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Why did drive-in restaurants die out in America?
Drive-ins were replaced predominately by drive throughs. The Restaurant can sell the same volume (or more) of food with a fraction of the staff and people get in and out faster.
Why cities didn't deveop a pipe network to collect rubbish, like there are sewerage and water pipes?
Economics and physics. Rubbish isn't a fluid. Sewage and water mostly are, with floaty or clumpy bits in the former.
READ THE INVESTIGATION arrow_right_altWhy does water bother our eyes so much?
This is dependent on the source obviously, but most water is not "clean", meaning it has particles of other things in it. Water in outdoor environments can have contaminants from farm runoff, dirt, al
Why does China feel the need to censor the internet?
The CCP is ultra sensitive to criticism and the power of technology to cause disruption. They pragmatically understand that they need to keep a lid on dissent. The lesson they learned form Tiananmen S
Why is the filming and distribution of pornography legal, while prostitution is illegal?
I'm not the expert or anything but my guess is that porn actors and actresses go through severe and mandatory regulations, policies and laws in order to be hired. They need to do weekly tests as proof
Why do men start balding sooner and at a much faster rate than women?
A product of testosterone called [DHT](_URL_0_) is toxic to hair follicles on the head.
Why does a computer sometimes have a hard time starting up, and what exactly does a Start Up Repair do to fix it?
There are about a million ways your computer's software can break. A program can overwrite an important file used during the boot process. A important file can spontaneously change due to less-then-pe
Why is the D.A.R.E program so ineffective?
Having experienced it as a child, I would say the number one reason it is ineffective is it paints all drugs as equally bad and immediate life destroyers. So when one of your frien
