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Why are diseases such as chickenpox deadly to adults, but practically harmless to children?
You seem to have your facts wrong. Chickenpox is not deadly to adults. Mumps poses a great risk to post-pubertal males, because it can render them sterile once the testes have fully developed.
Why do the Alps have more glaciers than the Rocky mountains if the Rocky Mountains have a comparable number of peaks at or over 13,000 Feet/4,000 meters?
There's an enormous difference in rainfall between the Rocky Mountains and the Alps. While these maps are pretty general, the difference is enough to be obvious
READ THE INVESTIGATION arrow_right_altWhy hasn't 'natural selection' weeded out all the animals that think it's safe to cross the road?
We've had road crossings for about 110 years now, and only a lot of them with a meaningful amount of traffic for maybe 50. Even today the majority of a given species lives mostly away from roads. 100
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 pla
Why do Americans make so much money compared to mainland Europeans?
Who's more likely to tell you their salary: a rich person, or a poor person?
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
Why do your eyes get puffy after crying?
When you cry eye ocular muscles constrict and the salt in tears may cause fluid retention in the eye area. This is called ~~Pussy~~ Puffy eyes.
why drinking alcohol would/wouldn't help with food poisoning or other type of infection in the GI tract.
If you were drinking enough alcohol to sterilize your GI tract you'd probably have other problems more serious than gastroenteritis or whatever you had.
