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What exactly is a beer belly and how does alcohol cause it? | [
"Beer, while being an often time refreshing adult beverage, contains an alarmingly high amount of calories and carbohydrates. Beer, on average, has around 13g of carbs. The same roughly as a slice of white bread. A beer (356g), a can lets say, can have 154 calories. That's about 2 slices of white bread. If someone ... | [
"It's controlled by hormones, usually sex hormones. That's why women get fat around the waist and in the breasts and men tend to get guts and abdominal fat. It doesn't matter what food you eat in regards to where fat is stored."
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the bleeding virgin Mary and the milk drinking Ganesha statue "miracles" from a scientific perspective. | [
"Not familiar with the bleeding virgin Mary; however, the Ganesha drinking milk works basically through capillary action. Basically that means that the surface tension and adhesion combine to lift the liquid. You can test this yourself next time you go to drink with a straw. Don't bother capping off an end, but dip... | [
"Yes they take place at Christmas hence the line about another Christmas and another ventilation duct- or something similar."
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If space is a vaccum how does heat travel through it? | [
"Heat is a measurement of how quickly molecules are moving. Hot things have quickly moving molecules, while cold things have slow ones. Since a vacuum is empty (no molecules), technically heat can't travel through space. Heat is a type of energy. Energy can be transmitted through space in the form of electromagneti... | [
"Like you're five? Sound is the movement of particles. On earth, it's generally the movement of the air around you. So if there aren't particles to move, like in a vacuum, there's no sound. Light is itself a particle. Therefore, it has no problem moving through a vacuum."
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What exactly is inflammation and why does it contribute so heavily to our demise? | [
"It's actually an immune response. When your cells are damaged, they need your immune system to come in and clear them out. The damaged cells release a chemical that expands the nearby blood vessels to allow your white blood cells better access to do their job. The expanding blood vessels is the inflammation. So th... | [
"There is no such thing as a symptomless disease. Having detrimental symptoms is part of the defintion of what classifies something as a disease."
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Why do light things bounce, while heavier don't? | [
"Heavier things can bounce. A decent counter example to your proposal would be to compare a rubber ball to a crumpled up ball of paper of relatively the same size/volume. The former, while heavier, will bounce quite high; whereas the crumpled up ball of paper won't. The difference is how the energy of the system is... | [
"Whether or not something floats depends on it's weight compared to it's size (we call that density). When something is more dense than water it will sink, and if it is less dense than water it will float. In this case, the lime you have is more dense than water, but the lemon is not. That makes the lemon float, bu... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Traditionally, why do Conservatives support Israel while Liberals do not support Israel? | [
"Both parties in the US support israel. At this moment, however, we've got political gamesmanship. The GOP invited a foreign leader to speak to Congress in an unprecedented move, because they want to undermine the POTUS and Sec. of State's negotiating power so that they have an election item to sqwauk about. Simila... | [
"You probably live in a mostly conservative area or are surrounded by some hardcore conservatives - or watch Fox News way too much. Liberals are not despised in American politics. They are despised by a significant minority of hard core Conservatives. In reality Conservatives and Liberals have equally valid, but di... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does flicking a small insect not kill it? Is the force not as strong as squishing it? | [
"It's mostly to do with mass. The less mass an object has, the easier it is to accelerate (so more energy goes to actual movement, and less to the object deforming.) Insects have very little mass, so they don't experience much resistance to acceleration (the flick.) Alternatively, squishing against a hard surface r... | [
"It would plow through you in a bloody spectacle of gore and transfer some of its force to your corpse, sending it speeding along the same path. There IS a force for the asteroid to push against. As it hits you, your body is going to push back against it with equal force, which will slow it somewhat. Unfortunately ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do we determine if an animal has feelings, is self aware, or is sentient? | [
"Is an animal self aware/sentient? as others have said, very difficult to answer. Do animals have feelings? based on my own anecdotal evidence i would say absolutely yes, anyone with a mammal for a pet should be able to observe this."
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"Well, it's not really right to say we KNOW insects don't feel pain. Because they almost assuredly DO feel pain. The question isn't really \"Do other animals feel pain\", because pain is just a physical and neurological response to stimuli, to get the animal to remove itself from a harmful situation. In that respec... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Will a tattoo remain after a cut or gash on the tattooed skin heals? | [
"Depends how deep the gash is. Tattoos sit really deep in the skin. If the cut reaches that layer, then yes, it can damage the tattoo. If it's just a superficial cut that doesn't go deeper than the epidermis the tattoo should still look the same."
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"Even when muscles or skin heal after an injury, the regenerated tissue is never as strong as prior to injury. Ex: when you have a scar from a cut, the tissue is never 100% as strong as the epidermis before the laceration and scar formation."
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Why Hasn't the U.S. Signed the Convention on the Rights of the Child? | [
"Because in the US, people under 18 can get life sentences in prison, which the Convention would prohibit."
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"1. The First Salute by Barbara Tuchman 2. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 3. The Civil War by Shelby Foote 4. Reconstruction by Eric Foner 5. The Proud Tower by Barbara Tuchman 6. Parting the Waters by Taylor Branch 7. Brute Force: Allied Strategy and Tactics in the Second World War by John Ellis 8. The... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Do internet bandwidths really make a difference to ISP's? | [
"The ISP's would much rather simply allow everyone to use all the bandwidth they want. Usage caps and tiered plans are extremely unpopular, and are generally employed when you don't have the capital required to upgrade the whole system, so you're simply trying to make a deterrent to the highest users. I planned a c... | [
"The ISPs infrastructure has limits as well. It's not like they have infinite bandwidth. One of the ways they limit the usage of their network is having data limits."
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Why is Latin not widely used anymore if many languages used today derive from it? | [
"It's not widely used anymore precisely *because* Latin-speaking people branched into separate, new languages instead. It's a bit like asking why your great-grandparents are dead, if they have so many descendants. There's nothing unusual about that, if you think about it--and really, the more generations you get aw... | [
"It's the other way around. The three languages were originally quite different (and are still hugely different from each other) and then, through imperialism and proximity to each other, influenced each other, mostly seen in vocabulary. Korean, Japanese, and Vietnamese all take a significant amount of their vocab ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why we prefer the flavor of unhealthy food? Why didn't we evolve to prefer good that makes us healthier/feel better? | [
"It we take, for example, just sugar: it's a very useful way to get energy very quickly. But in the natural world, sugar is very hard to come by, and refined sugar simply doesn't exist. It's only since we've been refining sugar on an industrial scale and putting it into absolutely everything that it has become a he... | [
"I don't know the chemical, physiological reason, I don't know what happens when you chew and swallow compared to chew and spit. But from an evolutionary viewpoint: If you obtained the same, or more, or even close to, as much pleasure without the swallow, you would be at risk from starving from not eating enough. T... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why can't a PS4 title be played in PC even though its designed & created in a PC ? | [
"Creating a game *using* a PC isn't the same as creating a game *for* a PC. Its technically possible to use a PC to make a ps4 game without ever having a version that will actually run on a PC. The way it works is you have a ps4 devkit, which is a special ps4 for developers. That connects to a PC and allows the PC ... | [
"Is this going to make it possible to play PC games on other Linux Distros??? I mean if it's linux, couldn't the same ability to play PC games be implemented into Mint or Ubuntu Linux?"
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What does the sun rotate around? | [
"The center of the Milky Way galaxy, which contains a supermassive black hole named Sagittarius A, which is about 1.6 Million solar masses"
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"That would be true if the earth didn't rotate. But it does rotate."
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teaching/learning robots | [
"imagine you have some inputs (sensors, energy), some internal nodes (stuff that can be connected together), some outputs (motors) and a simple test to \"score\" the result, f.e. how close you are to the desired result. now a computer connects everything randomly, and uses it as start state. now it keeps repeating ... | [
"_URL_0_ my physical anthropology GTA showed this in discussion section"
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Why is Paris the city of love? | [
"Dammit, the etymology seems to unknown. Possibly a lot if it had to do with Napoleon's obsession with romance and celebrating it, but it also might come from a combination of it being \"The city of lights\" (thanks to its early employment of gas Street lighting for all major thoroughfares) and it being a common de... | [
"One of these is not like the others."
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How come games no longer have cheat codes? | [
"There's a number of reasons for this. Cheat codes were implemented in games for various reasons, all of which fell away in recent years. 1. Cheat codes were often implemented for debugging purposes, with many games going as far as including a 'debug mode'. This stopped happening when development tools started imp... | [
"The developers leak them and they spread. They were commonly found in gaming magazines or cheat books if you remember those."
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When I'm touching my skin with my finger, does my finger feel my skin or does the skin feel the finger? Or does it both? | [
"Both! There are some areas of the body that are more sensitive than others though. Lightly rub your fingers across your lips. You'll feel a lot of sensation on your lips but little on your fingers. Then run your finger across the bottom of your foot near the heel. You'll feel the touch sensation much more on your ... | [
"So I know the generalities. Obtained from \"Science Mike\" McHargue. Has to do with the evolution of humans, and never needed to evolve to be able to tell which side of the tongue is feeling sensation. The reason you feel left versus right on tongue at all is a lie your brain is telling you. You touch the left sid... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is every show involving a demon use christianity to exorcise the demon? What if the demon was Jewish or Muslim? Or am I just missing something? | [
"I feel like most of these answers miss the point. Most movies/shows you watch have Christian exorcism because Hollywood is a Western movie industry which makes movies mostly for the Western world. And the West is Christian, historically anyway. If you watch shows from Muslim countries that have exorcism than they ... | [
"Because it is a satirical figure meant to offend and mock people with religious beliefs. Remember no matter who your invisible friend is he is better than anyone else's invisible friend."
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How come politicians run for US president even though it's clear to everyone that they will never ever win. Even I know it and I'm an idiot. What gives? | [
"A more cynical take than some of the other comments, but most of the presidential candidates are less concerned about influencing the debate or moving the eventual candidate to the left or right and more concerned with raising their own public statue and name recognition. Serial contenders are looking to sell thei... | [
"Because it's Obama, and he's doing something. Over the last several years, we've seen without a doubt that the only motivation people need for being mad at Obama is his existence. Doesn't matter if literally every president did it, they'll still get mad at him. There's a reason for that, but I don't know what it i... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do geysers work? Also why are some so predictable and other's are completely random? | [
"Geysers happen when water is heated by a hot spot in the earth's crust. Water flows into a void, is heated, and steam and water rush out of the void rapidly. Predictable gysers are predictable because they have a low cycle time which allows many observations and the different variables can be estimated (the time ... | [
"If the volcanic activity you're referring to is a supervolcano, like Yellowstone, then sure, that'll effect the climate on a global scale. But if you're talking about volcanoes like the ones around the Pacific rim erupting, it's not going to make that big of a difference to the entire planet's climate."
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independent athletes in the Olympics | [
"In the case of 2012, it's actually handy because there are two examples of the type of situation that can arise. Three athletes come from the Netherlands Antilles, which was dissolved as a country in 2010 and was removed from the Olympics books in 2011. However the athletes involved were already in process to comp... | [
"Used to be a rule for USA hockey. Amateurs only"
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Why I should not be excited to invest in Cuba as an American? | [
"Because the Canadians, Brazilians, British, Spanish and Chinese have been there for years already and have locked down many of the key development deals and important relationships."
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"Why is this vote happening and why should I care/not care as someone who doesn't live in UK?"
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Why we get the sudden urge to pee when our body comes in contact with water, eg swimming pools, shower. | [
"When you come in contact with water, or even when you see some nice amount of water, your brain automatically thinks you are somehow going to ingest that water, and it cuts the supply of a certain hormone in your blood ([antidiuretic hormone](_URL_0_)). This cause your kidneys to increase the production of urine, ... | [
"You're washing yourself with warm water, which will actually drain your energy after a while. If you took a cold shower, you wouldn't feel tired after. Same reason why you feel tired after spending time in a jacuzzi, spa, or sauna"
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Why don't all States do proportional representation instead of winner take all in the electoral college? | [
"Since it goes state to state as far as rules my first inclination would be power. If you live in a state with a powerful majority party, it's in the interest of that states party to go for winner take all so that the party ,with it's deep reach in all districts, can try to coerce said districts to support the cand... | [
"The Constitution gives the states pretty much total control over elections. In the Presidential, each of the states is given a certain number of Electoral Votes. It is entirely up to them to decide how they vote. Same thing with Congressmen/Senators: the federal government gives the states a certain number of them... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Is China still a communist country? | [
"Not by the general definition of communism. The Government structure is very central to the one party and all laws and rules are based on communist philosophy, while the economic structure is not. Basically economy is driven by a very active trade system, while people living within the country are bound by the ver... | [
"Could the rebuilding of Japan after WWII be considered a partial colonization by the United States?"
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Why do we find certain animals cute and certain animals gross? | [
"I think it has to do with certain features they have, like large round eyes, rounded faces, soft fur or skin and the sounds they make that are somewhat compatible with that of a human baby triggering a maternal or paternal instinct to love and protect the creature. \"Gross\" things probably have to do with things ... | [
"I think this is a bit subjective, but I believe it's because it makes the animal look like it is comprehending what you are saying. A lot of people find it cute when animals do things similar to humans."
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How do TV Street Magicians work? If actors are used then why does nobody expose them online? | [
"Any magician employing actors to fool people with would get non-disclosure agreements signed by the actors and could pursue civil action (i.e. lawsuits) if they did speak out. So there is little to be gained from actors speaking out since people already know magic acts are trickery, and potentially a lot to lose l... | [
"A lot of magicians take the \"a good magician never reveals their secrets\" rule very seriously. And to be honest, I'm glad they do, because if word gets out about how a trick is done, it'll forever ruin that trick."
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do screws used in surgery truly turn to bone? If so, how? | [
"There is a type of surgical screw that is made from polylactic acid and hydroxylapatite. The polylactic acid will slowly dissolve into your body and disappear leaving behind the hydroxylapatite which is a main component in your bones. In time your body will \"fill in the gaps\" left by the polylactic acid leaving ... | [
"The UV light damages the skin cells, in order to replace the damaged skin blood flow to the affected area is increased which causes the skin to be warm to the touch. I'm pretty sure that's it but feel free to correct me."
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Why does the "church of scienctology" still have tax exempt status in the usa? | [
"There is no hard set definition of what a religion or \"church\" is in US law and each group that desires to gain tax exempt status under the religious clauses applies and then is either granted or denied that status. Once granted there is really no strong mechanism to remove the status as attempting to do so woul... | [
"They are considered to be a cult. There is no law against cults in the U.S. so it doesn't really matter here. Germany is not so friendly to scientologists."
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How "cold" can Fire get before it goes out? | [
"The coldest fire observed has been around 250 F or 120 C. _URL_0_"
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"You might want to provide a little more information otherwise the best anyone can do is take a wild guess. My wild guess is that it is because it is cold outside, wear gloves to prevent it."
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If no normal person can withstand water boarding can't it be used to get anyone to admit to doing anything just to make it stop? | [
"confessions made under torture (any torture, not just waterboarding) have been deemed unreliable because there are way too many false positives. people say whatever it takes to make the pain stop [CIA torturers themselves](_URL_0_) admitted this, but continued(s) to use it anyway, because torture is fun i guess"
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"If when you do it you get your passports revoked and have to hide in Russia to avoid being put into prison I am fairly certain you aren't just making stuff up."
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Why do the dirtier "Grimm version" of fairy tales serve as better teaching tools than the Disney or "Clean" versions of fairy tales? | [
"An example would be useful. But if you mean what I think I mean then: Reality sucks. Things don't work out perfectly 99% of the time. \"Happily ever after\" is an extremely rare occurrence. So it's better to tell stories that are a little more grounded."
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"Check out Stephanie Coontz's : The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap. She doesn't focus just on females, but she does get quite a bit at the way we falsely \"remember\" the period as everyone having a childhood like Leave it to Beaver. Another source might be to check out some of the gov... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Tumblr. What is it? How does it work? Why is it so popular? | [
"Tumblr is a blogging platform. It's typically best for short-form post. Think of it as an in between Twitter and a traditional blog. Tumblr essentially allows you to post text, photos, videos, etc. It also makes it very easy to share content between blogs. For instance if you like a particular photo you can \"reb... | [
"Creating content other people enjoy? Why are movies a thing? What do the creators get out of it? Why is youtube a thing? What do the creators get out it? Why (was) vine a thing? That's probably the more direct western analogue."
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in places where doctors can prescribe marijuana for medicinal purposes, how do they get dosage and frequency correct considering the variety and efficacy of all the strains of the drug? | [
"It is not prescribed the same as other medications. The doctor doesn't fill out a prescription and have you take it to the pharmacy. Instead, they simply give you a \"recommendation\" granting you access to possess it legally. It is mostly on the patient from that point to make decisions about which strains may al... | [
"what type of medication? what type of problem? is there a maximum toxicity level across all patients? does the dosage work? yes, there are medications that are moderately tailored. combinations that work better in some than others. however, they are still mass produced and given limitations by the FDA and DEA."
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Why is it okay that I lose so much hair in the shower? | [
"Hair grows in a cycle. Every single hair on your body goes throw three phases: 1. Growing. This phase can last weeks, months, or even years. Different hairs spend different amounts of time in this phase, which determines the maximum length of that particular hair. For instance, eyebrows generally spend a shorter a... | [
"And while we're answering this mystery, why does it feel like a miniature orgasm when I clean my ears in just the right spot?"
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What the hell is Homestuck and why is it so popular? | [
"Homestuck is a comic story on the internet a lot of people like. [Here's the website.](_URL_0_)"
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"Is it me, or has this never happened to anyone else?"
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If I was in the vacuum of space and a small asteroid traveling at 10,000 MPH collided with me, would it go straight through me or would my body speed up and travel with it? | [
"It would plow through you in a bloody spectacle of gore and transfer some of its force to your corpse, sending it speeding along the same path. There IS a force for the asteroid to push against. As it hits you, your body is going to push back against it with equal force, which will slow it somewhat. Unfortunately ... | [
"There is one part of the movie where the protagonist uses the landing rockets to blast herself along an orbit to get to a space station. This is not possible. you can't just accelerate in an orbit to get to a different place in the orbit. she would of gone to a higher orbit by speeding up. Also she cries in space ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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I'm unemployed and without health insurance, I've yet to file my taxes, can I avoid paying the penalty fee? | [
"The requirements are that you **had** health insurance last year, not that you have it right now. You're not going to retroactively change that. If you're unemployed, don't hesitate to try signing up for your state's Medicaid program."
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"Because if you don't have health insurance, and you get sick, other people have to pay to treat it. If you're too poor for health insurance, you should qualify for Medicaid. If for some reason Medicaid rejects you, you can use that rejection to get exempted from the fine."
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what happened to netflix stock since 2011? stock declined 70%. doesnt seem to make their service less awesome. how is their company, which it seems like every one i know subscribes to, decreasing in value? | [
"They've lost a lot of customers due to a lot of changes to their service. I know that I, for one, cancelled my service as soon as they jacked up the prices."
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"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... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do the majority of Americans drive automatic cars as opposed to manual (stick shift) cars? | [
"European here. The question is, why does the majority of us still prefer manual cars? I had a manual car, because it's the norm. But actually, it only adds an unnecessary task. The only reason there are still manual cars is because people want it out of habit, but there's no real reason nor does it make any sense,... | [
"Most cars are front wheel drive, not rear wheel drive"
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How did it work out that basically the entire world used Arabic numerals? | [
"The reason is really its efficiency. Not just the idea of \"0\" (although that's the main reason, almost every early number systems missed that), but the fact that we can do multiplications and divisions MUCH easier than with Roman numerals. Also, it just feels natural: we use base 10 system because we have 10 fin... | [
"What do you mean by downfall? This is still a dominant part of current culture."
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how the term "cracker" is supposed to be insulting to white people? | [
"Cracker is derived from a white man who used a whip. These were commonly cattle men who lived in the south (particularly northern Florida) who use the sound of the whip to control the direction of the cattle herds. It is derived from Spanish herding practices. There is also a connection to the white enforcers emp... | [
"Apparently words that have a neutral definition can become slurs if they are constantly used to describe someone we don't like. Negro, just as a word outside of any context, is completly neutral; it's the Spanish word for black. However, because it was previously used to name people that we oppresed, the word is n... | eli5_question_answer | {
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how did a rocket with the computing power of a calculator get people to and from the moon? | [
"Because almost none of the mission was controlled by that computer. It had fairly simple tasks to do. Most of the mission was pre-computed, and further computing was done on the ground at Mission Control."
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"Because when you sit back and think about how technologically advance it was, especially for that time, it is truly mind blowing. Even by today's standards just say it to your self \"We can send humans into space in a ship, land on another surface that is not earth, and send that video footage back down to earth t... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is it uncomfortable to walk slower (e.g., stuck behind a group on a sidewalk) even if I'm not in a hurry? | [
"because it requires you to alter your natural gait and pace. You have a specific stride and when someone is walking slowly in front of you you have to shorten your stride, which disrupts the fluidity of the automatic coordination that allows you to walk without thinking."
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"Travel in a vehicle is mentally stimulating. You are surrounded by noises and by other people. And it is slightly stressful because you have fairly little control over what is happening -- either because you're a passenger or because you're in traffic. (Note how much *less* tiring it is to travel if you're the dri... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why can't my front windshield have those defroster lines my rear window has that defrost the rear window really quickly? | [
"It can, my 2003 Ford Focus has it. The wires are very thin and embedded inside the windscreen. It's a very common option in the UK. Edit. For those of little faith, Google 'Ford Quickclear Windscreen' and prepare for enlightenment."
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"In general, they are defroster wires, when you turn on the rear defroster, the wires get hot, and melt any frost/ice that might be on the rear window. Or help evaporate any condensation that may have accumulated on the rear window. In some cases, one or two of those wires might be radio antennas, for the car ster... | eli5_question_answer | {
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When in a serious accident and/or near death, why does going to sleep lead to death? | [
"Going to sleep doesn't lead to death, but the inability to wake someone or even get them to respond to pain indicates that something is very, very wrong and may lead to death. So when someone is injured you make sure they can still wake up or respond in some way."
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"Your brain is deprived of oxygen and fires off certain synapses (bridges between your thoughts) and makes you experience something peaceful to take away from the fact that you're dying. This also depends on your religious belief. I had a near death experience, but mine (being an atheist) was just floating above my... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How are China and India not huge powers in international soccer? | [
"In India the most popular sport is cricket, and they are the current Cricket World Cup holders"
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"While very large and rich in resources, it has fewer people than Argentina, Poland, or Sudan. There are cities in China with almost as many people as Canada. In addition, culturally, politically, and diplomatically, they are similar to their close allies the US and the UK, and don't have much to add to what those ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What is going on in Myanmar? | [
"Since it's history, Myanmar has been ruled by either totalitarian dictators or, more recently, a military council. In 2007, there were large pro-Democracy protests which resulted in a violent government crackdown and the death of 13 people (Burma VJ, a documentary, can shed more light on this). For some reason or ... | [
"Where do you mean? Europe? The US? Middle East? Africa? Eastern Asia?"
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Why do rockets always look like they're curving/arcing after launch? If their goal is space, wouldn't you want to fly straight up? | [
"You actually want to be curved. If you went straight up, you'd just eventually fall straight down unless you can fly so far that you're out of Earth's gravity. To get into orbit, you have to move so fast that when you fall, you then \"miss\" the earth. Orbit is just falling and missing the object you're orbiting ... | [
"Because getting into space is less than half the battle. If you go straight up 100,000 miles, you will still come back down, even if it takes a while. Gravity doesn't magically disappear when you get up far enough, there is still gravity on the ISS. What they are doing is essentially \"falling\" at an angle which ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How can the surviving Boston Bomber be charged for WMDs by using pressure cookers whilst Iraq had far worst weapons than pressure cookers but was nonetheless cleared of WMD possession? | [
"Because the military definition of WMD (biological, chemical and nuclear weapons) is different than the US criminal definition of WMD, which includes conventional bombs as well."
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"2 reasons First, after WWI the horrible injuries caused by chemical weapons caused people to realize that there were things that even in war should not be permitted. The industrialized nations (the ones with the ability to make them) agreed to ban them & to punish those who used them. As more nations developed the... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do some electical plugs have 2 prongs that are the same size, some have 2 different sizes and some have 3? (US plugs) | [
"Okay, so: Two prongs (blades) are the minimum you need to make an electric circuit: the 'hot' blade and the 'neutral' blade. The 'hot' blade is connected to the house current, and the 'neutral' blade is connected to the return path. If the blades are two different sizes, the plug as a whole is said to be 'polarize... | [
"The outlet themselves are designed to grip the plug. The outlet itself has some bumps in the contacts that you plug into. Those plugs fit into holes on the plug, and grip it a bit better than it would if there wasn't the holes in the plug."
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What is radiocarbon dating? | [
"Carbon-14 is a highly unstable element. The **half-life** determines how long it takes for an object's store of an element to naturally dissipate to half. Carbon-14 has a half-life of ~5750 years, so if you find an object with half of the expected C-14, it's 5750 years old. If you find one with 1/4 the expected C-... | [
"They're not human. human Diseases target human cells."
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How is Future Shop Canada or Best Buy Canada benefiting from trading their games for any game? | [
"From what I heard it was a vendor funded promotion Source: I work for said company"
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"Possibility 1: more stores than you think are fronts for laundering illegal money. #2. could be a specialty store with a loyal local customer base. #3. Best buy may have made a series of bad decisions."
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How can we see milky way in nightsky if we are in it?? | [
"The same way you can see your house if you are in it. It looks different from if you were looking at it from the outside, but you can still see the walls."
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"because the rocket was so high up, that it was not shaded by the earth. just like the moon that is also visible in the video. This was only possible because it was shortly after sunset."
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So we the UK are now bombing in Syria, where does the extra funding come from for this new front on the war on terror? | [
"The funding comes from the budgets that are already set for your military budgets and are gathered by your taxes. This is why you have a military. Why do so many in the UK think this will be some unfunded thing? Do they not teach how taxes and government budgets work in the UK?"
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"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 laughing makes limbs weaker? | [
"Really deep breath can cause weakness, or specifically a sudden change in how much oxygen is in the blood. Laughter also releases endorphins, which decreases pain and can relax the body. It could also be an example of [cataplexy ](_URL_1_), the term given to sudden weakness caused my strong emotions. It's associat... | [
"Your body is telling you to quit smoking. Listen to it."
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How do we know where the borders that distinguish each ocean are, (i.e between Pacific and Atlantic) and how were they distinguished? | [
"At the boundaries between the oceans, no, there's no sudden change. The technical borders of each ocean are dictated by the International Hydrographic Organization. For example, the boundary between the Atlantic and Indian oceans is defined by the 20E meridian from Africa to Antarctica. On a large scale, each ocea... | [
"Well the modern continent system was developed by Europeans, so there is going to be some bias there. Technically Europe should probably be considered part of Asia (i.e. Eurasia) because there's no significant physical barrier between Europe and Asia."
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Why can I control my breathing, but I also just breathe automatically when not thinking about it? Usually it's one or the other. | [
"Evolution doesn't just give you every ability that could ever help you survive - if it did that, no species would ever die out. Instead, our ancestors got lucky and developed the abilities that we have today. A few random mutations in a few million years gave us voluntary and involuntary breath control - voluntary... | [
"Breathing has a lot to do with this. When we are in our normal calm state, we don't think about breathing - it's something done naturally. But when something gives you anxiety, your heartbeat goes up and sometimes subconsciously start breathing in more air. The more you do this, the more oxygen you take in - causi... | eli5_question_answer | {
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If all the food we eat is broken down into sugar then why can't we just live off eating sugar? | [
"False premise all the food isn't broken down into sugar. Sugar is used as the energy source however the body needs fats, minerals, amino acids and vitamins from the food for other essential body processes other than just for energy."
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"When you say nutritional value do you mean, when did we start putting on those labels and knowing what everything is in there or how when did we understand you can't just live off carbs? and things like that?"
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Why is the "www." necessary in a domain? | [
"Not every domain has it. For example, Gmail is hosted on _URL_6_ and Google Maps is hosted on _URL_5_ \"www\" is the default *for websites*, so if you don't specify a subdomain, it will usually send you to the same place as www. But websites aren't the whole Internet- mail servers, game servers, network printers, ... | [
"Take a _URL_0_ link, for example: http://_URL_0_/1bdDlXc. When you click the link, it'll go to the _URL_0_ servers, which will look up the \"1bdDlXc\" part in a database to find out what website they've assigned it to (in this case, google), and then forward you to that address. So basically, when you use one of t... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do people make computer generated art? | [
"CG art in general is made with a wide variety of software packages. packages like Photoshop for 2D and packages like Autodesk Maya, 3DS Max, Zbrush etc for 3d images and the stuff in movies/ video games. I only listed a few, there are many more. If it is something that you're interested in i suggest youtubing some... | [
"In the real world why would anyone want to be a politician?"
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A few years back, all voting machines went from actual paper to computer machines. As such, why do we have to wait for the votes to be "counted" on election night? Shouldn't we know the results as soon as the last poll closes? | [
"\"All\"? As off the most recent election, my district is still using paper ballots."
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"It's based on exit polling, not the actual results. Exit polling means polling voters just after they have voted, so they get a pretty accurate idea well before votes are officially counted."
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If I were to push my hand against a piece of glass for years, would my hand eventually start to go through it? | [
"Glass as a liquid is a long-standing myth that was recently disproven pretty conclusively. You can read about it here [Using 20-million-year-old amber to test the super-Arrhenius behaviour of glass-forming systems](_URL_0_) if you want all the technical details, but glass is definitely a solid. You might put enoug... | [
"Because the object is not strong enough to continue to exert that force. Imagine trying to push a car with a piece of paper, it would fold. Some things fold, some shatter, some break."
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How can we see through paper when grease gets on it? | [
"I don't know if I'm correct but I can give you my input on it. Paper isn't so much a solid object, but rather a bunch of fibers that have tiny little gaps of air in between the fibers. If you take 2 pieces of copy paper and draw with a sharpie(or something noticeably dark) on one piece and cover it with the other ... | [
"When you touch the glass you leave behind a trace of your skin oils. The same thing would happen if you drew something on a piece of glass that wasn't already foggy."
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It seems clear that subatomic particles aren't solid little spheres, what are they? | [
"Bear with me, physicists, this is super ELI5... Subatomic particles are both an infinitely-small dot, and a spread-out fuzzy cloud representing the chances that this dot will be seen at any given location. But that gives the wrong idea that the dot is the real particle, and the cloud is just a description of it. B... | [
"> But what does an atom actually look like? It doesn't look like anything, it *can’t* look like anything. The structures are too small for visible light to distinguish. It is like trying to map out the structure of someone's face by poking it with a probe the size of a building. > Is an atom actually like a ball,... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Is there a difference between Creative and Fiction writing? | [
"There is creative non fiction eg. Bill Bryson and creative journalism, fiction is made up or loosely based on real events or people."
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"Do you have any programming experience at all?"
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Why do french fries taste bad after they’re cold? | [
"Yer not alone in askin', and kind strangers have explained: 1. [ELI5: Why do french fries taste awful if reheated, but something like pizza is comparable whether fresh or reheated? ](_URL_3_) 1. [ELI5: What is it about french fries that make them taste so bad when reheated compared to other foods like pizza? ](_UR... | [
"It doesn't, if you reheat it the right way. (Stop using the microwave.) In fact, I actually prefer some foods the next day. Lasagna is so much better on day 2, freshly reheated out of the oven."
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How can I blow and blow and blow my nose and still have snot in there? | [
"Your face actually has a lot of holes inside of it called paranasal sinuses. They're useless; they used to serve a function, but we just don't need the extra space for scent receptors anymore. Now they're just cavities that get full of mucus and bacteria, and they're why you can blow your nose and still have so mu... | [
"I suspect it's the same reason your nose runs when you cry. Your eyes have small 'ducts' to your nose, maybe yours are a bit loose. On a different note, I can plug my nose and blow and get a small stream of air out my left eye. Eww."
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What makes a pepper hot? | [
"There is a chemical in hot peppers that can pass freely through the walls to the cells in your mouth. On the other side of nerves in your mouth, this chemical can trigger the same machinery that makes you feel a certain type of pain."
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"What do you want to know about them exactly?"
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Why Adam Lanza's school and house were torn down? | [
"It's not really unheard of for such structures to be torn down. Ariel Castro's house was torn down as a [stipulation to his plea bargain](_URL_0_). It's just a way for those involved or otherwise close to the incident to try and move on. Edit: Google also blocked out Ariel's house on their street view.. but I don'... | [
"> CNN: The perpetrator was found to have been asking about storage units on reddit a month before the bodies were found"
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Why do people in old recordings from the 50's and 60's sound so different than today? | [
"It's called the Transatlantic accent and it was specifically taught to people in the media - news announcers, actors, etc. Your average person back then wouldn't sound like that."
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"Why is any modifying adjective used anywhere? It's just a descriptive term. Though, it is somewhat old fashioned. You would be more likely to hear it from 1940-1960 than you would today."
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What performance difference can we see between an athlete that warms up and one that doesnt before a race? | [
"The most important reason for doing a warm up is to allow the body to prepare steadily and safely, thus preventing the possibility of an injury during the performance. In case an athlete didn't do the warm up exercise and an injury like a hamstring strain did occur that will obviously affect the performance, other... | [
"so many variables can affect your performance. Sleep, diet, stress, etc. Depending on the type of routine you are doing you might not be giving your body enough recovery time working out every day."
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Why are there still radar dead spots over the oceans, despite all of the modern technology? | [
"Radar needs a direct line of sight connecting the tower and the object. The earth is curved so if you go far enough away from a tower you can't see any radar towers. The ocean is just too big to have a line of sight to from a tower to every part of it."
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"Radar is land based so any aircraft beyond the radar's range is not tracked. GPS is a navigation for the plane. It is not a world wide locator for anything with a GPS device. Its a system the plane uses to find out where it is. The plane would then have to transmit that location to either a ground station or a orb... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What's the story behind the cops and donuts stereotype? | [
"So 20-30 years ago pretty much the only places that were open late at night and really early in the morning were donut shops. Donut shops, which also sell coffee, became a common stop for police officers working late night/early morning shifts because there were few other options avaible. Adding to that - Donuts a... | [
"On another note, is it possible to get one of these? These shirts were a staple of a young person's closet in the early 90s. I want some nostalgia."
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Why is child abuse such a huge problem among politicians in the UK, what's the backstory? | [
"It has been said that high up politicians have been abusing children for 30 years, using their status as a way to get away with it. The children didn't go to the police out of fear, and when they did, the police didn't believe them. In fact, if the Jimmy Savile scandal didn't bring child abuse into the mainstream ... | [
"Essentially, they don't want their people to think there's a problem. They want them to go about their merry way and not be concerned with societal and political issues. Additionally, they don't want India to be painted in a bad light. They made the wrong choice for two reasons: 1. because it suppresses freedom o... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why are coding languages so hard to understand? | [
"First off, because of your formatting. Proper white space and formatting makes code a lot easier to read and understand. Secondly, because you aren't that trained in it. German and Japanese sentences might seem unintuitive to you for a long time, even after you learn the basics, until you truely become fluent in i... | [
"Simple answer is they learn enough English to have it make sense. There aren't that many keywords to learn."
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How come we get all snotty when we cry? | [
"It's a drainage thing. Tears mix with mucus in the sinuses, and this thins out the mucus and makes it run from your nose."
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"And why do I have the urge to cough when using them?"
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Why is it that Windows needs drivers and installations, but most accessories automatically work on Linux? | [
"There could be 2 things going on here: A) linux has a way to know which webcam you are using just by plugging it, it will look around and find the driver for you. (in my experience its very rare when this happens) (windows updates does this, or at least it should) B) linux has a generic webcam driver already built... | [
"There is a lot of software running in newer TVs. Basically they need time to boot."
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How does one go about spending millions of dollars if all of their money is invested in real estate/stocks? | [
"You've hit on a major problem with holding assets instead of cash: *liquidity*. Liquidity refers to your ability to quickly turn your assets into cash. If you own a couple of shares of stock, no big deal - you just sell them for market price, and walk away with the money. But if you own, say 10% of a company, tha... | [
"They will have a fair share of liquid assets like pure cash, checking and savings and other investments that can be easily converted into cash. The rest of it will likely be invested in stocks and bonds, retirement accounts and possibly hedge funds. It's also worth noting that if you're a mega millionaire/billiona... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why some movies and tv shows have real operating systems and software on computers and smartphones (like Mr. Robot) while others have fake ones? | [
"It really depends what the show wants to focus on. In the case of Mr. Robot, the show is all about hacking, and appeals to a growing demographic of viewers who know enough about computers to detect fakery. Other shows, such as crime serials, are focusing on the detective work and the character interaction, rather ... | [
"A simulator is an imitation of something, usually something in real life. It can be a simulation of flying a plane, a simulation of farming, a simulation of driving a truck which is what simulator games are, or it can be a simulation of a product for testing, or of a physical phenomenon for research. & #x200B; An... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why was slavery a common practice that occurred in every civilization at some point? | [
"Slavery is viewed as immoral today because we are forming a world view where all people have equal value. For most of history, this was not a widely held view, so civilizations believed it perfectly fine to enslave \"lesser\" people."
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"Egypt is one of the oldest civilizations on the planet and we hear a lot about them and their history prior to European colonial era. We also hear a lot about the Caliphate eras of the middle ages and dark ages which controlled much of North and Central Africa, and of Carthage that was in North Africa during the R... | eli5_question_answer | {
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How do Windows users get a screenshot of the Blue Screen of Death, since the clipboard is cleared upon restart? | [
"_URL_0_ > All BSODs are stored on your computer. The freeware BlueScreenView not only recreates the BSOD display as-it-was, but also tries to analyze the dumps and find the guilty program/driver for you:"
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"Ctrl-Alt-Delete is a key combination that can't be intercepted by any other program other than Windows Logon. If you just needed to hit enter to log in, a malicious program could link itself to the enter key, fake the windows logon screen, and capture your password."
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Why are chess careers still viable when computers can beat us all at it now? | [
"Why do people run track when cars can beat them? The point of professional chess never had anything to do with the game having a practical value - it's about watching the best players in the world play the game."
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"A high rating only means you consistently defeated your opponents who in turn defeated others with still lower ratings, and so on. It's like a pyramid scheme. It can only really compare sets of players who can play against each other. It can't compare you to past players you never played against. If Carlsen achiev... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why does crushed ice cool water faster than a block of ice that's the same size. | [
"You've increased the surface area of ice/water interacting. In a block, water is only contacting the ice on the outside of the block. When you've crushed it, you've got far more contact."
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Why does your mouth water right before you vomit? | [
"The extra saliva protects your sensitive mouth and teeth from the acid in the vomit. It is a defensive reflex to mitigate damage from vomiting."
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"You turn your head so you don't cough on your doctor."
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How come lots of metals have a grayish color? | [
"All metals have a color, but it's usually so purple that you can't even see it, so the metal looks gray."
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"The simplest explanation seems to be that some electrons are traveling so fast because of the way and order the orbitals are occupied that special relativity causes some certain electrons to tend to accept lower frequencies, and since they are usually in the ultraviolet range they start absorbing more blue which g... | eli5_question_answer | {
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If the coil on a speaker cone can only vibrate at one frequency at a time, how come I can hear two notes simultaneously? | [
"A speaker does not vibrate at a single frequency. You know this for sure because of the observation in your post - a musical \"A\" is a different frequency than a \"C\". It does produce a single waveform. Think of throwing a rock into water. Now throw another rock right after it. The waves you see represent the co... | [
"Beneath your car hood is a speaker (a membrane wrapped tight over a ring like a trampoline with an electromagnet in the middle that allows the membrane to be pushed and pulled when current is applied in each direction.) When you press the center of your steering wheel, a switch recognizes that action and sends a s... | eli5_question_answer | {
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The playing style of footballer Thomas Muller? | [
"Sadly I haven't watched Bundesliga in a while, but what I know from internationals and world cups is that Müller is excellent in reading the game. Instinctively he just knows what to do in certain situations, such as when to make a run or when to cross instead of finish. He isn't spectacular on the ball like Messi... | [
"The creator of the typeface names it whatever they want."
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The artificial nose technology used in food processing | [
"Most foods give off some very specific chemicals when rotting. So the \"artificial nose\" is not very fancy -- it's just a gas chemical detector, and when too much of one indicator chemical is present, it marks that this item is rotting."
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"The most recognizable smell is often one of the chemicals/processes that they use to finish the dashboard."
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When do you award an indirect free kick in soccer? | [
"A penalty is awarded when the attacking team loses out on a \"goalscoring opportunity\" because the defending team broke a rule in the penalty area. But if the defending team breaks a rule that doesn't cost a goalscoring opportunity then an indirect free kick - one where the ball must be played to another player b... | [
"How would you define \"winning\" a presidential debate?"
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If our bodies are supposed to be able to run on fat reserves, why do we feel weak and are unable to think clearly when very hungry? | [
"> It seems like it'd be a severe disadvantage in a survival situation to be cognitively impaired when you need to find food. You are not nearly as impaired as you think you are, it is mostly an issue of motivation. We have the luxury to allow ourselves to get distracted by mild hunger...not finishing your TPS rep... | [
"\"Starved\" is not really the term to use here, the human body can go quite a long time on its internal resources. Not happily mind you, but \"starving\" takes days and weeks, not hours. What you mean to ask is why aren't we \"hungry\" after 12+ hours sleeping and the answer is - you are. Even if you don't wake up... | eli5_question_answer | {
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What does it mean when the US accuses China of "manipulating its currency" | [
"One of the reasons everything is made in China is because it is cheap. One of the reasons it is cheap is because China has a lot of people that need jobs so they accept low wages because the alternative is to have no job at all and starve. As Chinese people start working they begin to earn money and want to buy th... | [
"We are in essentially a global economy. Nations depend on one another for resources and can \"put pressure\" on each other by imposing economic sanctions, boycotting trade.etc Russia is funding the Syrian government. USA wants Russia to reduce the flow of money and weapons citing atrocities committed by the Syrian... | eli5_question_answer | {
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When scientists say that our universe may just be a giant hologram, what do they mean exactly? | [
"The maximum amount of entropy within a unit of space depends not on the volume of the space as you would expect, but on the surface area of the space. the universe can hold far less information per unit space than would otherwise would be expected."
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"How ? Our Universe may very well be the result of two universes on completely different dimensions of imagination, colliding. Your question is pretty much what scientists and accomplished people throughout history were and are still trying to answer. We know how life came to be, how our solar system was created, b... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why is orange such a holy color in Hinduism, Buddhism, and Sikhism? | [
"As I understand it it's not orange per se, but *saffron* which is extremely expensive to cultivate and shows the dedication to the faith through that cost"
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"Christianity is a broader term that includes other religions like Catholicism, Protestantism, and others. It’s like the difference between “colors” and “red”."
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How come programs never run out of Serial/CD/Activation keys? | [
"Well let's see, how long is the average activation key? 30 characters? Each one can be either a letter or a number, so that's 36 possibilities for each character. That's 30^36, or 150094635296999121000000000000000000000000000000000000 combinations, which is over 21442090756714160142857142857142857142857 times the ... | [
"There's a piece of hardware called NVRAM (Non-Volatile Random Access Memory). This is RAM that holds its information even when it's off. I won't go into detail, but the NVRAM will execute the BIOS and run the boot routine. [This is basically the process.](_URL_0_)"
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What are the benefits to REI of selling memberships? | [
"Brand loyalty and growth. Members buy more. Plus, REI is a co-op. It's not about making more money. It's about serving its members. I joined REI decades ago. It's still my preferred place for buying winter clothes, hiking clothes, most cycling gear, sunglasses, day packs, etc. I recommend it to everyone with a cle... | [
"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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why don't tank guns use gas blowback systems like assault rifles? | [
"From: _URL_0_ Autoloaders represent tradeoffs. I do think it is possible to design a compartmentalized autoloader that might be able to be as fast as a human and perhaps ammo change-out of ammo as needed. But it would be bulky, heavy and likely quite expensive. If you break the autoloader or take a hard hit, you c... | [
"They use the right tool for the right situation. Regular infantry would use a semi-auto rifle, such as an m4, m16, m249. Snipers might use a bolt-action because it doesn't have moving parts when being fired. That helps improve accuracy. Occasionally there are situations where they might use a pump action shotgun ... | eli5_question_answer | {
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Why do the Scottish want independence? | [
"In addition, I would point out that it's not the Scottish people themselves pushing for independence, but the ruling SNP party - Nearly all public surveys on the subject show the Scottish people are generally in favour of the union: source: _URL_0_"
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"What's a Tory, and why do so many people seem to hate them?"
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