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Why do humans crave a happy ending in movies? | [
"It's not humans. It's mainly Americans. If you watch foreign films, they have realistic endings."
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"Fulfillment. Companionship. Self-actualisation. Escape from loneliness. Sex. There are thousands of reason. And if they end, it's not always in tragedy."
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Is cheaper labor abroad simply a factor of different exchange rates? (assuming similar skill level). If so, won't things eventually balance out and then domestic companies will have an edge because of less product shipping overhead (among product based firms)? | [
"It is not only the exchange rate. If that were the case then things would have balanced out fairly quickly. However there is a difference in the cost of living in different locations. In warmer locations it is possible to grow food all year round which makes food cheaper, and the minimum requirement for a livable ... | [
"Globalization is the idea that the world is significantly more connected than it has been in the past. Communication, as well as transit/shipping, is faster and cheaper than ever and is only getting cheaper. The general economic positive is that things as so cheap to ship companies can save a lot of money by getti... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What do teacher's unions do? | [
"Like any labor union, it is a collection of workers who join together to advocate for themselves, and through collective bargaining with educational administration, negotiate things like salary, benefits, time off, working hours, etc. Unions are often a hot button issue because sometimes the union vs. administrati... | [
"Let me answer that question with another question: what do you think \"lobbying\" is?"
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Why do high schools in the US care so much about sports? Is it like this in other countries? | [
"In the US, sports are seen as a (potential) revenue stream for the school if they can get people attending games, paying for tickets or concessions, bringing in grant money from organizations that do scouting, etc. Often, the sports programs get more attention because the administration believes that money put in ... | [
"I think it is because most countries don't care about it too much. Europe, most of Asia, most of Africa don't play it too much. The major countries who do play are the US, Japan and a couple of South and Central American countries."
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What's going on in Syria? | [
"Know what, it's a cop-out and doesn't really answer the question, but some fantastic context can be found in a [recent Frontline](_URL_0_) called 'Syria behind the lines,' where they managed to embed one journalist with a rebel group on one side of a valley and another with the Syrian army unit on the other side."... | [
"What do you want to know about them exactly?"
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Why do most narcotics affect our eyes in some way? | [
"Pupil dilation is controlled by the sympathetic nervous system. Sympathetic nervous system is beyond our conscious control and works autonomously. For example you cannot consciously control your pupil size. Other functions of the sympathetic nervous system is influencing blood pressure, heart rate and sweating, wh... | [
"Psychoactive chemicals react with receptors in your brain and cause processes which produce pleasure. As a matter of fact, drinking does make you happier."
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How can a mosquito know exactly where to target for more blood? | [
"They have noses that bend and they poke around your skin until they find a vessel. _URL_0_"
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"The role of mosquitoes is to make more mosquitoes, if you want to call it that."
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What's the evolutionary reason why dogs wag their tails? What purpose does it serve? | [
"This is such a fascinating topic!! Dogs wag their tails to communicate! There are hundreds of different wags :). They differ by factors such as angle of wag, frequency, sidediness, and others. I don't have sources on hand. I learned this in a science documentary (Nova maybe?)."
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"Yes. Animals from the same species don't have a language barrier like we do. A dog from Japan wagging its tail to a dog from the UK that is also wagging its tail will understand each other that they're excited and friendly. Animals deal in simple concepts and emotions. I'm sad, I'm excited, I'm happy, I'm nervous,... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does SSDs have a specific number of reads/writes. | [
"The way my boss describes it is like this: When you write to a cell, you're basically shooting it with a shotgun (electrons). This makes it return a different signal when you apply power (to read it). When you erase that cell, you take a giant magnet to rip the bullets out. Unfortunately some of the target comes ... | [
"Literally - Nothing except the controller in most cases. In those Few cases Technologically, the main differences between the two are in : The underlying technology used to construct the NAND, The quality of the Flash memory controller, The computer connector : USB or SATA. And then the primary difference b... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why don't we eat dinner in the morning? | [
"If you worked on a farm in the old days your breakfast would often be as large as supper. Get up and grab a cup of something hot and head for the barn. 60-90 minutes later, after the first chores are done, you come back in and sit down to a big breakfast prior to going back out and doing the mornings work. Another... | [
"If it works, why don't we have tourists from the future visiting us?"
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Why are rabbits associated with sexual things like Playboy? | [
"Rabbits have a reputation of breeding prolifically, which leads to their reputation of having sex very often."
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"Better question: why is there censorship at all? Are we really supposed to be ashamed of the fun bits of life?"
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U.S. healthcare system today. Break it down for me please. E.g. you get hurt badly and you're uninsured, what happens next? | [
"[This post](_URL_0_) is a good explanation of someone's experience with a broken leg."
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"Certified Canadian here. Our taxes pay for hospital care. In the event that you get into an accident, get sick, or you're having a baby, it's all free. To get prescriptions you need private healthcare or to pay out of pocket. Same goes for dental."
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The Black Lotus Card in Magic: The Gathering. | [
"First, it is exceedingly rare. Compared to other cards, few of them were printed, and they were only printed 20 years ago. Second, in terms of gameplay, it is ridiculously powerful in the early stage of the game. It is free to play, and grants you three mana of any color, and this ability can be used as an interru... | [
"Star Wars Episode VII: The Jar Jar Binks Adventures"
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How do weird coincidences happen? Is it just a concept that we invented? | [
"Weird coincidences are a mathematical certainty. Anything that happens to 1 in a million people today will happen to over 7 thousand people today. But to each of them, it will feel like a 1 in a million chance."
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"Humans love to see patterns. Think about constellations, it's just a bunch of stars. Now think about millions of people thinking about why the world is the way it is. In particular, why does the world seem unfair. Given enough time, people find reasons, even if they are not real."
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Why do different people like different genres of music? | [
"It's just preference in the same way somebody prefers one color over others. A combination of nature and nurture are the two main factors that determine preference."
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"Why do some parts of the world call gasoline petrol?"
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Why is the concrete on streets, sidewalks, and bridges different colors? | [
"There are different mixes and grades of concrete. Some have fibres, more/less aggregate, different bonding agents, waterproofing agents. There isn't just one type of concrete. Some even have extra lime to help reduce weathering and add water resistance."
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"Asphalt is soft, and will deform over time, especially if there is lots of heavy traffic. Asphalt is also likely to \"bleed\" and get even softer if it's hot outside. Concrete, on the other hand, will not. So, why not use concrete everywhere? It's expensive, 3-4 times as expensive as asphalt. Also, it's more diffi... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is there a disgusting taste in my mouth after sleep? | [
"Saliva in your mouth keeps bacteria checked. When you're asleep, your salivary glands secrete lesser saliva. Hence the bacteria level rises. Some of these bacteria are responsible for bad breath, bad taste etc."
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"Why do the glands in my neck burn like high hell when I'm holding back tears?"
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How much water do I add to a gallon of whole milk to make it either 2%, 1% or skim milk. Could I do it just by adding water? | [
"No, but if you really wanted to, you could add skim milk to whole milk to make 1 and 2%. Milk is more than just water, and skim milk has less (no) butterfat than whole, 2 or 1%."
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"If you mix chocolate milk with equal parts white milk, the milk will still be brown and referred to as chocolate milk."
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How do flea soaps kill fleas and why aren't they working for my dog? | [
"Flea shampoos are basically watered down insecticides. Check your active ingredients and you'll likely see an insecticide, like Pyrethrin or lemonene. The latter is made of citrus so it's a lot safer. Others use plant oils to disrupt the fleas natural ability to create grease or oil bubbles around them to hold the... | [
"They don't prevent insect bites, they kill the insects. Frontline and Comfortis are essentially \"pet pesticides\". They work poisoning the fleas. The fleas can still bit the cat, but they end up getting poisoned. Fleas are particularly attracted to furry animals because the fur provides shelter and protection for... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does a space ships rockets propel the ship in space if the rocket has no air/substance to thrust against? | [
"A rocket thrust going out the back is pushing against the ship at the front. The energy of the thrust allows for the equal and opposite reaction of the rocket ship itself."
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"Rockets are basically controlled bombs that only explode in one direction. sometimes the materials fail and it explodes in all directions. We cant make plane like rockets, because planes dont work in space. Planes work by creating a pressure difference around wings caused by fast moving air over the wings. As you ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does ice cream make you thirsty? | [
"Ice cream is full of sugar. Your body loves sugar, but the sugar in ice cream looks really complicated to use. So your body sprays it with water, and like magic it becomes much easier to use. Your body is already using most of its water though, so it tells your brain to tell you that you're thirsty, so that you ca... | [
"Do you also cough when eating popsicles and frankfurters/hot dogs? If so, it might be your technique."
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What an investment banker does and how they can make so much money | [
"They do a great number of things. They help companies with Mergers/Acquisitions, Divestitures, Initial Public Offerings, Large-scale investing in all markets (stocks, bonds, Forex), etc. Really, if it has to do with _large_ amounts of money moving back and forth, investment bankers are involved. They make so much ... | [
"Because the companies that buy services from IB firms are willing to pay top-dollar to get the work done right. A few examples of these services are IPOs (offering stock to the public for the first time) and M & As (mergers and acquisitions). It's typically not worth it for the client to have dedicated staff or ex... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What would happen if someone guilty admitted their crime after being found innocent? | [
"Nothing in criminal court. Once you've been found not guilty, you cannot be tried again. That is the principle of double jeopardy. It might open you up to proceedings in another court though. If someone has been found innocent in criminal court, they can still be tried again in civil court (OJ was famously not gui... | [
"Because of a lengthy appeals process. Imagine you're in the wrong place at the wrong time, and you get arrested for murder after having never done anything wrong in the first place (at least not murdering anyone). You get tried and convicted by mistake. You get executed within days. The process is long to make su... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is gasoline in America still so expensive? | [
"Gasoline, expensive in America? You're joking right? In Denmark we're paying 9 USD/Gallon"
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"Cheap oil makes cheap products. Canola is pretty cheap. Olives? Much less so."
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I understand the first level (employer-employee) of direct deposits but how does it work between my bank and my employer? | [
"I'm not 100% sure, but I'm fairly certain it is just a simple banking transfer. Your company runs a \"payroll application\" most likely bought from a vendor like ADP. That application runs through all the information for each employee, pulls out the correct amounts of tax (as specified by your W-2 and the state yo... | [
"The bank transfers your money/stocks/investments to another broker and/or bank. Its a really common thing. It can take a few days sometimes though depending on the transaction and complication of invesments. It's not particularly any more interesting than transferring $1 from a bank to another electronically, it j... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is multiculturalism in the European context and why is it so controversial | [
"Well. For an example in Sweden. More then half of all the benefits the Swedish state pays out to households goes to immigrants/refugees. And the fact we take in a lot of unskilled workers when we hardly have any low skill jobs (and those we have, we already have way to many workers for) So is it really that a surp... | [
"• What has been the history of regulating historic work ? I.e what are the dominating philosophic ideas on history that had come to be the bedrock of modern historic academia? • what challenges does the historic field face in a globalized world with multicountry cooperation between historians working at times wit... | eli5_question_answer | {
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why do I get goosebumps listening to music? | [
"Because you just happened to be listening to music when your \"The Complete Goosebumps Series by R.L. Stine\" arrived at the door."
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"why do we yawn when we read about yawning?"
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Why does Sony or Microsoft not put a SSD in the Playstation or Xbox consoles? | [
"Why would they? Will it generate them more money than they are already making? Especially relevant when you consider the cost of putting an SSD in. Companies act rational to further their objective - making money. If they haven't done something... it's probably because it doesn't move towards that end."
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"Think of an Xbox vs a PlayStation to be like a PC vs a Mac. You can't run Mac software on a PC and you can't run PC software on a Mac. The same problem occurs on an Xbox vs PlayStation. They just don't speak the same \"language\"."
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What is physically going on when a woman dies of exhaustion in childbirth? | [
"Dying of exhaustion isn't a thing, except is some pretty obscure psychological conditions. You can have a heart attack from stress or dehydration. Childbirth in a modern hospital isn't going to include that as a option, you'll be on IV hydration or having a C-section long before that. This cause of death went out ... | [
"You will be unable to run more marathons due to exhaustion long before you actually starve to death."
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Why is no one talking about the indonesian forest fire? So many Species of animals and so many humans are dying? | [
"It's far away, at least from \"most of us\" here on Reddit. Indonesia is across a massive massive ocean or a massive massive continent, and both for some. There's probably not a lot of Indonesian redditors raising the buzz in these parts. But it's also a victim of sorts of the whims of social media. In the same wa... | [
"Well it wasnt That big. What killed most of the dinosaurs where the ashes spreading all over the planet, blacking out a lot of sunlight. Basically a major climate change is what finished them off, except a few of course."
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How they made a Tupac Hologram at Coachella | [
"I can't really ELI5 it, but _URL_0_ and _URL_1_ can send you in the right direction. edit: quote from Wiki - The system works by placing thin metallised film across the front of the stage at angle of 45 degrees towards the audience; recessed below the screen is a bright image supplied by an LED screen or powerful ... | [
"It doesn't mean anything. It's like \"Rama Lama Ding-Dong\" or \"Give Peace a Chance.\" --Homer Simpson"
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Can someone please explain the economic recession that is going on in the US right now like I'm five? | [
"Right now we are in a \"liquidity trap\" which means that no matter what policies the government tries, it is almost impossible for them to increase demand (economic activity). Basically what happened when the banks were bailed out is that they didn't want to use the money the government gave them to give out loan... | [
"How about you explain the question to me like I'm five."
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Can someone write a dumbed down version of the "23 gun laws" that Obama has came up with? | [
"The White House Press Secretary put out an easier-to-read summary document. The Chicago Sun-Times has a copy [here](_URL_0_)"
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"Can you please explain why he doesn't want to cut **defense** spending? Please no left/right leaning answers, just the facts."
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What is the 'Resolving Power' | [
"The detail of what a telescope can see can be thought of as 'how far apart do two sources of light like stars need to be for this telescope to be able to see them as two separate points of light?\" This is called 'resolving' the points of light, and this characteristic of a telescope is it's 'resolving power'. If ... | [
"MR is Memory Recall MC is Memory Clear M+ is Memory add M- is Memory subtract Think of them like the Copy and Paste for the Calculator."
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Why is cow and pig referred to as beef and pork, but the other meats are called by the animal name(chicken, lamb, rabbit, duck, etc...) | [
"It goes back to the Norman invasion in the 11th century. The Norman's spoke a version of French and when they conquered England the resulting aristocracy spoke mainly French for centuries afterward. Consequently the peasants had one word for a lot of things and the aristocracy had another and in many cases both wo... | [
"Chicken is called poultry. _URL_0_ Poultry is part of the beef/pork/mutton etc set of distinctions the Normans brought to England. Typically as a living animal, the Anglo name was used (cow, chicken, pig) and then as used for food, the Norman name is used (beef, poultry, pork.)"
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why are we set up to not eat healthy? | [
"If by \"set up\" you mean biologically it's because some nutrients were much rarer then others and over time we became hardwired to seek those particular nutrients more so over others since obtaining those nutrients required more effort. Now in modern times those nutrients are quite abundant but we still retain th... | [
"When you say nutritional value do you mean, when did we start putting on those labels and knowing what everything is in there or how when did we understand you can't just live off carbs? and things like that?"
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How does frying foods make them unhealthier? | [
"As part of the frying process, the food absorbs a portion, sometimes a large portion, of the oil it is being cooked in. Oil is high in calories and fat, and so tends to make food \"unhealthier\""
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"It depends on what you are talking about regarding frozen food. Fresh vegetables and frozen vegetables have about the same nutritional value as fresh food. The main concern is the way it is processed. For frozen dishes (such as ready-to-eat meals, they are cooked and then have add preservatives to keep the freshne... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How is Macroevolution advantageous to a species? | [
"Macro-evolution (if you wanna use the term) is just the accumulation of all those small changes and adaptations across a long timeline."
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"Evolution is the change. Natural selection is one of the mechanisms by which the change occurs."
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How do our bodies know when we've had enough sleep and wake us up? | [
"It's a combination of your circadian clock and external cues (light). People can sometimes retrain their sleep habits with light therapy. Your circadian clock actually has a day that's a bit \"off\" 24 hours, usually around 25 hours. However, each day it is reset when light hits your eye. There is a condition call... | [
"In basic terms, when you go to sleep, your body sort of shuts down. If you don't sleep an adequate amount, your body has difficulty getting started again after you wake up. If you don't sleep at all, then you don't have the issue of having to get your body going again."
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Do video games give you any real life skills? | [
"Studies have shown that they can possibly help with hand-eye coordination and certain types of problem solving. _URL_0_ _URL_1_ They can also help people become more persistent by presenting players with challenging tasks over time: _URL_2_ So they're potentially somewhat generally beneficial in that they sharpe... | [
"A little of everything. How to learn, what to learn, how to adjust socially, keeping kids out of trouble, catching early warning signs. There are many reasons for school"
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Could rich states legally share funds with poor states (to create shared goals and promote political understanding(beyond federal tax))? | [
"There are federal rules regulating interstate activity, but they are not the obstacle to this sort of thing. State government politicians who advocate this sort of thing will be faced with opponents in the next election claiming they wasted money in state X when there are plenty of good uses for that money here at... | [
"Forming a big \"country\" comparable to the United States would mean the creation of something like the USA's federal government. This means that the individual states would have to give up some power and control over their own rules/people to this government. This is a tough sell. The European Union grants them a... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What happens physiologically, from thought to the action, when I want to bend my finger? | [
"Cells in the premotor cortex begin firing, which plans and coordinates the action that you want to do. Signals are sent to the primary motor cortex to the specific area that controls the finger and activates these neurons. These neurons send axons down the brainstem and spinal cord (in the lateral corticospinal tr... | [
"Its an evolutionary emotional response in the same vein as why we naturally smile. The idea is the your cohorts can see your scrunched brow and your frown, etc, and immediately know you are in pain and take care of you and so on. As for why it lessens the pain: anything that consumes bandwidth to the brain will re... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Actual scientific proven evidence that chicken soup is good for you? | [
"It warms up your body, it's full of protein from meat, vitamins and fiber from veggies, sodium and water. When you're sick, it's often hard to keep food down, but easier to drink. Soup lets you drink the nutrition that you need, get some fluids and sodium into your body that you're losing through sweat, and warms... | [
"What source says that alcohol is bad for your teeth?"
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Why do clothes turn darker when wet? | [
"A wet cloth looks darker because less light is reflected from a wet cloth. _URL_0_ Google is useful"
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"The air is much drier than summer time. Static electricity cannot build up when there is moisture in the air. Therefore, your clothes stick to you more in the winter time. As a related note, this is why your hands feel dry in the winter and why your lips become chapped more often."
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I've noticed that a lot of antidepressants carry warnings that they may actually cause depression. How do these drugs work? | [
"Antidepressants have two functions: to make you more motivated and to actually make you feel less depressed. Unfortunately, the \"less depressed\" part can sometimes take a week or two longer to kick in than the \"more motivated\" part. So that leaves some people still feeling depressed, but more motivated to do s... | [
"Not much. An anti-depressant is more of a brain chemical regulator, putting things in proper order. Taking one doesn't make you happy, it just makes you capable of experiencing a normal range of emotions. Most studies on this indicate that mainly you'd get the various side effects of the medication, and some medic... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are giant monsters in film always shown moving so slowly? | [
"It's all about frame of reference. A real-life giant would look slow to us because of what we're accustomed to. Picture an ant scurrying about. It \"runs\" a distance of 10 inches. How long does it take? 3 or 4 seconds? Now you try and move 10 inches in 3-4 seconds. Seems excruciatingly slow, but you're moving at ... | [
"Not sure anything ever existed as large as Godzilla, but this is basically due to gravity. It's worthy to note that a creature the size of Godzilla would literally be crushed by it's own weight not be able to survive. (possibly in the ocean, not sure) This is the reason it is so deadly for blue whales to be beache... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it socially acceptable to eat donuts for breast, but not, for example, cake or pie? | [
"Coffee cake? Apple strudel is kinda like pie... Danishes are another sweet pastry. Muffins are pretty much cake without icing. . . There are loads of sweets that are considered socially acceptable to eat for breakfast even though they have little nutritional value other than providing you calories."
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"I've heard it's mostly social conditioning and that women in different parts of the world crave different things. Personally I crave fats. They can be in ice cream, chocolate or red meat but that's what I want when I'm on my period."
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How do you build credit, when you have no credit? | [
"Get a credit card, use it here and there, and pay off the balance every month. APR is kind of an all-inclusive interest rate. You want it as low as possible, but it doesn't really matter if you're going to pay off your card every month. Which you're going to do, right? Definitely do not get a card with any sort o... | [
"You won't have a credit score. It's usually worse than having a bad credit score."
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What would happen if the Queen of England just murdered someone in cold blood one day? | [
"Something like this happened in Nepal in 2001 when the Crown Prince shot himself and 9 members of his family including the King and Queen. It eventually resulted in the abolition of the monarchy, although that also had a lot to do with the Nepalese political situation and civil war."
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"The Queen of England literally does not have the power to choose where she is going to spend her day tomorrow, nor with whom. She lives in relative luxury, but she is not 'free' in the same way most people in Britain are. It would be very difficult for her to eat a Kebab, for example, because of how it might be in... | eli5_question_answer | {
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When the US dollar was first created... How was it distributed and how was it's value determined? | [
"The dollar, first of all, was made from Spanish Pesos (P^s) I think, which were also popularised as Piece of Eight, and it was called American dollar in British(?) North America. So the Coinage act of 1792 set the value of one dollar as 10 eagles (Spanish Dollar). The amount of metal would later on describe how mu... | [
"They printed money to pay the people who could depose the leader after the economy was ruined. Everyone knew the money would soon be no good (because the government had to constantly print more to pay them off) so it was quickly worth less and less. They \"recovered\" by adopting the US Dollar rather than their o... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is the white powder that is on chewing gum for? | [
"It's powdered sugar and it is their to make the gum less sticky (so it is easy to unwrap) and more sweet."
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"Are talking about actual gum, like that from a tree or chewing gum? Chewing gum never breaks apart on me. It feels like chewing soft plastic that gets harder over time."
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Why are consoles/phones so limited at launch and sold out for a while after? These are huge companies, it seems they could supply as much as needed. | [
"Almost all consoles come out selling at a loss - meaning, it costs them more to make the console than they actually make back from selling it. Over time, the cost of producing the console's parts goes down (as they're relatively older), so it's more cost-effective for them to wait a little longer to meet the deman... | [
"There is no evidence they have **ACTUALLY** created fake shortages, this story pops up with virtually every console launch (I remember it for the Playstation 2) but the economics behind it don't work. Nintendo would not make more money by having people fight over a limited set of existing devices. You're right, it... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do we know global warming is caused by humans? | [
"There are two different isotopes of carbon. One type comes from things like trees, another comes from things like volcanic eruptions. Ever since the industrial era, the isotope of carbon that comes from things like volcanic eruptions, carbon 13, has been off the charts ever since that era due to burning of fossil ... | [
"higher CO2 will lead to increased temperatures, among other problems. This will lead to may issues including melting of ice caps and ocean levels rising. This is the whole basis behind concerns about climate change, if you're unaware of the current terminology."
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Why is it smarter to eat fruits and veggies than to instead take a multivitamin and fiber supplement? | [
"While we've discovered and studied a number of compounds that are important to our bodies and classified them as \"vitamins\" and estimated how much you should eat, the reality is that our bodies and our diets are much more complex. A vegetable contains thousands of different compounds, and we still don't understa... | [
"It could be a sign you're malnourished. Repeated mouth ulcers and bleeding gums are a sign you need more vitamin C, so either look up vitamin C rich foods (mainly citrus fruits) or take a multivitamin every day."
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Why does McDonalds Coke taste better than regular two liters or cans? | [
"Possibly fresher, meaning the \"bib\"s (bag in box) syrup is changed out very often, and possibly adjusting the syrup mixture in the fountain head (yes I have done this)"
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"Soda made in the U.S. has been made from high fructose corn syrup (HFCS) for decades. Soda made in many other parts of the world continued to be made with cane sugar (and in glass bottles). The difference is in the taste. If you don't believe me, seek out your most Latin neighborhood and find an abnormally tall gl... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does Asia have the lowest obesity rates? | [
"Factory work, and a low fat diet will do that for ya."
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"There is much greater adoption of public transportation in Europe than in the US."
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Why does Caffeine help reduce headache pain? | [
"Adding caffeine to a regular dose of common ingredients found pain relievers (aspirin and acetaminophen) makes them relieve tension-type headache pain about 40% better than they do without caffeine. Caffeine also helps your body absorb these medications, allowing you to get back to your daily life faster. It opens... | [
"Do they both have side effects that include increased heart rate?"
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Why is it considered especially dangerous to pass on the right while driving? | [
"Passing on the right is an unexpected action, and people are less likely to check to their right when changing lanes. The right side of a car also has more visual obstacles to hide your unexpected movement. Being unpredictable causes accidents. That said, if someone's going slow in the left, I'll pass anyway."
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"Because some countries drive on the left side of the road, and others on the right. And you want the driver near the side of the road, and not the center?"
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Why can't people make screenshots vector images? | [
"Vector image are defined in terms of lives and curves. Raster images are defined in terms of pixels. A screen is a a raster image. Capturing it doesn't change that. If you want a vector image, you need to recreate it without having all the original information. And it won't really be any better than just rescaling... | [
"Because the manufacturers don't care if people take vertical videos."
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Do animals fear death? | [
"Most animals *avoid* things that will harm them if they can, but do not appear to have any *conceptual understanding* of death. A notable exception is elephants, who visibly mourn their dead for a long time. Animals vary *hugely* in their intellect. What's true of a chimp won't be true of a tuna or a hamster."
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"Can you not get an erection in space?!"
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If a time traveler from say ancient Egypt, were to come to present time...would his DNA reveal his age/time period? | [
"We might be able to make an educated guess. DNA mutations occur at a consistent rate so if we are able to compare modern humans with ancient humans there would be a different sequence of nucleotides/amino acids...although we would need a larger sample size than a single individual to rule out that one person's mut... | [
"From what I remember hearing from a podcast is that you can take a human from up to 200,000 years ago and they would function just like anyone else, if you keep going back beyond that you start losing brain size and intelligence which depending on who you're comparing them to could probably still fit in today's so... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Hair color genetics. I was born with red hair, after 2 years it turned blonde. Now I'm dark blonde with single strands of red and black. Why? | [
"Genes turn on and off throughout puberty. The gene responsible for producing eumelanin (causes black hair) probably turn on, or the gene responsible for pheomelanin (causes red hair) probably turn off."
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"I've had a few hairs that alternated black & white before going grey. If your hair is short you might not see that."
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We're taught that water evaporates/boils at 100C... So how come water that's left out in room-temperature slowly evaporates? | [
"There is a property of water called the [vapor pressure](_URL_0_). This determines how much water vapor can exist in the air at a given temperature. A room temperature, this is only 3%.but it is not zero. The percentage rises with temperature until it reaches 100% at 100 C. Back to room temperature... water in the... | [
"It's too hot. The melting point of salt is 800 centigrade - 8x the boiling part of water. So, it can be soluble in water because it instantly vaporizes the water it touches. Getting a gas (water at 800c) to mix with a liquid (salt at 800c) just doesn't go well!"
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How did cartographers make maps back in the day? | [
"If you have a way of figuring out latitude and longitude of points where you are (doesn't require a satellite network) you can sail along a coast and take readings every so often. The same thing is true if you just have a way of measuring directions reliably (e.g. if north is 0 degrees and we go counterclockwise 9... | [
"So when and where did playing cards as we know them come into being anyways?"
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No one I know, including myself, clicks on YouTube ads. Most say they skip/close immediately. How does this seemingly flawed system generate so much money if no on ever responds to the ads? | [
"Despite that you quickly click to close them, you still see them. That's what count, that's what the companies pay for. Some companies pay for 15 second ads, some companies pay for 15 second ads with 3 second click away, some companies pay for \"just a small banner\"."
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"No one likes it, but sites driven by the bottom line don't care about what people like. A lot of people don't hit play on videos, they rather just read some headlines or a brief summary. That's not good for ad's. That means people are not staying very long to see the embedded ads. By starting a video automatically... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it when I move my cursor to the right of my screen, it disappears, but to the left it stops at the edge? | [
"The actual position of the cursor is at the end of the point. That position stays on the screen - on the left, that doesn't allow any of the rest of the cursor (which extends to the right) to fall off the screen, but on the right, the actual position of the cursor can be on-screen even when most of the image is no... | [
"Lower right corner, there is your tray, click on the icon that looks like a keyboard, and change the setting to US English, or just US. If you don't have this little icon, look for a little taskbar that can be anywhere on your screen, usually at the top. Change it to US settings. It happens whenever you change yo... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are some capital and lower case letters of the alphabet just different sizes of the same letter, while others are completely different letters? | [
"Uppercase letters are traditional Roman Latin font. Lowercase letters are based on Carolingian minuscule. This is a font developed under Charlemagne as a more efficient, semi-cursive font. The Carolingian minuscule tried to use a form that was as close to the original as it could and still be efficient and distin... | [
"Also, things written in \"sentence case\" are easier to read because there is more variation between letters. With more variation, it's easier to distinguish the letters and thus quickly read them. Many studies show that readers only acknowledge a small part of the word, then fill in from context and experience wh... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do DVD's have a higher data capacity than CD's even though they're physically the same size? | [
"How can [this](_URL_1_) and [this](_URL_0_) have different amounts of information on it if both are just pages? If you can find a way to make smaller 'marks' on a medium and read them again later you can fit more of them in the same space. At some point you can't make your handwriting smaller because otherwise yo... | [
"Blu Ray isn't a type of video. It is a type of data storage system. Blu-Ray just uses lower wavelength (bluer) light in the laser it uses to read the disk when compared to a DVD. This lets the system read smaller spots on the disk. The ability to read smaller spots means that a disk of a given size can have more d... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does squinting help poeple with poorer vision see better? | [
"Squinting causes your focal point or length to change much like changing the iris on a camera. Smaller iris (aperture) = greater depth of field. When you squint you are effectively changing the size of your iris with your eyelids. _URL_0_"
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"Do you have corrected vision? And if not can you focus on other small things near your face without getting a headache?"
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What's the deal with pi? | [
"Pi is the ratio between the circumference of a circle and its diameter."
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"What do you want to know about them exactly?"
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Both parents wear glasses, not me? | [
"Without an age or anything, this really means nothing, Your eyesight is likely to degrade over time, but due to the wonders of genetics, you could have 20/20 vision your entire life. as well"
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"People tell me that this happens to mine as well. Green eyes if I'm wearing green, brown otherwise."
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Why don't the animals of the Chernobyl Disaster zone die of radiation poisoning? | [
"In order to overdose on tylenol, you have to take a large amount in a short period of time. Similarly, \"radiation sickness\" or acute radiation injury requires a large dose of radiation in a short amount of time. The radiation dose rate isn't high enough inside the disaster zone to trigger this effect (with the e... | [
"It doesn't. If it functions properly, and all of the radioactive material explodes, the area could be inhabited as soon as the dust settled. For example, Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. The bombs dropped a little over 60 years ago and today both cities have people living in them. On the other hand, Tchernobyl, w... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are Submarines affected by the intense pressure on them, but spaceships are not affected by the lack there of? | [
"Inside a spaceship is 1 atm, outside is 0. Inside a submarine 1000 feet down is 1 atm, outside is *30* atm. Water pressure is far stronger than the relatively small pressure differential in space."
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"The pressure is \"crushing\" for us because our bodies contain air. We have air in our lungs, air in our eardrums, and air in the submersibles we put in the water. This creates an enormous pressure differential. Sea creatures don't have any air in their bodies, the pressure difference between 20ft in depth and 20,... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Are there modern day artists like Da Vinci or Michaelangelo who are masters in many different art forms? And if not, why? | [
"Yep. There are just so many of them that they don't enjoy the celebrity status that some historical artists did. Plus, access to supplies and information is 1000+ times more common than in the Renaissance or Baroque."
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"You're essentially asking why does Art School have so much emphasis on Leonardo, Donatello, Van Gogh, Andy Warhol Impressionism, etc etc. The reason rock n rollers aren't particularly cared for in the Academic circle is because it's easy. The chord structures, the solos, everything is extremely simple in general t... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Are there any long term studies that back the notion of love as a long term emotion. | [
"Can you be more specific? My mom has loved me for all my life - there is no need to \"prove\" that it exists as a long term emotion..so...i suspect you've looking for something more specific!"
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"The answer you are looking for and the answer the others are ignoring is; yes, there is a psychological element to thirst satiation."
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Are we crushing thousands of microscopic organisms with every step we take? | [
"No. Microscopically, virtually all surfaces are quite rigid, and microscopic organisms or traveling over peaks and valleys."
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"Yes, it teaches you to stay the hell away from mosquitoes, the single deadliest animal on Earth for humans."
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Why can different parts of the human body withstand different amounts of pain? | [
"Some parts are more important and exposed (ie: eyes, hands, feet, groin) and so they need to be protected more, and the easiest way to do that is to make it feel bad when something damages them, so that you avoid that happening. Other parts are already very well protected by bones and muscle (brain, heart, most in... | [
"There's a theory that it happens as a reaction from the removal of heat from the body."
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Mimicry in animals as evolution. How do animals develop the ability to copy intricate patterns on themselves to avoid predation? e.g The Viceroy and the Monarch butterfly | [
"Well, it's not an ability exactly. At some point in the past the species that eventually became the viceroy butterfly produced a member or members that kinda looked like a nearby poisonous species, which would become the Monarch. Because the similar looking ones were less likely to be eaten, more of them survived ... | [
"Bright colors in plants are to attract bees and insects for pollination. Bright colors in animals/insects make them easily spotted by predators, so these bright colored animals/insects die out - except for the very venomous/dangerous ones, i.e poison dart frog or those with low selective pressures, i.e birds where... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do fuzzy blankets feel warmer on my skin than smooth blankets? | [
"Generally you'll be warmer than what you touch so heat transfers from you to the blanket, the lower the rate of heat transfer from you to the blanket, the warmer it'll be perceived. Furry things like furry blankets or carpets have a slow rate of heat transfer from us to them because they are good insulators/poor ... | [
"Because our eyelids are thin. Pull your t-shirt over your head and stare at a light bulb. Now drop a phone book on your face and look at the same light bulb. Phone book thicker than t-shirt, hand thicker than eyelid. If my 5 year old ever asks me this I'll send him back."
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There's something I didn't understand as a kid, and still don't understand. Bits. 8-Bit, 16-bit, 32 and 64 bit... Could someone please explain it to me like I'm 5? | [
"Computers store information as electrical signals, which are either on or off. We represent those signals as 0 for off and 1 for on. Each number is a bit (short for Binary digIT). 8 bits make a byte, and using 8 bits we can store numbers from 0 to 255. The first processor ever made was the Intel 4004, which was a ... | [
"It's a scanner, modem and printer in one. If you understand how each of those three components work, understanding the fax machine is trivial. If there's one of those you *don't* understand, let me know which and I'll go into more details."
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Why are there almost no first world countries in the tropics? Why are so many first world countries found in the mid latitudes? | [
"A lot of it has to do with Europe being the first area to industrialize and dominate the world. They were used to mid latitude environments and so only really attempted extensive settlements in those climates. For the rest of the world they just strip minned, exploited, etc."
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"Much of the northern part of Canada is inhospitable and arctic. It's similar to asking why hardly anyone lives in Greenland. It's because there is no economic reason to live in conditions like that. If you look at a population map of Canada, almost all of the population lives within several hundred miles of the US... | eli5_question_answer | {
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We grow from microscopic to full grown human, but we can't even heal some scars completely. Why? | [
"As an embryo, the body has a type of cell that provides to be a sort of scaffolding that the body uses to grow the body. As we grow older, however, the body restricts these cells so we don't grow random body parts(which would be a hassle). As such, the body, once damaged to the point of scarring, the body doesn't ... | [
"Regrowing limbs is typically found in species that break off their limbs to escape predators. Seeing as how the human race has been the dominant species for a long time, I guess we didn't have to evolve to break off and regrow limbs. ( I might be wrong here)"
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What does having 20/20 vision actually mean? | [
"When something is 20 feet away, it looks like it's 20 feet away. If you have 20/40, things that are 20 feet away look like they're 40 feet away."
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"Because good vision is defined by the average person being able to see clearly 20 feet away. If the average human could see well 30 feet away it would probably be 30/30"
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Why doesn't scar tissue heal? | [
"Your skin is composed of several layers. The very bottom layer (stratum basale) contains the epidermal stem cells which divide and grow to form new skin cells. If you get a shallow cut above this layer, the stem cells are able to patch up the area and your skin will heal without a scar. If the cut is deep and goes... | [
"Your gums do. Have you never had a cut on your gums? It heals eventually. It may take longer for your gums because when you chew you keep injuring it again, but it will heal. Edit: Seems like saliva actually speeds the healing of gums so that gums ultimately heal faster than skin."
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How do I explain the concept of blogging and Tumblr to someone with minimal to zero experience with technology? | [
"A blog is sort of like the opinion page of the newspaper except *everyone* can have one."
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"Along with all the other answers so far, I believe there is a social component. Having a conversation/interaction with another human is more fun and interesting than looking something up on Google. In addition, you might gain access to a perspective that isn't yet on the internet."
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Falsifiable hypotheses | [
"Yes, a falsifiable claim is one for which a person could conceivably prove it wrong. Verifiable is the opposite: something that can be confirmed. If I said that there are no blue-eyed people, that's falsifiable. Find a blue-eyed person. But it's not verifiable. What if you just haven't looked at everyone yet? I c... | [
"Same difference between color and colour. Continent-based spelling differences."
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What's the exact process after you call 9-11 to come? | [
"Do you mean what do they do in a 911 dispatch center to send cops / ambulance / fire to you?"
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"It caused damage on the way down, if you induce vomiting, it'll burn on the way up causing more damage. Always, in the United States, call 1-800-222-1222 to speak with a local poison control center. This hotline number will let you talk to experts in poisoning. They will give you further instructions."
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why if someone is being bullied on school property or if it's between students why is the school's responsibility | [
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The difference between eau de parfum and eau de toilette? | [
"Parfum Grand Extrait is about 40% fragrance. It is for the very wealthy. Eau de Parfum is about 20% fragrance. It is for the upper class. Eau de Toilette is about 10% fragrance. It is for the middle class. Though some lines will use \"parfum\" and \"toilette\" interchangeably, so it's not exactly a rule that one i... | [
"Colognes contain essential oils which are what make them smell nice. These oils are the most expensive part of it. Cheaper sprays contain a very small amount of these oils and more alcohol as a filler. That's why they last a shorter amount of time. More expensive Colognes contain more oils and less alcohol."
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In pics of the moon its is covered in giant crater holes from meteors hitting it, what stops any of these meteors hitting earth and wiping out millions of people??? | [
"Most burn up in the atmosphere. The Earth is bombarded with countless meteors every day. Many do not make it to Earth, some fall as the size of grains of sand."
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"I've always been intrigued by the idea of intelligent life if you think about it there's supposed to be like 6 different cataclysms that has virtually wiped out life on our planet but us being surface dwellers would be the ones that felt the brute force of the cataclysm versus something deep at the bottom of the s... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Calling All Five-year-olds! Submit your favorite questions and responses to be considered for inclusion in The Five-Year-Old's Guide to the Galaxy. | [
"I think [this reply](_URL_0_) was instrumental in getting me to understand the difference in processor architecture. Complex topic. Complex explanation, but layered so it seems simple."
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"Because you just happened to be listening to music when your \"The Complete Goosebumps Series by R.L. Stine\" arrived at the door."
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Are windfarms really that bad for birds? | [
"The estimates vary by source. However, the typical estimate is that a few hundred thousand birds are killed each year. That amount must be compared against any benefits birds gain indirectly from humans using wind power. Whether or not this number of birds killed is as important as the advantages of wind power is... | [
"It has to do with people not liking their beautiful rural views destroyed by the neighbouring farmer deciding to allow what are in my opinion reasonably ugly structures on their land. People love wind power elsewhere, but are not so keen on it being next door. As far as I am aware there is no reputable study backi... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do pets/animals know when humans are sick or in pain? | [
"I am not a veterinarian (and I did not stay at Holiday Inn last night either) but as a layman I'd guess that when we are sick or injured our smell changes for one thing (I know that in cases of diabetes we throw off ketones that have a burnt smell.) But I'd also guess that there is a scientific name for what we'd ... | [
"Crying was a way to signify to those close to you that you were scared, injured, or in need of assistance without alerting predators."
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How do Xenon and other noble gasses bond with other elements? | [
"Fluorine is *extremely* reactive, so it's got a strong enough electronegativity that it basically forcibly \"borrows\" the Xenon's electrons even though Xenon was happy with the electrons it had already and didn't want to give them up *or* gain more. This is because Xenon is the largest of the noble gases (besides... | [
"It means one atom. Some elements, to be stable, will bond with themselves or other elements like nitrogen will bond with itself to form N2 or oxygen will bond with carbon to form CO2. Argon and the noble gasses are unique in that they are already stable and do not need to bind to be stable. They can remain as sing... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why can't you test-drive a house/apartment before purchasing it, the way you do with a car? | [
"Meth labs. I'm serious. A meth dealer will fake up the documentation to use the house for three days, bring in the guy that makes meth, cook it up, and then head for the hills. The house is now unsalable due to the leftovers from making meth. Owners take hundreds of thousands in losses. The same applies to porn sh... | [
"Please search. This gets asked like every half hour. **No one is outlawing Tesla or their sale.** But, most states require that car manufacturers sell their cars through dealerships rather than directly to people. In other words, you can't go to Chevy and buy a car directly from them. You would have to go to a dea... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How are some people ok with hangovers. | [
"Drink water before going to bed!!! Seriously, this is the only hangover preventative you need. I chug at least one glass of water during drinking and one right before bed."
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"Also, why are some people not ticklish at all?"
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Why do far away things appear small? | [
"Draw a line from each rod and cone in your eye, through your lens and out into the world. Your field of view is composed of anything that intercepts those lines. These lines expand outward in a cone shape (because your eye's lens is convex), so objects that are closer are \"hit\" by more of these view-lines than t... | [
"Planes are usually much further away from you than a car usually would be. Things that are further away appear to be move slower."
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Lawyers defending criminals. | [
"Everyone has the right to legal representation. If an accused criminal does not get the proper legal representation during a trial, then they might get acquitted on an appeal. So, lawyers defend criminals so that the criminals can receive their required legal representation, and thus can go to jail without controv... | [
"The number one argument for using juries? Judges."
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Why baby actor's can only work a set amount of time per day, it's not like they can exactly tell the difference between acting and real life. | [
"But there is a difference if your life consists of peace and harmony or if it consists of people shouting about and trying to make a movie all around you with spotlights pointed at your face."
] | [
"Traumatized? Hardly. Maybe a bad sleep for a night or two and some lights left on. Few movies are really that scary. Doesn't matter though given that the set is nothing like what ends up on the screen. Lights and adults everywhere, and in most areas there's a requirement for a parent or other trusted handler for t... | eli5_question_answer | {
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why do I feel itchy after lying down in grass. | [
"The blades have very small bristles that embed in skin and irritate it, next time pluck a blade and run your fingers down the sides of it, you'll notice the friction of the barbs"
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"Why do the glands in my neck burn like high hell when I'm holding back tears?"
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