#367 Why are steam burns worse than boiling water burns?
Why are steam burns worse than boiling water burns? Steam burns are more severe than boiling water burns because steam goes through […]
#366 How did the neck verse save people from being hanged in England?
How did the neck verse save people from being hanged in England? The benefit of clergy was known as the neck verse […]
#365 How big would the sun be from the surface of Mercury and from the surface of Neptune?
How big would the sun be from the surface of Mercury and from the surface of Neptune? From the planet Neptune, the […]
#364 Why do people have different blood types?
Why do people have different blood types? Scientists don’t know why humans have different blood types, but a good hypothesis is that […]
#363 Why are traffic lights red, yellow, and green?
Why are traffic lights red, yellow, and green? Because they cannot be mistaken for each other and we have learned that red […]
#362 Why can we eat lettuce and spinach, but we can’t eat leaves and grass?
Why can we eat lettuce and spinach, but we can’t eat leaves and grass? We can’t eat leaves and grass because of […]
#361 Why were alarm clocks the first consumer goods to stop being rationed during World War 2?
Why were alarm clocks the first consumer goods to stop being rationed during World War 2? Because, as you would expect, people […]
#360 When were latitude and longitude invented?
When were latitude and longitude invented? Latitude in about 600 BC and longitude in AD 1736. Latitude are the horizontal lines that […]
#359 Why do we say north, east, south, and west?
Why do we say north, east, south, and west? The cardinal directions north, east, south, and west came about because of the […]
#358 Where did the circus come from?
Where did the circus come from? The modern circus was invented in 1768, but the idea of a show in an amphitheater […]