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Does this room exist in the Simpsons' house?
This is the Simpsons' recreation room. It has indeed been rarely used in the series, but has appeared on the show a few times. Here's one of them (from Lady Bouvier's Lover, Season 5, Episode 21):
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Why were mouse holes often represented in cartoons and movies like this?
The cartoon mouse holes are just rounded out versions of the real thing. Mice are rodents who are capable of gnawing through walls to make a cozy home within them. Here are a few real mouse holes:
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Why do people repeatedly hit the phone hook switch when disconnected?
I believe that by 1970 (at least in most places), this behavior did not really accomplish anything very useful, but would have been more of a habit.
However not too much earlier, operators would have …
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Why does Dr Mann act so stupidly?
The short answer is that Mann isn't a highly trained astronaut, he's a ground-based theoretical physicist who volunteered to lead this last-ditch mission. His knowledge of space flight is limited to a …
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Why hasn't the elevator been fixed?
It's just a reoccurring joke that management is lazy and how extensive the damage was. The elevator was damaged due to a malfunctioning experiment of Leonard's (He wrongly calculated the mixture for t …
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Why didn't Mal use her totem (spinning top) before she actually died?
Because you can't battle a notion once it's successfully
inserted into your subconscious.
Cobb: An idea is like a virus. Resilient. Highly contagious. The smallest seed of an idea can grow. It ca …
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Why did Walter White refuse to help in S02E12?
Because she was a bad influence for Jesse. Walter needed Jesse to cook.
Walt considers saving Jane, but ultimately lets her die, knowing that her death would help him gain control over Jesse as a
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Why did Tony Stark design the Hulkbuster armor?
Tony Stark worked with Bruce Banner himself on the Hulkbuster armor (affectionately known as Veronica) in order to stop the Hulk if he ever got out of control.
You have to remember that Bruce Banner …
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What did Catelyn Tully see on Roose Bolton's hand before she slapped him
He was wearing a mail underneath, which is a battle clothing not for a marriage ceremony.
But her suspicion started when she notices Black Walder Rivers close
the banquet hall doors and the mus …
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Where are the Simpsons from?
Undetermined.
The mystery is an intentional running gag and their true state of residence is never revealed. Instances when it does seem to be revealed or at least approximated are usually illogical, …
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Why hasn't the elevator been fixed?
The creators of the program wanted a hallway between the two apartments but they felt that it was too thin. Adding an elevator forces the hallway to be wider.
Forcing the characters to use the stairs …
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What does "A View to a Kill" mean?
The original title is derived from a foxhunting song. From the James Bond Wikia page:
The title itself is adapted from Ian Fleming's short story "From A View to a Kill", contained in the For Your …
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Why is Penny less concerned about the "check engine" light?
The check engine light is being used as an indicator of the relative difference in general concern by Penny versus Sheldon or Beverly.
The check engine light in modern vehicles quite often indicates …
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Is it really possible to produce 99.9% crystal meth?
Yes, it's possible.
In theory, it's possible to produce a 100% pure sample of any substance; if you isolated and removed any molecules that were not those of your target chemical. The trick is that i …
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Why didn't Saito kill himself when he was stuck in limbo?
Most of it is explained in the movie:
Yusuf: We're too heavily sedated to wake up that way. [...] Can't even think about trying to escape [from Limbo] until the sedation eases.
Cobb (to Saito): When …