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Why Do You Get A Fever?

Higher temperatures cause enzymes to work better to fight and infection, while the bacteria and viruses slow down in high temperatures. Through evolution your body learned to raise the temperature in order to help it fight these things.


How Did Jonathan's Parents' Divorce Influence Him ?

During his senior year, his parents divorced. He had a lot to figure out and did not want to commit to 3 more years of school and the debt associated with law school.


When Did Gumroad Hit A Turning Point?

It's important to understand that most software-companies follow a power-law distribution, where a small number of users does so much volume, revenue coming from their accounts ends up paying for everyone else. Getting this customers requires the company to spend insignificant time on each, but when successful, it pays pack many-fold.

When Gumroad failed to raise Series B, they could not afford to have sales team anymore, and they could not build all of the features anymore, but that actually helped them grow. Instead of focusing on whales, Sahil was now able to focus on customers who legitimately loved and used his software to start their businesses.

Being a self-service platform, they could no longer support all the big accounts, but they could spend time helping millions of people who were just getting started.


Can Vaping Help Someone Quit Smoking?

Many argue that it can help people get off cigarettes, which are much more harmful. It may be more beneficial than nicotine gum or patches because the behavior mimics smoking.


Why Isn’t There A Divorce Campaign?

George Blair-West thinks that maybe it's because the current policy makers are Generation X. They don’t believe things like attraction and the way relationships are built are changeable or educable.


What Are Two Reasons Why Dr. Bliss Couldn’t Find The Bullet In Garfield?

Dr. Bliss used Alexander Graham Bell’s invention, the induction balance, which is like a metal detector. One reason is because they didn’t scan the other side of Garfield’s body because Dr. Bliss was certain that he knew where the bullet was. The second reason is because Garfield was on a bed with a lot of metal springs.


Why Did Adea Message Mary?

She states that she needs to urgently talk to her about Chris. She then parks outside of the house where Chris and Mary live, and stays there for hours, all while calling him multiple times.


What Is The $400 Problem?

According to Ram Palianappan, the CEO and founder of Earnin, 40% of the people in America cannot find $400 in their bank account when they need it.

Unlike it might sound, this is not just a problem for the unemployed, but for people who are employed and getting paid, but simply need money off-cycle with their paycheck.

When someone's living paycheck-to-paycheck, and need money on Wednesday but the pay is only arriving on Friday, they are forced to seek other options, like aggressive Pay-Day loans and bank overdraft fees.

Earning is a project that came out of Ram's desire to fix this pay cycle discrepancy for his employees by enabling anyone to get paycheck funds whenever they need them.


What Category Would You Put Kai Xr In?

She isn't going all in one one model. She is happy to work with homeschoolers, public schools, children in hospitals, etc.

Technically, anyone can use Kai XR.


Should You Start A Startup?

Many people who are not founders live richer and more impactful lives than founders, and certainly more financially rewarding life than founders of failed startups.

It does not make any sense to start a company for the allure of being a founder, do it if you are truly deeply excited about the subject.

Chase your own dreams.


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