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Why are some electronics (cell phones, laptops) able to operate normally on a low charge, while others (flashlights, many kids' toys) tend to slow down or get weaker as the battery drains? | [
"Electronics use lithium ion batteries which output the same voltage and amperage until dead. Other things like kids toys and non “smart” electronics use cheaper battery alternatives that lose voltage and Amperage as the batteries drain"
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"It isn't anymore. Modern smartphones use lithium ion batteries that, when coupled with your phone, becomes a smart battery. Essentially, your phone will automatically stop drawing current. Some phones even start to draw less current ad charge levels reach 100. So it is okay to leave your charger on overnight. Rega... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do so many baseball players chew gum during a game? | [
"Because they're not allowed to use chewing tobacco in the dugouts anymore"
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"Do they still beat people with a cane for chewing gum?"
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Why are swimmers completely ravenous after a swim meet while runners just nibbling on health food after a race? | [
"Swimmer here, cross country as well in the fall during high school. Running uses about half of your body, your torso and arms really aren't doing anything. Being light is a serious advantage as your legs are carrying you. Its hard to hit your body's limit by running at a set pace. Swimming requires the use and co... | [
"For starters, they likely have a good diet and exercise regimen outside of competitions. But also, calories don't count until they're digested. It's not uncommon for these guys to go to the backroom after \"the show\" and purge out whatever they just ate."
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Why are political ads allowed to say things that are outright untrue? | [
"It's going to sound cliched, but the answer is Freedom of Speech. That gives people the right to say almost anything. Political speech has historically been given even more leeway than other forms of speech because there's the biggest risk of abuse if the government or courts were going to try and regulate it. The... | [
"It's difficult to prove that someone lied, and this would have a freezing effect on candidate's free speech. Someone says \"Vote for me if you want lower taxes!\" and then taxes don't go down even though they tried their hardest. Does this person go to jail? If so, then every future candidate says \"Vote for me a... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What about human behavior makes it so difficult to recreate it accurately in CGI without uncanny valley effect? | [
"The motion of the human body has many complications including: - Muscle tremor - Vibration of muscle tissue, and differing vibration of fat tissue - Spring-like stretching of the skin - Constantly adjusting inputs to the muscles from the motor neurons"
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"Symmetry is the first step into the uncanny valley. Maybe in art symmetry is considered beauty, but on humans it feels disgusting and artificial to me."
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The intro scene for tonight's episode of HBO's "The Leftovers" [S01E05] has forced me to ask: How do directors film such realistic, violent scenes in movies and TV shows without actual injury or death? | [
"TV/film production grad here disclaimer: who lives in the completely wrong part of the country and couldn't crack the industry when i graduated a decade ago) I didn't see the show, but here's a general run down: Number one is trained professionals, AKA stunt doubles. Most action movies are going to have a long, lo... | [
"It's just writing. It's like asking who wins the game of paintball on that episode of Community. Whoever the writers think would make the best story, or be most interesting, or would develop future stories to make them most interesting. It's just a soap opera performed in front of a live audience where people some... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why sometimes when we are too smart/too skilled we dont see simple solutions | [
"In many cases people encounter what is called analysis paralysis. This occurs when an individual becomes so lost in the process of examining and evaluating various points of data that he or she is unable to make a decision with it. (Investopedia) Basically over thinking, or thinking that the simple obvious answer ... | [
"Because when everyone around you is an idiot, you have to adjust because people dont simply get smarter, but drugs and alcohol will level it out"
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What exactly happened to Gandalf after the snafu at Moria? | [
"He slays the beast. He dies. While dead, he does things in the afterlife which he never talks about. He is reborn as the white, for I imagine his bravery, valor, and just doing the right thing. He then gets taken away by the eagle, taken somewhere where he gives advice, and such, I believe it was to the cliff of t... | [
"He didn't know it was The One Ring - it was thought to be destroyed. In The Hobbit the ring was nothing special (other than the invisibility), and in the Lord of the Rings books it took Gandalf 17 years from Bilbo's farewell party to discover that it was in fact Sauron's ring."
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Why is it socially expected of adults to describe sexual organs with euphemisms when around children? | [
"It goes back to the old idea of morality that really became popular in the United States, and the fact that many people grew up with religious parents who didn't like to discuss sex and so when they grow up they don't like to discuss sex and so on . Its a cultural thing, in some countries it is taboo to discuss vi... | [
"Because peeing and crapping are considered to be rude/private things that shouldn't be openly discussed, there are a lot of euphemisms ('polite' alternative terms) for them. #1 is a way of referring to peeing without actually referring to pee, and #2 is the same for crapping. There's a whole spectrum of terms rang... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why aren't mental health checks a standard part of the gun purchasing process? | [
"The main reason is that a mental health check is not quite as easy as a background check. Background checks are binary - you either have a disqualifying event in your history or you do not. They can be automated to scan relevant records, so they are easy and cheap. Mental health diagnosis requires an experienced p... | [
"It might not be necessary in certain countries, but with the number of firearms and violence in the U.S., it would be pure anarchy if our police forces did not have firearms. Don't bring a knife to a gun fight."
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Marginal and average tax rate | [
"Marginal tax rate goes like this: You make 10 cookies, you keep 10 cookies (0% tax rate). You make 10 MORE cookies, I take 2 cookies (20% tax rate on that second 10). You make 30 MORE cookies, I take 12 cookies (40% tax rate). You make 50 MORE cookies, I take 26 cookies (52% tax rate). So as you make more cookies,... | [
"Very briefly it sums to about this Accounting - management of money and numbers / finance - analysis of market for investment"
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How do they forge the material that has the highest melting point, since you need something of a higher melting point for a mould? | [
"I think you are actually thinking of the process called casting, not forging. In casting, the molds that molten metal are poured into are often not metal, but ceramic, or even sand. Only metals with relatively low melting points are cast in molds made of other metals. For example, check out the Wikipedia article o... | [
"Its really just a few people that do it. Nickel has a melting point of 2651°F. Steel has a melting point of 2800°F, so really, I think the guy who started the RHNB videos just had a big nickel ball and decided to see what happens when you put a red hot nickel ball onto things. Pretty much, any metal object (that h... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do we "feed" bad emotions? | [
"To be honest, it's really hard to say from a scientific perspective There are a few theories, depending on how you tend to associate yourself in psychology. Some theorize that it's a catharsis effect, similar to Greek tragedy. You sit through the music for example, in all its sadness, and at the end, when the song... | [
"Why do some parts of the world call gasoline petrol?"
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Why did socialism and communism reach mainstream political status in Europe & Asia, but remained comparatively fringe in the US? | [
"Thank the American Dream. Your average working Americans don't see themselves as an exploited working class. They're just waiting for their big break to become millionaires. Socialism isn't in the best interest of the people on top, and thanks to the *American Dream* we're all just a hop skip and a jump from bein... | [
"It is the theory that the further you go to the left or right, the more similar the practices go. Look at Nazi Germany vs Soviet Russia. There is a lot of debate as to whether they were truly opposing forces. The Nazis began as National Socialists, the USSR was Communist, both were associated with the left wing in... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does your phone know where you are tapping the screen through a plastic/glass screen protector? | [
"Phones use something called \"capacitance\" to detect contact. Basically, your phone has a weak electrical current running through the screen. When something conductive gets close to the screen (doesn't actually have to make physical contact), some of the current travels through that instead of the screen. The ph... | [
"I can use the capacitive touch screen on my phone with a cheese stick, why????"
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Why don't they sell bread in Zip Lock bags? | [
"Because a Zip Lock cannot be square. It must be two-walled. So, either you would crush your bread getting it out, or you would need a zip lock bag that was much bigger than you needed it to be, which is wasteful for companies."
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"I have never seen a store selling single rolls of toilet paper... ever. Is that a regional thing?"
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Why are rocket launches so problematic and prone to catastrophic failure? Why can't redundant systems prevent explosions? | [
"Know how people will say \"It's not rocket science\" when someone messes up something easy? Well, that's because rocket science is actually incredibly difficult, and there are many things that can go catastrophically wrong. When it comes down to it, though, rocket launches are actually fairly reliable, they just s... | [
"Because Kazakhstan is where the USSR built its launch facilities. It was the USSR that compete in the space race, not Russia. Russia just uses the facilities that are already built. And it wasn't Kazakhstan that launched a success. It was a joint mission to send supplies to the ISS (headed by NASA and the Russian ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does netflix still ship DVDs? Wouldn't it be much cheaper to just stream everything? | [
"Not everyone has broadband or wants to watch movies on their computer. Plenty of people still have TVs that aren't connected to the internet. Netflix can't get contracts to stream new movies but they can always *buy a copy*. The law says they can lend out any copy they buy, regardless of what the movie studios say... | [
"Well at the time blockbuster and mom and pop rental stores were really kinda the only way to rent videos. We didn't have streaming services yet. You could either buy a movie, rent a movie or maybe wait for it too show up on tv. Companies like blockbuster would actually buy the videos from the companies and then re... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does ironing work? | [
"Through a mixture of different forces. First, HEAT & STEAM- the heat and the steam in the iron makes the bonds between the molecules of the fabric weak and pliable. Second, WEIGHT- the weight of the iron makes the (now pliable) fabric press flat. When it cools, the molecule bonds strengthen again, so they will sta... | [
"Are you asking how a wheel works ?"
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Why is there no universal Android image to install on devices? | [
"I think the main problem is that the phone's use different hardware with proprietary drivers that aren't available to the general public."
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"The TL;DR is that messing with your phone happens on a lower level than messing with your computer. For context, imagine if you suddenly had to start flashing a custom bios because the manufacturer made it so it could only run their flavor of Windows 10."
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Why is it that the majority of people require their wisdom teeth removed due to not enough room in the mouth? Or at all? | [
"Mouths are not getting smaller. Dental hygiene is getting better. Previously, it was common to have lost at least a few of your teeth by adulthood, so the wisdom teeth would replace them."
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"In America we have good dentists. They are able to look at our teeth and tell us whether or not the teeth will be a problem in the future. If the teeth are going to be a problem anyway, why not remove them before they're an issue?"
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Dogs waging their tails | [
"They are actively fanning their scent around. Essentially saying, \"Hey everybody, something good is here.\" All animals have physical ways of displaying their emotions to others of their species. Only the pack or communal animals tend to display for both good and bad things. It helps the group if they all get to... | [
"Some do which is sometimes why bored dogs for instance destroy furniture"
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How can one remember the lyrics of a song they last heard ten or twenty years back, but can't remember trivial stuff (like someone's name) that's much more recent? | [
"Repetition reinforces neural pathways. So, as I understand it, singing along to your fav song over and over 20 years ago, build strong connections. The recent name you've probably only been told a few times, so the connection is weak."
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"Quick. Tell me what happened on your 6th birthday, without cheating, asking your parents, or looking at video footage? Ok, what about your 15th? Can you tell me anything about that? Maybe a bit, but I bet it's blurry and you had to think pretty hard. Ok, what went down at high school? Can you give me any specifics... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Difference between a manual car w/ clutch VS manual w/o clutch (not auto). | [
"They have clutches, just not controlled by a pedal. [Manumatic](_URL_0_) gearboxes allow manual selection of gears, but automate the action of the clutch and engaging of gears. Also, F1 racing cars have a manually controlled 2-stage clutch for standing starts (e.g. at the start of the race, or when leaving the pit... | [
"In a manual transmission you have to synchronize the gears, get it up to speed, then release the clutch to engage the new gear The synchronization was difficult for a vacuum controlled system. With a planetary gearset your gears are always locked together and synchronized, you just need to use a clutch to lock the... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How can makeup not be tested on animals? | [
"Makeup is tested on animals....and interestingly enough some of the makeup that is tested on animals is produced using human plasma donations. If you see plasma donation centers that pay for you to donate, that product will never be used for human consumption! it goes to testing facilities and makeup producers! Th... | [
"Animal exploitation, animal cruelty and many animals are killed as 'by-products' to support these industries ie. male chicks for eggs. Vegans also don't eat honey, many don't wear leather or use make-up etc. that is tested on animals. Imagine giving animals the same rights as a human and you essentially have the v... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is air from AC or Refrigerators less "breathable" | [
"I think your question is: Why does it feel like cold air is harder to breathe? If so, 1. Cold air causes your bronchial airways to the lungs to describes in caliber = less diameter for air to come in. 2. Physiologically you have to warm and humidify the air that you breathe in before it hits the lungs. When you ha... | [
"Yes..Similiar. there are a few types...But the one that is similiar to an AC unit works by cooling the air. this reduces the airs capacity to hold moisture. The moisture condenses out.. the (drier) air is then heated back up to its original temperature...But now contains less moisture (Humidity)... It's just like... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do all of my South Asian friends want to become some sort of doctor? | [
"Asian cultures value hard work and productivity, both on a personal level and as it relates to the rest of society. Being a doctor delivers on both of those."
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"Who's more likely to tell you their salary: a rich person, or a poor person?"
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After you do something that involves your body being moved (sailing, rollercoaster, hammock swinging) and when you close your eyes you feel like you're still doing it. does that have a name? | [
"Sailors sometimes call it \"finding your land legs.\" Yarr! Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: Why do we still feel the rocking motion at night after being on a boat for a day? ](_URL_1_) 1. [ELI5: Why do I feel like I'm still on a boat, despite having disembarked a few hours bef... | [
"Your inner hear has circular tubes full of liquid. The liquid in these three tubes move when your head moves so you keep a sense of your spacial location. That's how you know you are falling or hanging upside down. When you are dizzy from spinning on a chair it is because the liquid in your ears is still spinning ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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why do dogs tilt their head when you talk to them? | [
"This article is speaking of humans, but I imagine the same applies for dogs. Seems to make sense for the head-titling interactions I had with my dog. \"Tilting the head sideways can be a sign of interest, which may be in what is said or happening..... Tilting can similarly indicate curiosity, uncertainty or query... | [
"Why do you stare at your dog when it's taking a shit?"
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Why women cover themselves in movies after a raunchy scene is supposed to have happened ? | [
"It's a convention to appease the movie ratings junta. Since ratings directly affect profits and \"minutes of bare breasts\" is a factor in ratings the behavior acts to maximize movie profits. Movies don't look like real life, at all, in this and many other ways."
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"Because in America, sex, nudity, and anything related is considered taboo on TV and ads and anything else public, where violence, on the other hand, is not as socially unacceptable. \"Someone gets shot? Eh PG-13. WAIT... there's a nude girl? Rated R\". It's backwards from most other countries in Europe."
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Why are ancient ruins nearly always found buried underground? Is the world getting bigger?? | [
"Ignoring the other comment here, the truth is that the world is not getting bigger. The reason that the vast majority of ancient ruins are found underground is because that's where they're safe. Things like dust storms and rain cause erosion, which simply moves material from one place to another. In some cases, th... | [
"What happened to Teotihuacan? I visited a while back and the pyramids and adjacent buildings are very impressive, but it seems that the story of its people is not entirely clear. Did they run out of resources for their crops? Did they decide to migrate for another reason?"
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How and why wood burns. | [
"[Richard Feynman on why and how fire works, like you're 5](_URL_0_)"
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"Most likely to slow the spread of lice."
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Body parts are usually around the same size among mutual people, but why does penis size vary drastically? What determines that a person will have a two-inch or five-inch or seven-inch, etc, penis | [
"Are you not talking extremes here? I did alot of sports so in the shower I inevitable saw alot of teammates their penis's. And there weren't to many extreme difference within guys with same cultural background. Just like somebody ears or nose can also be bigger or smaller. Different ethnic backgrounds is a differe... | [
"There is no evolutionary reason for penises to store fat. Humans have the luxury to think about things like penis size/girth, and even obsess about them, but in a natural environment, a big penis is essentially dead weight. You can't use it for sex unless you have access to a female, and you won't have access to a... | eli5_question_answer | {
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1D, 2D, 3D, 4D & 5D | [
"I like to think of a dimension as a degree of freedom. Movement can happen along the dimension without any affect on the others. So in 0 dimensions, there's no degree of freedom, and no movement possible. In 1 dimension there is one direction you can move along, although you can go forwards and backwards. Like a l... | [
"MR is Memory Recall MC is Memory Clear M+ is Memory add M- is Memory subtract Think of them like the Copy and Paste for the Calculator."
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What's the difference between Rock n Roll and punk? | [
"I always thought punk was a subgenre of rock."
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"Hung up? Its just a part of American culture."
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How do hydraulics work? How/why are they so powerful? | [
"Hydraulics work because you can't make liquid smaller. So you can push a little bit of liquid a long ways into a tube, or you can push a lot of liquid a little way, and everything will be at the same pressure. Same pressure and more area means more force. Perhaps the easiest way to visualize this is with many tube... | [
"It creates pressure which then provides the force to move something. Exactly how it works depends upon what type of pump you are talking about and whether it is water air or something else that is being pumped."
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What causes that tiny piece of skin beside my fingernail to come loose and hang off occasionally, and why does it hurt so fucking badly? | [
"It's called a hangnail and there are many explanations for why you get them. The most likely is that you have dry skin. Your skin is probably dry and, when stretched by the movement of your finger, it cracks or tears. Using moisturizer frequently may make this better, but hangnails are a pretty normal fact of life... | [
"It's just like, one single \"taste bud\" that gets all angry and swells up - not friggin huge, but bigger than the rest, and it feels all sensitive. I get them after acidic foods - oranges, tomatoes, pineapple. When I was a kid, I'd just pinch them off with my fingernails; it hurt like hell for a minute but they w... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How much of someones sexuality relies on genetic disposition? | [
"Nobody on the planet knows the answer to this question."
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"There's really no straight-forward answer, as it is probably a complex combination of genetics and upbringing."
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How is it that chips and bread become stale after a couple of hours of being out, yet stay fresh for days to weeks in bags filled with air? | [
"It's not exposure to air that makes things stale. It's exposure to air *with the wrong level of humidity*. Bread is moist, and when it loses its moisture to the air, it gets hard and stale. Chips are dry, and when they absorb moisture from the air they lose their crispiness. When in the bag, these items are at equ... | [
"Cooking breaks down the vegetables and exponentially increases the surface area that the bacteria can start working on. As an experiment, try chopping up some salad into very fine pieces. They'll go bad by the end of the day while the unchopped ones are still good to eat for at least a day or two."
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Why windows has so many updates but looks like nothing has changed? | [
"A lot of the updates are running in the background and don't affect the user interface. They can be things like tweaks to make certain processes run faster or be more fault tolerant, or the most important updates will close newly-found vulnerabilities in the system."
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"I don't get why people say 8 is crap. Is it because of the Metro interface? It takes less than 1 min to get old start menu back. When people say \"but you shouldn't have to install something to make it like that!. They then state they use Chrome or Firefox.... Windows 8 is a great OS. I used to have to reboot my W... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why don't Japanese companies hire native English speakers to proofread their English-language documentation? | [
"Nobody wants to pay for it, and especially not companies making cheaper or just plain inferior products."
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"Copy is written content without a narrative. So in a company, it is usually a marketing function to generate social media post, brochures or advertising, but can also be an operations or engineering function to write user manuals and the like."
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Why do some traffic/pedestrian lights have slots over the individual lights? | [
"The horizontal slots make it easy to see the light from dead on, but hard to see at an angle. This way, people can only see the sign facing them, which is the signal they want to look at. Nobody gets confused because a sign for a different crosswalk changed."
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"If you look at some traffic lights, you can see a little sensor by the lights, the fire truck has a strobe light that triggers that sensor and causes the light to switch."
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What does it mean when the future Apple/Samsung phones are going "SIMless" and what does it mean for me as a user? | [
"It means it won't have a sim card, which is a card that ties your phone to your account. It means nothing for the user really. Most Verizon phones were simless until LTE came around."
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"Verizon is likely getting the Moto X Play, possibly under the droid name. Sounds like it'll be exactly what you're looking for. Otherwise, maybe it has something to do with GSM vs. CDMA, as most of the world uses GSM and CDMA is only widespread in the USA."
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why we "lose the voice", and what actually happens? | [
"It depends on the reason of course but most often, you either have some verision of infection, bacterial or viral, in your Trachea, Bronchial node, Pharynx or Larynx, and that pressure is putting stress on your vocal chords and the physcal strings of flesh that make speech a thing. All of this is generally treatab... | [
"luck. nothing more, nothing less. or do you want to explain process, step by step?"
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If all sins are equal, why don't Christians protest divorce and other sins like they do with homosexuality and equal marriage? | [
"Where are you getting that all sins are equal? Murder =/= Stealing =/= Blasphemy =/= Idolatry etc etc."
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"It allows business owners to decide for themselves if they want to celebrate homosexual marriage, based on their religion. So if a gay couple comes into a bakery asking for a cake for their wedding, a Christian baker wouldn't have to bake one. However, if they came for a birthday cake, the law would not protect th... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is a "Free Radical" and do they really "harm" the human body? | [
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"What source says that alcohol is bad for your teeth?"
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Why is being a religious person in public widely accepted, even expected, when being an atheist or agnostic is seen as "being rebellious"? | [
"How can you be an athiest or agnostic in public? If what you're doing is proselytising or preaching to try and convert other people to your way of thinking, I think that is condemned whether it's coming from a religious or non-religious person."
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"It is a group of more vocal, more political active atheist than before, typified by the four horsemen, Richard Dawkins, the late Christopher Hitchens, Sam Harris, and Daniel Dennett. Most atheists (and I know reddit makes it hard to believe) traditionally have been pretty quiet about it, not terribly interested in... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What was moving like before the internet? | [
"There were companies that specialized in apartment relocation. You could call them and they would help you do research. They also published free magazines with listings for apartments in a city. Or you just drove around and stopped in at apartments that looked interesting. When I got my first job out of college my... | [
"Recent years? It's been that way since the beginning."
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What is the hissing noise that semi trucks make? | [
"There is a drain on their air tanks that regularly releases the possibly built up water in the bottom of the air tanks. That noise should come from up by the cab. If you hear it everywhere then it's the brakes either engaging or disengaging. The trailer brakes are pushed open and the truck brakes are pushed closed... | [
"Probably because in your car there's engine noise, road noise, and music, while at night it's quiet. Could that be it?"
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Why is it that I can get a 10 gigabyte thumb drive for $10, but there is a $100 price change from a 16 gigabyte iphone to a 32 gigabyte iphone. | [
"Because people are willing to pay for it."
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"Not nearly as much as they charge. Depending on the type of media, it could cost a few cents to a few dollars for a memory module. The kicker is that Apple knows that if they offer a 16GB device, using 9GB for system files, they know they can get more money from a lot of people that need more than 7GB of space for... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do people forget nouns more often but not verbs or adjectives? | [
"There are far, far more nouns needed in everyday speech then there are verbs or adjectives. Often, if you can't think of a verb or adjective, you can just replace it with another one. That's not the case with a noun, where you have to think of the exact one, even if it's one you don't use much. As you get older, y... | [
"A verb is a 'doing' word. It can fit into the blank in the following sentence: I like to ____. A noun is a 'thing'. It is an object or item. It can fit into the blank in the following sentence: I have a ____. An adjective describes a noun. It can fit into the blank in the following sentence: That is a ____ [noun].... | eli5_question_answer | {
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If we know of the people who have gone over seas to fight for ISIS. Why can't we just not allow them back into the country? | [
"That's exactly what's happening. The problem isn't that we know of specific people who fight for ISIS and that they can then come back. The problem is that we know there are specific people doing this, and that means it's possible, if not incredibly likely, there are more that we *don't* specifically know about. ... | [
"there are extradition treaties in place that say if a person commits a crime in Country A and flees to Country B, then Country B will send him back to Country A for a trial. but not all countries do this, which is why if you kill someone one the US, you should get yourself to Venezuela as fast as you can."
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why aren't there zip lock bags in cereal boxes? | [
"Zip lock bags cost a few cents more to produce and those few cents would make no difference in sales. You might like having it but you arent boycotting them for not having it and you wont change your buying habits to get it, so it would be silly to waste money providing it to you."
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"I believe, and im pretty sure, its all the colors on the packaging. Probably like a print test or something so they can make sire its the all the correct colors without looking the entire package over. They have them on soda, cereal, beer, candy and thing like that"
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How do computers keep track of time when turned off and on completely? | [
"There is a battery on the motherboard. It is just like a watch battery. If it dies, the computer does not keep time when unpowered."
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"Most problems with computers happen from errors that occur while the computer is running. Turning the computer off and back on again puts it back in the state it normally starts in. It's like travelling back in time to before the error happened."
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Could the USA completely resist a land invasion launched by both Russia & China? | [
"You should try /r/hypotheticalsituation, because \"no nukes\" isn't a realistic scenario in this case."
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"During the Korean War, the Chinese got involved on the North Korean's side when UN troops got too close to their border. If the North Koreans launched a nuclear warhead at the South or the US, I'm pretty sure they would be on their own. No help from the Chinese or the Russians either."
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California above ground pipes. What are they? | [
"Those are water control valves for that areas water distribution. Because it doesn't freeze like it does in Illinois, you don't have to burry them which makes maintenance and repair much easier."
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"Pipes outside the insulated areas are the ones the freeze. Not internal pipes."
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What's the difference between the "degrees" of murder? Example 3rd and 1st degree murder? | [
"First degree is any intentional murder that is premeditated or planned out. Second degree is an intentional murder but one not planned in advance. Third degree is an intentional murder that wasn't planned in any way. More than likely spurred by emotional or mental distress. Edit: For example: 1st degree - a wife ... | [
"You're not always guilty of what you're being charged with There are various degrees of homicide. Someone could have killed someone accidentally, but if they didn't plan to do it then they aren't guilty of Murder 1(pre-meditated murder) It's up to the State to show that someone is guilty of specific crimes, not ju... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is the urge to vomit a common reaction when you smell something horrible? | [
"Vomiting is a reaction meant to expel something from your stomach that is hazardous. So if you taste something that your body believes is poisonous, it will trigger a vomiting reaction to protect you. But smell and taste are closely linked (in fact, the process of tasting includes smell, which is why your taste se... | [
"Because we are prone to food poisoning, and need to identify when food is not fresh enough to eat or contaminated with faeces. Dogs do think there are bad smells, they just aren't the same as what you perceive to be a bad smell. Try offering a dog some fresh orange peel."
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How does strong light serve to ‘bleach’ colour from a picture or photograph? | [
"_URL_0_ TL:DR UV light contains enough energy to break down the chemicals that cause the pigment. The smaller molecules that are formed aren't coloured."
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"We use spectography. Each element absorbs particular colors, so when we see those colors deleted from an otherwise smooth spectrum, we can figure out what they're made of. In the case of."
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When I have something in my eye and blink repeatedly and it "goes away" where exactly does it go? | [
"Blinking repeatedly produces tears that allow the eye lash or dust or debris to be flooded so it isn't still stuck to the eye. If it is small, the ducts in the corner of your eyes can allow it to flow into your nostrils. Eye lashes won't fit, and will generally come out on your hands when you rub your eyes."
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"- They're not licking the air, they're licking their nose. - Your blowing air into their face dries up their highly sensitive nose, which is kept moist at all times. - Their reflex is to lick their nose and reapply the moisture. They can't avoid that reflex any more than you can avoid blinking when I blow air into... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it that upgrading a phone or a computer to a newer operating system typically results in the device performing worse or slower? | [
"Because phone companies use planned-obsolescence to slow down older devices artificially in order to push newer devices. OR Because newer software is more taxing on the hardware than older versions was. Both of these have some truth in them, I recall several instances where it was claimed that around the release ... | [
"They do and they don't. They do in the sense that if you use a computer enough you will eventually create loads of temp files, startup programs, etc. This causes things to slow down as the computer has more to load. A fresh install of the operating system can fix this if that's the issue. They don't as in its a p... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are petroleum based lotions discouraged with new tattoos? | [
"They tend to 'drain' the color of tattoos, and it also blocks the cells from getting air, which is necessary for proper healing and regeneration of the skin."
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"Different brands have different preservatives in them. You can be sensitive or have an allergic response to certain preservatives and not others."
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Why are Americans so offended by nudity, sex and porn? | [
"Look at the immigration history of the USA and you'll get some idea. English Puritans, Scots Calvinists, Irish and Italian Catholics, and more recently the rise of Evangelicalism in the African American communities ... all hung-up on \"morals\" and fond of telling people Thou Shalt Not."
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"When it comes to nudity, nothing makes sense. Once upon time it wasn't OK to show your ankles."
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What's happening when your ears "pop"? | [
"Its equalizing the pressure in your ear with the outside pressure. Just like cracking open a can of ~~beer~~ soda. I like to close a water bottle on the ground and open it at 6000 ft or so. Its mildly entertaining."
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"* Dehydration from low fluid intake * Slow blink rate, causing dry eyes * Poor body posture * Hey. Hey. Hey Listen. Hey. Look. Hey. Hey. Hey. Look. Hey. Listen. Listen. Hey."
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How come when you drink pop(or carbonated beverage) while eating something spicy, your mouth gets hotter?? | [
"Because soda is water based. The active ingredient in hot things is capsicum, which is fat soluble. So when you drink water or soda you are actually purifying the hot experience by washing away anything water soluble. If you want to lose the heat, drink milk which has fat in it."
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"Sometimes, it burns a lot after eating spicy foods. That is the same reason it burns going down. LPT: After eating spicy foods and when you're anticipating a painful poop, put some petroleum jelly on your anus first. It helps coat it and soothes the pain"
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How is information attached to radio waves? | [
"Information is attached to radio waves by altering (modulating) their physical properties (amplitude and frequency). That's why there is FM (frequency modulated) and AM (amplitude modulated) radio. For example if you want to transmit the message 1101 you could define a \"1\" as a radio wave with a high amplitude ... | [
"What if you want a printed version of what was said?"
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Explain this Nietzsche quote | [
"The idea is *not* that fighting the good fight will eventually corrupt you, but rather that you become a monster by regarding an idea you don't like as monstrous. After all, the title of the book is *Beyond Good and Evil*. > if you gaze into the abyss... If you take the bait, if you choose the easy way out and l... | [
"While we wait for an answer to your question, could you give me an ELI5 on what Marjorana fermion is?"
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What is happening to muscle tissue during a "cupping" massage? | [
"Cupping is the practice of creating a relatively low pressure within a sealed container, drawing skin and underlying flesh up into the cavity due to the difference in air pressure. The origin is in traditional Chinese medicine where it was believed the practice would increase blood flow and thus the healing flow o... | [
"Lactic acid build up affects the muscle fibers - drink water, take magnesium and massage the affected muscle."
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If Hemp produces paper and and other products cheaper, which means more profit, why hasn't the Tree Cutting (Logging?) Industry pushed for legalization? | [
"Hemp isn't illegal, hemp is not marijuana. While they look similar, there are major differences in their genetics and THC/CBD content. It's like comparing a crab apple to a gala apple, while they are both apples, they are completely different. If hemp was as cost effective as claimed, it would be used/grown much m... | [
"At the end of the day, Wars are profitable. War on terrorism, War on Drugs, Economic sanctions against various countries. Not all the Drugs coming from or Thru Mexico are not necessarily from Mexico, and Some of them may even be American owned. Afghanistans Gross Domestic Product, for years was Opium (Heroine, Mor... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is happening when you put something metallic in the microwave? | [
"Microwave energy can cause an electric current in metal objects. Metal in certain shapes (notably those with sharp corners) will accumulate substantial electric charge, if the charge becomes greater than air can resist (dielectric breakdown of air) the electric energy will jump (arcing) to nearby conductors (often... | [
"Why can't you reheat things in the microwave twice?"
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Why do fashion shows show off ridiculous clothes? | [
"The stuff they show isn't intended to be purchased and worn by consumers. It just shows what designers will come up with on a clean sheet of paper with nothing holding creativity back. Further, these radical designs typically show certain design elements that will be toned down and carried over into a consumer lin... | [
"3% of the world is still over 210 million people and people buy expensive things to show them off. It's the same reason people buy jewelry and supreme clothes."
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How are box office earnings reported by movie theaters, and how are the total earnings calculated? | [
"Most of the money taken for a ticket goes to the movie studio, and the theater makes their income off of concessions. The theaters must report ticket sales information and pay the studio their cut, so it's actually relatively easy for the studios to publish earnings numbers."
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"Because of Statistics! Depending on how you want to spin the numbers, or what cohort you're looking for, then you can manipulate the numbers to say anything you want. Are they the \"Number One Movie\" based on total tickets sold, or tickets solded based on an age demographic, or base on a timeframe, or based on am... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do humans require more diverse foods as we grow older, rather than relying on breastmilk? | [
"Breast milk contains many important nutrients designed especially for needs of an infant, like immune factors, fatty acids, and digestive enzymes. Breast milk is otherwise not particularly nutritious though... it doesn't contain many of the vitamins and minerals a growing body needs for development of bones and m... | [
"This is not that uncommon among animals. Different animals might try to steal milk from other mothers, including different species. But it was not until right after humans domesticated animals that we started doing it on a large scale. Initially it was only for babies and in large parts of the world it is still on... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do I look better in the mirror than I do in pictures and videos? | [
"Studies show that people prefer the mirror image of their face to their actual face. We see the mirror image of our face more and so we grow more comfortable with that image. Since most people have slightly asymmetrical faces, our brains prefer the familiarity of what we look like in the mirror compared to our act... | [
"No. When you look at the side of your face you see the same thing that everyone else does when they look at the side of your face. If people saw the side of your face/head when they looked you in the eye they would be looking you in the ear. That would be weird. It seems you're asking \"do people see me as attract... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does one 'occupy' a territory? | [
"You spread your troops/police force/militia/bandidos throughout the area in which you wish to occupy. Define it as yours loudly and denounce/arrest/kill/oppress those who disagree with you. Wait 100 years for it to become your de jure land. - source CK2"
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"What do you mean by downfall? This is still a dominant part of current culture."
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.com is for commerce, .org is for organizations. But is this enforced somehow? | [
"No. Of the original top level domains, only .edu and .gov had any actual enforcement to them. Today, some of the country codes have *some* enforcement, but that comes down to the discretion of the countries themselves. Edit: And .mil, thanks to radwolf76 for the correction!"
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"Everyone of these extensions is called a domain, and is a way to help categorize things in the Internet, and help you know what kind of site you are on, and who runs it. \".com\" helps you understand that whatever website you are on is run by some company or business, which makes money, so think of the \"com\" as ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why can't you really taste something until you breathe out of your nose? | [
"A good experiment to try this out would be to bite and chew a slice of apple while holding a slice of pear right under your nose. In that moment you realise two things: 1. Even though you're eating apple it \"tastes\" like pear. 2. You are a proud owner of a fruit moustache."
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"Pour a bunch of sugar on a piece of paper. Put the sugar and paper in your mouth and chew it. Once you don't taste any more sugar, spit the paper out. Do you think you just consumed some calories even though you didn't eat any paper? The answer is yes. Same concept applies to gum."
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Can dogs remember their siblings? | [
"No empirical evidence here but my lab knows her brother by name. Whenever I say \"you want to go see Gus\" she gets ridiculously excited and will either sit by the front door or try to go to the car. So I can only assume they've related memories and sometimes words to other animals. I like to think she knows it's ... | [
"... Asking what a baby dreams about is like asking what a dog dreams about. How would you ever find out?"
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Why do American power plugs have holes in them? | [
"1) The little holes in the ends of the prongs mate to little bumps on the internal contacts of the outlet. This makes a more positive connection that is less prone to wiggling loose. 2) They are also use for \"locking out\" equipment so that it cannot be powered up while it is being worked on. There are special lo... | [
"Many counties transmit powers at different voltages. For example, in the U.S. power is sent at 110 volts, in the EU it is sent at 220 volts. While that doesn't explain why the plugs are different, it is good that the plugs are different to prevent people from destroying their electronics by sending an incorrect am... | eli5_question_answer | {
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A lot of toddlers have a physical reaction to eating something they really enjoy (usually a little dance of some sort) Why do we stop doing this as grown ups? | [
"Things aren't as exciting as you get older. It's natural to quit being so excited over something when you experience it over and over again."
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"Adults actually have less taste buds than kids, so something bitter, for example, will have a more intense bitter flavor for a kid than an adult. And sometimes you just learn to like something after trying it a bunch of times."
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why do ghost and/or paranormal stories freak me out so much and for so long afterwards, and how can I reduce the effects? | [
"I suffer from the exact same thing, and I refuse to watch scary movies because of it. I've found that being around someone at night is very effective. If she isn't scared, neither am I. All of my fears go away, and I can sleep peacefully. Sleeping while holding a pillow or a stuffed animal doesn't really work, so ... | [
"As someone who has nightmares, though not to a degree that concerns me, I can tell you that real-life, everyday worries and concerns are the main cause for all of my really bizarre horror movie nightmares when I have them. Also, here is something else maybe some of you guys are familiar with: Despite the fact that... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How are medication names as well as their generic names chosen? | [
"Medication names are a marketing thing. Advil, praxor, viagra, etc. The generic name is a biochemistry mash up of the chemical/actions that make up the active ingredient. There is also an actual chemical name for all these drugs as well, but they're not fun. For instance: Name brand: Advil Generic: Ibuprofen Chemi... | [
"You're going to have to specify which medicine you want to know about. There are a lot of different medicines and they work in very different ways."
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What ecological disaster happened on earth in the movie “interstellar “ ? Is it an actual possibility ? | [
"There was a fungal or bacterial blight that was killing off crops. In the movie they mention that it \"breathes\" nitrogen, or something like that. They don't really go into detail (nor should they have), but basically all of the food crops.were dying off because of the blight. It's a possible scenario, but largel... | [
"Earth's core rotates for the same reason the rest of Earth rotates, which is because of retained rotational momentum from its original formation. Also, if you heard about it from the movie The Core you should probably just forget it. That movie is horrendous from a scientific standpoint."
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"Capitalism contains the seeds of its own destruction" | [
"Have you ever played Monopoly? You and some friends all start off with the same amount of money. Then, as the game progresses, some people get more money, and some less. One person becomes a land tycoon, and start making money hand over fist, slowly eliminating another player. This goes on until one person has eve... | [
"Both historically and contwmporarily it is used to refer to what is believed among socialists (of various stripes) to be the last legs of capitalism. Basic Marxist theory in the simplest nutshell: every economic system creates the conditions for its own collapse through the failings of that system. Feudalism (with... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does a person become able to "cry" at will? | [
"That's the secret. We are always about to cry."
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"A follow-up question: Why do some people love that feeling while others detest it?"
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How does filibustering work? Why doesn't someone just interrupt them because they're rambling on? | [
"Part of the rules which make the orderly discussion of bills possible is that when you \"have the floor\" you won't be interrupted."
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"There are three groups in the chamber: The democrats - they will rise in support of anything the president says, that they agree with (which is pretty much all of it) The republicans - they will rise once or twice when Obama is talking about something they agree with The supreme court - they will not rise for most... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do white races have multiple colors of hair whereas others only have a single color? | [
"races such as ~~african americans~~ black and asian generate more melanin, which is the pigment that makes them darker. this melanin also affects factors such as hair color, darkening that as well. this is an incredibly laymen explanation, so be wary."
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"A large number of people, particularly those from the British Isles, have genetics for red hair in their DNA. Since Beard hair are different gene sets from head hair it is common for them to be a different color. In fact it is common for beards to have 3-5 different shades of color that may or may not match the ha... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How can someone own a internet domain,and what is stopping me from just taking one. | [
"You register a domain for a certain period of time. What stops you from taking my domain from me is a key code that I have to get from my registrar that prevents transferring the domain from my registrar to yours."
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"We the OP means is if you were going to copy a companies item and sell for your own profit then why not copy everything about it including fake certification logos etc."
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Why do subjects that people dislike so much get so much attention? (Kanye, Bieber, 50 Shades) | [
"Because they don't need a majority of people to like them. They just need a passable market share. They do things that appeal (or they think appeals) to a target demographic. It doesn't matter much if 40 year old men hate Bieber as long as 14 year old girls still buy the albums and go to concerts."
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"- Paul McCartney (800m) - Michael Jackson (600m) - Bono (600m) You're comparing apples and oranges. Madonna, Celine Dion and Mariah Carey are decades-long international superstars. Jay Z, Justin Timberlake and Justin Bieber made music for less than a decade to largely American acclaim."
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How do humans almost always know the "perfect" amount of power to place on a throw to get the object to it's intended target? | [
"Practice. For every football you see hit some receiver (for example) 50 yards away, there were 10,000 missed passes. Over time humans develop a sense what they can accomplish after doing it so many times over and over."
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"Practice. You get good enough that you can judge the distance to the target and adjust the rotation you put into the projectile so that it lands with the blade side facing forward."
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Why aren't trains more widely used in the US as there are in Europe? | [
"Europe is relatively compact. Going from London to Paris takes only a few hours. Going from Los Angeles to Chicago takes days. Europe is densely populated. Lots of people live everywhere. The US is very empty in the middle. There aren't enough people to support trains. The only place where trains seem to work is i... | [
"The US is very large and a lot of it is rural. Trucks are useful for odd jobs, difficult weather, bad roads, etc. American roads are also generally wider and straighter than European roads, so it's more practical to drive a larger vehicle here than in other parts of the world."
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How did the confederacy find support to go to war with the union and secede because of slavery, despite the majority of the troops not owning slaves? | [
"The south didn't secede because of the movement to abolish slavery. They seceded because of Lincoln's desire for slavery to not expand. There wasn't really a significant movement to end slavery altogether before the civil war started. The southerners who fought mostly weren't slave owners because most southerners ... | [
"The Confederate flag was the flag of the Confederate states of America. The confederate states are a group of southern states that attempted to succeed from the North leading to The Us civil war. The south was agricultural region, and relied on slaves to make their money so when the North was threatening removing ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does everyone say to drink lots of fluid when you have a cold? | [
"Your immune response to a viral infection is more demanding on your body than if you weren't actively fighting an infection. Simply put, you need more fluids and electrolytes to build the things to fight the injection. It's also easier to not want to eat or drink while you're sick adding to the lack of proper hyd... | [
"Why do the glands in my neck burn like high hell when I'm holding back tears?"
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The Netherlands is often referred to as Holland and the people are called Dutch | [
"The actually country is called the Netherlands, while “holland” is actually 2 states inside of the Netherlands called North Holland and South Holland. As for the dutch part, people who live in the Hollands are called Hollanders, but all citizens of the Netherlands are called Dutch ,because Dutch is their language.... | [
"It's not the same thing. England is a country. The United Kingdom is a country made up of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. Britain and Great Britain is the island on which England, Scotland and Wales is on. You've basically asked the equivalent of asking an American why the US has so many different n... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is humanity divided almost evenly into 50% men and 50% women? | [
"This is called Fisher's Principle, or these days Evolutionary Stable Strategy. Wikipedia sums it up perfectly: > Suppose male births are less common than female. > A newborn male then has better mating prospects than a newborn female, and therefore can expect to have more offspring. > Therefore parents genetica... | [
"Yes. A predominant limb has been confirmed to most mammals. Curiously, their frequency rate is aproximately 50% righties and 50% lefties, compared to the 90% righties 10% lefties in humans"
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Why is there a culture on Instagram of people asking complete strangers to follow them? What are people seeking when asking for followers? | [
"The simple answer is that they want attention."
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"Nine times out of ten they're probably hoping one specific person will message them as a result of their post and aren't really interested in talking to anyone else."
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Why can't vet drugs to put animals down be used for inmates sentenced to death? | [
"So the companies that make these drugs actually don't want them used for executions, to the point where they will refuse to sell them to governments that do. And we use those drugs for lots of things other than executions, so its a really good threat. Government doesn't dare test it. They literally can't use the d... | [
"Firing squads aim for the heart, not the head. In any case, all blunt-force executions can be considered inhumane because they can result in gore. The lethal injection is only controversial in the USA, because of the particular drug cocktail used, which may or may not be leaving people conscious but paralyzed whil... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is the purpose of a credit score? | [
"A score is just a numeric quantification of your credit worthiness, often provided as part of a paid service to consumers. Most lenders do not care about a score per se, they look at everything to determine exactly what terms of a loan they will offer. Being \"on good terms with banks\" isn't a precise statement.... | [
"It's a big system. It also carries a bit from state to state. Are you interested in the application process? Policy? Logistics?"
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what is the psychology/explanation/analysis of the "money shot" in porn[SEROUS] | [
"Ejaculation within the woman isn't visible for filming. When the medium is visual and audio there is a limited way of displaying that the act is completed."
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"hi! you'll find some discussion in this recent post, plus links to a pile o' threads in the FAQ * [Ancient ruins with booby traps in them. is that trope based on anything that actually ever existed, or is it totally the invention of 19th/20th century adventure fiction writers?](_URL_0_)"
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why do animals in a fight suddenly take frequent, concerted casual breaks? | [
"Animals don't like to get hurt, because unlike humans most of them have shockingly low pain tolerance and can't really heal wounds well. So in most cases they fight briefly to make it clear to the opponent they aren't welcome. They keep it short so they reduce the chance of getting hurt, and will see if the oppone... | [
"I just did a quick google a managed to find a little info that may help The responses of people to a startling incident vary widely between the fight, fly, or freeze options. When startled, people may wildly flail their arms, or suddenly raise their limbs in protective poses, or duck to avoid an object. The shocke... | eli5_question_answer | {
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