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If the air and water in Rio is so deadly, why didn't the Olympic committee have it tested in the last 4 years? | The IOC invites cities to bid to host the games. The city that gives them the most money lands up being the host more often than not. Even when they aren't particularly suited to hosting the games. Rio and Beijing in particular.As others have said, the IOC doesn't care. That doesn't mean people that *do* care haven't b... |
What does it take to run for president? (U.S.) | There's nothing legally stopping them -- but being president is a demanding, risky, and not all that rewarding job. If you want money, respect, or fame, there are better, easier, and more sure ways to get it. If you run for president, there are a large number of people who will be dedicated to digging up anything discr... |
what's the point of "juicing" over just eating the fruits and vegetables as is? | My understanding is that by juicing your fruits and veggies you make it is easier and quicker for your digestive system to extract and distribute the nutrients to your body. Also, when you cook vegetables the heat destroys some of those nutrients, so it is ultimately less beneficial to your body. I agree with what u/bl... |
people eat blue cheese, which is mouldy. But why do we throw out shredded cheese that goes mouldy? | It's a different kind of mold. [Here] is a video all about food and mold. Some molds are edible, but others produce toxins that will make you sick if you eat them. |
why is it more complicated to land on mars than on the moon or titan? | One big difference between the moon and Mars is that Mars has an atmosphere. The moon has no atmosphere so you don't need a heavy heat shield or parachutes, you just land on a rocket. Mars has an atmosphere thick enough to cause heat problems on re-entry so you need the heavy heat shield, but its too thin to aerobrake ... |
Why can't the United Nations intervene in North korea right now? | Because China and North Korea are technically allies and trade partners. If you do something to one the other is kinda obligated to help the other. If you don't help one ally then you lose street cred with all the other allies and they won't like you. So to keep china happy we let North Korea do whatever. Plus china do... |
What's so special about computer mainframes? | There's concerns about security in a lot of cloud applications. For example, in healthcare-related fields, there's a bunch of data security laws you have to follow and people like Amazon don't adhere to them, so you have to do your business elsewhere. Banks might have similar concerns, wanting absolute control over the... |
Can a person move in space? If Superman could fly, would such ability work in space? | Depends how he flies. We can move spaceships in space, but if you were just floating around yourself in a spacesuit, you couldn't really do anything. |
[Chemistry] ELI5: How are chemicals mass-produced? | This is one of the fields for chemical engineers, basically a process is developed in a lab by chemists. The process is then scaled up, depending on the product different scale ups occur, most go to pilot scale then industrial scale . The feedstock depends on the final product and the synthesis path, many many products... |
How do antibiotics and hormones make you gain weight. | You're likely only perceiving that diet did not change - otherwise it's likely to be water weight. Fat retention doesn't significantly change without the calories to back it up. People are terrible at self-reporting calorie / food intake, and hungry people are notorious for measuring less than they actually eat. |
Why does water sometimes get stuck in your ear, and takes a while for it to suddenly drain out? | Water is actually a really weird liquid due to its polar nature. Notice how if two droplets get close enough they snap together like magnets? It's not technically magnetism, but water molecules are strongly attracted to each other. That's where surface tension comes from and it leads to all kinds of strange things that... |
Why is it mandatory that court judges be treated like royalty? And why isn't the President? | The customs of the judiciary date back hundreds of years . In Olde England the county and shire judges were said to 'find the law' vs. 'state/interpret the law' because law itself was believed to be derived from a higher authority . The judges were seen to act on behalf of the Crown and this is where their royal custom... |
Does everybody sees the "world" equally? | Technically we don't see through our eyes. We see using our brains. The eyes are sensors that send signals to the brain and then the brain interprets the signals. The way the brain interprets the signals is influenced by past experiences and many other variables such as genetics. So there is a high probability that we ... |
Why do old CRT televisions emit a high-pitched ring? | A lot of electronics make high pitched noise. My [computer mouse] makes a high pitched whine any time I'm *not moving it.* Sometimes it's so noticeable that I'm just constantly moving my mouse in a circle to shut it up. I've also got a cell phone charger that whines any time it's plugged in, and several that don't.I ne... |
why dont they make a washer and a dryer in the same machine? | I have one in my apartment. It sucks. It's so small you can only do your socks and undies or else everything comes out wet. Also a wash/dry load takes about 6 hours because it dries with steam.We had an expensive one years ago. Great washer, terrible dryer. |
Why do women's breasts in 60's, 70's and 80's seem to be so pointy compared to the natural breasts of today? | It's just the bras they used. It used to be fashionable but now it isn't. Possibly because it wasn't as comfortable as the bras of today.Their bras were pointy. It was the fashion of the day. The breasts were not physically differentBecause in 60-80s it was considered to be pretty and attractive when you "could see" wh... |
Do women really earn only 77% as much as what men earn? | It is a very skewed statistic. It was gained by taking all the pay women make, and getting the average, and comparing it to all the pay men made, and comparing the difference. & nbsp; It doesn't take into account education, experience, or even job title. It also doesn't take into account things like maternity leave, wh... |
How do diners make anything you want anytime of day so fast? | Cook here. We have a very well selected menu. In terms of we have food that isn't going to take 20+ min to cook, and preparation and presentation is easy. For example; Steak and Eggs are easy to make because the longest you will wait is for a well-done steak. Also, time management. We don't cook things one at a time. W... |
What's going on in Thailand right now, and why are protestors calling for Prime Minister Shinawatra to step down? | [The BBC has a good Q & A on the subject]. I know we're not supposed to answer with links, but I think it's a good summary. EDIT: Someone suggested this [CNN link] instead. Since others suggested it was biased, I decided to also link to an Al Jazera [article] and also kind of an [interview with both sides]. |
Why we sometimes get the feeling that we're falling as we drift off to sleep. And then we flinch every freaking muscle in our bodies. | Myoclonic Jerk Sleep myoclonus occurs during the initial phases of sleep, especially at the moment of dropping off to sleep. Some forms appear to be stimulus-sensitive. Some persons with sleep myoclonus are rarely troubled by, or need treatment for, the condition. However, myoclonus may be a symptom in more complex and... |
Why is Northern Ireland/Belfast so proud of the Titanic? Should it not be seen as an embarrassment, saying it failed pretty badly? | Some places/people are idiots like that. I grew up in Crown Point, Indiana. What is it famous for? John Dillinger, public enemy number one at the time, escaped from their jail AND stole the Sheriff's personal car when he did it. There are signs up about it and a small museum about the man. I never understood that.Also:... |
If prostitution makes so much money, then why are prostitutes so poor? | they spend their money on drugs and alcohol. Plus they don't keep all the money they earn, their employers take more than half.Like any industry, you have people doing good for themselves, and people who aren't. Sure, your typical streetwalker at the mercy of a pimp isn't making much money, but there are self-employed ... |
What makes trains so appealing to graffiti artists? | It's all about fame within the graffiti community, the trains travel all over the city and so will be seen by all of the other artists. A lot of it also stems from the early days when graffiti exploded and the book Subway Art was released, that and a documentary movie entitled Style Wars which is about the NYC graffiti... |
Why is the US government bringing Americans infected with the Ebola virus back to the United States? Will that cause an Ebola outbreak here that we would be unable to stop? | They're being brought back to a hospital near the Center for Disease Control to test out new treatments for Ebola. They're being kept in isolation so there won't be any outbreaks. Actually, the CDC keeps samples of many horrible diseases contained at all times. Also, Ebola is spread through contact with bodily fluids, ... |
what is it about boiling water that cooks pasta | I'm gonna guess it's the hot part. I tried cooking pasta once in cold water. After several unsuccessful hours I started using heat and the pasta cooked much better. 10/10 for boiling water. Would use again.If you have Netflix check out Michael Polians four part series *Cooked*. He explores elements and origins of cooki... |
Why do people still support communism and how or why is it beneficial to the country? | Communism works on the small scale, like a family unit or even clan. On the national scale, it doesn't work well. Communism takes root when people are unhappy with the system they currently live under. There are people who live in US that don't really enjoy the benefits of living in a democratic republic and capitalism... |
Why do math teachers insist on tests without calculators? | They're not testing to see if you can plug numbers into a calculator. They're testing to see if you understand the logic behind the math and how it works. You can write a program to plug numbers into a calculator, you can't write a program to solve the Riemann Hypothesis or to create a Theory of Everything. |
Why does America give significant economic aid to a foreign country like Palestine to start peace talks, but lets a city like Detroit go bankrupt? | Federalism. One could spend a lifetime trying to understand its impact. Federalism is, by design, a multilayered democratic system with at times unclear divisions of authority. Simply put. Stop considering us 1 government. We are many. Local, state,federal. It isn't the role of the Federal government to run cities. The... |
why is it okay for actors to impersonate police officers when filming in public locations? Are there special laws that govern filming? | They aren't doing it with the intent of deceiving the public. Even when filming in public locations the filming area is often closed off to public foot and vehicle traffic. No one is going to reasonably confuse them for a real officer. And if they did, the actors and other film crew would correct them. |
How do store's off brand products sell at half the price as the name brand product, when they each have the exact same ingredients? | One thing that most people aren't aware of, at least with food products, is that the store product is often the EXACT SAME THING, and made by the same name-brand companies. Example: Jif peanut butter. Their analysts know pretty roughly how much of their name-brand stuff that people will buy. They also know how many mor... |
What happened to Malasia flight MH370? | The cyber place to go for the latest on MH370 is probably _URL_3_ . He gets into the technical aspects and much of it is really intriguing. Just a recommendation. Edit: [Here] is an article summarizing the known facts and [here] is his latest aviation post. |
Why do we often feel so much sympathy and grief over an animal we don't know being hurt or dying, but when it's a human we feel much less? | Yeah, /u/salvagebanana pretty much nailed it. Humans have a much greater capacity for . . . well, being shitty. Animals don't have the myriad of machinations and complex thoughts that humans have, so they are not nearly as capable of hateful or selfish actions. |
Why are TV shows rated so much higher than movies on IMDB? | People tend to be more lenient when rating TV shows because they take much more time to complete, whereas you can watch a movie in 1.5 hours and give it a 2/10 because you didn't really enjoy it. |
Are there any legitimate or scientifically proven benefits for men if they stop masturbating as implied by /r/nofap? (Please never explain this to an actual 5 year old) | Dave Skylark never backs down from a jerkoff, but it doesn't stop me from getting a massive case of Stankdick the same night. I dunno man, the amount of jacking off it'd take to no longer be interested in real sex confuses me, because I'm never satisfied enough by just my hand. *Though I have read about that people do ... |
How did Wells Fargo benefit by creating 2 million bogus accounts? | Well in the long-run they clearly didn't But when you open an account, you pay certain fees on those account. Even if it's $1/month hell, even if it's 1 *cent* a month, that's $10,000,000 . That wasn't really the incentive, as such, though - Wells Fargo wasn't telling people they need to make more money. There was just... |
Why are there no realistic drawings from ancient times? | Some of its is religious cultural reasons. Some of it may be that the materials conducive to naturalistic painting faded over time or were destroyed. So, the best artwork simply couldn't survive time. Greek sculpture for example. I'm sure they had ways of planning and drawing the realism, but they used materials that d... |
What would happen if you take a compass into space? | A lot of people are talking about traditional compasses, and they're right as long as we limit ourselves to those types, but there's 2 types which are far more useful, especially if you want to bring them into space. 1- Ship compasses, which are designed to rotate freely in all directions, allowing the compass to maint... |
How is my credit score arrived at? Why does canceling a credit card negatively effect my credit? | many different factors. the major ones are: 1) length of credit history2) history of ontime/late payments3) how much outstanding credit you have vs how much available credit you have. this is called credit utilization ratio. when you have $1000 outstanding balance on a $5000 credit limit card and $0 on another $5000 li... |
How did the Nordic countries convince their citizens to pay such high taxes? | The governments of said countries don't convince the people to pay more taxes - *the people tell the government* through voting that they want to pay high taxes in order to receive said services. |
Why is it that the more annoying the tune, the harder it is to get it out of your head? | If a tune is catchy, but you like it, it isn't a problem so you never get annoyed by it.If a tune isn't catchy, it won't stick. The only tunes that will stick in your head are the catchy ones that you don't like. |
What potential is lost when the U.S. doesn't adhere to the metric system? | They probably won't make the switch over night. They will probably start teaching metric in schools and new roadsigns will probably have metric and imperial on it. The imperial system will die a very slow death. |
Due to the extra chromosome, do people with Down Syndrome only accept blood from other people with Down Syndrome? | In addition to what other people in the thread have posted, it's also worth noting that red blood cells don't have a nucleus and therefore don't have any DNA. There's nowhere for that extra chromosome to hang out. The only thing that matters are the special proteins on the cells' surface that determine the blood type. ... |
Why men must have a urinal in between them while urinating. | If we don't leave a urinal in between, somebody might try to sneak a peek!", 'Some people are socially awkward like me and are just more comfortable with it like thatIt's one of the dumbest attitudes about something there is. As I said in another post this week about guys being awkward about being close to each other: ... |
Why do major cell phone carriers allow companies like MetroPCS, Cricket Wireless, Boost Mobile, etc. to resell their network? | carrier networks are fixed cost. If they're not running at 100% capacity they're losing potential money. So they'll often rent part of that capacity to other companies in exchange for a guaranteed income. They'll make more profit off that contract then they'll lose from customers switching |
Why do all of my electronics have an FCC interference statement? | Tile 47 CFR part 15 states that any device that emits radio waves, intentionally or not, must be licensed unless it qualifies for an exemption. The most common exemption is for unintentional emitters. So long as a device's transmissions are below a certain power level and transmissions of a certain power level do not i... |
The Five-Year-Old's Guide to the Galaxy | Has anyone tested these with an actual 5-year-old? I'd be interested in seeing how it goes. I'd try it myself but I don't have any 5-year-olds available currently.I really enjoyed this: _URL_4_ and this: _URL_5_', "I read The_Cleric's debt ceiling answer, and I have to say, that was an excellent, non-political explanat... |
Why is it I could stomach the sight and smell of everything in my 20s, but as I approach 40, everything makes me gag? | This is a wild guess, but could it have to do with our immune system weakening as we age? We have gag reflexes to prevent us from from ingesting things that might be bad for us. If you're young and you accidentally eat poop, it's easier for your body to recover. But if you're old and get some sort of a disease as a res... |
What's the difference between semiconductors and normal conductors and why are they preferred in electronics? | Electricity is the flow of electrons, so the conducting properties of a material depend on whether the electrons in that material are free to move. In a conductor, the electrons are not attached to their parent atom. You simply have a bunch of atoms in a 'sea of electrons' and all those electrons are free to respond to... |
How do piratebay uploaders like YIFY,FLT, Skidrow and others make their money? | Since it hasn't been mention yet, many do it out of conviction. Not everyone believes in intellectual property. |
Can my red be your blue? | In a sense, it is possible, but we can't know another person's experience. So we will maybe never know for sure.Red is quite a hot colour, whereas blue is quite cold |
If our genes mutate all the time, why is cancer so much more common than a good mutating? | A single cell that mutates so that it metabolizes slightly more efficiently for example isn't going to mean much. It will live out its normal span and then die like the rest, never imparting its features to the organism as a whole. Cancer on the other hand is defined by its tendency to grow endlessly and become a macro... |
Why is it okay to mock Christianity but not politically correct to mock Islam? | [Extremists] Nope, the biggest influence to ban islam mockery is found in [politics]. Most politicians want to appeal as broad as possible, and at least in the EU, want to appeal to the brotherhood of 'everyone', which means nobody is condemned. Also Saudi arabia, although I don't think they give a shit. |
When the Baby Boomer generation retires will the removal of all their retirement investments have an impact on the economy/stock market? | It shouldn't have a huge effect. - Markets react negatively to *unexpected* news. We've known for some time now exactly when Boomers would retire. - About 10% of Boomers hold 90% of the wealth of the generation. Obviously, the wealthy will not have to cash out their investments like the typical retiree. - Foreign inves... |
Do birds ever fly for fun? | I was paddling out on the lake by my house in NC one time and saw several Osprey flying just above the water and skimming their talons along the surface. Then they would gain a little altitude and haul ass back down and repeat it. IMO, they were having a blast. I've seen them hunt for fish and usually they are pretty h... |
Why the heck did Dr. Frankie kill Eddie in Rocky Horror Picture Show? Oh, and what is the plot exactly about? | While the plot is largely irrelevant at this point , here is a very brief synopsis. Two newly-engaged lovers get stranded at a castle. The inhabitants of the castle include transexuals, one of whom has discovered the way to create life. After he demonstrates this ability, all of the inhabitants engage in various sexual... |
How do we know voter fraud does not occur in the U.S.? Is it possible that it occurs undetected? What evidence should voter fraud theoretically leave behind? | There is a mathematical method known as Zipf's Law that is very good at detecting things like voting fraud. I would expect that US elections are scrutinised by many analysts who would be using this Law to detect irregularities. I have tried searching for a ELI5 friendly explanation of this in more detail but all the pa... |
Why instant noodles are not good to our health? | It's not the sodium. I don't think instant noodles are an ideal food source, they are low in fiber and other nutrients and replace whole plant based food in your diet. However, there is almost no evidence that sodium intake is harmful to human health. There is even some evidence showing sodium restriction can increase ... |
Why wasn't the Bill of Rights included in the original Constitution? | There was a common school of thought that it wasn't necessary. For example, if the Constitution didn't give the government the power to restrict your freedom of religion, then you didn't need a specific guarantee of it because the government couldn't do it in the first place. This argument wasn't as persuasive among ma... |
with websites like Expedia, and the ease of access to the internet, what exactly do travel agents do nowadays? | If something goes wrong, you've got a person to call who will do cartwheels to make it right for you. Any and all of it. |
How do parkour jumpers land such high jumps without getting hurt? | They have certain techniques that doesn't put as much stress and force on the parts of the body that may not be able to handle the fall. _URL_1_", 'Landing from high up usually involves rolling out of it in Parkour. What this does is extend the length of time and spreads out the distance you have to slow yourself down.... |
How does a company having expensive lawyers make them impossible to sue? The law is the law, right? | *Spits out water.* HAHAHAHAHA. This is America. Money is power, and power is above the law. There was a guy so rich he basically *murdered people for fun* and didn't get caught until he let the cat out of the bag on HBO.> The law is the law, right? Think about it. If it was as simple as that, why would there even be la... |
Why do cultures who rely heavily on rice in their diet typically use white rice which has less nutritional value than other types of rice? | Chinese from Singapore here.Honestly, like what some of the comments here have stated, brown rice just tastes weird. It's bitter and feels like you're eating nuts but well, you're not. Perhaps it is due to cultural conditioning, but to me, it doesn't go well with the Chinese dishes. It doesn't have the slight sweetness... |
Why can't prostitutes in the US just call themselves "Freelance Porn Actresses" and just have a camera on them? | Why can't it just be legal to sell sex? Then we can protect everyone.Because people dont wanna be filmed while going to a prostitute', "I don't really get the whole illegalizing prostitution thing, we had to a research audio-log thing on something for school at one point and for whatever reason my teacher let me argue ... |
Why is it "bad" to make tea in the microwave vs a kettle? | Microwaves don't heat evenly, and hence there are several possible results, none perfect: cold spots in the water, superheated water that boils vigorously on contact with the tea, or water that's been heated long enough in the microwave to come to a rolling boil, at which point there's a good chance that the oxygen has... |
Why do i wake up "angry?" | If you're a teenager you should try and find an Australian documentary called Whatever. It's about youth - there is an episode on sleep. It may also help if you're in your young 20's. If you have troubles finding the doc, I'll upload it or something for you. |
If millionaires and billionaires don't have an income and bank account(s) the same way ordinary workers have them, how do they exactly collect and spend money? | If you're asking how they actually pay for things, wealthy people still have cash in bank accounts and credit cards. If you're asking how they make money without working, investments increase in value, and some pay income such as dividends from stocks. If I have 100 shares @ $10 than 100 shares at $15 in 5 years, I can... |
Why can sad music make people happier? | Personally for me it gives me the feeling that someone else is sharing my struggle and that I'm not alone. I guess that's anecdotal and I'm not sure of the science behind it but that's what it is for me. |
Why is bacon sold in strips and not big ol' delicious hunks o' bacon steaks | You can get there with pork bellies. Or if you're cheap, buy the bags of bacon scraps/ends. Mileage may vary, but I've gotten some really nice, fat hunks of bacon. Soooooo good. Skinny bacon is a waste of everyone's time. |
Why are corporations, especially the larger ones already worth billions, always so concerned with growth? | It's basically a fight for consumers and you want to be the one who wins the fight. Not growing as much might not be a horrible thing for the company right away but if a competitor grows faster you'll sooner or later lose your customers and the company will stop producing cash. And for big companies that's all people w... |
How do they prevent you from bleeding out when they cut you open for surgery? | Surgery is very complex, lots of things are going on at once. But one thing that prevent patients from bleeding out is to avoid any major arteries or delicate structures in the first place. Some common surgery mishaps are beaten into your mind in med school no matter if you will become a surgeon or not . Also if you're... |
What should i do if i find myself in the attack range of a venomous snake? | Snakes feel your vibrations through the ground so standing still and seeing if it passes is best. If not slowly and gently back away. When we enter thick grassland/dense bush we are taught to walk heavily to let the snakes know we are coming and so they move before you get there. This is because accidentally stepping o... |
Why does all my body fat go on my stomach? | My doctor had told me that the fact that my weight gain was mostly to be stomach was something to with Cortisol - I was told that this is the hormone that's released more in times of stress although there wasn't much in the way of further explanation beyond that. |
Why do we tip bar men and women in America 1 dollar per drink? Doesn't this mean they would earn well over 100 dollars per hour in a busy bar? | Unless people are ordering a million shots, it's very difficult and stressful to serve 100 drinks in an hour. There's probably no bar in the country where more than 75% of the patrons will tip appropriately. And even the hottest bars are only really *busy* for 3 or 4 hours a night. So a very good bartender, at a popula... |
Why is America so poor at maintaining its infrastructure compared to other developed nations? | We developed modern Infrastructure systems far earlier than most of the world, and it worked so well for so long that we have become set in our ways, not not been thinking about it. We have basically the same rail system form the late 1800s, and the same road system since the 1950's. Since then, it has mostly been the ... |
If polls say America is leaning towards marijuana legalization, why do states keep failing to pass reformed legislation? | Well here in Florida we have this stupid law about constitutional amendments where they need a 60% majority to pass . Our last vote on medical legalization failed to pass with a 58% yes vote so I don't see it happening anytime soon here. |
Why can't we just "make" water? | We can, but it'd be rather hard, terribly expensive and not pay off at all.Like you’re five: If you’re out of cookies, why can’t you make more? To make cookies, you need cookie dough and chocolate chips , but there are ~~none~~ *no chocolate chips* in the pantry . e: Okay, we have a lot of cookie dough, but we’re still... |
What compels me to remain stopped for police? | If you are pulled over by the police, what compels you to remain stopped is the law. > Lacking announcement of officers legal status You can ask to see a badge. If in doubt, you can call 911. > Lacking indication of probable cause for detainment/search/seizure You are not qualified to make that determination. That's wh... |
why Shakespeare is so great? What sets him apart from other great writers, either from his own time or after? | You know all of those cliches in movies and plays that you hate because they are done so often? He's the one who came up with most of them and made them his own. Most modern literary allusions boil down to Shakespeare, the Bible, or ancient mythology. |
Why primary education is disproportionately a female institution? | This might be somewhat off topic but I work somewhat with nurses by delivering them their patient's medication. It is surprising how many men are nurses. |
In the past, how did humans survive without clean drinking water? | Get the best you can. Water from a swift-flowing stream or from a well is usually safe to drink. EDIT: Or from a spring, where water flows from a source in the ground, which can be so safe that nowadays it's bottled up and transported as 'mineral water' with minimal further treatment. Boiling it will make it safer. And... |
Space X landing the first stage of a rocket back on the ground | how far out in space did spaceX'es falcon9-r reach? and why is it a massive achivement for us?", 'How much of that ~$50 million will be spend repairing and prepping the stage 1 to be reused?ELI5: Why could Space X not use drogue shoots to help slow their rocket for landing?', "SpaceX's last rocket blew up, but this one... |
Why do we shut our eyes and scrunch our faces right before we are hit? | Your body is reflexively tenses up to create a harder surface against an impact. The eye closing is your body's attempt to protect your eyes. |
what is it about electricity that makes it so dangerous to the human body? | I think one of the most critical things that I didn't read in the top comments is that amperage kills you not voltage. It only takes 5 milliamps of current to kill you so .05 amps, well let me tell ya your toaster uses somewhere around 15ish amps. So think about that next time, your cell phone charger isn't enough to c... |
Why does cold weather make your nose run? | You haven't experienced cold until it makes your nose hair freeze and stick to the walls of your nose.So I saw this perfect explanation on another reddit thread about half an hour ago. "A king has a son with two penises. When it comes time for the boy to marry, they search for a girl with two vulvas. Such a girl is nev... |
Why do hostages of IS agree to say what they captors want them to say? Knowing they're going to die anyway, why wouldn't just refuse to give in? | I can tell you you'll be killed in one hour. Then say, you're going to say what I tell you say OR for the last hour of your life a blow torch will be held to your genitals. You'll say whatever you're told.> "It's not like they're gonna torture you or anything" Unfortunately, they will. They're not going to give someone... |
Why do cats enjoy being stroked so much? | Cats have over and undercoatings of fur and when they are wet it is probably just really uncomfortable. That said, some cats actually do enjoy going for a swim. Cats have really sensitive pads on their feet and it probably bothers them. An animals stomach is their most vulnerable spot where all of their soft organs are... |
Why do we use salt when cooking fish, since they have been marinating in what is essentially brine for all their lives? | If you wear rubber gloves and dip your hands in vanilla extract, and then take the gloves off and lick your fingers, you don't taste Vanilla extract. You're eating the meat not the scales. IANAE", 'A survival trick that sailors use when they are short on fresh water at sea is to catch a fish and squeeze the juices out ... |
Why are men sexually attracted to the female butt even though it serves no reproductive purpose? | I was thinking about this the other day. By looking at a girl's butt you can measure her physical fitness. |
Why does black absorb more heat than white? | Wrong way round. Black objects don't absorbe heat because they are black. They appear black because they absorb nearly all light, and therefore heat, that reaches them. Objects appear white because they reflect nearly all light, and therefore heat, that reaches them. |
Why College Football schools needs that large stadiums (90k+ attendance)? | Because each of those games brings in a ridiculous amount of money, and there aren't very many costs associated with the stadiums when they're not in use. They're mostly outdoors, so electricity usage is pretty low, and it's not like they have to pay the staff year-round. |
What are the actual anatomical and physiological differences between the races? | You might find this interesting, I know Asian people are far more prone to it. It's on the physiological side of things.[Alcohol Flush Reaction] |
Why are fluorescent colors special and why did they not seem to exist before the 80's? | Check out the story of Fluoroscein _URL_0_ My understanding is fluroescence occurs when molecules/atoms absorb higher electromagnetic energy and release it at a lower wavelength ", 'hahahaha didn’t exist before the 80s?!oh you kid |
Why do cups with lids have to have two holes in the lid to work properly? | As liquid leaves the cup, air has to enter to take its place. If air doesn't replace the liquid, the pressure in the cup will drop more and more until the liquid can't pour out anymore. With a single opening that results in the glug-glug-glug effect as you pour, when the pressure inside drops enough that air gets sucke... |
The whole Matrix Story line | For the whole Matrix story line you also need to know about the Second Renaissance, the prequel to the trilogy. During the mid-21st century, when AI did all of human bidding, a servant robot called B1-66ER murdered his master. B1-66ER was put on trial and testified that he heard his owner saying B1-66ER was to be scrap... |
If child pornography possession is illegal, why hasn't Snap Inc's CEO gotten arrested? | It may not be written in the law, but I am certain there is a precedent of sorts that differentiates between private ownership and third party ownership. For example, if you keep stuff in a storage locker, the storage company becomes a third party owner. If you kept your locker full of illegal material, the owner of th... |
Why do people who have been sentenced to death have to wait years, sometimes even decades, for their execution to take place? | Endless appeals. The government tries to be very careful about who they put to death. It's actually more expensive to sentence someone to the death penalty than it is to imprison them for the rest of their lives. Personally, I don't give two fucks about these peoples lives, but I'm anti-death penalty because of the mon... |
Why are our planets in the solar system all on the same disc/plane/layer? | Think of the Sun's equator as your waist and the plane the planets travel in as the hula hoop. As somebody else noted, they don't all travel perfectly in this plane but then you can have two or more hula hoops right? |
- Why don't car makers sell directly instead of using dealerships? | As others have said, many states make it illegal. The motivation is that they want to encourage competition at the retail level, both for sales and for repairs. Tesla, which wants to sell direct, has been fighting this battle in a number of states. They've won a lawsuit in Mass, gotten New Jersey to change the law, but... |
Why is there so much USA currency (quarters/nickels/dimes) circulating in Canada and can it be exchanged at a bank for Canadian change with the exchange rate? Why or why not? | Here is the actual answer. You *cannot* exchange USD coins at Canadian financial institutions. The reason, most likely, is because it is expensive to handle, process, ship and be compliant with coins. And I'm talking now about CAD coins, imagine adding USD coins on top of that? Forget it, the banks would be paying big ... |
Is it more efficient to put your food in the middle, or the outer portion of the rotating tray in your microwave | There are always various spots in your microwave that will receive more or less heating. Putting your food on the outside of the tray ensures it gets moved around and it's less likely any one part of the food spends most of the time in a cold spot. |
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