History
Exploring "Why" questions about History
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Why is it so bad that 21st Century Fox is acquiring the portion of Sky?
He also has a controlling stake in several newspapers, radio stations and iirc a publishing house. If he also had control over a tv network, he has too much influence in the production, distribution a
Why is spot reduction impossible? Doesn’t taking yohimbine hcl have the effect of spot reduction?
> Why is spot reduction impossible? There is no mechanism to metabolize fat in specific areas of the body. The required sugars are drawn from everywhere via the blood regardless of what muscles are
Why isn’t all the armor, weapons, clothing, etc from medieval times still around? Why isn’t there a large quantity of, say, Roman armor piled up somewhere?
Metal is valuable and expensive. Most of it would have been melted down and used as something else once its useful life as armor or a weapon or whatever was over.
Why isn’t the Queen of the UK and Commonwealth called Elizabeth Windsor II instead of Elizabeth II, after her House name?
As a princess she was Elizabeth Windsor, but as the Queen she is just the Queen. Surnames are for differentiating people of the same name; the Queen's differentiator is the number II. You'll notice th
Why is cooking at 400° in the oven not the same as cooking at 400° in a deep fryer?
Oil has more heat energy in it per unit volume than air does. That means it has more heat to transfer than air, and does a better job of transferring it. It is the same reason that room temperature fe
Why is having a credit card (and taking micro loans for everyday purchases) at all a good idea?
If you pay off your card in full every month you won't pay any interest. In fact, depending on your card you'll likely get cash back or rewards and save money. Using a credit card shows crediting comp
Why is the United States middle class shrinking?
The cost of living is going up but the wages that people are getting are not. That means that the middle class is slipping down into the lower class, and the lower class are slipping below the poverty
Why don’t we rebuild ancient structures to there former glory rather then leave them as they are?
Partly it's because we're not 100% sure what their former glory was, and are worried that if we were to rebuild them that we'd get it wrong and thus ruin an important part of human history.
Why do people talk in a wierd voice while talking to their pets or babies?
Because babies literally hear high stuff better. The developmental physiology behind it goes something like this... Inner and outer hair cells have a bulbous structure known as a kinocilium until birt
Why do people sometimes make odd noises after they misspeak in order to re-attempt speaking and why does it so often work?
Short answer, recalibration. You kinda try to reset. Do various noises to check your voice, see if they came out ok then try again.