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2lojul | Why are different tiers (regular < mid < premium) of gas' prices almost always 10 cents different? | I've noticed that the difference in price between regular gas and midrange, and between midrange and premium, is almost always 10 cents. This seems to hold true no matter what the price for regular gas. This doesn't seem to make sense, as the difference between $2 and $2.10 and the difference between $4 and $4.10 /gal are proportionally very different. Is this just an arbitrary convention that undermines arguments of a rational basis for gasoline prices? | explainlikeimfive | {
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8v5e3s | Stars and Visibility | Why do stars in the night's sky seem to disappear when I look directly at them but seem more visible when I look at an adjacent star.
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1v3wij | How do we know all the money the government is getting from bank settlements is going back to the people? | We hear about these large billion dollar bank settlements, but I don't hear anything about where this money goes. Is where this money goes going to be made public, each penny spent? Is a large percentage of money going to lawyers or is the government handling the legal cases?
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2jlp6f | What are good and bad sides of manual and automatic drive gear? | Please consider I'm not a driver. Automatic seems cool, doing most of your job for you, but manual drive gears exist and are very common, so there must be something they are better at. What is that? | explainlikeimfive | {
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2reick | the special and general theory of relativity | explainlikeimfive | {
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6frazv | How do muscles grow? | I've been working out lately, I want to know what happens when my muscles get bigger? How are they getting bigger? | explainlikeimfive | {
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2nud6o | What is the role of actual real-life actors in making animated characters? Like Liam Neeson playing Aslan in Narnia? | Likewise Kelly MacDonald playing Merida | explainlikeimfive | {
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2901pg | Why does the water from my kitchen faucet taste different than the water from my bathroom faucet? Doesn't it come from the same place? | explainlikeimfive | {
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35s621 | Precipitation reactions | I have a project tomorrow where I have to explain this to 2nd graders, and I'm having trouble thinking of ways to explain it. Help? | explainlikeimfive | {
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29dzii | If dark colours absorb more heat, why does light skin burn easier than dark skin? | explainlikeimfive | {
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