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Why on earth is cat shit appetizing to dogs?
I had a Lab that would eat my poop. Got locked out once without the keys. You gotta go, you gotta go.
Why do certain bacterial infections (skin infections, strep throat, etc) resolve on their own while others (curable STDs for example) tend to persist for life unless treated with a course of antibiotics?
It’s pretty much all down to the methods that they use to evade the immune system and their relative effectiveness. Some bacteria hide inside your own cells. So
READ THE INVESTIGATION arrow_right_altWhy doesn't a pistol shrimp's snap boil water?
Not enough energy to. It's like lighting a match in a snow storm and expecting it to melt everything. Sure, the match is hot, but theres a lot more cold than there is hot.
Why does Argentina want the Falkland Islands so badly?
Having an external issue is a good way to keep the population from being concerned about internal problems, of which there are plenty in Argentina.
Why is College in America so expensive?
Government subsidies. As the government has increased aid for tuition (10x as much is spent helping students as in 1960), the colleges have factored this aid in and [raised their prices accordingly](_
Why does a word look unfamiliar if we stare at it for a long time?
A word written down is on its own just meaningless symbols to represent an idea, emotion, place etc. The longer you just stare at the word itself the meaning is peeled away leaving you with the symbol
Why do downloads often stop at 99% before finishing?
Three possible reasons: **1. File integrity verification:** Your computer performs an operation on the data you downloaded and compares the result to a checksum. If answer and checksum do not match, t
Why do phones sound so much worse when on speaker?
The energy in a sound signal dies off pretty fast the farther away you get from it. This is fine for really small speakers that you put *very* close to your ears like headphones, e
