General Knowledge
Exploring "Why" questions about General Knowledge
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Why certain checks expire.
All checks expire. It forces people to be prompt about cashing checks. Otherwise, every company could have thousands of dollars of uncashed checks floating around, meaning they have to keep tons of ex
Why The Beatles broke up?
They didn't so much as 'break up' as they just started doing different things by themselves, or with other people. Eventually they just weren't doing things as 'The Beatles' anymore and decided to mak
Why did everyone get upset when the Pope called it The Armenian “Genocide”?
Because the Turks deny anything happened. 2 million Armenians just got "lost" in the shuffle after ww1/collapse of the Ottoman Empire Most everyone else isn't buying that story
Why doesn’t the United States FDA create a daily multivitamin they approve of?
Vitamins are not food and they are not drugs. They cannot regulate them because currently they do not have the authority to do so. They (or some other part of the government, I am not sure) would have
why is the Wilhelm scream so overused in movies?
It's an inside joke/running gag. Sound mixing is a very tedious job, so they like to have fun. Like how Pixar movies almost have "A113" in their movies.
Why does the U.S not have massive military parades like Russia and China?
Im a former US Marine ... all I can say is Thank you to my battalion commander/regiment/division/etc. for never having me do any bullshit like that.
Why is there an obvious difference between girl and boy handwriting?
Handwriting style is formed during penmanship practice in grade-school homework assignments. Girls are not just more fastidious about their penmanship homework, they are notably more fastidious about
Why is self-plagiarism an issue in academics?
In academic writing, the assumption is that uncited ideas are a new contribution to the field, even if it was your idea in the first place. It's just a report for a class, but they want you to get use
Why does the Nintendo Zapper not work with modern televisions?
The Zapper was very precisely timed to the screens (the refresh rate, specifically). It looked for the screen to be drawn at a certain exact moment, and used that data to tell if you had, for example,
Why do tortilla chips not come in individual-sized bags?
Because regular tortilla chips are a bit too bland and dry to eat by themselves and are mostly consumed at parties or a home environment, where they can be dipped in salsa.