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why do people generally look more attractive when one half of their face is in shadows?
While it's not true 100% of the time people are generally seen more attractive the more symmetrical their face appears to be. There are of course exceptions. So by covering one half of the face there'
Why do hard criminals (like murderers) become super religious during jailtime?
* joining up with others, regardless of the reason for affiliation, offers protection and community * prison life sucks, and placing your hopes and energies in
READ THE INVESTIGATION arrow_right_altWhy are oceans so salty and how much salt are we talking about. if you were to pile all of the salt from all of the oceans and seas and put it in one place how big would it be?
The oceans are between 3-4% salt, there are roughly 1.37 x 10^21 kg of sea water in total, 4% of that would come out to 5.48 x 10^18 kg of salt.
Why aren't you supposed to wake somebody who is sleepwalking?
because of the old wives tale that the trauma would kill them. in fact, you can wake up a sleepwalker at any time to no detriment. it would be just like waking them up from bed.
Why it's legal to be drunk in a bar, legal to be drunk at your home, but illegal to be drunk anywhere inbetween.
Public Drunkiness. Your home is private property, the bar is private property, and in between is public. Since you're not allowed to be drunk in public, you can't be drunk on the streets.
Why do browsers replace spaces in the URL with ?
Some operating systems and software treat a space (white space) differently. It is called URL encoding and the %20 represents a space in the URL (web page name) so the entire URL is resolved correctly
Why are the sides on a ship called Aft, Port, Bow, and Starboard, instead of Front, Left, Right, and Back?
because then it doesn't matter where you are standing. They reference portions of the boat and not the surroundings or your perspectives. This makes communication clearer.
Why are chiropractors popular if they are not part of mainstream medicine?
Their treatments provide an immediate, but temporary fix to people's musculoskeletal problems. The key word being temporary, as in you have to keep going back indefinitely to maint
