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explainlikeimfive/dvb1y6x | 82lm8n | Why are reusable rocket engines cost-effective? | The Space Shuttle required extensive examination and repair of the heat shield tiles after every launch. The Shuttle also consisted of 3 extremely large and complex liquid fuel rocket motors, while a Falcon 9 consists of 9 smaller and less complex Merlin engines; most of the time, not all of the engines are required to... | 8 |
AskReddit/cnkhk3k | 2ryo2l | What is the stupidest thing you've seen people gather around? | Feminist rallies for silly things. Like when three members of the Lacrosse team at Duke were charged with rape, then the case pretty clearly demonstrated that the accused were innocent, but feminists still held rallies. Those things are just stupid. | 2 |
AskReddit/c8ne5m5 | 19esd9 | What "first world pain" do you complain about daily? | full time employment, sick and vacation time, 90% health and dental, work in an office. and CAN'T STAND IT . anxiety and chest pain pulling into the parking lot daily. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/edf9a2t | adas7b | Why does our body tense up for sudden impact, when it actually works against us? | Because our responses didn't evolve in an era of drunk drivers and 60 mph 2-ton chunks of steel. They evolved when a "sudden impact" was a panther that wanted to eat you. It's a good idea to get your muscles ready for a panther whuppin'. | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/cjng6xu | 2d9s06 | Why do power companies insist that installing solar power will drive their costs up and hurt the power grid? | Power companies are partly just reacting against a new technology that would disrupt the current model which has been profitable for them for years. That said there is some reason for concern. Our power infrastructure was designed and built for large regional power plants to generate all the power and distribute it to ... | 6 |
AskReddit/croa2lq | 37nsi1 | What's the dumbest thing you've seen a smarter person do? | I've had people with MDs fail to grasp basic troubleshooting concepts and instructions with computers. Doesn't matter who you are or what you've done. You are not immune from being an idiot when things go wrong with your most useful tools. Source: IT. | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/dmklfcg | 6y4fks | Why do we have speed limits rather than a speed range? | Because that's the top speed you can safely do, assuming ideal conditions (at least that's the premise). When it's raining, snowing, cold or dark, this changes it from being ideal conditions. It's not safe to drive at that speed any more. Worse it is, the slower you need to go, especially if your visibility is impaired... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/dd9cxzd | 5rpzku | Why do people sometimes get cravings for random or specific foods? | people crave the type of food their body craves, like craving potato chips when your body needs more sodium. your body is regulating fluids with salt, thus may need more than it's been given. we also get cravings out of the pure blissful satisfaction expected from eating, for example, ice cream when you're sad. who can... | 4 |
AskReddit/cz60xx9 | 41xiha | What would you do with six months of free time ? | Spend the first week talking about all the stuff I'm going to get done, sit on the couch and play video games for 5 months and two weeks, attempt to finish six months worth of work in a week, give up after the second day and go back to games. | 2 |
AskReddit/b1yt | 7nn5x | How are the cool kids ripping DVDs these days? | I use DVD Fab HD Decryptor to rip the DVDs and strip them of copy protection. It's the freeware portion of DVD Fab's software, but it's still updated and it hasn't been shut down, which gives it a leg up on DVD Decryptor. I'm not paid by DVD Fab, I don't even own a copy of their full product, but I do use their freewar... | 5 |
AskReddit/cjhknhq | 2coudx | If you could be a sandwich, which sandwich would you be? | If I would be a sandwich then I wouldn't be 'I' (because a sandwich cannot think (because a sandwich does not have a brain)) anymore so any preference the person I am now has is irrelevant. The right answer then is to choose whatever is the most moral option for those who have to deal with the sandwich I have become. A... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c8f4k6d | 18ineb | Why does traffic come to a complete stop on the highway during rush hour? | People up front don't stop, they just brake for various reasons (people merging, switching lanes etc.) when that guy brakes, so does the guy behind him, often more than he needs to (maybe he's tailgating) The guy behind him does the same, and as a result each subsequent car brakes to a slower speed. At the same time, w... | 20 |
AskReddit/c9r8edh | 1dkqon | What is your weekly food budget, and how do you spend that much? | I try to keep it under $200. We buy a lot of fresh produce, and all our meat comes from a local butcher. I tend to buy fresh seafood higher priced than I should, but it's from a friend. Family of 4, with pets. I'm including pet food in the food budget. | 6 |
AskReddit/dh6a0ws | 69cxtm | How did your pet "choose" you? | This will probably get buried, but here goes: As a kid I absolutely loved Alice in Wonderland, so naturally I wanted an orange tabby named Dinah, just like Alice’s in the Disney movie. Before we went to the shelter the first time, my parents coached me a bit, telling me to look out for cats who seemed curious about us,... | 3 |
AskReddit/e8nagk1 | 9s9zxs | What are red flags for bad doctors? | I'm a med student. If they keep referring you to tests from outside the clinic, there's a good chance they're getting a commission. If it's like a hearing test, where the clinic may not have the facilities, it's a different thing. But constantly being referred is not normal and you may want to look into it. If the doc ... | 11 |
AskReddit/d8r5u8y | 57dzup | What is the most feared (non nuclear) weapon in its particular time period? | Crossbows. Before they existed, bows were the dominant archery weapon during that time. Requiring a significant amount of skill to be able to shoot one. Now any poor peasant can shoot anybody from a distance. Just put in the bolt, aim and release. | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/dq8lr2x | 7ezpbl | How does twilight sedation work? | Broadly, Anesthesia is a combination of three things : Analgesia (removal of pain), Amnesia (removal of memory) and Muscle Relaxation. No one drug or medication will achieve a perfect balance. Some are better at pain control, while others are good at removing memory, so sedation is usually a combination of one or two m... | 2 |
AskReddit/ejo7qz9 | b6yw8t | What's something you often see on TV (realistic situation or object), but have never seen in person? | Looking at my phone hoping for a call, and saying to my phone, "ring," and it immediately does, and it's the person I hoped was calling. On a similar vein, thinking about a product, and immediately turning on the TV and a commercial for that product is on. | 2 |
AskReddit/dngwkzs | 729rnp | In the off chance we're living in a simulation, what are some glitches in the code you've noticed? | Precog dreams are a glitch. From someone who has experienced very mundane precog dreams, they are a real thing and pretty incredible when they happen even if the event or thing is pretty mundane. I dunno what else, maybe ghosts and real supernatural? Not sure I believe in that stuff but if it was real that would certai... | 2 |
askscience/cj20lg8 | 2b5lpg | Is there a way to convert sound waves into energy? | One of my professors once told us that if the sound energy from an airliner during takeoff was converted into electricity, it would only be enough to boil an egg, so I don't think it would be very useful in most cases. Having said that, there are circuitry components called piezos that convert sound into voltage. Howev... | 16 |
explainlikeimfive/d290766 | 4fhyjr | Why is raising our hear rate from exercise considered healthy while stimulants are considered bad for the heart? | The heart rate increase from exercise is self-limiting - e.g. if you over-exert you generally get tired and slow down. Your exercise pushes to the limits, slowly extends them, but "tells you" when you need to back down. If you take stimulants you bypass that entire self-regulation system and can easily overdo it. | 46 |
AskReddit/curjuu8 | 3jqrk1 | What TV series do you wish you'd never seen before, so you could experience it all over it again as if it was brand new? | Game of Thrones. Greatest TV series I've ever seen. People complain about main characters dying off but that just makes me like Martin more. Authors work tirelessly to develop a character that their audience will like, and wouldn't dare risk killing that person off because everything rests on them. The result is very l... | 65 |
AskReddit/dyh263l | 8h4n2e | Do you shower in the morning when you wake up, or at night before you go to bed? | Both. It takes 10 minutes to take a quick shower before I go to bed. I sleep better. You have to shower in the morning so you can always go out of the house fresh and clean. Besides, there are often bedtime activities that cause sweating. | 2 |
AskReddit/dnwrwc2 | 74ackk | What did you teach yourself to do? | I taught myself how to do digital art & graphic design mostly by looking at stuff other people made online, and developing my own style after that. Took me a good 3/4 years to get to a point where I'm comfortable sharing my art, though! | 2 |
askscience/c2cj7ef | jj1ek | Do we have rods because we have a large moon? | I'm not sure that it's really accurate to say that our moon is the precise reason that we've evolved rods. Given that the moon is not that helpful for illumination when it has waxed, or if it is a cloudy night, etc. Well, it would be a pretty weak force. However, it sounds like you're in the right direction in thinking... | 3 |
AskReddit/e6epne2 | 9huyuk | What are we supposed to do with all this leftover pizza? | As a pizza chef I can only advise everyone to get their frying pans and heat them on a high heat for 1-2 minutes. Pre-heat the oven to the highest setting possible for at least 5 minutes, and then place your pizza on the hot pan and place in the oven. It is ready to take out and eat once either: •The cheese starts melt... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c849b8x | 17bpbq | Why does water go down a plughole differently depending on which side of the equator you're on? | I went to this little tourist trap in Quito that was supposed on the equator. They had a basin, and put it on one side, it would drain one way, then put it on the other side, and it would drain the other way. I was mildly impressed, until I took out my GPS, and say that we were nearly a half kilometer from the equator.... | 2 |
AskReddit/d8d1ou3 | 55rfcs | What's good or bad about going braless? | Good: No straps digging into your back/shoulders. I have some bras that give me back/neck pain for a few days after wearing them for 5+ hours. Bad: Looks trashy, imo. But Winter is coming indeed and bras are not necessary under a nice big sweater. I love it because typical sweater fabric covers persistent nips. | 4 |
AskReddit/dynmc7k | 8hyvwb | What is the stupidest thing your teacher told you? | My physics teacher said that all the hands of a watch expand during the summers due to higher temperatures; and a longer hand means a longer time period, which is why days are longer during summers. If that wasn't stupid enough already, we asked him what does he think of digital watches, to which he replied "Well it ha... | 4,847 |
AskReddit/cm22n4f | 2m8xql | How's your night going? | Spent the last several hours tagging and organizing my music library, wishing I had some beer. Making this comment will be the last thing I do before I head off to bed. So I suppose my night is going pretty okay. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ci35oix | 27pqfs | Why is there still space junk in orbit if it's so hard to maintain a stable orbit? | It's hard to prevent orbit decay, but orbit decay is only a problem if you want to maintain a specific orbital distance and speed. A stable orbit in and of itself isn't particularly difficult, hence why the millions of objects in the asteroid belt and many millions more in the Kuiper Belt, are all able to maintain thei... | 5 |
AskReddit/ejdbsk2 | b5fq4z | What's Reddit's opinion on animals in scientific research? | It's a legal necessity to ensure things we use day to day are safe for use on humans. If you're against using animals in research feel free to stop taking medication and from using every cosmetic/cleaning product which will have had it's ingredients tested on animals (no matter how "natural" it claims to be, or even if... | 4 |
AskReddit/es7mg59 | c6bsxs | What are awful synonyms? | That's funny cause there was this guy that I was talking to earlier and he was being very ignorant and I told him that he was being an ignorant, he told me to stop calling him an ignorant so I searched for synonyms of the word, they're even worse | 2 |
AskReddit/c8v23tn | 1a8lmo | If the human race was capable of space warfare, what sort of weaponry would be possible to use? | As in, space to space warfare, like Star Wars and other sci fi? Just using normal projectiles would be sufficient. A few quarter sized meteorites would be able to bring down any spacecraft - energy weapons would be too impractical. Sucks when you think of it that way - it kind of rules all that sci fi stuff out. | 2 |
AskReddit/c7ke87u | 1596zl | What's your advice for someone traveling internationally for the first time? | Bring enough on your carry-on so that you can get by for a day without your luggage. You can bring a carry-on that you stow and a small bag like a backpack or purse. The airlines have never lost my luggage but it's taken them a day to find it more than twice. Don't pack anything too valuable in your luggage or it might... | 2 |
AskReddit/e5xsv3h | 9fn7ua | What’s the coolest song written about a car? | During the end of the Napster days I downloaded Light my Fire by The Doors. But to evade the simple name detection filters someone had uploaded the song as "Light my 37 'Fire" which I took to mean a car, and now that song is about cars to me. So, Light my '37 Fire by The Doors (ft Napster) | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/ebr10nh | a61syn | What does it mean to blow a fuse and what's the process that happens when a fuse is blown? | A fuse is an electrical component that protects a circuit against too much power going through. It's usually a glass tube with a thin wire passing through it, and when too much current goes through that wire, it melts. Once this happens, the power can't reach the circuit, and so it stops working, and the fuse is 'blown... | 7 |
AskReddit/cdugc5v | 1s6nug | To those who don't wear seat belts, what's the main reason why you don't wear a seat belt? | i got into a car accident, got ejected from the car and landed on a guard rail. I was hanging there for my life, if i fell either the drop would have killed me or the cars driving underneath. I never used to wear a seat belt after the accident I always do now. Learn from me | 28 |
AskReddit/cebqx3z | 1tv5hw | What is the most awkward thing you've found while looking around your house for something? | I was looking for our tv remote and found a crotchless thong under the couch cushion. I asked my mom who it belonged to and she said my dad won it from a magazine, but that didn't really make sense of why it was in the couch. I never brought it up again. | 2 |
AskHistorians/d8bp1tq | 55l6y6 | Are the Irish, Welsh, Scottish, etc. of Celtic origin? | The Irish are not Anglo-Saxon. There is no evidence for this so I don't know where you could have read this. Ireland was originally settled by migrant nomadic people who came into Ireland sometime after 10,000 BC and were followed by people with farming skills who arrived around 4,500 BC. There was a slow tricking in o... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/ctdne3x | 3ecpvu | What is likely to happen to people that currently make $15+ an hour if minimum wage is raised to $15? | >No pay increase at all for people currently making $15+. This would be extremely unfair for people that worked hard to earn what they do in a skilled trade, or long time position. This seems unlikely. This is what will happen. How is it unfair? Your wage is not based off what other people make, what you make and and w... | 13 |
explainlikeimfive/dn5c85o | 70r5np | Why do some American electrical plugs have two prongs while some have three? | When you provide power you need just a voltage differential. So two prongs is enough (a positive and negative basically). To reduce cost older houses had just these two wires installed and two wire plugs (extra wires is expensive). For safety we found it's a good idea to electrically connect one wire to ground (so it's... | 2 |
askscience/dns2x9f | 73nuao | When you get bit by a venomous snake, why would you need the exact snake to cure you? | The biggest differences is between pit vipers and coral snacks. There are lots of different pit vipers as well. The antivenom for pit vipers can vary by species, with different effectiveness. While pit viper antivenom will not work on someone bit by a coral snake. Fun fact: only one company made the coral snake antiven... | 6 |
AskHistorians/d76w0od | 50rj5s | Are there any artifacts or manuscripts that historians can't access, but know exist? | There are a lot of artworks that are privately held that art historians would like to access but can't. Some (many) privately-held works are owned by individual collectors (wealthy people) who hang the works on the walls of their homes, offices, and other property. These people are usually (though of course not always)... | 2 |
AskReddit/c8nh66u | 19f7i3 | How did your first job interview go? | It was very casual and honestly not much of an interview. I had already had a job (my aunt was a manager so no interview), but a grocery store closer to home was hiring. My sisters boyfriend worked there and told me so I just went in and asked about the job, told them I'd need to put a two weeks in, and that was really... | 2 |
AskReddit/ck33m9r | 2eukp7 | What would be the dumbest way to die? | This actually happened: Dealer gets a lot of wet cocaine. Sells a carrier bag of it to a family member (his own family). Family member brings it to a party. Cant snort it, it is wet. Uses teaspoons to dig it out of the bag. Swallow heaped teaspoons. 2 people die, including family member. Another 8 or more people end up... | 13 |
AskReddit/czo6fx9 | 447szr | What is your "the enemy of my enemy is my friend" story? | In Afghanistan. We were conducting a secret mission near an airplane boneyard. I was part of a task force created by this American general to bring down a terrorist, codename Kingfish, responsible for a LOT of death and suffering. While we were working the airplane boneyard other members of the task force we're infiltr... | 4 |
AskReddit/ch2pnf2 | 241jhr | What's the weirdest thing that turns you on? | I was in a long distance relationship. We were very much in love but had to break up due to the distance and other circumstances. We kept loosely in touch and there was always a feeling that we might see each other again. That was until I came across some pictures of her and another guy on FB. In the pictures she was c... | 3 |
AskReddit/ch5brqg | 24ayt3 | If you had unlimited funds to build the house of your dreams, what would it be like? | It would be a house in two parts, linked. A tall stone tower built on the top of the hill and something vaguely hobbit-holeish built into the side of the hill on the south facing side. There would be a big garden for him and a bit of parkland for me, tall trees and a meadow. My SO and I don't agree on much, I like bree... | 2 |
AskReddit/eugp7fo | cgc1bo | What are some unwritten "sibling code" rules? | I am an only child myself, but observing my own children there seems to be one consistent rule between brothers. "I can insult you, assault you, and make your life absolutely miserable, but if anyone else ever dares to think unkind thoughts in your general direction I will show that person no mercy!" They also have an ... | 36 |
AskReddit/eseocpa | c7eiv8 | What's something you eat or put on your food that everyone else thinks is gross? | I've been told I eat a lot of weird foods. I luv peanut butter and mayo sandwiches. Mac & cheese with corn and bbq sauce mixed together. I don't eat much ketchup so instead I put mayo or bbq sauce on everything. My mom would make pancakes for dinner and put leftover chili on them, delicious! | 3 |
AskReddit/dg5z3bq | 64yn6i | Why are some people so easily addicted to drugs while others are not? | My understanding is that it is about dopamine production and receptors. Some people are almost incapable of getting addicted, some are cursed to always struggle with addiction. It is unfair, but once we accept the genetic component of addiction, we can be better at treating it and decriminalizing drugs. | 3 |
AskReddit/cebk5po | 1tuipr | If the U.S. were to institute a guaranteed basic income, what's to keep manufactures from inflating their prices to take advantage of the situation? | There would have to be price controls along with an income control like guaranteed basic income. It could be a hard price control, like establishing an industry board for essentials and having them set the price, or it could be soft price control by increasing taxation on the businesses that jack up prices, so they hav... | 2 |
AskHistorians/cij06yq | 299kca | Which changed Europe and the World's politics and future history more dramatically, The French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars or the First World War? | I'm not entirely sure which one had farther reaching effects. The Congress of Vienna (1815) was called to restore the balance of power in Europe and to restore the French Monarchy (undo the Revolution). The congress also divided up German and Italian states that Napoleon had unified. This angered many people and gave w... | 3 |
AskHistorians/cjf4vu8 | 2cg3x7 | Were there any historical parallels to the current fight over the "death of coal"? | Reading a biography of Andrew Carnegie and his father and ancestors were Scottish weavers. Their industry was totally replaced by mechanical looms and industrial textiles. While this is really a modernization of an industry with new and more efficient methods, efficient from ONE point of view, that is the large scale m... | 2 |
AskReddit/cluu10y | 2lhmj2 | Are you a democrat or a republican and why? | I usually vote democrat like I assume most people on reddit do. Unlike most redditors, I'm in my mid 40s and used to vote republican. Like most people I am socially liberal and fiscally conservative. I voted republican when I was younger because I bought their story about being the 'fiscally conservative' party. Then I... | 3 |
AskReddit/d37lk6b | 4jlk1a | What is the biggest lie you got away with? | i dont remember for the biggest lie but i can tell two lies. My best mate's gf and me met at a day and spend the whole day together. She asked me "did you spend the evening with (ill call him chris for the story) chris?" i saied "yes i did". We didnt. at least not the whole.he was betraying her.also when chris saied th... | 2 |
AskReddit/c28tft1 | j3b3i | What's the best insult you've ever received from a child? | I wasn't insulted by the child, but at a Caps game (hockey), there was a family in front of us, with two boys around 10. One of the boys was chanting loudly at the ref and shouted at the top of his lungs: "Hey ref are you pregnant? Because you've missed two periods!" Just about everyone near us broke into guffaws while... | 97 |
AskReddit/d9wke4g | 5cho6i | How to eliminate sweat odor if you're allergic to deodorants? | I am also alergic to just about every product available as far as hygiene goes. Soap, shampoo, body wash, deodorant. You name it. One product I have used with little to no irritations is Summers-eve spray. It's specifically made for lady-bits so it works well for sensitive areas. I use the baby powder one. I also have ... | 2 |
AskReddit/d79ej5x | 515dp0 | Who is the greatest comedian of ALL TIME? | George Carlin is the greatest stand-up comedian of all time. Between his brilliant social and political commentary, genius-level observational skills, and legendary command of the English language, Carlin was a true master of the craft. | 2 |
AskReddit/c74fqw3 | 13j8oy | What's the best insult you've ever heard? | I heard a story once from my cousin who has a friend that was a foreign exchange student in Germany. He's in class one day and the teacher was taking up their homework from the prior night. My cousins friend forgot to do the homework, and when the teacher asked him for it he said something like "Sorry I forgot and I'll... | 204 |
askscience/cc4gthk | 1lzq24 | Do electromagnetic frequencies bounce off mirrors similar to light frequencies? | If by electromagnetic frequencies, you mean electromagnetic waves, then yes. Light is a type of electromagnetic wave, and reflects off mirrors easily, as do certain wavelengths of infra-red and ultra violet. Ouside of that, you can start to get troubles. The mirror can completely absorb some low energy radio waves (alt... | 5 |
AskReddit/cb8y97q | 1ix34m | What seemingly unimportant item turned out to be the best/worst purchase you've ever made? | Minecraft. Bought it to hang out with my friends and fit in. But my god it is possibly the greatest and most addicting game I've ever played. Building tatooine from Star Wars may possibly be one of the stupidest(to some) but greatest things I will ever do in a video game. | 9 |
AskReddit/dddisbj | 5saf6b | What small thing amazes you? | Having just read the ask science thread on Planck lengths, it would have to be those things. Inconceivably small. I'm closer in size to the observable universe than I am to a Planck length. | 2 |
AskReddit/ea4foax | 9yvugm | What happens to pets when their owners die? | IIRC, assuming a single owner that leaves the pets without an immediate caretaker, they take the animal to the shelter and contact the family to make a decision to take in the animal. If they refuse or there aren't any family, the animal gets put up for adoption. but I'm sure it varies somewhat from place to place. | 3 |
AskReddit/ca1wh7u | 1endy6 | How do you induce lucid dreaming? | Learn to meditate. Once you've mastered your mind, meditate on a single idea. For me, it was "Tonight in my dreams I will notice my hands" repeat it over, and over, and over, and over for about a half an hour every night before you go to bed. You will (at some point) start to notice your hands in your dreams. At first ... | 3 |
askscience/cj27bhj | 2b69fm | If one mole of a substance is made up of a large molecule and a mole of another substance is made up small molecule, how according to Avagadro's Law can these very different substances in terms of size still occupy the same volume at STP if the larger molecules have less room to move around? | All of the relations of ideal gases only hold if the average distance between molecules is much larger than the size of the molecules, so that their sizes don't matter. If the molecules are close enough for their size to matter than you have to start taking into account intermolecular interactions. One model of this is... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/e119n3i | 8sp1kn | What's the deal with 'elite' or 'platinum' or otherwise fancy credit cards? | There are two different varieties of such cards. The standard variants are simply ones given out to people with high credit limits. They have better rewards, lower interest rates and other such benefits attached - basically just better versions of standard credit cards. The truly fancy ones are primarily about prestige... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/d5r23d0 | 4umix5 | What happens in the body that causes that all-over feeling of warmth that occurs after an IV injection of radioactive iodine for a CT scan? | CT tech here. First off, minor correction - the iodine contrast agent is not radioactive. The contrast dye is an organic molecule composed of carbon rings with iodine-containing molecules attached to it. Iodine has a unique property that allows it to absorb the x-ray photons as they pass through you, creating contrast ... | 27 |
AskReddit/cythg90 | 40e3bv | How have you made your hobbies or interests into a career? | Computers. Got a job out of high school in an apprentice position, worked my way up from there. I make good money doing what I always wanted to do. But it's not a hobby anymore. I do enough at work that I don't care to mess with it at home. | 2 |
AskReddit/c0qrlnn | c84r8 | When does having a different opinion on kids become an issue in a relationship? | > I want kids. He doesn't. It's already an issue. Take this advice: it. won't. change. It won't get better. It will become a bigger and bigger issue in the relationship, until the relationship falls apart. Then you'll both kick yourselves for wasting so much time. | 10 |
askscience/d8a7kej | 55f2f3 | How are "scans" Of renaissance art made since flash photography can damage paintings? | There are many ways in which artwork is photographed or scanned. The problem with flash photography is repeated exposure, such as a steady line of tourists in a museum. The main reason to use a flash is to increase the amount of light reflected off the object and into the camera. The other way to do this is to use a lo... | 21 |
AskReddit/ce2aae6 | 1sxtdz | Why do so many old timers live in fear of the mafia? | Because up until about 30 years ago, in certain parts of the country the mafia ran the daily life of some people. They've never let go of that experience that was imprinted on them early in their lives. | 2 |
AskReddit/e3scbrm | 95fkd3 | What was the first expensive thing you bought with your own money? | A $60 dollar set of Stanley tools that I bought at 14 and kept for over 10 years only missing about 3 sockets. Of course one of them was the 10mm. I lost them sometime in one of moves after I got out of the army. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/daamn8h | 5e8v10 | Why does a carbonated beverage that has been frozen and then thawed out again lose its carbonation? | Carbonated drinks are created by having a large enough quantity of gas (CO2) dissolved into a liquid. How much CO2 will dissolve into the liquid before it is saturated is a function of the liquids pressure and temperature. The CO2 becomes edit: less and less more and more soluble as the liquid cools far enough to becom... | 10 |
AskReddit/d24nn7d | 4ewvaz | What little known fact about the human body are we better off not knowing? | A melanoma can be skin coloured, small and feint and hardly recognised until it's too late. Get a skin check if you're fair skinned and go out in the sun peeps. Edit: Better knowing this! | 4 |
AskReddit/etxuri1 | ce23uc | What's a unique hobby or skill you have that comes in handy? | None of these skills are unique. They may be rare or odd or interesting, but they're not unique. Also, my skill is that I'm a pedantic jerk. It hasn't come in terribly handy yet. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/eel4xpz | ai50xx | Why does it feel faster when coming back from somewhere rather than the ride on the way there? | I don't think this is a necessary universal feeling but i'll put my 2 cent in. On the way there you're probably excited and therefore it feels longer because your anticipation makes time feel slower. On the way back you're probably tired so psychologically you probably wouldn't have the same awareness of time as you wo... | 67 |
AskReddit/c3httd2 | ojsxv | How much does your loyalty to your company cost? | Your company would dump you in a New York minute if they thought you were of no use to them. Loyalty is for marriage and the mafia and this whole idea of loyalty to companies that are staying up at night trying to figure out how many people they can fire is bullshit. Take the money- at least they will respect you. | 2 |
AskReddit/ee4j7s3 | ag9doz | What’s the best thing your drunk self has done, that you only found out about the next day? | Bought a shirt collar and neck tie for my cat. I found out about a month later because it took so long for delivery from China. I forgot about it because I use eBay so rarely that the email address attached to it is an old one that I don’t often check so the confirmation email/shipping etc went to that inbox and I didn... | 2 |
AskReddit/cy02sce | 3wz7yf | Why are you supposed to eat with your fork in your left hand? | Must be. Here in the U.S. You eat with what makes you comfortable. FREEDOM! Eat it. literally. with a fork in whichever hand you so choose! #Murica! | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/ebjsvhv | a52vkw | What causes chips to get stale? | The process of staling is really complex and imo, super interesting. A short version (and only one part of the puzzle) is: When the chips are cooked, moisture in the air gets into the starches and helps crystallized starch molecules to get gelatinized in the potatoes. As the molecules cool and sit, the moisture moves f... | 6 |
AskReddit/cvr37o0 | 3ntgr6 | Why is American Football hated or disliked outside of the US? | Being unpopular isn't the same as being hated or disliked. I don't hate or dislike the sport, I just don't follow it and most people here are interested in another sport because of a different sports culture. I could reverse the question and ask "Why doesn't the U.S think soccer is better than the NBA, NFL MLB and Nasc... | 11 |
AskReddit/cm2hxvr | 2mauob | What is the greatest thing you came up with when high/drunk that turned out to be stupid when sober? | Plastered one night and I was explaining to my buddy how to fix the entire political system (this was during the Bush/Kerry election). He started nodding then went to get a pen to start writing all of this down cause it was "gold". The next morning we wake up and he notices this notepad right next to him so he picks it... | 2 |
AskReddit/d1ep17k | 4c3asr | How did you find out they were cheating? | I'm not the cheater, nor the cheated on, yet I somehow played a key role in this cheating tale. My two friends, Alex and Lucy were dating. I was unofficially dating them too, in a rad, casual, consenting way. I'm not sure how it started, but Lucy and I thought it was be fun to keep shared folders that sort of acted lik... | 2 |
askscience/c3hb7ep | ohkeq | Is our galaxy moving from momentum from the big bang or just from gravity-dark energy? | Galaxies are moving away from each other because of gravitation, not the initial momentum. If you have an infinitely large space, and matter distributed in that space in a homogeneous manner, General Relativity predicts that the result would be a situation where 'space expands'. This is called the FLRW solution to Eins... | 3 |
AskReddit/cuaiiki | 3hu0hg | Do you think that immigration would be such a hot GOP topic if it were white people entering america illegally from Mexico and not brown skinned people? | I think the reason that immigration is a hot topic in general is because of racism, because people actually think they're taking our jobs and that Mexico has a lot of drug/cartel/crime problems. But if you throw that "Founding Fathers were immigrants," they become defensive and try and justify it I honestly think it's ... | 3 |
AskReddit/dtvfeka | 7vuwt1 | What are your "anti depression" songs? | A lot of Sonic the Hedgehog songs if I'm honest; I listened to a bunch of them for the first time in ages and they are simply the most upbeat, happy, corny songs I've heard in years. Seriously helped me get over my last depressive episode. | 23 |
AskReddit/es4m7rx | c4b2c8 | What was banned in your school? | 'Signing signatures on Safety Vests' So basically our school just random gave us safety vests for no reason in 5th grade. And then everyone started writing their signatures on them or other stuff. Some wrote some hilarious stuff like 'GAY POLICE' or stuff like that. There's also a second thing 'Pouring water on people'... | 2 |
AskReddit/e4a3gk8 | 97pp7o | What album/artist helped you through a difficult time in your life? | Cage The Elephant's "Tell me I'm Pretty" album came out my Freshman year of High school. I listened to it and I'm not sure why, but it helped me get over all the bullying I dealt with. It also broadened my love for Alt-Rock which helped me find my current best friend. | 2 |
AskReddit/cjkut2c | 2d0irm | What conspiracy theories turned out to be true? | That pro wrestling is fake. There are also website telling us how the NSA is wiretapping phone calls from like 2004 if you search on google. Those turned out to be true MKULTRA, a US government project to find mind-control techniques by kidnapping people and torturing them / giving them drugs also turned out to be real... | 5 |
AskReddit/eub42va | cfngoq | What is the nicest birthday gift you've received? | My boyfriend (at the time, now amicable ex) once made me a large pixelated MegaMan "picture" with tiles he individually spray painted (multiple times) and glued to wood. It's the only time I've ever been just . floored and wowed and impressed, all at the same time. I was so obsessed with MegaMan at the time (still love... | 2 |
AskReddit/ewkg7ah | copy3t | What are the first songs you want to/ have introduced to your kids? | Baby 1: Give me love-George Harrison Baby 2: Oh Me- Nirvana cover of The Meat Puppets. Baby 3: Cosmic Dancer- T Rex All three songs came to me while I was pregnant, I found them meaningful, they were the first songs each of my children ever heard. I listen to the songs on their birthday's and cry a bit, not going to li... | 2 |
AskReddit/db5ug52 | 5i6rih | How do you come back once you've hit rock bottom? | There's a quote from a movie that says, "The bright side to hitting rock bottom is that there is only one way to go from there." Yes, this is your bottom but now it's time to climb. Find out what it is that got you there in the first place. Dig to the root of your problem and at the very bottom of that root, you'll fin... | 2 |
AskReddit/dbnmwyz | 5kfyi8 | For those with (medically diagnosed) a mental illness(es), do you find it difficult to start a romantic relationship with someone who has no diagnosed mental illness? | I have difficulty starting a romantic relationship with anyone, period. Mostly because my illness is too severe to handle a lot of aspects of daily life, such as hygiene. I'm not really looking to date until I'm doing a lot better than I am right now. | 2 |
AskReddit/cahzi1f | 1g9161 | What are some good, relatively unknown books that more people should know about? | Any book by the author Harlan Coben. If you like mystery/thrillers then this is the dude to find! He has a series about some sports agent but I hadn't read those yet but the rest of his books are straight 5 stars for sure. | 2 |
AskReddit/d3bme31 | 4k2oxw | What should you do while people sing happy birthday? | It's so uncomfortable. I usually just gaze down, smiling uncomfortably. I had a co-worker once that insisted on trapping you alone on your birthday and singing the refrain from Stevie Wonder's "Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday" song. Just you and them. AWKWARD | 3 |
AskReddit/czd3c8u | 42t5a7 | Who has the funniest nickname in your phone contacts? | Professor Dickweed. 10 years ago my parents wanted to change our contacts from Mom/Dad to their actual name. So I changed my fathers to that. It hasn't changed. Rebel. | 2 |
AskReddit/e8cyojy | 9qztvv | What is the difference between liking someone a lot and being in love? | It's hard to describe, really. There's just this sort of unconditional bond that begins to form. Sure, there could be drama and setbacks, but you work through it and don't lose any feeling. It starts to have a sense of permanence, of utmost comfort. You long for them when they're gone for extended times, you treasure t... | 7 |
AskReddit/d02djlx | 464fuk | What would the world be like if we could send smells over the Internet? | You thinking trolling is bad now? Can you imagine getting Rick-rolled except rather than an annoying YouTube video you are suddenly hit in the face with the smells of two girls one cup? | 12 |
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