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1rs3fm | Why is there a separate World Chess Championship for women? | While I can see the logic in having separate tournaments for women in sports like football and basketball, I can't think of any reason for women having their own tournament for chess. Is this just affirmative action, or is there any merit to the "women's brains are wired differently and therefore their analytic skills ... | explainlikeimfive | {
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67nunz | why do people kiss mouth to mouth to express their love to each other, and has this method always been the way (if we don't count sex)? | explainlikeimfive | {
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1pk5uf | Why do we regrow flesh, but not bones | Why is it that you can lose a fairly large chunk of flesh and it will (mostly) grow back, but once you lose something like a fingertip or toe it's gone forever?
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166bnw | Why do most public toilet doors open inwards? | explainlikeimfive | {
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72jm9w | Why do robotic arms for amputees move so slowly? How can we make them faster/more responsive? | explainlikeimfive | {
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7nptr8 | How does facial recognition work? | explainlikeimfive | {
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3s6m5v | Why do we hear/learn so much about The Holocaust, but so little about other large genocides (Armenian, Cambodian, etc)? | Before anyone says anything, I do understand how large The Holocaust was, and i am in NO WAY trying to diminish how bad it was, or discourage it being taught and learned about. It's just, there have been so many large genocides in human history, some of which have numbers pretty close to that of the Holocaust, yet they... | explainlikeimfive | {
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548kob | Why is the gold standard touted as being real money and fiat currency as fake? | Basically, both of these things (paper vs a metal) have no inherent value. For example, a currency based on food or water would seem like a better store of currency because those things actually have real life value. Is the only difference between the two that you can only mine a finite amount of gold thus controlling ... | explainlikeimfive | {
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2vmala | Why does a radio get better reception when I touch it? | explainlikeimfive | {
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238w7i | Why can't we have better umbrellas? | Rain, snow, ultraviolet. A little of these substances are considered wonderful, romantic, and delightful. But never too much. Umbrellas is essential to protect from these things. Why can't we have one umbrella that is long lasting, easy to carry, effective, and relatively economic? I mean even fashion, accessories have... | explainlikeimfive | {
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2x6uzo | Why don't video games load when minimized? | explainlikeimfive | {
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1r0zwu | What is the Illuminati and what is the big deal surrounding them? | I've googled this but none of the answers are making sense to me. Can someone help me out? | explainlikeimfive | {
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oyreb | Singing Voices, Etc? | I understand (in a very simple way) that everyone's vocal chords vibrate differently, so everyone has a different voice. So how do our ears interpret them and how do our brains file these voices/sounds away as "singing voices"?
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2yzg0q | Why do Racecars have a sequential gearbox and street cars don't? What's the difference? | explainlikeimfive | {
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2ny3sk | How diarrhea occurs. | Been having diarrhea, curious how it works in the body. | explainlikeimfive | {
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39til3 | Our planet is dominated by salt water, and we humans have not evolved to drink it. Why ? | explainlikeimfive | {
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1vhxrr | Why is the first drive on the computer 'C:\' and not 'A:\'? | Are A:\ and B:\ reserved for internal peripherals or something or is it just that it is standard to start with C:\? Sorry if it seems a simple question it's just I can't get a single answer that is backed up by resources. | explainlikeimfive | {
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2veai3 | What is the difference between real time notifications and push notifications? | A lot of people seem to care about push notifications. What's the difference and why does it matter? | explainlikeimfive | {
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66hioa | The difference in scale between the first flight and the moon landing compared to the difference between the moon landing and a manned mission to Alpha Centauri? | [deleted] | explainlikeimfive | {
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6dmsd6 | How do filmmakers film close-up gunfire? | I was watching the season finale of Arrow and it got me thinking so spoilers for that. When Chase puts a gun to his head and fires, how does one film that safely? Blanks are known to blow the heads off snakes at 6ft range (granted that's a rifle round) so surely it's not that. Is it just cgi? What about before that? | explainlikeimfive | {
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1xr6on | Can URL's be written in other alphabets? | Hey, are there any websites where the actually URL of the site is written in a different alphabet?
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4fqcua | Aren't there any noise-cancelling headphones or earpieces Brian Johnson could wear and still perform? | explainlikeimfive | {
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1hpmaq | Do Canadians have the same rights and freedoms as Americans? | After watching [this video on Reddit](_URL_0_) I wondered if these same rules and such are the same in Canada?
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1uzcsw | What is a scientific explanation for "The Hum" phenomena that the low-frequency, unexplainable noise that is heard throughout the world? | What are some plausible theories?
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1mbpbi | why do cheap restaurants often only have canned soda for sale instead of fountain soda, when the fountain soda has a much higher rate of return? | explainlikeimfive | {
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3gmwak | Since there are foods proven to prevent cancer, why aren't they prescribed as part of the diet for cancer patients? | explainlikeimfive | {
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3w2g50 | What is so special about mitochondria that allows respiration to be so efficient compared to the efficiency we can achieve when burning fossil fuels? | If both are just combustion, why is respiration so efficient? | explainlikeimfive | {
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