Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 2]

[MissChief]

tali1 said:

How can all these terrorists have twitter accounts- surely they are traceable?

Generally they're run by sympathisers rather than terrorists. Also an IP address tells you where, not who.

[Justin Cyder]

We're told 1 in 3 of us will experience Cancer at some stage in life, so how prevalent is it in the animal kingdom? Presumably animals in the wild that become ill are preyed upon or just not recorded in any depth but do enough husbanded animals exist for a comparison to be made?

[TwigtheWonderkid]

grumbledoak said:

Dr Jekyll said:

That's really strange. If you don't need glasses on land you don't need them underwater, but if you do need them on land you need different ones underwater.

It's because they are trying to flog you custom goggles/masks - the lenses in these are further from your eye than your glasses' lenses. You can try it by holding your glasses/binoculars/telescope three inches in front of you.

It's cheaper to wear contacts and ordinary goggles/masks.

But the prescription goggles are 3 inches from my eyes on land too, and they work fine. I can't wear contacts.

[Nimby]

Justin Cyder said:

We're told 1 in 3 of us will experience Cancer at some stage in life, so how prevalent is it in the animal kingdom? Presumably animals in the wild that become ill are preyed upon or just not recorded in any depth but do enough husbanded animals exist for a comparison to be made?

Naked mole rats never get cancer.

[VladD]

If everything was created by God using intelligent design, why is a vagina so narrow compared to the width of a baby's head?

[LordGrover]

^^ pretty big 'if' there.

[scarble]

Dogs and cats get cancer and it is fairly common.
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/isrn/2013/941275/

VladD said:

If everything was created by God using intelligent design, why is a vagina so narrow compared to the width of a baby's head?

Because we'd feel inadequate otherwise?

Edited by scarble on Monday 8th September 10:16

[VladD]

scarble said:

VladD said:

If everything was created by God using intelligent design, why is a vagina so narrow compared to the width of a baby's head?

Because we'd feel inadequate otherwise?

So you think God would put man's fragile ego ahead of huge pain and possible death of the woman? OK, I can buy that.

[kowalski655]

Does ANY animal have a froo froo big enough for a baby?
If so maybe THEY are god's chosen species?
Not that there is a god of course

[Asterix]

doogz said:

If it was that big, it'd be hard to keep watertight?

And they'd queef less during yoga which is HILARIOUS!

[Hugo a Gogo]

kowalski655 said:

Does ANY animal have a froo froo big enough for a baby?

yeah, you know how all mammals have babies? them, they are big enough

[Silent1]

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[tali1]

MissChief said:

tali1 said:

How can all these terrorists have twitter accounts- surely they are traceable?

Generally they're run by sympathisers rather than terrorists. Also an IP address tells you where, not who.

But the sympathisers must get some of pixs direct from the terrorists-so surely the powers to be have enough tech know how to follow the online trail no matter how encrypted?

[marshalla]

tali1 said:

MissChief said:

tali1 said:

How can all these terrorists have twitter accounts- surely they are traceable?

Generally they're run by sympathisers rather than terrorists. Also an IP address tells you where, not who.

But the sympathisers must get some of pixs direct from the terrorists-so surely the powers to be have enough tech know how to follow the online trail no matter how encrypted?

An IP address also leads to someone who pays a bill for service and no-one relies exclusively on comms. data as evidence. There's a *lot* of stuff that goes on behind the scenes and the Internet material is often just intel. which leads to something more useful.

[NoNeed]

Why do we have so many seagulls in Birmingham?

[TheEnd]

rubbish dumps mainly, they're a nightmare when ploughing as well as it's not uncommon to have a hundred or more flying around the tractor.

[VladD]

NoNeed said:

Why do we have so many seagulls in Birmingham?

Big city = Lots of people = Lots of waste = Lots of landfill = Seagulls.

[scarble]

VladD said:

So you think God would put man's fragile ego ahead of huge pain and possible death of the woman? OK, I can buy that.

Well, perhaps it's about his ego? We are after all, made in his image

[Mercury00]

How do some people ever manage to get their car serviced? I've just started a new job and my hours match up perfectly with the dealership service department's hours. I'm honestly stuck for ideas. I thought I could leave it on a Friday after work, even though the service department will be closed again, have it serviced on Saturday while I'm working... but then my plan came to a halt when I realised I'd never be able to get it back because they'd be closed on Sunday and then every weekday after I finish work!

[Ayahuasca]

TheEnd said:

rubbish dumps mainly, they're a nightmare when ploughing as well as it's not uncommon to have a hundred or more flying around the tractor.

Why are you ploughing rubbish dumps?