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Why are orcas black and white while other whales are generally bluish grayish?
Orcas aren't whales. They're the largest member of the dolphin family if i recall correctly.
why do my clothes get darker if they get wet? can they ever be that dark without being wet?
The layer of water on the clothing gives the light another substance to be absorbed into or refracted off of. This results in less of the light reaching your ey
READ THE INVESTIGATION arrow_right_altWhy do pigs go through a big transformation if they're introduced into the wild?
That's not how it works... Well, Kind of. Pigs become "Feral pigs" which may look similar to boar( And will breed with boar).
Why does it hurt significantly more standing on a 10 min bus ride, over walking for 20 minutes when commuting?
Standing tends to strain the same muscles over a long period of time. Walking spreads the load over several sets of muscles, so that while you're technically expending more energy no one set of muscle
Why Checking accounts are more popular than Savings in the US?
That’s not always true. I know many of the checking accounts my bank offers have interest. Plus, with some banks you can’t just pull money out of savings whenever you want like you can with checking.
Why can't an electric car charge itself while driving?
You can't generate more power than you put into the system. If you take power from the wheels to charge the battery, then you are increasing the resistance in the wheels, you can't simply "borrow powe
Why are most, if not all, workplaces based around a dictatorship style of governing?
Dictatorships are extremely effective ways of getting things done. I'm not aware of any successful company that's run in a fully democratic way -- even the employees at Valve either did what Gabe Newe
Why have people always craved gold, so intensely, for so long? Starting from ancient civilisations up until the rich of modern day?
Gold is a pretty unique element. It is one of the few metals that is found in a relatively pure form in nature (although not so much anymore--the easy-to-find stuff has pretty well
