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Planets that are gas giants. | [
"Gas giants keep their form the same way rocky planets do: gravity. But unlike Earth with its separate air and ocean, there are no concise borders between gas and liquid, or liquid and solid on gas planets. If you were to travel into a gas giant, you would notice gas in the atmosphere gradually thicken as you trav... | [
"There is speculated to be thousands of planets similar to Pluto (which is Planet X) around Pluto. Anything bigger would be easily noticeable but because Pluto and it’s counterparts are so small and so distance. At least as common knowledge, aren’t necessarily worried about."
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Why do people try to time pictures instead of taking a video and capturing the parts they want? | [
"Pictures will typically have a higher image quality than frames of a video would have. Videos will often use the fact that we can't distinguish detail as much in a video as we can in a still."
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"The passage of time is nothing more than our ability to remember events during that time. You don't remember anything while sleeping save for a few moments dreaming. Set up your web cam and record a video. Put a clock in the background to show the passage of time. Pause recording for a bit then resume recording. W... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are places such as dentists' offices and banks only open when most of their customers are at work? | [
"Dentists: Because they're in demand enough to make *you* come to *their* preferred hours. If the US for some reason suddenly got 100 million more dentists (that couldn't swap jobs), you can probably expect more flexible hours. Banks: Joe Schmoe depositing and withdrawing his rent aren't how banks make money. Most ... | [
"Because a lot of people, in the United States at least, are really poor and depend on their cars for work, getting food, etc."
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How do space ships, which are not so much larger than cars, preserve/contain the fuel needed to travel countless AU away, and preserve/contain the electrical power needed to snap images and send them back to Earth? | [
"[slate](_URL_0_) has a pretty good article on this, in regards to voyager-1. the tl;dr is that it doesn't move like a car at all. it doesn't need to keep its engines running - it's propelled by its own inertia, which it got from us launching it and the gravity assist that slingshotted it around jupiter and saturn.... | [
"It wouldn't. Even if we decided 40 light years was am acceptable distance for humans to attempt to colonize. Current spacecraft can travel 17,500mph, the light travels 671 000 000mph. This means that it wouldn't take us 40 years to reach the planet, it would take us 1 533 714.2857 years. Longer than homo sapiens h... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is did mike trout sign a deal for 1 million dollars in 2014 if he is arguably the best MLB player? | [
"He's a pre-arbitration player, meaning he has less than 3 years in the league. Pre-arbitration players don't get to shop around to different teams, they just take what their team gives them (minimum $400,000) or they don't play. Having said that, $1M is the most any pre-arbitration player has ever earned, so it's ... | [
"Just because he wants to win, doesn't mean he's free. There is also a minimum salary you have to play players when they have been in the league for X amount of years. Tom Brady also has taken salary cuts. He is clearly the greatest active QB, but I don't think he is even paid in the top 5."
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How does radium store light? | [
"Radium can only really be said to \"store\" light in a very roundabout way. Like all heavy elements, it was formed in the vast stellar explosion of a supernova; that's where the energy came from that is now being emitted as light. Radium is a radioactive element - it gives off radiation. This radiation can hit a ... | [
"They use the energy of the recharger to reverse the chemical process. Some chemical processes are reversible."
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why it takes longer to search my windows computer for a file than to google something. | [
"Indexing. Google has a huge, highly optimised database designed for the sole purpose of searching quickly. Even with indexing switched on, your computer doesn't have anywhere near as good a system. Speed. Your query to Google is dealt with by an extremely fast computer - many times as powerful as your home PC. Ca... | [
"so do you want a copy of the file or do you want a link aka shortcut of the file? because we can already do both. and if you search how, you can probably default the copy behavior in windows to create a shortcut instead."
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How a diet of grass, hay, bugs and other things in a pasture can turn cows into huge animals made of protein, fat, and make rich milk. | [
"plant cells have a bunch of protein. but it's not digestable by humans. cows eat 25 pounds of hay a day. and they chew that 25 pounds over and over. and then swallow it and digest it in their stomach. then throw it up and chew it again and again. then swallow and digest it for the 2nd time...then 3rd..then 4th.... | [
"They have much larger intestinal systems, which let them break down cellulose in plant cells and use the proteins inside. There's still not massive amounts of protein, which is why they have to spend so much of their time eating"
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"Prevent radiator boil-over, turn off air conditioner." How does that help when driving up a mountain pass? | [
"If your radiator is already close to boiling over, leaving the A/C on will cause the engine to do more work and generate more heat and push it over the edge. Just because it doesn't affect *your* vehicle doesn't mean it's not a problem for many others."
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"There's really no way to cool down a sealed metal box set out in the sun without running the engine. The safety feature is called 12 years of publicly funded education. The coolest it can get without some sort of energy added to a cooling system is the outside temperature and that's not good enough to stop infants... | eli5_question_answer | {
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When someone sues the government and wins, do tax payer dollars go towards the settlement? Do we pay for the actions of idiotic federal employees? | [
"Yes. Why *shouldn't* taxpayers have to cover it? They voted for the government officials whose job it was to keep the government from doing things it could get sued over."
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"Most local governments do have insurance policies for this sort of thing, which is why they are the targets of lawsuits, not the individual officers. I suppose a few high profile lawsuits directed at the officers themselves might change this."
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What is the process involved in joining the EU? | [
"The prospective state has to meet economic and social benchmarks. If the state has trouble meeting them the EU will help if the state seems serious. After the state meets the benchmarks the state hold a referendum to see if domestic audience wants to join the EU. EU votes to let state in. BTW, anything EU is a hor... | [
"What jurisdiction are you interested in? The USA?"
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Why do the mouths of wild animals (bear, wolves, lions, etc.) smell so bad in comparison to humans? | [
"cause they don't floss and brush their teeth. that bit of tendon that come from the racoon a week ago is still stuck between his teeth. same like when you eat beef stew and that one sliver of meat just got between your teeth. except you use a toothpick or floss or brush it out."
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"Because the naming of different species and their young are arbitrary. When people named lion and tiger babies, they called them cubs, along with the young of bears, wolves, and other large predatory animals, to differentiate them from the young of domesticated animals, like dogs and cats."
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Why do peoples voices go really high pitched or really deep when videos of them are sped up or slowed down? | [
"Sound waves traveling at different speeds produce different pitches. Sorry, that's all I got"
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"They'd have the singer sing at a much faster speed, then they'd slow down the footage so the lips match the words but the singer seemingly moves in slow motion"
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Why is Hispanic/Latino treated as a race in the media and elsewhere? | [
"Race is largely a social construct in the country that defines it. In the US, people from Latin America and Mexico are seen to share enough biological, social, and physical characteristics to be considered a 'race'. It's important to understand that while racial categories include an element of biology, they are n... | [
"With regard to the U.S. Census, Hispanic doesn't mean from Spain -- it means people from Mexico and Latin America, ie. Spanish speakers. Hispanics make up about 17% of the U.S. population currently."
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Why are the search results when googling an unknown phone number so terrible? | [
"I actually think google intentionally obfuscates results. Back in the day, googling phone numbers worked *awesome*. It was one of the first \"best answer\" things at the top of the page. Quite suddenly it stopped working."
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"Depends on what your search is and how you're filtering it. If you're being hyper specific and are searching for exact matches, then it's completely reasonable to not have any results."
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What is Obama's reasoning behind drones, and why can't the US just pull its troops out of the Middle East? What will happen? | [
"Drones are typically used to target militant commanders in the hard to access tribal regions of Pakistan. They allow the US to conduct recon in the area for longer periods without the risk of losing a pilot. Drones have also been used in Yemen to target the growing influence of Al-Qaeda in the Arab peninsula. The... | [
"The UN put an entire plan together to have Assad's government turn over their chemical weapons stockpile. It is just starting to happen now. There is also a very limited appetite among western powers to get involved in sectarian civil wars in Middle Eastern countries. See: Iraq."
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why does a car battery die if you leave your head lights on over night, but it can last no problem driving 12 hours straight/through the night with the head lights on and music playing? | [
"Because you have an alternator that powers the systems while the car is running. When the car is off, it's draining the battery."
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"you only need enough charge to turn the motor over for a jump. then the alternator kicks in and charges the battery the rest of the way while the motor is running. edit: i knew it draws charge from the other vehicle, but doesn't it also charge your battery a small amount also. i usually let it sit connected up for... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does "the shot" (birth control) last so long? | [
"If you want to look at metabolism and excretion of any drug, check out the pharmacokinetics section. From the article, I'd guess * Because it binds well to proteins in blood plasma, it's harder for the kidneys to filter out the drug (proteins don't enter the filtrate in the nephron [the filtering unit of the kidne... | [
"It's not a form of termination, it prevents pregnancy by inhibiting or delaying ovulation. So when taking these there is no fertilization happening ergo no termination possible - though it won't work 100% due to this mechanism."
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How do we know Dinosaurs weren't purple with yellow polka dots? | [
"Pigments have been found in some fossilised dinosaur feathers, so we know the colour of a couple of birdlike dinosaurs. The rest is speculation, based on the reasoning \"if lizards are green and brown now, then they probably were then\"."
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"* What are people made of? **The ancient remains of a star!** * What is the whole world made of? **Rocks!** * How does our hair stay on? **It's attached to us!** * Why do vampires like to eat blood? **Cause they're thirsty!** * Why do I have five fingers on my hand and not seven? **So they can fit in our pockets!*... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does most commercial airplanes are white painted and not a non-natural color ocurring in the sky (clouds)? | [
"Largely its for thermal protection. White reflects more of the sun, keeping the aircraft cooler sitting on the tarmac. (So why not leave the aircraft unpainted metal like American used to in the 80s?) Airplanes fly high enough you are marginally more exposed to radiation from the sun. Having a coat of paint protec... | [
"Well, skyscrapers are covered by glass on the outside. Glass is light, resistant and allows you to have great views. If the sky is blue, the building will look blue. If the sky is cloudy then it will look gray. Look at a skyscraper when the sunset is happening and it will reflect a different color. Also there are ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does anticipation alter my perception of the passing of time? | [
"Your perception of time comes after the time has past. If the whole way to a location you are constantly checking how much longer is left, you will remember a lot of the wait. On the way back, your thoughts are else where and you don't have as many memories of the ride."
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"Affect is a verb. Alcohol affects the brain. Effect is a noun. You study the effect of alcohol on the brain."
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Why is the Australian dollar so weak against the British pound? | [
"No, the Aussie dollar is pretty strong against the pound, currently sitting at 55 pence. It is always a mistake to compare currencies absolute values, as these are a result of history. The difference in this case is because Australia switched to decimal currency back in 1966, and with currency being more valuable ... | [
"It's not that the Canadian dollar is dropping, but the US Dollar is going up. The oil surge brought a lot of investors back into the US, and the Eurozone crisis has made the US Dollar the safe harbour currency again. Relative to global currency averages, the Canadian dollar hasn't much changed - it's way up compar... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Instead of using voltage converters, why can't battery manufacturers create batteries to tailor the device? (or why is there no 5v battery but 1.2, 1.5, 9, 12, etc) | [
"The voltage a battery produces depends on the chemicals involved. A zinc/copper cell, for example, produces 1.1V. Doesn't matter how big or small it is, that's the voltage that you get when you make a liquid cell with those chemicals. A larger zinc/copper battery can generate more current than a smaller one, but t... | [
"A) 9 Volt batteries only go in one way, there's virtually no risk of connecting them backwards (and thus, rendering a device unusable) like you have with AA, AAA, C & D cells. B) They provide 9 Volts while other common cells only provide 1.5 Volts. If a device is better operated with higher voltages, it's easier t... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How fast does new fat form after you've eaten a big meal? | [
"I'll answer your original question... 12-24 hours and you'll have stored the excess calories as fat. Depending on the source of those calories (sugars are processed fast, then things like complex carbs and protein take longer with fat taking the longest to digest) the amount of time it take for your body to break ... | [
"That's nice, then afterwards you can have a cheeseburger and soda for about 3000 calories, a bag of chips for another 500, have some pizza for lunch for another 1000. The amount of exercise is pointless if you are eating poorly to begin with. Substitute one bad meal for a good one and you just saved your self 2 ho... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does charging a phone for too long make the battery life significantly shorter? | [
"In modern phones, it doesn't. They have smart systems that stop charging at 100% and let the battery drop some before charging again. It keeps the battery from being damaged. But phone batteries do like to be \"exercised\" and discharged down to 20 or 30% and recharged from there."
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"There aren't really any 'proper ways' to care for a laptop battery other than not continuously charging it for days, which will reduce how long it can hold a charge."
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Exponential functions | [
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"Same difference between color and colour. Continent-based spelling differences."
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Why do we feel weak when we haven't eaten? | [
"Once your body kicks into starvation mode (which varies in onset time per individual - for super skinny/low caloric intake folks it can be as low as 8 hours, but on average its around 12-16), a lot of hormonal changes start. Your liver and muscles start consuming glycogen (sugar) stores, and then start metabolizin... | [
"What's the point in eating if I just poop most of it?"
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If protein is what builds muscle, why do we need to eat at a caloric surplus? | [
"Your body can convert proteins into glucose. If you are in a caloric deficit, then this will be going on. Proteins turned into glucose is protein that cannot be used for muscle. Having a caloric surplus ensures that you do not have a caloric deficit, so very little of the protein gets turned into glucose, so it ca... | [
"You don't need anywhere near as much protein as popular fitness sites would have you believe. Studies have shown you can get by on less than 100g. Yes you need adequate levels of protein, but once you hit that amount, it's calories that help add mass, and the source isn't too important."
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What's a "Basic Bitch"? | [
"Mainstream; kind of the opposite of a hipster. The typical Basic Bitch is the Ugg and yoga pant wearing girl in her 20s with a Starbucks coffee."
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"Funny you should ask. Roni Jacobson wrote an article that covers a lot of what you ask in this Tuesday's *New York Times*: [\"60: Behind Every Second, Millenniums of History\"] (_URL_0_)."
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- If intelligent life visited Earth, how would we communicate if we assume the scenario that they spoke another language? | [
"A good way is through maths. They won't know Pythagoras but they will know his theorem. They will certainly know what pi is, though they might know it in base 12 not base 10 like we do. Using symbols like dots and lines to represent these numbers will communicate to them that we know them too."
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"Yes, but primitive life wouldn't find us. The only way we would find primitive life is if we advanced enough to search for them. Edit: it should be noted that loads of sci-fi presents ETs that are less advanced than we are."
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When someone tells you to see "a doctor," how do you know which kind? | [
"Typically, you'll go to your main doctor, who is a General Practitioner. They're the general \"doctor,\" who have a wide knowledge of many medical things. If that doctor sees something wrong, they might refer you to a specialist. Specialists are doctors, too, but they have a *very* deep knowledge of a fairly limi... | [
"Oh, I know that pain! It's the pain you should ask your doctor about instead of internet strangers. But seriously, even if there were a doctor on ELI5, it is impossible to diagnose someone over the internet. If it feels like something is wrong, talk to your doctor."
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How does the Volkswagen exhaust gas scam work? | [
"From what I have read (I have a 2013 Golf TDI), VW knowingly added in a defeat device to their diesel vehicles to turn on the clean filtering system for the exhaust when monitoring equipment was hooked up to the cars. When the testing equipment is not hooked up, the cars give off emissions that are WAY above the l... | [
"Why do some parts of the world call gasoline petrol?"
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Why does being lazy feel so good? shouldn't we naturally feel better working? | [
"Being lazy means we're spending fewer calories. Which is good for an animal which may not get to eat. If you were that hungry, you naturally wouldn't be lazy."
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"There needs to be a positive feeling associated with sex to make sure we do it. If it was like flexible your arm, then you would not go out and look for it. Its like working out. We know we should, but most don't."
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- Why aren't all of the months in numerical sequence from most to least? | [
"I'm not sure about this 100%, but this is how I understand it: Originally, there were ten months. January and February were originally a monthless period because no crops would grow. This is why September - December are named the way they are (Sept = 7, Oct = 8, etc). So, February was the \"last\" month created, a... | [
"Not an answer, but FYI, Sunday is not always shown as the first day. \"European-style\" calendars show Monday first. I'm also curious if there's an answer for Monday as well."
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Why does putting a wooden spoon over a boiling pot prevent the water from spilling over? | [
"It breaks the surface tension of the water before it spills over the edges."
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"Oil floats on water, so the water gets under the oil, quickly boils, and the escaping steam blasts little droplets of oil all over the place."
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What causes economic inflation? | [
"Demand causes inflation. People want things. Since there is a fixed amount of things, the price for those things goes up. This rising of prices is called \"inflation\". A low amount of inflation (1-3%) is considered \"normal and healthy\" for an economic, indicating growth of demand that is controlled."
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"If the whole world had the same currency (not that that would be optimal), then there would need to be a World Central Bank. Inflation would depend on their monetary policy. Exchange rates don't create inflation. Monetary policy does."
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Why do strangers want to follow me on Twitter? | [
"They don't have an interest in following you, they're either ways of getting you to go to some site (like the latter group) or they're people who follow you in hopes you'll follow them so they can up their number of followers... for some reason this is valuable to people."
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"I just want you to know you're not alone. This happened to me every damn time."
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How is it at all possible that a criminal could sue if they get hurt in the process of trying to steal/commit crime? | [
"The frequency in which is happens is highly overstated, and even when a lawsuit is successful, it is usually overturned on appeal. Criminals actually seeing a dime from a lawsuit like this is very rare. I can think of two situations where the criminal might have a case: * A non-criminal could have hurt in the same... | [
"Essentially it's the citizen's right to detain someone that has obviously broken the law until the authorities arrive. It can range from a security guard detaining a trespasser until the cops show up, to a homeowner locking a burglar in the pantry, to my personal favourite of a concerned citizen using a zip-tie to... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does diarrhea need to come out RIGHT F*CKIN' NOW, but regular poo is cool to chill for a lil bit? | [
"Because you only get the urge to poop when the feces pushes on the internal anal sphincter. Most of the time, feces is stored in the descending portion of the large intestine, far away from the sphincter, but every once in a while, intestine muscles will push the feces into the rectum where it will push against th... | [
"I have no explanation for what happens here; however, I would like to take this time to question why when most people see someone zoning out, they shake them and get their attention as if it's a life or death matter. I fucking hate people who overreact when they see you zoning out, and act like bringing you back t... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do atomic clocks work and why is their time considered the most accurate? | [
"I know this is an eli5, but before I try and explain how an atomic clock works I'd like to ask you how great your understanding of physics is? Mainly in regards to atoms, electrons, magnetic fields etc"
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"There's an organization called the International Bureau of Weights and Measures based in France that oversees this. Pretty much they reference a number of highly accurate atomic time keeping methods and set a universal time, which computers from all across the world set themselves to, including you're phone."
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this may belong in an NFL subreddit, but: In the NFL, why do kickers for a field goal have a hard time getting it 50 60 yards when they routinely kick more than 70 80 yards for kickoffs? | [
"On kickoffs, they're kicking off of a tee, they're not being rushed by the opposing team, and they're only trying to keep the ball within the sidelines. For a field goal attempt, their run-up to the ball is only three or four strides because otherwise the kick will be blocked, the ball itself is being stood up on... | [
"It is kicked a different way. During kick off, they are farther back and get more momentum. Additionally, with a field goal, the kicker has to worry about angling higher for the ball not to get blocked while on kick off they can angle it much lower."
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How do bank stress tests work? | [
"Basically, they take the bank's account/spreadsheet info and run some simulations - stuff like \"what if 10% of your customers default on loan payments?\". These simulations are able to show whether the bank can cope with a mini-crisis, or whether they should have more money reserved for a mini-crisis."
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"After you respond, be sure to ask, \"How do you see the company changing over that timespan?\""
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Why is it common for bears to be hit by trains? | [
"Oh there is a simple explanation for this. Bears are the king of their land. They grow up being able to fight and kill anything in there area. Think about. Ever try to fight a bear? You will lose. It is a matter of pride to defeat any foe before them. Eventually some mature veteran fighting bears will run out of v... | [
"Because they have a better chance of not being eaten by birds, most of which sleep at night."
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what is Modernism and what is Postmodernism | [
"Pre-modernism: We have the truth. Modernism: We can find the truth. Post-modernism: There is no truth."
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"The French Revolution in regards to the mindset of modern culture. The Industrial Revolution when it comes to technological advancements."
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Why does the urge to pee increases the closer you come to your home? | [
"It’s psychological. Compare it with craving a cigarette. You want it more if you see a person smoking, hear the word “smoking”, or get a random association with the act (a trigger). Getting closer to home makes you think about peeing, which increases the urge."
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"Always making a habit of holding it when you really have to go pee helps the formation of kidney stones in the long run. I wouldn't recommend it. When you have to go, the best thing to do is go."
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If my parents had sex to conceive me 3 hours earlier than they did, would I have then been born 3 hours earlier? | [
"There's more of a chance of you not being you than anything else."
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"Because you can be absolutely certain that the child is related to the mother, but you can't be absolutely certain that they are related to the father."
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why do some rap artists have 'skit' tracks on their cd's? | [
"So everybody knows that Paul Rosenberg has Slim's back"
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"Rap = just lyrics, more focusing on the actualy lyricism rather than the music. Alot of these tracks tend to be 'freestyles' (what now means free of style) Hip hop = focuses more on the music rather than just the lyrics. edit: Also rap is just rapping, hip hop is a culture. Break dancing/graffiti/rapping/djing/sc... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does global warming cause the sea levels to rise, if water takes up more space as ice anyway? | [
"Two factors. One, ice on land is melting, and that water runs downhill into the ocean. Two, and more important, while ice takes up more space than an equivalent amount of water, warmer water takes up more space (expands) than cooler water. The contribution of ice in the ocean 'shrinking' as it becomes water, is fa... | [
"It's a theory still being tested, but it more than likely has to do with oxygen levels in the water. Ice holds a higher oxygen level than water does, and continues to hold more oxygen for a short period of time after melting. Researchers have theorized this to be the cause of the difference in taste. Edit: the rea... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What's the difference between the ("th-uh") and the ("thee")? | [
"There is no meaning difference. They are both the same word. It is just different pronunciations. Most of the time \"thee\" is going to be used before a vowel sound and \"thuh\" otherwise (\"thee\" egg, \"thuh\" boat). People also use the \"thee\" pronunciation before non-vowel sounds to indicate emphasis on the f... | [
"We don't know how to. So we right now we use educated guesses based on modern Latin based languages. Some strange rules: -'c' makes a 'k' sound. Example, Centurion is pronounced (ken-tor-ian) -'v' makes a 'w' sound. Example, Ave is pronounced (ah-way)"
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Why is it when I have a cold or flu, I sometimes feel really cold and start shivering violently, even though when I feel my skin I'm warm? | [
"This is a side effect of fever. Your body temperature is above normal, but your brain wants you running hot in order to help kill the infection, so encourages you to seek warmth. This is on top of the fact that because of your increased body temperature, surrounding air feels that much colder compared to your skin... | [
"It depends on the severity of the cold, and of course it depends on the person. Whenever I had a cold as a kid, I was bedridden and felt like I was dying. Now when I get a cold, I get aches, but I can move around and go to classes."
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What is actually going on when you hit your funny bone? | [
"You're hitting the ulnar nerve, which is a big honkin' nerve that runs down your arm. Most of the time, it is cushioned beneath lots of fat and muscles, but at the elbow joint, it is exposed and relatively close to the surface of your skin. As such, it is vulnerable to impact which makes your arm feel all tingly a... | [
"You take the harder part of your head and aim for a softer part of theirs."
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what is quantum internet and why is it so important? | [
"This is a bit of a stab in the dark, but I'm pretty sure it's a network that rests on top of extremely dense encryption that takes quantum processors to encrypt and decrypt. The physical internet itself is no different but the hosts/servers communicating with each other are using encryption that apparently require... | [
"Umm...kinda? Internet of things is the idea of connecting small devices to the internet that normally wouldn't have an internet connection. For example, smart light bulbs are an IoT device. All of these things require some programming which is in the domain of Computer Science. What are you trying to figure out, e... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How is the White House over 200 years old but still able to keep up with modern security standards? | [
"It has been updated and renovated on several occasions since it was last burnt by the British."
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"It did not happen instantly. A city that has kept up with the times used 200yr old tech 200 yrs ago; 100 yr old tech 100yrs ago, etc. Its best to think of cities as a living thing. Go to any major city in the world and the one thing they all have in common: construction. They are constantly upgrading their infrast... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why can you download entire YouTube videos by copying/paste the URL into a website but not do the same with Netflix? | [
"Netflix has protections in place to prevent this, since its content is 100% copyrighted. YouTube, on the other hand, is not always such sensitive material and therefore doesn't have as much security against downloading its content."
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"So, I've read a lot of the answers, most of them are saying similar things. Where does it save the vide on your computer? For example, if I have less than a GB of space left on my computer, why can I still watch a several-minute HD video on YouTube without running out of space?"
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Why do tears come out while yawning when we are really tired? | [
"When we open our mouths to yawn, the muscles around our eyes put pressure on our tear ducts; when the yawn is particularly wide, the pressure is great enough that our facial muscles literally 'squeeze' tears out of the ducts."
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"There are a lot of nerves in our faces. Stimulating these nerves helps to keep you awake. This is why you see babies doing this a lot when they are tired and don't want to go to sleep yet."
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If Almonds contain all of the essential Amino Acids to form complete proteins, why are they considered incomplete protein sources? | [
"Technically yes you could eat 1000 calories worth of almonds to reach your essential amino acid requirement across the board. However it is much more reasonable to combine almonds with a grain which is higher in methionine and leucine, this is called complementary protein intake. So when they are talking about a c... | [
"ln order for a food to be a “complete” protein it has to have the 9 essential amino acids (lysine, leucine, etc.). Complete proteins are just types of proteins that contain the necessary levels. Quinoa would actually be considered a complete protein. You don’t have to necessarily eat meat to get complete proteins ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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ELI: Why are sales taxes only enforced when shopping stores and online? | [
"You are. You are supposed to write the person a receipt, which they then show while registering the vehicle, and then pay the tax there in order to have ownership transferred to them."
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"VAT set by the EU regulations is not something that the US has agreed to, nor something that they benefit from as they are for running the EU. As such many of them can be reclaimed by any non-EU citizen, not just US citizens. The US on the other hand has no VAT system. Instead we have a sales tax system that care... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Is burning fecal waste beneficial in one way or another such as generating power to using the ashes as fertilizer? | [
"One of best things about burning the waste is that you've reduced it's volume, so it's easier to transport and store, and it's probably safer than it was before burning. Regarding other benefits, if the waste is dry enough you can generate power from burning it (otherwise it's wasted for evaporating the water) and... | [
"It depends :) In a modern, civilised and industrialised region the water goes through pipes to a water treatment station. This water follows the same path as the water from the bathtub, kitchen sink or toilet. The treatment station tries to purify the water through several organic methods (plants, algae, etc..) an... | eli5_question_answer | {
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If Flash Storage is so useful, why do we still use Hard Drives? | [
"USB flash drives average $1 per gigabyte. Magnetic hard drives average 5.3 cents per gigabyte. Additionally, a magnetic hard drive is typically 2-4 times as fast as a USB flash drive, or even faster. USB flash drives also have write limitations; there are only so many times you can write to them. If we're talking ... | [
"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... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What are the pros and cons of mp4, webm and HTML5 video formats? When to use one over the other? | [
"A little add-on in addition to what everyone else has posted, Apple's QuickTime player codec doesn't support webm. So Apple/iphone users can't view webm videos natively on their device. They need mp4 to fall back to when available. That's why most sites offer their media in both webm and mp4."
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"A video codec is simply a way to compress video. Very much like like .zip and .rar are ways to compress files. Different codecs have different performances, some require a great CPU, but also greatly reduce the filesize of your movie. Others require very little, but hardly compress. Some require very little and co... | eli5_question_answer | {
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EIL5: What's the real difference between AA, AAA, 9v, D, etc. batteries? And why did Dildos/Vibrators take only C's for so long? | [
"AA, AAA, C, and D batteries are all 1.5 volts. But they differ considerably in the amount of current and time they can produce. A bigger battery can produce more power over time. A 9V battery is just that - 9 volts. But it has a lower current throughput. As for why a vibrator takes a C battery I can only conjectur... | [
"Actually, yes. There are, or at least were, A and B batteries. However they didn't get much use as most of the products have been designed for AA, AAA, C, or D batteries. Edit: Here's a short article on B size batteries: _URL_0_ The story for other types is probably similar."
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What really happens when people die of "old age" or "natural causes" ? | [
"what happens is the family and doctors agree it is not worth determining what the actual cause of death was. actual cause is often heart failure, but frankly could be almost anything that isn't blatantly obvious from an external inspection. edit: stroke is another common cause. may actually be even more common tha... | [
"My doctor friends like to say \"The question isn't whether you'll die from cancer, it's whether something else will get you first.\""
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- what is the "nails on a chalkboard" sensation? | [
"We don't exactly know, but there are some good ideas on it. The most prevalent theories say that the sounds which cause this reaction (nails on a chalkboard, fork on a plate, ect) do so for reasons related to evolutionary biology. Specifically, the sound has strong similarities to some warning calls given by cert... | [
"I'm not expert but I would assume it has to do with the phrase \"having skeletons in your closet\""
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Why why when Russia invade a country all the people from america stand up shouting for violation of right of Sovereignty and why when the US do the same American people show a lot of support ? | [
"Let me explain it to you: The US is the bestest most amazing country ever in the history of the universe. We were singled out by god to be mankind's only hope, a shining example of awesomeness that every other country on Earth envies and wishes they could be like. Therefore, anything we ever do is by definition pe... | [
"well basicly, the Syrian people want civil rights, ect. like in most developed countries. ( usa or most of Europe for example) they then rebelled against the government, the government have now attacked it's own people. all media is trying to be controlled and they are trying to stay in power. all outside media is... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why it is more common for men to go bald | [
"It's the male hormone testosterone that does that and since women don't have that much of it men goes bald and women don't. The less hair you've got the more testosterone you have in your body. Bald men usually have higher levels of testosterone than in women."
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"Its expensive and probably won't eliminate the underlying cause of why they began drug use to begin with."
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the theory that cutting taxes on the rich increases overall tax revenue | [
"Imagine if the govt taxed everyone's income at 100%. Although the rate is very high, the tax revenue they'd get from it would be $0. This is because when people don't get to keep any of their earnings, they won't bother to work. So we can see that in this situation a \"tax cut\" would certainly increase tax revenu... | [
"It's not the 1% people hate, is the tax system which favors them. Because the wealthiest 1% make money via capital gains their income is taxed at a lower rate than the average middle class American, creating a system where the wealthy retain more of what they make than an average working man or woman. Warren Buffe... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How would you go about making metal tools from scratch? Assume you're stranded on an island and can only use what nature has given you. | [
"you should watch this video, this guy decided he was going to make a toaster from scratch. _URL_0_"
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"\"Necessity is the mother of invention\" Advances have historically been made in response to problems. We need to carry water, we use a hollow gourd, then maybe later an oiled skin, then a bucket. We need to cut meat, we use a sharp stone, then we learn how to make a stone sharp, then later we find metal and we be... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What’s bad about dystopia if everyone lives in the society truly think and feel they are happy? | [
"If they are *truly* happy, I'm not sure it can be a dystopia. If it's enforced/artificial happiness, then you're encroaching on people's free feelings."
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"Because they are told to think and feel that way."
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Why didn't evolution decide our teeth can only be maintained through dental chemicals and treatment? | [
"During most of human history, we ate almost no sugars at all (hunter gatherer societies have very few sources of carbohydrates, i.e. complex sugars). It is carbohydrates and sugars that feed the bacteria that cases tooth decay (the bacteria converts sugar to acids, which dissolve the calcium in the enamel), and st... | [
"This is a wild guess that I think is true. Your teeth, along with the teeth of most every animal, evolved to fit a normal lifespan of a hunter/gatherer. More simply, your teeth might last 20-30 years if you were raised in the wilderness, had no info on oral hygiene, and didn't eat things like apples all the time (... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How will the closing of so many Wal Mart stores affect local economies? | [
"Because the way WalMart moved in on those communities in the first place was to steamroll into town and undercut all local businesses, forcing them to go under. Pretty soon, WalMart becomes The Only Game in Town, and if it pulls out, all that's left is a big muddy hole. No local commerce, no local jobs, a huge hit... | [
"The corporations that sustained the local economy abandoned it for cheaper pastures such as Mexico."
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Why does the back button on the browser work and other times does not? | [
"Hitting the 'Back' button in a browser reloads the previous html file. That worked great for a long time because websites were structured as a series of files. But since JavaScript was developed, many sites will load one file and then dynamically change the content being shown to user *without loading a new file*.... | [
"I don't know why. My computer at work also does. But if you can see the link when you open the imgur link, then copy it and paste it into a new tab. That works on mine."
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What is at the center of Gas Giant planets and what holds them together? Why do they have an atmosphere? | [
"What holds them together is gravity. As you go into a gas giant the atmosphere which is mostly hydrogen gets thicker. Eventually you get so much pressure that you get liquid hydrogen, and then at the very core you will have solid hydrogen/whatever heavier elements the planet has absorbed."
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"Because Jupiter is spinning and heated by both its internal heat and the Sun. It's essentially the same thing that drives the weather here on Earth."
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How does public-key cryptography work? | [
"Public (also known as Asymmetric) encryption is best explained by [this picture](_URL_0_). Just take a second to digest each step and realize how both parties do indeed come to the same result and that if you were spying on them in public, it would be difficult to determine their private colors. Now replace the id... | [
"Outside of their importance in mathematics, they play a crucial role in encryption. Many popular encryption schemes rely on large primes to remain secure while allowing access to those that should have it."
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How and why do does the WestBoro Baptist Church make money? | [
"They did and iama recently. They all hold down regular jobs and some are lawyers, so they are not poor. In any case, what do they need money for? The only expenses they have are travel costs and it's not like they do it for the money. Useful info from the inside: _URL_1_ _URL_0_"
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"The difference is based entirely on how many people are willing to raise Hell if you call their faith a mythology."
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What the hell do we need the stock market for, /explainlikeimfive | [
"It allows publicly traded corporations to raise capital (money) without taking out a loan (which they would have to pay back). More capital allows companies to invest in new things, like research and development. The downside is that the corporation becomes accountable to shareholders, who generally only care abou... | [
"This thread so far reads like /shittyexplainlikeimfive. Where are the actual explanations?"
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Why is sign language different in different parts of the world? | [
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"> cultural differences There are plenty of cultural differences between the East coast and the West coast."
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Why do we get drunk, when we drink alcohol? | [
"Alcohol is a friendly guy. He loves to hug things, like your brain cells. When you drink a lot of alcohol your brain winds up being too busy hugging alcohol to work right. Alcohol is also a very thirsty guy. That's why you wake up dehydrated."
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"They don't. They all contain ethanol. Ethanol is ethanol is ethanol. There is no difference in the ethanol in beer or wine or spirits. These beverages DO have different concentrations of ethanol, that might have an effect on how you feel as you may consume ethanol at a different rate. We also tend to drink diffe... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How does electrical current "know" which path offers the least resistance? | [
"They don't. Electrons follow the path of least resistance in the same way that water flows downhill. The electrons do not act collectively, each individual electron is driven away from other electrons, and driven toward positive charges. The collective result is well described by the statement that they follow the... | [
"The movement of electrons through a system is what we call electricity. A batteries job is to store these electrons for later use. Electrons can have a wide range of speeds. A slow case: we know that electrons move when there is a current flow in a wire, but the speed at which the electrons themselves move in the ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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how do actors do smoking scenes? | [
"They often smoke herbal cigarettes that don't contain tobacco _URL_0_"
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"why do we yawn when we read about yawning?"
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Why is air generally colder in the upper atmosphere, even though hot air rises, and it receives more direct sunlight? | [
"Air pressure is equal to the weight of all the air above in the atmosphere, so it decreases with altitude. Therefore when hot air rises, its pressure decreases and it expands and gets colder. The reason why it cools down is hard to explain without using math, but it's the same as when you open a compressed air bo... | [
"Anywhere there is a temperature difference. High mountains are cold (cold air falls), ground heated by the sun is hot (hot air rises), water is usually more consistent (warmer at night, cooler in the day, vs the land). Wherever hot air rises cooler air will move in to take its place, and that is wind."
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Who decides if art is 'good' and what it's worth? | [
"If someone wants it they'll buy it. If someone else wants it more they'll pay more for it. Eventually you've got an expensive work of art. As for why people want it, preferences are impossible to determine across a population."
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"Because it's not relevant. It's not a measure of quality. It's not a prize that's respected in the music industry. It's just television entertainment."
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How are we able to type fast without thinking about the key placement, yet probably wouldn't be able to recollect where the keys are without a keyboard | [
"Muscle memory versus actual memorization. They are stored differently than regular learned memories. Therefore accessed differently. Which is why when you need a key you very seldom use you still look."
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"When typing, you can see the letters available. When speaking, you are recalling the letters, and perhaps visualizing as well. Your brain is multitasking, slowing down your ability to correctly spell out the word Of course, different people may or may not have this problem, but considering I also have the same is... | eli5_question_answer | {
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The difference between republican and democrat and what they believe in. | [
"Difficult to find one, but we need a non bias person to explain it. All the previous searches appear to say the same thing. Republicans want little government, Democrats want big government. But I'm betting the OP wants details on their specific beliefs on the bug issues."
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"Because a specific states \"democratic\" or \"republican\" party/candidate can have very different positions than the national party. This means that when compared to national candidates that the local candidates often more closely align with the states voters."
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How can such a huge company, like yahoo, afford to rebrand themselves after becoming so prominent under their current brand? | [
"simple answer... they cant afford not to. yahoo is not a sustainable business, as proven by years of losses and failed remedies. they need cash, and if selling the yahoo brand to verizon provides that cash, so be it. Just as sears recently sold craftsman to black and decker. chances are yahoo is positioning to tu... | [
"If someone shuts your domain down, you buy another. They're the biggest in that business. It makes a lot of sense but it's a massive dick move, much like how they nickel and dime their customer base as it is."
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How did J. R. R. Tolkien invent his elvish language? | [
"He was a linguist who was very talented and very imaginative."
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"Pretty much all of it comes from the works of J.R.R. Tolkien, mainly Lord of the Rings."
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If you flew a spacecraft into a gas planet, would you go straight through it or would you hit some form of ground? | [
"That's pretty much why we've sent Juno up to Jupiter; I understand that it's going to be firing some kind of radar through the atmosphere to see what reflections come back. There are also theories that due to the extreme pressure, the core may contain phase 5 hydrogen, a state in which it forms into a metallic str... | [
"In theory, and this is assuming that you don't get burnt up by the heat of the planet, and this hole doesn't automatically fill with water and magma and doesn't take the planet apart or anything of that nature, and ignoring air resistance, you'd fall through to the other side, slow down, and start falling at the s... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How have we come so far with visual technology like 4k and 8k screens but a phone call still sounds like am radio? | [
"Also: it's got to be compatible with all phones on the network; theoretically your call might be digitised then turned analogue then digitised then turned analogue then digitised then sent analogue down a 100-year-old rusty copper line into a 50 year old handset. Lower common denominator."
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"New phone tech has to be backwards compatible with old phone tech, which means the quality is on par with old phone tech."
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Why are there different sockets on motherboard for CPUs? Why isn't there a universal socket to fit all CPUs? | [
"Part of it forces you to upgrade your entire computer at a certain points and part of it is due to compatibility. As for the compatibility part, when a socket is designed it has certain features they are trying to support, DDR2, PCI-E 2.0, Sata 2.0, ect. In the future this same design may not work for newer featur... | [
"More pins are mostly used for more power and ground connections as power requirements increase. In addition, we are now doing more in the processor, which requires direct connections. Before, we used a single bus, to connect to a Northbridge chip, which connected to memory, graphics and expansion ports. Now that N... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is that computers connect to just one wifi connection and not multiple ones at the same time? | [
"Wifi cards only have one tuner and transmitter, think of it like a standard radio. You cant tune to 2 stations at the same time, a transmitter can only transmit on one station at a time as well."
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"It means that you are connected to your home router, but your home router doesn't have any Internet connectivity. So, you can reach other things on your home network, just nothing outside of it."
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why is it called lake michigan and not michigan sea? lake superior and not superior sea? | [
"Geologically speaking, altitude. 200' above present sea level is, by definition, always a lake. Inland seas are low enough that at maximum sea level (when there is no ice) they are part of the ocean. But during an ice age (like now, we have some ice but not a lot), sea level falls enough that inland seas become in... | [
"north africa has the desert which is on the same plane as Northern mexico and the southwest of the us which has the great sonoran and the Chihuahuan desert southern africa is green, same as south america"
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If lightning is very short, how does it create a long continuous sound as thunder? | [
"In addition to what others have said, while the *event* of lightning can be very short, the actual bolt itself, can be several miles in length. While this distance is pretty insignificant in terms of the speed of light, it *is* significant in terms of the speed of sound. So not only do you have multiple reverbera... | [
"It is just lightning that is too far away for you to hear the thunder. It takes the right atmospheric conditions for you to see it. It is often called \"heat lightning\" but there is nothing different about it."
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Why does my air mattress always go flat after I use it? | [
"You know when you lay on your arm too long and you get that 'pins and needles' feeling? That's not just a feeling. Your body hair really turns to pins and needles. Now, in a regular polyester-fill mattress, this is no problem. But in an air mattress, you compromise the integrity of the mattress over time. This is ... | [
"It is possible her sleep position is responsible. I snore when I sleep on my back. I trained myself to avoid sleeping on my back by sewing a small pocket on the back of a T shirt. I put a marble in it and sewed it shut. When I roll onto my back the marble is so uncomfortable I roll onto my side. It's gotten to the... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Does space go on forever or is there an end? | [
"Current models suggest that space is infinite in extent, and that the universe essentially goes forever in any direction. The most popular model is called the [Friedmann–Lemaître–Robertson–Walker (FLRW) ](_URL_0_) model, which suggests that the universe is infinite and flat, based largely upon the data that the un... | [
"What would you see if you reached the edge of the universe? Would there be a giant wall there? Probably not. You would probably be able to pass straight through the edge and into the space beyond. But what would be on the other side? Probably more space. Now space with you in it. Congratulations! You just expanded... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do we have so little control over our bodies? | [
"From an evolutionary point of view, free will is not needed. While pumping blood, breathing and even feeling pain is very much required for survival, so throughout evolution the automatic systems our brain control has always been required while only some species has developed some part of free will, and indeed not... | [
"Because children also have access to the internet."
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If staring at screens for long periods of time doesn't cause nearsightedness (myopia), why has myopia increased from 10% to 41% of the US population in the last 30 years? | [
"It’s not staring at screens that causes it, but a lack of exposure to sunlight and of staring into the mid-distance. So if you spend a lot of your time staring at a screen but still get/look outside for an hour or two every day, your eyes get the full spectrum exposure and exercise they need. Not much different th... | [
"I don’t think we fully know. One likely contributor is the differences in sex hormones between men and women. The statistics we have right now suggest that migraine effects about 17% of women and 6% of men each year."
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Richter magnitude scale | [
"It's a logarithmic scale measuring the energy released by an earthquake. Starts at 0, but is technically openended (thankfully, we've never had a 10.0 or higher). Each increase in the scale number indicates a 10x increase in the amount of energy released by the quake. A 5.0 is 10 times stronger than a 4.0. A 6.0 i... | [
"Same difference between color and colour. Continent-based spelling differences."
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; Why did Blackberries stop being popular? | [
"Blackberry was focused on the business market. Originally it was only a business that could justify the expense of a smart phone so the apps were focused on the concerns of businesses. Apple came along and decided that hardware prices have come down enough that justified a consumer level smart phone. Apple focused... | [
"How do you think they stay rich? ;)"
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Why doesnt Harry destroy the third deathly hallow, the invisibility cloak? | [
"He destroyed the stone because it drove people crazy, he destroyed the wand because it was used for harming others. The invisibility cloak didn't really cause any harms, and so he didn't see any reason to destroy it. That being said, in the books he didn't destroy the elder wand, he placed it in Dumbledore's tomb,... | [
"You can still be a prick and also be brave. The two are not mutually exclusive. He had many heroic moments, not the least of which was to raise his wand against Dumbledore, his friend and confidante at his behest, to secure his place as a spy, but also to protect Draco Malfoy's soul from the agony of killing, and ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why drug dealers would agree to be on those VICE shows | [
"Journalistic integrity has existed throughout the centuries, protecting sources to get to the truth. Vice is offering anonymity to get the story. Ego is what likely keeps the dealers willing to tell their story in disguise just to be on television. I imagine it appeals to the rush of the drug dealer lifestyle some... | [
"So, my source is an informational presentation from a law enforcement officer. If someone wants to add a different perspective, by all means... Dealers want to be known for having the strongest stuff around. Yes, people OD. They consider it advertising."
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Why do small flies congregate in small swarms in the same place night after night during spring/summer? | [
"They are banging. That is pretty much it. Flies swarm in order to mate, so you are basically running through a night club where everyone is DTF."
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"Deer move as families and nest in the forest. They never stay at the same nest for more than a few days. Turtles bury themselves in mud at the bottom of the creek, breathing in the oxygen from the water. Some other freshwater turtles may dig themselves into a marshy area of grass or moss. Some bugs migrate in the ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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