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Why did Anthony Weiner get pressured to resign from office for sending some sexual pictures to people flirting with him online, when other politicians have been in all out affairs yet they retained office with no trouble? | [
"He actually tried to deny sending photos at first saying his phone had been hacked... Effectively lying to the public for a week until he could not get out from all the jokes. I honestly think he resigned due to pressure from party leadership. If he hadn't lied at first he may have been able to bounce back. Oh and... | [
"Murdoch and friends tried to pin Benghazi on her for months and repeated it until it became tired. It also wasn't her fault or even a very entertaining scandal relative to the amount of coverage it got. She's also guilty of not securing her email and her husband cheated on her decades ago. Christie might actually... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do video game hacks work? | [
"Basically, anything that is installed on your pc can be read, written or be modified. So they aren't exploiting weaknesses in the game code, rather, its impossible to prevent someone with admin rights from altering the game if they desire. (It can however, be made very hard) What online games CAN do is simply not ... | [
"Related question: What if I want to become a mercenary? What do I do?"
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The difference between clinical depression and circumstantial depression, and the effects on the brain. | [
"The short version: Circumstantial depression - you are sad, because something happened that made you sad. If you told anyone else about it, they would understand why you feel sad. Clinical depression - your entire emotional system is depressed, in the sense that it is functioning at a lower level than normal. You... | [
"Dopamine regulates the pleasure-reward feeling you get when you do something you enjoy. When dopamine levels are low you become unmotivated, experience feelings of helplessness and lose interest in things that used to interest you. But that's just one of many many factors. There's no magical cure for depression. G... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How is radioactive contamination "cleaned up"? | [
"It's mostly just soil that's picked up and put in barrels. If it's woods they can't reach, or houses, they burn them and then put that in barrels. Animals sometimes get bburned up with it and they just go into the barrels too. A lot of water can go into barrels if it's a lake or something."
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"Because sulfuryl fluoride doesn't leave a residue once it's ventilated. There's nothing left to poison you."
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How do authors like Stephen King write so many books in a lifetime? | [
"Compared to other writers, Stephen King is notorious for writing a lot of material on a daily basis. He's also just a creative guy who has established a very clear-cut and distinct style. And finally: he has a huge following. If he writes a book with the intention of publishing it will get published."
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"There's a big difference between being good with words and having the talents required to write dictionaries."
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Why does an AI / Skynet mean war between robots and humanity ? | [
"this trope exists only in fictional stories where without it there would be no conflict an thus no story to tell. there are plenty of AI in fiction where they do not go to war with humanity."
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"Humans make robots to kill and have sex with. Dialog why this is bad. Robots become self aware. Dialog why this is evolution. Robots kill humans. End season 1. Dialog why this is bad. Humans try to regain control. Dialog why this is bad. Robots create robot versions of the human creators and escape the compound wh... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Explain LI5, the difference between 'centre' and 'center', also 'meter' and 'metre' and 'liter' and 'litre' | [
"> Are they just English and American spellings of the same exact thing? Yes. The same is true for color/colour, fiber/fibre, analyse/analyze, and others. As a general rule, the \"re\", \"our\" and \"yse\" spellings are British English while the \"er\", \"or\", and \"yze\" spellings are American English."
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"Are you talking about derivative nouns like \"height(h)\" for \"high,\" \"warmth\" for \"warm,\" \"mirth\" for \"merry,\" \"width\" for \"wide,\" etc.?"
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Humans land on a new planet, teeming with life. How do we efficiently find out what plants and animals are safe to eat, and what ones are toxic? | [
"Let the new crew members wearing the red shirts try it first?"
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"Wild animals might know what they can/can’t eat because of natural instincts and watching others. Pets, on the other hand, don’t know the difference between something good for them and something that will hurt them"
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why I see little floating lines when I look at solid colored surfaces? | [
"They're called floaters, and they are imperfections in the vitreous humour (the gel that fills most of your eye). You just aren't always aware of them. _URL_0_"
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"I want to know that too. Maybe i can add a question to that ELI5 topic: Why do i see lightning like things when closing my eyes and pushing/rolling them with my finger?"
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what the hell is system of a down so mad about? | [
"They are mad about the Armenian genocide.. For one. Edit: they are doing a reunion tour and free concert in Armenia for the 100th anniversary of that genocide. Screamers is a 2006 documentary by director Carla Garapedian conceived by Peter McAlevey and Garapedian and produced by McAlevey..[1] The film explores why... | [
"i have no clue what's happening, all i'm hearing is a lotta angry people and bad press. Hoping there's 2 sides to every story. Also who's australia in debt to anyways?"
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What is the force that keeps a race car on the ground during a banked turn when the surface is frictionless? | [
"There is not really a surface that is actually frictionless (though an airhockey table is fairly close.) There are 2 forces pointing downward on a race car: gravity and 'downforce.' I'm going to assume you know what gravity is (not fundamentally, though, since we're still figuring that out.) Downforce is a racing ... | [
"I assume you mean the tilted curve called the carousel at Nürburing. The angle of the curve lets the force of the car in the turn to be more downwards as opposed to sideways. Which helps the car corner as downward force is far more manageable than sideway force. The forward speed of the car transfers downwards whe... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is the origin of the "dumb blonde" stereotype? | [
"I think it's a combination of things: * It's an example of a broader species of stereotypes about women who inherited a lot of money. Many of the same characteristics ascribed to \"dumb blondes\" are also ascribed to \"Jewish American Princesses\"; in Asia, there are similar stereotypes about various subgroups. * ... | [
"Because you spend all your time on Reddit which is full of men? The \"crazy cat lady\" stereotype and the \"desperate mid-30s spinster\" exist for a reason."
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There are quite significant differences amongst countries regarding income and overall cost of living, even within Europe. What does prevent people from working a short period of time in high income countries and living in low living cost countries for the rest of the time? | [
"This kind of thing does happen, but there are all sorts of problems with it. The first is actually getting to a different country. The cost of relocating can be prohibitive for lots of people. The second is actually getting permission to live and work within a country. Visa law varries from country to country, bu... | [
"It is not only the exchange rate. If that were the case then things would have balanced out fairly quickly. However there is a difference in the cost of living in different locations. In warmer locations it is possible to grow food all year round which makes food cheaper, and the minimum requirement for a livable ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it acceptable in the US judicial system for a large organization to simply pay fees or settlements to avoid admitting that they did something wrong? What prevents them from committing similar crimes in the future? Can other crimes be handled like this too? | [
"There's a big difference between a civil offense and a criminal offense. Rarely do we allow people to buy their way out of a criminal offense. When we let people buy their way out of civil offenses, it's because they're being punished financially for their wrongdoing. What stops them from doing it in the future is... | [
"No, what makes you say that? The loser has to pay a large sum, and more importantly, they will be ordered to stop what they were doing wrong. The most important civil cases are not about big payouts, but about getting a party to stop some form of harmful conduct. In a trespass case, it's more important to you that... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do TV channels run both national and local ads. Shouldn't one always more lucrative than the other? | [
"Some companies purchase ads on a national scale. Let's say, Hebrew hotdogs is our company. And cbs is the station. They pay a certain amount to buy so much of their ad space at certain peak times. Cbs the sublets it's regional, let's say Joplin MO ad space for the region. Some of the ad space is reserved for nat... | [
"Most likely, there are two scenarios, either they agree to play most commercials at th same time so that neither risks losing their viewers to the other, or they are owned by the same owner and the owners decides to play most commercials at the same time for the same reasons."
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The science behind why some foods taste better or different the day after being prepared. | [
"Entropy increases over time. The individual ingredients in, say, a pot of chili will exchange more molecules, the beans will absorb more of the fats from the meat, the meat will become more tenderized due to the acids from the tomatoes, etc. You can help the process along with low heat, but time helps too."
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"Most microwaved vegetables are healthier for you , compared to fresh. Look it up."
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Why is cancer so difficult for us to understand/cure | [
"It's like asking, \"Why are viruses so difficult for us to understand/cure?\" Because there are thousands of different types of cancers, all with their own causes, how they work, what kinds of tissues they involve, etc, etc, etc. The media likes to make it seem like cancer is just one disease, but it's not. What c... | [
"Dramatically increased survival rates for many types of cancer. Cancer isn't one single disease. There are many different kinds, and they behave differently and have to be studied and treated differently, which is why we haven't \"cured cancer\". Many kinds of cancer are curable today, and as long as they're disco... | eli5_question_answer | {
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When documents are leaked to the public, how are they verified to be authentic and not faked by the person/organization that released them? | [
"In the case of Wikileaks, the sheer volume is proof enough. Add onto that conversations with people in the leaks can confirm that those conversations are real, along with things being talked about lining up perfectly with real events. Add onto that wikileaks general reputation of putting out real leaks theres no r... | [
"The USA has been cracking down on those caught stealing and leaking secret documents, including reporters not involved in the theft itself. In other words if someone violates their security clearance and tells a reporter secrets, it is still illegal for that reporter to pass it on."
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Why do games use "hitboxes"? | [
"Because collision detection with polygons is computationally taxing. Take, for example, one used in 2D: SAT. With every new axis, you're increasing the complexity by a massive amount. Additionally, complex hitboxes doesn't play well. Imagine your playing Mario, you try to jump on a platform, you miss, and then you... | [
"It varies slightly from game to game, but in general: Server: Where is each player? What weapons do they have? How much ammo do they have? Which character are they playing? When can they use their next ability? Client: What does the map look like(graphics)? What does my character look like(graphics)? What do my we... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is the black stuff on charred food considered a carcinogen? | [
"Cooking meat at high temperatures causes some of the amino acids that make up the muscle tissue to chemically react to form two classes of carcinogenic compounds: [polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons](_URL_0_) and [heterocyclic amines](_URL_1_). How exactly these types of compounds cause or promote cancer is incredib... | [
"Furthermore, how could they make it taste so mediocre and give it the texture of slightly curdled milk?"
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Why do people of hispanic decent wave the Mexican flag at american political events? | [
"Well, they aren't just 'Hispanic', they are typically immigrants from Mexico, or at least first generation. It is to let the politicians know that there is a large Mexican immigrant population and that they need to listen to their voices. Personally I think they are going about it the wrong way. To me it says 'I ... | [
"Identity politics, they have their own language, culture, flag, etc. For example I heard that Catalonians don't like bull fighting."
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How come sometimes when I go out to my car in the morning and it's 29 degrees F, my car is completely frosted over, but other times I go out to my car in the morning and it's -15 degrees F, but there's no frost anywhere? | [
"Humidity. When there is less moisture in the air to condense onto your windshield then there will be less frost."
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"Some of it also has to do with what you are used to. Here's an anecdote... I am from the frozen part of the northern midwest. In the winter, it rarely gets above 15 degrees F, and wind chills are often below zero. I lived in this area for 13 years before I went to college in the mid-south (Kentucky). During the fi... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Iambic pentameter poems | [
"Basically, Iambic refers to the the rhythm that the words establish in that line, which is measured in small groups of syllables called \"feet\" - in this case an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. Pentameter refers to the fact that this happens 5 times. It basically follows a pattern like this: ... | [
"To add onto this, what does it mean to \"quote in elegiacs all the crimes of Heliogabalus\"?"
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What are SATA, SSD, SSHD & Thunderbolt drives? What should they be used for? | [
"SATA isn't a drive, it's a interface used to connect drives to the motherboard. Your HDD and CD/DVD drive are connected to your motherboard using a SATA cable. There are also multiple versions: SATA 1.5 Gbit/s, SATA 3.0 Gbit/s, SATA 6.0 Gbit/s. SSD stands for Solid State Drive, it's like an HDD, but instead of a d... | [
"PCI Express is a way of connecting various different devices to a computer. It is usually used for devices inside the computer, and USB is usually used for devices outside the computer. SATA is a way to connect storage devices to a computer. It is usually used for internal storage devices, though it can also be us... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why a 2 gb flashdrive is less expensive than an 8 gb. | [
"On a related note, why do 2 oranges cost more than 1?"
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"Storage is cheap man. Think about it, you can but a TB hard drive for less than 100$. The library of Congress converted to a text file is less than a TB."
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Can somebody explain capitalism to me please? | [
"Capitalism refers to an economic system that is free from government influence. It is comprised of privately owned industries that conduct business without regard to any formal law. The only true capitalist system is the black market, but certain countries, such as the U.S. or Germany, are said to be capitalist be... | [
"Can someone explain the question to me like I'm five?"
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Why do I like to sleep with a blanket, even when I'm already warm? | [
"Its something you are trained practically since inception. Being snug in a blanket or sheet imitates the womb which gave us comfort in the early years of our life. Infants and young ones can often be calmed just by wrapping them in baby blankets. edit:conception*"
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"I can't speak for everyone, but in my case, when the rest of me is comfortable, my feet are freezing, and I can't sleep if my feet are cold."
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Why is it that snowflakes are always perfectly symmetrical and hexagonal? | [
"The underlying crystal structure of water is hexagonal, so it's natural that something made of ice follows this if allowed to grow that way. As for why symmetrical - well, they often aren't perfectly so, but they're very small, so once a seed has formed it's likely that the whole thing will be exposed to the same ... | [
"They would all immediately start cracking and crushing toward their centers and end up roughly spherical. They're spheres because of gravity."
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Why haven't we switched from copper to fiber for all our video and data connections (hdmi,DisplayPort, USB, etc)? | [
"Because copper is far less fragile than fiber, and is adequate for almost all applications. I mean, sure, you could have a fiber connection to a portable hard drive, but it won't be any faster than USB3 because the line speed is already greater than the disk speed."
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"The speed of light in the fiber optic cables, or the speed of the transfer rate of electrons in the electrical wire. Most long distance communications (such as between servers or overseas are over fiber optics, because it’s faster and cheaper. Short distance communications, such as through HDMI cables, are via ele... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Do people who are born blind dream? And if so, how? | [
"Everyone dreams. Dreaming is like eating or drinking in that you can't live without it. There is actually a genetic disorder called fatal familial insomnia, where people lose the ability to enter REM sleep (i.e. they can't dream) and the effects are pretty horrific _URL_0_."
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"Do people actually see things in their mind? When someone asks me to picture something, I'm assuming they're not being literal because I can't actually conjure an image in my mind. Is this a thing people can do?"
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If the concord Jet was so great in 1986, why don't they make a modern day version that's even better and fixes the original problems? | [
"We could, but its still expensive and few people would pay the extra price to just get there more quickly. Supersonic flight is just naturally less efficient than subsonic and as such will cost quite a bit more."
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"Old designs are not very aerodynamic, as a result will use more fuel than modern design if everything else is equal. > a more vintage style that people would spend crazy amounts on That would probably equate to a luxury car which by default wouldn't be produced in massive quantity. People also wouldn't pay as m... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How can the universe be a simulation? | [
"Theoretically if we would improve our computing power to unimaginable figures we could simulate a whole new universe. Imagine a sims game, but very, very complex. Universe is all maths, if you could write down all of the rules down in a program and run the program with some mass in one spot, boom a whole new unive... | [
"Infinite energy ? Well consider how small the whole universe used to be."
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Why do my speakers make this loud, buzzing noise when I unplug the cable? | [
"Do you mean the soft buzz when it's unplugged? Or that cracking noise while you're removing the plug? In general, the sound of the speaker is generated by a voltage signal on the electromagnetic coil. That coil moves the diaphragm up and down to create the sound. When the cable is unplugged, it usually picks up th... | [
"The wires going to your speakers can act as antennas that pick up the control signal sent to your phone that tells it that there's an incoming call."
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- Why do entire strands of Christmas lights not work if one bulb is damaged or taken out? | [
"most lights are wired cheaply in serial, each light is connected to the previous light, remove one light and its the same as cutting the cable with a pair of scissors, the electricity cant flow. Electricity needs to flow in a complete circuit. If the electrical current can't get back to its source it doesnt flow ... | [
"Thermocycling affects the life of the filament in bulbs. Every time you turn on and off a bulb the energy pushed through the filaments weakens it. If you have a bulb that always stays on and a bulb that you turn on and off every day, the bulb that always remains on will last much longer. I have bulbs that I never ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How come iced tea is unsweetened (by default) in the US while everything else is so sweet (soft drinks, bread, breakfast cereal, pastries, etc.)? Each time I visit i get fooled at least once! | [
"This is a regional thing. In the south, unless you specify \"unsweet\" you will get tea saturated with sugar. In the north or west the opposite is actually true, if you ask for tea without specifying, you will get unsweetened tea."
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"They don't. There is a pretty wide variation regarding food temperature across ingredients and culture, and lots of exceptions to your assumption. There are plenty of foods that are enjoyed cold or at room temperature -- gazpacho, salads, dairy, many desserts, cereals, smoothies, sushi, etc. Cold drinks are a larg... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How can I know im tasting x if I never tried x before. | [
"While you haven't tasted lavender, you've probably smelled it before. Smell is a large part of taste, so when you taste lavender it kinda tastes like what lavender smells like."
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"i just drop like a sack of potatoes. So if there is such a mechanism i want to ask the follow up question why mine doesn't work?"
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why is wearing someone else's glasses 'bad for your eyes'? | [
"Your eyes are constantly adjusting and getting used tonnes stimulus. Put on a pair of someone else's glasses and the image gets all distorted, so your eyes refocus to try and undo the effect. This strains your eyes, which is uncomfortable, and your eyes may struggle for a few minutes after taking them off, but it ... | [
"It's just a social thing. There's not really logic behind it - there was a time when women wearing men's clothes was just as odd as a man wearing woman's is today."
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Why will it take 5 minutes to load a .gif on my phone where as the actual video will load almost instantly!! | [
"GIFs are actually very poor at showing video. They are meant to be just a picture, but are able to display animations as well. Video is much, much more efficient as far as data usage."
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"Side question: Why does my computer lie to me and tell me I have full connection yet I can't load any web sites?"
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How would fusion explosions thicken the Martian Atmosphere if any melted C02 would just be stripped away by the solar wind? | [
"It takes millennia for the solar wind to wear away the atmosphere. It's a very slow process."
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"In a word, Gravity The Earth's gravity pulls on the atmosphere the same way that it keeps the oceans glued to the earth. At some point during the Earth's formation much of the Earth was liquid due to it's high temperature so the lighter gaseous elements like Hydrogen, Helium, Carbon Dioxide, and Nitrogen bubbled t... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How is the immortal jellyfish immortal, and why is it not a major point of research? | [
"I’m gonna use an vague analogy but hopefully this makes sense: imagine a caterpillar that grows into a cocoon which births a butterfly, now when the butterfly is at the end of its life cycle, it sheds all the parts that make it a butterfly and become a caterpillar again repeating the cycle."
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"The worse incident of this was a Japanese scientist who fell into a chamber which had insane amounts of radiation. They essentially kept him alive for a few months and they were condemned because it was essentially torture in the name of science and research (ie the effects of high Level radiation) Can anyone remi... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it impossible for my eyes to focus on this image? | [
"It's called facial recognition. Your mind refuses to accept the image as it is so it tries to rectify why the face doesn't make any sense, thus the scanning around the image constantly."
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"Can you clarify what you mean? When you re open your eyes is everything black and white? If so you should see a doctor."
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Since our brain can quickly remember music that we heard before and we can actually "play" it in our head, why do we feel the urge to listen to the actual thing? | [
"The same reason masturbation just isn't the same as intercourse. Hearing music releases feel good chemicals, whereas, playing it in your head doesn't to the same extent."
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"You see or heard something that reminded you of the song. However, your brain is not satisfied just remembering the song. Your brain can't find closure and throws it on a loop. That's why listening to it usually helps; the brain has heard it all again and can end the song in a natural manner. Think about it, you n... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why can't we move our eyes individually? | [
"The visual center of the human brain combines the information that it receives from both eyes to form a picture of what you are seeing. If your eyes are not both looking in the same direction at the same thing, you get a confusing effect like a double-exposed photograph. There do exist some species which move thei... | [
"And more importantly how do I get one for myself?"
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Why does the Sun hurt my eyes, but not a regular fire? | [
"The sun's brighter. Wayyyyyy brighter. Sure, it's less bright than it would be because it's quite far away and going through the atmosphere dims the light slightly. However, the Sun is still *extremely* bright. It's brighter than any fire could ever be since it's not actually a ball of fire, like people often say ... | [
"I would like to know how this sunlight turns into Vitamin D too. Can I just lay an arm outside in the sun and get enough? How about just a finger or my head?"
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Why some actors repeate their manners throught movies? Is this correct acting? | [
"There really isn't such a thing as \"correct.\" I agree that many actors seem to just play the same character in every movie, and I suppose a more versatile actor could be considered more skilled. But this is neither correct nor incorrect. Hollywood logic nowadays is that people like predictability. If they cast ... | [
"If a good actor does a bad performance in one movie, he's a good actor with bad direction. If an actor does a bad performance in every movie he is in, he's a bad actor. Personally I think the best actors are the ones who actually play different characters, instead of themselves in different scenarios, so I persona... | eli5_question_answer | {
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As a kid a handful of times I’d close my eyes to sleep then open then as fast as blinking and it was the next day. Sleep happened instantly and it felt odd. Why and what is this? | [
"This is what happens to me every night! My dad has sleep apnea, and he said this happened to him until he got that figured out. Essentially: your body shuts down, but the brain maintains wakefulness (in my dads case: through breathing problems) enough to not dream or notice the passage of time. I’ve just been way ... | [
"I spent a long time in a depressed stupor where I'd sleep as much as possible, each dream was a continuation as the last and it felt like a lucid dream. I'd remember every detail. When I just couldn't sleep, or was out of bed I'd day dream about it and it went on fit an entire summer break between school years. It... | eli5_question_answer | {
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When someone has a limb amputated, where and how is that limb disposed of? | [
"What i want to say: All-You-Can-Eat Ribs... By the Dumpster buuuuut the real answer is. That depends on a number of factors including: Any health-related issues suffered by the patient. Whether or not the limb may need to be preserved for additional medical testing or as evidence in a criminal case. The personal ... | [
"Due to years of reduced circulation because of the diabetes, the tissue in the foot has died, and is at risk for fatal infections like Gangrene (or is already infected with it) The foot is the first appendage to be removed because, being the farthest from the heart, it has the least amount of circulation to begin ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does the copyright system work on YT? Is it enough to fully credit a song maker in the description or does an algorithm search for..something all the time? | [
"> Can I use a song and credit the song maker in the description No. Crediting the owner of the copyright does not absolve you from the penalties for copyright infringement. Youtube has systems that constantly scan for infringement and automatically take down videos. People constantly find ways to avoid them, and Y... | [
"YouTube has a gigantic database both for audio and video copyrights. When you upload something that match the wave forms (in case of audio) of an existing song from that database, the system automatically sends you a message alerting that the content is not yours. But it also sends a message to the owner of that s... | eli5_question_answer | {
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When I stare at something far away through a mirror close to my eyes, are my eyes focused on the mirror or the far away object? | [
"You're staring *into* the mirror. If you're staring at something 100 ft. behind you in the mirror, you'll have to adjust your eyes as if you were looking at something 100 ft. away."
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"But your vision doesn't go in a straight line. Your eyes allow light in from an angle. So the further away something is, the more fits into your field of vision, because the 'cone' from your field of vision increases. If your eyes worked like lasers and only saw light directly in front of them, it wouldn't look bi... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are headaches and toothaches much less tolerable other kinds of body pain? | [
"As far as teeth go, it's that teeth nerves are hardly shielded at all from debris and other shit. Cavities are basically tunnels leading to nerve endings. If we had our nerve endings exposed in such a way, it would also hurt quite badly. The equivalent of a cavity would be for someone to stab a hole in your skin,... | [
"For tension headaches, your muscles naturally relax when you're asleep so often it's enough to make the headache go away. To expand a bit, tight muscles sometimes agitate neighboring nerves which causes pain in different areas around the head. Hence why muscular tension can cause headaches in the first place."
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Why can literally no one recreate new car smell in a bottle? | [
"Part of the allure of a \"new car smell\" is the excitement of stepping into a brand new car... fresh off the assembly line, free of dirt, dust and human skin cells. \"New Car Smell\" seeks to recreate that experience, rather than emulate the actual smell... which is the smell of phthalates, VOCs and offgassing gl... | [
"Well, we can't transmit smells yet. So how do you sell a smell to someone who can't sample it? You create an image of the smell, be it dreamy or sporty or sexy. And that's the direction a lot of designers and ad companies go with it."
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Why do bad smells seem to be so much more resilient than good ones? | [
"I would assume that it is because bad smells are most often things that can negatively affect our health, like feces and rotting food and we should avoid as long as it is around. The running shoes example doesn't exactly fit, although that may be due to cultural/evolutionary distance from apes in the same way tha... | [
"Your sense of smell works better with warmer air. Cold air will seem almost entirely devoid of smell. We associate a lack of smell with clean air."
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Who eats the costs during recalls? | [
"The companies that sold it are out of the money. The farmers don't lose out. They sold the animals to the butcher shop. The butcher shop would basically be responsible. In these cases, it's the big food company that is liable because they package the foods and thus are responsible for its safety. I'm not sure if t... | [
"Because it's cheaper to have it made in other countries."
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Why the desperation for asylum seekers to enter the UK. | [
"Would you accept that asylum seekers are usually facing things like \"rape\", \"death\", \"dismemberment\" or \"starvation\" where they came from. 38% if a hell of a lot higher than 0."
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"To dissuade people coming into the country only to do drugs."
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What exactly is happening when a plane meets "turbulence" ? | [
"Planes usually fly in smooth airflow region... there's wind but it's smooth... turbulence is uneven airflow or density...It's like swimming in a fast moving river (turbulent) vs in still pool of water (think swimming pool).."
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Why is American football the nation's favorite sport instead of soccer like is in practically all other developed nations? What is so typically American about it? | [
"Americans certainly don't think of Soccer as feminine. The only reason you might have heard that is because women's soccer is more popular than men's (our women's teams are more successful). Football is simply more popular because the national organizations for football were successful before the national organiza... | [
"A couple of reasons for this: - Firstly, soccer had bad timing. Soccer was becoming popular in Europe as baseball was becoming popular in the US. There was initially only room for one new major sport every now and then. Imagine, there's this new sport that everyone is talking about that is made in America called b... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it easier to balance yourself on a fast moving bicycle rather than a slow one? | [
"Rotating objects, like wheels, have a property called angular momentum. One feature of angular momentum is that it is conserved if no external torque is applied to the system. The basic outcome of this property is that spinning objects will resist tilting. This is why gyroscopes stay upright and why bicycles don't... | [
"For the same reason you can easily step out of a parked car, but would have a less fun time stepping out of a car going full speed down a highway"
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When eating food like mashed potatoes, and you swallow a big bite causing it "sticks to your ribs", what is actually happening? Why does it feel like I'm suffocating when the food should be on its way to my stomach, not caught in my air pipe? | [
"Your air pipe has soft tissue and firm tissue that makes it up. Cartilage rings in your air pipe (which keep it from collapsing when you inhale) are shaped like the letter C, with the open part of C facing the back of your neck. There is obviously not an opening in the back of your air pipe but the tissue back the... | [
"I used to get that feeling a lot when I first started taking my daily pills. Turns out I wasn't getting the pill \"stuck\" in my throat exactly, but I was not swallowing them with enough water. When someone swallows pills without proper salivation or lubricant the object can \"scrape\" itself on the back of your ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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how super expensive lawyers can get people off from serious charges. | [
"They can spend more time on a case, for one. A public defender, for example, may have dozens of cases running at a time, but a law firm for a wealthy defendant may have multiple lawyers and clerks working on this single case. So, having more time, they can gather more information, research case law more thoroughly... | [
"It is so that if parts of the conviction get over turned, they still end up with life in prison."
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What's the difference between a cult and a religion? | [
"A religion is a cult that has managed to attract a large number of followers and become widely accepted and mainstream, most likely mellowing somewhat in its practices and beliefs in the process."
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"Aka how can I become a cult leader?"
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Why are humans ticklish on only certain parts of their bodies? | [
"I can't answer your question, but if any parents are on here, please don't tickle your kid to tears. Every big get together, my family would tickle me till it hurt and laughed at me when they finally finished and I ran away crying. It really fucked me up, and I get terrified if I know somebodies gonna tickle me. I... | [
"You have a higher concentration of nerves in your hand than you have in most other places on your body."
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why are there no transparent phones, computers or TV like we see in futuristic movies even though we have the technology? | [
"because it would be awful. you get enough glare from light shining on the front, now imagine how bad it'd be if you add light coming through the back"
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"Because the original daleks were created in the 60s/70s when they didn't have all the fancy modeling products and methods that they do today."
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Why does sugar cause people to have more energy/become more hyper? | [
"It's an old wives tale. If you have a properly functioning pancreas you shouldn't notice much of a boost from sugar... _URL_0_"
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"Basically exercise releases a ton of endorphins. This combats your brain releasing too much of a different chemical that might have made you feel more anxious or depressed."
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How can two people who are not related have identical features and look closer in appearance than one another's siblings? | [
"Three factors. 1. It's a coincidence. 2. There are *lots* of people, so a coincidence is bound to happen sooner or later. 3. They may be from the same ethnic group -- maybe even have specific ancestors in common -- so it's not as unlikely as it seems."
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"There's no standard term \"genetic siblings\" or \"genetic cousins\" that I've ever come across. However, to answer your question: the offspring will have as much in common as if they all had the same parents. So genetically they are similar to siblings."
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Why Toaster Strudel frosting packets don't freeze in the freezer? | [
"Food Scientist here: Looked up the ingredients online but could not find the exact ingredients for the icing. However I will give it my best shot. It has too do with the amount of solids that is in the icing (mainly sugar and corn starch). The sugar will bind to the water, and will keep the water from forming very... | [
"Why do I feel as though my bottles of water don't do this but instead just freeze normally in the freezer?"
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Why does my penis burn when i get soap in it? Also, does this happen to women? | [
"If you get soap into the opening of the urethra (meatus) it can cause a chemical irritation. It will probably sting quite a bit, but it normally goes away within a few hours or a day at most (if not, see a doctor or urologist). This can happen to either sex."
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"I also have this and it's not related to an infection or STD. If OP is like me he pees normally most of the time but if you go for a pee within about 5 minutes of ejaculating it stings a bit. I thought that it might be because the uretra is still sensitive from sex."
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How does one stand in a bus? | [
"Don't stand with your feet together. You are much easier to topple when your legs are together. Imagine someone is trying to push you over, you want to stand so you brace yourself the most. Offsetting your legs will help too. If you're having problems falling forward/back have one in front of the other. You might... | [
"In the real world why would anyone want to be a politician?"
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Would astronauts be able to synthesize their own water using hydrogen and oxygen gases to cut down on weight? | [
"The amount of H and O required would \"weigh\" the exact same amount as the water it produced."
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"Space and preservation are factors but the biggest factor is mass. It's expensive to bring things up in to space. And water weighs a lot comparatively. So it's a lot cheaper to bring up dehydrated products and hydrate them using water that's recycled in the space station."
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Guns (types, calibers, bullets, styles, etc.) | [
"Any interest in the civilian legal side? In the United States, most guns are legal to buy or own in most places, but laws vary widely from state to state. Many states treat handguns differently than long guns (rifles and shotguns). Buying a gun generally requires paperwork and a federal background check that goes ... | [
"1. different processes. 2. different cultures. 3. different milks (goat, qualities, fat amounts, etc.)"
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Coca-Cola Freestyle: Drink Machine | [
"Think about it like a drink printer. A printer can print any color you can imagine using only four colors: Cyan (Blue), Magenta (Red), Yellow, and Black. As you know, I'm sure, you can mix any two primary colors to get just about any color you want. The Coca Cola Freestyle has a bunch of packets with concentrated... | [
"Coke: Can Dr Pepper: Bottle Barq's (Root Beer): Bottle Mountain Dew: Can Source- Caffeine Addict"
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How can the state of Florida sell 3,778 Black Bear hunting permits and try to control the limit of bears being taken to 325? | [
"Not really. It's a no bait, no dog hunt. Spot and stalk, or ambush, basically. Bears are pretty shy critters so the bold ones, the actual nuisances, should be harvested pretty easily. The bears that aren't conditioned to eat from rubbish bins won't be in much danger, realistically. The way the harvest size will ... | [
"We have removed many predators that would keep a certain animal population under control. The reason why is that they would eat us too. Deer for instance can overpopulate and lots of bad stuff can occur because of it. Hunting deer keeps the population in check which keeps disease down. Personally, I don't go hunti... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why aren't submarines designed more aerodynamically? | [
"They aren't designed aerodynamically, they are designed hydrodynamically. And the design [they have](_URL_1_) is the way it is because it is hydrodynamic. However, there are greater considerations than speed, such as stealth and interior space efficiency (as you mention)."
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"Meat is a lot easier to digest than vegetables. Carnivores have way shorter intestines than herbivores, for exactly that reason."
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Why do microwaves turn your food as it cooks? | [
"Microwaves, as in the electromagnetic wave have a wavelength of about 5cm. Thus they really only \"hit\" food in spots about 5cm apart (but these spots heat up the areas around them) this is why your food can be cold in some spots and hot in others. Your microwave uses a turntable in order for more areas of the fo... | [
"If it's in a microwave it's because microwaves target water molecules and the heating of the water molecules is what actually ends up heating your food. This is why dryer foods usually end up being cold still even though other contents with more moisture are scolding"
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Representation in US government from the the most local level up to the top | [
"The government isn't like a corporation where the lower levels report to the upper ones. Your city council doesn't report to the state legislature. They handle different issues. You wouldn't contact a US Senator for a problem with garbage pickup, and your mayor wouldn't be able to help you get another lane added t... | [
"Because the American governmental system consists of three branches, Executive (President), Legislative (Congress) and Judicial (Supreme Court). Each entity is separate, yet linked. I'm assuming that you're not an American and that your assumption is based off of an understanding of British-style parliamentary sys... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How wireless technology was first discovered | [
"This dates back to the 19th century with people such as Faraday, Henry, Ampere, and a few others discovering the link between electricity, magnetism, and the electric and magnetic fields. They discovered things like how two wires with current can push on each other, that a magnet can induce electricity in a coil o... | [
"The infrastructure was created independently, and once it made sense to standardize it was just too expensive."
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How does special effects work in movies that were shot on film? | [
"The go-to was called [rotoscoping](_URL_0_). Essentially, artists would draw what they wanted on top of every frame. Take for example starwars. The actors would hold heavy sticks, then post filming they'd add glow and a colored lightsaber on 24 frames for every second of film. It's just as inefficient and time-in... | [
"The process of colorizing old footage is very tedious. Unless the color footage already exists the animators have to color each frame of video. A second of video contains approximately 23 frames. When the movie needs to be colored, all of the frames of the movie are extracted. Each frame of the movie is then color... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are symptoms of sickness (headache, cough, sore throat, etc.) generally worst when you wake up, then they get better throughout the day? | [
"Aside from u/Internalstandard 's excellent answer, I suspect that the primary reason for this phenomenon is likely just due to our remarkable ability to *stop noticing inconvenient things*. When we first wake up we immediately take stock of our bodies; what's sore, what's not sore, what hurts, what doesn't hurt, w... | [
"Yes. Headache, fever, nausea, and muscle aches are common side effects of flu vaccines. They are usually mild and go away by themselves after a day or two."
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Why is Buddhism considered a philosophy and not a religion ? | [
"It's both. In some parts of the world (Nepal and India for example), Buddhism is practiced as a religion and can be found in sometimes very traditional/strict forms. (There is more than one variety of Buddhism, just like Christianity takes more than one form.) In the West it's often encountered as more of a philos... | [
"One man's mythology is another man's religion. One man's cult is another man's religious belief. One man's religion is another man's heresy. It's rather subjective."
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Why does it feel strange walking on an escalator that isn't moving | [
"I don't know why it feels strange for you, but for me the pitch (how high the steps are) feels weird. Specifically, it's too tall. Give this a read; it's the closest thing I can find to a direct answer of your question. _URL_0_"
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"The bags with the wheels on the rear of them can get stuck in the conveyor belts where the wheels just spin in between sections of belt. With the wheels up( bag upside-down) it doesn't occur as much."
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I thought I was decent at math. How can the universe be so big? | [
"Imagine lots of tiny bugs on a birthday balloon. They crawl really slow. But blow up the balloon bigger, and as the balloon gets bigger they might move away from each other faster than they can crawl. They aren't really crawling faster, they're just getting more balloon between them."
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"Because they are really really really really really really really really fucking huge. Like, however big you think a star is you are wrong because they are an order of magnitude bigger."
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Why is an economy based on controlled inflation better than one based on controlled deflation? | [
"Deflation hurts anyone that has debt, while slowing investment. If you buy a house with a fixed rate 30 year mortgage, then as time goes on, the monthly payments become a smaller portion of your total income thanks to inflation. With deflation, those fixed monthly payments grow to become a larger portion of your t... | [
"There really aren't pros. It does prevent the government from issuing too much currency at the wrong time and causing hyperinflation, but the chances of that happening in wealthy countries today is nearly zero. If other countries use the gold standard too there is the added benefit that exchange rates remain stabl... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How did derivatives cause the worldwide recession | [
"Derivatives is a very very general term for a financial instrument. You are also assuming derivatives are the sole factor for the worldwide recession, which is false. Nobody alive or dead can explain fully why the recession happened, derivatives is one of factors of many theories of why the recession happened."
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"It isn't sustainable. The rapid inflation of US housing prices and subsequent collapse of the housing market left a lot of over-valued foreclosures on bank books and played a major role in the 2008/9 financial crisis."
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How does clicking a box to confirm you're not a robot stop robots? | [
"The captcha isn't checking that you clicked the box. But how you clicked the box. What was the path of the mouse cursor movement. What was the delay in movement. What was the speed of the movement. What were the initial and ending coordinates Applying heuristics, it can give a confidence level if it matches any ... | [
"Unless you want websites scanning your computer for botting programs or using your webcam or possibly fingerprint scanners to determine if you're human. Then no."
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Why is it that eating can result in drowsiness rather than energy? | [
"A number of reasons, chemicals in the food, amount of food eaten, etc. If you eat a large amount of food it will take energy to break down, and doing physical activity could easily cause you to throw up your food, so your body makes you drowsy and puts you into a \"food coma\" do you sleep and digest the food wit... | [
"It's a bit worse all at once, because you will get a sugar rush followed by an insulin crash. This is the sort of thing that can contribute to Type II diabetes. Also it gets you in the habit of not stopping when full."
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Why the US Marketplace makes healthcare plans ridiculously expensive for people who make under $12,000/year, yet extremely cheap for those who make $50,000+/year? | [
"It's more specifically a gap between State and Federal coverage. The subsidy doesn't apply to those who make less than the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) because another section of the ACA was meant to expand Medicaid in every state, so those individuals (up to 138% FPL) would receive that instead. In *National Feder... | [
"Greek debt/GDP ratio - 177.1% Ontario debt/GDP ratio - 48.2% The dollar value of debt isn't what's important. What's important is your ability to pay it. If a person earning $20,000 is $100,000 in debt they're having a bad time. If a person earning $1,000,000 is $100,000 in debt they're fine."
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Why does weather changes causes joint pain for those with joint damage or arthritis? | [
"There's no conclusive research on this. The main idea is when barometric pressure drops soft tissue expands. This puts pressure on joints, causing pain. For someone with preexisting joint issues like arthritis this would feel more noticeable. There's not much to do other than prevent swelling. I've met patients w... | [
"Nothing. No study has found any causative link between cracking your knuckles and degeneration or harm in later life."
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What is snot and how can I produce a seemingly infinite amount when I have a cold? | [
"Your nose (and the rest of your respiratory tract) produces mucus (snot). It is always being produced and pushed up and out of your nose or into your oesophagus (which leads to the stomach). Its function is to trap inhaled particles (like dust) and microbes so they can be removed without entering the sensitive par... | [
"I recently battled a cold and I think I know what you mean. All of a sudden, the inside of your nostrils will hurt for a good 30 seconds. I believe it is because they are dry. Maybe someone with more knowledge in the medical field can help us out?"
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Why do we wash dishes in hot water? | [
"A big reason is fat - in cold water fat is solid, sticks to your washing up and is very hard to remove. In hot water it liquefies and is easily removed. Commercial dishwashers use boiling water which also disinfects the dishes, hot taps in houses don't get hot enough for that."
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"How much water is in the bath? How much is in the kettle? How hot is the bath water?"
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Why i can't sleep without listening to something | [
"Try meditation to get to sleep-something as simple as paying attention to your breathing, and just your breathing, will set you to sleep I'd wager. I'd also wager you go to bed with a lot on your mind, and focusing your mind on, say, the radio or music puts you to sleep because it's focused on one thing, and stopp... | [
"Slightly offtopic, but why do my eyes leak when I yawn?"
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Why do humans have different bloodtypes? | [
"I've learned that it's an evolutionary mechanism. If the human race only had one bloodtype and someone were to catch a blood-borne disease and begin transmitting it, the entire population would be eliminated. The purpose of multiple bloodtypes is to avoid a mass extinction type event with the evolution of differen... | [
"So what is it about human physiology that makes this work differently for us?"
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Is our economy really as bad as Fox news pundits claim? | [
"The US economy is overwhelmingly, not even remotely close, the best economy in the world. I don't know what Hannity is getting into here but it doesn't really matter and you shouldn't care. By pretty much everything economic we know of, the US is doing *Awesome*, and not just *awesome*, like way more awesome than ... | [
"Scientology isn't as popular as they want you to think it is."
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the divergence in underwear | [
"Men require a different type of underwear, because due to biology, they are not as sleek as women. They need more space in certain areas. Women need tighter fitting underwear, also due to biology, since for a certain amount of the month women may be wearing pads and tighter underwear prevents leaks. That weird ope... | [
"The prevailing wisdom is ' should be used for feet or minutes, while the curlier ’ should be used as a quote or apostrophe."
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How come there are no videos showing the plane hitting the pentagon? | [
"...[here](_URL_0_) is the securtiy video. What else are you looking for?"
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"Nah. The hope was that the part above where the plane hit the building would fall, but they did not expect the entire building to collapse. At least according to what Osama said."
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How come when one is frightened or scared they happen to urinate or take a dump? | [
"It's the “fight-or-flight” response. When you're under enough stress, your lizard brain kicks in and your body only knows it has to be as light as it can in case you need to throw hands or GTFO. Easiest way to do that is void the bladder and/or bowels."
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"It seems to come as a surprise to my dog, every time he farts the noise spooks him. Also do you go sit on the toilet or go outside every time you fart?"
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- Why our days are getting longer? 500 million years ago a day was 20.6 hours, now it's just under 24 hours. | [
"Because of the Moon. Earth rotates once every 24 hours, while Moon orbits Earth once every 27 days or so. Moon causes drag on Earth, so it will accelerate, while Earth will decelerate until both speeds are equal. Similar thing will happen if we had Moon that was orbiting faster then the Earth could rotate. Moon wo... | [
"Several people answered parts of your question, but no one put it all together for you. * The Earth takes 24 hours to rotate 360 degrees (a solar day), but it only takes 23 hours, 56 minutes, 4.0916 seconds (a sidereal day) to rotate from solar noon one day to solar noon the next day. This is because the Earth is ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are dams, like Hoover Dam, built in arc shape instead of straight line? | [
"It is designed with the arch upstream so that the pressure of the water strengthens the dam as the water presses it against the foundations and abutements. Edit to add: PBS does a better job than I \"The Hoover Dam is a curved gravity dam. Lake Mead pushes against the dam, creating compressive forces that travel a... | [
"They divert the flow of the river during construction then redirect it back to the dam once it's finished."
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How does the International Space Station not collide with any satellites? | [
"Most satellites are in geosynchronous orbit about 35,000 km away. The I.S.S. is in low earth orbit around 400km away, so there are very few (if any) satellites flying around that low."
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"Nope The US Space Surveillance Network is tasked with tracking satellites(active or inactive), spent rockets, debris, and anything else orbiting Earth. There are public ones that exist as well that track most satellites in orbit. If a missile comes from space it'd be pretty easy to track it back to which satellite... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What actually happens when we shut a website down with the "Reddit hug of death"? | [
"The server that the website is hosted on is bombarded with too many requests at the same time for that website. A great analogy for this is a mail room. A mail works fine when there aren't that many people sending mail. But when lots of people try to send their mail at the same time, the whole system begins to slo... | [
"What about Reddit itself (sitewide)? Won't there be a SOPA-like blackout? If not, are other subreddits joining in?"
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How do Pakistan, a relatively poor country has nuclear weapons while rich Middle East nations don't have them yet? | [
"Being rich or not has nothing to do with it. Its whether or not the country prioritizes the research and development. Poor and rich is only relative term."
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"The nuclear non-proliferation treaty says two important things: 1. All countries have a right to research and develop nuclear technology for peaceful purposes, and the more-developed countries should help them. 2. The goal for the entire world is global nuclear disarmament, the permanent abolition of nuclear weapo... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why can't we use one foot for each pedal when driving? | [
"Well if you drive a manual it's because you don't have three feet. If you drive an automatic it's because people who do that have a tendency to accidentally stomp both when startled, which is really bad for the brakes."
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"Does anyone here also use their knuckles to check the months with more and less days?"
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