General Knowledge
Exploring "Why" questions about General Knowledge
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Why is it that you cannot fix a flat tire if the hole is on the side?
The tread surface of a tire is much more rigid because that's the part of the tire designed to make contact with the road. The sidewall is much more flexible because it is designed to adapt to changes
Why don’t console developers re-release older consoles?
Because almost nobody buys them. The market for any electronic device drops through the floor as soon as a newer version comes out.
Why do we have speed limits rather than a speed range?
Because that's the top speed you can safely do, assuming ideal conditions (at least that's the premise). When it's raining, snowing, cold or dark, this changes it from being ideal conditions. It's not
Why are people able to get your IP from your Skype name but not from other things?
If you've got a direct connection to someone (through a client like Skype), they can see the IP address you're using. Other things like Facebook aren't a direct connection between users; both people a
Why are razor cartridges so expensive?
1. People pay that much for them 2. Once you buy the handle, since each has it's own interface, the choice to swap razors includes more costs than just the difference in blade prices.
Why didn’t people see “the dress” in the original colors of the photograph?
The lighting had a lot to do with it. Our perception of colors are based not only on the actual color of the object itself, but also on the object's visual environment (e.g adjacent colors and lightin
Why does Anime have a bad stigma?
Hardcore fans argue otherwise, but the majority of anime *is* poorly-animated entertainment fodder marketed towards teenage boys. This is coming from someone who enjoys some anime series, but it's a m
Why do people puke when they over-exert themselves?
It's a derivative of the flight-or-fight response. When you are exercising your sympathetic nervous system starts to take over the same if you were really scared. This makes sense from an evolutionary
Why do low fuel prices have a negative long term effect?
It's not the effect of the low fuel prices, it's the effect of other things are shown by low fuel prices that are causing worries. Analysts who see concerns in the low fuel prices believe that the pri
Why airline tickets in the US are so damn expensive?
That's funny. Here in Canada we think of the US as a cheap country for flying. One member of parliament once pointed out that it was cheaper sometimes for him to fly from his home in BC to Singapore t