Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers blog

 Have you come across a question which made you think “Wow that is so interesting”? We have, many times. That’s because as well as allowing wannabe scientists to ponder about the mysterious aspects of space or help eager chefs look for a mouth watering recipe, Answers has also been home to many weird and wonderful questions. The ones which instantly make you think, ponder, or simply smile.

For example, have you ever thought about why we can’t tickle ourselves? And isn’t it funny why one person yawning sets off a wave of yawns with other people too? Our body does other strange things too, which users like Angel Kiss have asked about. She wanted to know why we get hiccups. Similarly, Moonbeam was curious to know why we blink.

As well as our own odd behaviours, we seem to be asking a lot about animals. Since they can’t explain to us why they do the things they do, we can only ask each other, just like an answerer did when he asked why penguin’s feet don’t freeze. They waddle along on the ice all day, so it is quite fascinating to know how they avoid frostbite.

Like these penguins, birds must have some sort of super power too, otherwise why is that they don’t get electrocuted while perching happily on wires? If that wasn’t interesting enough for you, then maybe you’d like to find out how spiders manage to avoid sticking to their own webs. And on that sticky note, why doesn’t glue stick to the inside of the bottle?

Looking at these questions, it seems that Answers users really are a curious bunch. Unfortunately, this isn’t always a good thing – after all, curiosity killed the cat. But luckily, we’re not cats, we’re inquisitive people who continue to ask which biscuit will survive the most dunks in tea, or just how those blue are red stripes are put into white toothpaste.

These are just a selection of the quirky things that Answerers have asked, but there are many more out there. So if you’ve ever asked or seen a question which you think definitely had the ‘wow’ factor, leave a comment and let us know about it. After all, the Answer’s community is all about learning, discovering and sharing.

– Yahoo! UK & Ireland Answers team