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Why is formal titles (mr, ms, sir, officer, etc.) when addressing someone (e.g. a teacher, a parent of a friend, coach, or a cop) common in the U.S. but not in Scandinavian countries?
It's a way of showing respect to someone and their position, at least that's was I was taught when I was young.
Why is the term "Caucasian" applied to all white people, regardless of whether they came from the Caucasus region?
In the early 1900s it was believed that white people originated in the Caucasus mountains. At the time, the three "scientific" classifications were Caucasoid, N
READ THE INVESTIGATION arrow_right_altWhy dont companies like Sony/Microsoft add backwards compatibility for their consoles?
It's not just a matter of adding the code. It's either adding essential parts of the previous generation's chipset (Original PS3 had this,) or creating a program that emulates said chipset in a virtua
Why do people swap languages while talking?
i do this, switching languages after sentences/in the middle of a sentence/or whatever. the reason i do this is is because sometimes things just don't translate well. some words/phrases in another lan
Why is it hard to walk in the same direction as the train is accelerating?
Walking forward requires force. When the train is accelerating, it is forcing you forward (by moving your feet). This is like walking up hill, where you not only have to move yourself forward but you
Why does it feel like every damn book is "#1 on new york times best seller list"?
There is more than one New York Times bestseller list (the lists are split up into different genres/categories), so more than one book can be #1 at the same time, just not on the same list. Also, thes
Why don't we experiment with colonizing new worlds by building on the Moon first before going to Mars?
That was exactly the plan with the [Constellation Program](_URL_0_) but then the financial crisis hit and suddenly no-more moon money.
Why is it a social norm for us to tip wait staff and when/where did the practice start?
As an Australian where tipping is NOT a social norm (it happens but only in truely exception situations where the staff member has gone above and beyond for whatever reason) I am r
