Why do fat chance and slim chance mean the same thing?
Slim chance is when there is a minimal chance of winning and achieving your goal. Fat chance is an irony.
If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?
Evolution does not say that man evolved form ape. It does say that man and ape evolved from a common ancestor. So this question now doesn't have any sense.
According to Christians they couldn't have belly-buttons because they were created by God not born by human. Naval is sign that you were once attached to your mother, that you spent nine months in her uterus. Adam were formed of 'dust form the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life', Eve from Adam's rib so there is no particular reason why should they have navels.
Why doesn't glue stick to the bottle?
Glue doesn't stick inside the bottle because the chemicals within the glue is triggered by oxygen so when the glue bottle is opened it triggers the chemicals to make it sticky. That's why if a bottle if left out with no cap the glue becomes quite hard.
What is a free gift? Aren't all gifts free?
If person give you a gift and doesn't want anything in return then it is free. But most of the gifts in shop are conditional. 'Buy one product and have a free gift'. Such a promotion are always related with the purchase of something over a certain value. Using 'free' in headlines makes people believe in saving money and they are more likely to buy products with such a promotion.
If the temperature is zero outside today and it's going to be twice as cold tomorrow how cold will it be?
It depends which scale do you use.
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f it is 0 now and twice as cold tomorrow, 0 x 2 = 0. it will be 0 degrees Celsius. But if you use Fahrenheit twice as cold as zero is equal to -31 degrees.
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