Chomping on Metal
Why is it that when you bite into tinfoil or metal, it's an amazing, painful shock that goes through …
Why Is It?
Wind Chill-Heat Index
Exactly what is this formula that they never tell us on the news for the wind chill factor and the …
Scratching
Why is scratching pleasurable? (To encourage you to get rid of an irritant)
Drying Dishes
Why does plastic dry faster than glass? (Because water beads on plastic, lowering the surface area …
Spinning World
Why don't human activities make the Earth unbalanced as it spins on its axis? (They don't move as …
Beady Water
Why does water bead up? (Tries to minimize surface area because of forces between molecules)
Bowl Game Brawls
Why do fans of winning teams set fires and destroy property? (only a few, many drunken, not mob …
Clone Fingerprints
Will clones have the same fingerprints as the person they're cloned from? (no, development in unique …
Cold Car Start
Why is it that an automobile left outside in subzero is hard to start, but not one in an unheated …