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why is mocking the Jewish faith so common in popular entertainment?
I just wanted to point out that Matt Stone is Jewish and that South Park rips every religion a new asshole, not just Judaism. They also wrote a massively successful musical called "The Book of Mormon"
Why is it hard to remember dreams?
It is difficult to remember dreams, because dreams take place in the brains pre-frontal cortex whereas memories and movements are stored in the cerebral cortex.
READ THE INVESTIGATION arrow_right_altWhy do we fall out of bed frequently as children, but stop by our teens?
I've been a bad OP, I have now found my answer in a previous ELI5, apologies. _URL_0_
Why does the desert have so much pure sand? How was it made? What is underneath it?
Since no one has answered that I can see, the Sahara has sand about 150-350 meters deep. Underneath this would be sandstone and then granite. A similar question was asked about a year ago.
Why do company's sponsor the PGA when it seems like pro golf doesn't make much money?
Golfers and golf fans are rich, relatively speaking. The value of the eyeball of a golf watcher is more valuable than the eyeball of a nascar watcher or an NFL watcher. Advertising cost is about the v
Why does college cost so much in the U.S.A?
Because student loans are very easy to get and impossible to get rid of (our bankrupcy laws don't forgive student loan debt) so colleges can keep raising the price and 18 year olds don't know enough t
Why did serial connections (like USB) win out over parallel connections?
In the olden days, transistors / chips / electronics was expensive and wires & cables / connectors were cheap. These days, that equation is skewed the other way (and there's big pressure to make t
Why do livestreams always have a small delay but group calls (on skype for example) don't
Well, for starters, a video game stream is sending the data to sometimes *hundreds* of viewers (or more), whereas you're just sending data directly to your Skype contacts. In addit
