Everyday Life
Exploring "Why" questions about Everyday Life
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Why do your fingers “prune up” when in the water for a while?
Actually, I read about this. People with damaged nervous systems don't prune up so it's not just a physical reaction to absorbing water. It's supposed to make it easier for your hands to grip things w
Why we are told to consume some medicines before food and some after food
As well as the gastrointestinal pH affecting drug absorption some drugs are purposely given with or immediately after a meal to slow down absorption or to provide short term protection against the aci
Why you can drink in public, so long as your booze is in a brown paper bag.
She was just being nice. While they cannot legally search your bag without your consent, they can detain you until a warrant is filed or if there is probable cause to search (read:obvious intoxication
Why road construction crews don’t re-pave bridges?
Because the bridges are likely made of concrete and the crews are re-laying asphalt. They are two different materials with different maintenance cycles.
Why do some drinks need foil seals bellow their caps and others don’t?
If you can open the lid/cap and replace it without out someone knowing, it needs a seal underneath. If the lid had a plastic piece that breaks, or you have to rip a wrapping to get to it, it doesn't n
Why can news stations not delay the broadcast by a few seconds incase something goes wrong?
They can and do. However, the process still has some dependency on human attention and reaction time. [Here](_URL_0_) is a relevant article.
Why don’t they package soda and beer the same? Like why do we have 30 racks of beer and not soda?
There *ARE* 30 packs of soda. Walmart sells them. [Here's a link for 30 cans of Diet Mt Dew](_URL_0_) If you want to see other examples you can google 30 pack of soda, thats how I found that link.
Why Napster got sued but UTorrent and others are still fine?
Napster was one centrally located server whereas utorrent is just an application that you use to connect to any of the millions of torrent tracker servers out there. It's as if there are millions of N
Why, even if I’m dehydrated (not dangerously so), do I still pee a ton when drinking water? Doesn’t my body need that?
Part of the reason you need water is to rinse your filters (kidneys) so that stuff doesn't build up in your system. Once that's done, your body will fill up the blood supply.
Why can I not just walk up to a drive-thru window & order food?
It would be a liability to have pedestrians in a lane built for cars to travel through. If they allowed people to do it they would be responsible when someone got run over.