Everyday Life
Exploring "Why" questions about Everyday Life
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Why do boobs from the 60’s/70’s look so much different than present day boobs?
As someone who has seen thirty year of boobs, the boobs themselves don't change. It is the boobs you see that do. I am assuming you are talking about the boobs you see in movies and on websites.
Why is the word “no” so similar across languages around the world, but “yes” so different?
Well, two answers for you. 1. A solid third of the world has the same root language, what we call Proto-Indo-European or PIE.
Why does the Panama Canal has different gates? What would happen if they just let the water flow?
The Panama canal is not flat. A large section of the canal is an artificial lake that is about 85 ft above sea level. If you were to remove the gates (locks), the water would flood out of the lake and
Why does England have so many different dialects of English but America doesn’t have as much even though its a much bigger country
According to [this Wikipedia article](_URL_0_), England has 27 accents, and the United States has 40 accents (I'm only counting "leaf nodes" on the hierarchy, so if an accent lists sub-accents, I only
Why are bugs so good at getting in the house, but so bad at getting out?
If there are a lot of bugs outside only one has to find its way inside for you to notice. If there is one bug inside that bug specifically has to find its way outside for you to notice.
Why do we eat different foods depending on the time of the day? i.e. cereal for breakfast, burgers for lunch/dinner
It's purely cultural. Check out these [articles](_URL_2_) on [breakfast around the world](_URL_0_) --- people in different places eat lots of different stuff for breakfast. There are some trends --- p
Why should we drink ~2L of water a day if most of it just goes straight through us?
It doesn't go straight through us. Water is used by many of the bodily processes we go through on a daily basis, and in addition the water that we don't "use" is used to wash out waste and transport w
Why does the water from my kitchen faucet taste different than the water from my bathroom faucet? Doesn’t it come from the same place?
Yes, but the pipes going to one place could have a build up that's changing the taste or the composition of the pipes can be different, i.e. pvc pipes going to your kitchen, but copper pipes to your b
Why did drive-in restaurants die out in America?
Drive-ins were replaced predominately by drive throughs. The Restaurant can sell the same volume (or more) of food with a fraction of the staff and people get in and out faster.
Why do undercooked potatoes taste disgusting, even though other root vegetables like carrots and parsnips are fine to eat raw?
Because of the starch content; potatoes basically store their energy as starch, whereas carrots store energy as sugar.