I was just reading this and thought I’d share. Some of these are pretty funny. =D These are real questions sent in by readers to some newspaper column that picks some and answers them in articles.
If anyone has answers to some of these, share. =)
source: The Explainer questions we never answered.
The Explainer’s Unanswered Questions From 2006
• What comes after 999 trillion?
• Given the exchange and dispersion of matter, how likely is it/how often do we inhale/consume and/or incorporate into our own protein structure molecules that were once in some historical figure, say Abraham Lincoln?
• Lasers are now powerful and small (at least I think they are), so why don’t our troops carry laser guns?
• What would happen to the stock market if a meteor impacted the earth? What would happen to the global markets and the U.S. market? Say a meteor hits inside U.S. borders and takes out two states.
• Is it possible to collect all the cookie dough in Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough ice cream and actually bake cookies from it?
• How clean is bar soap in a public bathroom? Is it “self-cleaning,” since it’s soap? It seems like a health hazard to me.
• Why did Zidane head-butt his opponent in the World Cup final? Do the French not fight with their fists?
• When we are approaching another person, like in a hallway, why do we step to our left? That is, try and pass right-shoulder-to-right-shoulder.
• I have been pondering this situation for as long as I can remember (maybe age 7-8) and it drives me nuts. It makes me feel like my head will implode if I think any harder. Is the universe infinite? It must end somewhere. But when it ends … there must be something on the other side … right?
• If a group of passengers on a hijacked plane wanted to, could they bring a plane down by all of them using their cell phones at the same time?
• Why do humans die so young? In biblical times, people lived for several hundred years; now living to 100 is considered a long life. What happened?
• How can I tell if I was the first person to use the term “K-fed-up” in relation to Britney’s divorce?
• Why is the No. 8 always the same combination (tamale, enchilada, rice, beans) in any Mexican restaurant I visit? This includes primarily the southeast United States but not obvious franchises.
• Hi, how does nature make water? How does nature combine one oxygen atom and two hydrogen atoms to make water? If we knew how nature makes water, then perhaps we can then find an efficient way of separating hydrogen from oxygen, thus creating the ultimate source for energy.
• Can you tell me how long it will take if you eat rat poison to see if it is going to affect you? Please e-mail me back. Because my niece ate some.
• PYGMIES: How/when/where/still in existence/do we mate with them?
• Do dolphins actually save people? If so, why do they do this?
• Can someone be forced to masturbate?
• Why do we make a “lip-smacking” sound when kissing closed-mouth? We do make the sound; it doesn’t happen on its own …
• What’s likely to happen to people, or what might they feel, when they’re killed instantly?
• Can a state in the United States split into two or more states? If so, how? I think Texas has a special provision for being able to divide into up to five states. But I am wondering about the others.
• I have noticed that a lot of mainstream movies feature men peeing. Are the actors really peeing?
• yea i have my own 620 gang and i dont know how to run it to make not look like a little ***** gang joke it is just me and my friend how do i run it?
• Hi. How did the horse in the movie about dreams make it to not only survive but to win again? Was this movie true?
• Working in my yard yesterday, I killed a gnat in my ear canal, where it had flown. I couldn’t remove the body as my finger was too fat. What happens to it now?
• What is the richest religion? Scientology has a lot of Hollywood stars and I think they actually make their members give money, but Catholicism is a very old religion with its own country. Also, Islam has a lot of members but I don’t know about their money situation.
• Is chicken considered meat?
• Hello … Could you tell me if there’s been any kind of medical discovery in the last 30 years besides DNA.
• Are UFOs confirmed to be from other Alien Planets?
