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Exploring "Why" questions about History
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Why are oceans so salty and how much salt are we talking about. if you were to pile all of the salt from all of the oceans and seas and put it in one place how big would it be?
The oceans are between 3-4% salt, there are roughly 1.37 x 10^21 kg of sea water in total, 4% of that would come out to 5.48 x 10^18 kg of salt.
Why are some people great at abstract thinking but terrible at algebra which involves it?
Math requires abstract thinking to understand why you're supposed to do certain things, but not to literally do them. You need abstract thinking to understand why you can divide two from both sides of
Why do some videos on youtube load instantly while others take fucking FOREVER?
Similarly, why do ads load instantly, but everything else takes forever? Edit: mispeled a wurd
Why do big game developers and publishers not listen to their community and continue making mistakes?
Because they still make money regardless of how many mistakes they make. Despite all the disappointment with those games, they still sold millions of copies.
Why is it that if you exhale like blowing out a candle the air is much cooler than if you exhale like you’re checking your breath?
Hi, Mechanical Engineer here. I assume that when you blow out a candle, you purse your lips. Air is pushed out of the small hole and this creates a high pressure, fixed volume chamber in your mouth an
Why do people frown when they’re thinking?
Frowning seems to cause you to narrow your eyes so that you can reduce your field of vision. This cuts off extraneous information and lets you devote more brain time to what you are pondering upon. Wh
Why do we use baking powder AND soda in baking?
Baking powder is a mixture that contains a weak base (sodium bicarbonate, aka baking soda) and a weak acid (tartaric acid, for example). When moistened, the acid and base react to produce carbon dioxi
Why does scanning take so long if photocopying or taking a photo of something is so quick?
Because you have a cheap scanner. Cheap scanners are slow. Expensive high end scanners are very fast.
Why do most dogs like sticking their heads out of moving cars?
Imagine you can shove your head inside a kaleidoscope of swirling colours, an ever-shifting landscape of people and news and all these things flashing past. Human beings track visually, dogs track via
Why is Queen Elizabeth the Queen, but her husband Prince Philip isn’t King?
Basically the queen is the Monarch, Philip is just some guy who married her. Technically Prince Philip is a "Prince consort", he's a prince because he's the queen's consort. When things are the other