History
Exploring "Why" questions about History
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Why do shady companies not work on making their company less shady?
It is cheap and it works on exactly the kind of people they want as customers. If you will fall for that, they can sell you anything as a follow-up.
Why is Hitler considered the most evil person ever when there are other leaders who have killed more people?
The difference between Hitler and other genocidal tyrants is that he didn't just kill people; He BUILT A FACTORY to kill people. He had bureaucrats with clipboards coming down to make sure that people
Why was slavery a common practice that occurred in every civilization at some point?
Slavery is viewed as immoral today because we are forming a world view where all people have equal value. For most of history, this was not a widely held view, so civilizations believed it perfectly f
why does the amount of regular shapes go from infinity to like 5 when making the jump from 2d to 3d
The internal angles at any given vertex have to be less than 360 degrees (or else the shape is flat). Also at any given vertex, 3 or more faces are meeting. So the only combinations of 3+ regular poly
Why did Blu-ray win the war over HD-DVD?
Sony owned blu Ray. They ps3 released in 2007 I think came w a blu Ray player... That ended that.
Why is home distilling illegal in the US, but homebrewing and home winemaking are not?
Distillation involves alcohol vapor and heat, usually in the form of an open flame. This is a very bad mix, and can easily lead to your house rapidly expanding in all directions. Also, it's not too ha
Why should I give money to PBS when they have ads for Ralph Lauren, Goldman Sachs, Viking Cruises and more?
Your local affiliate doesn't get funding from those entities, the production companies do. Your local affiliates need to pay bills and pay fees and are non-profits.
Why do a majority of films that have action scenes usually have the action extremely loud and have all the talking quiet?
Action scenes (explosions, revving engines, guns) are, in fact, a lot louder than speech. We're just used to most TV programs applying a generous level of dynamic compression so that speech is about t
Why does shaking a carbonated beverage cause the C02 to fizz out?
Pressure helps keep the carbonation in soda. If you shake it, all of the fluid speeds up. As speed increases in a fluid, pressure decreases.
why do we think we need to go to war with Syria when no one else has our back?
There are countries that have our back (Turkey, Saudi Arabia, UAE). But the main reason is that it's too sticky of a situation, Obama claims that Assad was the one using the chemical weapons but there