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If humans have domesticated animals like wolves, why haven't we done the same for other large predators like bears? | Every domesticated animal is social in the wild. Like vampires, humans infiltrated cattle herds and inserted ourselves into them, becoming their ruler. We infiltrated sheep and wolves and horses. Bears are not social. We can't infiltrate their society because they don't have one. |
I'm looking at a digital clock while chewing food; the LCD numbers are bouncing around, but not my entire FOV, why? | I've noticed a similar effect when driving, if you look at any matrix signs in your rear view mirror, the text is vibrating like mad but everything else looks smooth |
Why do gyms put cardio equipment in front of windows? | Most store fronts in strip malls have large front windows .something has to go there. Besides the rows of equipment help people notice that it's a gym so it helps with marketing to foot traffic. |
Our ancestors started farming other animals for resources, so why didn't this happen with elephants? | CGP Grey already explained this [in this nice video], but I will give you the TL;DW version. Elephants just take too damn long to breed, they eat to much, and humans haven't had a chance to domesticate them. All domesticated animals take two years at *most* to mature into full adult animals, most reach maturity in less... |
How my 30€ is enough money to pay for an African child's operation that would cost several thousands in Europe (eye sight operation) | 1) 30 euro converted to a lot of currencies can be worth thousands in the local current 2) quality of the operation and doctor 3) chances are your donation is pooled together with others. 4) chances are most of your money is going to administration, they're likely bullshitting you which is the purpose of the pool of fu... |
How did internet provider monopolies, such as Comcast, form in the first place? What's keeping the competition out of certain areas so that Comcast is the only option? | Some industries have economies of scale indefinitely. This means that the average cost of providing the good/service gets cheaper the more they provide. This results in a natural monopoly. No matter what we do, or how many firms we start with, we end up with just one firm. A lot of factors go into determining if it is ... |
why is American entertainment so successful around the world but the worlds entertainment tends to fail here? | A lot of people in the world speak English so it's easy to export American entertainment throughout the world. Not a whole lot of people in America speak Bulgarian, so stuff from Bulgaria won't do so hot here. |
Why do all(most) soft drink cans all contain the same volume of 330ml. Also how have the cans become uniform in size and shape throughout different brands and country? | I would say packaging has a great deal to do with it. I didn't read any of the other comments because my boss will walk through the door at any minu", 'I had a 1 liter beer can once. It was glorious!', "I remember when cans were 280ml instead of 355ml, then all of a sudden they were 355ml. I think the change came at th... |
Why don't we just shoot people who are on death row, instead of going through the trouble of concocting different types of injections? | I'm sorry, but most on everyone here seems to be very cynical about how far human societies have come from the depths of barbarism. Like its a scale-able model. More to the point, though, look at world war 1 and 2, and ask why they used a firing 'squad' rather than a lone officer with a revolver? Why not let their CO d... |
What is the purpose of having different programming languages? Why is there not just one Ultra Language with every keyword combined? | Well, while having all possible tools in a single place sounds great at first, but try actually getting things done with it: _URL_0_ It gets in the way more than it helps you. Programming is such a broad field that it is necessary to work with domain specific languages, just as a dentist doesn't use the plumber's toolb... |
Why do radio stations seem to all go to commercials at the same time? | Sort of an amalgam of different points here but as someone who works for a top 5 station in Canada's biggest market, minutes numbers blah blah blah, to actually answer YOUR question, because if you hear a commercial, you're likely to flip stations. If they're all on commerial you'll likely stay where you are. That's it... |
Why do most Europeans write their surnames in ALL CAPS while Americans do not? Is one style more "correct" than the other? | that's a styling thing. not a writing thing. using all caps on a business presentation is similiar to bolding it |
How are some people so poor they can't even get a bank account, aka the "underbanked" (at least in the US)? | In the USA, a single health-care emergency without insurance can consume every dollar you have, plus thousands you don't have . Or you can run up thousands in debt on a credit card before you realize how big the bills are going to be. In both cases, your net worth is less than zero, and debt collectors will start conta... |
- How do they edit live sports so quickly as to get the replays and slow motion from multiple angles? | These kinds of things have mobile IT server rooms. I've seen what they do for things like the Olympics and it is impressive. They have to plan for basics like power, bandwidth, and security in places that don't have that. It is totally cool to roll up with power, bandwidth, and capacity to support 250 servers.Ahh! Plen... |
How come you save more gas going faster (highway mileage) than you do going slower (city miles) | It does take more energy for a car to go faster. But the worst thing you can do for efficiency is run the engine while stopped . Starting, stopping, and turning a lot is also inefficient. In terms of running, a very good marathon runner can do 6 minute miles - about 10 mph. The very best NFL 3-cone drill time is 30 yar... |
Why did Osama Bin Laden's body get put into the ocean? | I thought it was like in the *Transformers* movie when they got rid of Megatron's body in the ocean. That way he could never be resurrected and the pressure would crush him. You can never be too careful with Decepticons or Terrorists. |
Why does China have only one time zone and how do they function with only one time zone? | If your job is tied to daylight you start earlier or later relative to the clock. If you zoom out and look at A different continent relative to UTC, that's what we're doing anyway: some of us go to work at 3AM, some at 4,5,6,7,8,9AM. All they've done is get rid of the artificial offset. NOW IF WE COULD JUST ALL GET TOG... |
Why can the company I work for legally claim "Made in the USA" when half of their stuff is from Taiwan, Canada, or other Chinese made companies products just re-branded? | It's different in the aerospace industry. There's ITAR and other regulatory bodies, and you would go to jail for this.What company ? The public deserves to know. |
if the human body regenerates every single cell within it every seven years, then why do tattoo's remain throughout our life? | 1) The human body doesn't regenerate every cell within it every seven years. Cell division varies from rapidly to not at all . 2) The pigment in tattoo ink is a foreign body . Unless a foreign body breaks down of its own accord, or is otherwise expelled or broken down by the body, it will stay in the body. |
Citizen Kane is such a big deal in film. | It's pretty much the first film that looks and flows like films do today. If you want to follow the leaps, jump from Potemkin , Citizen Kane and finally to Breathless .As an aside, if you can watch Citizen Kane in a cinema do so; on a T.V. it is very good but in a cinema it is stunning! |
Gambling odds, or "Vegas number" | It's hard to imagine how some here have given somewhat in-depth explanations of how spreads and moneylines work but are actually dead wrong. Then I think about all those gigantic casinos and it makes sense. |
Why aren't animals with very large brains (e.g. elephants, whales) smarter than humans? | The main function of a brain is to process information from body parts and move body parts - so a bigger animal requires bigger brain just for that. There aren't any intermediate control centers, like some nerve bundle in your arm that controls all arm nerves - everything goes straight to the central nervous system. Th... |
Why clubs and bars can apply a cover charge to males only during "ladies nights" with out it being sexist, discriminatory, or illegal? | The way I look at it, it's pretty much the same thing as giving cops/emt workers/military vets a discount. I'm not gonna get salty because someone else didn't pay cover or gets a discount or something, because it doesn't affect me. |
How possible is time traveling? | You can travel forward in time relatively easily, but as far as anyone can tell traveling backwards in time is impossible, since that would require moving faster than light, which would require infinite energy. However, we don't know a whole lot about how time works, so it's *conceivable* that someone could figure it o... |
Is there anything you can do to stop a natural death? Does constantly replacing organs/parts of body work? | I'm no doctor, but I've learned that as you age your arteries and entire blood vessel network becomes hardened from years of mineral deposits, which can lead a minor injury such as a ruptured stomach ulcer in a young person to be a fatal bleed out for an older person. That means even if you could replace all of your or... |
LI5: What is the point of r/circlejerk and how do you get top comment? | It makes fun not only of reddit's stereotypes and memes, but also things people do in real life. It's pretty funny if you don't take it seriously. |
Why does it hurt my scalp if I move my hair after I wake up sometimes? or after wearing a beanie for a long time. | I too share everyone's pain here. I think **warhammerwairus** is on the right track. I searched around and found a similar question, and [this] answer was well received. |
With advances in oral hygiene, how do we find skulls from the past with perfect teeth and have such a prevalence in teeth decay today? | Sugar. Those blaming short lifespans are plain wrong. Too much bread and beer and mead will mess up your teeth eventually, but it isn't until we have global sugar production, and more importantly, huge urban populations that are food insecure that you see such horrible tooth decay. Between 1800 and 1900, sugar went fro... |
why hasn't there been a man on the moon since 1972? | It's expensive and most policy makers don't believe the benefits are worth the cost. The reason we sent men to the moon was more politics than science. We had to show that capitalism was more effective than communism.Its cheaper and safer to send robotic probes and satellitesIt was a multi-billion dollar project in the... |
How does international recognition of a country differ (e.g. South Sudan, Kosovo)? | One big difference is that South Sudan's secession wasn't unilateral. Sudan agreed to it in order to help resolve a long running conflict. This means other countries could recognise South Sudan without upsetting Sudan or any other country. Kosovo and Taiwan are different because in both cases there is another country t... |
Why do the Army college sports teams consistently perform so poorly? | Basic training, military commitments, a much tougher academic requirement, a lot more personal restrictions at the military academies , and different weight impacts . And not much of a chance to go pro, so that excludes people who think they have a shot at the pros. |
How is China governed? | China is an Oligarchy, with this group of people belonging to the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China more or less controlling the entire country. It's a 4-9 man committee that holds the most important positions in the country. They get chosen during each National Congress of the Communist Part... |
Why is nitrogen not used in car tires? | alot of places do. dealers. costco. but atmospheric air is 78% nitrogen and 21% oxygen anyway so additional cost of pure nitrogen doesn't really justify anything.They can be. My new Mitsubishi gets nitrogen. I have to take my car to the dealership to get serviced. I believe the company name is NitroFill. _URL_0_ |
Why does food taste completely different when blended although it's the exact same contents? | You're destroying the inside of the plants. When you freeze something, it alters the taste as well. Food is made up of tiny things inside of it called cells. When the cells alter, the food alters. Basically, if you mess with the inside of the plant or meat, it'll change the properties of the food, via texture, taste an... |
How come if Al Sharpton owes so much in taxes, he isn't in jail? | You don't put a debtor in jail if you want to get repaid. You let them work/make money and take your cut.People like to think they know the rationale or motivation behind government agencies and their decisions, but they really don't. Ive heard that the IRS "just doesnt want to go after Al Sharpton", which is silly con... |
What would happen if a President arbitrarily decided to order a nuclear strike? | Likely nothing, the generals and officers that would carry out that order have the authority to contest an order they believe to be illegal, which tht would be. Then it would go public and you'd have a major scandal because the president just tried to unilaterally decalre war without congressional approval and in viola... |
What would happen if earth stopped rotating for one second? | That depends on how quickly it stops. We don't notice the spin because it doesn't change. At the equator, the surface of the earth is travelling at 1067 km/h . If you suddenly stopped the earth, every object would now be travelling at 1067 km/h relative to the earth. The force involved would destroy all buildings. You ... |
Why/How are my earphones static shocking me when they're in my ears? And should I be worried? | Your clothes generally build up static over the course of the day. In normal situations you're slowly discharging this buildup into the air, doorknobs, water faucets, things like that. But when you're wearing your earbuds there's a direct, electrically friendly, path to a great receptor of that static build up, the bat... |
Why is human waste treated as a greater contaminant risk than waste from other animals? | Most animals live in the area, save for some birds they won't travel the world. The bacteria in their poo have been here for millennia. Your ancestors were resistant or even immune against the diseases in that poo, because all others died from them instead of becoming your ancestors. And so are you. Humans however trav... |
Why don’t our mouths mold? | They most certainly can. You can get oral yeast infections if your mouth's pH is off or if your immune system is poor. Even certain medications like albuterol can cause it. Normally your immune system and your natural bacteria mixture keep bad stuff at bay. |
why do these prescription eye drops cost $229? | It's brand name only. The company owns exclusive rights to sell the drug in the US, so they can charge whatever they like. Two questions:Did you try an over-the-counter antihistamine drop first )? Did you call your insurance company to ask if there was another medication in the same class with a cheaper copay? |
Why do things seem so much funnier when we're "over-tired"? | When you're tired the pre frontal cortex of the brain acts the same as if you were drunk. You lose control of your ability to filter what is funny and what isn't, and also the ability to control your behavior in general, so you simply just think everything is funny . |
Why did Bill Clinton sign the DOMA? | DOMA passed the House and the Senate by huge margins, with support from both Democrats and Republicans. If he would've vetoed it, it would've gone back to Congress who would've simple overridden him and it would've become law anyway. |
Why are we told to be altruistic and humble as good qualities yet greed and self-entitlement are rewarded in society (and nature)? | Because altruism and being humble makes others like you, because you're not a dick. Greed and self-entitlement work wonders in non-social species, because they only have to care about themselves. In addition, these qualities aren't so much 'rewarded' in society as you just take the 'reward' because you can.humans are p... |
How is translation from ancient text that uses different symbols done? | Every language no matter if spoken or written is based on repetitive words or word replacing symbols. E.g. there will always be the same word/symbol for one thing . Some words/symbols will appear more often than others and therefor it will be easier to find out the meaning. Ancient sybolic writings will give you in mos... |
Could a high powered laser ever melt a mirror? Or will it always be reflected? | Yes, it could melt a mirror. Not all of the light gets reflected off a mirror . The excess gets transferred into heat. Get a strong enough laser hitting a mirror, and it will indeed melt . Most lasers used for cutting cut fairly thin sheets of metal. For boring holes in things, they generally use quick pulses of energy... |
How does a male animal know he's the father of offspring when there could have been multiple partners much less he doesn't know how the reproductive process works? | They usually don't, and this is why male parental care is extremely rare in mammals. It's more common in birds, where both parents are often needed to keep the eggs incubated and the offspring fed, but even there males go out of their way to keep rivals out of their territory and still wind up raising the eggs of other... |
Jewish saying I just don't get | Wow, this is my first time on reddit and my mind can't comprehend how amazing this is. Thanks so much", 'Catholic school kid here. I can remember being a kid and my mom saying "I don't care if Jesus Christ Himself appears to you in here I want this bedroom cleaned up before you even say hi!!" I guess it's kind of the s... |
sound, unsound, valid, and invalid arguements | Its been a while, but valid is asking about the form of an argument and sound is asking if it stands up to the real world. All people named Tom are evil. My cousin is named Tom. Therefore my cousin is evil. That is a valid argument form . Now, it might just so happen that tomorrow by luck is Halloween. But it could als... |
Asshole doesn't understand transsexualism | Seeing many people are answering, can I piggyback a question, or perhaps just refine his question more? While in a way going against conservative gender stereotypes, aren't transpeople also following them? For example, by a transwoman following typical 'female' traits/looks? Aren't people on a way confirming/promoting ... |
Why don't debit cards decline like credit cards thus avoiding overdraft fees? | Because then the banks can't stiff you. Credit cards have an agreed limit which you can't go over by spending because that's how much you agreed to borrow. Where as bank accounts don't have that. So they go here you go take it, then charge you through the nose, which you agreed to when opening your account. What pisses... |
Why do we decide to change our lives late at night and never follow through on it in the morning? | This is one thing I can actually say I've done. I hadn't cut my hair for 3 years and I was starting to get quite fat. One night having trouble sleeping I decided it was time. Normal hairstyle and 15kg lighter. I woke up with the same feeling as I went to bed with, rather than waking up and thinking pfft which i normall... |
airplane turbulence and why I shouldn't be terrified of it (my mental health thanks you) | A boat doesn't sink just because there are waves. The boat inherently floats because of its design. No amount of choppy seas can make a good boat into a bad one. A plane is the same. As long as the engines keep working and the plane keeps going forward through the air, it makes no difference how rough the air is. The p... |
will it increase your life expectancy if you will change your internal organs with younger organs after some age (lets say 50) | At present, no, replacing organs requires turning off the immune system and patching together a replacement with drugs. That tens to shorten one's lifespan . |
Why the news reports things like "Assad uses children as human shields", but does not report on terrorist groups that do the same thing. | The news station reporting that would get better ratings. Same as why they don't report on white people that get mugged by black people. They would get better ratings if they used something like a black person gets mugged by a white person. |
What does the new Law about online pornography in the UK actually mean? | I don't think anybody knows. Cameron did a Radio 2 interview yesterday and he had zero fucking answers. No specifics at all. He kept saying companies will sort it out, what companies? Who knows? The default answer he kept giving was 'protecting the kids', even if you have no kids. |
Why is it that our voices seem normal in our heads but when we hear it from another perspective it sounds so gross and cringe-y? | There are two things you should know that complete your answer. One, people often delude themselves by thinking they are more attractive than they are, are more confident than they are, are more intelligent than they are, and even sound cooler than they do. We do this by building an unconcious acceptance to the way we ... |
If handcuffs are so easy to pick, why hasn't a new design been popularized to prevent escapes? | There are other styles of handcuffs that don't have the chain. Here's one style _URL_0_ You're unable to pick these since you can't twist your hands independently of each other. Plastic zip tie cuffs are used a lot now, too. Very cheap and super strong. |
With the seemingly huge amount of support it has, why don't they make a Half Life 3? | I don't necessarily think it has a huge amount of support. Granted, there are people out there who are *very vocal* about wanting it, but not sure if they are great in numbers . A good example of this would be the recent revival of Duke Nukem, which was awful. |
Why are loading screens so inaccurate? | I assumed it was like moving contents of a house. It's about amount completed, not time remaining as a percentage of the job. You can move one item to the truck, it can be a pillow, or a chest freezer. One thing gets moved in both instances, but one is clearly going to take more time and effort. As far as total process... |
Why don't a car's tail lights turn on when using the emergency brake? Seems to me emergency braking is more important for other drivers to know about than normal braking. | Because the emergency break is more often than not a simple parking break and is not designed to be used while the vehicle is in motion. If someone uses it while driving they are either trying to drift or they've already pressed their regular breaks and they have failed.Despite the common name, it's not really an "emer... |
when lightening strikes in the middle of the ocean, (I'm assuming this must happen), how far will the water carry the electricity before it's no longer harmful/deadly? | I remember my science teacher telling me that he was swimming in a lake lightning struck in the water within 50 meters. His friends were out of the water and thought he was shocked by the lightning, but he wasn't at all. He then explained it has to do with how clean the water is and I'm pretty sure he mentioned the pH ... |
How radio waves translate into music | Radio waves are packets of energy that are oscillating up and down as they travel. This energy can interact with metal, namely the electrons in the antenna to your radio. The electrons adopt the same rate of oscillation as the radio wave; just like if you push a swing, the swing oscillates at the rate of your arms . Si... |
If everyone ate the exact same diet, with the exact same amount of exercise, would our bodies be the same size? | No. Everyone's body is different, therefore we'd all be different sizes. Everyone's body stores fat in different places, metabolisms vary wildly, etc. |
Why is it in dreams when you try to punch someone it feels like it's in slow motion as if you don't have the to strength to actually hurt them? | Maybe it's a manifestation of your own insecurities? Maybe deep down, you don't believe you have the power to defend yourself. Source: My ass. |
The difference between a Roth IRA, 401(k), and other retirement accounts. | Read the book 'The Only Investment Guide You'll Ever Need' by Andrew Tobias. It is well worth the $12 and is super easy to read. A Roth account allows you to put money in that has been taxed but any growth in it is not taxed when you withdraw it. A 401k and traditional IRA put money in that hasn't been taxed yet but wi... |
How is the milk of a cow so beneficial to humans? | You can get all the nutrients you get from milk from other sources that are better for you health wise, so in relative terms it's not that great for us. People first started drinking the stuff specifically because of the calcium. Back before people had well established trade routes and high tech farming technology, sou... |
What exactly happens in America if you cannot afford medical attention but you are in a medical emergency? | Hospitals are legally required to provide emergency care, without waiting for insurance info. If uninsured, the person gets the bill some time later - worst-case, they cannot pay at all, their credit score drops and they get harassed for years/sued/wages garnished/etc if you don't pay somehow, the hospital's not gettin... |
No disrespect intended, but can someone explain to me why portraying the Prophet Muhammad in print makes some Muslims enraged? | Prophet Muhammad pbuh said to not make portraits of him because he didn't want people to worship him. That's all. |
Why does it smell worse when you fart in water? | Will somebody fart in a pool and then eat the bubble before it reaches the top? I would but I don't have a pool and my tub isn't big enough .. |
Why are there region restrictions on services like Netflix but Spotify is the same globally? | Spotify isn't same on the world. I appear as one location from home and three other when I'm working . In all locations some of my songs show while other do not. |
How did the first sexually transmitted diseases begin? | Today in health class, my teacher said that some hunters that hunted African monkey's got HIV and brought it over. No clue how correct this is though. |
Why is it so hard for our world's nations to sign a climate agreement? What interests comes in the way? | There's another reason that hasn't been mentioned yet. I'm supposed to be studying for finals so I'm not gonna type it out, but look up The Prisoners Dilemma in relation to climate resolutions. Basically, if everyone actually does it, great, but if one country gains some edge from ignoring it, and not limiting their pr... |
Why does the ti-85 costs so much? How is monopolizing calculators legal? | Yeah, it sucks, but there's a *huge* flip side of the coin: since so many people get coerced into buying calculators they only need for a few math courses, there are a *ton* of them for sale on ebay really cheap. |
business people of Reddit; how do you keep your shirt wrinkle free? | If it is a real cotton shirt there is nothing anyone can do to keep it from wrinkling. Heavy starch helps some but uggggghhh. I'd rather be wearing a wrinkly cotton or linen shirt than any synthetic fiber shirt, they may not wrinkle as much but they are crap in every other way :)", 'The fabric makes a great deal of dif... |
How does day trading on the floor of the NYSE work? | It really doesn't anymore. I don't know to what extent it still does, but I know it really isn't much. It's essentially a TV set now.It doesn't so much. All the "Real trading" is done in a data centre in New York. _URL_0_Never knew how much I wanted to know all of this until I saw this question! Hope someone answers th... |
Why do companies like EA and Ubisoft bother with their own digital distribution programs (Origin, Uplay etc)? | EA had it's own digital distribution platform since before steam started selling games from developers other than valve.Also, if EA or Ubisoft sell their games via steam or any other digital portal,they have to give them a share of their profits.Firstly it means they do not have to pay others a cut of their sales In ad... |
Why do people cling to false information that has been widely and thoroughly debunked? | Because if something backs up their beliefs they don't want it to be false. Usually in the form of politics and hot button issues. Someone sees a crazy headline and it verifies there thoughts so they believe it. Example: I saw a headline today that said Trump is illiterate, immediate people repost it to Facebook withou... |
Why do we use salt in many sweet desserts? | Salt enhances almost every flavor there is, including sweetness. We have a natural positive response to salt and an urge and craving for it all the time. In any food, salt will taste good by supplementing the flavors that are already there. All the chefs that I know try to create their dishes to stimulate all four of t... |
How harmful is burning plastics at home? | Plastic is a category, not a single substance. The problems associated with it change depending on the plastic type. Burning plastic generally releases toxic chemicals, greenhouse gasses, and other crap into the atmosphere. You definitely don't want to breathe it, and it's illegal in many places. |
If disorders like depression and anxiety are chemical imbalances, why are non-chemical treatments like talk therapy effective? | They are not chemical imbalances. Chemistry changes are just one aspect of them. The person's situation and how the person thinks are other aspects that are just as important |
What's the point of a juvenile law system and an adult law system if a juvenile can be tried as an adult? | The cases in which a juvenile can be tried as an adult are fairly specific, usually extreme assault, murder, and sex crimes. Juvenile courts handle anything where the minor isn't being charged as an adult", 'A juvenile can be tried as an adult for certain crimes, but not most. If a kid shoplifts it will be treated diff... |
in the Monty Hall problem, why does the probability of a prize being behind the door you did not originally choose increase to 2/3 rather than 1/2? | Let's flip the problem on its head. Let's say you pick two doors that don't have the car. The host then opens a door of the ones you picked that has a goat. Now what are the chances you picked the car? Well we originally picked two doors, so it was 2/3 chance we got a car. What about the chance we didn't pick a car? 1/... |
Why hasn't our alphabet been expanded? | U" and "W" to represent a few more sounds. That's our expanded alphabet, and it works reasonably well. Not perfectly well, but reasonably enough. Of course, the language changed, and at first the spellings all kept up; but when printing because widespread that had the effect of slowing down the rate at which the writte... |
Why do men's pants have more specific sizing than women's? | I own a Tshirt company and the same applies to Tshirts. All of my men's Tshirts are sized about the same even across different model types and brand names.WOMEN's Tshrits vary WILDLY in size. One brand's medium is the size of another's Extra Small. One's XXL is the size of another's L. I hate this because when I sell s... |
Before proper dental hygiene how did people eat without constant pain in their teeth? | They lived with dental problems. Our wisdom teeth is an interesting aspect of this. Back then, we would have certainly lost some teeth when our wisdom teeth began to set in. Today, we don't have room in our mouth to for them, so we have to remove them surgically.Read up about Dr. Weston Price he wrote about this kind o... |
What gives you that cool sensation when breathing after consuming a mint? And why can't we just rub it all over our bodies during the summer? | It's not a very good idea to rub it on your body. Imagine rubbing icy hot or bengay on your body when your sweating. It's far from pleasant. |
Why 2 Girls 1 Cup went so viral when there are so many other and much worse 'scat' films out there? | The video's production story was novel in itself.The only answer I can think of is that this one was the first to really become known to regular people, and spread via "Hey, I dare you to watch this." None of the other ones became commonly known because quite frankly it's disgusting, and after seeing that one video the... |
Do amputee's have more energy because they have less body parts to function? | I don't remember the numbers, but leg amputees that use a prosthetic use a much larger amount of energy to run or walk. And even more if it were an above-the-knee amputation. So they probably expend more energy in a given day. An arm amputee, I guess it depends. |
What is stopping terrorist groups like ISIS and Al-Qaeda from getting their own planes and crashing them into American buildings once again? | Besides the answers already posted, the other explanation is that it's a waste of their limited resources. If the goal is simply to kill as many people as possible, there are easier and cheaper ways to do so. It's very hard to pull off what Al-Qaeda did in 9/11 - a very specific set of circumstances that are unlikely t... |
Why do some people 'freeze' when they get scared. Shouldn't they enter fight or flight mode? What happens with your body in such a situation? | _URL_0_ Read Condition Black. It's usually a response to moving quickly from Condition White, to Condition Orange or Red. A sudden movement from everything is OK to, I'm in fear for my life in a very short period of time often causes this kind of response. |
How do sicknesses die out like the Black Plague? | Lots of sicknesses like the plague are still around, actually. Many of them are caused by bacteria that still exist today. However, one of the single most important reasons we don't have as many massive outbreaks of these types of illnesses , is due to the advent of **hygiene**. Seriously, public health advancement has... |
Why do many Americans lose their power of reasoning when talking about socialism? | It's like living in any house, apartment or anywhere where whether you own or rent there's a HOA sounds good until you live under one and once burned twice shy, I am temped to add and not get shot and or beaten and arrested but that does seem to happen with both.No matter how bad you think that America is, no country h... |
What rights have we as Americans lost since 9/11? | Your fourth amendment right against unreasonable search and seizure has become deteriorated since 9/11. All of your emails and text messages are copied, stored and scanned by a program that tries to identify threats to national security. Nothing is being read by an actual human until the program flags someone and provi... |
Why do cats get startled so easily? | Because they are not alpha predators. There are things that will eat cats, anyone who lives in a rural area knows someone whose lost a cat to coyotes or mountain lions etc. Cats are instinctively on guard against predators in a way that dogs for example are not. There aren't many animals that will eat a decent sized do... |
- if prostitution is illegal, why can't we just charge a really high amount for a condom and then give the sex for free? | It is, however, legal to produce pornographic videos with persons paid for their performance. So, just to be safe, any time you're banging a hooker be sure to get some of it on vdo. |
How can food be "smoked" or have a "smoky taste"? | There is also a trick that BBQ joints sometimes use Liquid Smoke. Yes, it's a real thing and gives that smoky flavor to a sauce or anything you marinate without actually smoking it. |
What are computer servers really? | A server is a computer that is typically stored in a server room on server racks which is used to run programs and store data essential to business's functions. These kinds of functions include automated systems, routine requests handling, information storage, database usage, backup and restore features, etc. |
why don't people burn garbage instead of coal and other fossil fuels as a source of energy? | Garbage doesn't give us all that much energy compared to coal and other fuels, and often it's at least as damaging to the environment as coal is. |
why is nothing being done about the US education system? | I'm British high school pupil. We have similar results of being a very developed country with an education system lagging behind the rest of the world. In my school we've had many changes in recent years such as changing the lengths of classes, the structure of the day and the addition of guest speakers etc. All these ... |
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