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Why do oil rigs have towers that burn a constant supply of oil? Surely this is just wasting produce they can sell? | As said, its not oil, its generally gas that has been co-produced from/with the oil, and for fields that gas production too low to be financially viable to export it goes to waste . The flare generally serves two purposes, burning the excess gas as produced, and also acts as a safety valve outlet should something go wr... |
Why is pizza (and other dairy products) so popular if lactose intolerance is so prevalent? | Because pizza is delicious and lactose intolerance isn't that prevalent.Well I can't speak for other dairy products but cheese, generally, is relatively free of lactose. If you're looking at pizza specifically mozeralla has most of the lactose poured off when it is being made: _URL_0_ The next category of cheese are yo... |
How do people who work in theoretical professions (philosophy, metaphysics, ancient history, etc) earn their income and where does the capital come from to pay said income? | Three main areas. 1 - They work at a university. Whether they are researching or teaching, this gives them a steady income. This money comes from the government and/or the university itself 2 - Grants, whether it be to research or to go excavate an area. This money comes from the government and/or private investors. Ge... |
Why are some things like food deals at McDonalds or Wendys "Not available in Alaska or Hawaii?" | Because Alaska and Hawaii both cost a fortune to ship anything to. Lots of deals and sales exclude those states because products in AK and HI are generally much more expensive than they are in the contiguous 48 states. |
Why are testicles stores in a thin, sensitive sack outside our body instead of a protective casing inside our bodies? | Sperm require a fairly specific temperature to be most healthy, and this temperature is lower than body temperature. So, hang the baby makers outside the body in a sack that can expand and contract to cool it or warm it, and you're good to go. Until you get kicked in the nards. But, evolution decreed it's 'good enough'... |
Why does music sound slower when I'm working out? | Well, the body has it's own sense of natural rhythms, and does not perceive time in an consistent manner. Your brain amps up it's response rate and effectively dilates time when the fight or flight response is triggered. I remember, I think it may have been on Mythbusters, but they tested perceived time and found that ... |
How did this guy survive by consuming only water for 28 days? | The results you are seeing could not have happened from fasting. Fasting causes you to lose weight, yes, but before you lose fat your body goes for its protein reserves . If he really fasted for 28 days and lost all that weight he would either be very frail or he would still have some fat on him, but none of the muscle... |
Why is there a distinct smell after a female uses the toilet? | My best guess would be a different hormonal and pheromone balance in women, which could make urine smell different as they are excreted.I have noticed this at times, too. I can usually tell if a woman or a man has used the toilet. I'm guessing it's vaginal? Perhaps it's the lingering smell from a bit of sweat from the ... |
Why is is proper grammar to to precede the word "historic" with the word "an" and not "a"? | Phrases that use "AN H " were grammatically correct when no-one in England really pronounced their H at the start of any words; this wasn't a class issue, it was just the accepted way the language functioned. As people began pronouncing the H at the start of some words, the "AN H " structure remained part of "proper" s... |
What causes turbulence and how can pilots predict when it is coming | It's not just about the weather. If there is a mountain below, it disrupts the air flow coming toward the plane, creating uneven pressure on the top and bottom of the plane. Going above turbulent water can have the same effect. So, the pilot can predict there is going to be turbulence based on recent weather patterns a... |
Why does my poo float sometimes and sink sometimes? | I think it depends on your diet and fiber content.There's actually a big debate about which is healthier.I don't think there's definitive answer either way.The bacteria in your large intestine consume a lot of the waste, creating gas as a by-product. That gas is compressed into your turds as well, affecting the density... |
Why is it standard practice for Chinese restaurants to use so much MSG? | It's like asking why is it standard practice for fast food joints to use so much salt on their fries, or cheese on pizzas, and so on. It's an amino acid which is a 'building block' of life, it happens to enhance the taste of savory food, which is arguably a good thing in that it allows manufacturers to use less salt. O... |
Motorway driving in England - what are the rules and rules of thumb? Everyone has different ideas and I'm terrified! | From my experience, the left lane is for normal driving. Use the others for overtaking . But no hogging the middle lane. Always indicate when moving lanes and avoid braking, when there is congestion ease off the gas and use the gears to slow done. It's pretty much just like any country. |
What is the difference between a shillelagh, a walking stick, a staff and a cane? Is it just the length? | Technically they can all fall under "walking sticks", but I think you mean hiking stick? A hiking stick is usually to help your balance when hiking . A cane fills a similar function, but is designed for someone more infirm and more likely to heavily put their weight on it Both of these are more suited to the natural dr... |
The Glass-Steagall act and why it may (or may not) be to blame for our current economic conditions. | The very basic idea of Glass-Steagall was to enforce a separation between banks that handle consumer accounts like savings and checking, and financial companies that try to make money on the market or by creating and selling more complicated financial products such as derivatives. Those latter activities allow for much... |
Why does my scale lie to me? | You simply aren't going to get a very accurate reading off of a scale that is meant for weighing humans. Most likely, the scale was manufactured with the assumption that an acceptable margin of error is within around half a pound. Unless you use a scale that is more accurate you won't get the results you're looking for... |
Why are book/movie/game titles sometimes different in different countries and not just literal translations of the original title? | There are many different reasons this might happen. One is that the name might be a reference to an idiom - a phrase with a non-literal meaning. For example the English phrase "Kick the bucket" means "to die", but if you literally translated the phrase to other languages it would no longer have that meaning. . Another ... |
Why are reversed/low pitch sounds amazingly terrifying? | Because they sound odd, we're not used to them.If you would listen to reversed sounds/music all day long you would get used to it and it would sound normal to you. |
What ensures that most people's hearts are on the left? | As embryos develop cilia also develop that beat cells in certain directions. That's why we almost always have similar internal structures. If the heart is misplaced that generally indicates a defect in the mechanism of forming cilia or making them work. In men this tends to lead to infertility since their sperm can't s... |
Marijuana and panic attacks. | I think that some could consider me being a control freak and I only speak for myself here. So I had a bad trip after smoking weed twice and I smoked like couple dozens of times. For me it was the feeling that the time stopped and I lost connection with my senses. I was sitting on the couch with a friend of mine and he... |
How does the "self healing" back on the new LG Curve 2 work? | It's coated with something that resurfaces itself when heat is applied. This can be heat from resting in your pocket or heat from a light bulb . I'm not exactly sure what it's coated in - I reckon that's a proprietary secret. |
Why is the Millenium Falcon's cockpit so far on one side of the ship? | You don't critize the Millennium Falcon! It's the ship that made the Kessel run in less than 12 parsecs. |
What is happening when you burn a disc? | The disc is stamped with a groove the laser tracks. Some data is stamped, indicating it is a writeable disc, what type, capacity, dye formulation and all that. When you burn a disc, the laser tracks it as normal, but to write pits it pulses the laser to hight power to "burn" the dye in those spots, letting it go low to... |
How to properly write a cover letter | Imagine that the person reading the letter is a gifted and talented 2nd or 3rd grader. They're pretty good at reading for their age, but if they're being honest, they'd rather be doing pretty much anything else. It's a chore for them, and they hate it. They have lists of things they want. Even if it's already true that... |
without entering political debate, what are the good and bad things about privatising a big public company (e.g: Energy, Airports) ? | Privatizing as a concept leans on the hypothesis that, in the pursuit of profit, private business will be able to do the same job for less cost than a public entity that isn't trying to turn a profit. The motivation for profit drives innovation. As far as pros and cons, it requires some hindsight. Until you privatize s... |
Why are Swearwords depicted as bad? | REMEMBER THIS AND LASER IT INTO YOUR BRAIN: There are NO bad words. The only thing that makes the difference in words is the intent behind it which can be POSITIVE or NEGATIVE. You can say nigger in a positive and negative way. We can invent a word right now for example ''samaru''. It means nothing in our world but if ... |
Why wasn't procrastination eliminated by evolution? | Because there's nothing evolutionarily wrong with sitting around and not expending energy until you're forced to. That sounds like a pretty good survival strategy.One evolutionary perspective on procrastination says we delay because our frontal lobe doesn’t see a convincing plan behind our aspiration. The solution, the... |
How exactly does the human mind perceive things as "scary" and why do we fear it? | You fear things because your ancestors feared things and so they ran away from them. The people who didn't fear things tended to go up and give the Sabre tooth a kick in the face and they didn't tend to last very long. Basically fear keeps you from doing things which can cause you harm and thus keeps you safe. |
Why are abortions not homicide but killing a pregnant female considered a double murder (in some jurisdictions)? | They are homicide. But homicide is not necessarily illegal. Killing someone in war is legal, killing in self defense or in the defense of another is legal, carrying out an execution is legal, and abortions are legal. Murder is not a synonym for homicide, it is a sub-category of homicide that is for the illegal killing ... |
What's exactly happening in my body when I take Advil/Excedrin to get rid of a headache? | I'm going to take a stab at this. Advil/Excedrin are anti-inflammatory drugs. When your body feels pain it usually means there is an inflammation somewhere. Inflammation is part of the body's healing mechanism and it is normally associated with pain and tenderness. Advil/Excedrin relieve that inflammation which reduces... |
How to layer for winter weather effectively | Make sure you don't sweaty or if you do, make sure it wicks away from skin. Wet clothes will suck the heat from your body. Wear sweat wicking "thermal" layers that keep you warm AND dry. Then a warm but thinner layer , followed by a thick layer . Then it's your outerwear jacket, which should be waterproof if you get we... |
Why do women soccer players "fake fall" so much less than the men? | The real reason is that diving is cultural and the countries that are successful in the women's game don't dive as much. The women's game is dominated by USA/Canada, Asia, Northern Europe. The one exception is Brazil and they dive the most of the successful women's teams. Latin American and Southern European teams are ... |
Why do (USA) states have their presidential primaries on different days? | It would also be prohibitively expensive to run a full 50 state Primary campaign. Lesser known, outsider candidates wouldn't have a chance since there is no way they could raise the money needed to be competitive in all 50 states. |
What are the pros and cons of net neutrality? | People who are against net neutrality say internet providers could make arrangements with websites and services to provide better access, but at a cost. People who support net neutrality think this will most likely be abused to hell and they will basically blackmail services so they pay the ISPs, or else they will heav... |
What human body orientation is most likely to allow for survival upon hitting the ground at a high velocity (e.g., falling sans parachute)? | While you are falling the best way is to have as much surface area facing downwards, so lying flat and spreading your arms and legs. When you come down you will want to fall on your least critical body parts and thus orient yourself facing upwards, feet down, with your knees slightly bend to prevent the shock to go up ... |
Is it actually possible to have exactly 1/3 of something? | An infinitely small fraction is zero , so yes it is possible to have exactly one third of something. If I have one of three apples I definitely have exactly one third of the total apples and that's that. Just because our decimal system isn't able to express that quantity perfectly doesn't mean it doesn't exist.You have... |
How do websites know how long you've spent on each page? | Web pages can run JavaScript code. This code can do all sorts of things, including monitoring the clock - the function `window.setInterval` tells the browser to execute a certain function at fixed intervals . There's another JavaScript event that lets you monitor when the window gets or loses focus or when the user cli... |
why do we cry out/scream when in pain? | The short answer is that is simply communication. Stemming back to primal roots, screaming is/was a way to communicate to our fellow group that something in the area has the potential to harm/kill us. Think of a stealthy James Bond like spy attacking their enemy. If he makes a kill silently, he can continue his attack ... |
What is considered the optimal (immediate) solution resulting from yesterday's Women's March? | Politicians going "Oh dear. The women of America are upset and politically active. I'm not going to make them even angrier, so I will refuse to support laws that would erode equal rights." |
Why is it unhealthy to hold in your stomach for prolonged periods of time? | Activating your core constantly isn't unhealthy. It's incredibly healthy. Not only are you building the stamina of your abdominal wall, you're in constant correct posture because of the stance needed to maintain a tight hold I do it all the time, at least when I'm not 6 months pregnant |
Why do gifs take so long to load? | Well, an animated gif is basically a film without audio, so you need to load all the frames, which is why it takes longer than a regular image. However it is also slower than a youtube clip, so what's up with that? Well, when you look at an internet connection, and then look at the data being sent, you can imagine it l... |
Can dreaming a lot during the night make you more tired the next day? | The dreaming itself, not really. However there are a few things here that will Firstly interrupted sleep, like waking up after each dream, is really bad for you and will leave you utterly exhausted. The other thing is for a proper nights rest you need a mix of light and deep sleep cycles, the dreaming only happens in d... |
Why do companies insist on telling the public there's "scheduled maintenance" when a web site is clearly broken? | In this particular case, we have a way of stopping traffic that lets us try and fix the underlying systems while we shunt incoming traffic unfortunately it put up an inaccurate message but it was pretty far down the list of priorities to fix that! For the best info, stick to _URL_0_.Product Lead here from a software co... |
Why Facebook can host all these ripped youtube videos, and no one sues them? | > It's as if the system is setup to make it hard for content owners to find/control their content Because it is. Facebook is trying to take marketshare from other video platforms with strong arm tactics and by inflating the number of "views" each video gets . They need content to show, videos on FB are prioritized over... |
Who invented square roots & why √ ? | Square roots have been known since antiquity. It's not like calculus, which is relatively new The symbol was introduced by Christoph Rudolff, who wrote a German textbook on algebra in 1525. It's believed that the symbol is meant to look like a lower case r but there's no justification for it.The most likely origin of t... |
Why are some fast food employees refusing to serve police officers? | It's coming from peoples\' talent for taking things out of context, misinterpreting and over-reacting. At this point in time there's a bit of a "Black Lives Matter" movement - you 've probably heard of it. Now, instead of correctly interpreting that as "Lets not shoot people", some people are interpreting it as "All Co... |
Why are civil asset forfeiture "abuse" not protected by the 4th amendment in the US? Particularly for innocent and/or people not charged with a crime? | In civil forfeiture, the person whose assets are being seized is not party to the proceeding. That is to say, your property is the defendant, not youIt's constitutional because it's a *civil* procedure, not a criminal one. The 4th amendment protects us during *criminal* matters. The U.S. legal system divides its jurisd... |
Why does being electrocuted kill you? (aside from burns) | When electricity passes through your heart, the electrical current interferes with the electric current that beats your heart, and your hearts stops. |
Why does everything hurt more with cold hands? | > This decrease in blood flow to your fingers and toes can cause increased sensitivity to the fingers and toes. As the nerves are densely packed together and are close to the surface of the skin, any\xa0cold\xa0temperature past a certain threshold is then perceived as increased\xa0pain. _URL_0_ |
How do they implode/destruct megastructures in large cities and confine the destruction to one area? | They do this by causing one part of the building to collapse at a different time than another. Watch a few implosion videos, you'll see the whole building kinda "shift" usually in one direction. If you blow the supporting columns at the left side of the building first, then rapidly blow columns going left to right, the... |
What tools do astronomers currently use to isolate and detect planets more than 50 light years away? | There are a couple different methods. Last decade, the best one was watching for Stellar Wobble. Just as a star pulls on it's planets, so do the planets pull on the star, and the star will move back and forth as the planets make their orbits, and we can see that, but only when the planets in question are really big. Th... |
DDOS(Distributed Denial of Service attack) | Hey, there, tugboat. Remember when we went to the candy store last week? No? Well, you were sort of out of it, so don't worry. Trust me. We went to the candy store. Well, when we got there we found that it was PACKED. There were so many kids looking for candy that it took us an hour and a half to get you your "candy" c... |
What does it mean when cash is referred to as "unmarked"? | Bills have numbers on them that are unique like a serial number. "Marked" bills would be a certain set of numbers that were recorded so they could be kept track of. This way if someone ends up with a bill number in that range, you can figure out where they got it because those bills were not in circulation. For example... |
When I was a child I thought girls my age were pretty without make up. Did these girls start wearing make up because they did not think they were attractive? | Make-up is seen as something grown women. Girls want to appear to be more grown-up so they copy.[This may be of use]. It's more to do with sexual maturity than thinking they are ugly.We are not mind readers. No one can answer to your question. |
the difference between DDR3, DDR4 and GDDR5? | The difference between DDR3 and DDR4 is mostly due to specifications of speed and voltage. DDR4, per the spec, uses lower voltages and can run at higher speeds . Some manufacturers released overclockable DDR3 that could run as fast as the low end DDR4, but high end DDR4 is faster than DDR3. GDDR in general has a slower... |
Why is female genital mutilation a thing? Why did the Swedish school force the procedure upon the girls? | The school didn't force the students to do anything. It just happens to be attended mostly by immigrants, and many of the girls were discovered to have undergone the procedure. This mostly happens during the holidays when the parents take the girls on trips to countries where the procedure is legal to perform. |
Articles/websites that fill your "back" button with the same page. Why why why??? | This isn't usually deliberate, but a consequence of poor website design. If you have one page that redirects to another, then when the user clicks back they'll end up on the redirect page, which will then forward them back to the page they were originally on. This is why redirect pages often have a time delay before re... |
Why are men so attracted to breasts? What makes them so sexual? | They are indicators of fertility and so we are biologically programmed to be attracted to them. The same is true of having wide hips, and having shiny hair indicates good health. Breast firmness indicate age, so having developed and firm breasts indicates you are still young so potentially able to have more children, a... |
Why am I colourblind? | Most color vision problems are inherited and are present at birth. People usually have three types of cone cells in the eye. Each type senses either red, green, or blue light. You see color when your cone cells sense different amounts of these three basic colors. The highest concentration of cone cells are found in the... |
Why it's okay to eat a moldy cheese like bleu cheese, but not cheddar cheese if it gets moldy. | Blue cheese is molded in a controlled environment by the fungus penicillium. There are thousands of types of mold, many of which are not safe for consumption. Random mold on cheese comes from spores in the air which can be from any type of mold, some of which can be harmful to your health.The [Mayo Clinic] claims it's ... |
Why is there so much outrage about freebooting from youtubers but people are ok with streaming or torrenting television shows. | People tend to support small-time Youtubers losing ad-money more than large corporations losing money. Not saying it is good or bad, just a matter of how people think. Also, freebooting off Youtube is taking money from people without much reason, since they are already providing content for free, on demand, which seems... |
Why do motels/hotels frequently have numbers in their names? | Well, Motel 6 was called that because it's room rate was $6 per night. I'm going to guess that Super 8 was $8 per night. Source: Wikipedia page on Motel 6", 'Money Motel 6:[They decided on a US$6 nightly room rate that would cover building costs, land leases, and janitorial supplies; hence the company name "Motel 6".] ... |
When you enter a competition and you have to answer a question in 25 words or less, how is the winner chosen? What are they actually looking for in an answer? | I only occasionally see the winners of these contests and from that I see that humour often helps. Make your entry funny. It seems a lot of these contests are about products and the company is asking for 25 words about what they sell. So outright praise of the product or company goes down well. Definitely do not send i... |
Why we don't start making long term memories until around the age of 5. | Most recently researchers have attributed it to a child's lack of self-perception, language, or other mental equipment required to keep memories. More in depth: rapid neuron growth during early childhood disrupts the brain circuitry that stores old memories, making them inaccessible. Young children also have an underde... |
Why don't English speakers spell foreign words phonetically when the foreign language's alphabet is completely different from ours? | This is called *transliteration,* or when talking about English more specifically *Romanization,* and it's pretty complicated. Basically, the challenge is figuring out how to render sequences of sounds *that don't necessarily exist in English* in such a way that English speakers can read them, and without losing inform... |
How can a country block specific websites for everyone? | If you're talking about something like the Great Firewall of China, they force all ISPs to run internet connections through their filter, which they manage. |
Why do companies spend millions on rebranding? | To stay with the times basically. They gotta do market research to figure out how to stay hip and culturally relevant. For example: Sears is facing uncertainty in part because they failed to rebrand themselves appropriately, whereas Macy's on the other hand have consistently shifted to adopt cultural trends That's my h... |
How can someone survive a 3500ft fall and expect to make a full recovery? | The article says the parachute malfuctioned, not that it didn't open at all. The full story is that the parachute partially opened and that she hit the ground at 50 mph instead of terminal velocity. Also, she landed in a way in which her legs absorbed the power of the fall. |
What a person with depression goes through on a daily basis | Clinical psychologist student here. Depression does tend to manifest slightly differently for each person but there are a general cluster of mood symptoms that define the disorder: 1. Depressed Mood-duh, but can also be agitation or irritability 2. Decreased interest or pleasure doing things you once liked to do3. Chan... |
Why after eating the same food everyday does it start tasting disgusting? | This isn't actually scientific, but rather personal experience. Your body craves different food for different reasons. Eating the same thing every day may not give you the nutrition you need, so your body signals it to you by making it taste less good. Your body can be a diva sometimes though. It wants to be pleased an... |
Why is it that you naturally become drowsy when exposed to warm water for an extended period of time? | The human body naturally gives off heat to keep itself at a comfortable temperature, and gives off even more heat during physical activities. When faced with hot surrounding temperatures like warm water, the body will tell itself to further reduce its own physical activity to prevent from overheating. That’s why you fe... |
How do signal jammers work? | You basically transmit a signal on the same frequency as the thing you're trying to block. If your blocking signal is coming in stronger than the other signal that you want to jam, then it'll swamp it. It's a bit like if you're trying to have a conversation and I turn up and start yelling at you - all you'll hear is me... |
. Why does rocking back and forth comfort people? | Habit. Such as when a child is held by a parent and rocks them as an infant or even when they are older and seek comfort. The motion could be a reminder of that sense of safety and soothing.I can explain it base on evolutionary psychology. Repetitive behaviors are soothing or pacifying and help us deal with stress. Fro... |
Difference between a Absolute Monarchy and Constitutional Monarchy? | In an absolute monarchy, nothing overrides decisions made by the monarch - at least so long as there isn't a revolution that completely dismantles the system and creates a new one. In a constitutional monarchy, there are legal limits on the monarch's power, generally in the form of political powers that are granted to ... |
Why does women's hair end up all over the bathroom? Is it actually falling out more or is it just longer and thus more noticeable? | I am a male with hair half way down my back trust me shedding is a unisex issue. Hahaha I clog the drain in my shower biweekly. Edit: Male', "No everyone loses hair at about the same rate, the reason is they only lose hair when they're brushing it also yes, the fact that it's long also contributes. |
Why did no one fix the issue of capital I and lowercase l looking identical on computers? | You can do this yourself easily. Just set the font to one with serifs. It's not restricted to computers, in any case. Printed lower-case l and upper-case I have always looked identical in sans serif fonts.That is not a computer problem but a font problem. The fonts used in modern computer are either based on or actuall... |
Will ABC be fined for the LeBron penis incident? | The odds aren't likely. This wasn't something they could have easily caught. Genuine mistakes happen, and most people didn't pick up on it. They'll just try very hard not to reward viewers with that again.6\'8" and a size 15 shoe with a dick that small? I guess he really is a freak of nature', "I don't think they will,... |
Why is there such enmity between the communities of 4chan, tumblr, and reddit? | There isn't mostly. 99.9% of the users don't care about other sites. You might just see the loud vocal minority. And I believe if want a gross simplification 4 Chan and tumblr hate each other. 4 Chan is for lonely, socially awkward males Tumblr for lonely, socially awkward, and often overweight females. Reddit is just.... |
How do companies survive so much debt? | They take in money from investors, who hope that they will get paid back with a profit in some future year.> How do companies acquire so much debt? Companies being leveraged huge on debt is pretty normal, especially when a new companies comes around and they are in growth phase. They know they need money now to grow, t... |
How do programs like Google Translate recognize handwriting so accurately? | I'm not sure which algorithm they use, but back in Uni I had an AI class where we did a small program to identify user inputted letters using an neural net algorithm called "Perceptron". In this small program, there was a grid which allowed the user to "draw" the "standard" or "normal" form of some letters. This was us... |
Despite how often a person can adjust their necklace so the locking part could be in the back, why does it always move up front to be with the pendant? | Becasue the clasp is typically heavier than other links. As someone moves, eventually the clasp will move from the centre of the next to the left or right. Sooner or later the lock will get to a point where its easier to slide down, gravity will come into play and it moves down to its optimal resting place which is at ... |
Why don't power chords sound as "powerful" on any instrument other than the guitar? | A few redditors have suggested that it probably has to do with distortion, and they're being downvoted, but they're probably right. The [timbre] of a distorted electric guitar works well with power chords. This isn't an unusual phenomena, for example a great deal of music composed for the clavinet, especially works com... |
When you cut a piece of meat from a pig, what's the difference between pork, ham, and bacon? | Pork represents any piece of meat from a pig. Ham is cured pork leg. Bacon is cured back meat. |
Why does keeping food in the refrigerator make it last longer? | It's harder for bacteria to survive and reproduce in extreme environments cold or hot, this is also why you fully cook chicken before eating it. |
Why does helium make your voice high? | Your voice begins in your voice box, which scientists call the larynx. Your larynx contains your vocal cords. These two folded mucous membranes vibrate when air passes between them. These vibrations resonate throughout your throat, nasal passages, mouth, tongue, and lips to create the sounds you make when you speak. Th... |
Why does everything taste bad when I'm sick? | Taste is related to an ability to smell. So if your sinuses are clogged it diminishes your taste already. Then if you have mucus in your mouth because of your congestion it further degrades your ability to taste things properly.Source: I've been a sick human before |
So a deodorant commercial said that stress sweat is different from regular sweat because it smells worse. Is this true? How? Why? | Different types of sweat glands: Eccrine glands are all over your body, and produce the watery sweat you get from exercising or on hot days etc to cool you down. - Pretty much odourless as mainly water & salts which bacteria can't break down.. Apocrine glands are mainly in your underarm and genital area, & also on your... |
What on earth is the logic behind the format of the questions in Jeopardy!? | It's a gimmick. Instead of asking "boring" trivia questions , the questions are formed as answers, and the answers as questions . It also makes the questions a bit harder - if you are too concentrated on thinking about the answer, you might forget to form it like a question. Edit: typo. |
Are There Exact(and Only) 16.8M Colors? | No. The number of colours is infinite - although our eyes aren't able to detect very tiny differences between colours. When we represent colours in computers, one common way of representing them is with 3 bytes, which gives us 16.8 million possibilities. This is sufficiently accurate that the human eye struggles to tel... |
why has Japan decided to send troops abroad? | The whole idea behind this new legislation is simply opening up newer avenues for Japanese industry - especially the military one. In recent years, as conentional industry has become stagnant, Japanese firms jave been trying really hard to diversify. Japan produces some top notch military hardware, but currently it cat... |
- What actually is happening in this video? | That's not smoke. This happened when I flew from Chicago to Mexico earlier this month. It's water vapor, has to do with the dew point. > Dew point is a way to measure how much moisture is in the air. You often hear it referred to in weather broadcasts as a percentage of humidity which is derived from the difference bet... |
how we get so many different dog breeds from wolves | There are at least 2 distinct species of wolves that include 32 subspecies , there's also a number of extinct wolf breeds. It seems there is some question as to whether 3-5 of those subspecies are distinct wolf species or just subspecies of the Grey Wolf or Red Wolf. Dogs seem to be a subspecies of only the Grey Wolf .... |
What is the difference between mandatory and discretionary spending? | Mandatory spending are all your fixed expenses that you have to pay to someone else. For example, rent, the water bill, the cable bill, your car payment, etc. Everything else is discretionary, meaning you can choose how you spend itMandatory spending would be spending required simply to operate. In your personal budget... |
UK Redditors: What does a "supply teacher"
teach/do? | It's what you call a relief teacher in Australia or a substitute teacher in America. They teach classes when the regular teacher is ill or on leave. |
What is it that makes TV so addicting? | Dopamine. Basically the human reward system evolved so we would be rewarded when we explored or learned new things. When we watch television we get receive the stimulation without needing to do the actual work. _URL_0_ Right now, you and I, and everyone around us are passing through an evolutionary bottleneck. This hap... |
How does the digestive system separate macronutrients and distribute them to the body parts that need them? | So as you know it starts in your mouth where your teeth mechanically break down your food as saliva starts to chemically break it down. Once in your stomach hydrochloric acid breaks the food down further and essentially stirs it all up. Then it enters the small intestine where the acid is neutralized and where there's ... |
Does "space" in space occupy any dimensions? | I'm no expert. But your question isn't dumb. If you are considering something space then you must be able to move in it. Which requires at least one dimensions.It depends what you mean by "nothingness." Inside our universe, there isn't true nothingness that we're aware of. Even when there's almost nothing somewhere, th... |
If the money loaned to the banks since the financial crisis was created for that purpose, what difference does it make? | > Why could it not have just gone to cover the bad loans or even the deposits of the banks? The bad loans were purchased by the government through TARP. The purpose of the Fed loans is to keep the financial system running. Firms routinely need to borrow money even to make payroll. Tons and tons of firms don't just have... |
Why would a giant spider be unable to stand? | It's because as organisms get bigger, their weight increases more quickly than the resistance in their bones . If you were twice as tall with equal proportions, you 'd also be twice as "wide" and twice as "thick" - just a way of saying that you 'd weigh 8 times as much, not twice as much. On the other hand, your bones ... |
How can a company as unbelievably sh*tty as Comcast stay in business? | ISPs have local monopolies. They're often the only service provider in the area. Google is attempting to change this by pushing Google Fiber.Lobbyists and removing competition out of the pictureBecause like myself many have no other choice but to use them. They literally have a contract with my town that says they are ... |
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