When was the first ATM? The first ATM (cash machine) was used on 27 June 1967. It was installed in the Enfield branch of Barclays Bank in London, UK. It was first used by a British actor called Reg Varney, which was part of the publicity to showcase the new machine and persuade people to […]
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Why did Captain Scott’s Antarctic expedition fail? Captain Scott’s Antarctic expedition basically failed because of mismanagement and the weather. Captain Robert Falcon Scott was a British naval officer and explorer. He led two major Antarctic expeditions. The first was the Discovery Expedition (1901–1904). It produced a large amount of scientific work, but it did not
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Why do zebras have stripes? Nobody knows the actual reason, but the main theory is that they deter biting flies. Other theories are that they could also be for camouflage or thermoregulation. There doesn’t have to be one single reason, and it could easily be a combination of all of these. There are three different
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Why did the Spanish Empire end? The Spanish Empire came to an end because of, amongst other things, mismanagement, the economic situation, involvement in too many wars, and overexpansion. The Spanish Empire is generally considered to have come to an end in 1898, but it was the result of things that had been going on
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Why do some places use revolving doors? A lot of places use revolving doors because they reduce heating and cooling loss, they keep noise and dirt out, they are easy to open, they are quiet, they don’t need power, and they can regulate the flow of people into a building. The first patent for something
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Does vitamin C prevent colds? No, vitamin C doesn’t prevent colds, but it can reduce the length of time people are sick by about 8 to 10%. Many of us believe that taking a lot of vitamin C will help to keep off colds, or cure us if we are sick. Research shows that such
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What is GM food? GM food stands for Genetically Modified food, and it means any food that is produced using some kind of genetic engineering to alter its DNA. Generally, GM food refers to either taking a gene from one plant and inserting it into another or removing a gene that a plant already has.
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What would machine consciousness look like? It is very difficult to describe what machine consciousness would look like because nobody really knows what a conscious machine would be. The biggest problem we have with this question is that we can only judge consciousness based on our own. On this planet, at the moment, as far
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Are animals conscious? Yes, many animals are conscious, but they have a different level of consciousness to us, and animals differ in their level of consciousness. Consciousness in animals is usually taken to mean that they show awareness, emotions, sensations like pain, and they can adapt their behavior. They don’t have language like ours, human-style
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Why did we evolve consciousness? We evolved consciousness because it gave us a greater chance of survival. Evolution is a chance machine, and it generally works in three ways. Every time creatures reproduce, there is a chance that a mutation will appear in the genes of their offspring. This change could help them in some
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