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From a biological standpoint, what is happening to these guys? | [
"They're faking it. This will make you light headed and dizzy, but it won't make you hallucinate. You can achieve the same thing by huffing co2, and it's because the buildup of c02 in your blood. (You said oxygen deprivation, close enough, but you don't actually feel that, when you're drowning or something, what yo... | [
"So what is it about human physiology that makes this work differently for us?"
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How do corporations and wealthy individuals minimise their tax? Can a 'regular joe' use the same techniques? | [
"Start a religion and build a church. Run your business in the name of your god. Tax free for eternity"
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"Because there are countries in the world where you don't pay taxes. So, since in the US you do pay taxes, it's not to smart to have your money or your corporate office in the US. If you move to a tax-free nation, you get to keep your cash! There are whole movements on, for instance, the European tax-free island of... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do people have favourite colours, and for what reason is my favourite colour different to someone else's? | [
"personal aesthetics are a complex issue. why one person likes a song or color or food is not really explainable other than that it happens to be what they like. sometimes people have a reason for liking a color. \"i like red because fire trucks\" \"i like blue because ocean\" but for a lot of people it is \"just b... | [
"Different, but not too different. That's the golden rule. That's why you aren't attracted to trees, for example."
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Why is Indian food so spicy? why people in hot climates tend to eat spicy food? | [
"Spicy food in hot climates causes you to sweat, which, ironically, causes your body to feel cool. Spice was never used to cover the smell of old meat. If you were wealthy enough to afford spices, you can bet you weren't eating old meat. Besides, spices were too valuable to just dump on meat. What little you had wo... | [
"You eat too much refined grain and sugar. Eat more vegetables and lean meat and this won't happen."
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How do Bionic limbs function? | [
"The go to way is to take a bunch of sensor units, attach them to whatever muscles are left in the stump, and convert their muscle movements into electric signals. These signals are then used for rather rudimentary commands. Hand prostheses for example are either \"pull to open\" or \"pull to close\". If you don't... | [
"Can someone explain the difference between Dementia and Alzheimer's, please?"
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Why do most single-vitamin supplements cost the same amount as a multivitamin containing the the same vitamin, plus many more? | [
"My best guess is that 90% of costs is in the manufacture of product, packaging, and distribution. The cost of vitamins raw materials are very very minimal."
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"Vitamins E, D, K and A are fat soluble, so you need to take them with something fatty. The others are water soluble. Add that to the different effects every vitamin has."
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Chrysler is currently requesting a subsidy from Canadian federal and provincial governments in return for expanding investment. Why do profitable private corporations need government subsidies? | [
"Chrysler: We need a new factory, we could put in in Mexico, or we could put it in Canada....Mexico *is* cheaper... Canada: Here's some money, pick me! Pick me! Chrysler: Well, if were to put a factory in Canada, we could put in in Quebec, or we could put in in Ontario...Quebec is... Ontario: Here's some money, pic... | [
"So far, all the answers ITT are incorrect, and speak of political biases. The United States subsidizes production. This includes the production of things like spoons or cars produced in the US. Oil production is still considered production, and so oil companies receive the same subsidies that other producers do. I... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What does the US spend tax money on? How does it compare to other countries? | [
"First, some perspective. The total budget of Canada is 279.2 Billion Canadian dollars (249 Billion US Dollars). The US budget is 3.77 Trillion US Dollars. In other words, the US budget is more than 13 times the size of Canada's budget. The US spends more discretionary money (more on this in a second) on the Depart... | [
"The funding comes from the budgets that are already set for your military budgets and are gathered by your taxes. This is why you have a military. Why do so many in the UK think this will be some unfunded thing? Do they not teach how taxes and government budgets work in the UK?"
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How is mandatory overtime legal? | [
"The U.S. Fair Labor Standards Act does not limit the number of hours someone can work in general. There may be state laws ( [here is an example](_URL_0_) ) or occupation-specific laws (e.g. the number of hours an over-the-road truck driver may work) that do. The FLSA only requires time-and-a-half pay for hours wor... | [
"More to the point: Why is dental work not considered to be medical work?"
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If Amazon is estimated to be worth $175bl, why don't they choose to undercut Netflix on service and movie selection? What is stopping Amazon from outdoing Netflix for streaming? | [
"Could Amazon do this? Sure, with enough money they could, though it would be a significant amount of money. Amazon is worth a lot of money not because it's sitting on huge reserves of cash, but because they have very high revenues and own a fair bit of land and facilities that make them a lot of money. In other wo... | [
"Subscription services, be it Netflix or or your mobile phone, or Ball Fondlers monthly all care about the exact same two things: (1) Getting new customers, and (2) Keeping the ones you have Getting new customers you need a reason for them to subscribe. Maybe its a new show, maybe its good service, maybe its some... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Who keeps maps up to date? | [
"Google, and other mapping companies, of course have a group of workers to update their own maps system, but there is no way a small group of either can keep up, so that's why users can report bad/missing data. Google also has Map Maker, where people, like myself, can contribute to add and review roads, businesse... | [
"Welcome to the internet. It's now open late, seven days a week worldwide. Does this person live and work in China? Kenya? Canada? Brazil? A lot more information would probably be a good idea. Just saying."
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How come we never taught birds of prey to fish for us? | [
"We do. Chinese fisherman have been using comorants to fish for thousand years. But it's highly inefficient compared to netting."
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"Because they have a better chance of not being eaten by birds, most of which sleep at night."
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Cancer , how does it attack the body , and why haven't we found a cure yet ? | [
"Cancer is when a part of your body grows uncontrollably. Normally the result is piece of your body that doesn't actually do what it should (the super growth part, often just flesh not functioning stuff like an extra heart or lung) called a tumor. There are LOTS of different cancers because \"uncontrolled growth\"... | [
"There are exactly zero viruses that we know how to cure. Influenza? Nope. Chicken Pocks? Nope. HPV? Nope. When people give you medicine for viral infections its either an antibiotic (might treat symptoms, extremely bad idea) or a medicine specially designed for treating the symptoms. That's it. The medicine makes ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do need to be taught to lift with our legs and not our back? Is lifting with our back a learned behaviour that we need to unlearn? | [
"Upright standing is a very recent condition for humans on an evolutionary timescale. Our spine isn't that much different from our primate ancestors, who had horizontal backs, and therefore adapted to carry weight in a very different way. This is the root cause of most of our back problems. However, our instincts h... | [
"Because a lot of people lack the muscles in their backs to make the \"good posture\" their \"normal posture\". Trying to force yourself into a certain posture is almost certainly uncomfortable. But if you develop your muscles properly, the posture will come naturally."
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How do credit repair agencies work? | [
"They negotiate on your behalf with the various places you owe money to set up payment plans than you can make. Example: You owe 10 companies money which totals out to $1000 per month. You can't afford it. You could just declare bankruptcy, which would ruin your credit, but you'd be off the hook for all the money y... | [
"That's exactly how car insurance works. Can you clarify your question?"
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- How can you make a profit on a tuna or bluefin when buyers bid up to $1 million for one fish? | [
"If you were a millionaire, how much would you pay to eat just a meal of a species you know is about to become extinct? If money were no object and somebody offered you a bit of dodo, what would you pay? There's a cachet to it, even if it's a bit abhorrent to most people. So you have 200kgs or more of fish. You onl... | [
"The market value of a gallon of oil is like 10000 times higher than a gallon of water."
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Why is it on hot days, I can stick my hand out a car window while driving and feel a cool breeze? | [
"The air outside the car isn't at 100% relative humidity. There's room for it to absorb more water by evaporation. So as you stick your sweaty disgusting paw out your window, the water on your nasty mitts gets evaporated quickly as it is exposed to a great deal of air in a hurry. Evaporation causes cooling, so your... | [
"I know because I have experienced this, but when you drink water sometimes you can feel the drastic temperature change between water and your own body heat. Try it next time you are really hot, like being in 105 degree heat and drinking ice cold water. You can literally feel the coldness down your throat and upper... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is the Lion so widely used in European Heraldy even though they are mostly found in Africa? | [
"Well, the dragon is used a lot too, even though it's found... no where. It isn't about the actual, physical representation of the animal. It's about the symbolism and ideas it represents. Europeans thought of the Lion as \"king of the jungle.\" A powerful, noble animal at the top of its food chain. There really is... | [
"Not every country does. Many nations use the Eagle as a symbol, but others use Lions, Flowers, or mythical creatures instead."
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Why did we Americans name our sport "Football" when there was already a sport called that with entirely different rules? | [
"The same reason Australians call their game football and Brits call their game football: they all developed from the same game, and each one became the dominant version in their home countries in terms of public interest. By the time the other versions became popular in other countries, the names were fully entren... | [
"Because it falls within a group of sports where the ball is either moved by foot or derived from such a sport. As most countries have a predominant sport such as these it tends to be called the generic name football. Thus in various countries these particular sports are typically called football: * Association foo... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why drones are so prevalent right now. What tech breakthrough occurred to make them so common and versatile all of a sudden? | [
"Probably the driving factor was the reduction in the price of accurate gyroscopes, which keep the drones oriented correctly."
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"Computers weren't created all at once. It took baby steps and new technologies, like microtransitors, to be invented to progress them to where they are today."
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How does the Fight Club "soap-bomb" work? Is it really possible? | [
"In the movie it was a fake way to make explosives but in the book it described a real way to do it. They changed it in the movie adaptation to keep peele from actually doing it"
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"Because a mechanical alarm clock could be used as a bomb detonator. Instead of having the hammer smack against the bell to sound the alarm, it could sound against a primary explosive which would ignite det cord or a fuse which would set off the main charge. Plus it's a very simple way of showing on tv, this is a t... | eli5_question_answer | {
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My six year old daughter just asked what's beyond the edge of outer-space. I have no idea how to answer. Help? | [
"A common misconception is that the universe is like a bubble or a balloon, this is due to the somewhat related analogies such as \"The universe is expanding!\" and so we think to ourselves, \"Well, it must be expanding into something!\" Or that we live in the world, which is in space, so \"Space must be inside som... | [
"I don't have an answer for you and I'm very sorry, but now I'm wondering if dinosaurs did the same thing and I'm a little upset that I'll probably never know. I hope somebody answers your question! My favorite birds are hoppers."
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Can smoking related diseases be noticed before becoming full blown? | [
"Most smoking-related diseases develop over many months or years, so their warning signs can be caught early if anything on a regular checkup of your vital signs, weight, blood gases, blood component tests, respiratory sounds, heart sounds, heart function, or lung volumes is abnormal. Your body will also tell you t... | [
"Because it produces few obvious symptoms until a late stage. This tends to mean that by the time they find it, it’s already too late."
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Why would a company sell stock and buy it straight back? | [
"Sell when it's high, stockholders may start selling too which can bring down stock price, buy it all back again. Profit."
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"Because there is no special privilege given to the founder of a company that is publicly traded. He’s a shareholder like everyone else. Or are you asking why he allowed other people to buy shares in his company? Money. Shares are sold to raise money to invest in the business."
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Why can you replace only the glass in some phones and you have to replace the full display on others? | [
"On some phones, the screen is bonded (glued) to the glass. This was done supposedly to achieve a clearer image, having less material and an air gap between the top surface and the display. So rather than use a heat gun to carefully separate the screen from the glass (and put it back together with the same quality... | [
"Simple - profit from all the people that drop their phones and need to pay somebody to fix it or pay to replace it."
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if you need yogurt to make yogurt, how was the first ever yogurt made? | [
"You don't actually need yogurt to make yogurt. The acidophilus bacteria needed to make it occur in the stomach linings of most young mammals. Cheese and yogurt could be made by accident if you carry milk in a bag made from a lamb, calf, or kid stomach and bump it around in the hot sun. Please don't try though!"
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"Sometimes it's not unsafe for consumption. You can still drink milk that's gone bad, it's yogurt. Many cultures drink fermented milk- the bacteria is just controlled so it tastes how they want it to. With that being said, it totally depends on the strain of bacteria, or culture. I make homemade yogurt from milk. F... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does a refrigerated can of juice take so long to return to room temperature after it has been removed from the refrigerator? | [
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"The ketchup at a restaurant is likely fresher than the ketchup you have at home, because they refill those bottles quite frequently. Also, restaurant ketchup is kept at room temperature. The flavor of ketchup goes bad in the refrigerator. You can test this by making some fries at home and comparing the taste of a ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What stops someone from opening the emergency exit on a plane? | [
"Their feeble human muscles. Doors on jets are designed so that they have to open inward before they swing outward. That means that to open them, you have to be strong enough to overcome not just the weight of the door, but also the difference between the pressurized atmosphere inside the plane and the low pressur... | [
"Leaning back means less room for the people behind you, making getting up and out harder for them. Getting everyone out ASAP after the emergency is the first priority. Fire moves fast in a cabin."
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How come all these amazing breakthroughs I see in articals such as cancer treatments and battery advancements just seem to disappear and never to be heard from again | [
"Because by adding the phrase 'amazing breakthrough' to an article, they've made you more likely to read it. But in most cases the article either describes an idea someone had that may or may not work and hasn't been tested yet, or a single step in the right direction on a path with millions of steps to go before t... | [
"I'm pretty sure we do see them all the time, but there are always new ones. There was an amazing advance in vaccines which we used to completely erradicate smallpox, that's kind of a big deal. There was an amazing advance in miniaturization which let us shrink computers from the size of rooms to something that can... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it so much more expensive to send texts and make phone calls internationally? | [
"The string that ties your tin cans together gets really expensive when you get further away. In reality, because they can."
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"TV shows are free, with ads, but you still pay someone to provide cable TV service to your house. Websites are free, with ads, but you still pay someone to provide Internet service to your house."
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How do tribute bands not have to pay royalties? | [
"Tribute bands that play only at venues that have contract with a licensing agency (such as BMI or ASCAP) are covered by that for licensing. Or, a really popular tribute band may have directly handled the licensing. Many cover bands, however, are performing illegally, and just hoping not to get caught. A small bar ... | [
"If you plan to sell copies of the cover song you have to get permission from the publisher, except for instances where the song is so old that it has entered public domain. This may include payment or royalties to the original song creators. Some bands/publishers are very generous with their cover licensing, some ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Difference between bisexuality and pansexuality. | [
"Seems to me that the difference is very nuanced. Bisexual means being attracted to both males and females, while pansexual means being attracted to any human, the difference being that transgendered or in between gender people or whatever are included on the pansexual menu while they are not specifically included ... | [
"Libido is desire for sexual activity or pleasure, asexuality is the lack of sexual attraction to other people. Asexuality has nothing to do with sex drive. Source: asexual with a libido"
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How did racism begin if no one is born/inherently racist? | [
"Humans are immensely tribal in nature. We are comfortable in our own groups and hostile to people from outside our groups, because we don't know if they can be trusted. So, it's probably a more accurate statement to say that people are by nature xenophobic, and all sorts of hostility arises from that. Skin color i... | [
"Some people argue that the term 'racism', doesn't mean prejudice against a racial or ethnic group, it means prejudice against a racial or ethnic group combined with the power or ability to oppress them. Under that definition, reverse racism couldn't exist because the oppressed group can't be racist against the opp... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does your body remain its form and know when to stop growing? | [
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"When certain hormones (chemicals) are released, it triggers the production of certain proteins. These proteins float along and literally turn on/off certain genes. These genes are then expressed as a different type of tissue. Tissue becomes organs. Organs become body systems. Body systems create a new creature. So... | eli5_question_answer | {
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why prostitution isn't legal. | [
"The modern argument typically revolves around the kind of activities that surround prostitution, (eg. human trafficking, violence, drug use). and that legalizing it could be viewed as condoning the associated activity."
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"Prostitution isn't nationally outlaws, it is legal in cerain areas."
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How does wireless phone charging work? | [
"Electromagnetism. When electricity flows through a wire, it generates a magnetic field perpendicular to the wire. Basically to create a wireless charging system, you reverse the process: create a magnetic field that induces electric flow in the wireless charger on your phone and that electrical flow charges the b... | [
"Bluetooth and WiFi both use radio waves to communicate between devices. Bluetooth doesn't go very far and it tends to be used to connect two devices that are both yours. WiFi goes farther and it tends to be used to give portable devices access to the Internet. So you'd more likely use Bluetooth to connect your ear... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How come going a certain speed on a roller coaster feels more intense than traveling in a car at the same speed? | [
"While the speed of a roller-coaster may be the same, the quicker change in the direction of the speed (a.k.a. change in velocity due to the centripetal and centrifugal acceleration) cause more G-forces to be felt by the rider than while travelling in a car."
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"Next time you drive a car, gently throw a tennis ball up and down while you drive. The ball is traveling at the same speed."
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How do humans and other animals “feel” and predict changes in the weather? i.e rain. | [
"The pressure changes with the weather, low pressure usually means rain. You know how you ears pop when you go up in a plane because of the high pressure. This is the same idea but with a change to low pressure. Some people who have achy joints can feel the pressure drop because there isn't as much pressure around ... | [
"Trees don't know anything. They react to their environment through chemical pathways. Living doesn't require thinking."
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Why moving air feels cold | [
"The most energetic particles of water on your skin evaporate from liquid to gas, taking away their energy from your body and lowering the overall kinetic energy of the water on your skin. This is how heat transfers from skin to sweat, to water vapor. If the air is moving, it more effectively allows water to evapor... | [
"Because the air in the car moves along with it."
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Why does shampoo made in the US have English and French translations as opposed to English and Spanish? | [
"Canada has laws that products must be labeled in English and in French. Most US manufacturers also want to sell their items in Canada, so they just make one label for both countries. Most US manufacturers aren't trying to sell their products in Mexico, so they don't have a Spanish translation."
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"So you can read the instructions for washing them. Also different countries have different laws about what information has to be shown on clothes. For instance where the clothes were made or what they are made from. As different countries have different labelling requirements and languages it is easier for the ma... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is my eyesight blurry when I first wake up in the morning? | [
"Most likely they're very dry. Blinking a few times and creating tears should clear it up, if not, then artificial tears/saline should do the trick."
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Why do we touch our forehead when we did something stupid? | [
"We don't all necessarily do that! Touching your forehead when you make a mistake is not universal, it is cultural! As a child, you may see your mother touch her forehead after an incident and you copy it! But for another child, say in a far off country, the child might observe his/her mother putting her hand on he... | [
"Why do the glands in my neck burn like high hell when I'm holding back tears?"
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When the roof of your mouth and the inside of your ears get itchy from allergies, and you can never seem to reach the irritated area, what is it that is actually itchy? | [
"Histamine release. Your body produces histamines, which causes redness and itching when it triggers from thinking your body is being invaded. That allows your white blood cells to travel easier to remove the invaders. Histamines are produced all over your body. It's like the redness you get from eating niacin on a... | [
"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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The division between Noam Chomsky and Daniel Everett regarding "universal grammar." | [
"Chompsky points to the fact that no one ever sits you down as a child and says \"verbs work like this, sentences work like this...\" the way we do with math and such, but all kids learn language perfectly. Because of this, Chompsky believes that out brain has a set of grammar which we are born with, like settings ... | [
"Humans have unique parts of the brain which are specifically dedicated to learning language. This is why all human children on earth are capable of learning any language on earth, depending on where they are born and what they are taught. This is also why all languages share certain universal qualities. The reason... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it that data is always unavailable for Greenland? | [
"Greenland isn't an independent country, for starters. It's still part of Denmark. Considering that it has a population of 60,000 people, using the same data as for Denmark proper wouldn't be an accurate representation."
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"How successful have you been with everything but YouTube?"
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Why Are certain areas said to be not habitable for "centuries" due to a nuclear accident, but places like Hiroshima are habitable? | [
"Different kinds of radiation. Bombs like Hiroshima generated a lot of quickly dissipating radiation, and very little long-lasting radiation. The Chernobyl reactor, on the other hand, put out lots of long-lasting radiation and very little short-lived radiation. I don't know enough about the topic to be more specifi... | [
"No, because looting. You don't die instantly from being in an area of high radiation, like parts of the Chernobyl region. We think of that as a catastrophe, but people were back at work at the plant *days* later. Insane, right? Well, no, the plant was operational for years (like, 20 years) after. Chernobyl had a f... | eli5_question_answer | {
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what exactly is a rape kit ? | [
"Its used to collect physical evidence from the victim, sometimes done by the victim themselves, more commonly by a nurse. > Although a rape kit's contents may vary by location, it may include: > Instructions > Bags and sheets for evidence collection > Swabs for collecting fluids from the lips, cheeks, thighs, v... | [
"how is that different from any other mortgage system??? am i missing something?"
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Where the term “late” to describe deceased came from | [
"It's shorthand for \"lately deceased\". It's traditionally used to describe someone who has died recently, but as the abbreviated phrase eclipsed the full one in popular speech, it's come to describe anyone who is dead regardless of how recently they croaked."
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"One is referencing a commonly know item of culture the other results in detrimental action towards a set of people. The trick is figuring out which is which."
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How do people make high quality GIFs of live sporting events on TV only minutes after the action occurs? | [
"The same way all gifs are made, just quickly. They probably have a capture card connected to their TV that they set to record the whole game, so after something \"gifworthy\" happens they just need to trim that part of the footage and convert it using any number of programs available online."
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"All of the cameras feed to screens in a room, where a producer will decide which camera's stream is sent to TV screens, it's their decision as to which shot is best. There will also be editors available, who can grab important pieces of footage to assemble highlight reels and montages. In either case all of the fo... | eli5_question_answer | {
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the evidence for and against global warming | [
"for: all the data against: fossil fuel interests"
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"the idea is all that marketing makes a lot more people put money towards research."
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Why are bodybuilders more ripped than powerlifters? | [
"Lifters build up their body to lift. Bodybuilders build up their body to look ripped."
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"People who are in shape sweat more and more easily than people who are not in shape/not used to physical exertion. Don't be embarrassed, just realize it's because you're a better physical specimen than most people are. But don't be narcissistic about it."
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What is the pump and dump method in stocks? | [
"That's where you buy a bunch of worthless stocks at a very low price. This inflates their price a bit (pump) and gives the appearance of growth. Other people see the value increasing, and may buy more stocks, thinking the price will continue to rise. If enough suckers buy stock on top of yours, you can sell (dump)... | [
"Buying and selling penny stocks is normal. Selling penny stocks to investors and lying about what they are (eg A great opportunity, as good as a blue chip, the next Microsoft etc. etc.) is illegal. That's what the Wolf was doing."
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Wave-Particle Duality | [
"From my [response to a similar question](_URL_0_): > Here's the thing. When you think of \"particles\", you're probably thinking of little balls whizzing around like billiard balls on a table. Stop doing that. A \"particle\" is a tiny little thing, but it doesn't behave at all like a billiard ball. It follows som... | [
"A Visual, Intuitive Guide to Imaginary Numbers: _URL_0_"
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What happens to illegal drugs after they are seized by law enforcement? | [
"They get stored in the police's evidence rooms and their files are put into archives. Then, they are sent to this big oven for incineration in a more central police station. My mom works with this stuff."
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"Significantly fewer people in prison, which means less money paid by tax payers to house them. Tax revenue off the sales. Reduced cartel activity. And less chance for unknowingly laced drugs. Off the top of my head."
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Why is it that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump seem to be the leading presidential candidates when it seems that public opinion of both is very low? | [
"First, this is how it always is this early in campaign season. Anyone with a little bit of name recognition immediately is at the forefront, regardless of their quality as a candidate or likelihood to do well long term. But more to the point, it's because we don't cast negative votes. If 20% of the people love you... | [
"Because swing states have a comparable number of strong Democrats and strong Republicans (otherwise they wouldn't be swing states) you can assume that their results will closely mirror that of the nation as a whole. Not to mention that this election in particular is breaking all the rules. States that were once so... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why Australia has a notoriously bad internet connection? | [
"Australia is going to be more distant from many servers simply because of where it is. Light speed is fast, but such distances do incur slight delays."
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"They're poor, they often speak English, they have internet access, and there's little effective enforcement in Nigeria."
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why is my school so sensitive to religion amongst students, but also purposely doesn't serve meat on Fridays? | [
"A lot of schools focus on creating an inclusive space for all students and staff. This includes recognizing traditions and cultural practises, such as 'meatless Fridays' during Lent."
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"that's perfectly fine. As long as the school doesn't force you guys to participate its ok. separation of church and state doesn't mean we can not have any religion within our publicly funded buildings, parks, etc. it just means the people in charge must maintain an attitude of neutrality toward religion."
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Where did smoking terms like "high" or "stoned" originate? | [
"As far back as 1620, \"high\" meant \"euphorically drunk\" (i.e., on alcohol). It's that stage of drinking where you're still cheerful: your spirits are high. It didn't come to be used for other drugs until the 1930s. \"Stoned\" also originally meant \"drunk\" and was later transferred to being intoxicated on cann... | [
"In Britain an old nickname for a penis was \"whistle\". A common phrase was \"how about you blow my whistle\" as asking for a \"blow job\". Over the last two centuries \"Blow job\" stuck around while naming your dick \"whistle\" didn't."
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Is there a difference between things that "glow" and things that only show up under UV light? What is the mechanism for each? | [
"Glow in the dark = Phosphorescence Show up under UV = Fluorescence From Wiki \"The most striking example of fluorescence occurs when the absorbed radiation is in the ultraviolet region of the spectrum, and thus invisible to the human eye, while the emitted light is in the visible region, which gives the fluorescen... | [
"Sometimes instead of being called neon colors they are called \"fluorescent\" colors. What makes them fluorescent is that they absorb light you normally can't see (UV light) and then release that energy as visible light. The result is that if you shine light that has UV in it (like sunlight or a blacklight) instea... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does stretching when you wake up feel so good? | [
"Your joints’ metabolism works through the liquid in the joints. When they are not moving and the fluid stays still, the process makes the liquid have the metabolites, which makes the cartilages somewhat sore. So when you stretch and the fluid gets stirred around, you feel the refreshment. A similar thing happens d... | [
"If I keep tensing this muscle, it makes me have to yawn. Anyone else have this reaction?"
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How do big companies prevent petty theft from employees? | [
"Registers are computerized and have a log of all the transactions. Each clerk starts with a fixed quantity of cash and it gets counted at the end of the shift. This is part of why so many stores have strict policies about giving a receipt with every purchase. It forces employees to put every order into the system.... | [
"Usually with companies that get breached, there is some company-consumer assurance that their data will always be safe. So when it is breached, its like a breach in their trust. It is also extremely difficult to find the hackers, they may be on the other side of the world. Thus, not being able to bring the suspect... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does the the human mind ignore the second "the"? | [
"There's a phenomenon called [attentional blink](_URL_0_) where, when you're rapidly presented with stimuli, your brain will perceive two identical stimuli in a row as a single stimulus. Basically, your brain sees \"the the\" and assumes there was only one. In nature, identical stimuli in rapid succession are vani... | [
"in few words - the idea that there is no \"right\" answer."
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why do cats have to smell everything? Why can't they just look at the things? | [
"ELI5 : Cats have really poor vision for details, everything they look at is fuzzy and doesn't have as many colours as we have. Their eyes are however good at tracking motion (think T-Rex from the first Jurassic Park), which is why they can chase things so well. So when things are just being lazy & relaxed, a cat c... | [
"Their thought process typically follows this order 1. What am I smelling? 2. Am I supposed to/Can I eat it? 3. If there is nothing to eat/chew, should I pee on it? 4. If none of that sounds appealing, I'll just go to sleep."
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Which virus scanners to avoid, which to use, what should I look out for. | [
"Let me fix your account with Webroot. PM me your e-mail address you used to register and I will see what I can do."
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"The risk you are taking is that if new security exploits are found in Windows XP, they will not be patched/fixed by microsoft in an update. Your system will be vulnerable. While XP is a very solid and secure OS, new exploits are still found on occasion. Will security essentials take care of this? Yes and no, while... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why isn't there a spending limit in US political campaigns like a salary cap in sports? | [
"[There are.](_URL_0_) Problem is they have so many loopholes, candidates still amass over 500 million USD."
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"What's the reasoning behind term limits being a good idea?"
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Why Gluten-Free diets are so popular now | [
"Eating a gluten-free diet is both extremely strict and generally devoid of foods that the average American binge eats. Most of the success of the diet isn't specifically due to the absence of gluten, but due to the dieter's restricted calorie intake and avoidance of nutrient-deficient foods. Basically, you aren't ... | [
"Just because something is made from vegetables doesn't automatically make it healthy. Heroin is made from vegetables."
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Why don't any animals have to wipe their ass, but humans do? | [
"Animals don't need to *wipe* their ass, because they lick it or rub it to the ground. Some animals don't feel the need to clean anus at all, because their shit is dry enough to not make a mess. If humananimal wants to clean their ass, and they don't want to rub it to ground, hand need to be used, because tongue c... | [
"I'm sure it's the same reason you don't do what you're supposed to all the time. Do you always drive exactly the speed limit, never hit the snooze, never eat something that's bad for you, never drink or smoke or do drugs, work out everyday, etc., etc.? Willpower is a finite resource, for dogs and humans."
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What is a quantam entanglement? | [
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"Can you clarify what you mean by an 'armor display'?"
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Why is fiberglass so itchy? | [
"Fiberglass is literally made of glass fibers. Like tiny threads. Glass is sharp, especially if it's the size of thread. So if it pokes you, it penetrates the top layers of the skin a little, and this causes irritation. The fibers aren't thick or heavy enough to press in deeper so there's not much risk of them get... | [
"It evaporates quickly, which costs energy, which carries away heat. Don't make a habit of it, the stuff is somewhat toxic."
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Why are the majority of the reddit population male? | [
"Why are most subreddit populations comprised of men moreso than women? Check out the history of reddit: [Here](_URL_2_) It's a lot of good content to read through. For example, check out the growth and popularity of subreddits over the history of reddit: [Here](_URL_0_) Or here, take a look at reddit in [2007](_U... | [
"Why are there so many questions that amount to \"why are people different?\""
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How did something like the holocaust and nazi's happen without the law finding out? | [
"The Nazi's happened through the law, then they were the law, then the holocaust happened when there was no law, but nazi law."
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"It was not only hitler and the nazis that really hated Jews. Overall, a lot of people disliked them. A lot of Europe was still in bad shape because of the Great Depression and the after effects of WW1, and the unemployment rate was high. A lot of Jews were well educated and had safety through good jobs. After some... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does a computer screen look pixelated and wavy on a digital camera shot? | [
"The PPI (Pixels Per Inch) of the camera's sensor is battling with the PPI of the computer's screen. This is known as [Moire](_URL_0_)."
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"For the most part, I think phone screens are generally only at 2k resolution right now. There are rumors of 4k screens coming soon, but that is one large difference. Some of it may also depend on what kind of phone screen it is (AMOLED, LCD, IPS) as well as your brightness setting. Size is another factor. The pix... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does money laundering work? | [
"You stole $5 from Mom. Mom will definitely know if you buy something from it. You tell Mom you walk the neighbor's dog for the weekend. You walk the dog, earn $5. Tell Mom you earned $10 walking the dog."
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"Some criminal groups do print fake money. It's called counterfeiting."
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Why do most bigger men, i.e. bodybuilders, have deeper voices? | [
"They don't. There's no correlation between the size of a person and the size of their vocal chords, which is what determines vocal pitch and timbre."
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"The recommended is based on averages... And on average males are physically larger and more active than average females... Sure there are body building women that could bench press me and have super active lifestyles, they require more calories than me... However... They are not *the average*."
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Meditation and how you would go about learning to understand and practise it? | [
"when you are just starting out, audio recordings of guided meditation can be fantastic. few people have the mindfulness to just up and do it alone. it's kind of like riding a bike. takes practice and trust with yourself. there's a lot of options and [\\(unlike this recommendation\\)](_URL_0_), they don't have to ... | [
"It releases tension and pressure and the more you do it the more you enjoy it. It's like most things that have to deal with pleasure."
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How almost every book in a bookstore is written by 'New York Times Best-Selling author' | [
"Confirmation bias. When you see that, you go \"Huh, another one.\" When you don't, you ignore it. Most books are *not* written by authors who've had books on the New York Times best-seller list."
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"Well, where is it a 'Best Seller?' In the same way that many products can be 'Top Rated,' everything is recommended by '4 out of 5 doctors,' and everything on TV is 'Extremely Popular,' it depends on where the statistic is coming from. If I publish a small magazine of 5,000 readers, and consider your book #1, and ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why Does Conservation of Angular Momentum Happen? | [
"Conservation laws are ultimately due to symmetries. Since physical situations do not depend on how a system is orientated, this *rotational invariance* gives rise to the conservation of angular momentum."
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How does the whiskey and water trick work? | [
"Density. The water is more dense than the whisky. So water will weigh more than the whisky. They switch places since they are the same volume. The heavier water fills up the entire bottom glass, leaving the lighter whisky nowhere to go except up into the top glass."
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"Why do some parts of the world call gasoline petrol?"
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How can glass get fogged up from steam and frost but our eyes can't? | [
"Fogged up glass happens when humid air gets in contact with a cold surface and condensates there. Our eyes have a. a layer of water in front of them, that's because you keep blinking, and b. are not cold enough to cause the humid air to condensate."
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"Water does stick to our body. If it didn't, we wouldn't need to use a towel after a shower. What makes you think water doesn't stick to our body?"
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How do GPS systems enter all their road data? | [
"A lot of it is pre-existing database information from municipalities and private firms. You can buy most of it for yourself too if you know where. Some systems also integrate a user updated database that can quickly track changes based on individual reports and third party tracking."
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"It takes time to put together your location using GPS. Your phone can reference a database of locations and MAC addresses of WiFi networks much more quickly."
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Why is the percentage of kids diagnosed with ADHD so high in places like America, but almost 0 in places like France? | [
"We view it as a medical disorder, they view it at a personality trait."
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"The United States has about two and a half times the population of the UK, Canada, Australia, Ireland, and New Zealand combined."
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Military Patents, how are they enforced and why bother to make a patent? | [
"These things are often designed and manufactured by private companies, and then sold to government customers. The government manufactures almost nothing itself. So all those tanks and planes and weapons are made by businesses like Boeing, Chrysler, Colt, etc. For example, for many decades Colt held the exclusive r... | [
"If its a copyrightable work you can register it with the US Copyright Office. If its a patentable invention you *need* to register it with the US Patent Office. Other methods, like mailing it to yourself or having it notarized are trivial to fake and do absolutely nothing to prove ownership."
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Why do the Alps have more glaciers than the Rocky mountains if the Rocky Mountains have a comparable number of peaks at or over 13,000 Feet/4,000 meters? | [
"There's an enormous difference in rainfall between the Rocky Mountains and the Alps. While these maps are pretty general, the difference is enough to be obvious. [The Rockies](_URL_0_) are almost entirely in the 200-400mm range with only the Northern part of the chain in the 400-800mm range. [The Alps](_URL_1_) a... | [
"Bees can apparently fly over Mount everest. _URL_0_ Dillon and his team of researchers found that the bees they collected could fly at air pressure equivalents exceeding 24,275 feet (7,400 meters) above sea level, equivalent to some of the lower peaks in Nepal’s Annapurna mountain range. Two bumblebees were able t... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What in the world is Half Life 3? | [
"Half-Life is a series of video games by Valve. The first game came out in 1998, and was a huge success. The second game came out in 2004 (after being delayed for over a year) and was also a huge success. After the seconds game, Valve decided to create new sequels as three \"episodes\" (which were more like expansi... | [
"Alternative title: \"Explain Like I'm 5 the experience of being 5.\""
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the basics of the Mac vs. Pc debate, as unbiased as possible | [
"*Mac* Pros: relatively malware free, reliable, \"easy\" to use, looks nice Cons: Expensive, closed garden, software limited *PC* Pros: Inexpensive, infinitely upgradeable, easily modified Cons: Windows is susceptible to malware, bloatware is often preinstalled, hardware isn't \"pretty\""
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"Each one devlivers their content in a different way and in a primary different geographic location. Anyone can claim to be the \"best\" even if they are not, because its a court of opinion at that point."
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Why are Americans forced to purchase pharmaceutical prescription drugs from America? | [
"American's go to Canada all the time to buy drugs. It's technically illegal but the FDA generally turns a blind eye and I've never had a border guard ask me about prescription drugs. You generally need a Canadian Doctor to write the script for you but that is easy enough to get especially if you already have a scr... | [
"Because it's more cost effective to simply exclude the medication from coverage than it is to lobby for changes to the pharmaceutical market."
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Where does the stereotype of Canadians being very polite come from? | [
"It comes from reality. Canadians really are very polite. Source: I'm from Scotland, I moved to Canada a few years ago."
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"Maybe they're stereotyped as being more gullible or they're seen as more likely to be bored with nothing to do but look at their phones all day. Just a guess. Not meant to be offensive."
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Why is weatherstripping for doors/windows hollow? | [
"Combination of reasons, it uses less product and therefore cheaper. A large hollow foam tube can be squished when the door closes and make a good seal. A smaller solid tube will leave gaps and won't squish as easily."
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"Cabinet styles go out of date just like anything else in a house such as an old brown shag carpet. Also any proper wooden furniture is more expensive. Take a look around your house, and notice how much \"wood\" isn't wood, but particle board with a veneer. On top of that cabinets have a lot of moving parts, and ni... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How can newspapers publicly endorse political candidates and remain an unbiased source of information? | [
"Newspapers have had editorials and opinion pieces of various kinds for centuries. Separated as much as possible/practical from the news side"
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"It is a conflict of interest. News organizations have conflicts of interest all the time, but that doesn't mean they stop reporting news. Journalism ethics says so long as you disclose the conflict, so people can judge if you are being biased, you are covered."
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If a plane went above, then below, then above the speed of sound a bunch of times would it create a bunch of sonic booms? | [
"An object travelling faster than the speed of sound is *continuously generating a shockwave* for as a long as it exceeds the speed of sound. It only sounds like a brief 'boom' to a distant listener because the plane has already flown past- to hear another one, it would have to turn around and fly past you again. I... | [
"In a helmet, about the same loud wind noise you heard before the speed of sound. It's the people you pass that hear a boom. At the speed of sound the noise you are making turns into one clear shockwave, but that shockwave is behind you and can't catch up. The \"sound barrier\" is an idea, it's not some wall of noi... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do companies pay money to create stock photography that is extremely unlikely to be used? | [
"People take photos of things they think are not already available. They upload them on stock photo sites, hoping some day someone wants to use that photo and buys it off them. The photographer gets paid and the site makes a commission. This image may look very weird and make you wonder how someone thought of that ... | [
"This is only an assumption, but I would say the purpose is to make sure you're not posting pictures that you have no right to be posting."
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Why is it cheaper to fly to different countries in Europe as opposed to it being expensive to fly to other states in the US? | [
"Europe has a well developed train system which competes with the airlines. This drives down prices, and eliminates routes that are not profitable enough. The flights that do exist will be cheaper, but there will be fewer of them. Also, some European countries have national airlines that are subsidized."
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"They have a different sense of the value of money than you do. It's not cheap. However, you could get a credit card with a mileage program to help cut costs. There's all sorts of little tricks like that. Where you fly into has some to do with it as well. For instance, it's way cheaper to fly into Dublin than Heath... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Where does the heat in our body come from? | [
"When you consume food, all that food gets broken down and absorbed by your body at a molecular level. You're turning a piece of food into it's molecules. Then your body breaks the bonds which releases heat. Breaking bonds is where that energy (heat) comes from."
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"Repelling each other requires energy. Some of that is released as heat."
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What is a URL and how does it work? | [
"A URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator, which is generally just a fancy way of saying a web address. The various parts of the URL are used by all of the systems between you and what you're trying to access to figure out how to get you what you need. It gives you a protocol (how to access it) and the domain (whe... | [
"Because HTTPS has nothing to do with being hacked or not."
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Why do hotels skip seemingly random room numbers? | [
"Could be for any number of reasons. How does the layout of rooms on floor 2 and 3 compare to each other and floor 1/4? The hotel may opt to keep each floor's numbering as similar as possible vertically, even when one floor has more or less rooms Room #233 could still be a room, just not a guest room. For consisten... | [
"I am friends with many people that work at one of the largest hotel software management companies in the world. They have software that tracks room use and selects a room based upon multiple factors: 1) Is a room with your requests available (two queens or a king) 2) Has the room been cleaned and is ready 3) Is th... | eli5_question_answer | {
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how underwater pressure works | [
"There's water on top of you, that's what causes the pressure, just like normal pressure is caused by air on top of you, go up the mountain and there'll be less pressure. Water is much heavier than air though, so going just 10 meters deep will double the pressure compared to surface. The extra pressure is dangerous... | [
"There are jet streams on sides pf walls which propel water and give the person in River kinetic Energy"
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Why do some doors open inward, and some open outward? | [
"Different building codes for safety. Exterior doors have to open inwards do that in emergency if you need to get out, something places on the outside doesn't block the door from opening. Its also a safety thing so that if you push open a door, it doesn't smash someone's face whose trying to get in."
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"Putting the fan on you causes a breeze which cools you down. Pointing the fan out is blowing the hot air out, thereby causing negative air pressure inside the house and forcing fresh air to flow in. So, if it is hotter outside than in, point your fan at you. If it is hotter inside than out, point your fan out."
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Why do some companies make Solid State Drives (SSD) that are slightly different from one another in size (i.e. 480GB vs. 500GB vs. 512GB)? | [
"They don't. They're using the same size chip, it's that ssds lose a fraction of a percent of their space every write cycle, and different manufacturers reserve a certain amount of space in the drive to make up for those losses, so your total value doesn't change over time, and so if you fill up the drive completel... | [
"Current SD cards have read/write speeds of up to 30 MB/s. SSDs have read/write speeds of up to 500 MB/s."
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If the president was of another religion, would they take oath over the book of their faith. (For example, if the president was Jewish, would they take oath over the Torah)? | [
"The president has a choice of what they want to be sworn in on. The book doesn't even have to be a religious text. Some presidents were sworn in on copies of the constitution."
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"1) The Pope is the King of Vatican City. Vatican city is a sovereign nation and this is no different than any other world leader addressing congress. 2) Separation of Church and State means that the government cannot establish a State (national) religion, and that they cannot prohibit their citizens from practici... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do people blame Republicans' success in Congressional races on district gerrymandering? Can't Democrats redistrict just the same? | [
"They can and do. Illinois' 4th and Florida's 5th are prime examples of the dems gerrymandering. Unfortunately the only way our government tries to fix gerrymandering is with more gerrymandering. Edit: got my districts mixed up"
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"Just because the public supports it doesn't mean it's a good idea. That's why we have a representative democracy, not a direct one. In theory our representatives will seek counsel from informed people and make intelligent decisions rather than just doing what the popular thing is. Remember, midterm elections are o... | eli5_question_answer | {
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