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Why are cows so sacred in India that they cannot be slaughtered and beef cannot be eaten there | [
"It's part of Hindu culture, not Indian. Muslims eat beef. You don't find cow temples or anything, people do not pray to cows nor are cows given a pimped out life. It is simply considered bad to kill or harm a cow. It has a lot to do with them providing milk. It's similar to how the USA treats bald eagles."
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"Halal means \"permissible\" according to Islamic law. In order to be halal, the animal has to be slaughtered by having its throat slit and hung upside down to drain the drain all the blood. Also, the animal must be fed a \"natural\" diet, mostly that means it can't be fed animal byproducts like bone meal. Finally,... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why can't a battery be charged instantly? | [
"Several reasons. 1. The pipe that fills it would have to be huge. 2. The chemistry of the battery takes time to go from a discharged to charged state (you're literally re-arranging molecules). Along #1, imagine a car battery typically ~50Ah @ 12V. To charge it instantly you need to feed 50Ah worth of current int... | [
"I'm not sure I understand. Why would they not be advertised individually?"
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Why would gas stations right across the street from each other charge drastically different prices? Likewise, why would they charge the same exact price? | [
"Different brands have different pricing they charge to retailers. The major national brands, such as chevron, shell, 76, tend to be the highest mark-up. Discounters and independents are usually cheaper. Finally the biggest factor. The cost of operating a location, one might have a very old lease, or owned the pro... | [
"* 30 cents on a 12 gallon fill up is only $3.60 * people are creatures of habit, and ten to go to the same gas stations * people will pay more to go to a bigger gas station with more pumps and easier access * people often stop to get soda, coffee, or cigarettes, and might prefer their convenience store * Shell and... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do we call 3D functions "vector functions" and call its output "a set of vectors"? | [
"Not really. However you think about it, you've got a function of 3 variables that returns a 3-variable output: [u,v,w] = F(x,y,z) In some applications (for example, mapping), interpreting the output as a set of new points in space is appropriate. But for many applications, it's not. For instance, [u,v,w] could be ... | [
"Vectors in maths are usually represented as a one-dimensional matriax of values- the X component, Y component, Z component, and so on. The vector template in C++ represents a one dimensional array. So the relation is that both are one dimensional collections of values. Aside from that, there's little connection. C... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are countries like France , Italy and UK still considered superpowers when they do not dominate globally ? | [
"There are many different ways a country can have global influence. They can be militarily powerful, economically powerful, or politically powerful. Britain and France (and arguably Italy) may not be in the top rank militarily but they're certainly up there in the second league -- both Britain and France have nucle... | [
"Because for the last 30 years, Russia has dumped all their money on military supplies to compete with a much wealthier nation- The United States. They've always been a government first country, where they mostly neglect a majority of their population by not being fiscally responsible with their spending. Russia re... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do we get butterflies in our stomach? | [
"When you get anxious, your muscles (including stomach muscles) tense and become hyper-sensitive as part of the body's fight or flight response. You feel it in your stomach more because there of the vast amount of neurons linking the stomach to brain."
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"It means whatever your body is fighting isn't in your stomach, it's in your intestines."
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what's the difference between antibacterial soap, and just soap? | [
"Regular soap doesn't necessarily kill germs, but it allows water to wash them away. All soap contains antibacterial agents, usually triclosan, but only enough to keep the soap from getting fucked up. Antibacterial soap contains more. There isn't much evidence for regular antibacterial soap being any more effectiv... | [
"Handsoap doesn't kill germs. It just washes them away. They're still alive, just down your drain now instead of your hands. Because handsoap is PHYSICALLY removing them and not CHEMICALLY killing them, they can't develop a resistance to it. -- > Edit: As /u/willfap5pron notes, there are antibacterial handsoaps con... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do dogs crave human touch? | [
"Dogs are pack animals and they crave contact with pack members. If they are domesticated humans, in particular their owners, are their pack."
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"Why do you stare at your dog when it's taking a shit?"
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Why do old cars need antennas for a good radio signal but new cars do not. | [
"not all new cars don't have antennas. Some new cars will have an antenna mounted to the inside of the rear window, it will be a little black circle or rectangle with a wire disappearing into the cars bodywork. Other cars will have the antenna embedded into the cars rear window itself."
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"Well, whenever I want to listen to the radio on my phone I must plug in my earphones. The wire serves as the antenna. Maybe the reason it can't pick up TV broadcasts is similar. Television antennas tend to be bigger than those of personal radios so that might make it impractical."
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If light goes from nothing to light speed instantly, is there a deceleration rate of light in a black hole? | [
"No, time dilates to maintain the speed of light. The gravitational time dilation formula is the closest approximation to what you're looking for. > Is it correct to assume that if light doesn't slow, it goes at light speed in an orbit around said black hole this maintaining speed but not escaping? Light doesn't s... | [
"Photons have literally 0 mass, as all massless particles they travel at light speed. No particle with mass can travel at light speed, no particle without mass can travel at any speed but light speed. The energy of a photon is irrelevant to it's speed, there is no mass to be moved."
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What is the purpose of imaginary numbers? | [
"Imaginary numbers can be used together with real numbers to count rotations. quarter turns can be counted by using powers of the imaginary number *i* 1/4 turn 1/2 turn 3/4 turn 1 full turn i, i^(2), i^(3), i^4 any fraction of a turn can then be counted using the more complicated e^(it2pi) where the t is the f... | [
"It has a few different meanings in different contexts. What setting are we talking about?"
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Why are some jalapeños hotter than others? | [
"The heat in a jalapeño comes from capsaicin which is concentrated in the membrane surrounding the seeds in the pepper. Easiest way to understand it us more seeds = more heat. This is why jalapeños aren't as hot if you core them (remove the seeds). The heat of a pepper can also be affected by the weather during the... | [
"Do you also cough when eating popsicles and frankfurters/hot dogs? If so, it might be your technique."
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Why do brownie corners taste better than brownie centers? | [
"Brownie center lovers are going to debate you on this, but the reason is because the brownie edges simply taste different due to a process called a [maillard reaction](_URL_0_)."
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"It has to do with how much moisture is in the food compared to how much moisture is in the air. Oreo? Drier than air, they gain moisture and turn soft. Loaf of bread? More moist than air, it loses moisture and dries up. Kitchen hack: put a slice of bread in with cookies to keep the cookies fresher a little longer.... | eli5_question_answer | {
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If diabetic people can have dangerously low sugar from not eating, how can non-diabetic people go on fasts, or skip meals? | [
"Diabetic people have trouble metabolizing sugar, and so must inject insulin to properly use glucose. But if they have insulin and not enough sugar, such as from not eating, their blood sugar can drop too low. However someone without diabetes shouldn't have trouble with intermittent fasting because their body can a... | [
"It also could be from having a low blood sugar. This is a common occurrence with diabetics but there are people who are not fully diabetic but still have Hypoglycemia, which results in low blood sugar. If it ONLY happens after working out it might not be it, but if you notice the same thing happening after a hard ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Freud's Id, Ego, and Superego | [
"This is up for debate but Think you mind being controlled by three things. ID is like the animal part of your brain. It's the part that is like, that food is awesome let's eat it, she or he looks hot let's have sex with it. It's really not interested in long term and is more interesting the short term. Think of it... | [
"| Democrat | Republican ---------|----------|---------- Philosophy | Liberal, left-leaning. | Conservative, right-leaning. Economic Ideas| Minimum wages and progressive taxation, i.e., higher tax rates for higher income brackets. Born out of anti-federalist ideals but evolved over time to favor more government reg... | eli5_question_answer | {
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ELI5:why is 18 considered the age when you become an adult(not 17 or 19 or 20)? | [
"\"In the Middle Ages 21 was considered the age of adulthood because that’s when young men were capable of wearing a full suit of armor. 21 stuck until the 20th century. The need for soldiers for WWII, Korea, and Vietnam wars saw 18 years olds drafted and an outcry that they could serve their country but not vote. ... | [
"Easy. Let's say you're turning 18 on feb 29 and there is no feb 29 this year. On Feb 28 you are 17. On Mar 1 you are 18. Doesn't matter that feb 29 never happened, it's Mar 1, so that is beyond feb 29th and you're 18."
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How does the body know how much blood it needs to regenerate? | [
"Your kidney has sensors for oxygen. Most oxygen in the blood. is carried in the red blood cells. If the oxygen readings fall below a certain level, the kidney produces a proportional amount of a hormone (Erythropoetin). This hormone causes the bone marrow to make more red blood cells (it also encourages them to m... | [
"When your blood doesn't have enough red blood cells floating around, your kidneys produce this hormone which orders your bone marrow to make more red blood cells. Maybe his kidneys aren't producing enough of this hormone, so his red blood cell count is dropping?"
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Why is poverty level related to diabetes risk? | [
"Type 2 diabetes has a lifestyle attribute to it. That means that in many cases (not all) a person's lifestyle can have an effect on their chances of developing the disease. When you consume large amounts of carbohydrates (sugar, starch, breads, stuff like that) it puts pressure on your pancreas to produce insulin... | [
"Yes, skinny people can have diabetes though it is much more common in obese people. The decisive factor are the blood sugar levels."
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why cats hang open their mouths a bit when they smell something odd | [
"Not an expert, but cats have something called a jacobsons organ or vomeronasal organ located on the roof of their mouth. It is particularly good at detecting pheromones. Breathing through the open mouth would expose the organs to more of the the chemical in the air. The flehmen response is the funny face they make... | [
"Every animal has a different behavior pattern. For example, Dogs look away if you look them in the eye because they believe you are the pack leader and the Alpha male/female and dont want to display dominance. Cats on the other hand display affection by looking at you, if they squint their eyes it means they cons... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do pills have to have inactive ingredients? | [
"- preservatives/stabilisers so the medicine doesn't become ineffective once the package is opened - things that prevent the active ingredient being absorbed too quickly/ before they reach a certain point in your digestive system - things that make it easier to be absorbed/processed properly (for example, maybe tha... | [
"You’d be surprised, water is heavy. Also, in the US they’re not required to list “inert” ingredients. Non-nutritional ingredients, etc. Not sure if that’s the case elsewhere."
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Why is there such a stigma about suicide/suicidal thoughts/suicidal actions? | [
"It provoke emotions of hurt, confusion, denial, guilt, grieve etc. Because of that stigma many people don't seek advice and help."
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"A depressed person might feel suicidal, but lack the motivation to go through with any sort of plan. It's not necessarily that anti-depressants \"cause\" the suicidal thoughts, but they can give a suicidal person the energy to kill themself if the circumstances that cause them to contemplate suicide aren't remedie... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is this character: ¬ and why on earth does it deserve its own key? | [
"It means \"not\" in math. You stick it at the beginning of a sentence to mean the opposite. For example, \"¬0=1\" means that it's not true that zero equals one. [Here's the wikipedia page.](_URL_0_)"
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"It uses Unicode modifiers to add all these crazy accent marks and stuff to normal characters. In other words it's actual text."
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Why are games from Japanese developers notoriously difficult/or include a difficulty setting higher than most games? | [
"I can't say with certainty, but I would conjecture that it ties into Japanese culture similarly to some of their ridiculously hard game shows. If you've ever seen Ninja Warrior or some of the more obscure Japanese game shows, their difficulty is all kinds of insane."
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"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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Why can't you use laptop parts for a PC? | [
"Everything in a laptop is shrunk down to reduce size, weight & heat. Laptop CPUs are generally soldered on rather than socketed. GPUs are either integrated into the CPU or soldered onto the board as well. Laptop motherboards are generally a custom form factor, not something you can mount in a regular case. Most la... | [
"They are not like high end gaming PCs. They will likely be as powerful as a current mid range PC."
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Why have there been no supersonic commercial passenger jets since the Concord? | [
"It's extremely expensive to design, build, and maintain such an aircraft, it's extremely limited on where and when it can fly, and the number of people willing to pay that much extra money to shave several hours off a transatlantic flight time just isn't high enough to justify those expenditures. When it was still... | [
"Air travel has changed quite a bit in the last 50 years. We have much bigger jets than the 737 of the 60s, not to mention advances in avionics and, speaking of the driveless car, autopilot."
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How is Earth's electromagnetic field created? | [
"To check for a magnetic field buy a compass. Or you can do the stroke a needle and float it trick. The Earth has a lot of iron in it. Iron is a ferromagnetic substance. That means iron is magnetic. The Earth is molten inside. We check that by observing volcanos, measuring increasing temperatures deep in wells and ... | [
"The main issue that Mars has is a lack of a strong magnetosphere. Earth is very protected from solar winds and energetic particles because it has a strong magnetic field."
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This year, Hanukkah and Thanksgiving fall on the same day and apparently this won't happen again for another 80,000 years. Why is it so rare and why 80,000 years? | [
"You already said it. A lunar year is simply shorter, about 354 days, which is not the about 365 days the solar year is. Since they are based off different standards, the dates do not always coincide. There are corrections every few years for the slight differernces between the length of the day and year, which kee... | [
"The seasons would slowly shift around. If there wasn't a leap year, today would have been March 2nd - the calendar would be off by one day. In 4 years, the calendar would be off by 2 days. In 120 years the calendar would be off by a whole month - so for example instead of winter being from December to February, it... | eli5_question_answer | {
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- Where do "royals" obtain their original claim of "royalty" from? | [
"If you're able to find it, David Starkey's 'Monarchy' is a great series. It takes you all the way from the beginning up to the current Queen. The series has actors in period costumes acting out key points and was more interesting than reading it from a dry history book. I've learned a LOT from it that was never ta... | [
"State sponsorship from Roman Empire and then other countries. Isn't it lovely when your subjects believe monarchs rule by divine right and the regular people should just endure hardships and oppression to get rewarded in the afterlife?"
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Why is anal extremely painful to some, "weird" feeling to some, and pleasurable to others? | [
"It really isn't painful to anyone, just extremely uncomfortable. It can be pleasurable to *every* male person, simply by stimulating the prostate. If you are anxious about it and tense it will be more uncomfortable in the rectum. A majority of it is psychological but physiological differences including proper lubr... | [
"I just had my operation in February and let me tell you the answer is a resounding yes. Also the orgasms are MUCH MUCH better then they ever were before the surgery. The first time I orgasmed after my surgery I was literally unable to walk for about 10 minutes afterwards. As for the how, basically only clitoral st... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why don't rich people fund projects themselves? | [
"never spend your own money when people will give you theirs"
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"Because believe it or not it affects what goes on around you. The amount of tax you pay, the amount of social assistance, whether or not wars both foreign and domestic occur. Look at what just happened with net neutrality. Had that not passed your Internet could be slowed down considerably while giving corporation... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do some countries use daylight savings and is there a real need for us to use it? | [
"Without DST, in London the sun would rise at 3.45am. That \"wastes\" a lot of daylight when most people are asleep. Applying DST \"moves\" an hour of daylight from early morning to the evening, when more people are awake. Originally, the motivation was to reduce the fuel needed for heating and lighting in the even... | [
"1. They are in different time zones. 2. Hawaii does not observe daylight savings time."
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How come when I am laying in bed at night and left with my thoughts I want to start working proactively in my life, but when I wake up I couldn't care less? | [
"It's the difference between living \"idealistically,\" which can stay a dream, and actually doing the hard work it takes to make those dreams come true. When you lay in bed thinking, tomorrow seems like forever away. When it's morning, the hardships of reality kick in."
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"When it's dark and quiet at night your senses like sight and hearing become kind of null, due to the lack of things to look at/listen to your mind starts to work overtime coming up with all these mind bending theories. As for future plans, it's easier to be in your nice, warm bed thinking about being a better pers... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do restaurants, pubs, etc. process credit/debit card "tips". | [
"When you give them your card, they put a temporary authorization on it to verify that the card is valid and has funds available. After you've filled in your tip amount, they simply bill you for the total (price plus tip), which is what shows up on your statement."
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"Generally speaking, merchants pay credit card processors for the privilage of taking credit cards. The processer will provide (or sell) you the terminal and they handle all the work of ensuring the card is approved and the formal request to the card issuer for the payment. Once a period (week/2 weeks/month/etc) th... | eli5_question_answer | {
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On computers running Windows, how can an empty folder take up 0 bytes? Surely the disk has some trace of the folder there, even if there's nothing in it? | [
"Part of the reason you buy a 60GB hard drive and don't get the full 60GB is that some of that space is sectioned off for information that manages the file system. The space for file system information is fixed, and you can't store things in it. The folder would be an entry in the file system data, and not be prese... | [
"Files don't \"go\" anywhere. Your hard drive has a table telling it where to find all of the files throughout the hard drive. When you delete a file, all it does is clear the entry in that table, telling the operating system that it's free to overwrite the 1s and 0s making up the file. This is why files can be rec... | eli5_question_answer | {
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I'm playing Batman Arkham Origins while I'm also downloading a large file to the same HDD that Batman is stored in. How does the HDD simultaneously read Batman while writing the download files? | [
"Most computers dont actually do anything at the same time. They just do one thing at a time fast enough that it appears that everything is happening at once. Also the game only reads from the hdd when it loads or saves something. Your current game is running in RAM. The computer accesses RAM for multiple processes... | [
"So, I've read a lot of the answers, most of them are saying similar things. Where does it save the vide on your computer? For example, if I have less than a GB of space left on my computer, why can I still watch a several-minute HD video on YouTube without running out of space?"
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How can debt be good for a country? | [
"Debt can be useful for sovereign nations that can borrow in their own currency. This is because you can borrow to invest in socially useful infrastructure that increases GDP and eventually generates more income and a higher standard of living. Now in terms of repayment, if you've borrowed in your own currency you ... | [
"You can't file bankruptcy on student debt. It's good for the banks, not you."
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Why can I have 500gb/month of bandwidth at home while I'm only allowed 2gb/month of bandwidth on my phone? & What would they have to do to increase it? | [
"I'm no expert, but, I think they limit you to 2gb/month simply because they can. Just like why do many cell plans still have limited minutes. They can. :/ Greed."
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"Hardware like your monitor and the CPU have to be working, and those can only work for very roughly 50 000 hours. Your ISP might bill you if you go over your cap if you go over your cap... and have a cap to go over to begin with. Were you thinking there was something special going on here?"
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How is DNA affected (if at all) by transplants? The first penis and scrotum transplant seems successful- will his ejaculate be his DNA, the donors, or a mixture of both? | [
"The patient in question lost his genitals and part of his lower abdomen by stepping on a hidden explosive. The transplant replaced the muscle, skin, the scrotum and the penis. The testes were not transplanted as that would be unethical. Therefore the patient will be able to get erections and to ejaculated but will... | [
"No, we have not cloned a person yet. We probably could, but nobody has tried due to ethical considerations, and the more we learn of cloning the more ethically dubious it becomes. The general procedure of cloning would very closely resembles in-vitro fertilization, where an egg is fertilized and then implanted int... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How has the song "YMCA" had such wide mainstream popularity? | [
"It's got those awesome dance moves that even a klutz like me can....perform adequately."
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"Nirvana gets a lot of the credit for starting the \"grunge\" movement. What makes smells like teen spirit so different is it's grunge sound and lyrical content. This was the first mainstream song to sort of glorify angsty, awkward teenagers and give them a coherent voice. It probably rings less with you because so... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Do Amish people have birth certificates and other and other identifying information? | [
"Usually, yes. Many even own cars, though they often pay non-Amish people to drive them around. Depends on how conservative the group is."
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"It's a document specifically made so that the governments of other countries can recognize it. Basically, it's our State Department saying, \"Hey, this guy is identifiable.\" There's no other document that does this, so far as I know. Any other national ID has always been for internal use only - National Health ca... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is the threshold for what defines illegal monopolies in American business? At what point is a business too big proportionally? | [
"It depends on how they use that monopoly. Are they using it to put the product's price above what is reasonable? Are they using a monopoly in one area to force customers to use their product in other areas? Are they using illegal means to maintain their monopoly? Medicine companies are getting into trouble by doin... | [
"Because it's not illegal to be a monopoly. So, they get away with it for the same way you get away with eating chicken in your house. It is illegal to gain or maintain your monopoly through specific anti-competitive practices. But setting up a new cable company is extremely expensive, and that's why there's rarely... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is lobbying not considered bribery? | [
"Because politicians need to hear from the public, and that includes special interests who will be particularly affected by proposed government action. Politicians rarely have the expertise to understand the effects of their actions without hearing from the people who will be subject to those effects. That's where ... | [
"Extreme incompetence or criminal negligence. Take your pick!"
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Why are flat head and Phillips head screws both so common? Why is there not one go-to standard? | [
"Because flat and phillips are both garbage. The Robertson screw is the one you want my friend. Stays on the end of your bit, provides great grip, and attractive to boot."
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If it really is so easy to DDos XBL/PSN. Why aren't more people doing it? | [
"becouse it requeres huge botnet and its criminal activity. thats like saying if its so easy to shoot a person, why more people arent doing it."
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"Lizard Squad didn't \"Hack\" Xbox Live. They Simply DDoSed them . Honestly it's not very difficult. A bunch of kids with different computers could do it. If they hacked Xbox Live I'm pretty sure Microsoft would do something. Since a lot of people Credit Card info is on there. This wasn't a security breach. Just a ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why aren't kitchens designed so that they are on the upper floors of a house instead of the ground floor? | [
"It is much easier and cheaper to place all of those heavy appliances and the gas/water piping that feeds into them on a lower floor. I don't know if your hypothesis has been studied extensively, but I, personally, kind of doubt having a kitchen on the upper floor of a house vs a lower floor would wildly impact th... | [
"These balconies are meant only as decorations, to make the building look prettier from the street."
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How come I've never heard anything from Mongolia? | [
"Because Monglia has a population of under 3 million and a tiny economy. It's also landlocked and surrounded by much larger neighbors. It basically has no international profile."
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"Tell me about that last one, I haven't heard of it."
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What is Chemotherapy, How Does it Kill Cancerous Cells and why do people lose body hair from it? | [
"Chemotherapy is when patient is given chemicals that are toxic to the cancerous cells. These chemicals often are toxic to other cells that, like cancers, are dividing rapidly. This includes the cells that cause hair growth. This causes all the hairs to stop growing and fall out at the same time."
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"Your body is telling you to quit smoking. Listen to it."
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Why do we need to shower? | [
"So you don't stink. Good hygine will also keep you healthier then you would otherwise be but the main reason you shower every day (sometimes more) is so you don't smell bad to yourself and other people."
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"In the real world why would anyone want to be a politician?"
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Why does putting a slice of bread in a jar of cookies make them soft. | [
"Doesn't really make them soft but keeps them from drying out and going hard. it's all down to the moisture in the bread and the jar being a sort of closed environment, when you put the bread in the jar with the cookies the moisture is drawn out of the bread rather than the cookies"
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"I'm not sure how it works, but if you pour root beer into a square glass it turns into regular beer."
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Why is the ball a universal toy for all species? | [
"What do you mean by \"all species?\" There are millions of species, and most don't play with balls."
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"So what is it about human physiology that makes this work differently for us?"
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why people who self harm find that it helps then manage their emotions short term. | [
"It is an outlet for some people who are struggling. It also can be very focusing/calming for people with bipolar (mania/depression). Rushing thoughts and extreme emotions can be very difficult to handle if you're chemically imbalanced (even if you're not). Pain can also be pleasure or bring feeling to someone wh... | [
"It causes the heart rate to slow down and thus relaxes you. as for the desire to not stop, i've no idea."
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When big corporations, or any business or institution, get fined for millions, or even billions, of dollars, where does it go? Who gets it? | [
"If it's the result of a lawsuit. It goes to the plaintiffs (and their lawyers). If it's the result of a government bureaucracy fine, it goes into the government's coffers."
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"Non-profits operate just like regular companies, they just aren't for the personal gain of a group of shareholders. They still bring money in, have expenses, and have a surplus or deficit at the end of the year. Just like regular companies, there are accounting and tax rules for non-profits. So if a billionaire do... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do people move large peices of furniture into high-rise apartments? | [
"Typically there is a \"moving elevator\" which is larger and has larger doors than the ordinary elevator, and requires a key and scheduling to use it."
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"There's a built in customer base from the previous location. Also, a lot of times the building itself will be suited for a certain business type. Restaurants need kitchens, furniture stores need large warehouses, etc."
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why i can read a sentence several times but i do not know what tge sentence is saying. I recognize the words but its like they have no meaning. This happens when ive been studying for a while. | [
"Whoa, that happened when I read the title."
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"my evil ex wife is Chinese. I have sat at a dinner table where I was the only one speaking English. I was still able to follow the jist of the conversation. now mind you my ex wife is evil would harldy ever translate. so how was able to follow along? the answers is in body language. body language is a huge part of... | eli5_question_answer | {
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how come the celebrity in the threesome gag order was given the option to take out an injunction whereas some stories are just printed? | [
"Everyone has the \"option\" to take out an injunction. However it's quite expensive, you need good lawyers working on your behalf, and crucially you need to know that a story is going to be printed *before* it goes to press. In general when \"celeb scandal\" stories get printed in the press, that's the first the c... | [
"yeah and why is it that this never happens for advertisements and they load perfectly"
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Why does extra water flow out of the spigot when I undo the knob at the end of a shower? | [
"Because when you pulled the knob up at the start of the shower, there was water left in the spigot from when the flow was cut off."
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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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Why do chickens lay eggs all of the time, while many other birds only do so once a year? | [
"Selective breeding (only breeding from the chickens which lay the most eggs) has led to chickens who produce way more eggs than wild birds."
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"They hide away in the corners, in little nooks and crannies out of sight. You'll see spiders coming out most often during mating season. Around this time of year, you see a lot more spiders in your house than you do the rest of the year. They're out looking for sex and not afraid to die for it, just like in Romeo ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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the seasons, how do they work? | [
"It's the tilt of the Earth. The Earth is slightly tilted on it's side, 23 degrees. In our summer, it's tilted so that the light is more directly pointed to the Northern hemisphere. The sun is directly overhead when you are 23 degrees north of the equator, so the northern hemisphere has longer days, and gets bright... | [
"just think about what's actually necessary in order to reproduce."
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Why are human's teeth so crappy? | [
"Most cavities, rot, and the like are actually modern problems. With a diet low in sugars and carbohydrates, which were uncommon until modern times, teeth rarely have problems. The crooked thing is just a cultural bias and an aesthetic choice rather than a medically motivated procedure."
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"Addition: why are black people's upper lips black while their lower lips are pink?"
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How does subway roast bread within 15 seconds? | [
"The ovens they use are not just big toaster ovens like you have at home. They are kind of like a toaster oven/microwave hybrid. You get a nicely toasted outside without completely drying out the bread."
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"Those pictures are accurate, they include the toppings and portioning that the real product has, you can't blame the company that the high school dropout didn't assemble it to match the picture in the < 60 seconds they have to make your order. EDIT: Words that don't belong beside other words"
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Why does it cost so much to use phones to communicate overseas where if I use the internet there is no price increase? | [
"You're right. It's a con. The communications companies are sending all that data, both internet and voice, over the same wires anyway in many cases. It's historically traditional to charge more for long-distance calls, so they can get away with it even though it doesn't make sense anymore. Just like how text messa... | [
"Because long distance lines cost a lot of money to put up and charging for long distance calls was a way to pay for that cost. Long after those lines have been paid for, the phone companies still use the fee to pay for maintenance, and to increase revenues. While cell phone carriers experimented with long distance... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How are fingerprints so unique that each persons is different? | [
"First of all that's not a scientifically established fact, just a working assumption based on a relatively large sample. Now, for your question. It basically comes down to the fact that the amount of possible configurations is many orders of magnitude larger than the amount of living humans, coupled with the high ... | [
"It depends, if you mean will someone else's fingerprint ever register as someone else's, then there is a possibility due to how accurate the fingerprint scanner and software is. If you mean whether two different people will have at least one 100% identical fingerprint, I don't think so."
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Why is graphene not mass-productible? | [
"Well, it probably is, we just don't know how to yet. The current leading method is to peel layers away from graphite using adhesive tape...so yeah, we just haven't really gotten a *great* way to do it yet. Definitely not one that can be commercially scaled."
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"How can we grow carbon nanotubes better? And what are the effects of the surface they're grown on? Pretty easy to understand, because there's a lot of different \"recipes\" for growing CNTs and we want to find the best to use in batteries and solar cells. Not a thesis yet, I'm starting to write my proposal now."
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How is it that house prices continue to rise when people now make less money and hold more debt than before? | [
"Houses are finite, more people > more demand > less available houses > higher prices. the \"Value\" of a house doesn't increase, just the amount of houses available, so by definition of how a market works, less product means it'll become more expensive. That and a lot more complicated tax and currency related mumb... | [
"Japan is a middle-aged doctor who took out a second mortgage maybe they shouldn't have. They are still wealthy, still have a great, high income job, so people are willing take more chances loaning them money, even if the debt is starting to pile up. If worse comes to worst, they can always sell their vacation cond... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do we feel tired instead of energetic after sitting for hours in a plane? | [
"The same reason car trips tire people out, the constant vibrations mean your muscles are constantly making tiny adjustments or are isometrically engaged to keep things in place Edit, however blood moves through the veins mostly by movements of large muscles, that's why you can get DVT on long plane trips, this lac... | [
"The little creatures in your blood poke the inside of your arm with tiny forks because they are mad at you for sitting in the same position for too long."
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If the founder of APEC was Australia, why is America the leader of APEC? | [
"APEC includes many members besides Australia. Just because Australia was the creator doesn't mean that they will always be the head of it."
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"Regardless of the rhetoric, we are NOT the police of the planet."
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Why does it seem that all the millions donated to charity has done nothing? | [
"Lots. It could cost a whole buncha lots. But also, let's talk about \"it\". There are 2 things we're talking about: 1) money to help alleviate the symptoms of whatever problem it is, and 2) money to get at the root of whatever problem it is. If it costs X number of dollars to feed out-of-work people for a week, t... | [
"First, Africa is not a country. Second, how do you put money into something without it being an expense to someone? Third, many of these countries are extremely corrupt, so monies given don't end up in the hands of the people that really need them. Finally, I have no idea what you're actually trying to ask."
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If electrical signals from the brain travel at hundreds of miles per hour, how come emotions can feel like they're slowly spreading across the body? | [
"The simple answer is “we're not really sure.” You're combining neurology with psychology, and all of that with biology. We're still trying to figure out how the mind and consciousness work, and as far as the point about feelings spreading across the body, that's just chemical reactions. Most of those in the body a... | [
"Our brains are incredibly complex organs capable of doing an estimated exaFLOP of calculations per second (a billion billion, or 1,000,000,000,000,000,000). This is a very, very large number. Our brains are never truly at rest, even while sleeping. Neurons are firing, electrical signals are being carried from one ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is the difference between sugar, refined sugar, brown sugar, raw sugar, etc | [
"> what should I be putting in my coffee. Nothing, you damned heathen! If your coffee isn't good black, buy (and learn to make) better coffee."
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"It is sugar. Molasses is a middle stage in the process to make crystalline white sugar. Conversely, brown sugar is not one of the stages in the process. It is made by adding molasses back into white sugar until you get light or dark brown sugar."
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When it asks what your race is on a form, why is Hispanic/Latino asked as a separate question? | [
"IIRC, it's because Hispanic/ Latino is an ethnicity, not a race. We're technically considered white. Edit: *I'm* technically considered white. Fuck, people, if one person said that Hispanics can be black fucking everyone said it. You can stop flooding my inbox with the same godamn thing."
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"It depends. There are certain alleles (versions of genes) that are more common in some populations than others If you cross-reference enough of them, you can figure out the rough location someone came from. When people say race is a social construct, what they mean is that these genetic differences do not line up... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Is it illegal to dumpster dive? | [
"Depends on the relevant state and local laws. Since you gave zero information, you won't get a relevant answer."
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"It's illegal in a huge number of jurisdictions already. Where do you live?"
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Why are there so many posts about how much better the Boston Police are than the LAPD? | [
"The LAPD has long had a reputation for brutality and incompetence. The OJ Simpson trial, the Watts Riots, the Rampart Division, the NOI shooting in the 60’s, Daryl Gates, Rodney King,etc.. As of late, there has been speculation that the Charles Dorner case was handled poorly by the LAPD and they screwed up his cap... | [
"Why would you think there are any? Have you been to them?"
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If your skin is an organ, why does it get itchy but your internal organs don't? | [
"because they're meant to be itchy, being itchy has its purpose, and the urge to scratch an itch has its purpose, internal organs don't need to be itchy because they can't be scratched"
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"An itch is your bodies way of letting you know there is an irritant present on your skin. When a bug crawls across your hair, it itches right? Your body wants you to get this bug off just on the off chance it will harm you. Your also feel the tingle when anything brushes against a hair, or sweat runs down you back... | eli5_question_answer | {
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When it comes to action movies, what makes the concept of fighters wearing business suits so appealing to watch? | [
"There's a few aspects to this trope. First is that a business suit is actually quite a restrictive garment, so being able to kick ass while handicapped in such a way makes it seem more impressive. Second is that a suit gives the impression that the wearer is a professional. That this is business to the character,... | [
"It was 2 hours of explosions. It had very well choreographed fights and special effects. The plot, while pretty barebones, didn't fall into the usual pit of trying too hard and becoming stupid. The characters were interesting enough that you could actually care about a few of them, and the ones you don't care abou... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How saying "a curry" makes sense. | [
"\"a curry\" - probably shorthand for a plate of curry, or some other singular portion of curry, such as a 'serving' of curry, a 'bowl' of curry, a 'pot' of curry, but the point is that it's a nonspecific but nonarbitrary amount \"some curry\" - an arbitrary amount. So you could easily imagine the following conver... | [
"Because it makes no goddamn sense, just like love."
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What are those curly earpieces the FBI and Secret Service agents have on, and why do they opt for those despite it sticking out like a sore thumb, rather than something more discreet? | [
"They're exactly that, just earpieces that allow them to listen to radios without using a speaker. They're curly because it keeps the wire neat and untangled. They could use wireless earpieces, but it's logistically much easier to use wired earpieces because wireless needs batteries, and you'd have to track all of... | [
"For every secret service agent you notice in a suit, there's a bunch you don't notice around you wearing civilian clothing. Also it probably has to do with the message being sent, bodyguards in suits tend to send a more \"professional\" kind of message. The leader being surrounded by guards in fatigues may make th... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does circulation cool down a room | [
"It doesn't. Simply turning on a fan will not lower the temperature of a room - it may slightly raise it, actually, because of friction generating heat in the moving parts of the fan. Moving air *feels* cooler, though. Your body is constantly losing heat to the air around you. But air isn't a perfect conductor of h... | [
"Because the heat from your head isn't warming the cool side?"
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What makes something considered a terroist attack | [
"1. It is intended to instil fear among a certain group of people. 2. It ultimately has a political, religious or ideological motive. 3. It's usually indiscriminate, the victims innocent. In some cases, who the victims are is less important than the number of victims. Of course, very often people use the word \"ter... | [
"What people are saying is true, but in a survival point of view entering a new enivornment and immediately focusing on the new enivornment could be life saving."
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why is it ok to fall in love with an animal or your child instantly, but should be longer with fellow adults? | [
"Because you don't get to choose whether that child is yours, so there is no point in waiting to decide if you want to love it. With animals you haven't yet chosen to adopt, it is actually a good idea to slow down."
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"They get one from a child and it grows as they grow. I don't know if it's the same for every organ but I assume so."
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What social system would be ideal and good for everyone if not capitalism, and is it even possible to move away from it? | [
"Some sort of capitalism and socialism is probably the best bet. Capitalistic in the sense that there *is* reward for innovation (if not as great as it is today), and socialistic in the sense that everybody's basic needs are guaranteed no matter what. The problem is finding the right balance so that we get some of ... | [
"The answer you are going to get is that there has never really been a communist country. That all the countries that have claimed to be communist have really been corrupt and have had leaders that did not actually follow the principals of communism. That being said what anti-capitalist arguments are you talking ab... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is Internet Explorer such a terrible browser and why does MS not try to fix it? | [
"In addition to the other answers here, the newer versions of IE actually *have* gotten a lot better, especially in terms of layout standards and efficiency. Five years ago you essentially had to create an entirely separate stylesheet just to make your website look presentable at all in IE compared to Chrome, Firef... | [
"Several specific reasons; You can't refuse updates, you can't shut off telemetry data being sent back to MS, and Win 10 has some specific issues with some games that I play a lot and Ventrilo in particular. Unless or until all those things get fixed/patched, no Win 10 for me. 8.1 works perfectly fine, and will for... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are dogs so attracted to squeaky toys? | [
"Many dogs are attracted to the squeaky noise. It sounds like a small animal in distress, and for some dogs it wakens their instinct to kill this \"small animal\". I have one dog who has caught and killed a couple of mice that the cats brought in alive. He likes to kill squeaky toys too. I have another dog who appa... | [
"The best things come in pairs, breasts, testicles, sandwiches, butt cheeks, you get the gist."
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Why did Mark Twain hate the writings of Jane Austen so much? And should I know if my writing is as bad instinctually? | [
"Austen is actually an incredibly *good* writer, whose style unfortunately is now very antiquated. [This blog post](_URL_0_) suggests Twain was being sarcastic, and actually appreciated Austen. But Twain was a sharp critic of overly flowery language -- and Austen wrote at the apex of the era of \"less direct is bes... | [
"They are just old horror books. They were written by HP Lovecraft, who was not the greatest writer of all time, to put it mildly. They are interesting though."
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Why do digital computer games cost the same or sometimes more than physical copies? | [
"The expense of the disc and art is relatively minor. Keeping brick and mortar stores happy by not massively undercutting them is also a thing."
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How are we still speculating about and uncovering tombs from Pyramids we explored almost 100 years ago? | [
"Not the same pyramid - Tutankhamun was not buried in a pyramid. Same tomb, though. No one noticed the \"ghost\" doorways because they were bricked and plastered up. It wasn't until the recent high-res scans that tiny differences and cracks in the walls were noticed."
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"When specifically is the story set, ancient Egypt existed for over 3000 years?"
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Why is it acceptable to display the confederate flag. | [
"It doesn't symbolize slavery, it symbolizes rebellion. People who fly it generally do so because it represents the rights of the states over the federal government, and general down-south values mixed with some anarchist sentiment. The meaning of a symbol is dependent on who uses it, and why."
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"It isn't illegal to burn a US flag. Not aware of any laws against drawing crosses upside down."
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Why are some chemical names different from their symbols/formulaes? | [
"The names those symbols are based on are Latin, not English. If you look up the latin name for the element, the symbols make sense"
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Can somebody please explain how radioactivity works and why it is so damaging to the human body? | [
"Some forms of radiation, called ionizing radiation, can damage the DNA in cells by knocking electrons off of atoms or molecules. This is called ionization. Ionized molecules are unstable and quickly undergo chemical changes. This can cause mutations such as cancer to occur. Not all radiation is ionizing. Some type... | [
"The carcinogenic effect of those tests are negligible compared to other main factors like the sun or smoking. It's pretty easy to measure whether that particular nuclear radiation has spread and to what level. It's ionizing radiation and it sticks relatively close to the impact radius."
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Why do so many people think they drive better while drunk? | [
"Because they're idiots attempting to justify driving drunk. The most common excuse that I've heard is \"I pay more attention when I'm drunk because I know I'm drunk.\" And that's a bullshit excuse that has no basis in reality. Ultimately, it's about wanting to party and then get home conveniently, instead of plann... | [
"A better question might be: why is your grammar worsens when you're drunk?"
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whats that greenish thing on my eye when I wake up, and why is there? | [
"If you are referring to 'eye-boogers', they are called rheum. It is the gunk left over from evaporated tears that are constantly cleaning your eyes. Blinking helps to push tears off the eye and down into your sinuses, but while you sleep you aren't blinking, so the fluid builds up where it drains (right by your no... | [
"Why doesn't your tounge bother you until you notice it?"
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Why do animals experience pain differently from humans? | [
"Animals don't experience pain differently than humans. You are just familiar with wimpy humans. Here is an example of a different type: _URL_0_"
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"Animals are as sensitive to x-rays as you are, but they don't live as long or see the doctor as often."
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Why do musical notes look like they do? | [
"Well, our modern system got its start about 1,000 years ago by this guy names Guido d'Arezzo. He was an Italian monk during the 11th century and he developed his system as a way to help him teach chants. He pioneered the idea of placing the notes vertically on a staff to represent pitch. Over the years, we've adde... | [
"You can use a piano to play notes up and down. When a note doesn't sound like it matches the song try another one close by until you have a full range of keys that match your song. Find the number of black keys you are pressing and look up their note names. Write them down and search. For no black keys it's key of... | eli5_question_answer | {
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- Why is out of state tution almost double the price of instate tution? Why is there a difference in price? | [
"State universities are funded by state taxes, so in-state residents have already paid taxes toward the university's operation while out of state people have not."
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"They're 2 yr colleges and you either get an Associates degree and transfer or stop after that or skip that degree and transfer to a state college or university. You can also go for certain certificates. They get more government funding than other schools so tuition is a fraction of what it can be vs. a 4 yr colle... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How come killing small animals is a warning sign and precursor to sociopathic behavior, but killing insects is something people do without a second thought? | [
"Particularly with mammals, animals exhibit pain responses that humans can easily pick up on (I.e. Screaming, whimpering,recoiling from painful stimuli). Killing small animals outside of socially acceptable desensitization (like slaughtering animals on a farm) is an indicator that someone lacks the standard empathi... | [
"Human lives are more valuable to humans than animal lives. An animal that *has* attacked a human has shown that it's capable of attacking a human. We'd rather not run the risk of it happening again so it's safest to kill it. This goes over pretty well with most human beings, with the exception of some Buddhists & ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why ketchup bottles are typically clear while mustard bottles aren't. | [
"Most commerically sold mustard has a preservative called Preservative 202, which is not present in ketchup. When the preservative comes in contact with a plastic bottle for an extended period of time at room temperature, it creates a slightly green residue, which is just mustard, with a little bit of a green tinge... | [
"> If ketchup needs to be refrigerated It doesn't. Because of its high acidity, ketchup remains good for up to a month without refrigeration, and restaurants go though ketchup quickly enough that a single bottle isn't going to last a month to begin with."
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How do deaf people learn to speak? | [
"If a deaf person can form normal words in a way that is comprehensible, that means that they either A) were no born deaf or B) are not completely deaf. People who are 100% deaf from birth cannot learn the proper mouth movements to create normal human speech."
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"Yes, absolutely. Not many of these exist (because typically you make up a writing system to capture a language that already exists) but there's no reason why you can't invent one. Source: People who are deaf from birth can still read, despite having no exposure to vocal language"
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Why do I blow out cool air and breathe out warm air? | [
"It's all the same temperature. Fast moving air feels colder because it takes heat with it."
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"Because the same air is coming out of your lungs and back out of your nose. Like asking why you taste food when throwing up."
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For intel processpors,what do the numbers mean in the name? | [
"i3 2 cores + hyperthreading smaller cache and doesn't run as hot i5 4 cores with no hyperthreading (unless it's a mobile i5 then it's 2 cores + hyperthreading), better on board graphics i7 2-8 cores (most desktop varieties have 4 cores) + hyperthreading, more cache and improved onboard graphics i7-x000 x is what g... | [
"> Why do nvidia cards with lower performance on paper How do you mean 'on paper'?"
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- Why do cars have a button to switch off traction control.. | [
"Because there are certain situations like being stuck in the mud, snow, or sand where traction control hinders the process."
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"It’s a joke. It’s meant to trick people who are not familiar with cars as blinker’s aka turn signals only require a bulb to operate."
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Why isn't physical pain or emotions considered one of the 5 senses? | [
"Because the idea of \"the five senses\" is super, **super** outdated, and is not considered to be in any way an accurate representation of our actual senses. We have *way* more than five senses, including a sense of balance, a sense of proprioception (where our limbs are in space), hunger, thirst, etc."
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"It isn't quite the same symptoms but they can be similar because the mind is a phenomenon generated by the brain and the brain is part of the body. Mental exhaustion then is a symptom of the exhaustion of part of the physical body."
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