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tsme-esr t1_j6lvc5i wrote
Reply to ELI5: Who gives authority to a police department? Lets say a new town were to be founded somewhere in the US, how is the local law enforcement agency brought up in that town? by Interesting-Leek-202
In the USA the state does. The state constitution usually includes the process for incorporating new cities, etc. Since this is a state power, the exact answer to your question will be "it depends on the state".
tsme-esr t1_j6lrgng wrote
Reply to comment by aspheric_cow in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
The required ashtrays for non-smoking flights are usually on or near the lavatories, not the seats.
tsme-esr t1_j6lr96m wrote
Reply to comment by Rugfiend in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
They were scared of terrorism, not necessarily flying
tsme-esr t1_j6lpftc wrote
Reply to comment by constantino675 in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
Not radio but an audio tape program that simulates radio. The same songs were played on repeat for each channel. Some airlines, listed the specific songs in each program in the flight magazine
tsme-esr t1_j6lp7hj wrote
Reply to comment by TommyTuttle in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
There are old seats
tsme-esr t1_j6lp1di wrote
Reply to comment by LordGeni in eli5: Why do most airlines still use 2-pin audio jacks for the in-flight entertainment systems on their planes? by JJGLC92
That's what the lavatory ashtrays are for
tsme-esr t1_j6l4wgl wrote
It often doesn't, but people who don't say adjectives in the common English order basically reveal themselves to not be native English speakers
tsme-esr t1_j6gzwfd wrote
Gases can be fluids. Gases are certainly not liquid (the difference is that a liquid has a given volume but the volume of a gas increases or decreases based on various factors.
tsme-esr t1_j6bf4yj wrote
Reply to comment by Kaz3girl4 in ELI5 Why do men pee in solid streams and women more or less gush out their pee? by Kaz3girl4
That's actually suggested as a procedure for how a woman can pee standing up (without a funnel or similar device).
Edit
Gently hold the labia apart, don't stretch it (stretching the urethra will affect the flow of the urine).
tsme-esr t1_j6bf1lh wrote
Reply to ELI5 Why do men pee in solid streams and women more or less gush out their pee? by Kaz3girl4
Because the cross-section of the urethra is different.
Women don't have a penis, so it's ok if the pee kinda sprays instead of forming a stream. The cross section of a woman's urethra is mostly smooth, relatively simple.
To facilitate the formation of a stream for a man's urine, the cross section of the urethra is somewhat "rifled". The urethra being like that, makes the flow of urine more like an organized stream, to mostly avoid unwanted spraying.
There's probably some anatomy textbook out there with better diagrams or images, but I found this https://vmicro.iusm.iu.edu/hs_vm/docs/lab11_6.htm
tsme-esr t1_j663bap wrote
Because usually the contract with that person when you hired them, says so. It's usually something like, if they are fired in the first X years of employment with the company, they are entitled to a certain amount of payment as a buyout.
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Reply to Recent Superbowl Win Probabilities, Ordered by "Excitement" [OC] by tree-of-thought
Of course the team that reached the lowest win probability is a certain New England team. One would think that if it were that low then they should have lost...