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Why do I look pretty in the mirror but horrible in photos? What makes someone Photogenic? | Another thing to take into account - we are not used to seeing the static representation of people we get in a photo. It's a bit disconcerting, and moving, actual people are rated as more attractive. This along with being used to the reverse image I think just about explains it.In a mirror, you see a 3-D projection of ... |
How do we not remember EVERYTHING in our lives (being born, very early childhood, etc.)? | Interestingly, there are some people who claim that they can remember everything: it's called hyperthymesia . Actress Marylu Henner has this. I've heard radio interviews with her where she was asked to describe what she did on a random day and she can describe it in intense detail down to what a waiter looked like at t... |
Why do insects die on their backs? | Normally, insects don't flip onto their backs to die. Flip a healthy insect on its back and it'll right itself. Do the same to one that's old, weak or dehydrated, and it will probably die there because it doesn't have the strength to flip over again. The same thing would happen to an insect with a damaged brain or nerv... |
Biologically, why is male pattern baldness a thing? | It's theorized that it might have evolved as a sign of seniority in older men, kind of like a silverback gorilla. Imagine that! A bald man as a symbol of power.There are many different potential causes for baldness. But for Male pattern baldness there are two main causes. The first is a recessive gene found on the X ch... |
How do heaters work? | When an electrical current runs through something, there will be some level of resistance, measured in ohms. The amount of resistance depends on the substance carrying the current. High resistance substances with current going through them generate heat . Heaters use high resistance wires to generate heat with electric... |
Answer an ELI5 FAQ- Why do Coca Cola, McDonalds, and other national companies still advertise? | It's almost entirely due to name recognition and a bit of game theory. Here's an example: two companies, Pepsi and Coca Cola, have about the same name recognition. Almost everyone knows that the two exist and that they sell a similar product. Pepsi and Coca Cola have a decision to make : they can spend a million dollar... |
Why do old school phone batteries last for a decade whereas newer phones last barely 3 hours? | because today's phones requires more power to operate. you have the screen and apps running all the time causes batteries to run faster/ |
framework. What is it in terms of computer science? | The word means the same thing as it does in other contexts like construction. A framework is just generally a support structure that you build your structure on top of. A building framework is all the load bearing stuff that you then hang walls and rooms onto. A software framework is some set of functions that provide ... |
Why is the inclusion of Bash in Windows 10 such a big deal? | Because, for many devs, it means access to Unix-based command line tooling without changing operating system and without having to rely on virtualization, or Windows versions/ports that run slow and/or can be a massive pain to get working right . Ubuntu for Windows provides a sane, *native* Unix-like environment for th... |
What is an itch and what causes it? | This is among the most fascinating, and disturbing, articles I have ever read. And it's about itches. _URL_0_ |
why are horses put down if they break a leg while other animals are looked after? | Imagine if you sawed an Olympic archer's bow in half and then attempted to slowly repair it over a six week period *while they still used it*. Bear in mind that this isn't taking into account the pain aspect. |
How the heck does someone check in a gun onto a domestic flight in America? | As long as it isn't subject to the National firearms Act, you just declare it and pack it in a approved checked piece of luggage. |
why it's ok to kill, cut them up into little pieces, and eat animals but keeping them in a small cage is cruel. | It's all about the quality of life the animal had when it was alive. We want to eat happy cows and chickens. |
How come all the planets have just the right speed to stay in orbit? | In the early solar system, they was way more stuff floating around. If it wasn't moving fast enough or moving the right direction, it would get hit by stuff and knocked into the sun, out of the system, into the Earth , etc. |
do average vaginas correlate with the ethnically average penis size? | You should ask first if the stereotype is even true. You're assuming it is. [It's not]. |
What is the benefit of using a wax seal on bottles of liquor (Maker's Mark) or beer (New Glarus)? | In the case of Maker's Mark, it's just aesthetic. It provides them with a distinct look. |
The movie San Andreas: Is a natural disaster like this truly a potential threat? | Probably not to the grand scale of destruction that the movies portray, but yes the San Andreas fault will, at some point in the future, experience a slip large enough to cause an earthquake on the scale of the [1906 Great Earthquake] that killed over 3000 people. It will happen, but it's impossible to predict when. Co... |
How does a circuit know when to use the ground? | When you make something electronic, like a computer. You want the case to 'be grounded'. You do this so that if something goes wrong, like a positive wire get's loose, and touches the case, it'll short out straight to ground. If the case wasn't grounded it would make the entire case positive, then if you touched the ca... |
why is it ok to charge males more for car insurance but not ok to charge females more for health insurance? | Someone submitted a link to this submission in the following subreddit: * /r/circlebroke2: [I'll take Loaded Questions for $200, Alex.]* /r/circlebroke2: [I'll take Loaded Questions for $200, Alex] ----This comment was posted by a bot, see /r/Meta_Bot for more info. Please respect rediquette, and do not vote or comment... |
Why can some people still function normally with little to no sleep and others basicly fall apart if they can't get 7 to 12 hrs? | Used to work at a sleep lab doing sleep apnea therapy. One person's 10 hours of sleep is not equivalent to another person's 10 hours of sleep. There are 4 established stages of sleep, categorized into REM or Non-REM. These are categorized by the patterns of your brain waves. However, if you have sleep problems then you... |
What causes this to spin? | there is a motor rotating the top piece. the bottom piece moves because there are groves that push the yellow thing side to side. you'll notice all it's curved. |
Why was the transition of Germany into a democracy in WW2 so smooth (for the most part) compared to the attempted transitions in middle eastern countries? | Remember, self rule is not absent in German history. Under the Kaiser, the Reichstag stood as a parliamentary system, and under Bismarck, universal male suffrage was implemented. In practice, the Reichstag didn't have terribly much power, but it still existed. Immediately before WW2, Germany was already a republic, the... |
How come online multiplayer (on consoles specifically) seems to have gotten WORSE year after year? | I'm pretty sure it is due to the lack of dedicated servers. On most serious pc games there is a server hosting the game. You choose which server you want, choosing the best latency for you. I'm pretty sure most console games choose a random host for each match. That's why in Halo 3 whenever the host would drop it would... |
Definition of "Conflict of Interest" | A conflict of interest occurs when an individual in a position of power has a two options: make the choice that benefits me or make the logical choice that is expected of me. i.e. You are a doctor and your incredibly wealthy grandmother that you don't like is your patient. She is dying, and will leave you a very large ... |
Why do Republicans believe that regulation is bad? | Here's a good example.A few years ago, I had to cut 40-50 pine trees to make room for construction. Having worked in a saw mill, I wanted to sell the logs to the mill. They were extremely old , high quality with no infestations. However, there is a government regulation that states that the mill cannot purchase timber ... |
Why can't cargo freight ships carry weapons to fend off pirates? | For the same reason we used to tell people to just comply with airplane hijackers - the risk of being armed and making into a fight outweighed the cost of paying ransoms. Merchant ships have run armed in the past - particularly in WW1 and 2 when they needed to shoot at german ships or be sunk themselves. And prior to t... |
Why our laptops can't have 3G connection | All cellular companies sell USB dongles to connect laptops to their networks. Most laptops don't come with them because they add cost to the production of the laptop & PC companies would have to limit their connection to one provider or put on costly receivers for every provider ", 'As others have said. There are a bun... |
Why is the large hadron collider important to the average person? | Because a lot of the technology you see around you was only made possible because of pure research. Practical research comes after pure research. The LHC is pure research and eventually they'll figure out how to use that knowledge for practical purposes. |
How do hackers get caught so easily? To clarify why don't they just do their hacks from a coffee shop or other free wireless location? | Ego. Very smart people have to brag about how smart they are to other smart people, sometimes the wrong people find out. Amarkov is right though, the vast majority don't get caught, even when a company knows about it, it looks horrible to customers/investors so they just keep it quiet. |
The benefits of having a credit card | There's no interest if you pay your bill on time and in full. I've never paid interest in twenty years of card usage. I personally prefer credit because I don't like giving companies direct access to my back account. What if some idiot cashier charges me $2000 instead of $20.00 without my knowledge? Getting that money ... |
Why don't freight rail companies like CSX, Norfolk Southern run passenger service? In the past, did | There's no money in it in the era of air travel. I mean, Amtrak isn't even competitive for long-distance passenger travel, even with the government subsidies. Also, US rail lines are designed for cargo, not passenger traffic, so they aren't as smooth as rail travel in other parts of the world . That makes it even harde... |
why is there such a disproportionate number of British Youtubers/streamers? | Even though the rules say to not speculate, this is one I can't help but think we won't have a hard, concrete answer on, so speculation it is: I believe that when game analysis and theory/streaming was just starting to get popular, the main drivers of that genre were british, so the british accent became synonymous wit... |
Why is fraud a crime but being a 'psychic' not a crime | > In the United States, common law recognizes nine elements constituting fraud:[8][9] > a representation of an existing fact; > its materiality; > its falsity; > **the speaker's knowledge of its falsity;** > **the speaker's intent that it shall be acted upon by the plaintiff;** > **the plaintiff's ignorance of its fals... |
Why do people block out license plates in photo posts when plates are seen in the public all the time anyway? | Privacy. Seeing in public is a less than 30 seconds window if a still image is saved one always has that information. Moreover, some people might have someone on the inside working at vehicle registration departments. If a criminal see's a car they wanna steal/parts they need it will be easy for then to get further inf... |
Why haven't we created genetically modified grass that doesn't grow taller than 2-3 inches to eliminate the need for lawn mowers? | We planted some Zoysia sod once, I think the cultivar was called Pacifica, and it only needed to be mowed about once a year. It is an impenetrable mat that just kind of sits there. And it was so dense that it was impervious to weeds. I liked that grass a lot. Don't know if it was created in a laboratory or not. |
How come the guy who bought some Amazon rainforest for 14M got fined 137M (!!) for cutting down the trees in it | nothing in that article says anything about him being fined, it says he bought it for preservation so it seems unlikely that he was cutting the trees down, unless I'm missing something. |
Why does gently pulling on the corner of your eye help improve your eyesight? | I've had terrible vision my entire life, and when my eyesight was still degrading as a kid, I would always know when I needed a stronger contacts prescription if I pulled on the corner of my eyes and my vision got a little clearer. |
Why does buying cars involve so much negotiating and not just set prices? | Carmax has set prices on their whole fleet of cars, nationwide. I've bought a couple cars from them and the overall experience was great! No fuss. |
How will giving facebook my phone number help "secure" my account? | It doesn't. They can use any procedure they want to notify you of account misbehavior. They choose to ask for your phone number so it can be used for their business purposes. |
The 1% difference between humans and chimpanzees DNA | Think of DNA as an instruction manual for making life. The vast majority of that manual is the bare-bones basics. How to make cells, how to make cell walls, how to use fuels to power the cells, how to make bones, how to make blood, how to lay out blood, how to make brain matter, nerves, the insulation around nerves, ey... |
Why do dogs spin around in circles before they lay down? | I haven't seen a source yet so I'm gonna say what I'm pretty sure is the answer:------------------They smell everywhere where they're going to lay down. And so they need to spin around and smell every spot where their body will lie. Same thing when they poo - spin around in a circle to smell everywhere before they squa... |
Why is printing technology stangant and expensive while every other computing-related tech is better and cheaper? | In addition to some very good responses here, you do have a choice in what type of printer you buy. To borrow the car analogy, you can choose to buy a gas-powered vehicle or, for a bit more, a diesel-powered vehicle. Diesel is far more efficient and you'll usually offset the initial extra cost within a year. You can bu... |
what is the point of hair on our asshole? | Crouch while pooping -- that's how humans have be doing it for centuries. Use a stool, or something to put your feet on, you'll see it takes you seconds to poop, it feels way better, it's way more healthier for your body, and you'll barely need to wipe afterwards. It's a win-win-win-win.Possibly acts as a place where i... |
iPhones regularly start to malfunction after 2-3 years of use. Why is this not considered a bad product at $700-800 MSRP? | Any very complex product, including much more expensive products , might start malfunctioning after several years. I'm not sure why would you single out iPhones. Compared to some of the competing products that often literally explode, iPhones are pretty good.I gave my iPhone 4 to my mum when I upgraded and apart from a... |
Would it be possible to create Fremen stillsuits to maintain body moisture in the absence of water? | Wouldn't the salt from the sweat clog the system? Also, there are oils from you skin that would be introduced into the system. Not to mention skin cells, hair and the occasional bit of sand I would imagine that still suit maintenance would be vomit inducing. |
. How can a law passed by congress supersede the Constitution? | It isn't an issue until it's made an issue. Technically, every law is constitutional until one of the branches steps in or the people rise up. |
What will happen if North Korea DOES go through with a nuclear strike? | The north part of South Korea would get hit hard. Some of their bigger cities would be damaged pretty bad. How much is not sure, North Korea doesn't seem to have many long distance weapons, but if they do then South Korea is in trouble. But North Korea would face retaliation from so many that they would be nearly wiped... |
Why do some people pay to get their taxes done, while others do it themselves for free? | The tax code is complicated, and companies like H & R block actually lobby to keep it that way. Frankly, if you don't have a house and only work for a company you can probably do your own taxes really quick. The reason people who could easily do their own taxes go to those places is for two reasons. One they don't real... |
Am I doing my body a service by not taking medicine, i.e not taking Advil for a common headache or cough syrup for a slight cold? | This is the sort of question to ask your doctor, I'd think. In my medical experience, there is no known benefit to avoiding reasonable symptomatic relief with standard OTC medications in submaximal doses in patients with no exacerbating comorbidities like renal or hepatic impairment. In terms of quality of life, an ann... |
Why, although culturally similar, the United States and Canada don't seem to have similar social problems? | Most US social problems relate back to slavery, or the US being extremely religious. Canada wasn't founded by people who thought European Lutherans were too liberal with their penny weddings. Or by slave holders. Sadly US has both. |
Why is that after laughing (quite alot) my hands go weak and limp and I find it difficult to write and manage objects? | You either have a blood or nerve impingement. This could be caused by an occlusion in the arm, shoulder or even neck. That it occurs after laughing implies that your scalene neck muscles are impinging the brachial plexus- the network of nerves that run through your shoulder to control your arm and hand. Without a lot m... |
Why do many American sitcom characters share their names with the actors who play them? | With The Office, those characters were initially extras in a bare-bones show. No one initially bothered writing background stories or even names for these characters. When the show took off, the extras got incorporated into the show. For some of the other examples listed, see u/kouhoutek's comment |
How is hiring private military contractors cheaper then using the regular forces yet everyone in a PMC makes three times the money as a soldier? | Basic training is VERY expensive. A member of the military gets free food and shelter for the duration of their enlistment. Also, vets get free health care for life at VA if wounded. Retirement bennies for 20 years service run into MILLIONS of dollars, esp for mid-level officers and senior NCOs. Government contractors ... |
How viable would an ebola infection "suicide misson" be as a biological warfare tactic for terrorist groups? | If they all get jobs at fast food restaurants, we'd be fucked.Whether or not this would cause a significant number of infections, it would likely be very effective at spreading fear. |
Why do photographs look so hideously wrong when 'flipped'? | This typically happens when using the front facing camera. It's because the image of you that's shown while in camera mode is actually flipped to more closely resemble a mirror, as that's the primary way most people are familiar with viewing themselves. When the photo is taken, it corrects this by undoing the simulated... |
How does smokey diesel exhaust meet EPA standards for pollution? | * EPA pollution standards only apply the manufacturers while tampering with emission controls is illegal, merely having a car that doesn't meet EPA standards is not* many US states require emissions tests, and in most cases, any diesel passenger vehicle that has visible smoke will not pass* diesel exhaust is usually hi... |
Why are there so few accidents on the Autobahn compared to the traffic it gets? | There's no oncoming traffic or tricky junctions on the autobahn, the roads are wide and straight and everyone's going the same way. You might be doing 120 but there's rarely gonna be anything unexpected you have to react to. |
Not debating the morality of capital punishment, why do they not use the same euthanasia drugs they do on dogs & cats? Why the obviously faulty drugs they have now? | Why not the guillotine? It's not exactly pretty, but it's quick, painless, and very efficient. |
Where did the money go in the stock market crash of 1929? | When you put money in a bank, they lend it out to people. So let's say you put in $100. The bank lends out about $90 of it. The person they lend it to puts it in their bank, who lend out $81 of it, and so forth. Once the math is done, your $100 becomes $1000 of money, $100 of which is real, and $900 of which is 'imagin... |
How are some bird species (parrots, corvids) extremely intelligent while others (sparrows, pigeons etc.) are not even close to being that intelligent? | Intelligence isn't useful for every situation. It depends on the environmental demands of the niche the animal lives in. |
Why do we seem to experience technological jumps so much faster than ancient civilizations did? | Three important points here: First of, how do you measure scientific progress? The jump from nothing to fire is quite huge. What is the biggest discovery, the wheel or the computer? It's incredibly hard to measure. Secondly, progress seems to be exponential. We discovered more data between 1900 and 2000 then we did bet... |
Why is it that militaries can't use tear gas but police forces do? | Generally speaking, the police and the military look to different things when deciding what they will and won't use. Militaries act internationally, and generally have to abide by international agreements where a bunch of countries got together and agreed what is and is not cool when it comes to fighting wars. Police f... |
Why some people are heavy sleepers and others are light sleepers | Followup: Why do heavy sleepers always deny that they're falling asleep at ~~slumber parties~~ grown-up movie night? Without fail. It's like a reflex. Just admit you're falling asleep. I won't be mad. I just gotta know if you need a blanket. |
Why did it take until the Renaissance for truly life like paintings when lifelike statues date to antiquity? | Actually these kinds of paintings have been around for a long time. It just wasn't in style. The popular genres of art dominated during those times looked much different for a reason not related to their capabilities.Survivor bias, there certainly were great paintings in the past however they are very fragile and not m... |
Why hasn't Magic Johnson developed full blown AIDS and died years ago? | He had a couple of advantages in addition to his money. He was in great physical shape to begin with, which usually helps. He also caught the virus after or around the time that the first break-throughs in treating HIV were happening, particularly the drug AZT. Treatments have only improved in the days since. The virus... |
Why do musicians/DJs wear headphones on one ear? Does it actually do anything to help them? | To hear booth speakers. It is easier to mix fully in headphones in larger clubs due to the delay on larger Soundsystem's in nightclubs. |
How phones can make emergency calls but don't have a signal? | You do have a signal, just not to your carrier. All carriers allow non-customers to make emergency call on their network. If you are in the middle of the woods, you likely won't be able to connect to any carrier, and thus you can't make a 911 call.Dialing 911 puts the phone into emergency network mode , emergency calls... |
Why does the U.S. have different state driver's licenses instead of everyone just having a United States drivers license. | Nope, the laws are actually different! Laws around driving are decided at the state level, not the national level. They're generally pretty similar--similar enough that if you have a Utah driver's license, you probably wouldn't have any trouble driving in Maine, but there are differences. In some states, for example, y... |
Why don't city water pipes freeze? | I live in Saskatchewan, and last year a couple of our cities had to deal with record numbers of water main bursts because of a combination of very little snowfall and an arctic air mass that caused extreme cold temps for a couple straight weeks. Just because your pipes have never frozen doesn't mean it never happens to... |
Why are there not term limits for the United States Congress? | Couple of quick facts: the House is elected every two years, and each Senator has a term of six years. The criticism of term lengths is more that congresspeople spend way too much time campaigning and not enough time governing. Senators have more lee-way in this regard, since they don't need to campaign as often, but t... |
How can the U.S. be trillions and trillions in debt and still function normally? Why at this point would increasing or decreasing it by another trillion even matter? | Because as long as we keep making payments on our debt, and as long as the US economy keeps producing goods and services that people want, investors will continue to see US debt as valuable and not particularly risky. That's not to say we can run up unlimited debt. But we're not at the limit yet, nor are we really even... |
At what height would a "Firemans Pole" become unusable? | Theoretically, a pole should be useable at any length, as long as it's securely connected to the floor and ceiling of the building. |
- speaking in 'tongues'. (From a non-religious standpoint) | The koine greek word, γλῶσσα is translated as tongues in some English translations; the KJV is still oddly popular and it does this. A better translation would be languages. In Acts 2 the early followers begin speaking in many languages, and some around them dont understand and think they've been drinking too much new ... |
Why many European Political Parties have religious names, while the EU is thought to be secular? | The EU is largely secular - most political systems are divorced with the Church . That isn't to say that political parties, at their founding, weren't based on religious ideas. The right of politics in the UK is still portrayed as largely basing itself on 'Christian' values, though far less so than in the US. Take the ... |
If you close a door with a cat in the room, does the cat know that eventually you'll open the door? Or will it constantly look for a way out every time? | I would imagine, based on past experience, the cat would assume that eventually you'll be back to open the door.The ruined carpet around most doors in my house would suggest that they do not think you will let them out, and that the only way out is to dig their way under the doorHey since we are cat talking, is there a... |
How did Tesla pass 500,000 Volts AC through his body to light a lamp without being harmed? | To compare electricity to water in a pipe: Voltage = water pressure. The impetus for the water to move.Amps = flow rate. Gallons per minuteWatts = power = force of the water moving. Power of water flowing in a pipe is a function of the psi driving the water and the gallons per minute of water. Electric power is similar... |
How is Japan reacting to it's rapidly ageing, and soon to be rapidly falling population? Are they opening up to immigration like everyone predicted? | It seems that the issue isn't as widespread as the media here makes it out to be. It's certainly a problem in Tokyo, but the small town life is also big in Japan, and people out there are doing fine. I don't think it will be the apocalypse we've been told it will be. |
Why are the airlines complaining about profits when so many flights are so full? | The airline industry runs on a very low profit margin on their flights because they have so many high and fixed costs. You can fly all your planes completely full, but that doesn't mean you are making a lot of profit on that flight. The airline industry is a bit of a hard industry to be in because there is a high amoun... |
How do people get caught pirating music? | ISPs can track what you download and upload to the internet through their connection. Now, they're not going to have a look at everything you're DL and UL, but they will look at different file sizes and formats to catch a pirate. **Eg:** A 750mb .avi file would be more noticed than a 1.2mb .exe file. If that makes sens... |
Why are the states in the east coast of the USA smaller than the west coast? | I've always heard that speed of transportation and communication was also a factor. When the first states were formed, these were slow. Later these were faster. So, larger states were practical and made sense. If there was a state the size of Texas in early America, it would take many, many days for some people to trav... |
What is it about (steam or otherwise) turbines that makes them so ubiquitous for power generation? Do we really not have anything more efficient after more than a century? | mostly that they're cheap and safe. while there are fluids with better thermal properties, they're much more expensive and tend to be fairly dangerous in one way or another. methods besides turbines tend to be restricted to low power applications because of practical constraints. |
Why can't you use a console game's disc to play the game on a computer? | The consoles have programs in them that interpret the games commands and run it. There's no reason that a program can't be used to do this on a computer Such programs were created for many of the cartridge based systems, such as the NES, Genesis, and Gameboy. There was even such a program for the Playstation that was s... |
Why Tesla is banned from selling cars in 48 of 50 states. | Didn't the Washington Post say? There was a planet money story on it a few months back, apparently dealers lobbied for laws to ensure that manufacturers couldn't bypass them and sell direct to the public. This was designed to protect dealers from Ford or GM but it would also effect a new company too. |
Full text of TPP, what it means to the people and countries involved? | Backpedal Edit: Sorry guys, I deleted my response because on closer inspection it turns out I had no idea what I was talking about. Edit 2: Haha, that's hilarious. This post got 100 more points since I deleted it. |
Why is lobbying still allowed? Isn't it just sugar-coated bribing? | Yes, it's pretty much bribing. The reason is works is when was the last time someone one an election without a direct or indirect bribe?", 'Well, there is an army of lobbyists lobbying to keep lobbying legal |
Why don't more people go to rehab for weed? | Because marijuana doesn't contain the addictive properties of other drugs, so you won't detox and don't really need a full time facility to help you quit.I 've been to rehab for alcohol. I 've also quit weed after quitting alcohol. I'm a member of AA and have been sober over 4 years. The last thing I quit was weed, and... |
the 50 new Facebook genders - a brief description for each one - list inside.. I.e. the difference between trans male and trans man | Completely serious: What is it about having a label that helps you, if that's your thing? I honestly just don't care as long as whoever I'm talking to sees me as a collection of all MY traits and not traits or values that are generalized from just my gender or sexual identity. I'd sincerely like to understand why havin... |
Can snapping someone's neck in real life like in the movies really kill someone fast? If so why? | Your brain stem has four important control centers that when compromised, puts the body in an array of life threatening situations. - Reticulating activation system - Respiratory center - Cardiac center - Vasomotor center There's a saying.., 3,4,5 you die. -you break c3, c4, or c5 you are likely damaging your brain ste... |
What's with Americans referring to the elderly as 'Old Man/Lady' and then their surname? | In southern part , we use these terms as a sign of repect we don't mean to sound Unproper but over the years we've just been Accustomed to this slang words |
What is used in movies to replicate druguse etc.? | A lot of actors/actresses smoke cigarettes in real life. For marijuana, I know in Traffic and American Beauty, in order to replicate the red eye effect, they blew peppermint dust in the actors' faces.Not sure about everything but someone asked The Rock this on Twitter after "Pain and Gain" came out. He said he snorted ... |
Why isn't tax included in the price prior to check out? | I'll assume you are from the United States, and when I visited the United States a few years ago, I was surprised. I had no idea that tax wasn't included in the listed price because that just made sense to me. After a while, I realised why they did this. **Tax isn't included in the final price to mislead the consumer.*... |
Why is it that the swimmers in the middle lanes always seem to do better than those on the outside lanes? | Because that is how they are seeded! Lane 4 is the fastest qualifying time. Then it goes 5 > 3 > 6 > 2 > 7 > 1 > 8. Or something to that effect. Lane 4 is the fastest, but I can't remember whether 3 or 5 comes next. |
Why is water required for life to exist on different planets? | For a few reasons, First, all life we know uses water, we're not 100% that life requires water, but the evidence we have suggests it does. Secondly, we actually can kinda look for it. It would be really cool if we figured out that life can exist using element X instead of water, but if we can't find element x on exopla... |
What's the point of /r/_URL_0_? | I suppose it's misc. items, or things directly related to reddit . Not saying that's how it's used, though. |
Why are there people talking about colonizing Mars when we haven't even built a single structure on the moon? | Interesting thing about spaceflight is that it doesn't take much more energy to get to mars than it does to get to the moon. Most of it is spent getting away from earth either way. So why would we settle the little gray rock when for practically the same effort we could settle a big red planet?", 'Also the climate on t... |
Why do our eyes degrade over time? Given that humans are sight hunters, why does this occur? | *Everything* degrades over time, not just our eyesight. Think of those [mosquito ringtones] that kids can hear, but most adults can't. What matters in evolutionary terms is that you stay fit enough long enough to have and raise kids . Genes that cause you to still have sharp eyesight when you're 70 don't necessarily gi... |
Where do bugs go in the winter? How do they come back in the spring? | Speaking of bugs, I see [these guys] everyday on my walls. I don't even care anymore.Honeybees stay home and all clump together to stay warmHow do they survive and migrate so far then?Insect are cold blooded, they can not regulate their temperature and depend on temperature of environment. Therefore in winter they are ... |
How is it possible to wake up from a sound before the sound even happened? | You are probably already in a light sleep phase because thunders interrupted your deep sleep or you just were in REM exactly then, and the next thunder you hear comes in many chunks because your mind needs to switch to wake mode and also it is possible because of echoes that you think you didn't hear the thunder, yet y... |
why can't the number that defines pi be a whole number or ratio? | Because it isn't. I don't know what to tell you, that is just how our dimensions are arranged. |
why is it that when playing a stringed instrument the dominant hand carries out the more mundane and prosaic tasks while the weaker hand carries out the more intricate and technical tasks? | Finger-style guitar player here. I don't think your premise applies to what I do. With fretted instruments like guitars and banjos, fretting the strings can be intricate and technical, but fingerpicking is even more so. As long as I place the correct fingers of my off hand cleanly above the correct fret, that part of t... |
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