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Everything you ever wanted to know about anything but were afraid to ask. Especially things someone else might Google for some day. Questions must have fact based answers.

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Rules:

  • 1. Questions must have a definitive answer

r/answers is for reference questions with definitive answers. If your question doesn't have a definitive answer, or people might disagree on the "correct" answer, it's not a good fit for r/answers.

  • 2. Post title must be a question

Post titles must be a question and nothing more. Additional context for questions can be added to the body of the post.

  • 3. No survey questions.

These questions will be better for /r/DAE or /r/AskReddit.

  • 4. No advice questions.

No advice questions. r/answers is for reference questions with definitive answers (or sets of answers), not questions where personal preference comes into play, or people might disagree on answers. This includes questions about relationship advice. These questions would be better suited for /r/advice or /r/relationship_advice

  • 5. No medical questions.

The users of r/answers aren't guaranteed to be qualified medical professionals, and if you're facing a medical issue, relying on the advice of random strangers is potentially dangerous. In the worst case, you could be convinced that a real issue isn't something to worry about.

The best responses to medical questions have always been to actually see a doctor, so we're explicitly banning these types of questions. This includes mental health questions.

Try r/AskDocs or r/DiagnoseMe.

  • 6. No politics questions.

Political questions without a definitive answer often devolve into partisan mudslinging. This type of digression is unsuitable for r/answers. Visit r/AskPolitics or r/PoliticalDiscussion to have these types of conversations.

  • 7. No Legal Questions

The users of r/answers aren't guaranteed to be qualified legal professionals, and if you are needing legal advice, relying on the advice of random strangers is potentially dangerous. Questions relating to legal questions and legal advice is not the place for r/answers. Please post such questions to r/legal or r/legaladvice or r/Ask_Lawyers.

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  • 9. No tip-of-my-tongue questions

r/answers is for finding definitive and factual answers to questions, while this can technically include tip-of-my-tongue questions, this is better to be posted at r/tipofmytongue

  • 10. No unhelpful, off-topic, or joke answers or questions.

All comments must be helpful and relevant.

Joke answers and questions are not allowed.

Questions are ok; memes are not!

  • 11. No trolling, shitposts or rude behaviour

Baiting people, passive aggressive posts, rude posts/comments etc. are not allowed.

  • 12. No loaded questions or answers, and no rants

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  • 13. Impossible question

Questions which are impossible to know the answer to are not allowed in r/answers.

  • 14. Moderator discretion

Mods reserve the right to remove any post or comment at our discretion even if it doesn't violate any of the above rules.

  • 15. No Ask Me Anything Post

r/answers is not r/AMA. Please go to r/AMA.

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Why don't retirement/savings accounts provide data for the lifetime of the membership?

In most cases, it only goes back 3 years. It would be nice to see overall performance to track progress.

3 Comments
2024/11/01
22:34 UTC

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When was the term "ride the lightning" first used?

I looked it up on Google, and supposedly (according to Google's generative AI and a source or two it used) the term was first used in Stephen King's novel The Stand. I'm not completely sure if that's correct, but I don't know.

6 Comments
2024/11/01
22:34 UTC

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Can you rig an air humidity defier to collect water that you can drink?

Is there filters or can you boil it?

33 Comments
2024/11/01
22:24 UTC

0

How to remove pin from Motorola phone?

A while back my mom came home with 2 phones she said she found in a garbage can on her walk home and she wanted to see if they worked. One is a Motorola phone and it works just fine. I charged it up and opened it and there's a pin. I factory reset the phone and everything was completely wiped, though when I start to set the phone up again, at the end it says "your phone was reset to factory settings. To use this phone, enter your previous PIN". There is also an option to "use my google account instead" but obviously it's not my google account so I can't do that. I thought factory resetting erased EVERYTHING but I guess not. Is there any way around this so I can use the phone?

7 Comments
2024/11/01
21:25 UTC

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When a pop artist mimes are the instruments on separate channels?

A lot of pop stars perform "live" by miming to a backing track and while i generally joke about it being no different to listening to the CD at home i assume that it is the studio master being played not a CD..

However do they play the studio mix or do they have each instrument on their own channel like a live band does?

8 Comments
2024/10/31
19:30 UTC

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The cause of Pre-cum is when you ejaculate recently, they say if you peed, you can actually clean up those precum, but according to what i experience precum still leaks after i peed, would it still contain sperm? or if i ejaculated more than 6 hours and i release a precum, would there be sperm?

3 Comments
2024/10/31
15:16 UTC

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When we look at a video movie etc, we look it on a 2d monitor/device/surface even a drawing/foto no need to move, yet we see that 3d world easy on the 2d medium and can recreate it later if needed in 3D, so how we would "portray" a 2d scene on an 1D "medium"?

If 1D is a dot(or a line?) and can be shown in a 2D plane like a square easy
And all 2D stuff plane square triangles etc figures can be easy shown and 3rd is world.
We can also show a 3D object on a 2D medium, drawing photo video and can recreate it

Can we show a 2D figure on 1D medium? and how or why?

8 Comments
2024/10/31
14:25 UTC

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How do banks operate when they first started?

Apologies if it's a stupid question but like, there's not much money at the start. No money to lend out, and no money to pay the interests of the ones that deposit their money. How do a bank grow and expand from that? Or do you indeed need a lot of cash laying around to be able to start a bank?

32 Comments
2024/10/31
09:54 UTC

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How to you consecutive copy files with windows? e.g. two copy tasks in serial instead of parallel.

I grab say 10 folders to copy from A->B

They start copying in the window.

I grab 50 more folders to copy from x->y (or A->B) or any other combination. They start copying as well.

I can pause the second set, or let them run in parallel, but how to make it so the second set starts to copy after the first set finishes without any user input.

This doesn't seem to be too difficult but I can't find any answers.

EDIT Great answers I failed to mention this is a work computer fairly locked down. Is there a native way to do this on windows.

13 Comments
2024/10/31
07:07 UTC

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Ladies how long it takes for u to unlock mobile while having mehendi in hands as fingerprint doesn't work & facepack at the same time?

Just curious

7 Comments
2024/10/31
06:38 UTC

77

How would you teach an adult to roll their tongue for rrrrrrrrs?

Edit: thanks all keep em coming, tbh can not believe the number of creative responses lol

167 Comments
2024/10/31
05:38 UTC

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Where can I find sports memorabilia celebrating the wrong team winning, such as the 49ers winning Super Bowl 58?

They have to have two sets of shirts/newspaper/hats for each team, so what happens to the stuff for the losing team? Can you find it somewhere?

5 Comments
2024/10/31
04:36 UTC

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I made jackfruit jam, left it in stock, then opened it 3 months later. It still looks good with no molds or anything, but I'm concerned because it smells like alcohol. Is it safe to eat?

23 Comments
2024/10/31
02:34 UTC

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Would folding wing mirrors make any appreciable difference to the drag coefficient of a car?

I have a car with folding rear view wing mirrors (a Nissan X Trail to be exact).

Y'know, fold em in when you park the vehicle, avoids damage.

I'm just wondering if I fold them in when driving at highway speeds whether it would make any noticeable difference to the drag coefficient?

Would the vehicle be more aerodynamic with the mirrors folded?

15 Comments
2024/10/30
23:04 UTC

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CAN ANYONE EXPLAIN ME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN π™Ώπ™·π™Έπ™»π™Ύπš‚π™Ύπ™Ώπ™·πšˆ AND π™Ώπš‚πšˆπ™²π™·π™Ύπ™»π™Ύπ™Άπšˆ.

12 Comments
2024/10/30
12:23 UTC

0

Do hospitals intentionally not save organ donors?

49 Comments
2024/10/29
20:54 UTC

0

Name of the Deep Effect used in songs?

I was listening to Jack U and Justin Beiber's "Where Are U Now" and I was intrigued by this specific vocal effect, which it combines the low voice with the normal voice: as seen in timestamps 0:44 and 0:58 to 1:03 respectively of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ek2pU4m6Js

I was wondering what the name of this vocal effect is called?

7 Comments
2024/10/29
13:16 UTC

0

Is it allowed for other Religions to believe on other religion

I am catholic and is it allowed to believe in Christian religion catholic is just a branch of Christianity right?

19 Comments
2024/10/29
07:49 UTC

0

Why is football not widely played in some countries?

Personally, I don't watch football, and I have few acquaintances who do, but people in Latin America live it with a passion that gives me goosebumps. Is it possible that in other countries the passion is felt more?

26 Comments
2024/10/28
22:09 UTC

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Why do electrolytes (oral rehydration salts) say to throw them out after 24 hours?

When I mix up a liter of ORS (electrolytes) when my baby is sick, the package says to discard it after 24 hours, even if refrigerated.

Why? It is just salts mixed with water? Why does it expire so quickly?

22 Comments
2024/10/28
22:06 UTC

14

What’s shortest length a road over something - till it’s considered a bridge?

Transportation question.

30 Comments
2024/10/28
19:42 UTC

0

What are the side courses can do while pursuing Degree in English literature?

17 Comments
2024/10/28
19:20 UTC

0

In a Civil War II scenario, Which States go Blue and Which States go Red?

There are many theories, including states that split into multiple pieces. So... the big question is: Who goes where and who leads each side? Are there multiple (3 or more) sides?

17 Comments
2024/10/28
15:16 UTC

5

What genres are there in stand-up comedy?

7 Comments
2024/10/28
14:32 UTC

0

got ocean water up my nose - should i be concerned?

Went to the beach yesterday, got some sea water up my nose and into my sinuses when some friends dunked me into the water. How long should you keep an eye out for any signs of infection? theres a high chance i couldn't get all the sand out.
Weirder question but, can flesh eating bacteria be an issue? How long does that take to show symptoms?

edit: nvm i was being silly thanks yall!

18 Comments
2024/10/28
05:56 UTC

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Referring to a Jubilee video (link below), what is XAI720T?

Check the comments of this Jubilee video -

https://youtu.be/S5nfUk11P9w?si=zOjTsgK4H5QHm8T-

Numerous comments refer to XAI720T. I have been unable to find any resources on it. Assuming it’s bot related, but curious.

3 Comments
2024/10/28
03:59 UTC

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What is it called when you find practically everything supposedly "normal" to be wrong, weird or absurd?

I'm looking for terms for a feeling that most so-called "normal" things are actually really abnormal. A feeling that the things that most people do or experience every day without thought are just so weird. But, not that life is meaningless...just that modern life is so bizarre because of all these weird things we are doing.

I'm looking to do research on this topic but having trouble finding results that aren't "depression" or "apathy", etc. Hoping someone can help point me in the right direction here! Thanks!

138 Comments
2024/10/28
01:26 UTC

5

what happens to the tax that i pay on purchase as reseller

Hello Guys

I have recently entered the reselling world and I was wondering that what happens to the tax that I have paid on purchases from auctions etc and then resold them on retail.

As I have seen that if an item is $100, I would pay $7 (GA) on it and it eventually costed me $107 to have it. Now When I am selling it in retail market, I will have to keep in mind that $7 that I paid towards tax, assume i listed it for $120, so my profit is going to be $13 instead of $20.

Do we actually claim that paid tax back from the sate at the end of the year or is it just gone?

12 Comments
2024/10/27
22:50 UTC

0

What are ways I can make content for an audio only podcast so I can post to other social medias?

5 Comments
2024/10/27
21:06 UTC

3

Why do some people believe they can bully others and face no repercussions?

51 Comments
2024/10/27
11:21 UTC

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