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Why are AM radio frequencies still used for radio? | Here in Norway am is not used anymore, and fm is scheduled to go away in about 6 years, we're transitioning to dab and dab+ |
What performance difference can we see between an athlete that warms up and one that doesnt before a race? | Well I'm no expert but I do play hockey. When I myself do not warm up the first half period of my game is warm up, and I only start playing at my full potential around 2/3 of the way through. Also I notice I have significantly less stamina the entire game, and it feels like I didn't get enough sleep. I'm sure It has so... |
If our bodies are supposed to be able to run on fat reserves, why do we feel weak and are unable to think clearly when very hungry? | If you want to experience what it feels like to run on fat, you need to expend your glycogen reserve, get on bike and ride for 2 to 3 hours on water alone eventually you'll get to what we call the bonk you will feel so awful you'll be shaking feel sick be unable to turn the pedals you will genuinely feel like death. Th... |
Why there are so many types of dogs, cats, birds etc when there only a very few types of humans? | Most animals you mentioned are different species. You mentioned eagles and crows in a comment, as well as cobras and pythons. They are somewhat closely related, but they're far enough apart to where they can't breed with each other. They are related to each other in the same way we're related to other hominids . Dogs a... |
why don't tank guns use gas blowback systems like assault rifles? | Size constraints. Also, a gas blowback system fouls the bolt and boltcarrier of an automatic rifle rather quickly when compared to say a bolt action weapon. This would also apply to a tank as well. Third, there would be a second tube running the length of the barrel to siphon such gas back into the system. And if it we... |
Why do so few smartphone companies use stock Android? | Let's be honest, stock android is cool but it doesn't have all the necessary features. It took ages to implement split screen functionality. While Samsung user had it for a long time. Basically, manufacturers try to attract user with unique features that are not available on stock android. Most of the times, these feat... |
How important a consistent sleep schedule is? Why? | Sleeping at drastically varying times each day will mess up your circadian rhythm. As long as you're getting at least 8 hours, you're still going through proper REM and non-REM cycles where memory is being consolidated, but if you change the hours at which you sleep you're messing up internal light/dark cycles, which a... |
Why have a European Union and not just massive country? | The current member states still have their sovereignty and sovereignty is the most precious thing to a nation-state. The members of the EU will abide by the rules that are negotiated and beneficial to them but anything that appears to erode their sovereignty either won't pass in the EU parliament or the state in questi... |
Why are firearm designs so old, specifically handguns? | The development of technology is kind of like evolution. It's not moving to a particular goal, we try new things, if they work, we keep them, if they don't, they're forgotten. There isn't really any improvements you can make on a handgun design that makes it better or more useful than the 1911. All of the new things in... |
What are cycles in a log-log paper? Why do the scales from one to ten keep on repeating? How does plotting on it is done? | Your Imgur link doesn't work. A cycle is just an order of magnitude, or multiple of 10. So 3 cycles covers 3 orders of magnitude or 10^3 =1000. 5 Cycles would cover 5 orders of magnitude or 10^5 =100000. |
ELI11: Historically, why bladed weapons produced in the Middle-East/South Asia tended to be curved (like a scimitar), while in the West, straight (like a broadsword)? | I'd like to know more about [The Kris] and why it was made in such an awesome shape", 'First of all, curved swords were not used in ancient times. They first came into use in Persia around 900 AD. This suggests an influence from Asian sword manufacture, particularly from Japan, which produced very high-quality blades. ... |
How do game developers secure their code for their game in that way that it simply won't be copied by any other game company/game developer? | att", and "def" in the source, and they will have names like 0x13e6, 0x13e7, and 0x13e8 in the executable, that don't mean anything to a person. With a lot of work, you could figure it out, but with a lot of work, you could also write your own. It is kind of like the difference between a cake, and a recipe for a cake.A... |
how does the tab on the rear-view mirror work? Dimming bright lights but still letting you see out the back window | It is basically a piece of glass in front of a mirrored surface. The trick is that the glass is at an angle. During daylight, you don't notice the reflection from the angled glass , but at night if you flip the tab, it changes the angle so that the mirror is no longer looking out the rear window and the glass is. It re... |
Why don’t airports and air travel companies update from the staticky ATC systems to something that is able to be more clearly heard and understood. | Crystal clear sound is not necessary for air traffic communications as it may be for broadcasting music for example. The systems were designed to maximize range, minimize cost and reliably deliver intelligible speech. Thats not broken so it won't likely be changed soon. Accurate GPS and redundant transponders / trackin... |
why would an international football team have a goalie that's never saved a penalty in his career? | saving a penalty is 90% luck and 10% intuition it's essentially RnG where the ball goes, and where the keeper decides to dive. |
Why do the lead vocalists get most of the spotlight in music videos? | A lot of people are mentioning hiwbits about the singer being the frontman, but that's not the only explanation. A lot of music videos feature a story or set of scenes in which things unrelated to playing music happens, but thats usually at least somewhat related to the song/lyrics. Band members often pull double duty ... |
Why are manual transmissions still so prevalent in cars in Europe? | I prefer manual due to having much more control over the power transmission to the wheels. During winter here in Finland, when the roads can be extremely slippery, having a clutch to control the torque delivered makes it easier to not lose traction in tricky situations. A second thing I always look for in a car is bein... |
What is Grooveshark and why is it being sued? | Grooveshark is like [Rdio] - it's a service that allows you to listen to any music in their library. Unlike Rdio, though, Grooveshark decided that they would make music available *before* having a license agreement with the organizations that hold copyright to that music. They were betting that they'd be able to negoti... |
If everyone is required to have health insurance (USA), why does anyone need insurance? | Because more people are against eliminating it than are against making it mandatory. Eliminating health insurance would turn America into a single-payer system, where the government pays doctors directly, the way that insurance companies do now. For various reasons, many people are opposed to that idea. So Obamacare's ... |
What kind of prison would a transsexual go to? | Depends how transphobic the penal system you're going into is, and how they handle the transphobia of other inmates. *Ideally*, trans people should go to a prison for people of their correct gender identity, and be as safe there as any other inmate would be. Often, the state doesn't give a shit about trans rights, misg... |
Why do we have to put air in tires? Why cant we just have completely rubber tires that do not get flat? | Rigid wheels only work well at low speed or on very smooth surfaces. Fork trucks usually do have solid-rubber tires, but they're slow enough for that to be practical. If the surface is too rough, the wheel will tend to bounce off it. This greatly reduces traction, so for any high-speed highway or runway use you need fl... |
At what point does a fertilized egg or an embryo gain consciousness or awareness that its alive? | It's definitely after birth. Hence why babies are so interested in their own body, they notice their hands are their hands and become aware that they are an entity. |
Why do they make 'normal' cars that go faster than the speed limits? e.g. Hyundai i10 that goes up to 150mph | it's about the horsepower. in order to make a 1000kg car to go with 90km/s on a straight road, you need about ~20hp. but going above 90 is problematic because of the wind resistance increases way to much. imagine using a i10 with 20 hp. it can't really go uphill, you can't really load it and it will have a painful acce... |
How do TV shows translate word play based jokes for viewing in other languages? | I lived in Korea for a few years and watched American movies with Korean subtitles in theaters. I assume they didn't translate the wordplay at all because I was the only one laughing at it and my Korean friends would ask me what was so funny. |
What happens if the member of a jury notices something during a trial that they need to be addressed to make a decision? Can they ask questions or try to get something addressed? | Depends. Some jurisdictions permit juries to submit questions to the judge, who will either reject them, or discuss them with counsel for both sides before asking the question. If both sides have done even a halfway-decent job at presenting their respective cases, odds are decent that these questions are either rejecte... |
Why chemical weapons considered more indiscriminate than conventional weapons? | A large bomb can be indiscriminate as well but it'd have to be absolutely huge. Carpet bombing is also indiscriminate. However in the world of modern warfare a normal say 1000lb bomb has a target, it had a blast radius, it has a known explosive force you can lay a bomb on a target with a pretty decent idea of what kind... |
If an asteroid was due to collide with earth, what could we realistically do to stop it? | the more time we have, the more options we have to divert it. 10+ years, we have multiple options to divert it's path. the most simplistic one would be to park a satellite in orbit around it, and the gravity of the satellite would alter it's orbit just slightly, but enough to have it miss us. Space is huge, and the Ear... |
How did people with poor vision function in society before eyeglasses were invented? | People who were near sighted were well suited for jobs that required tinkering with small parts. Like a clock/watch maker. I'm not sure about the far sighted folks though. |
How do they keep the water in water towers from freezeing dolid in the winter? | They will freeze, but not freeze solid. In some places we're feeling solid is an issue, special heaters will be installed. |
If Vladimir Putin lost his mind one day and he'd decided life should be no more, would the world be safe or are there systems in place to stop things like this happening? | It's arguable the world exists right now because of a Russian/Soviet soldier who did not do what his superiors might have wanted him to do: [Stanislav Petrov] So maybe we can hope |
Why should I worry about Google's data gathering? | What if Google doesn't just use the data to target advertisements? What if the data gets sold to or stolen by someone who you don't trust with it? |
How does google know how popular a place is from hour to hour. | Location history from phones. They monitor people's locations and correlate that to the business. They can tell where people are and how long they spend there. |
Why is it that we can see dim light in a dark room better in our peripheral vision than when we look straight at it? | I guess I'll just follow the thread here In the center of your vision are cones. They are the photoreceptors responsible for color vision, whereas the peripheral vision consists of far more rods. Rods are the photoreceptors responsible for low light vision. This means in low light situations your peripheral vision is s... |
Is there a way to argue that a person who buys two lottery tickets does NOT have twice as good a chance of winning as a person who only buys one? | You could argue that buying two tickets does not double whatever enjoyment you experience from wasting your money on lottery tickets, but you can't argue that your chances of winning aren't effectively doubled. |
Why are defendants who are found guilty (and didn't plea guilty) not also charged with perjury? | It is the prosecution's burden to prove its case; you cannot be accused of perjury on that. |
Why do some sports games and programs start at random times like 8:49? | Baseball games usually start at 7:05 because the umpire has to get the batting order from the skipper. _URL_0_ It's more of tradition than anything else. |
Why is force defined as mass x acceleration instead of mass x velocity? | Force doesn't really mean the energy of hypothetical impact. Gravity is a force. Despite the fact I'm relatively stationary gravity is exerting a force on me; roughly 9.8 Newtons of force per kilogram of mass. |
Why are some people so against circumcision? | People say that the baby should have a choice and that's it's mutilation and blah blah. Personally I don't see the problem either. It's a simple surgery, not mutilation |
How can children watch the same movie (or any other content) over many times without getting bored? | The only problem with this is that we don't have VHS or cassette tapes for the kids to wear out the Mylar. |
Why are models of our solar system always shown with the planets rotating the sun in a 2D plane? | It's because they do. _URL_0_ Which I think is due to the likely method of formation of the sun and planets. Which was a big bunch of dust which scrunched together because gravity pulled it together. And like water going down a plughole , as you move stuff inwards, it spins faster if it was spinning even a little bit t... |
why do people kiss mouth to mouth to express their love to each other, and has this method always been the way (if we don't count sex)? | The way I understand it, it's developed into society because it allows us to experience our partner in all five main senses, potentially releasing the highest amounts of chemicals for arousal, joy, love, etc.Kiss on the mouth can also have different meaning:In medieval times, a kiss on the lips is used to seal deals. T... |
Why do we hear/learn so much about The Holocaust, but so little about other large genocides (Armenian, Cambodian, etc)? | The Holocaust is unique in a few ways. 1) It's aim was extermination. Typically the aim is political and economic control with willful disregard for the rights of the people being attacked. The Turks didn't want the Armenians erased, they just wanted them out of the way, and if that meant they needed to die, so be it. ... |
Why is the gold standard touted as being real money and fiat currency as fake? | Basically you're right. Previous metals need to be mined and they aren't easy to come by. Fiat is just paper, which can be obtained anywhere. You're right I'm that food/water would be more valuable in a post apocalyptic setting but in the case that the dollar crashes or just goes down in value, the metal will retain or... |
Why don't video games load when minimized? | That's because alt+tab put a process in the background . Try to play in a windows and change program without alt-tabbing. It should continue to load. |
What is the Illuminati and what is the big deal surrounding them? | The original Bavarian Order of the Illuminati died out long ago. They were originally a group of Freemasons who broke away from the Craft. Freemasons believe in peaceful compliance with their governments and the equality of all peoples. However, the Bavarian Illuminati believed that intellectuals were superior, and the... |
What do pharmacists actually do besides moving pills from one bottle to another bottle? | Actually, a lot of pharmacists don't move pills from one bottle to another, that's usually done by a pharm-tech |
Aren't there any noise-cancelling headphones or earpieces Brian Johnson could wear and still perform? | Custom in ear monitors reduce noise levels by 26dba. But you still need to have the feed to them to be able to sing key and beat. He may not like performing in them though which is why he doesn't. |
How does YouTube determine when to play ads? | I was under the impression that ads are only played when you're in a hurry to watch or show someone else something", 'The moment they realize you are enjoying the video, concentrating on the video and not switching tabs BAM! ADS! GALAXY NOTE 5 RIGHT IN YOU FACE! |
Why is Reddit composed mostly of male, middle class liberals? | We're the only ones who have enough free time at our desk jobs to surf the internet during the day. Lower class people tend to be working physical jobs without internet access and/or the time to use it. Super rich people are too busy making more money to surf reddit. |
Why are vehicles capable of going faster than the fastest speed limits if they're not intended for racing? | Some countries don't even have speed limits on certain highways: > Germany's autobahns are famous for being among the few public roads in the world without blanket speed limits for cars and motorbikes. source [Wikipedia] |
How does counting work in base systems higher than base 10? Or is base 10 the highest number system we have? | In addition to what is here I suggest taking a look at [Here's looking at Euclid]. I believe it's Chapter 2. which explains base systems starting with the Mayan's base 5 and also showcases the usefulness of something like base 12.Not directly related to base 11, but the danish numbersystem is in base 20 I believe. Not ... |
How much info can a website glean from websites open in other browser tabs? | Your browser does its best to keep pages from peeking out into other tabs. Facebook can only track you on webpages that include Facebook code .They don't get access to everything you do just because you have the page open. |
Why did we evolve to sleep? (or why haven't we evolved to stay awake 24/7) | No expert here, but I thought I'd heard that there was a lot going on in our cells during sleep some rejuving of the immune system and general cell/tissue repair going on. Also the brain sifting through data tossing some stuff and committing other stuff to long term memory Anyone know if this is true? |
Why are we getting less rain as the oceans become hotter and not more? | We, as in Earth are seeing more rain. Changing weather patterns means that that rain doesn't fall where it used to or is becoming more concentrated in certain areas. We're seeing short intense bursts of rainfall in areas that were more accustomed to prolonged, steady rainfall. Rainfall patterns are also shifting. The m... |
do animals of the same species use different methods for bringing up their offsprings, just like humans do? | I'm sure they do to a degree. Animals are more driven by instinct than humans, at least as far as we know, so they will conform a bit more. But upbringing has a lot to do with the environment the animals are in as well. Animals in thriving conditions will likely raise their young in a very different manner than those i... |
Why are almost all songs played at major league baseball games played by an organ and why do they still do it? | They are? I've seen a few major league games and they've all had big sound systems to play real music on. I haven't been to one that used the old organ in years. |
Why is the CDC not allowed to research gun control/gun violence? | The US government has $17,000,000,000,000+ worth of debt. Do we really need the center for disease control to research gun control, when the ATF exists? Do you believe the federal reseserve should research space flight? Should the department of education solve civil wars in africa? Do we need planned parenthood to nego... |
Why can't Solar Panels be at a 0° (Parallel to the ground) Instead of at an Angle? | Because the sun isn't directly above you unless you live on the equator. As you move further away from there the sun hits you at a larger angle. So by tilting the solar panels you are aligning them to be perpendicular to the sun beams, which allows them to run more efficiently. |
Why do we still use USB and not fibre optic for file transfer. My Soundbar uses fibre optic, so it can't be a cost issue. | Please don't confuse optical connections with fiber optics. They are two entirely different animals. Fiber optics usually means a small cable with a glass core that plugs into very expensive optics on both ends. And there's a few different flavors of fiber, all type of different connections, multimode fiber, single mod... |
Why do we call Napoleon by his first name while other military leaders like George Washington or Erwin Rommel are referred to by their first names? | Because he wasn't just a military leader, but also a monarch and they are referred by first name and number. |
why aren't traffic signs and lanes around the world universally the same? | Many reasons: * Replacing street signs is expensive. A typical cost is in the $500-$1000 range, and that is assuming that you don't have to replace the pole and the concrete foundation. * Replacing street signs requires people to re-learn. * Different countries have different needs. For example, there are not many came... |
Why is transgender grouped with LGBT? | There is growing use of a better initialism to describe the multiple groups rather than the ever-expanding LGBTQIA initialism; GSM, Gender and Sexuality Minorities. Trans people are included because the issues that trans people face are similar to the issues that other GSM people face, and it makes sense to band togeth... |
What exactly does 12 years of public school teach you that you can't learn on your own either through books or the Internet? | Social stuff. How to work with a team; be a part of a team. How you fit in in the world. Different perspectives. Public school teaches folks a lot of things that you're not interested in at the time.You can learn anything, factually speaking, through books and Internet. Instruction offers you several things: 1. Differe... |
How Do They Film TV Shows/Movies That Take Place in Big Cities? | Glasgow has been used in a couple of movies lately and made out to be another city. I know World War Z had a few scenes recorded in Glasgow and was made out to be a US city, and I'm sure the latest Fast and Furious movie had some scenes recorded in Glasgow but made out to be London. |
Why they don't teach how to do taxes, credit cards, insurance(health and auto), loans, investments in general public schools. | I learned all of this in economics; the funny thing about that is that people I had in that very same class like to pose the same question on Facebook. Honestly, I think they overwhelmingly teach this more than people let on but the education system really isn't as leveled as people would like. Between different states... |
Why hasn't anyone else been to the moon? It seems like something that super rich people would do for fun, like James Cameron going to the Mariana Trench. | To even the most dollared rich folk, heading to the moon would be a huge proportion of their wealth. Rich folk don't get rich by being the kind of person to blow all their dollars on a single trip. Plus, risk of fiery death. Typo fix. Ed. |
How does Jesus's death allow all humans who worship Jesus to be forgiven from their sins? | Nietzsche said it was Jesus enslaving us in guilt for all eternity. He did something we didn't ask for so that we would be beholden to him forever. |
Why do engines have a harder time starting when they are cold? | Fuel doesn't actually burn in liquid form, it needs to vaporise and mix with the exact proportion of oxygen in order to do so. Cold engines, cold air and cold fuel is not an ideal combination to get the necessary conditions for combustion. Petrol is sprayed into the air, just as it is about to go past the inlet-valves.... |
what's the difference between a dead body and a live body? | Death is much easier to determine for a piece of tissue than a complete organism, because a complex being is composed of so many disparate parts that work together to achieve what we understand as being fully functioning. We have bacteria in our intestines, for example. They're separate organisms with their own life cy... |
Why do dogs go crazy, and get "the zoomies," after a bath? | The technical name for zoomies is Frenetic Random Activity Periods or FRAP. We're not sure why dogs do it but it tends to decrease with age and most dogs do it after baths.Trainers and behaviorists call these FRAPs: frenetic random activity periods. A lot of pet lovers just call them “zoomies.” Puppy and young dogs are... |
If there is a bee in a car and the car is travelling at 50mph, does the bee have to fly faster than 50mph to move from the backseat to the front seat? | The bee isn't smashed because its flying through the air in the car, and the air is also moving at 50 mph. All speed is relative. The speed of the bee might be 10 miles per hour through air. So, relative to the car, that's 10 miles per hour. If it flies from the back to the front, it's still 10 miles per hour relative ... |
Why aren't lie detectors used in courts of law? | They aren't reliable enough. They mostly just tell if someone is nervous or not. And who wouldn't be nervous if they were being tried in court |
How do Car Keys hold their charge? Do they get charged by the car? | It's just a normal battery, it just doesn't take much juice to send the unlock pulse. Eventually they do run out, it just takes a long time. |
What is happening in the brain when time "slows down" in high-pressure situations? | I have heard, I believe it was on the documentary through the wormhole , that it is more to do with the amount you remember in these situations.Normally you don't create many memory points in day to day activities, but when you are feeling strong emotions, you tend to remember more of what happened. This gives the feel... |
Why aren't lie detectors used more often in court cases? | I think this was recently asked anyways lie detectors work by measuring a person's stress level, so things like heartbeat and breathing patterns would be used. The problem is that this is not a reliable method because people can become stressed under conditions like being interrogated and produce results that would app... |
Why is it that most domestic cats are afraid of water but big cats aren't? | Most cats, big or small, don't like water. Cougars will often do obstacle courses on rocks and fallen trees to get across a river and avoid the water. The only small species of cat I've heard of that will actively swim are the Turkish Van and Turkish Angora, and in larger species tigers will. Leopards in some parts of ... |
Why does physical pain make us cry when we're younger but not as much when we're older? | There is also pressure exerted by peers and parents to not cry past a certain age. We also get more used to moving around and don't get injured as much. I have seen lots of adults cry when they get hurt, it happens. |
What are check cashing places and who uses them? | Many banks don't allow you to cash checks unless you either have an account with them, or if the check is from their bank. This becomes a problem if you have really bad credit and cannot get a bank account. The checks from most businesses do not come from personal banks so there's no bank that will cash them. Check cas... |
What's with these desperate teenage girls trying to join ISIS? | I think it has to do with value like so many such decisions. Everything that was wrong with you doesn't matter anymore because all that matters now is your new mission. You are a selected special person for going on that mission. You are worthy of respect for going on that mission. It is what makes people knowingly cho... |
What are good running techniques for a complete beginner? | Like others have say, try /r/running. I asked there when I start running a year ago, and some of the advice that helped was: * shorten your stride, you aren't sprinting* run more upright* don't get winded if you aren't able to talk, you are running too fast* distance is more important than speed* running regularly is m... |
Why is there not the same Soccer hooliganism surrounding North American Sports? | Probably because people don't want to get arrested every time they go to games. Try bringing those flares into a stadium here.Contrary to all the protestations of Europeans, the Americans are the civilized ones.Because our towns are far apart from each other. If you're a college football fan in Seattle, and you want to... |
How do people like George Zimmerman and Casey Anthony stay safe? | Zimmerman was a bit of a dumbass immediately after his acquittal and kept in the spotlight, but people like this often just stay out of sight for a while and often times have to relocate to another state. They might change their name too. It's almost like starting over, essentially. |
How can movies like 'The Possesion' about a moth demon growing inside a child claim to be 'based on a true story'? | It actually is based on a true story. _URL_1_ I have been following it for a few years and this movie is based on it. If you're really interested you can listen to these two podcasts: _URL_2URL_0_ |
What exactly is autism? | [Did you remember to search before asking? This question has been asked before, and you might find the answers to them satisfactory to your question as well.] Have a nice day. *^If ^you ^have ^questions ^or ^think ^I ^made ^a ^mistake [^please ^contact ^us,] ^We're ^happy ^to ^help.* |
why do so many people hate Obama? The economy is back up and unemployment is down? What has he done wrong? | A) Obama isn't directly responsible for the economic recovery. He may have determined the path we took to get there, but chances are the economy would have recovered anyway and those working directly in the financial agenices likely had a larger impact. B) Economic policy is only one aspect of being the President. Soci... |
Why should I hate the 1%? | There's nothing to hate. Most of the people in that income bracket got there because of dumb luck. Either they had the right parents, or were born with a drive to do something that made them a lot of money. They just need to pay an amount of taxes commensurate with the resources consumed to make their wealth possible. ... |
How do insurance companies gain profit? | Insurance is a business where you accept somebody's unpredictable, irregular cost in exchange for a predictable and regular payment . If you can accurately predict just how much risk you're taking on, you can set the premium just a bit higher than that amount, to cover your costs and make a profit. With a large insuran... |
When hackers steal money, where do they send the money? | Hacking you describe is impossible The holliwood idea of hacking is impossible. There is no central database of your funds, which are then send somewhere. It never happened and there is no danger it will. Nope. Hacking is more of a mobile scam than it is actual hacking. There is no bypassing firewalls, no wiring the mo... |
Why does older furniture hold up so well when modern furniture seems to break in a few years? | Maybe it doesn't but you only ever see the old furniture that holds up because you just throw out broken furniture. |
How did life come to be on Earth? | She's really close actually. There was a huge mass of organic goop which mixed with amino acids and created millions of little tiny microscopic organisms. Over a huge chunk of time those organisms evolved into something that could walk out of the water which eventually evolved into humans through need and time. In a nu... |
Why doesn't everybody come together and vote third party? | The devil you know is better than the devil you don't know, at least a lot of people seem to think that. |
Why do Americans feel the need to remake British TV shows? | I think it can actually be argued that the American public is fine with British broadcasting, it's just not widely promoted here and always seems to be delayed by several months coming over here. It more just American television companies looking to make a profit ripping off popular shows. Follow the same formula get a... |
What happens to deceased soldiers that are left behind after a battle? | It depends. A lot of war isn't as fast-paced as a movie or video game. Firefights can last hours, without a lot of movement. From experience , as soon as someone is wounded or killed, progression stops. The fighting will continue, but we don't move forward, and the soldier is evacuated ASAP. Killed soldiers are treated... |
Why are there faces carved into Mount Rushmore? Who are these figures and what must they have achieved in order to be put on there? | South Dakota historian\xa0Doane Robinson worked with an artist named Gutzon Borglum to come up with the idea of Mount Rushmore in order to drive tourism in the area. After planning the monument, they enlisted the help of U.S. Senator\xa0Peter Norbeck to get the project funded by the Federal Government in 1927. It's not... |
How is The Pirate Bay still up and running when all the founders are in prison? | Founder != people running it. Just like Apple didn't fold when Steve Jobs left and later died. |
Why is there little to no homeless belonging to Asian descent in the US? | _URL_0_ It's very hard to find homeless data that includes Asians at all, because in most of America they are a statistically insignificant proportion of the population. What you can see is that Asians are less likely to be homeless than other visible minorities and that older Asians are less likely to be homeless than... |
Why do we have to get a commercial driver license to drive a bus or semi, but not motor homes, which are almost just as large? | Lobbyists. Almost nobody would bother buying an RV if you had to get your CDL to drive it. I think it's crazy that you can drive what's essentially a greyhound bus with a normal drivers license or with a simple endorsement.because it is your private domicile and you will not be harrassed bitch', "The answer is plain an... |
What differs when looking at an untrained runner compared to a well trained one? | All the answers at the top of this post area great but they all seem to forget the main thing. The reason your struggle with 4.5k and others don't is practice. Repetition and hard work is all you need. That being said there are things that help. Bolt for example has a very long stride length combined with a very fast s... |
why is the search for life on other planets based on the things life on earth needs to exist? | This is a common question. Life probably needs some sort of liquid solvent for chemistry to occur in. That alone rules out most planets. That liquid doesn't necessarily need to be water but that's all we've ever observed. We have no idea what the biosignatures of crazy molten rock aliens would look like. |
Why, after I masturbate or have sex, do I get an extremely uncomfortable feeling in my groin that seems to last about 10-20 minutes? | Yes!!! I know exactly what you are talking about! I get it every now and then and it sucks, i hate it. I definitely don't have any stds and I don't think that is the issue. I've found that when I have a really full bladder the best thing to do is to stand up and pee, especially if I just masturbated. Also I get if I ja... |
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