How long will old skyscrapers like the Empire State Building stay up?

Well, you've asked the right person. My company just finished some work at the foundation. I have been up and down that place, I know it well. The Empire State Building, and buildings like …

Top stories for Long   How long will old skyscrapers like the Empire State Building stay up? Ben Levy, Building Repairer • Updated February 3, 2015 Well, you've asked the right person. My company just finished some work at the foundation. I have been up and down that place, I know it well. The Empire State Building,... Read more » 13K 612   What is a rule in baseball that no one knows? HalftimeLedger, Sports analysis and commentary • Answered May 20 If a desperate third baseman actually throws their glove to intercept a line drive, it triggers one of Major League Baseball's most punitive hidden rules: the automatic tri... Read more » 21 5   Why do Mercedes and Porsche charge me 200 bucks for a simple oil change? Can’t I just take them to Jiffy Lube? Frank Kemper, Riding all over Europe since 2006 • Updated October 19, 2025 Mercedes and Porsche are German cars. There is one word which is extremely important when selling an used car in Germany, and this is "scheckheftgepflegt", which means both... Read more » 1.1K 239   Why do professional chefs always seem to use an excessive amount of butter and oil? Surely there is a healthier way to make food that tastes excellent. Jonathan Trueman, Professional screen-and-copywriter, voice artist, Brit, knowledge addict. • Answered January 28, 2020 Oh, it gets worse. A friend of mine is married to a chef at a highly regarded hotel in Manchester. When she asked her husband why his food tasted better than hers from the ... Read more » 26.1K 776   Why do we need an escape velocity to lift a rocket into space? Can't a rocket just fly up at a constant low speed i.e. 60 mph and eventually reach space? NovaPrism • Updated June 10 It is a myth that rockets need "escape velocity" to reach space. A rocket could cruise straight up at a constant 60 mph, if not for a brutal trap called "gravity drag." Esca... Read more » 258 11   Which form of alcohol is considered the worst for a human body: liquor, beer or wine? Audrey Kimvelson, Medical Doctor • Answered June 19 I used to be indifferent about the types of alcohol until I observed the effects during family events and night outs. Men who consumed liquor got drunk quicker and showed w... Read more » 150 35   What is your best negotiating trick? Asim Qureshi, CEO of Jibble • Answered July 13, 2017 My best negotiation trick, which I’ve frequently used, is called anchoring. It’s best highlighted by an example… Ok, I want to buy something, and a fair price is $2,000, the... Read more » 14.6K 381   Why did American Airlines flight 11 travel so much slower than United flight 175 on 9/11? OakTeller, lives in New York, NY • Answered June 7 The first plane flew slower. The men who took the planes flew them different. The first man Atta. He brought his plane down early. And he found the river. The water he follo... Read more » 423 73   What is the point of collecting soda can pull tabs? A friend teaches at a school that has been doing this for years. Do they get some kind of donation based on how many of these they collect? MetroDispatch • Answered June 19 An empty soda can contains 30 times more aluminum than its tiny pull tab. Yet for decades, schools hoarded millions of tabs under the myth that they magically paid for chem... Read more » 1.6K 111   How do prisoners get so muscular with a mediocre diet? John Hirst, former Bouncer at Nightclubs (2011-2016) • Updated August 5, 2020 In the US? Take a look at the line up of any 100m Olympic final in the last 60 years. Now compare their musculature to the prisoners you have seen. Notice anything? The othe... Read more » 6.7K 409   Why was Luke Skywalker so interested in seeing the power converters? FeverIndex, Updates from the world of Pop Culture • Updated June 10 Luke Skywalker’s famously whiny plea to pick up "power converters" was a complete lie. A deleted scene reveals what was really waiting for him at Tosche Station—and it wasn... Read more » 839 43   How did the Wright brothers overcome the challenge of creating a lightweight engine powerful enough for flight? SepiaGlyphs • Answered June 13 When every engine manufacturer in America declared a 200-pound aircraft engine impossible, the Wright brothers handed the problem to a bicycle mechanic. He solved it in six... Read more » 1.4K 68 Read more in your feed

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Why do casino dealers tap their tips on the table before keeping them?

As with most things in a Casino, actions are announced with hand gestures. If a poker player is going to bet he moves chips past the line. If he wants to check he taps the table; fold, he tosses…

Top stories for Long   Why do casino dealers tap their tips on the table before keeping them? Scott Sparks, studied Aerospace and Aeronautical Engineering & Mathematics • Updated November 10, 2019 As with most things in a Casino, actions are announced with hand gestures. If a poker player is going to bet he moves chips past the line. If he wants to check he taps the ... Read more » 1.6K 69   If a red light never turns green, how long do you wait before driving through? Khawaja Fareeduddin • Posted Jun 22 My grandfather once stopped at a red light, and a police car pulled up right behind him. Then, for whatever reason, the light simply refused to turn green. But the police were right there behind hi... Read more » 2K 176   How do naval aviators prepare for the intense deceleration when their tail hook catches an arresting wire on a carrier landing? OpenBlueprint • Answered May 22 When a 30,000-pound jet hits a carrier deck at 150 mph, the pilot has 300 feet and two seconds to come to a dead stop. Aviators prepare for this violent deceleration throug... Read more » 105 5   What is your best negotiating trick? Asim Qureshi, CEO of Jibble • Answered July 13, 2017 My best negotiation trick, which I’ve frequently used, is called anchoring. It’s best highlighted by an example… Ok, I want to buy something, and a fair price is $2,000, the... Read more » 14.6K 380   Could a person wrapped in enough bubble wrap survive a fall from an airplane? NovaPrism • Updated June 10 Wrap a person in 3 feet of bubble wrap, and they become a giant parachute, slowing their fall to a survivable 50 mph. The drop won't kill them—but the bounce will. A skydive... Read more » 412 53   What are some clever hotel hacks that flight attendants and pilots use to avoid getting locked out of their rooms or dealing with other common hotel annoyances? MosaicPalate • Answered June 4 To avoid lockouts and other hotel annoyances, flight crews immediately drop their suitcase in the bathtub, stick a grocery card in the wall, and lock one shoe in the safe. W... Read more » 1.1K 52   Why do PCs gradually get slower with usage? Norrin Radd, Consultant for I.T.-Infrastructure, Network Admin (2008-present) • Answered July 31, 2019 There’s 4 main reason for this, but only 2 of them are genuinely noticeable unless it’s a severe case of the latter reasons. Here are they by rank of likely hood. With the ... Read more » 3.3K 193   What happened to Steve Jobs’ office at Apple? MetroDispatch • Answered June 23 On the fourth floor of Apple's former headquarters, one door remains permanently locked. Behind it, Steve Jobs' Mac and whiteboards sit exactly as he left them in October 2... Read more » 251 11   Why did the Japanese deface the Chrysanthemum seal on their rifles after World War II, and what does it symbolize? SepiaGlyphs • Answered May 13 In August 1945, surrendering Japanese soldiers frantically took grinders and chisels to their own rifles just to destroy a tiny 16-petal flower stamped into the metal. This ... Read more » 443 15   Which form of alcohol is considered the worst for a human body: liquor, beer or wine? Audrey Kimvelson, Medical Doctor • Answered June 19 I used to be indifferent about the types of alcohol until I observed the effects during family events and night outs. Men who consumed liquor got drunk quicker and showed w... Read more » 113 31   Why do professional poker players look at their cards so often throughout the hand? Sean Phillips, former Retired Poker Dealer (2005-2020) • Answered June 11, 2017 The two main reasons are to avoid making mistakes, and to avoid giving away information. Years ago, I looked down at my cards, saw AA, and raised. One caller. The flop came A... Read more » 234 38   How dangerous is the 500 calories-a-day diet? Thomas Cayne, Writer, painter, thinker, madman. • Answered June 20 Matt Damon famously lived on a diet of only chicken breasts to lose about 44lbs (20kg) for his role as a heroin addict in Courage Under Fire. The medical consequences were d... Read more » 580 40 Read more in your feed

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