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2023-05-11 14:00:40 WHY does dieting alter a person's emotions?

For quite some time now, it has been no secret that people on a diet tend to become a little more irritable than usual, as they have to forego consuming their favorite treats.

However, American scientists recently found that women who don't follow a diet and eat their favorite delicacies, choose to watch romantic comedies, and those who reduce their diet to fruits and vegetables choose thrillers and horror movies.
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Meanwhile, ladies who limit themselves in food become more aggressive. And people who consume their beloved foods become complacent and stress-resistant. Открыть/Комментировать

2023-05-10 21:00:33 WHY are onions and garlic natural antibiotics?

Just like man-made antibiotics, onions and garlic have antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory and bactericidal properties. Most importantly, the latter property is effective against all types of pathogens. That's why antibiotics sold in pharmacy chains can't compete with them in terms of therapeutic effect.

These properties are inherent in their high content of substances such as phytoncides (volatile essential compounds), flavonoids and allicin. Also their bulbs contain a wide range of vitamins and trace elements. Открыть/Комментировать

2023-05-10 14:00:40 WHY was pinball a banned game?

The game was invented in the late 1700s, and by the 1930s it had become one of the most popular games in the world. Surprisingly, New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia banned the game in the early 1940s, and it remained illegal until 1976. The mayor believed pinball was ripping off schoolchildren.

Entire raids were created around the city, picking up thousands of machines and destroying them. Prohibition ended when Roger Sharpe testified before a committee in Manhattan court that pinball had become a game based on skill, not luck, like gambling.

Sharpe demonstrated the various techniques of the game and proved that the outcome depended on the professionalism of the player. Открыть/Комментировать

2023-05-09 21:00:33 WHY does a hippo have pink milk?
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The reason is that the hippo secretes sweat along with its milk. In fact, the milk of a female hippo is of a normal milky color, but it mixes with the sweat, and hippos perspire a lot.
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While sweating, hippos secrete an oily substance with a reddish color. When mixed with white milk, it just creates a pink color.
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A delicacy, so to speak. Открыть/Комментировать

2023-05-09 14:00:37 WHY is wool warm?

The warming properties of the insulation directly depend on how effectively it retains air at the surface of the body. The air layer prevents the outflow of heat, since air has a low thermal conductivity. Any insulation, whether natural fluff, wool, synthetic fibers or fur, "binds" the air in its spatial structure and does not allow it to mix with the air of the environment.

The spatial structure of the wool cover creates many closed air pockets, which hold the air against the body, preventing the animal from freezing or, conversely, from dying of heat.

Besides this, air cavities may be inside the hair itself. The presence of air inside the hair significantly increases its thermal insulating properties. Открыть/Комментировать

2023-04-29 21:00:30 WHY is any Wikipedia article eventually leading you to the "Philosophy" article?

One theory is that every Wikipedia article in the chain leads to the Philosophy article. For this, you have to click on the first link in each article in the chain. Note: the link must not be in parentheses or italics. If a link is repeated, you must click the next one after it, otherwise you will go around in circles.

There is even a Wikipedia article devoted to this theory: Wikipedia: Getting to Philosophy. It says that 97% of all articles are getting to philosophy, the rest simply contain unworkable links. The explanation for this phenomenon is quite simple: Wikipedia tends to move up the classification chain, which becomes wider and wider and eventually leads to philosophy. Открыть/Комментировать

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2023-04-29 14:00:39 WHY is Wikipedia called that?

One of the world's most popular resources is owned by the nonprofit organization Wikimedia Foundation, which has 19 regional offices around the world. The site's name was not chosen by chance: it is based on the Hawaiian word Wiki (the technology of the site, translated as "quickly") and Encyclopedia.

The distinctive feature of Wikipedia is that the technology, on which the site is based, allows any user to create and edit articles - it is enough to register on the site, although in some cases it is possible without registration. Any change to the text immediately becomes available to readers. Открыть/Комментировать

2023-04-28 21:00:29 WHY do workers experience the Dunning-Krueger effect when assessing their own competence?

Incompetent people tend to be higher on the career ladder than their more qualified counterparts as a result of the Dunning-Krueger effect. It suggests that people with low qualifications are prone to overestimate their abilities, and when they make poor decisions, they are often unable to recognize the error of their choices due to, again, poor competence.

People with high skill levels look at things more soberly and, on the contrary, tend to underestimate their abilities, and they believe that those around them judge them poorly as well. Открыть/Комментировать

2023-04-28 14:00:40 WHY did the propensity for concision give rise to the word "laconism"?

The term "laconism" was derived from the name of the ancient Greek region of Laconia, whose inhabitants were noted for their brevity and brevity. Laconia was also the location of the city of Sparta.

A classic example of Spartan brevity relates to the legend of a letter written by Philip II, king of Macedonia, who conquered many Greek cities. In this letter Philip urged the Spartans to surrender immediately, since "if I take Sparta by force, I will mercilessly destroy the entire population and flatten the city to the ground!" Открыть/Комментировать