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Why are some animals scared of humans but not other animals of different species?
The wildlife of the Galapagos islands often show no fear of humans at all. They have experienced little or nothing in the way of human predation. That is some pretty strong evidence.
Why do dinosaurs have feathers when they were so huge and didn’t fly? What were they adapted to be used for?
Feathers are basically a modified scale. They serve many functions including communication (standing on end, movement, color), insulation from both heat and col
READ THE INVESTIGATION arrow_right_altwhy are Android application updates as big as the size of the app, while on Windows/steam they are very small?
Android apps are packaged and treated as a single unit whereas on steam it is installed as a series of files. So on one hand you replace the whole unit (so technically you do reinstall the whole app),
Why are almonds cheaper in milk form?
> Doesn't it take way more almonds to make a half gallon of milk then 6oz of raw almonds? Not "way more", no. Depending on the recipe, I've seen something like 6oz - 8oz of almonds for half a gallo
Why do classic arcade machines have players look at the screen through a mirror rather than looking directly at the monitor?
Those monitors were HUGE. If they had put them facing you, the back of the machine would have poked out really far, so they put them in the bottom, reversed the image (so everything wouldn't be backwa
Why do Shia and Sunni Muslims hate each other so much?
Sunni Muslim here. Let me tell you my entire family and most of my friends are Sunni but I have known some great Shias in my life. If a Shia goes to a Sunni mosque he would be welcome and vice versa.
Why do militaries paint missiles? Aren't they just going to explode and get destroyed anyway?
Missiles spend most of their operational lifetime not exploding. The paint is for those times.
Why is it socially/morally unacceptable to eat a certain animals?
I've thought about this for awhile. Honestly, the only conclusion I could draw is that dogs and cats are cute, and cows and chickens aren't
