under water. |
How exactly do brethalyzers work? | I'm a defense lawyer, so I can explain this quite well. You see, you breathe into the straw, which goes into a chamber with infrared light. the light bounces off a series of mirrors. As your breath reaches the chamber, it essentially turns into a vapor, or smoke. When the light bounces in the chamber, if there is more ... |
Why do americans seem to have a lot of bank accounts across different banks? | In most countries, you do not lose anything by closing an account, and many bank accounts have a yearly fee. In the US, you have the weird system for credit score that no one seems to understand, but one way to get a good score is to have an account for a long time. Therefore, Americans don't want to close their accoun... |
Why are animals physically superior to cats (such as alligators) manage to still be afraid of them? | The alligator doesn't know that it's physically superior. All it knows is that there's another animal, and it's being aggressive, so maybe it is superior? It's not used to being attacked, so when the cat lashes out, the alligator runs. |
How can someone be lost at sea with all of the technology and satellites we have now? | Oceans are huge, that's basically the answer. A major aspect though is that acquiring temporary use of a satellite costs millions of dollars, something that's not viable for search and rescue. So, helicopters can be sent out to look, but again, the ocean is huge. If the people lost at see bought an [expensive satellite... |
What does it mean to unlock your phone to another service provider? And why, depending on the brand, does it cost so much and take so long? | Most cellphones in the US are locked to a specific network . Unlocking a phone allows that phone to be used on any network which uses the same technology . I've had two cellphones unlocked for a total of $40, and after I paid the fee I was given codes to dial into each phone which unlocked them from their respective ca... |
Couldn't one just buy hundreds of wine bottles as a long term investment? | Older wines are not technically always more valuable. Many times the price of a wine bottle depends on how the grapes did on that particular year. For example, in 2001, grapes did exceptionally well and people generally preferred the taste of them in that year; Why? I'm not to sure on that. Because of that, if you were... |
Why do we have nerves in our teeth? Wouldn't a tooth ache that hinders our ability to eat end up being a disadvantage for survival? | Well we kind of don't know. There's really no hard evidence as to why we have nerves in our teeth. Here's a more detailed explanation. _URL_0_ |
[NSFW] ELIama5yearoldwhofoundhisdad'shiddenpornfolder: Why does so much porn end with the man coming on the woman's face? | Theory: The porn gentleman and the porn lady don't want to make a baby. Or, since the porn lady is probably taking medicine so she won't have a baby, maybe the idea is that the fellow who is watching will not be scared about baby-making and that will allow him to enjoy the movie more.A lot of porn subscribes to the "so... |
(explainlikeimfive) : Stocks and the Stock Market Explained! | This was an amazing read can you go a little further and explain the DOW Jones to me like I'm 5 years old?", 'Thanks! I somewhat understood it, but this cleared things up for meLoved your programming stuff. This is good, too! You rock!', "Mr. CarlH, you do a really wonderful job explaining things. I've been a huge fan ... |
Why did brown sugar get so popular instead of recipes calling for sugar and molasses separately? | Brown sugar is manufactured and pretty consistent, whereas with mixing white sugar and molasses at home you get inconsistent results and it's just more of a hassle. |
Why are all of the bees dying? | Question: Is it possible that radio frequencies are a cause of the deaths? I'm talking frequencies that emanate from cell phone towers, for example. I apologize if it's a dumb question. It's just something I've been speculating on.Is there any geographical data on how the supposed die-off of bees is distributed? Here i... |
Most mammals with bald areas have them around the crotch and stomach. Why are we the opposite? | No one knows for sure. If I had to guess, given that we fuck and can get impregnated year round, it's probably nature's popup timer. I'm sure that's an unpleasant thought for some, but be realistic as to what kind of mores hunter-gatherers likely had. I doubt fucking a 13 year old was outside of the bounds of acceptabl... |
How is the "1 in 35 million chance of a shark bite" statistic calculated? | I think it's actually done by population. There is a nice freakonomics article here: _URL_1_", 'They made a guy swim into the ocean a bunch of times until he got eaten. |
Why do we see fruits growing in the wild but never any vegetables? | And for the best example: corn Corn cannot and would not exist w/o humans. _URL_5_ So much of what you think of as normal, wouldn't exist w/o intervention at some point in the past Left is still a cultivated version of the original teosinte that corn started from |
Why do seemingly all of the pigeons I see have a foot injury of some sort? | Pigeons aren't clever, and any other injury typically kills them. Plus, bird feet are surprisingly delicate. A loss of a foot - no big deal. A loss of an eye or a wing - much bigger deal. |
Why do doctors not amputate the paralyzed limbs of paraplegics? | There's a chance that the nerves can be repaired with future surgery. Even if this weren't the case, it doesn't seem compelling to cut off a limb which is considered healthy, |
Why are there seat belt laws? | Because many people don't realize how dangerous it is NOT to use one, and will never really understand until they're maimed and maybe paralyzed in an accident. And in general that's not an acceptable way to learn. The laws are protecting people from their own stubborn ignorance. |
How do (would) radio communications in real time work in space and / or at high speeds. | > Assuming the vehicle is travelling away from the transmission the wave will never catch it. I know I'm wrong, but how? Radio waves are a form of light, and so travel at light speed. That is much faster than sound. However it is not instant and communication at vast distances cannot be real-time. |
Why do cats knock things over? | My cat likes drawing my attention by doing the burying move the cats do when they are about to go to the toilet or after they've finished doing it. This started back when she was a small kitten and I was teaching her to go to the toilet. Whenever I heard her burying stuff I knew that she was either about to do somethin... |
What is the G8 and why could Russia be excluded from it? | G8 consists of USA, Canada, The Uk, France, Italy, Germany, Russia and Japan. They are the worlds 'superpowers'. They make big economic and environmental decisions that affect the rest of the world as well as themselves. Russia could be excluded as they are attacking Ukraine, which has been frowned upon by the rest of ... |
How do we have the technology to see nebulae and other features in our galaxy with some degree of clarity, but not enough to get a clear picture of Pluto? | On top of thejennadaisy's point about size, in astronomy there is a value called apparent magnitude. Apparent magnitude measures how bright a celestial object is . The apparent magnitude of the Eagle Nebula is 8.24, while the apparent magnitude of Pluto is 13.65, which means it's roughly 100 times brighter than Pluto. |
What happens when someone who's taking antibiotics drinks alcohol and why is it a bad thing? | It's bad because when antibiotics are going through FDA approval, they are not tested for the effects of alcohol. Any antibiotic that interferes with kidney function will have an even worse affect due to alcohol putting a strain on the kidneys. |
Why are the bonus features disappearing from DVDs? | DVD's, in general, are increasingly becoming a less popular item. So, studios have 2 options in order to react to the market: 1. Pack DVD's with more bonus material and make DVD's more enticing for a consumer. 2. Divest company energy from DVD sales, as the DVD format itself is becoming obsolete. Focus energy in new me... |
Why do we have to open window shades in an airplane during landing and takeoff? | I have never had this happen or seen it happen. I've landed and taken off with the shade down multiple times. |
Why are people so adamantly against Japanese anime dubs, particularly English, and prefer subs? | If the voice of Aladdin had been Dave Chapelle, it wouldn't be the same movie. A casting choice can really make or break a film.It's the same as when movies are dubbed in different languages Usually the voices don't match the character or the emotion. In some other instances the timeframe on which the animation "talks"... |
What exactly am I downloading/uploading on a speedtest? | it's essentially static. random or pseudo-random information is completely incompressible.Download"Your computer downloads small binary files from the web server to the client, and we measure that download to estimate the connection speed." Upload"A small amount of random data is generated in the client and sent to the... |
With all the big shiny telescopes in the world, why can't they simply show 'moon landing deniers' proof of the Apollo landings? | It can be done. It has been done. Conspiracy theorists are unable to accept anything they don't agree with, so the proof is irrelevant. |
Why is the "Censor Bleep" tone so consistent across most media? | Speculating, but I imagine it's because the beep we know as the censorship beep is actually just a basic equipment test tone. The tone itself is as simple as they come - it's typically a c6 sine wave played at the equipment's maximum volume, and that makes it the perfect the perfect tool for a quick interjection of cen... |
Why does a country downstream from a dam suffer a hit to its water supply? Doesn't the net water flow stay the same? | > Doesn't the net water flow stay the same? Nope. At the very least, the dam is going to form a reservoir, resulting in more evaporation and seepage loss. But the real impact is irrigation, as dams are often used to retain water and divert it to farmlands.It will take up to 15 years to fill the reservoir, during that t... |
Quintuplets, how does a woman hold that many babies all the way to term? | The higher the number of babies, the earlier they are born. The average is 4 fewer weeks of gestation for each additional baby, . It's usually a pretty rough situation. |
Why do some people in the USA think there are magic phrases that put them outside the law? | [For what it's worth, it's creeping in to Ireland and Scotland as well.] There's always someone that thinks they found a magic loophole, and they'll push it as long as they can. |
How does the Moviepass business model work? How do they make money off of $10 a month when it's more than $10 a movie in some places? | The average cost of a movie in the us is $8. Most people in the us don't go see 12 or more movies in a year. In fact, most don't even go every other month! Most non release day showings have some empty seats somewhere. So as long as you weren't already going to see 2 movies a month without the pass, then they have gott... |
Why is "drinking alone" stigmatized? | Are you sitting by yourself and drinking until drunk? Are you drinking because it allows you to forget or ignore your problems for the day? Or do you enjoy an occasion beer as you relax before dinner? Do you maybe have a cocktail while you watch your favorite show? Two of these are baaaad. Two are not. It is the contex... |
What is hard-drive fragmentation and how do programs like defraggler work? | Fragmentation is like lego. You just built loads of awesome models, but need to take it a part quickly so it fits into the box. Because you do it in a hurry, it isn't organized that well and takes time to find the right pieces. Defragging is spending more time thinking about how you are going to store it, making it eas... |
The answer to the math problem about the game show where there's three doors with either goats or a car behind them. (Variable change) | Notice first that the host is making a deliberate choice. He's not picking randomly, because he needs to make sure the door he picks has a goat behind it. Now, his choice doesn't give you any information about the door you picked. But in some cases, it *does* give you information about the door neither of you picked. I... |
If I own a great deal of stock shares in a company, does my selling them all at once have any economic impact on that company? | You selling shares might have an impact on the price of everyone else's shares . However, the price of the shares of a company has almost ZERO effect on the company itself. Except in very specific cases you don't buy shares directly from the company. Buying or selling shares is a disagreement between two people. I thin... |
Why is the atom considered to be the smallest unit of matter if there are things smaller such as quarks? | It's the smallest unit of matter in the sense that if you have some gold, an atom is the smallest piece of it that is still gold. If you break it down further, to protons and neutrons and electrons, then these no longer have any particular identity. All matter is composed of these basic building blocks. Gold is compose... |
Why do people wake up when they are about to die in a dream? | I find it interesting that nobody has mentioned the obvious: dying in your dreams is simply a nightmare for most people many nightmares are shocking enough to activate adrenaline and bring you awake my mind tends to do this when I'm having a hard time breathing or a limb is getting circulation cut off. So nightmares ca... |
Since the president of Comcast said, "We don't enforce data caps." publicly and there is proof that they do, why couldn't a civilian sue them? | I like the use of civilian in this term, rather than customer. Because we all know this isnt a business transaction, it's a war. And Comcast is winning.Even if you do sue them, you will likely lose or quit before anything good happens. Their pockets be deep, son.Because we don't have the money or time to sue every dirt... |
What would it take to get a third party into the debates and why can't they just be included automatically? | They need to get 15% in the polls to be included. As to why they're not included automatically, there are a lot more 3rd parties than just the Libertarians and Greens. There is the Constitution Party, the Socialist Party, America's Party, Workers World Party, Pacifist Party, etc. Most of these only have ballot access i... |
The differences in the different types of motor oil for automobiles. 10W40; 0W20; etc. | the numbers refer to the weight of the oil, which means it's viscosity. the first number is the SAE viscosity rating of the oil in cold temperatures. the 2nd number denotes the viscosity rating at 100C, typical operating temperatures. So 10W30 oil behaves like 10 weight oil at cold temperatures, and 30 weight oil at op... |
Why do I gag when I put a finger down my throat but food doesn't have the same effect? | Because by the time the food gets to that part of your throat it has been reduced to small enough pieces so that it won't cause the gag reflex. For example, if you were to take a banana and stick it down your throat your gag reflex will probably activate. However, if you chew up the banana it will not. |
Why don't we trigger our gag reflex when we swallow food, but we do if we put our finger down our throat? | Your gag reflex is located towards the back of your tongue, I think it's only if something pushes on it, or touches it that it is set off. Food passing over it doesn't set it off, but if it stops on it then you would gag. Babies gag reflexes are a lot further forward on their tongue, which helps them push objects out o... |
Why do airlines force people to keep their seat belts on for so long when people in private planes can lay down, sleep, party, etc.? | Also in serious turbulence with a dreamliner you have several hundred people to keep in place. With a private plane you'd have no where near that many. |
Why do we use White and Black to describe race when the skin tone is actually Beige and Brown? | Humans are very good at spotting differences in each other, it was beneficial for us in tribal times. It helped us discern if somebody may be 'foreign' which meant they may steal your women or have new diseases. I imagine the black and white thing was used because we focus on and exaggerate our differences and you can'... |
Why is it wrong to drive using 2 feet? | You need your other foot for the clutch. Best not to learn a restrictive habit. There's never any need to use both the accelerator and break at the same time any way. |
Why do newly released blockbuster films only circulate on the internet when they have been released on DVD? | These days, movies are all sent digitally to movie theaters. The data is strongly encrypted in such a way that it can only be played back on a specific projector. the enclosures are tamper-proof and log every time the film is played. Even if somebody were to steal one, it'd be nearly impossible to get the movie off of ... |
Why don't submarines have cameras mounted on the outside to aid in the use of sonar? | It's dark and you can't see very far. Maybe a few yards most of the time. You might see a litle further if you turn on the lights but when was the last time you saw a ninja with a flashlight? |
Why is being fat less attractive? | I've never bought the evolutionary or cultural explanations because every individual has their own taste. I think it's even simpler. Dudes and ladies have distinctive shapes, that you as a lady or dude are attracted to. The fatter you are, the more hidden those shapes are. Think about butts a minute. Why do some dudes ... |
Why dont other countries have military bases in the US, While the US has bases in many other countries? | We literally had this question asked yesterday. The answer was that there are in fact countries that have bases in the US, such as Germany. But most countries don't because most countries aren't interested in keeping an eye on Canada and Mexico.Short answer: we spend enough money on the military to do so, other countri... |
Why does most graffiti look similar? | I'm gonna have to take a guess here and say that people are influenced by other people and add their own touch to it. The average person may not notice that difference, just like the average person doesn't notice brushstrokes in a painting? There really are so many styles though that if you pay attention you will see a... |
If a handheld GoPro can record at 4k resolution, why do movie and television productions use such large cameras? | Resolution does not necessarily mean quality. Professional cameras have far more in terms of customization and quality Microphone quality is also a major factor. GoPro cameras are very durable and can film during motion, but are otherwise more-or-less equivalent on what you'd find on a smartphone. |
why did Apple buy Beats? | There's a number of reasons behind the acquisition. iTunes sales have been on the decline recently, and Beats has a subscription style music service that Apple's own iTunes Radio was competing with. Now, it's theirs. Also, Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. But mainly Jimmy Iovine. He is a **very** influential figure in the mus... |
Why has there been such a marked increase in spam/scam phone calls in the past few years, and is there anything that can be done about it? | Here's what you can do: Waste their time. The scam only works because it's fast to sort the rubes from the non-rubes, even though the probability of finding a rube is very low. Change this balance even slightly, and the scam becomes unprofitable. You can't lower the percentage of rubes in the population, but you can in... |
What happens to a check after the teller takes it and does the magic? | At many big banks, a check given to teller is processed through a [check-reading machine] that not only reads it but also takes a picture of it and verifies it. Checks that are processed that way are destroyed within 2-3 days, since now there is an image of it that exists digitally. Some checks are only collected by te... |
Why are Russian bombers flying "over" the UK? | Now that we're on this topic: I keep reading reports about Russian aircraft flying really close to European national airspace. However, I never read about western/NATO planes doing the same thing near Russian borders. Is this because it isn't happening? Or does the news just go unreported? |
Why are women more attracted to "unavailable" men, is this chemical, psychological or a bit of both columns? | I reckon it's at least partly because, by stealing another woman's man, one confirms to one's insecure self that one is better than her. |
How do hardware manufacturers keep MAC addresses unique when there are also other manufacturers that produce the same type of hardware? | Having run into the issue of duplicate mac addresses - they can't and don't necessarily have to keep them all unique. MAC addresses only have to be unique within a subnet. While you could have other software in an organization that requires MAC addresses for inventory, this doesn't interfere with networking. So an orga... |
How does one become funny or witty? Is it just something you're born with? | You kind of get the hang of it with time. My experience was that my brain would extrapolate how someone else came up with some kind of a witticism or joke. What you will see is that these people have a way of triggering a thought process from whatever is going on, that is somewhat of a different, and at times humorous,... |
What exactly happens if you default on a student loan? | In Canada the government takes all your tax returns until it's paid off. However, they keep charging interest on it forever , meaning you never pay if off and you lose your tax returns forever. |
why is there no yy chromosomes? | It's true that some living people have abnormal sex chromosome combinations other than X-X and X-Y in humans . However, notice that all of these abnormal chromosome combinations include at least one X. There's a reason for that: The X chromosome is physically much larger than the Y chromosome and contains many more gen... |
How are video game cheat codes discovered? Does it have anything to do with algorithms or are they simply leaks by the developers? | I can think of two ways that cheat codes or actions could be reasonably discovered. The first is to look at the games code somehow. This is what enables, for example, RNG manipulation in the pokemon series. Another way it can happen is through normal play, someone might accidentally manage to cheat use a cheat code/act... |
Why do people that "look" friendly, and have friendly facial features, generally end up being nice and friendly? | I think it's because the things we often identify as being a friendly feature is caused by how the eyes and mouth are held. Not only in the moment when somebody has a very subtle frown or smile, but long term those expressions leave wrinkles and creases that accentuate that look. It's the subtle effect of the muscles t... |
When we are hot and sweaty after a workout, we want to take a hot shower but want to drink cold liquids | I have never seen an actual scientist confirm with 100% certainty why we seem to prefer cold liquids, but it might be an evolution side effect. For all of human evolution, running water from higher altitudes, tending to be colder, have been far safer to drink than still and stagnant water, tending to be warmer. Before ... |
How did toddlers get over ear infections before antibiotics? | Whenever you hear about the average life span of a Roman citizen or a medieval serf or a Neandrethal being only 30 or 25 years, It takes into account that 1/3 to 1/2 of babies died before the reached maturity. After that, the average young adult normally lived into their 50's. |
Why do cats not get sick from licking their ass all day long? | Have you ever tried licking a cat's ass? Try it and see, maybe no one can get sick from licking it. You may be on to something here. Let us all know how it works out.There are like seven completely different answers here. Is it all of them or none of them? |
Where did the "S" rating originate and why is it better than "A+"? | The only S grade I've ever seen is like kindergarten, S for satisfactory. Who uses S's? |
Computers' difference in performance between multiplication and division | Division is always more expensive because the hardware in the CPU requires multiple clock cycles to process the instruction, whereas most CPUs can do multiplication in a single cycle . It's also no different in C than in Java. If you can avoid a division, you should. Although most compilers are smart enough to catch th... |
Why is it that I find my reflection somewhat attractive but dislike how I look in most photographs/videos? | This explains it pretty well _URL_0_ and here's a product that would help you perceive yourself the way you wish in photographs _URL_1_ |
Why are pennies still made when it cost more than 1.8 cents to make one? | Because it would be somewhat onerous to change all of the infrastructure in place to use pennies. Taxes of all sorts would suddenly be calculated to make the total cost of any purchase round to the nearest nickel instead of the nearest penny. Retailers don't want to deal with this so any time this idea comes up their l... |
What exactly is inflammation and why does it contribute so heavily to our demise? | Inflammation is a fancy medical word for swelling - the accumulation of fluids in places where it shouldn't accumulate. Inflammation can be caused by many things, including trauma, allergens, toxins, etc. While inflammation can directly cause death , it is usually a symptom of some other, more dangerous condition. EDIT... |
Why does flicking a small insect not kill it? Is the force not as strong as squishing it? | I don't care that no one is going to read this. I've waited years to give this analogy. It's the difference between the mass and surface area. To put it crudely, if it fell off a high building an insect would feel nothing, a cat would bruise and bounce, a person would crack and a horse would splash. |
What does the sun rotate around? | Everything in our galaxy is rotating around the center of the galaxy, which is believed to be a supermassive black hole . This thing is massive enough that its gravity has billions of stars and all of their systems spinning around it - it's insanely, insanely massive.The sun is attracted by lots of different stuff arou... |
Why is every show involving a demon use christianity to exorcise the demon? What if the demon was Jewish or Muslim? Or am I just missing something? | Correct me if I'm wrong but Jewish people don't have a real belief in the afterlife, so the whole demon and angel thing seems too get a bit lost on them. |
How come politicians run for US president even though it's clear to everyone that they will never ever win. Even I know it and I'm an idiot. What gives? | Attention. Nobody gave a fuck about Donald Trump but now he's talked about on every news station and social media. |
in places where doctors can prescribe marijuana for medicinal purposes, how do they get dosage and frequency correct considering the variety and efficacy of all the strains of the drug? | Cannabis is still a schedule I controlled substance, and as such, cannot be 'prescribed.' In states where medical cannabis is legal, doctors can give you a 'recommendation' to use medical cannabis, which you present to a dispensary or delivery service to buy whatever you want. |
If I was in the vacuum of space and a small asteroid traveling at 10,000 MPH collided with me, would it go straight through me or would my body speed up and travel with it? | That asteroid would be a fist-sized bullet. Traveling at 10,000 miles per hour, it'd shoot straight through you and sting quite a bit. You'd have a gaping hole in your chest, a splatter ejecting from the exit wound in your back, and *some* of the kinetic energy would be transferred to your body. The asteroid would slow... |
Why do the majority of Americans drive automatic cars as opposed to manual (stick shift) cars? | With newer cars, automatic transmissions are actually faster shifting than their manual counterparts and get better gas mileage, especially with [DCT's]. The 0-60 time in the new Mustang GT is actually lower with the automatic transmission and it [gets better gas mileage.]", 'Availability, especially for someone who is... |
How did it work out that basically the entire world used Arabic numerals? | they were the first to discover the numeral '0' without the zero the romans were having a hard time with maths eg; with number like DCLIIIVIVIV so in essence saying 1449 is better than saying MCDXLIX |
Why can't my front windshield have those defroster lines my rear window has that defrost the rear window really quickly? | Automotive HVAC engineer here! My job literally is responsible for windshield clearing. As other people have pointed out, there are some cars that use the heated wiring up front. I sat in a Range Rover that had it. They were very, very fine zigzag wires across the windshield that could only be seen when focusing your e... |
Why do rockets always look like they're curving/arcing after launch? If their goal is space, wouldn't you want to fly straight up? | Going up is easy, but to stay in orbit you need to move *sideways* at 20,000 mph. Earth's gravity is just as strong in low orbit as it is on the ground, so you have to move so fast that you miss the entire planet when you fall. Do this perpetually and you have a stable orbit. The majority of the rocket's power is there... |
How can the surviving Boston Bomber be charged for WMDs by using pressure cookers whilst Iraq had far worst weapons than pressure cookers but was nonetheless cleared of WMD possession? | Because he isn't an entire country with political pull and resources other countries may need", 'The funny part was one of the biggest terrorist attacks in US history was the Oklahoma city bombing. This was done with a truck full of fertilizer. Therefore it may be possible to charge someone with possession of WMDs for ... |
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