How bad is vaping compared to actual smoking?

At first, I believed that vaping was harmless and was just another way of getting flavors through water vapor. However, I saw a close friend of mine quit smoking a pack a day to start vaping thi…

Top stories for Long   How bad is vaping compared to actual smoking? Mike Lavistan, Biologist • Answered June 20 At first, I believed that vaping was harmless and was just another way of getting flavors through water vapor. However, I saw a close friend of mine quit smoking a pack a d... Read more » 160 98   Your response is private Was this worth your time? This helps us show content you find valuable. Absolutely not Definitely yes   Why would some players choose to fold AA on the first hand of the WSOP, and what are the potential benefits of doing so for those playing just for the experience? HalftimeLedger, Sports analysis and commentary • Answered May 14 In Texas Hold'em, folding pocket Aces pre-flop is a mathematical disaster. Yet, on the first hand of the World Series of Poker, throwing them in the trash might be a brilli... Read more » 38 11   Why do Mexican restaurants often give you almost twice the quantity of food as other restaurants? MosaicPalate • Answered June 11 When a Mexican restaurant serves you an oversized platter sagging under a mountain of food, it feels incredibly generous. But doubling that massive portion costs them liter... Read more » 1.8K 144   What makes the number 1/137 so special in the universe, and how would things change if the fine-structure constant were different? NovaPrism • Answered June 1 Physicist Wolfgang Pauli famously joked his first question for the Devil would be, "Why 1/137?" If this mysterious fraction were altered even slightly, our universe could n... Read more » 996 144   Do the BareNaked Ladies get any residuals for the theme for The Big Bang Theory? FeverIndex, Updates from the world of Pop Culture • Answered May 23 The Barenaked Ladies don't split the massive residuals for The Big Bang Theory. Those 14 seconds of music legally belong to just one band member, sparking a million-dollar ... Read more » 355 15   Do Wheel of Fortune contestants actually take the prizes they win? MetroDispatch • Answered May 19 You just won a $40,000 SUV on Wheel of Fortune. But instead of driving it home, you face a brutal choice: forfeit the car entirely, or go into debt paying the taxes. In the ... Read more » 257 35   Why do some retirees choose to avoid Florida despite its reputation as a retirement haven? Richard Smith, former Auditor • Answered June 2 As a Floridian refugee I can speak from direct experience. I retired in 2024, I was living on the gulf coast of Florida. My wife and I did the math and came to the conclusi... Read more » 591 170   Why is opening a sealed refrigerator after a flood a terrible idea, and what actually happens when you do? VitalSign, Answering your health questions • Updated June 11 Disaster responders have an unbreakable rule for flooded refrigerators: wrap them in duct tape and never look inside. Breaking the seal unleashes a pressurized blast of aer... Read more » 1.5K 89   Could a person visiting the Arizona memorial in Pearl Harbor, dip a small container into the oil slicked water to take home? Or would that be looked at as desecrating a war grave? Is it permitted by the US Government? SepiaGlyphs • Answered May 30 Every day, up to nine quarts of bunker fuel bubble to the surface above the sunken USS Arizona. These drops are known as the "Black Tears," and trying to bottle them is a f... Read more » 1.5K 171   Are U.S. Air Force fighter pilots trained the same as U.S. Navy fighter pilots? Robert James, former U.S. Naval Aviator, 153 combat missions. Top Gun at United States Navy (1... • Answered June 22 No, and I’ll give a few examples. Basically, the Air Force pilot operates under a long list of things he’s allowed to do. If it’s not on the list, he can’t do it. A Naval Avi... Read more » 286 29   Is cholesterol really that big a factor in heart attacks? I have 3 friends who recently had heart attacks, none had high cholesterol. J Morehouse, former Banking - 30 Yrs, Retired, Personal Trainer 10yrs • Answered June 8 I have spent probably the equivalent to two graduate courses researching why I had a heart attack, which required a triple bypass, when I had no risk factors and was in exc... Read more » 370 52   Does anyone actually believe that vandals cut a 350' slit in the bottom of the reflecting pool and pulled it loose? The very covering that Trump said couldn't be cut with a knife? Why does he have to lie about everything, no matter how trivial? Curtis W. Scissons, B.S Biology & Chemistry, Northeastern State University (1998) • Updated Wed What was applied to the pool was Rhino Linings Pipeliner 5000. It is a polyurethane coating mostly used for coating the inside of large pipes, or sealing older roofs, sparin... Read more » 8.4K 964 Read more in your feed

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Why are baseball dugouts built below ground?

This is rather funny but also rather sad. An individual below posted an answer that it was Connie Mack who “invented” dugouts in 1919 as a way of making players returning from World War I feel “…

Top stories for Long   Why are baseball dugouts built below ground? David Dixon, former Attorney & Adjunct Professor, Torts & Contract • Answered September 1, 2020 This is rather funny but also rather sad. An individual below posted an answer that it was Connie Mack who “invented” dugouts in 1919 as a way of making players returning f... Read more » 3.6K 288   Has a Tank ever hit a plane with its main gun? SepiaGlyphs • Answered June 30 In 1943, a frustrated German tank gunner cranked his massive 88mm main gun into the sky and obliterated a swooping Soviet fighter plane. His reward for the miracle shot? A ... Read more » 897 53   If an EMP hits during a nuclear war, what everyday electronics would stop working, and are there any that might survive? NovaPrism • Answered July 3 A nuclear EMP will fry anything plugged into a wall outlet. But your smartphone lacks the one shockingly simple component required to absorb the blast: a long wire acting a... Read more » 196 18   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 was "The Chinese Restaurant" episode almost the end of "Seinfeld," and how did it end up saving the show? FeverIndex, Updates from the world of Pop Culture • Answered May 24 In 1991, Larry David threatened to quit Seinfeld over a script where three people just wait for a restaurant table in real-time. NBC executives were completely bewildered. ... Read more » 607 48   Why are COBOL systems still running smoothly after 50 years when other software seems to break all the time? OpenBlueprint • Answered June 13 A single updated JavaScript library can crash thousands of websites. Yet trillions of dollars flow daily through COBOL banking code untouched since the Carter administratio... Read more » 383 31   What is an anti-aging secret that not many people know about? Luisa Fanzani, Skincare formulator and brand owner @ Luisa True Skincare • Updated May 15, 2024 This is not a secret, but it is something a lot of people don't know about. I am sure in the future more people will pay attention to this particular “tip”. If you want to a... Read more » 4.7K 311   Why do restaurant employees frequently quit right after receiving their first paycheck? Martin Bayer, Chef, CDM, CFPP (1994-present) • Answered June 16 I hired a guy once for a line cooks position. He works for 30 days and quit. I ran into him a few months later and asked him if he’d had a bad experience working for us? He... Read more » 3K 302   Is Boeing really in trouble because of Delta's massive Airbus order, or is there more to the story? Tom Boyer, Former aerospace editor • Answered June 20 Strange question. The answer is the opposite of what you suggest. Delta has been a major buyer of Airbus A350s and A330s for years now. But in January (2026) Delta ordered ... Read more » 199 13   Does anyone actually believe that vandals cut a 350' slit in the bottom of the reflecting pool and pulled it loose? The very covering that Trump said couldn't be cut with a knife? Why does he have to lie about everything, no matter how trivial? Curtis W. Scissons, B.S Biology & Chemistry, Northeastern State University (1998) • Updated Wed What was applied to the pool was Rhino Linings Pipeliner 5000. It is a polyurethane coating mostly used for coating the inside of large pipes, or sealing older roofs, sparin... Read more » 8.3K 938   What is the greatest single game performance in MLB? Joan Wall • Answered June 24 More than 300 no-hitters and thousands of multi-home run games in MLB history. But….Philadelphia Phillies…..Rick Wise..June 23, 1971….remains the only player ever to hit two... Read more » 420 61   Why wasn't Aaron Rodgers heavily recruited by colleges out of high school, and what factors contributed to his path through junior college? HalftimeLedger, Sports analysis and commentary • Updated June 10 A lanky 165-pounder, Aaron Rodgers received zero Division I scholarship offers out of high school. He only escaped junior college because a university coach showed up to sc... Read more » 106 7 Read more in your feed

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