General Knowledge
Exploring "Why" questions about General Knowledge
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Why do Kenyans consistently outperform other nationalities in long distance running?
I've also read somewhere that a large percentage of the Kenyans who have performed so well in endurance racing come from one specific ethnic group in Kenya. This group apparently has genetically adapt
Why do i wake up with a massive erection every morning?
Essentially your body has a use it or loose it principle. In terms of its reproductive capability, regardless of your daytime sex life, it goes through what I think of as a "systems check." The brain
Why does a video on YouTube take so much longer to load than a porn video that’s 4 times as long?
The porn company knows you're not gonna last the extra 5 seconds it takes a video to load.
why t-shirt companies place their tags that rip a hole in the t-shirt if you take it out and cause discomfort if you dont?
1) So you can't remove the branding for the company 2) it's just how tags are for some people, they don't bother me, but they do some
Why is liquor supposedly better the longer it is aged?
Not all liquor and wine improve with age. Many are designed to open immediately. With whiskey, for example, the process of making whiskey involves aging for years in a barrel.
Why did the Allies attack the most fortified place in Europe at Normandy rather than landing the bulk of their armies on a less dangerous coastline?
It wasn't the most fortified place in France at the time. That would be the Pas de Calais, the most obvious place to invade (you can see England from there). The point of allied deception operations w
Why Do People Have Fetishes?
There's not really a 100% established answer for why, or what causes people to have fetishes. The more common explanations are a result of conditioning and psychological development. Conditioning is w
Why do humans have a bellybutton?
Your belly button is where the umbilical cord connects when you're in the womb. That's what provides you with food and oxygen. It has no purpose as an adult, it's just a leftover.
Why is my graphics card so big compared to my CPU?
Your graphics card has it's own RAM. Your CPU's RAM is on the motherboard. Technically you're counting the GPU, it's board, and RAM, and cooling stuff as one thing.
Why do Dutch people eat spaghetti with knife and fork, instead of spoon and fork?
American of partial Italian ancestry here, what would you even use the spoon for? why not just a fork?