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How does chemo therapy work? | [
"In its simplest terms. Cancer are cells that have forgotten how to die. The get so old that they no longer preform their original jobs either. They just grow, use up the bodies supplies and do nothing else in return. Chemotherapy is a kind of specialized poison that kills them.... it also kills some healthy cells.... | [
"The chemotherapy agents used to treat cancer can, themselves, give rise to other cancers. So... yes."
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If a star in its red giant phase absorbed a star similar to our sun would it refuel the red giant and make it go back into its main sequence stage? | [
"No. So there are two problems with this idea, the first one being that the gravitational potential energy of two stars falling into each other will basically always trigger some form of nova. Even if we ignore this and assume the stars are gently lowered into each other, it's not like red giants don't have plent... | [
"Generally, size, color, luster, and the speed they are moving away from us are all taken into account. Stars also have known phases of life, starting as gases culminating in a single area, and ending as a white dwarf, a neutron star, or a black hole."
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The Venezuela crisis | [
"I'll be honest, it's *VERY* hard to explain this situation shortly as it's a pot that has been boiling for over 20 years. I'd recommend spending a couple minutes reading this amazing and well-written response in another thread in /r/OutOfTheLoop _URL_0_"
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"The other four are simply a repeat of the last four on the front"
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why does rocking myself feel so good? | [
"There may be an evolutionary explanation for this. When you were a kid and a parent picked you up and walked, you would feel a rocking motion. Your brain could very well be hard-wired, by evolution, to associate rocking with safety. This is more likely to have been the situation when humans or pre-humans walked ar... | [
"Because when you're hot it's bad for you so when you go to the cool side it cools you down so it's better for you & feels good."
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why does water (sometimes) taste very, very sweet (like packed with sugar) after throwing up, while we know that water is usually tasteless? | [
"Well I can only guess but maybe it's because your stomach acid is very sour, like veeeery sour. So after that pretty much anything will taste sweet."
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"Toothpaste block your tongue from tasting sweetness. So when you drink orange juice, which is very sweet normally, you can only taste its sourness. Which is why it tastes horrible."
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Why do old web addresses often redirect to completely random places? | [
"It is called cyber squatting. The squatters buy such old domains to place a link or redirect you to some web page which they want to make popular."
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"Websites have something called redirects, where one page automatically sends you to another one. If you click back once from the resulting page, you get sent forward again. If you click back twice quickly, you can go to the previous page before that happens. Some websites probably do that intentionally to trap you... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why adults change their voice talking to children? | [
"I “think” it’s simply to be less intimidating. We are big and scary to kids. Especially kids that don’t know us really well. I’ve noticed people do it a lot more to my son when it’s people that don’t see him often. The softer higher pitched voice is closer to that of other children and makes him more comfortable."... | [
"You have anxiety about talking to other people."
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How does hyperinflation start, ie Venezuela and its 1000000% inflation. | [
"It generally starts with govts spending too much money. Then, instead of taxing their population to death or reduce their spending, they print new currency to pay their debts. However, a lot of their newly printed currency might not go into the economy right away. It can sit on balance sheets and in banks for a l... | [
"It's going to continue as long as humans keep introducing value into the economy. Are we going to get to the point where candy bars cost $1000? Maybe. Maybe the US won't be around that long. Maybe we'll replace the dollar with the new dollar to get prices back to a lower point like Mexico did in the mid-90s with t... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does ceiling fan spin direction matter? | [
"Hot air rises. If you bottled hot air and cold air, the bottle of hot air would weigh less. This is why hot air balloons float. When the fan blows upward, the hotter air spreads out along the ceiling and walls. This air circulation evens out the temperature in the room. When the fan blows downward, the breeze pul... | [
"Do you know how a fan works? If so just turn it around"
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How do radicals harm your body? | [
"Essentially yes. Radicals have a missing electron in their outer orbital. They will try to fill this by grabbing one off another atom they bump into. This will often disrupt the structure of whatever that atom was attached to and stop it working."
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"What source says that alcohol is bad for your teeth?"
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- What are these “polls” in the news? | [
"Typically only about 1000 people are asked, but that's enough to get a pretty good idea. Great minds think alike. Yarr! Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: political polls and how participants are chosen ](_URL_2_) ^(_1 comment_) 1. [ELI5 How are polls determined? ](_URL_5_) ^(_8 ... | [
"Who says anyone trusts it to have fair, honest elections?"
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the different contexts of the term Zionist | [
"Zionism is the Jewish nationalist movement with the aim of establishing a nation for Jews. People saying Zionist as a derogatory term have the exact same definition of the term. They're just implying that the project to create a nation for Jews in Palestine has effectively been a colonial project aimed at displaci... | [
"Do you mean a contemporary society to themselves, or can they include past societies?"
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Why can’t humans see all wavelengths, and what causes them to be harmful? | [
"We can't see all wavelengths because our eyes evolved to see underwater, and the visible spectrum is the only spectrum that could penetrate the ozone layer and large bodies of water. We never really needed to see that kind of light early on so it never became a survival necessity to human specifically, though some... | [
"They dissect the eyes and study the structure and types of receptors that they have. If the receptors react to ultraviolet light then the animal can see in that range of the light spectrum."
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What is the difference in Propaganda and Fake News | [
"Well, one thing to be cautious of, is that 'fake news' is thrown around with relative abandon today, even against news that is not, in fact, fake *or* propaganda, merely which contrasts against the viewer's given preference. So in some ways, it is simply a slur against the reporting organization. In cases where ... | [
"Monopoly or Oligopoly and Cartel behaviors along with a broken copyright system."
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why do children enjoy repetitiveness but not adults? | [
"Rehearsing basic skills is an important part of mental and neural development for children. Adults are done doing that. Adults still repeat more complex things that take more time — for example, thinking about the same worry ten times every day, or singing a favorite song, or putting on their favorite make-up in ... | [
"you might be like me in that you don't know the best way to put what you are trying to say into words because of all the thoughts running through your head. that's my 2 sense"
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How do government shut downs hurt the economy and who are the ones who lose their money? | [
"The shutdown is very inefficient. Government workers don't do their work, then the shutdown ends and they get paid anyway,then they have to work more time to get caught up on the work and they get paid extra for that. Everybody who interacts with the government workers gets delayed, then the shutdown ends and they... | [
"A) The US government is not shut down. Only about 25% of the government's agencies have run out of money. B) All government agencies have \"essential personnel\" who must continue to work even when their agency is out of money. It's very bad that they don't get paid, but that's a separate issue. C) Most Americans ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do you feel nauseous from not eating? | [
"Great minds think alike. Yo ho ho! Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: Why do I feel nauseated when I'm super hungry? ](_URL_4_) ^(_59 comments_) 1. [ELI5: Why do you sometimes feel nauseous/queasy when you're extremely hungry? ](_URL_5_) ^(_._) 1. [ELI5: Why do I feel like I'm go... | [
"It can be a sign of diabetes but it can also be a sign of dehydration. Drink more water for a few days and see if it goes away. Or it could just mean you've eaten too much sugar, even if you're not diabetic."
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Why is the temperature usually less cold when it's snowing? | [
"If it's snowing that means there is cloud cover. Cloud cover acts as a blanket over the land and holds in heat. When there are no clouds the heat from the ground can radiate directly out into space. That's why it tends to be colder with no clouds."
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"Weather doesn't just depend on the cloud cover in a given location. Air movement is important because the air has a temperature, meaning if the wind brings warm air over to you then the weather will be warmer regardless of how sunny it is."
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How do we know if there is someone looking at us and from where? Even if we don't see or hear them, and even if they are in the middle of a crowd? | [
"You don't know. However, you *do* notice all the times you feel funny and see someone looking at you, and you *don't* notice all the times you feel fine and don't notice someone looking at you, and you *ignore* all the times you feel funny and don't notice anything at all. So if you look back at your memory, all ... | [
"They have cameras that can zoom several hundred feet without distorting the image. And sometimes they are literally right next to them and the animals don't care"
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Is there a reason to why our body temperature is 37°C? | [
"Your body functions as a series of chemical reactions. Digestion is a chemical reaction which breaks down food into useful components, your nervous system uses chemical reactions to send information, your muscles rely on chemical reactions to move. Chemical reactions have an efficiency; most of the ones in your bo... | [
"The term warm blooded and cold blooded are used to differentiate whether or not the organism has a mechanism to regulate its own body temperature or if it just depends on the environment to regulate their body temperature. A human's body temperature will still stay 98.7 from a environmental range of temperatures"
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Why does sun bleach colours? | [
"Generally, colours are made by having certain chemical bonds that absorb specific wavelengths of light, and what is not absorbed will be thrown back and that's the colour you see. [Here's an example of wavelengths and the associated colours](_URL_1_). Let's say you had a chemical that absorbed all wavelengths betw... | [
"To the best of my knowledge, this is just marketing buzz words to get people to buy your product. All dye does is color your hair, the same way brown paint will color an object brown."
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Why do bats sleep upside down? | [
"Elevating themselves is a good way for lots of animals to escape from predators. Bats have evolved a way that allows them to relax their muscles when sleeping and still be in an elevated location without falling down. Other animals have developed slightly different ways of achieving the same."
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"Your face is swollen when you wake up from sleeping? You might want to stop sleeping hanging upside down, mate."
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how does dyslexia work? are you dyslexic in all languages? | [
"Dyslexia isn't just about words and reading/writing. It's about how the brain uses working memory, for example dyslexic people may have issues organizing things and remembering certain details. I am dyslexic and I can read fine but have trouble forming sentences when writing / trying to explain something out loud.... | [
"A child with autism may not be making eye contact, playing with toys appropriatley (spinning a car instead of making vroom vroom sounds), may not be developing language skills or showing interest in communicating. Temple grandin is an excellent source to learn about autism, she is a fascinating lady. Also, not all... | eli5_question_answer | {
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what is the noise you hear when squeezing your eyes closed as tight as you can? | [
"You are contracting your [tensor tympani muscle](_URL_0_)! Some people can do it voluntarily, and it makes a drumming or rumbling sound in your ears, because the muscle makes your ear drum vibrate, just as if you were hearing a noise. I used to be so confused as a kid as to why nobody else seemed to have any idea ... | [
"I'm not a scientist But I think it's because your throat and ears are connected to your sinuses, or are part of them, or something. Point is, they're connected. I'd assume the crackling is just air leaving your ears, like when you're in an airtight room and closing one door makes the other open slightly. Again, ta... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is a database package, and how does it work? | [
"Are you talking about a package in Oracle? If so, it's like a module or a library in a programming language. It's a container for stored procedures, cursors, types, and stuff like that. In the same way that you might package up related functions into a module or library in a regular programming language you would ... | [
"You do. Depending on your skills and your requirements you will pick a different environment you want to run it in."
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How is electricity generated? Is there any difference between solar and coal? | [
"Almost all electricity is generated by using heat to boil water, creating steam at high pressure. That steam is used to drive a turbine turning a generator. Coal, gas or oil fired and nuclear power stations do that. Each has problems to do with using up non-renewable resources and creating waste products. Solar po... | [
"Non-electric cars run on some form of fossil fuel that is extremely polluting. When you use electricity instead you have more options for producing the energy fueling the cars. So it becomes possible to use less polluting energy sources like solar power, wind power or even nuclear energy. Edited to be more clear"
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Why does the faucet/ faucet handle leak when you turn on the hot water? | [
"It shouldn't? You should probably fix that. /r/HomeImprovement"
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"Because the water that would normally go into the bowl from the tank/reservoir has nowhere to go. Same thing that would happen if you clogged your kitchen sink and turned on the faucet."
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How can Amazon get you basically anything you want within 48hrs? Are their warehouses just filled to the bring with everything? | [
"They have lots of warehouses across the country (dozens around the biggest cities, each the size of multiple football fields), stock them based on order history or various areas (seasonal things are obvious, but even subtle variations like brand preferences or items ordered together, whether seemingly at all relat... | [
"Think of all the cheap plastic crap we buy from China. Now imagine if everyone could print that at home instead of shipping it halfway around the world."
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A DNA test says a man's DNA is 96.9% English/Irish but neither of his parents are 100% English/Irish....how is this possible? | [
"These DNA tests test for ethnicity not nationality, although the former is a fairly accurate indicator of the latter, it doesn’t allow you to be 100% certain of their nationality. Edit: made a mistake - DNA traces ethnicity in the context of ancestry"
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"The problem is that you're mixing politics and science. The very word \"race\" has become so politicized that it is of diminished value _as_ a word. Biologically speaking, everyone has two parents that contributed to their genome. Each of those parents has two parents of their own, and so forth. For most of human... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do different types of liquor affect the same person's mood in different ways? | [
"The active drug in all liquors is the same - ethanol. Everything else is either water or entirely inactive trace chemicals, so all liquors have exactly the same effect. I suppose a mixed drink or a liqueur could have sugar in it, which might act as a mild upper leading to more \"wild\" behavior, but sugar is a wea... | [
"Affect is a verb. Alcohol affects the brain. Effect is a noun. You study the effect of alcohol on the brain."
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Can listening to noise cancelling headphones damage your hearing? | [
"just the opposite, if you keep turning up the volumn to hear what you want, you are harming your hearing. Active noise canceling sends out waves that are shaped like the incoming waves just shifted so they cancel each other out. So, when it gets to your ear, it has no enegry left to move anything. Think of it this... | [
"It is a symptom called tinnitus. It is a 'ringing in the ears' that happens when you experience loud noises. The little hairs that sense sounds in your ear get damaged. When you get tinnitus after a night out, you have done damage to your hearing. Most of that damage will probably heal, but if you keep doing it, y... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How bad is it exactly when cancer metastasises to bones? | [
"It's generally pretty bad, but the bad part is specifically that the cancer has metastasized. Cancer that is local and has not spread to other parts of the body tends to be not as bad, though it depends on the cancer. Once it has spread to a new location, that means it will likely be more difficult to put into rem... | [
"It means whatever your body is fighting isn't in your stomach, it's in your intestines."
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Why does hot water soften things and cold does not? | [
"The temperature of the water is a measure of how much energy it has. & #x200B; As far as water eroding things, think of cold water as sandpaper. Hot water is vibrating sandpaper."
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"Salt doesn't make water boil faster, it increases the boiling temperature, making it take MORE time to boil. It also does the opposite to ice, decreasing the freezing point, making it colder. Add salt to water to cook food faster, not to get it to a boil faster."
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When Paraplegic and Quadriplegic people go through rehabilitation to regain function, how does the rehab work to reverse the damage | [
"The body is able to repair and rebuild some nerve damage from regular use. If a nerve cell dies it does get replaced by nearby cells. This may include changing neural pathways far away from the damage. So it can be possible to repair some of the major damage over time. But if you do not have the ability to use a m... | [
"There is a career field known as occupational therapy. These guys teach people with disabilities how to get through life with their disabilities. So in your case, the double arm amputee will work with the occupational therapist and a physical therapist or two in order to learn new ways to do things. At first, a p... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does laughing become uncontrollable, especially when it’s continuous? | [
"It's pure social psychology. Laughing is good for the brain and body; it gives you pleasure and bonding chemicals, reduces stress, and lightens your mood, giving you an extra oomph to continue fighting against the cruel natural world. In groups of people, especially before spoken languages existed, laughing was/is... | [
"The laughter from being tickled is not because of happiness or amusement. It is a reflex response to a sensory overload and if it expressed itself as crying or shrieking in pain we wouldn't think it was harmless fun. We associate laughter with fun and happiness so we think tickling is \"nice\" even though experien... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are bank transfers in the US not instant, while in other countries they are? | [
"Short Answer: Banks would have to agree on a universal system and we would have to pay to have it done. Many financial institutions would lose out on service fees they can currently collect by providing work around solutions. So, while it would be better for consumers most don't realize it's a problem and aren't m... | [
"I wouldn't call it a bad system, just an outdated one. ACH is the system that US banks use to transfer money to each other. The system is run by the Federal Reserve Bank. When you request to send funds to an account at another bank, your bank sends the cash to the Fed, and the Fed then sends the funds to the recei... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does it feel good when we clean our ears with Q-tips? | [
"Same reason why it feels good to have a foreign object run through your hair, down your back, on your neck etc. We're social creatures so being \"groomed\" is an activity that is favored through evolution, so it's enjoyable. In this case you're just tricking yourself by using a Q-tip instead of your finger nail. I... | [
"Do you also cough when eating popsicles and frankfurters/hot dogs? If so, it might be your technique."
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what does the bag that doesn’t inflate on airplane oxygen masks actually do? | [
"The tube releases oxygen whether you are breathing or not. The bag is to collect some oxygen if you aren't currently inhaling, rather than simply going to waste spilling out around your face. Since you'll probably be breathing rather rapidly (out of terror or what not) it isn't likely to collect enough to inflate... | [
"If you encase your cellphone in a ziploc will you still be able to hear it ring inside? Waterproof does not mean soundproof."
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Why do Vans & SUV’s only have the windshield wiper in the back? How come cars don’t have it as well? | [
"It's all about wind. On a vehicle with a flat back, there's not enough downward force on the airflow to keep the window clear enough so as to protect the visibility. So in order to account for that, they put windshield wipers on those with flatter back windows."
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"If the wiper arc was the other way then the driver's side would have the large unwiped section of the windshield that the passenger side has. In right hand drive countries, it's the opposite way."
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How can the weather forcast be wildly different depending on which provider you check it with? | [
"Because it depends on the available data and how they interpret it. Someone who had access to most/all weather stations can give a more accurate prediction than someone with a few. And if most provides only have few stations (compared to the total or in certain areas) and they don't really share their data and the... | [
"The farmers almanac records the weather of each day every year. So lets just use the past ten years for example. So if on may 1st it rained 8/10 years they will assume its going to rain 80% of the time on may 1st. Now the almanac has been keeping records for a very long time so they can actually make pretty decent... | eli5_question_answer | {
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how come older video games have fewer glitches | [
"Part of it was that older video games were simpler, and thus had less opportunity for glitches to arise. Part of it was that older video games were a lot stricter on finding glitches, since you couldn't just fix it later with a patch. Once the game was released, that was it. It was done. While modern games still t... | [
"Games that are made for consoles are \"dumbed\" down versions. That is why we constantly having wars over bad ports from console to PC where newly released game have poor graphics, controller problems and such."
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Hypnosis; does it work, and if so, how? | [
"I'm no expert, but from what I've experienced, it's a lot of placebo and participation. It's not like \"You will do as I say\" like in the movies, more so you have to consent to it mentally. It \"works\", but don't expect to become a zombie walking blank eyed slave."
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"It is a placebo. This doesn't necessarily mean that it can't work. Placebos do work. But they don't work well enough, so that's why they are called \"placebos\". If it makes you feel happy, go ahead. It's your money."
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if rain is caused by the evaporation of bodies of water, why isn’t it raining all the time because of the oceans? | [
"It is raining all the time, just in different parts of the world and not the whole thing all at once."
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"Clouds are just water vapor. It's just fog that's high up in the sky. So the answers to all your questions are the same as the answer to \"what would happen if you poured water outdoors while it was foggy?\""
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How does the Linux kernel work? | [
"Can you explain where this question is coming from? Kernels are very complex pieces of software, full of various tradeoffs, ideas and decisions. I don't know what aspects or parts of these decisions you want explained, or if you maybe want to understand historical reasons for those decisions, or comparison to othe... | [
"Could you clarify your question? What do you mean by work?"
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Why does weed trigger panic attacks in certain people? | [
"It affects brain chemistry. Some peoples brain react to chemicals differently than others. This is like asking why only some people suffer the 10 million side affects listed after drug commercials."
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"Alcohol is a depressant . It would make things worse. I have seen cannabis cause paranoia In a depressed person. Not sure if paranoia is a common side effect in depressed people."
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Why old people sound old | [
"Just like everything else in your body, your voice box changes as you age. Your voice box is made out of cartilage, just like the rest of your joints. Age, wear and tear can cause the cartilage to thin, weaken, or be less flexible. If this happens the device that makes the sound changes shape and its ability to vi... | [
"Why do British people say mate or git?"
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Why is it "Non-governmental organization" (NGO) instead of just saying "organization"? | [
"NGO's are referred to as such because they are non-government organizations that perform jobs typical of government organizations like humanitarian, educational, health care, and public policy services."
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"What I learned in school (Public Relations) is that a \"non-profit\" does something that raises resources for a cause. A \"not-for-profit\" has goals other than profit driving it. EDIT: Examples - a \"non-profit\" raises money for cancer research. A \"not-for-profit\" would be a Canadian hospital"
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How do thermal cameras work and how can they determine temperature from a distance? | [
"Objects above absolute zero emit infrared radiation. That's electromagnetic radiation, just like visible light, except your eyes don't have sensors that can detect it. The camera does. So when the 'invisible light' hits the camera, it is designed to display them in colors we can make sense of, varied by intensity.... | [
"The laser is just to help aim. The thermometer measures heat by how bright the object glows. When something gets hot it glows, depending on the glow color one can calculate the temperature. The sensor in the thermometer can register colors not visible to the human eye."
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How are beehives made? | [
"Are you asking about the honeycomb, the thing with the honey in it made from beeswax? That's bee fat that the workers extrude and use as a building material."
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"Reason # 1 : Food spoils more quickly in hot climates. Spices are preservatives. Reason #2 : Not many edible and spicy plants in colder climates."
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what caused the electricity crisis in California in 2000/2001, and have other states or countries tried the same that California did? | [
"Enron artificially caused the electricity crisis by doing “maintenance” on plants causing them to shut down. They were really just driving up the price of electricity by creating artificial demand. “The smartest guys in the room” is a good movie to watch"
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"Money. It will decrease the net profit of many companies due to new regulations, and federal funding dollars will go to environmental causes and cut from others. The people complaining the most are the ones most affected."
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Why can low budget media sites detect and require you to turn off adblockers, but YouTube cannot? | [
"They easily could, but it isn't a war they want to start right now. The tiny gains aren't worth the PR shitstorm and cat and mouse games that would follow."
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"Relatively few people use AdBlock, and the tech savvy crowd that uses it is relatively unlikely to click on ads anyways. If more people started using it, you can bet that ad based companies would try to take them down. Also, big companies don't need to take them down at all. Google banned AdBlock Plus from their G... | eli5_question_answer | {
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the difference between poetic justice and irony | [
"Poetic justice: A man kicks a dog. He is later eaten alive by wolves. Irony: A man kicks a dog. Later, a dog saves his life."
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"And do the notes impact the meanings of the words? Also, is there amazing potential for puns and double entendre, or what?"
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How can eyesight degrade over time, and how does wearing glasses supposedly slow this degradation? | [
"Eyeglasses or contacts don't slow worsening vision, they only correct for it so you can see clearly. Likewise, they. don't make your eyesight worse. Your eyes aren't \"not relaxed\" when you wear glasses or contacts. Intuitively, this should make sense because the eyes of people with perfect vision who don't need ... | [
"It can cause short-term eye strain, but as long as you aren't deficient in any vitamins or other nutrients that keep your vision at it's best, you won't have any long-term vision problems."
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Why do strobe lights make a whine noise when charging? | [
"The flash operates at a very high voltage. Alas, it isn't powered by 200V batteries, as those are dangerous. To get the 200-300V needed from 3-6V worth of batteries, they use a transformer and an oscillator. That oscillator uses variable frequency, and the transformer has a tendency to vibrate just far enough that... | [
"You're causing your eyes to vibrate, which leads to the illusion that the LED display is actually vibrating."
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How does Google Maps know where the driver is facing know when traffic is heavy? | [
"Where the driver is facing: smartphones have a built-in compass so it can tell your direction. When traffic is heavy: if enough people are using Google maps with their GPS on, google can use that to show how many vehicles are in an area and how long it takes for them to get through certain intersections or areas o... | [
"Because there are more cars in the area during that time and it isn't safe to turn until the light is green. At night when fewer people are driving you can turn safely"
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How is money made via investing & stock trading? | [
"In its simple form that's basically all there is to it. There's a lot more complexity to the whole thing though. Some companies' stocks provide dividends that pay out periodically (so you get interest on money just by buying their stock, and usually that interest is a lot better than what you'd get in a savings ac... | [
"Two main ways: - They charge you fees and interest to do your banking and loan you money - They invest their own money, as well as their clients' money, in everything from stocks and bonds to foreign currencies and venture capital."
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how do governments create jobs. | [
"They can employee people directly, they can encourage businesses to hire more people, and they can make it easy for you to be self-employed. There might be one or two ways I'm missing but I'm pretty sure that covers it."
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"Anti-trust laws deal with the domination of a sector by a specific industry. If you don't want to pay for the book, you're free to take the course from another professor or another college. Anti-trust laws really have no bearing."
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If drinking alcohol makes our bodies dehydrated, why does it also makes us need to urinate more often? | [
"Alcohol decreases the body's production of anti-diuretic hormone, which is used by the body to reabsorb water. With less anti-diuretic hormone available, your body loses more fluid than normal through increased urination. [source](_URL_0_)"
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"One word: Dehydration. Your body uses up all of your water to flush the alcohol from your system. Additionally, when heavily intoxicated people tend to be more accident prone, which may contribute to soreness."
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What is happening in venezuela that everyone is freaking out? | [
"Large crowds protesting against President Maduro. There is so much noise that people are hoping it might be enough to drive him from office and the let the opposition in."
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"i have no clue what's happening, all i'm hearing is a lotta angry people and bad press. Hoping there's 2 sides to every story. Also who's australia in debt to anyways?"
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- What does it mean to "press charges"? | [
"In US criminal law (and most other western systems), the decision whether to charge is almost always within the sole discretion of the police or prosecutor. The victim can say no and the prosecutor can charge anyway. The victim can say yes and the prosecutor can decline charges over the victim’s objection. All of... | [
"It's not enough to \"know\", you need actual proof."
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How Gorbachev came to the conclusion that the Soviet Union needed to be dissolved. | [
"Your premise is incorrect. Gorbachev did *not* want to dissolve the USSR. He simple recognized that it was de facto dead already. Soviet republics were declaring independence left and right, and rebellions and uprisings were springing up faster than they could be put down. Moscow had lost all authority and control... | [
"Follow up question. Boris Yeltsin was a famous alcoholic. Did this change how seriously he was taken in the days directly after the fall of the USSR?"
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The rules of Dungeons and Dragons. | [
"There's way too many to ELI5 to be honest. Do you think you could narrow down parts that you need explained?"
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"The things that are touching get tangled. ELI25 Version: Pursue a Ph.D. in Material Science...we still don't have all of the answers."
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How does a thermal camera know what's hot from a distance? | [
"Every body that has a temperature radiates light. For our usual temperatures, most of that light is infrared. A thermal camera is able to see that infrared light, and simply converts it into visible light so that you can see it too."
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"Water conducts much better, carrying heat away from your body. That's largely how your brain decides how warm or cold something is."
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Dreamtime (Aboriginal Mythos) | [
"Think of it like Genesis (the book of the Bible, not the band) but for a much, much older civilisation. Check out these stories but also the rest of the site. _URL_0_"
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"Sleep - Shake Unconscious - Splash Coma - Wait and Hope Vegetative State - Wait and Bury"
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; Why does saliva give grip? | [
"If we went down to a micro-scale, we would see that the vast majority of surfaces we consider to be \"smooth\" (like paper) are not smooth at all, but rather have many bumps and ridges (it would be like looking at a gravel driveway). Due to this, our hands, which have ridges as well (especially finger prints), fai... | [
"I believe its for better grip when underwater. Bumpier skin makes for more friction and the ability to hold things increases. & #x200B; \"Wetness makes it hard to hold things, bumpy fingers makes it easier\" - ELI5"
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The situation in Venezuela. | [
"Venezuela in the last 15 years took steps towards the socialism, threatening the investors and businessman, finaly driving them out of Venezuela. Nobody wants to invest and enterpreneur there because the socialist government imposes prices and wants to control their business in their place, setting prices and anot... | [
"Because curfew happens when State of emergency declared."
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Whats AC and DC and what is the difference between them? | [
"DC is the power provided by batteries and some rare types of generators. AC is the power produced by most generators. DC provides a constant even \"push\" of electricity which makes it great for analog and digital electronics and precision control of servos. AC, on the other hand is essentially vibrating electri... | [
"Volts: how badly electricity want to go from here to there. Current: How much electricity actually goes from here to there."
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How does winrate and usage calculate in games | [
"store data for each match and then calculate winrate and usage based on that. basic statistics. You can get usage of a hero if you divide times-used-hero / total number of matches * 100 and you get percentage"
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"The missing percentage would be in case of a tied hand. Where they have the same overall level of hand and split the pot equally."
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Why do people have the strength of the hand grip proportionate to their body weight/fat, even though they have never worked out. | [
"Because they’re lugging around all this fat, 24/7. It’s like carrying a heavy weight around everywhere. After people go through surgery and shed a majority of the fat, their legs are *ripped*. They’ve been working out every waking minute they have, albeit in an extremely unhealthy way. First time poster so not sur... | [
"1stly, A human can lift and pull many times their own weight. You just need to train yourself daily to do so to develop those muscles. 2nd, Humans have reduced muscular strength when compared to primates as a consequence for having greater muscle control Finally, the mass of a creature and its strength do not scal... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does the body randomly jolt? | [
"Hi there ! These sound like hypnagogic jerks , a type of myoclonus. Myoclonus is a muscle reflex , which has lots of causes , but is most usually an involuntary benign spasm due to overexcitability of the areas of the brain that control movement or the ‘startle’ reflex (although nobody is really sure what exactly ... | [
"Why does a post about the need to urinate make me have to pee?"
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When milk changes temperatures, it gets a layer on top of it. Why is that? | [
"When you heat milk, the fat slowly rises to the top. Same as when you pour oil into water; the fat floats. If you get milk to a heavy simmer for a while, the milk will continue to curdle and separate out the fatty bits (curd) from the liquid (whey). To agitate this process, add an acid like lemon juice or vinegar ... | [
"Milk doesn't really turn into butter just because you heat it up. To make butter you have to separate the butterfat from the buttermilk. Traditionally, people did this by churning milk to agitate the fat particles out of solution. The fat that would rise to the top and join together would be turned into butter and... | eli5_question_answer | {
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If universe is expanding, what does it expanding into? | [
"More universe. The idea that the universe is expanding is a tiny bit of the misnomer. The *known* universe appears to be expanding outwards. We're not sure why or how, just that from the data we have, that is what appears to be happening. The known universe is simply all of the stars, planets, galaxies, etc; that ... | [
"Write down everything you think causes gravity. add it all up. See how much gravity there actually is. Whatever is left is caused by dark matter. It is called matter because we think of matter as causing gravity and it is called dark because we have not seen (directly detected) it. Write down everything you think ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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The reaction between tea leaves and hot water. | [
"It's not a chemical reaction, substances within the leaf will seep into the water because water is a decent solvent."
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"The dye is an orange powder that turns green when in water. (The Chicago thing, anyway)"
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the difference between a computer's BIOS and Hardware Abstraction Layer. | [
"The BIOS operates at a level below the operating system. When you turn on the computer, there's no OS loaded, so the PC needs to load the OS from disk. But in theory it can't do that, because, until the OS has loaded, the computer doesn't know how to read from the disk. Catch 22! So the PC loads the code from the ... | [
"So, ACPI and UEFI are two separate things, so we'll handle them separately. * ACPI (*Advanced Configuration and Power Interface*) provides an open standard whereby the operating system and hardware components can talk to each other; ACPI advertises the hardware and its functions to the operating system, which can ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do 2D animators keep characters and elements consistent? | [
"If you practice drawing the same thing over and over, eventually you will get better and better at consistency. Just because it's a skill you have not yet mastered doesn't mean it's not a master-able skill— it's just something you have to put more practice into. There are many methods that can help get you closer,... | [
"Animations are done by a team of artists that draw different cells in the animation, not by one person that draws the entire thing. To make sure everyone is on the same page, they will sometimes use the different hues/colors as a way of recognizing what is moving and to make sure that everyone is working on the sa... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How the engines in twin-engine cars work together? | [
"I mean, they would only theoretically need to share a crankshaft. The crankshaft is basically what the pistons \"push\" against to rotate the flywheel that connects to the transmission. A V8 engine is sometimes thought of as simply 2 inline 4 cylinder engines sharing a crankshaft. Volkswagen once designed a W16 En... | [
"There are thousands of types of cancer each with different causes and different treatment mechanisms What causes tumors in the lungs and tumors in the liver and tumors in the skin are all very different and treatments for them are wildly different Yes, all cancer is tumors so they have that in common, but saying o... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does freezing eggs and sperm work? | [
"one reason is that they're small and thus can be frozen quickly. when something takes a long time to freeze, the resulting ice crystals grow large and will damage cells. by freezing them quickly and under certain conditions, the crystals are small and the reproductive cells can survive it. this process cannot be d... | [
"It's monumentally more difficult to prevent sperm production than it is to prevent egg implantation. Also, you know, condoms."
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Why is Voter ID viewed as racist in the US? | [
"Because so far, each time anyone has tried to implement rules of said kind, it has always been done in a way that disproportionately (and sometimes, plain purposefully) affects minorities. If the people arguing for voter IDs would also be arguing for easy to obtain, cheap (or even free governement-supplied) ID, th... | [
"There is no such thing as guilt by association in the USA."
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How do Handwarmers work? | [
"Just looked it up on Google, and it's basically rusting. The packs contain iron, activated carbon, and water. When you open the pack and shake it, you introduce air that starts the process, which generates heat."
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"* Dehydration from low fluid intake * Slow blink rate, causing dry eyes * Poor body posture * Hey. Hey. Hey Listen. Hey. Look. Hey. Hey. Hey. Look. Hey. Listen. Listen. Hey."
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How exactly does water get "stale" and why does this process occur only at room temperature? | [
"It doesn't only occur at room temperature, it's a pretty wide range of temperatures. It boils down to micro-organism growth. The colder it gets, the slower micro-organisms are to reproduce - this is, in part, why freezing food extends its longevity among other reasons. The hotter it gets, the faster micro-organism... | [
"If the taste depends on gas such as CO2 dissolved in it, that will come out of solution on freezing."
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Why do computers, phones, laptops etc. get slower as they get older? | [
"Mostly it has to do with how much software you have installed on your device. The more stuff you have running the more computing power each application takes. When you first open your phone it has very few things running in the background. But, after you install Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, etc. those p... | [
"This is assuming that your PC is properly maintained and cooled. Leaving it on at all times will wear out some parts faster, but in most PC's it's not fast enough to really matter. You'll probably end up upgrading parts or buying a new PC before it really matters. Some people leave their computers on all the time ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do metal detectors work? | [
"Metal detectors work by creating a magnetic field. When a piece of metal enters this magnetic field the equipment is built to sense the loss of energy that is flowing into this piece of metal, even really small."
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What is the 5 second version of what Roger Stone is accused of doing? How does it have anything to do with potential Russian interference? | [
"There was a group that has been traced back to Russian intelligence that hacked the Democratic National Committee. Roger Stone was either in contact with this group or knew something about their activities. When the special counsel tried to investigate Stone's connections to this group he lied and obstructed the i... | [
"How do you think he is going to pardon himself for a crime without telling anyone what it is? In any case, you can't pardon yourself."
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Why our immune system can't develope cancer/AIDS antibodies? | [
"Well, we do. In fact, when you get an HIV test what they're looking for are antibodies against HIV. It's just that they're not effective enough to actually stop the spread of the disease. Part of the problem is that HIV is actually attacking your immune system directly and that makes it hard for your body to fight... | [
"> Can't our body's immune system just deal with antibiotic-resistant bacteria by also making us immune to them? Yes we can, to some degree. And that's what vaccines are for. Stuff like tuberculosis, tetanus, and whooping cough are all caused by bacteria and vaccines make our body produce antibodies to fight off th... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it illegal to record in some stores in the US? | [
"As far as I know it's not illegal at all. However it is illegal not to leave private property when asked to. So if it's \"against policy\" and you are asked to leave, it's not the recording that can get you into trouble but the trespassing."
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"It's illegal in a huge number of jurisdictions already. Where do you live?"
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Why are most chess champions young? Or if not why does it seem that way | [
"This is simply not true. The [World Chess Federation's FIDE top 100 list](_URL_0_) of the best players is mostly older folks. Parham Maghsoodloo (#66) is the highest rated player born since 2000. The top player Magnus Carlsen was born in 1990 and Viswanathan Anand (#8) was born in 1969."
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"A few comments are mentioning that it's more valued among young girls. That's true, but there's another factor. Young girls have more developed fine motor skills than boys of the same age."
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Why are sketches drawn in court rooms instead of pictures? | [
"A lot of court rooms does not allow photos or video as it can be intimidating. Some court rooms does allow photos before the court proceedings which can be used instead of the sketches."
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"Quality of materials, (paints, brushes, canvas) time, painting detailed pictures requires a lot of time and you have to be able to afford to spend that much time on a single painting, lack of photographs as reference, until Vermeer, who may have used a kind of pinhole camera to create their pictures still images o... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How can the US government be almost $22 Trillion in debt when there's only about $2 Trillion in circulation? | [
"Those two numbers aren't directly connected. I'm not sure where you're getting a number of $2 trillion in circulation but it doesn't count money that has been lent to the US government. For example, you have an extra $100 that you don't need right now and you want to invest it. You buy a US Treasury Bond with that... | [
"You're only bankrupt if you can't make payments on your debts. Fortunately, $15 trillion in debt isn't that bad when your GDP is $15 trillion. Hell, I owe $100,000 on my house, and I only make $75,000. Does that mean I'm bankrupt, according to your logic?"
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How eating fibre reduces the risk of anal fissures? | [
"fiber changes the structure of your poo. It makes if flow through you easier. it makes wiping easier. With enough fiber you really don't even need to wipe. Poo is very toxic, so you don't want that stuff hanging out on your skin any longer then it needs to. Fiber helps with all that."
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"> Consequences are most of the diseases and conditions associated with a Western diet, which include gastrointestinal disorders, obesity, diabetes, heart disease, depression, autism, infertility, cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. That seems sketchy, just reading the abstract..."
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How do AC Generators switch their Voltage so quickly? | [
"An AC generator produces electricity from a rotating input. The speed of this input is what determines the frequency of the electricity. The generator is designed so that the current direction switches a number of times each time it spins around. As the axle rotates it rotates a magnet which will then change polar... | [
"AC stands for alternating current. The flow goes one way, then the other way, really fast. The device is receiving alternating no matter which way you plug it in."
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In difderent languages, what influences the way every number is called or pronounced as ? | [
"French is the absolute WORST about this. They don't have a word for a lot of numbers. Example: 80 is said as two forties. 70 is seven tens. 90 is the worst, it's four twenty ten. It got so confusing that Switzerland (IIRC) invented their own version of the French number system."
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"They come from different languages. Because english has copied from so many languages, we have a lot of different prefixes"
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What is MLM and why is it bad? | [
"Multi-level marketing is a business structured around having salespeople not only sell products but also recruiting others to sell products on their behalf. The reason it's bad is that MLM schemes tend to primarily sell 'in network'. That is, the only realistic way to make money is to recruit other people to whom ... | [
"\"Shop with us it's more expensive than our competition! \" Are you interested?"
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It is regularly stated that it costs more to execute a criminal than it costs to keep them in jail for life. How is that so? | [
"It's mostly because of the length of trials and appeals. In most cases someone sentenced to death gets an immediate appeal. Also, prosecutors have to do more work to justify a death sentence. All of this extra work and the extra trials are costs to the state and can add up to be more than just putting someone in j... | [
"People are innocent until proven guilty. A long time can pass between arrest and trial date, it is kind of unfair to keep people locked up for all that time."
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Why is the moon visible during all the day if the earth is rotating while it travels around the sun? | [
"The Moon takes a bit under a month to orbit around the Earth. *Because* the Earth is rotating, therefore, each day the Moon is brought into view at a particular point on the surface, and then moved out of view. Because the Moon itself is also moving, each day the Moon will be slightly further along in the sky th... | [
"No. The dark side of the moon refers to the side that never faces the Earth. The moon revolves around the Earth at almost exactly the same rate as it rotates around it's axis, so the same side of the moon faces the Earth always. The other side gets as much light from the sun as the near side, it's just that we can... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it that when you cut yourself, even if you don't touch a blood vessel, you bleed? | [
"There are millions and millions of blood vessels all throughout your body. Some are so tiny that blood cells have to travel through them single file. Every cell in your body needs blood flow to live, except for dead cells like your hair and the very top layer of your skin. Even if you can't see a vein, there's sti... | [
"Probably wound fluid. It is something that can be released before blood, but has a pretty distinctive smell. It also tastes like blood, which is why you can taste blood in your mouth even if you're not actually bleeding."
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Especially on newly worked roads, how do potholes occur? | [
"Water is incompressible (almost.) When large vehicles drive on wet roadway the treads on the tires force the water away from the point of contact. This forces some of the water into small cracks and fissures already present in the asphalt and since water is pretty hard to compress it makes the cracks and fissures ... | [
"Yes. It is the cold because, in the direct sunlight, the road gets pretty warm actually. At night, it gets quite cold. This causes a lot of expansion and contraction, which weakens the road whether it is wet or dry. It is the salt because salt is terribly corrosive, especially to anything metal. Bridges are partic... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are Americans allowed to pay bail to get out of jail? | [
"Its important to note bail is only offered prior to conviction. It's been established that the government can't force you to stay in jail until trial unless you are judged to be a huge risk of fleeing or reoffending. (Ie the courts can't declare you \"guilty\" without being proven guilty) At the same time, the c... | [
"Obvious to whom? The point of a lawyer is to make sure that the government does everything correctly before they take away someone's freedom. So, do you want it to be easy for the government to throw you in jail? Or hard?"
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Why do SCUBA divers use up their air faster the deeper they go? | [
"There are more oxygen molecules in each breath of air that the diver takes at a lower depth but their body can only use so much out of each breath. The primary reason that people feel the need to breathe isn't to get more oxygen into their system, it's to get rid of carbon dioxide. So, the diver can't breathe more... | [
"There's a lot more to diving than just putting on a mask and swimming. For example, if one of the boys gets scared and holds his breath, then ascends, his lungs could rupture quite easily. They need to make sure that the boys can dive safely before they can use that as an escape method."
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Why when the moon is rising on the horizon does it look bigger than when its high in the sky? | [
"There are two explanations for this: 1) there is a slight magnification effect produced by the Earth’s atmosphere. When you look through the atmosphere right at the horizon, the curve of the atmosphere acts like a lens to magnify things. This is also why the sun seems to widen and squash when it’s setting. It’s a ... | [
"The moon cycle is not caused by the Earths shadow. It is caused by the Moons own shadow. If you were standing in the Sun then only half of you would be lit by the Sun and your other half would be in the shadow. It is the exact same thing with the Moon. Half of the Moon is lit by the Sun and the other half is in it... | eli5_question_answer | {
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why does alcohol kill anxiety? | [
"It doesn't kill anxiety, unfortunately. It just increases GABA and dopamine. It has an effect on your central nervous system and helps mute anxiety and panic attacks. But, there is also a rebound effect as GABA levels drop and there is a strong increase in anxiety and the potential for panic attacks."
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"What source says that alcohol is bad for your teeth?"
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