Category: Sociology

Can breathing in smoke give you a headache? Smoke can cause coughing, scratchy throat, irritated sinuses, shortness of breath, chest pain, headaches, stinging eyes, and runny nose. If you have heart or lung disease, smoke might make your symptoms worse. What are the long term effects of smoke inhalation? Frequent exposure to smoke for brief […]

What was the mortality rate in 1800? Early in the 19th century, the United States was not particularly urban (only 6.1% in 1800), a circumstance which led to a relatively favorable mortality situation. A national crude death rate of 20-25 per thousand per year would have been likely. What did children die of in 1800s? […]

What are Zampognari in Abruzzo? Zampogna (UK: /zæmˈpɒnjə/, US: /zæmˈpoʊnjə, (t)sɑːmˈ-/, Italian: [dzamˈpoɲɲa]) is a generic term for a number of Italian double chantered pipes that can be found as far north as the southern part of the Marche, throughout areas in Abruzzo, Latium, Molise, Basilicata, Campania, Calabria, and Sicily. What are Zampognari in Italy? […]

Why are groundhogs sometimes called whistle pigs? The name whistle-pig, which is most common in Appalachia, stems from groundhogs’ habit of making a high-pitched whistling sound, usually as a warning to other groundhogs when they feel threatened. (The pig is similar to how we refer to woodchucks’ rodent-cousin the guinea pig.) What are some other […]

Can baby moving too much be bad? No. In fact, if she’s active, you can probably take this as a sign that she’s doing well! Every pregnancy is different. There’s no set number of movements or kicks that you should feel, so it’s unlikely that your baby’s moving too much. Should I be worried if […]

Can you have lice and not see them? Lice can only be spread by direct contact with someone who has them. They do not spontaneously appear, and they have nothing to do with hygiene. Lice cannot hop or fly, which means the contact has to be close. Can you have lice for months and not […]

How much time will you serve on a 20 year sentence? If you are serving a 20 year sentence and you dont get in any other trouble you will have to do 85% of that sentence in prison/jail which is roughly 17 years. And the remaining 3 years you would be on parole (Community Supervision) […]

How many languages are lost every day? One language dies every 14 days. By the next century nearly half of the roughly 7,000 languages spoken on Earth will likely disappear, as communities abandon native tongues in favor of English, Mandarin, or Spanish. How many languages are going extinct? At least 43% of the estimated 6000 […]

How much is the first comic book worth? The issue of Action Comics No. 1 went for $3.25 million in a private sale, ComicConnect.com, an online auction and consignment company, announced Tuesday. It narrowly bested the previous record for the comic, set at the auction of another copy in 2014 for slightly more than $3.2 […]

How much have food prices increased in 2020? In 2020, food-at-home prices increased 3.5 percent and food-away-from-home prices 3.4 percent. This convergence was largely driven by a rapid increase in food-at-home prices while food-away-from-home price inflation remained within 0.2 percentage points of the 2019 inflation rate. Why is food so expensive now? Foods is getting […]