List of things I've often wondered:

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1. Cats hate getting wet. So how in the world did they evolve such a strong appetite for fish?



2. Laughter has a strong part to play in social bonding. So does weeping, perhaps. We think of these two things as being on opposite ends of the emotional spectrum. So if they are so different, why do they sound exactly alike? Why didn't they evolve into different sounds, or why didn't we evolve the ability to tell them apart, except when we are right next to each other (and, sometimes, not even then)?



3. What good are sweaty palms? I mean, right at the point when it would probably be a good idea to bung a rock at something, our palms get too slippery and wet to throw said rock with any accuracy. WTF, evolution?



4. Has there ever been a culture whose religion supports the belief in individual souls that continue to live after bodily death without including some sort of deity?


• If not, why not?



5. Why do arrangement of even-numbered things (groupings of food on a plate, flowers in a vase, items in a list like this) always seem incomplete compared to arrangements of odd-numbered things?