Everyday Life
Exploring "Why" questions about Everyday Life
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why the american corn taste different from middle eastern corn or Asian one?
They differ in species, soil composition, environment, exposure to the sun. These all could effect the taste.
Why is it that in animated series, objects that can move around are drawn differently than static objects?
Drawn differently? Like the classic Wile E Coyote where you can tell that THAT rock right there is going to squish him because it's a different color? That's because when those were done animation was
Why are some foods high in sodium but they don’t taste particularly salty?
Not all sodium is in the form of salt (sodium chloride). Baking soda, for example, doesn't taste nearly as salty as the same amount as salt. MSG has sodium and isn't salty (though it's generally used
Why don’t people get drunk on rubbing alcohol?
Ethyl alcohol sold as rubbing alcohol is denatured. Meaning it's mixed with poisonous and disgusting tasting substances to make it undrinkable. The additives are also selected to ensure that it's diff
Why does water and soap cause my shower to become a nasty, vile, putrid, black-mold infested cesspool of filth?
Because it's actually water, soap, dead skin cells, whatever you scraped off yourself, soap particles in hot soapy water flung everywhere which create scum, and bacteria. There's all sorts of nooks an
Why do sour foods make faces move involuntarily?
Many sour foods are poisonous, we are programmed to reject sour foods with "disgust", same as when you see other unhealthy things like feces and Kanye West. There was a good BBC Horizon show on Disgus
Why did we Americans name our sport “Football” when there was already a sport called that with entirely different rules?
The same reason Australians call their game football and Brits call their game football: they all developed from the same game, and each one became the dominant version in their home countries in term
Why doesn’t ground beef need to be cooked well done anymore?
The process of industrially grinding meat introduces bacteria, hence the need to cook it. The middle of steak hasn't been exposed to bacteria, so you don't need to cook it. Restaurants that serve burg