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AskReddit/e4iemyi | 98spo4 | What normal thing scared you as a kid? | It scares me still, but imagining myself swimming next to big, man made. things in the water. There’s a scene from the movie “Navy Seals” where a submarine surfaces below their feet, picking them up. I was so terrified of that scene. Swimming next to a aircraft carrier, parked or moving, that’s also incredibly eerie to... | 3 |
AskReddit/c0tbk5i | ckz61 | What was office life like before computers and email? | I know this isn't completely without computers, but it's pretty close. I started working in car dealers right before they went to computerized work orders. The parts inventory was on computer, but the service tickets were still handwritten. I'd look up the part number on a microfiche catalog, type the part number into ... | 4 |
AskReddit/e57f381 | 9c250k | What are great things to say right before being put under anaesthesia for surgery? | I was put under many times in the same theatre,for a fairly routine surgery (occipital block). I would fight the anesthesia for as long as I could, just because it would make me not be in pain, buut. They played the most annoying of Top20 radio stations, and my doctor told me at my next appointment that I talked for te... | 9 |
AskReddit/dw6hp97 | 86nbun | What is a misconception you had as a child about what you thought adulthood would be like? | I didn't understand why mom would keep buying things if we were broke all the time from debt. I thought I would solve all debt across the world by telling people my amazing knowledge of: if you are broke, just don't buy anything for a while until you paid off all the things. I paid off a student loan this past year, bu... | 80 |
AskReddit/dsovg0b | 7qftqo | What childhood memory still disturbs you to this day? | I was locked in a basement in the dark at a home daycare all day long, The daycare owner would be so nice and sweet to me when my mom picked me up and I was too young to advocate for myself or know that anything was wrong with this situation. I would be smacked for needing to go to the washroom or asking to eat. These ... | 6 |
AskHistorians/cp74f1n | 2y7fmj | Where did all of the Byzantine Greeks go? | Their is an issue with how you are thinking about this. One must remember first that the term byzantine is a modern construct. The people we call Byzantines were in contemporary terms were Romans and referred to themselves as such. The population of Byzantium was made up of people from many different regions and ethnic... | 12 |
AskReddit/c97zgq5 | 1bmegq | Is college really as hard as High School makes it out to be? | I'm a Biology major and I can say its definitely more difficult than High School. No one's there to check your homework (mine's done mostly online, so if you miss the deadline, thats it), make you go to class, or make sure you're studying at night. Its more about budgeting your time correctly than everything else. Some... | 4 |
AskReddit/cuc515p | 3i08pu | What is something you keep hidden from your family only because you want to, and not because it is a dark secret? | My love of night driving. I often will hop in my car and go for a long drive through the night, usually leave about 9pm and return around 4am, just driving down back roads and state highways to some 'destination' and back, exploring each city along the way and often traversing 400 miles or so in a night. I don't actual... | 2 |
AskReddit/dgtlbcy | 67vqbd | What's the most socially awkward situation you've witnessed/experienced? | A waitress asking a woman at a table next to me how far along into her pregnancy she was. She wasn't pregnant. What followed, was the waitress rambling on for the next 15 minutes about why she asked, backtracking, but really making the situation even more awkward. She returned every 5-10 minutes after that over the cou... | 3 |
AskReddit/d9yvrgf | 5cs05s | What's the scariest thing that has happened to you? | Lucid dreaming is one of the most terrifying experience ever occurred to me. The further you get feelings of fear, The more intense it will be It literally makes you see the scariest thing in your own personal imagination in a world that is inside your brain but looks and feels so real.Oh and when you see that "thing" ... | 2 |
AskReddit/d67nh1d | 4wk9pg | What do you see when you close your eyes? | When I close my eyes, I sometimes see colored blobs float around my vision that seem to expand, shrink and drift around. I can focus on it and it starts to change color. I'm pretty sure other people see this too, and it's not just me. | 2 |
AskReddit/d0xulcv | 4a5if2 | What's a crazy conspiracy theory that turned out to true? | The U. S. wanting to carry out terrorist attacks on its own citizens to justify getting into a war with Cuba. Was a conspiracy theory for a very long time, until it was proven to be true sometime in the 90s. Search up "Operation Northwoods" if you're curious. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/chc2fjh | 24yitg | Why do AAA batteries cost more than AA or even C or D batteries? | Just supply and demand. or near commodity item (AA) vs. loss leader (all other batteries) Generally the more you make of something the cheaper it is to make the the 'next' one. If GM made just one car, with a huge factory it would cost billions of dollars. But by making millions of cars they cost 20 or 30 thousand. Bec... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cfqe2pk | 1z4a66 | If two different phones/tablets/computers are running the exact same OS, how is it possible that one device can experience a bug/glitch but not the other device when performing the exact same task? | The OS may have different programs, and those programs may be in different states. For instance, suppose iPad 1 allows location services and iPad 2 has explicitly disabled them. Also, suppose that when an app tries to use location services on an iPad that doesn't allow them, the system glitches up (it doesn't really th... | 3 |
AskReddit/crz7dcs | 38zwoz | Is it homophobic to dislike flamboyant people? | It's interesting you bring this up. About a week ago, Cracked did an interview type thing on someone who was sent to "pray away the gay" camp and they admit that they became flamboyant for a couple reasons: They were oppressed for so long that they needed to come out with a ton of sparkle and glitter. The representatio... | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/caampri | 1fio8t | Why does water feel so much colder than air of the same temperature? | Water absorbs heat faster than air. What you are feeling is how fast heat escapes from your body. It's the same reason why a piece of metal will feel cold, while a piece of wood will feel warm. | 6 |
explainlikeimfive/dlfbipt | 6stae9 | What is the difference between a regular ounce and a Troy ounce, when dealing with precious metals? | It's about a 10% difference, with the troy ounce (31.1 grams) being heavier than the avoirdupois ounce (standard ounce, 28.35 grams). However, a troy pound (12 troy ounces) is lighter than a standard pound (16 ounces). There was this market place in France, in the city of Troyes, where people came from all around the w... | 7 |
AskReddit/crbmg6p | 3688s5 | What viewpoints make you struggle to defend freedom of speech? | Absolutely none. Remember: you have the right to say anything you want but that doesn't mean you are absolved from consequences. If you decide to spout off racial epithets, you can. But know that if some guy beats the snot out of you, that is a consequence of your speech. I hear people talk about freedom of speech as t... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/e9a7r1r | 9v8hz9 | Where do the blood vessels go after a chicken is cooked? | Blood vessels are held open by the blood pressure inside them. When the chicken is drained of blood, the blood vessels will collapse, like a small stretched rubber band springing back. The blood vessels are still in the chicken meat, but far too small for you to notice. Only large vessels like major arteries are visibl... | 17 |
AskReddit/c23v8vc | ihsow | Who would win in a fight between a silverback guerilla and a grizzly bear? | Probably the guerrilla. A guerrilla, being warrior is probably armed. Since a guerrilla is probably a poorly funded soldier, he would likely be using the cheapest, most effective weapon available. The would, (by many definitions) be an AK-47. Assuming the guerrilla was a reasonable marksman, I'd say that it is probable... | 7 |
AskReddit/e89pgp7 | 9qjsui | What’s the nicest (non-sexual) thing someone did for you this week? | A friend of my dad’s (who’s never met me) gave me £1000 on my fundraiser so that I’d be able to go on a charity trip. I’m just so shocked and amazed that there are nice people out there | 5 |
explainlikeimfive/exfv0c2 | csn0nq | Why is fresh water in such a small supply? | You're wasting water by keeping the tap running because that water has been treated and there is a cost associated with that plus local resevoirs that supply you with water can be affected by seasonal droughts that make the need to conserve water necessary during those times. Desalination isnt just evaporation and is m... | 2 |
AskReddit/d5rwkwi | 4uqgo7 | What does it do to you to have a gun? | One thing I would stress is that owning a gun doesn't make you good as using said gun. If you get a weapon for the sake of having a weapon, train with it. Learn the ins and outs of how it works. Know how to use it properly. Know how to accurately fire it. Above all else, know that even with all of that knowledge and pr... | 3 |
AskReddit/c7kyr2t | 15bfik | How would you handle your therapist/counselor telling you your religious views are childish? | End the session and find a new therapist. It's a shockingly unprofessional thing to say, especially if your therapy isn't directly related to religion. Anything else I would do would be related to how passionate I am about my religion. If I were practicing and devout, I would try to file a complaint with the board. If ... | 2 |
AskReddit/e9cc92x | 9vhpwm | What’s the worst thing you’ve done while sleep deprived? | Informed my best friend, we're both bi, that I was crushing hard on her I was sleep deprived and slightly tipsy. And she was in a relationship. Not my best moment because she had figured as much. And her gf already hated me. | 2 |
AskReddit/di6ejwg | 6dxgzq | Which unsolved or unexplainable events fascinate you the most? | The unsolved murder of Jeanette DePalma in the 1970's. Supposedly her body was discovered surrounded by crude objects resembling crosses, leading many to speculate sacrifice by witches or satanists. However, it later seemed as though no two officers on the scene could seem to agree on what was actually found there. Eve... | 248 |
AskReddit/etb8m1k | cauexq | How did you know you were in love? | I felt more like myself, more complete, more fulfilled, by her side than anywhere else. She makes my soul sing, causes me to bubble over like a spring of laughter, fills me with the deepest joy and contentment I've ever known or ever will know. She gives me energy, hope, and light when I lack it, and nothing on this ea... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/e37p536 | 92qtq0 | What does it take to be a sports analyst on big stations? | I think the important thing to remember here is that it's not so much the "sports" part of being a sports analyst that's important, but instead having the skillset to function professionally in a studio environment. People often don't realize it, but being on television requires a ton of talent, practice, awareness, fo... | 2 |
AskHistorians/coscds5 | 2wkl7w | What was the typical army composition of a Japanese army during the Sengoku Period? | I'm no expert on war in Japan, rather art. But a good starting point would be to think of the makeup of japanese society in this period. It was a highly stratified feudal society. That means that each powerful local daimyo would have many retainers he handed land to, these retainers have vassals of their own and so for... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/cowjsji | 2x3a6e | Why do people appear on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart (or similar shows) when it's almost certain that they will be mocked? | The mocking and subjects discussed are negotiated ahead of time. Any politician or major celeb has staff to negotiate the terms of the interview ahead of time. Everyone understands that the joking will be limited and the cost of appearing on the show in exchange for publicity for a new book, movie or whatever cause the... | 3 |
explainlikeimfive/cpnwuzt | 300bd3 | Why does experiencing one or more pregnancies seem to lead to long term struggles with body weight for women ? | I am sure a real doctor will come and correct my language, but to put it simply, hormonal and muscular changes in the body and a lifestyle change generally, all lead to weight gain. After giving birth is is not unusual for the stomach muscles, especially on small women, to be trashed. This means that they look tubby ev... | 5 |
AskReddit/cmbw78q | 2napxy | Does Santa wrap presents in your home? | Yes, Santa wraps presents. He also is pretty careful not to wrap them with the same wrapping paper that Dad wraps presents in, because what are the odds? He also shows up at the front door every year with a few 'advance' presents because his sleigh is overloaded and he can't drop them all off because the kids are still... | 4 |
askscience/e9vq8hh | 9xrvdx | Is it actually possible to create artificial gravity in a spacecraft through a spinning fuselage? | A spinning gravity experiment is actually launching this Monday to try growing tomatoes at simulated lunar and Martian gravity. It's called Eu:CROPIS and it will also be processing wastewater using algae, quite a clever little setup. Lots of research has been done in microgravity, but nobody has done this sort of thing... | 61 |
AskReddit/cqc964r | 32lad4 | Who is the worst person you've met and why? | There's a girl who's obsessed with my girlfriend, she: claimed the abuse of my girlfriend by her ex (who was said girl's best friend and now ex boyfriend too) was "fake rape" has mocked her in several ocassions through drawings admitted to creating accounts on social media solely to stalk her self-diagnosed to match th... | 2 |
AskReddit/d705kxb | 500eny | What's the hardest evidence we have for the existence of extraterrestrial life? | The law of large numbers. The universe is incomprehensibly big, so if it's possible for extraterrestrial life to exist, then it does exist. Imagine getting 10 billion people to play slot machines non stop for 100 trillion years. Eventually someone is going to hit a jackpot. In fact, it's quite likely that many many jac... | 7 |
AskReddit/c46740t | ripgb | What book are you reading? | The name of the wind. I read more fantasy before, but I think it's quite 'fresh air' to the genre. Not very much army, royal families as main protagonist and those boring chiclés. I think next up will be the second book of the twilogy, The wise man's fear. | 2 |
AskReddit/c0x3690 | d2j2l | How much did your textbooks cost in your freshmen year at college? | I was in college for five years and never bought a textbook. In the University of Wisconsin system you don't buy the books. You basically rent them and they are part of your tuition. You pick them up the day before class and turn them in the day of your last final of the semester. It worked pretty well. | 3 |
AskReddit/chonrtw | 267yh4 | Have you ever had a job that you felt was ethically objectionable, and if so, how did you deal with it? | I did IT support for a chain of cash advance stores. I was pretty far removed from both business decisions and day-to-day operations in the stores, but I got to witness a lot of in-store interactions during my on-site visits. All of these types of places need to go away. There was the occasionally customer who came in ... | 2 |
askscience/ec5duqr | a7or1u | How do emulsions stay together? | Emulsions stay together through surface tension, which is a function of electrostatics between similar molecules. Effectively molecules that have suitably different potentials do not wish to mix easily. No bonds are formed per se, however atomic forces are in play. | 2 |
AskReddit/e2eq2ya | 8yy77u | What book do you always cry while reading? | Already said, but the Giving Tree. I read it as a kindergartener and related to the boy because I liked having fun. But as I returned to the book, I related to the tree because I thought about what type of person I wanted to be in the world. It's so foundational to me and how I want to navigate the "real world" especia... | 2 |
AskReddit/e75boom | 9lbbip | What’s the most wholesome thing you’ve done or seen done? | I worked at an elementary school my senior year of high school. I was one of the afternoon care takers for the Kindergarten and First grade classes. There were a lot of kids who would come up and talk to me or try to get my attention, but there was this kid. Bane was his name. He was seriously one of the cutest kids, a... | 2 |
AskReddit/dl2537o | 6r44j4 | What's something that is rude to ask that many people may be unaware of being rude to ask? | It's rude to ask twins about similarities and differences. A lot of twins become very competitive and insecure. Imagine this: oh, you mean the taller twin? or she's the thinner twin. It may seem arbitrary and probably interesting to note differences between twins, but bear in mind you're openly comparing two people! | 3 |
askscience/cbc69ap | 1j8g93 | Are longer ropes stronger than shorter ones if they are made of the same material? | Excluding the weight of the rope itself, and greater chance of material nonconformities that comes with a longer specimen, they should support the same load. The only thing that would really change is the elongation under load. Because they're made of the same material, they would have the same strain rate, strain bein... | 7 |
explainlikeimfive/dg1gusn | 64e3qc | Why is making the bottom of a soda can a dome makes it use less metal? | Former structural engineer here, but this is close enough of an analogy. The dome shape is intended to reduce unwanted stresses in the metal. By arranging the very thin metal as a dome, it reduces the bending stress, favoring pure compression/tension. The reason we don't want bending stress is the way the material is a... | 3 |
AskReddit/cnnmq9t | 2saev7 | Why is it that pickles come with almost every food order in the US? | I can't answer your question really but I do have a story. Me and some friends of mine were out to lunch. One of my friends politely asked the waitress for no pickle on his plate, he's not a fan. When we received our food, my friends dish had no pickle, however, he noticed that some of his chips were wet with pickle ju... | 12 |
AskReddit/ejslrja | b7lhlo | What is something you have done that drastically changed your state of mind for the better? | MDMA. I had been struggling with PTSD, major depression, bipolar mood disorder type 2, and anxiety for over 20 years. Severe suicidal ideation, crippling panic attacks, nightmares. Been on countless antidepressants, antipsychotics, different meds to help me manage my symptoms. Been in and out of therapy for two decades... | 2 |
AskReddit/e7j1wxw | 9n1p0t | In your opinion, what’s the best song or album ever recorded? | Legend from Bob Marley.everyone around the world, even school children sing the songs from that album 50 years later. A great work and an exceptional artist. | 2 |
askscience/cgkt20y | 229p7r | How do scientists determine the exact shape of complex proteins in lab? | As a structural biologist, this is right up my alley. As people have already mentioned x-ray crystallography is a great way to look at atomic level details of proteins. Check out www.pdb.org if you are interested in actually looking at some real protein models. Aside from crystallography, NMR (nuclear magnetic resonanc... | 12 |
explainlikeimfive/d2xi3rt | 4if0lg | If the majority of people are right handed, why does the fork go on the left when setting a table? | Because you are expected to pick up the fork with your left and the knife (to the right of the plate, edge in) in your right; you then pierce/hold the food with the fork while you cut with the knife. Traditions then divert depending on where you are from. Some countries you then simply place the cut morsel in your mout... | 5 |
askscience/dpjggjq | 7bmgvn | Does the weight increase on a swimming pool structure when the quantity of swimmers increases? | Water has an upward force on your body (buoyance) and therefore an action has an equal and opposite reaction on the floor of the swimming pool pushing it downwards with the same force that pushes you upwards， assuming you don't overflow (lose volume of water) when you first entered | 4 |
askscience/c6soqoe | 12711q | What is the "Most Useless Element" on the periodic table? | There was a book written several years ago on the periodic table, the author was on NPR's Science Friday to discuss it, anyhow, Ira asked him: "Were there any elements that you could not find a use for?" He answered: "Just one: Thulium, I could not find any application for it." Why do I recall this? I had just finished... | 1,231 |
AskReddit/c6m2dd0 | 11fsi3 | What's the funniest/most memorable wrong number call you've ever gotten? | I had a girl call me for her grandma whom I didn't know. I said sorry hon wrong number. She said oh, well can we talk? An hour later we met and hung out, had some "fun" and then proceeded to date for a bit until she moved overseas. Boy I miss her. | 15 |
AskReddit/dw2akhr | 864g3v | What is your opinion on cultural appropriation? | By their very nature, cultures constantly borrow, adapt, and take ideas from other cultures. Can you imagine how boring life would be if cultures were static and unchanging? The idea of "cultural appropriation" is patently ridiculous. It's just another example of SJWs "triggering" over some contrived social issue. | 6 |
AskReddit/d536c9x | 4rq84o | What idiom finally makes sense to you? | Drop in the bucket implies a noun, not a verb. A drop of water in an ocean makes so much more sense to me. I always thought it was like, say, dropping a deuce. This just occurred to me today. | 2 |
AskReddit/c0ppegx | c1zl1 | What is the longest you've stayed in a relationship, after realizing that it was doomed? | I think it's also significant what percentage of the relationship you were waiting for it to end. cause I've spent months in long term relationships where they were 'over' before they ended, but have never felt worse than in the several months (if that) relationship that I knew was doomed from very early on, but just w... | 3 |
AskReddit/c0zscaq | dfcs5 | Is it possible to achieve 100% online anonymity? | 100% is impossible but through relatively simple techniques like grabbing your connection from an unsecured Wifi you can be at 99.9% anonymity if you configure your computer's settings properly. Don't do anything illegal though. | 4 |
askscience/d3cpauv | 4k79ic | How can Hubble see nebula's light years away, but we had to wait till New Horizons to see Pluto? | The angular size of an object in the sky is roughly (size of object / distance from us). For the deep space objects we can see with Hubble, (Size of object / distance of object) > (size of Pluto/distance of Pluto) Pluto is unimaginably small compared to its distance. | 38 |
explainlikeimfive/dhf5etc | 6ajmc7 | Why are we unable to cultivate truffles? | Others have explained that farming truffles is very expensive and slow. On the "why pigs?" question, mature truffles have a distinctive smell, and they can be located by their smell. Dogs have been trained and used, as dogs are humanity's go-to animal when it comes to scent tracking. It turns out that pigs are much mor... | 38 |
AskReddit/cpdepsh | 2yvrf6 | What's a great April Fools' Joke? | A great April Fools day joke is to chloroform someone. Then when they are unconscious surgically remove their arms and legs. Then when they wake up all groggy attempt to hand them something and watch them try to grab it with no arms. APRIL FOOL'S! "Oh you got me. Boy is my face red." | 3 |
AskHistorians/cbc139z | 1j7z76 | Why did the US secret service get the job of protecting the president, when most protection is performed by the US Marshal's Service? | The U.S. Marshal (second oldest federal agency) is mainly tasked to protection in the judicial section of the government. They also oversee transport of prisoners and protect some officials of the judiciary. The secret service as you may know did not protect the POTUS until the assassination of McKinley in 1901. It dea... | 6 |
AskReddit/cddb5zt | 1qj7m6 | When has a movie actually been better than the book? | Jurassic Park. It's surprising how many great movies are actually based on a book. To name a few: Shrek, Apollo 13, The Brave Little Toaster. It's not fair to assume the movie is better just because I've never heard of the book, but I wouldn't be surprised if they are. | 2 |
AskReddit/cv2me1e | 3l2lmx | When was a time that you listened to your instinct and it turned out to be right? | One time I was at the fair with a couple of friends. They wanted to go on a ride, but I decided to sit that one out. So I was sitting on a concrete ledge when two guys walked past me, looked at me, and doubled back. They then proceeded to sit next to me, one on each side. As soon as they sat down, I stood up and moved ... | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/crj64q4 | 372l0m | What are real dangers of sophisticated AI and why do scientists warn us it could pose a risk for the future of mankind? | Case 1: Too much trust: Computer programs are terrible at context and there are a lot of edge cases in real life. A self-driving car might not consider someone parachuting down from the skies. Sounds absurd, but humans would obviously stop their cars and give the parachuter plenty of room. A self-driving car might not ... | 19 |
AskReddit/c2r7e22 | lb0eh | What is a movie that everyone else thinks is great that you sort of hate? | Some of my friends really love A Knight's Tale and don't understand why I don't find it at all entertaining. Ledger, Bettany, and Addy are great performers, but even their wonderful chemistry couldn't get me to watch that again. Crash was a big Oscar winner the year it came out, but I think it is really heavy-handed an... | 3 |
AskReddit/c1kt98k | g4d3p | If you won a huge sum of money in your national/state lottery, how would you go about telling your loved-ones? | I have an odd sense of humor. I wouldn't tell them at all for a while (hopefully would be able to remain anonymous from the media). Around a few months after I won when they finally say "how are you all of a sudden able to afford all of these nice things. Did you get a raise?" I'll nonchalantly tell them that I won the... | 10 |
AskReddit/cxwjtcw | 3wil8v | If Aliens bred humans like dogs, what traits would they select for? | There's actually a book about this called The Mount: A Novel by Carol Emshwiller. Its a quick, easy read, but it's pretty good. The aliens lack certain traits on Earth and seek out humans to ride, like horses. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/dfjwlvj | 6256gf | Why does stretching feel so much better right before you go to sleep and right after you wake up? | Before you go to sleep: Depending on the stretch, you can release gases and muscle waste. Mostly, it's a way of relaxing your muscles. Instead of them being tight, you give them a good stretch so they can be more flexible and keep you from cramping and being sore when you sleep. Waking up: After having your body relati... | 32 |
AskReddit/deukq4s | 5z1ms8 | How come questions challenging climate science are met with anger and condescension, when all other scientific disciplines encourage it? | All other scientific disciplines? No, the kind of willful ignorance, arrogance, and anti-intellectualism that tend to define these "challenges" is met with the same anger and condescension in every discipline. For example, the other day I was trying to convince a guy on another website that the world is round. He felt ... | 5 |
AskReddit/c11zogu | dpp1u | What's the deal with the UK Government's policy on Pirate Radio? | Strictly speaking they're breaking 2 laws: 1) Playback of copyright material without recompense to the affected artists (in the same way as file sharing is illegal) 2) Unauthorised appropriation of a regulated medium (radio bandwidth) for which no license has been obtained. Point 1 ought to be familiar to any user of T... | 3 |
AskReddit/c1q7865 | gtg7h | What are the most visually fantastical and stunning films/tv series/videos you've seen? | The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford is one of the most beautifully shot films I've ever seen. It's also a spectacular film overall: incredibly well acted with a very engaging story. It's more like a psychological analysis than a western. It's especially moving if you watch it from the angle of Je... | 4 |
AskReddit/cu5zopz | 3hbuxx | Why does Australia have so few states, while the United States of America has so many states? | Based off the 2013 numbers, Australia had 23.13 million people, divided over seven states is only 3.3 million per state. The USA had almost double that with their 316.5 million divided over 50 states was an average of 6.3 million per state. Why does Australia have so many states based on their population? | 2 |
AskReddit/c5bz9jk | wbnss | Have you ever had gas station/convenience store food and found it to be much better than you expected? | I'm not sure how common they are in the rest of the world, but in Canada the restaurants attached to Irving Big Stop gas stations have generally awesome food. | 2 |
AskReddit/ccdf00o | 1mwfet | What is your favorite seasonal food or drink? | Maybe not a traditional seasonal food, but fall and winter is when I love a good grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup combo. Sourdough bread, smoked apple-wood cheddar, and real butter for the bread, it browns better. First freeze of the season, bring it on. | 23 |
AskReddit/c7xqurm | 16o1hm | What really stupid or weird thing have you done or seen other people do when asleep/half asleep? | The weirdest thing: I wasn't sleeping yet but my husband was, he just sat straight up in the bed and said ''We are not alone'' then fell flat on his pillow. Well, it took me hours to fall asleep, I was totally frightened. | 6 |
AskReddit/diajn8j | 6eij8n | Who is the best comedian in your country? | I'm not sure whether the question is about personal preference or general consensus. I'm from the UK so I'd say most people would agree that Michael MacIntyre (can't spell!) is the best comedian in the country, however personally I just prefer the likes of John Richardson, Josh Widdicombe, Jimmy Carr, Sarah Millican et... | 2 |
AskReddit/cvnvz4p | 3ngmos | What are some events that have been completely swept under-the-rug and forgotten about but seemed really big news at the time? | Basically anything where the press got things wrong. Particularly in the UK, if you Google for celebrities who have gotten payouts from the press you'll get some examples. An example from the top of my head is Russel Brand vs The Sun. Also typically the British press sweep phone hacking under the rug because they are t... | 2 |
AskReddit/dl08wo9 | 6qvebx | What's the quickest you've been fired and why? | My uncle did carpentry gigs and brought me on when I was 10 to make a few bucks helping out. "Don't touch that beam, if you do, the entire barn will collapse." Uncle walks into barn, I push the beam, shed collapses. I was fired promptly. | 4 |
AskReddit/dmxtzx6 | 6zt14x | What happened in your life that changed your perspective on everything? | i couldn't get into my chosen line of work due to citizenship and financial issues. So it forced me to reevaluate what i really wanted and what was important to me, now my focus is totally changed, for the better. Sometimes a step backwards means a step forward. | 2 |
AskReddit/cuw8dtj | 3kbnbk | What are some things that you think someone entering into their twenties should know? | This won't apply to everyone, but, at some point during your 20s you might find yourself lamenting your teen years. How things were more care free, maybe regretting you didn't make more of that time in your life. Just remember you're still in your prime. Realize that you don't want to be entering your 30s lamenting in ... | 5 |
AskReddit/d1oqydv | 4d8txp | Is there any argument against abortion that doesn't involve religion? | Sure. It's much less traumatic to give at risk women counseling and access to good birth control so that they don't become pregnant and have to consider abortion. I would love to do that nationwide, with removeable IUD's being the preferred method of birth control. I'm very much in favor of reducing abortions, and that... | 3 |
AskReddit/d5cctnj | 4sv4p0 | What is the best tie knot, in your opinion, for secondary education? | dont care, no one wears a tie anymore. I put them on like 10 times for interviews and that was it. and they dont care what knot you use, long as its tied. | 2 |
AskReddit/eovam8b | bt9bpt | What is the "classic" film people are shocked you've never seen? | I've only seen the first twenty or thirty minutes of the first Harry Potter film and none of the others and I've only seen the first Star Wars film. There are more films out there with better right to be called classics that I've never seen, but these are the ones that genuinely shock people. Nobody cares that I haven'... | 14 |
askscience/c2hydf0 | k6rl6 | What is the conserved quantity derived from the wave function's invariance to complex phase shift? | I haven't gotten my tag at the time of this posting, but I work in Quantum Info, so I'll do my best to answer your question from that point of view. From what I know, the invariance of the wave-function under complex phase shift doesn't imply anything is conserved. In fact its quite common to use what's known as the pr... | 4 |
AskReddit/cx2qjwq | 3t22aq | Which main character is the biggest jerk? | Ted from How I Met Your Mother. The most unlikable modern main character from a sitcom (who isn't purposely supposed to be a jerk) that I can think of. He's a very selfish character who makes everything about him. He causes all his problems that he has during the show. | 5 |
AskReddit/d6akhp8 | 4wwo6c | What is the dumbest thing you've seen someone do to their vehicle? | When I was a teenager I did a ton of dumb things to my (parents') vehicle. First that comes to mind is after a snow storm, I was driving around with a friend. He mentioned that he had seen a big snowman in the middle of a one-way road and we agreed it would be awesome for me to run it over and destroy it. We drove ther... | 6 |
AskReddit/cs0kndc | 395il3 | What's your favorite old game? | Probably forever will be GTA: Vice City That game changed the way I looked at gaming and came at that perfect adolescent stage where I'm beyond gullible. It set the stage for all my interest in that neon era and my art direction as an artist for the rest of my life. And GTa is now my most favorite franchise Of All Time | 9 |
AskReddit/e0g89jx | 8q3rff | What does it feel like to have your heart broken? | Empty, like someone reached into your chest and took everything out. Hollow and painful. Everything that lead up to that point just constantly runs through your head. The trama keeps running through your head. Everything about that person that made you feel like you could give them your heart. You see it everywhere and... | 2 |
AskReddit/efngfj2 | amoh9b | Why do humans have such a strong urge to distract ourselves from the real world? | Life is like a massive online multiplayer game with the most toxic community possible. People always seek to hurt other people just for the lolz. It’s why I prefer single player games. Oh wait you asked about the real world? I don’t know anything about the real world. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/c5zc1n9 | yw38g | How did living things come to be on earth? | While it is just a theory, Scientists have recreated conditions in a laboratory which seems to support the following idea: When the earth was formed, it was a hostile place full of heat, toxic gasses, volcanos, and constant thunderstorms. Basically a lot like the surface of Venus and Jupiter look now. It also contained... | 3 |
AskReddit/cd4a67z | 1po8i7 | Why is lightning depicted as yellow in cartoons and drawings when actual lightning is almost always blue? | Lightning can be all sorts of colors depending on lighting conditions, atmospheric optics, the type and intensity of the lightning itself, and a whole bunch of other factors. Yellow lightning just works really well in drawings because it provides high visibility and contrast for just about every background and it's a c... | 5 |
AskReddit/cy06xn2 | 3wzmx4 | How do you safely store firearms in your home, especially if you have children? | The best way is to get a safe. Not a cabinet, a legitimate safe. Fire resistant, heavy, with a combination lock. If possible, bolt it to the floor and/or wall. Do not tell anyone else the combination, unless you can absolutely trust them with those firearms. If possible, store ammunition separately as well. | 5 |
AskReddit/dmcbfll | 6wzyxv | What way of doing things completely changed due to modernization but still have old guidelines or rules being taught/in place? | An older one but rules for everything involving airplanes. Since they didn't know what legally to describe the new invention for insurance and regulatory purposes it was considered a type of vessel. As in a ship. Same thing nearly happened to cars. So the rules concerning every thing from right of away down to running ... | 3 |
AskReddit/egc29yz | apycdg | What's the best way to clear a blocked nose? | Amputation. Or just eat spicy food/go swimming. i've also heard of spraying water in your nsoe, bit i don't recall if you were supposes to spray it in the blocked or open part. | 2 |
explainlikeimfive/eny0v3n | bppofc | Why does lemon juice turn brown when heated? | Heat causes the sugars in the dried juice to caramelize. The brown color is due to the production of compounds called melanoidins which are a reaction with sugar breakdown products and traces of proteins in the juice. This is the same process as heating sugar over the stove to caramelize it or indeed, browning bread in... | 2 |
askscience/c43w2lg | r917x | Why do my bicycle tires have to be inflated to a higher pressure than my car tires? | Think about the surface area of contact between your bike tires and the road when compared to the area underneath your car tires. Because of the much larger surface area, a car requires less pressure, even though it is so much heavier. | 5 |
Ask_Politics/cg01a6x | 205r8v | What would happen if the entirety of Congress is recalled? | There is no mechanism for recalling Federal Congress. Whenever you see recall elections is for state government (state congress, mayors, etc). Arkansas tried to create a mechanism for recalling US Congresspeople by amending their state constitution. However, this was struck down the Supreme Court, who explicitly said t... | 10 |
AskReddit/d7h2atl | 523rgl | What is something that is important in daily life that people take for granted? | Other that anatomical benefits, I think some people take the good side of their families, friends, and pets for granted too often. They love you unconditionally, but it is so easy to get upset with them or avoid them when you think you don't need them and you can go times without considering what if they were to stop b... | 3 |
AskReddit/etbln1b | cawjmm | What do you actually do in the shower for 30 minutes? | I brush my teeth for the first 5 minutes, then I stand there for 20 minutes, wash for 5, turn the shower off and face the dark reality of the day. | 2 |
AskReddit/ciz9hj9 | 2avruh | How did you get that scar? | The 12 stitches on my forehead is from when I was 7 years old, bouncing on one of those pogo sticks and this other kid wanted it but I wouldn't give it to him. So he pushed me and I fell and hit the corner of a bench. The scar across my knee is from surgery from when I was 15. My friends and I got high, and I tried to ... | 37 |
AskReddit/cmo5tt0 | 2ol3u0 | What's the kindest thing you've done for a stranger or vice versa? | A stranger once invited me to sleep at his house when I had no place to sleep, because I got stuck on a gas station when I was on my first hitch-hiking trip - He offered me food, shower, my own bedroom and bathroom, we had a good time playing board games, talking and laughing. Tthe next morning he drove me to a better ... | 2 |
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