General Knowledge
Exploring "Why" questions about General Knowledge
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Why are so many universities selective with admissions if more students means more revenue?
Imagine you have a movie theater that seats 200 people. There's a popular movie coming out. Would you sell 800 tickets to the show?
Why does China, India, ect. have so many more people than the rest of the world?
Fertile river valleys that create a lot of good agricultural land. The same reason that the Nile delta is so much more populous than most of the rest of the area. There are lots of other similar examp
Why are people still so obsessed with being racist ?
There has always been a huge push to separate people into groups, as opposed to looking at people individually. Race is a very obvious/visual difference among people, so it is often used to divide. Ma
Why isn’t it possible to reuse candles with the used wax?
You could take any leftover wax and reform it around a new wick if you wanted to. But most of the wax is gone because that is what actually burns. The wick is just a tool for keeping the fire close to
Why is international calling so much more expensive than domestic calling?
There is something called as Termination fees for each country. So telco's dont charge you for calling any one, they charge you for terminating the call with other network. since each country has its
Why can we be woken up by others snoring but not our own?
You can be woken up (easily) if your sleep is not deep. You only snores when your sleep is deep.
Why are rest stops built with one on each side of a highway/interstate rather than one build in the middle?
They are in the median in some places. The left exit and entry is problematic for slower vehicles/drivers. Speaking of slow drivers, if you circle around looking for an open parking spot, eat, pee, an
Why does time use the number 60?
60 is easy to divide cleanly in multiple ways, and a number based on 60, such as the number of degrees in a circle, can be divided yet more ways. 60 can be divided by 1,2,3,4,5,6,10,12,15,20,30 and it
Why drones are so prevalent right now. What tech breakthrough occurred to make them so common and versatile all of a sudden?
Probably the driving factor was the reduction in the price of accurate gyroscopes, which keep the drones oriented correctly.
Why haven’t FIFA or the IOC been shut down for corruption?
By this logic if someone on a team cheats we should disband the team. The organizations aren't fundamentally corrupt, certain people are.