Why is the Sky Blue?

On December 19, 2008, in Media, Noteworthy, by Woy

explainer

One of my favorite things to read is Slate Magazine’s Explainer column, which tries to unearth the answers to questions you’ve always wanted to know the answers to (and some that you didn’t).  Every year they do a wrap-up with a question that went unanswered – and again they’re allowing people to vote for their favorite.

Some of them read like Craig Kilborn’s Five Questions (which I sorely miss) from the original Daily Show.  There’s this one:  “Why do the women gymnasts walk around between events with that goofy arm-swing gait?” (Answer:  I don’t know… because they are built like brick shithouses?)

Any questions that you’ve always wanted to have answered?   I’ve linked to the answer of a popular question that’s also the title of the post.

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