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Why is it so difficult to swallow when you look up, or tilt your head backwards?
Because tilting your head back opens your airway and they can't both be open at the same time.
Why did Hitler think that Northern Europeans were "the perfect race"?
Because that's the race he belonged to, of course. Racists always think that their race is the most superior one. It's an amazing coincidence, don't you think?
READ THE INVESTIGATION arrow_right_altWhy didn't Germany or their allied nations have much insurgency after the world wars?
Germany *did* have a lot of unrest after the first world war. That's what led to the second world war in the first place. When the second world war ended, steps were taken to try and prevent the same
Why when we are sick/have an infection does our body temperature go up, as in a fever?
Many infections grow best at particularly precise temperatures. Your body raises your temperature as a defense mechanism, slowing down the reproduction of the infectious agent and giving your own defe
Why are models usually stoic? Won't we find a smiling person more engaging, therefor attracting us more to the product?
If the model is physically beautiful but the shot is moody, serious, and appears aloof and unrelateable to the viewer it creates a kind of mystique and unattainable vibe (cold, aka "cool"), which give
Why do emotionally/ mentally exhausting events or situations tend to leave you feeling physically fatigued as well?
In the most literal sense of the word "fatigue" there are four types of fatigue involving skeletal muscles (pretty much any muscle that moves a body part). One of these types of fatigue is called "cen
Why do cigarettes have so many chemicals in them, why not just tobacco?
most of the dangerous chemicals come from the incomplete burning of the tabacco. Because you dont burn it with enough oxygen there are hundrets of side reactions which make polyarmatic rings carbenes
Why can't we tax everyone the same percent?
There is literally no government policy anywhere that *nobody* would complain about. In this particular case, it makes little sense to tax people who are already on government assi
