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Why does your skin show your sun tan / burn so much more after you shower but not if you were to just jump in the pool? | [
"When you shower, you scrub your skin with soap and a wash cloth or loofah or something similar. This exfoliates the top layer of skin, leaving the tanned layer underneath. You don't do quite as much scrubbing in the pool."
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"That's your skin coming off. Try exfoliating some and then try it. When skin is pulled off and balled up and mixed with your skins natural oil it turns dark. Most noticably if you have dark skin or are in the sun often."
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Why are we muscle fatiqued and cant squeeze our fist when we wake up? | [
"During sleep the cerebellum shuts down the conscious motor functions of the body, IE it paralyzes you. This is what prevents you from running in a dream, and running out of bed while you dream it. When you wake up, it happens in stages and it can take a few moments for this block to completely clear. The nerves t... | [
"You lose a lot of water in your sleep through breathing and normal swating. Tnats why you are so thirsty when you wake up too!"
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Why do we have dominant limbs (Right handed left handed)? | [
"Not sure \"why\" but other species do have dominant hands/paws. Dogs and cats express this, as well as apes and I think otters"
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"\"The right shift theory and developed by psychologist Marian Annett at the University of Leicester, suggests that a single gene increases the likelihood of being right-handed. \"The essence of my right shift theory is that there is a gene that helps to develop speech in the left hemisphere of the brain and increa... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What are all those stickers that people put on traffic signs? | [
"Stickering is a form of tagging. Reasons are pretty broad, and vary. Here are some examples: Most of the time, you carry your stickers with you when you're out doing regular shit. If you don't have the time/inclination to come back to a good spot, you can slap on one of your stickers. Also good if you're somewhe... | [
"Well, that depends. We need more information. Which vehicle broke the traffic laws?"
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What religion is being preached on Dr. Bronner's Magic Soaps? | [
"It's a crazy blend of Christianity, Judaism & generic hippie-ized Eastern philosophies. Dr. B was insane - he actually escaped from a mental institution. He just took everything he was exposed to & tried to build a single philosophy around it."
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"Question 1: Am I a celebrity? * Yes: Move onto question 2 * No: Who gives a shit about you? Question 2: Do I like to look terrific in photographs? * Yes: Move onto question 3 * No: Use your iPhone for nude selfies Question 3: Do I mind being raped? * Yes: Call Annie Leibovitz * No: Terry's your man!"
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is it possible to change the atomic structure of something? | [
"Understand that it takes an incredible amount of energy to do it, but yes - it's the basis of how fission & fusion nuclear power work, but the materials we're using have little other practical function (no one's going to get uranium plated teeth or use it in place of steel). In nature, stars are doing the majority... | [
"To add to the question - does the number of protons an atom have affect the conversion to pure energy? So what would it take to convert iron to pure energy compared to helium?"
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why does it take so long after your flight has pulled into the gate to open the doors? | [
"The pilot needs to shut down engine and ground crew need to chock the plane. The cabin crew then need to unbuckle once they're told the plane is in position and make their way to the exit door. The doors are armed against unintentional opening and disarming them takes some time. The largest part of the delay, howe... | [
"Be there early. After that, you can literally just walk up to airport staff and ask what you need to do. Find the check in area to get a boarding pass - > go through security - > find your gate where you board the airplane."
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Why the european debt crisis would inevitable lead to a break-up of the Euro zone. | [
"I would suggest you look back at a few concepts: * Arbitrage * The 2-of-3 concept of fiscal policy I don't know if I can ELY5 though."
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"Adopting the Euro is a political decision, and one that ties a country's monetary policy to an international banking regime that may not (in reality, will not) weigh your interests over all others. Not adopting the Euro is probably an even more prudent decision after seeing how badly being in the currency union ha... | eli5_question_answer | {
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how antivirus software works. | [
"They have a giant database of information about all known viruses/worms/etc. Security professionals analyze new threats and create 'signatures' which are specific things to look for in a file to indicate it has been infected. They are on top of this stuff as it breaks into the wild. It could be a particular set of... | [
"There is its called florescent lighting. Edit: typo"
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What is a respiratory therapist? | [
"From what my father(who is a respiratory therapist) says: all you really do is hook people up to ventilators(things that breath for you) and beat their heart for them(you know so they don't die)."
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"How do you define your hints of schizophrenia?"
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Why is it that I still say "Huh" even though when I think about it, I heard them the first time? | [
"There are two ways we use our ears in conversation. \"Hearing\" is simply the reception of the audible world. \"Listening\" is when we hear, and then process the information as its given. Many times when you may be otherwise distracted you hear the words, but aren't really listening. This prompts you to say \"huh?... | [
"Every time I hear this everyday question I wonder will I be asked it every day."
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Why do large earthquakes always end up being downgraded? What is it about the initial measurement that's so inaccurate/misleading? | [
"The initial reports are often from only a few monitoring stations. A small sample size may result in inaccurate conclusions, but with more time, data from other monitoring stations can be added to get a more accurate picture of the quake."
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"Yep, location and time. Similar epicenters and times mean that it's probably an aftershock. Radically different epicenters and times mean that it's probably an entirely separate event. Don't think aftershocks *have* to be smaller than the original, but they usually are."
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when shrinking a picture on the computer, how does the computer know which pixels are important in keeping the thumbnail looking like the original picture? | [
"In general, downsampling an image doesn't keep pixels from the original image. It averages out multiple pixels to generate a new replacement. This is why hard edges can end up looking soft and worse defined after a downscale has occurred. If you want to turn a 100x100 image to 50x50, a simple thing to do would be ... | [
"A screen's resolution tells you how many individual pixels or dots of light are there both horizontally and vertically. So 1920x1080 means there's 1920 pixels horizontally on the screen and 1080 vertically. If that's spread out over a screen that's 42 inches across that just means there's more room to put each ind... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is an Analog Computer (like the Antikythera Mechanism), and how does it work? | [
"Analog computers perform some (usually specialised) mathematical operations using wheels, cogs, levers, or slides. Some examples, in addition to the antikythera: [The Slide Rule](_URL_2_), used for finding approximations for certain mathematical operations; [The Curta Calculator](_URL_1_), capable of performing ad... | [
"Knowing how something works and being able to recreate it are not the same thing. See: Leonardo da Vinci."
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Why do certain institutions get access to IPO shares ahead of the public and be allowed to make an instant 30% profit (in the case of Alibaba) before the shares are even available to all institutions and the general public? | [
"The company's underwriter can offer shares to whomever they want. Just because it's a initial *public* offering doesn't mean that the public can get a crack at them direct from the underwriter. The process is the underwriter approches investors, usually institutional investors, for the initial outlay of shares the... | [
"An IPO is an Initial Public Offering, meaning that this is the first time that shares are being offered to the public on the market. When people buy shares during an IPO, they are buying them from the company and the company is taking the money. They can do whatever they like with the money. That was the point of ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How can global warming cause more extreme winters like those seen in North America this year? Isn't that kind of counter intiutive? | [
"Basically, we're not necessarily going to see just warmer weather- we're going to be seeing more *extreme* weather in general. Global warming is what it sounds like- but it's taken by the year, on an average, and the entire global climate is taken into perspective. And that average temperature is increasing and i... | [
"Global warming is what the planet is undergoing as a whole. The increase of average global temperature. Climate change is what could be observed in a specific region. A region could be hotter, cooler, wetter, drier, etc. The worry is that the ecosystems in a region could change too quickly for organisms to adapt a... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What's so great about Linux? | [
"1.) It's free and will always be free. 2.) Anybody can see the source code. This makes it difficult for the developer to fuck with your computer in a secret way, and it allows for bugs to be solved much more rapidly than in Windows. 3.) The software is written by people who want useful software more than they want... | [
"> Is there anything more to it? Turn left."
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how does a computer delete a file. Where does all that information go? | [
"Your computer keeps a list of where all your files are located on the hard drive. When you make a new file, it checks this list to make sure you don't use space that other files are using. So when you *delete* a file, your computer just deletes that file's entry from the list. Then, if you make a new file and try ... | [
"One is required space to hold all files once they are installed. Second is the actual size of the downloaded files."
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Why, in Australia, are we subsidising the mining industry? | [
"I was told that the fuel excise is to pay for public roads and mining companies diesal fuel is not used on public roads so they're exempt. Mining companies also build a lot of there own roads. Still, why do farmers get charged?"
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"Because lobbying. The companies pay people lots of money to convince politicians that it's in their best interests to give taxpayer money to petrochemical companies."
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In Law, what criteria do they use to separate real threats and banter? | [
"It is common sense. Some have said the law is supposed to be codified common sense. Often the criteria for threats are subjective, ie 'whether you felt the threat to be serious, and were frightened by it' but also balanced against objective tests ie whether a \"reasonable person\" in similar circumstances would h... | [
"The accused has a right to confront their accusers and to attend their own trials. So it's pretty obvious to all involved, when it comes to race, gender, etc."
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I was told once that you wouldn't feel pain if your intestines were cut but would if they were stretched. Is this true? And if so, how is that possible? | [
"There are different receptors in different parts of your body passing on different information to your brain. Your internal organs have a lot of stretch receptors that help them know to move food along or tell you you’re full (in the stomach). You don’t have pain receptors in many of your internal organs. An examp... | [
"I think it's because there isn't as much blood in ur hands because the warmth is needed in more important organs, so there is less protection around nerves?? I'd like to know if I'm wrong though"
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Why America doesn't have Home Economics? | [
"So the big thing is that America USED to have it. But budget cuts have meant that most public schools have been forced to remove those sorts of programs because they have to focus on just the basics. Many schools can't even afford art classes or music. That being said, most Americans I know would love it if Home ... | [
"If you have to ask you don't need one."
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How different/similar is Android to other traditional GNU/Linux Distros (targeting desktop/other platforms) out there ? | [
"You're right that Android runs on the linux kernel. That's about the only similarity it has to traditional Linux distros. Everything else in Android differs completely because there are almost no GNU components in the rest of the system (the exception being the kernel itself)."
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"Mainly it's free and open source. Unless you're an enthusiast or developer you probably won't get much out of it vs. Windows or OSX. It's very popular as a server platform, ie. web servers or other Internet services."
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Why does our hearing muffle when we stretch? | [
"The ear has a Eustachian tube which is a pressure regulator in order to prevent your ears from popping out. When pressure changes in your ears the Eustachian tube which is normally closed opens. It also opens when you chew, yawn or stretch. So the reason we don’t hear external sounds as well when we stretch/yawn i... | [
"Because you don't have much other sensory input coming in. Same reason why a lot of people close their eyes when they really want to listen to music."
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How is the idea that "all white people are racist" not itself racist? | [
"It is racist, which is why anyone who knows anything about actual racism would never say that."
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"It's a generalization based on race. Even if it's not intended to be malicious, it's still racism by definition. Saying Asians are smart is racist. Saying women are good at making sandwiches is sexist. It doesn't have to be an insult."
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Why don't videos at 1080p look anywhere near as clear as a photograph at 1080p? | [
"The first thing is that virtually all (amateur) video is compressed, before it gets anywhere near YouTube. You could use a lossless codec if your camera has that ability (on some cameras you can set the quality), but the resulting file sizes would be massive. But before it even gets to that stage, the quality of t... | [
"The Blu-Ray holds 50GB worth of data, and a DVD holds 5GB. Since you've got 10x more space, you can store more higher-resolution images: 1920x1080 at 60fps instead of 720x480 at 30fps. This means you get a crisper image and more smooth movement."
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When companies have massive payouts like Wells Fargo, where does the money come from? Do they have rainy day funds? | [
"Most larger companies know that at some point they will be sued. So what they do is they put a certain amount of money away every year in case something like this happens. Sometimes things get way out of control and they don't have enough cash for it, thats when they get in trouble."
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"Non-profits operate just like regular companies, they just aren't for the personal gain of a group of shareholders. They still bring money in, have expenses, and have a surplus or deficit at the end of the year. Just like regular companies, there are accounting and tax rules for non-profits. So if a billionaire do... | eli5_question_answer | {
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- Olympic 'professional' rules | [
"Up until the 1970s, the Olympics strictly enforced amateur status for athletes. For example, Jim Thorpe was stripped for medals for playing baseball. During the Cold War, the Soviet Bloc got an edge using de facto professional athletes...technically soldiers or students whose training and upkeep was furnished by t... | [
"to determine who's the female champion of chess"
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Why food burns my mouth and leaves damage, but doesn't do anything to my insides (throat, stomach, etc.) | [
"Compared to your body the amount you can stuff in your mouth is very small, meaning it cools quickly. Basically, when something burns your mouth it transfers heat to your mouth and cools down. You rarely swallow food that hot immediately when you burnt your tungue"
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"It means whatever your body is fighting isn't in your stomach, it's in your intestines."
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Why can we eat runny egg yolks without the threat of salmonella but not the whites? | [
"Other people have already stated that risk of salmonella is actually very very low. However if an egg IS infected it is likely the yolk that is the problem, not the white. Heating to 165 F is the only* way to make it safe which would also cook the yolk. This is why you will see many menus in the US saying that eat... | [
"Commercial mayonnaise uses pasteurised eggs, making it safe. If you make mayonnaise at home then it's not much different from eating the same eggs raw without making them into mayonnaise. If they're fresh then it's mostly fine most of the time. Fresh raw eggs aren't inherently poisonous, but there's a risk they co... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How effective is China's internet censorship if everybody just uses a proxy to get to blocked websites? | [
"Because they block proxies as well. The Great Firewall is just a blanket term for [multiple technologies](_URL_3_) that disrupt the traffic from your internet device to the destination servers deemed inappropriate by the censors."
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"If you don't care much about privacy, the number one use of a VPN or proxy is to make you appear to be connected from another country, which then allows you to circumvent region-locking (think certain YouTube videos, the varying lists of movies and television series available on Netflix, and some regional censorsh... | eli5_question_answer | {
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The purpose of bars/restaurants having an elevated step leading into them | [
"Doors level with the street can cause flooding, since if the street gets rained on or otherwise gains a lot of precipitation, there would be nothing stopping it from entering the building. In addition, buildings are heavy and sink into the ground as time goes on. Rather than trying to press flat the ground as much... | [
"I was always under the impression a \"bar\" is a feature (usually a counter) in an establishment that serves it's specialty. For example; oyster bars serve seafood, salad bars serve bunny-food, alcohol bars serve alcohol. Similar to a kitchen, which prepares food in a restaurant. So a pub could have a kitchen an... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How is my water, gas and electricity usage counted? | [
"Depends on where in the world you are. There are thousands of people who have been employed as meter readers around the world. Some physically read the meter, others connect a device to the meter and electronically download the usage. You have a water meter as the water main enters the house, and records the flow... | [
"You're not paying for the water; you're paying for the convenience of the water being bottled for you."
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why does a lunar eclipse appear red while a Cresent moon appears black when the earth blocks light? | [
"The red is caused by the Moon being in the shadow of the Earth's atmosphere. You see the same thing at Sunrise and Sunset when the sky turns red. That red is falling on the Moon."
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"...The moon isnt night time exclusive. Its a giant rock, that reflects a lot of light. The moon orbits the earth As it goes around it appears in front of the light side of the earth, and you see it because of the vast amount of light being shined on it from the Sun and its generally very reflective surface. The mo... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is the Donetsk Airport still of any strategic significance? | [
"Modern aircraft are simply not designed for landing in fields. Even rugged military aircraft need even a basic level of preparation, such as putting down metal grates, and leveling the area. There is also the concern over debris, pieces of which, and even wild animals, can destroy an engine. Better to take the ar... | [
"Wasn't the Black Sea Fleet stationed in the Ukraine during the days of the USSR? Getting that particular Seaport back may well be part of the motivation for taking the Ukraine over first."
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Why do "nice guys" finish last? | [
"Mainly because they lack confidence. There's a huge bunch of social pressure preventing a woman from approaching you or escalating an existing friendship in to a relationship. If you lack the knowledge and confidence to communicate to a woman that you are sexually attracted to her, then you have next to no chance ... | [
"Because we get tired of the lack of empathy when we're honest about our feelings. We put on a mask that is a caricature of the world we hate Source: I'm the life of the party weekly, and contemplate suicide several times a year."
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How did they film the bear attack scene in the Revenant? It definitely didn't look like special effects, but I'm pretty sure they didn't set an actual bear onto Leonardo either!? | [
"The famous effects studio ILM did the CGI for the bear. They are already working on the Warcraft movie and used some techniques there for the fur effects. What makes it realistic is that they studied real bear attack films and the main reference was a mauling that happened at a German Zoo when a man wandered into... | [
"Acting? Yes. Staged? Yes. Real fighting? No. Real physicality? Absolutely, especially all the jumping and body slams and whatnot. They just don't actually hit each other hard enough to do damage. It's basically a manly soap opera."
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How can I choose a gas/electric/water supplier but it all comes from one source into the house? | [
"Think of it like this. Instead of water pipes in your house, you have to go to the town square and use a 5 gallon bucket to scoop water from the town reservoir. The reservoir has to be manually filled. I charge .50 cents a gallon for the water I contribute to the reservoir. Tom charges .40 cents a gallon. You can... | [
"If that was the main where your home draws water, they'd have to shut it off. You're apparently getting your water from somewhere other than that main."
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The Nvidia Maxwell architecture and why the Geforce 980 is so cheap | [
"Is it cheap? It appears to be at or near the same price point as their previous generations flagship GPU (GTX 780) It always seems to me applying names to new architecture is more of a marketing thing. Especially when each generations GPUs tend to have the same price as last generations."
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"The biggest factor is that the new generation of consoles (PS4, Xbox One) are built using AMD APU's, CPU and GPU combinations. So developers are optimizing many newer games more directly for AMD based cards, but besides that NVIDIA is still ~double the size of AMD and set to launch a new generation of cards next y... | eli5_question_answer | {
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how did communism work on paper but not IRL | [
"A big part of the problem was that, in order to get away from capitalism and toward toward a utopia, communism required a totalitarian phase where the state would be run on behalf of the people while it transitioned through socialism. The problem is that if you put a small cabal of people in charge, they dont want... | [
"A 'true' communist state (under the marxist definition) never has and never will exist. The states currently existing and that have existed that are commonly labeled communist countries are not actually communist. In layman's terms: in a true communist society, there IS NO government at all. Im on my phone so I ca... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What happens to a person when their house becomes a crime scene? | [
"99.9% of the time this isn't even an issue because the police are in and out before it even becomes an issue. It's only really serious crimes that this would come up. As a general rule they will offer to call a friend or family member to see if you can stay with them. They will allow you to get clothes and stuff f... | [
"Because when you were a kid, you were largely unaware of the problems of the time."
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why does the new pope get such good PR? | [
"The new pope has a much better feel for politics and is just generally a lot more progressive than the past pope. He's focusing a lot more on poverty and oppression, which is what Jesus was all about, instead of dogma and rules. He's also toned down the homophobia, though his opinion and the position of the church... | [
"Because most people don't care, it's really as simple as that. Outside of the Oscar's, movie writers get very little attention."
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How is it that one of my chickens consistently lays eggs with two yolks | [
"Is she young? If so, she will likely grow out of it. Some chickens have a genetic predisposition to double yolking, but most of the time it's just a mistake. Biological processes have non-zero error rates and in the long run it's just a yield question. Lay more eggs and the problem goes away, you'll still have eno... | [
"Yes. These are when the egg is fertilized but fails to hatch. You find out about it when you find an egg that has a partially developed embryo in it. That would have been something common when everyone raised chickens."
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how do I know the gas station isn't screwing me as I'm filling up my car and the total amount I have to pay is rising on the display? | [
"You just have to trust your state's Weights and Measures agency. There should be a sticker somewhere on the pump showing when the last inspection was."
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"I've noticed that a lot of fuel pumps have actually lost this feature as they receive upgrades to allow customers to pay at the pump with credit/debit cards. I live in Canada, and the little buttons on the pump that automatically shut it off at a certain predetermined amount were everywhere. I'd assume it's becaus... | eli5_question_answer | {
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If a conductor started doing completely random moves with it's staff, would the orchestra be confused and stop playing, or would it just carry on? | [
"Depends on how the conductor moves, what level the band is (high school, college, professional), and how the conductor generally conducts. Many high school conductors, for example, need to continuously keep time, especially if it's outside of a typical time signature (I'm blanking on the word, sorry if it's wrong... | [
"In the most basic sense... you have a group of 40 people that all need to start playing their instruments at the same second. Without the director, they'd basically never know when to start, or the start of the song would ve extremely choppy as people are trying to catch up or figure out when to start. Unless some... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do people get video game soundtracks to youtube? | [
"There's a few ways to get the music from a video game. After that, it's like creating any other video with music. Released files. Sometimes developers will release the files as a soundtrack, either for sale or as a bonus download. Digging around. Like edman007 mentioned, some games store music as straightforward ... | [
"Licensing rights. Streamable version means the publisher has a digital copy you can work with. You are wondering why they can't just rip the dvd and put it online to stream?"
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What’s the difference between good sugars (ie. fruit) and bad for you sugars (candy, soda, etc.)? | [
"Nothing. Sugar is sugar. The difference is an apple has 19g of sugar and is also full of plant fiber and healthy vitamins. A 20 oz mountain dew has 77g of sugar, and it's a drink that won't fill you up at all."
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"Nothing. Sugar in juice is just as unhealthy as sugar in soda. People just don't *think* that there's that much sugar in juice."
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Americans vs Canadians? | [
"Canadian culture and American culture is largely the same, with some obvious exceptions in places like Quebec. The major differences are political. Canadians are more open to big government (we love our Crown corporations, and government programs) than Americans. We are also open for more government regulations on... | [
"Sleep - Shake Unconscious - Splash Coma - Wait and Hope Vegetative State - Wait and Bury"
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If Ferdinand Porsche had already designed the first hybrid electric vehicle in 1901, why was that hybrid technology never used until 1997? | [
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"Essentially, (1) both companies had change of leadership after the war and (2) a well-designed car will sell. (1)The VW factory was taken over by the British in 1945. The factory had a new chairman named Ivan Hirst who was known as “The British Major Who Saved Volkswagen.” The same year, Ferdinand Porsche was arre... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are so many Americans against speed cameras? | [
"Because there are so many Americans that speed and also don't want speeding tickets. Source: I'm an American that speeds."
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"They're assholes who are more concerned with publicity than anything to do with their faith."
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How is it Antidepressants can *increase* the risk of depression/suicide? | [
"When some people are depressed and suicidal, they are completely unwilling to do anything. They want to kill themselves, but can't muster up the energy to do so. After taking the meds, they start to come out of the slump. However, they might still have the desire to die; taking drugs won't bring back your wife or ... | [
"Please do not go off meds without help from your doctor. Antidepressants can create severe withdraval effects like diarrhea and panic attacks."
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How do people think the holocaust was made up and never happened? | [
"Most \"holocaust deniers\" don't believe it was made up. They believe it wasn't as extensive as claimed. There are a variety of reasons..some more reasonable than others. I'd recomend a google search, it would take pages to type."
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"He can because nobody can force him to say anything. He has the ability to deny it all that he wants. People can also claim the moon landing was a hoax despite evidence. I can claim I am the next king of England. The truth isn't obligatory."
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How do the subway sub toasters work | [
"They are convection/radiation ovens that hit with both a blast of superheated air and heat from radiant elements. 700 to 1000 degrees will toast the shit out of some bread."
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"To make sure that you do not have it backwards and light the filter."
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Why is Zimmerman called white, but Obama called black? | [
"My father is white, my mother is Vietnamese. I get called Asian. My little brother gets called white. The reason is that I look Asian, and my little brother looks white. This is not hard to figure out."
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"I don't think it does at all. People call me 'white' and not an American. So why would it be racist to call someone 'black' instead of African American?"
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How do 40+ yr olds understand and perceive the world differently than let's say people in their early 20s? | [
"Our brains develop as we age. This means that we are able to approach life with greater complexity. This complexity leads to new perspectives details when we think about the world. The development of our brain is what changes our thought process most until we are in our mid 20s or so. The remainder is our increase... | [
"In a lot of ways, trying to pigeon hole this is arbitrary and debatable. There is certainly nothing \"official.\" That said, you'd be safe ticking off a generation every 20 - 25 years or so. So in the US: Baby boomers born in the late 40s to the early 60s. Gen X born from late 60s early 80s. Millennials born in th... | eli5_question_answer | {
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how is a serving size determined? | [
"It's all made up. At least in the US, there's no standard. All they're required to do is show the amount of servings in the product and what each serving represents. i.e. the company arbitrarily decides how many grams/ounces/any random measurement equals 1 serving."
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"It doesn't? After adding water, the caloric value per gram is much lower than before. Do you have a more specific example?"
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Why aren't all power lines buried underground? | [
"The simple answer is that to put above-ground lines underground is time consuming and expensive. You have to dig up a whole lot of trenches for the lines, which would mean tearing up sidewalks, driveways, gardens, etc. Private individuals may find it to be too expensive, and it's too low of a priority for cities t... | [
"Does it matter if there is water instead of roads between a number of small towns? We have boats and bridges."
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How does bug spray work? | [
"DEET is an obscuring agent to insects that interferes with their ability to track animals, like humans, and don't let them see carbon dioxide or lactic acid through their antennae. Mosquitoes just don't see you. This applies to other bugs like horseflies, gnats and chiggers. If applied correctly, it creates a laye... | [
"Why do some parts of the world call gasoline petrol?"
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Why does a dead alkaline battery bounce? | [
"The insides of a fresh cell is soft and fluid. This means that when it hits something solid, the fluid inside moves, absorbing the energy. The insides of a used battery dry out, so it doesn't move, doesn't absorb the energy, so the energy makes the battery bounce."
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"They don't charge them when they build them. The current is generated by a chemical reaction, and the batteries are built with the required ingredients for the chemical reaction. They don't build an empty battery and then charge it up. When you make a \"battery\" by sticking nails in a lemon, you don't have to cha... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are car windshield's slanted, but bus and train windshields straight up-and-down usually? | [
"For cars, it's important to reduce drag. For busses & trains, the priority is volume and getting as many people on as possible. Efficiency is the name of the game"
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"1) Easier to mop the floor. Walls mean seams which can gather grime and other funny stuff. 2) Cheaper to build. The stalls mount at two points: the wall and the door pillars. 3) Less hanky-Panky goes on when the stalls aren't 100% private."
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Why does android suffer from Audio latency? | [
"For your second question,there is more money in iOS development,that's why."
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"Doing a reset wipes the cache files. These can cause random software issue. In the case of signal, resetting the phone forces it to restart searching for signal."
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What is the difference between a jacobian and a gradient? | [
"Basically they are the same. When you have a function from **R**^n to **R**^m, and you think of it as mapping n real numbers to m real numbers (rather than thinking in terms of higher-dimensional spaces), then the Jacobian is the derivative of all of the outputs with respect to all of the inputs. That's n·m deriva... | [
"I don't think there is such thing. For example, there are several equally valid notations for derivative."
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What do they actually teach you in business school? | [
"Accounting, Finance, Operations Management, Financial Reporting, Marketing, Business Strategy, and most importantly, how to get drunk at a nightclub and call it a business expense. _URL_0_"
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"And it helps to know that you have the drive and brains to go to and finish college. It's rough."
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How online stores can afford to offer free shipping on heavy items | [
"In short the answer is volume. They do so much business with the shipper that they are given steep discounts for doing all of their shopping through their company."
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"It can't and it doesn't Amazon prime provides free *two day* delivery for *many* items in *many* locations. There are a fair number of locations where Amazon Prime gets you free *three to five day* shipping rather than two day Amazon does not proclaim that you can get any item anywhere in the world within 24 hours... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Black Lives Matter vs. All Lives Matter- White Privilege and How these movements contribute or perhaps distract from the debate. | [
"Two essential components to the BLM engine is - disenfranchisement from society (e.g. underfunded schools, lower social standing, etc...) - mistreatment by the justice system (abuse, harsher sentencing, etc...). The reality is a lot more gray than they let on. Yes, poor counties tend to have lower funding for scho... | [
"Left-wing answer: Not enough socialism Right-wing answer: Too much socialism"
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How was the first language translated when no one knew any language but their own? | [
"It's like, you are around someone and you can pick up simple words like yes, no. As you say, you point to Rock, and identify that. So now you have their letters r o c k, and y e s and n o. So you can start to find those letters in other words, and based on their context and what you know of the document, you start... | [
"And which language would that be? Yours? Mine? How would you coerce every country in the world to teach this language?"
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The "Saw" film series plots, twists, and everything else | [
"You're 5 years old. You shouldn't be watching that shit."
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"To each his own, but the movie is a story that could happen in real life., and that gets to people. There are no monsters or Jasons; just a sociopath. And the reveal of what the \"golden eggs\" meant was a nice touch."
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Who takes care of the animals driven over on the roads? | [
"In the US, if it’s not inside city limits the county road department does it. They come out with a truck and shovel and clean it up. If it’s large game that’s been struck by a vehicle and there’s still useable meat, the game warden will take it to be processed and donated. If it’s in the city, the city sanitation/... | [
"Because there is a lot of distance between us, compared to just about every other country."
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Is there any physiological difference between a natural nose & nose that has gone through rhinoplasty? | [
"A nose job essentially rearranges the bones inside your nose. If you hurt your nose, whether or not you've had a nose job, it could heal incorrectly and bones would heal in the wrong spots or scar tissue would push out things that aren't where they're supposed to be. They're essentially the same thing, except the ... | [
"Plastic surgery doesn't necessarily have to mean actual plastic in the face. Plastic surgery is a reshaping (cutting of the bone, injections such as Botox, etc). For example, it is popular in South Korea to slim the face down by actually cutting/shaving off pieces of the bones that construct their jaw."
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How does sunblock work? | [
"UV rays are very small waves that can harm your skin. Sun block works by scattering the rays away or absorbing it so it doesn't harm your skin. I don't know why people are being assholes in the comments."
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"Are you asking how a wheel works ?"
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what is philosophy and what does it do? | [
"As a philosophy minor in college I can say that philosophy is more of a directed wisdom. But that still doesn't capture it very well. As is taught, philosophy is historic and political in context. The great philosophers were thinking about something. A lot of those things are political related and relevant in the ... | [
"what are the two meanings you think it has?"
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why did the book in the latest Hydraulic Press Channel video explode? | [
"It's similar to the principles behind a volcano. Pressure keeps building up and building up in one specific point. However, there is some strong material resisting that pressure, in the volcano case it is the dirt, rock, and metal sitting above it, and in the book case it's the pages sitting under the press. Howev... | [
"Pretty sure you technically can. Doesn't sound like fun though. See 'One' by Metallica..."
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Why do the majority of Americans drive automatic cars but in Britain most people drive manual cars? | [
"It's primarily because of the car manufacturers following the demands of the consumer. In the US it's more common to take cars on long, uneventful highway journeys, where an automatic is beneficial; in the UK it's more common to do shorter, slower journeys, where a manual is preferred."
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"There used to be good reasons to drive a manual shift car (regarding getting good gas mileage), but that's really not an issue these days. The margin is so small that people would rather not have to deal with it. So if you are given a choice of manual or automatic, it becomes \"why not automatic?\" And the only le... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How is it decided if a road will be a street, avenue, or something else? | [
"A street is made through an urban environment, mainly to connect buildings and freely let people interact. A road is just a simple path from one place to another. An avenue is defined as a straight road with trees on each side. A boulevard is a big street."
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"In the U.S., there is no standard terminology. A given road may be called any of these at the whim of the municipality. There are a few general tendencies, however: - A turnpike is a toll highway. - A boulevard is usually a major road. - A court is most often a short road with one outlet (a cul-de-sac). - In a pla... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do objects stick to each other after a while? I.e. a textbook and a desk. | [
"Weak chemical bonding, air pressure, and other explanations, found here: _URL_0_"
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"Liquids acts like a solid the first millisecond you touch it. That's why you can slap the surface of a container of water."
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How much authority do campus police and security guards really have? | [
"It depends on where you are. In many cases, campus police are real police & have the same authority & powers as any other policeman. Security guards, OTOH, can't do much more than escort you from the campus."
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How is the haute couture fashion business sustainable. | [
"It exists for the same reason car companies build halo cars: it adds prestige to the brand. Although they may be breaking even or even losing money on each piece, they get so much attention that it boosts the more profitable product lines. What is the first thing actresses are asked when they're on the red carpet?... | [
"The French Revolution in regards to the mindset of modern culture. The Industrial Revolution when it comes to technological advancements."
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How come animals that are smaller and lighter than humans,like wolves,be stronger than us ? | [
"Because you are afraid to be hurt. If you are not afraid to be hurt, in a life and death situation you can kill the wolf. You just have to face it that you will be hurt severely. Next thing is experience. The wolf has killed many things before you have met it. You probably haven't. If you have spent your whole lif... | [
"Because its a bit of a myth that we're useless. Humans are incredible long distance runners, infact the best endurance runners on the planet. Humans methods of hunting consisted of chasing the prey until they were tired. And if water ran out or the area became too hostile we could migrate thousands of miles to the... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do men go bald but most women don’t? | [
"**Dihydrotestosterone (DHT).** It's a more potent cousin of normal testosterone. It's a super hormone of sorts! And it has profound impact on the men. From the development of genitals to pubic/body hair to maintenance of prostate, etc. Sadly, as a side effect, it also causes pattern hair loss typically associated ... | [
"It's just genetics. Some men get hair on their chest at 14, others don't get the until they're 30+."
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How can I weigh myself right before I go to sleep, and right after I wake up in the morning, and weigh more in the morning? | [
"If it is a subtle difference, your scale might not be properly zeroed or is just slightly inaccurate. Or you are cooking yourself a nice breakfast while you sleepwalk."
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"Your'e body recognizes patterns and acts accordingly. If you ever want to try to maximize your sleep schedule, try going to bed and waking up at the same time 7 days a week. I started around new years and haven't used an alarm since March. Humans are awesome."
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What do they use as cocaine in movies that have scenes of people snorting ? | [
"_URL_0_ As the article says...it depends. But it's (obviously) not real cocaine and it has to be something that is digestable, like the powdered lactose that is mentioned."
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"They're actually smoking crystal meth. It's all a part of the hierarchy of doing drugs on tv. nicotine > weed > crystal meth > Sugar candy > back to nicotine. It's union rules. Of course I'm messing with you. They're probably just using regular tobacco or some other substitute."
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How does a bee actually have the strength to sting me? | [
"It is not a matter of strength. It behaves like a needle, you can sting yourself just having it touch you because its diamter is smaller than for example your skin's pores."
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Why haven't us wealthier nations helped out third world nations enough to become 2nd world nation or even 1st world nations? | [
"We are constantly trying. But its not a problem you can throw money at, and unfortunately a lot of Third World nations have corrupt governments that direct aid from First World nations into their own pockets or toward their militaries. Theres not much more we can do if a Third World government doesn't cooperate, ... | [
"It started off being US, UK, France etc, the western Allies basically, the anti-Russians were called First world, Russia and soviet block countries, those in it's sphere of influence were 2nd world, and the rest were 3rd world. Now it refers to how developed the country is. Modern western countries are still 1st w... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why can't we consume the daily required nutrients we need in pill or drip form rather than having to eat a variety of foods and having to and expel it out of our bodies? | [
"You can, but it's boring. People in a coma live on nutrient paste and IV drip. You need to expel some waste because damaged cells and useless metabolic products need to go somewhere."
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"Your body isn't able to digest that large quantities of food. You would just throw up eventually. And possibly you would even lose weight because of the stress you put your body in and the effort it needs to recover. However, if you constantly ate as much carbohydrates and fat as your body could handle, and minimi... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do phones have a limit of how much expandable storage they have? | [
"Different standards. There are three different types of SD formats, these also apply to MicroSD. SD: Up to 2 GB SDHC: Up to 32 GB SDXC: Up to 2 TB, although cards of that size don't exist yet. People have only been able to make 256 GB MicroSD cards, and those are still very expensive. So when a phone manufactur... | [
"Your phone has a hunk of memory dedicated to long-term storage, and another hunk saved for short-term storage. When you download songs, you put them onto long-term storage. Streaming uses short-term storage, adding and deleting whatever it deems necessary. Presumably you could jailbreak your phone and fiddle wit... | eli5_question_answer | {
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how does cement work? | [
"The \"load of powder\" is really the kicker of cement. It's actually a carefully selected mixture of compounds that react with the water added in a series of exothermic reactions that interlock their crystal structures, providing a very useful building material. Usually the sand and other materials are added to he... | [
"There is its called florescent lighting. Edit: typo"
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Why is the human heart associated with love? | [
"Likely it's because of the physical human reactions to love. I mean, think back to some time when you've had a crush on someone. You've probably felt a swelling in your chest or an increased heartbeat. That feeling in that region probably led to the origins of the heart being associated with love."
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"What do you mean by downfall? This is still a dominant part of current culture."
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why do we make kids believe in Santa? | [
"Why do we make religious people believe in God???? It's a way of influencing behaviour. Santa: If you are naughty, Santa won't bring presents. Religion: if you are bad, you won't get into heaven."
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"my 5 year old doesnt need to know what sex feels like"
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If each president can overturn the laws passed by the previous administration easily, is there no way to make the laws permanent? If yes, how? | [
"Presidents in the US do not make laws or overturn them. Laws are changed through the legislative bodies of the Senate and Congress. The President is the head of the Executive branch which enforces the laws. Laws can be made more permanent than normal if made into Amendments to the Constitution. These are very diff... | [
"Nothing beyond his current Article 2 authorities. And that's the point. Imagine 4 or 8 years from now... would you want the outgoing president to have unlimited, autocratic power? Peaceful transitions of power are essential to our nation. Those unhappy with the result of the election get another chance to vote for... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are the first episodes of a lot of shows called pilot? | [
"A “pilot” is a term for a test run of something. The term “pilot project” refers to tentative model or solution that if it proves successful will become standardized or official. Many tv shows create “pilot” episodes that are then reviewed and later a decision is made to give a show a longer run. Amazon is famous ... | [
"By the time you see the first episode, multiple episodes have been shot. Or they shoot specific scenes for the opening."
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Why was it so important that we made it to the moon before the Soviets? | [
"The Soviets beat us to space, both unmanned (Sputnik) and manned (Yuriy Gagarin). It is difficult to understate how much of a shock that was. The space race began in earnest and we were already losing. Bear in mind also that John Kennedy, in his [rice speech](_URL_0_), vowed that we would get to the moon within t... | [
"Are you American. A lot of Americans don't know much about the first man to go to space for the simple reason that he was Russian."
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Why do all American radio stations names start with a K? | [
"> New broadcasting stations are assigned call signs beginning with K if they are west of the Mississippi River, and beginning with W if they are east of the river. source: _URL_0_ Google is difficult, nowadays."
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"The terms officially have different meanings. But the common usage is really just tradition rather than any particular decision. A station is the company or building doing the transmitting. So you can still refer to a TV station (meaning the network or broadcasting facility). A channel is the call sign, or a uniqu... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why aren't torrenting or pirating sites taken down for illegal downloads? | [
"They are. The Pirate Bay bounces from country to country every time it gets shut down, until it finds a home in a country that doesn't care."
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"From what I understand, ISP will block access to the websites that are providing copyright infringing links. It will be really easy to work around it though by the use of proxies that connect through ISP that didn't block the website although transfer speeds will drop down significantly. It will really affect ISP'... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why were/are the Irish hated so much? | [
"no more prejudice than any other immigrant group in the US. Bit more complicated in the UK due to the Troubles (e.g. vicious urban sectarian civil war in Northern Irelandthat ran from late 60s to early 90s) _URL_0_ While the violence was mainly confined to the North, the IRA did carry out bombing campaigns in main... | [
"Jews have been ripped on & blamed for virtually everything for thousands of years, why stop now?"
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My tea is red but the condensation under the lid is clear. Why isn't it also red? | [
"Condensation comes from water vapor in the air which changes from a gas back into a liquid. Whatever substance is making the liquid red apparently does not vaporize in the same way the water does and so the condensation will not contain it."
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"How much water is in the bath? How much is in the kettle? How hot is the bath water?"
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Military question, not sure how to phrase it. | [
"As they're the last in the horizontal line, they have to keep eyes front to avoid drifting and keep the unit's formation intact. It's one of many ways we try to idiot-proof marching in the military (though some are better idiots than others and still manage to fuck it up)"
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"Is it against the rules to ask for book recommendations on this topic? if not I would like to do so."
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Why handmade products are more valuable than automatically made products? | [
"There is supply and demand, with hand-made stuff taking longer per unit, they are more rare. They also tend to have a level of uniqueness since they aren't churned out with the exact same process. And some people simply value things knowing someone put a lot of time and effort into it. Still, it does depend on the... | [
"You may have noticed that a large percentage of products you purchase are made in China. A lot of Chinese \"new money\" is the money you spend on products manufactured in China. Chinese money is earned the same way its earned anywhere else - by selling products or services."
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Why are scientific papers sometimes released behind a paywall? | [
"Journals have to pay the bills. You can either make money through subscriptions, or advertising. Advertising would compromise the integrity of the journal, so unless they generate a lot of subscription income (i.e. NEJM or Chest), they need the money."
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"What you are talking about bugs me to no end. Most of the time those news articles fail to capture all the nuances. They are published on scientific journals like Nature. Use Google Scholar to search for information instead of just Google to find what you are looking for."
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How does Steam and other digital game distribution business's make money. | [
"**Steam:** Steam is the middle man. Valve charges publishers and indie developers a fee to sell a game through Steam, and takes a percentage of each sale. Steam was one of the first digital game distribution platforms. **Origin:** Origin is owned and operated by Electronic Arts. Since EA is both a developer and a ... | [
"Honestly, part of it is mass hysteria (we all love to conform in someway) and part of it is this is the first time a lot of otherwise ignorant people have stopped and thought about the fairness of how Steam (and any online publishing company - looking at you, Google) goes abouts its business. Is 30% worth the publ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do elevators have two separate call buttons? | [
"If you press up, and the car is going down, it won't stop for you. This saves the other passengers time, since they don't have to stop on the way down. The car will stop for you on the next upward pass. If there's more than one car, you save time as well because you don't have to deadhead down - you can just get w... | [
"A number of years ago I emailed Otis Elevators with this question, and actually got back an answer from an engineer. He wrote that the button is often disabled for optimal elevator loading, which I took to mean that elevators make fewer trips when the doors stay open longer to allow more people in. When I lived in... | eli5_question_answer | {
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