General Knowledge
Exploring "Why" questions about General Knowledge
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Why are we told to ice injuries?
I can't be 100% sure without my resources in front of me, but I believe it is to help reduce blood flow, which would be carrying proteins that stimulate inflammation (a part of healing). Also, overloa
Why do movie studios disclose everything about their movies’ budgets and revenue but game studios don’t do the same for their games?
Movie studios generally don't disclose everything about their budgets. The stuff you see is just a publicly releasable number regarding an approximation of the production cost of the movie. Thats just
Why do children like to draw so much?
I think everyone likes to draw. We have a natural-born desire to create and to express ourselves through visual art. Unfortunately many of us lose that desire due to laziness, lack of time, distractio
why do empty folders contain 0 bytes of data? Don’t folder names contain (even a few) bytes of data?
The contents of the folders are 0 bytes of data (no contents). It's like saying a real-life box contains 0 pounds. But the box itself isn't 0 pounds.
why we sometimes yell or make obnoxious noises when we stretch
Everyone else in this thread is being mean, the reason we do it I would imagine is the same reason people moan during sex. That stretch feels fucking awesome
Why haven’t Native Americans moved away from reservations and into cities where they might be better off?
Basically since the 1850s we have pushed them further and further (white encroachment) until in the 1890s when the Dawes Severalty Act was passed, the government paid them for land and separated tribe
Why, as a non-smoker, do I occasionally get the “man, a cigarette would be great right now” craving?
You've probably seen the relief on a smokers face after not having one for a while and your brain has subconciously associated tobacco smoke with relief. But the truth is every time we light up we're
Why does diarrhea make your anus burn.
Not to do with stomach acid, that should be neutralised before it gets anywhere near leaving your body (or it'd wreak havoc on your intestines on its way through). Probably because diarrhoea is wet an
Why does glue not harden when it’s in the container, but harden when it is poured out?
Glue only hardens when it is exposed to air, and the water inside it (which is what makes it fluid) evaporates.
Why do some gay men “sound” gay, I.E have some sort of gay accent (serious).
We are not going to remove this question-- thanks for phrasing it sensitively and for indicating that your search didn't yield the results you were looking for. To commenters: please keep it respectfu