Category: Investigative Reporting

What is mummy brown?

Score: 4.5/5 (2 votes) Mummy brown, also called Egyptian brown, is a rich brown bituminous pigment, intermediate in tint between burnt umber and raw umbe...

How do lynxes mate?

Score: 4.9/5 (70 votes) During mating season, the male will follow a female. Lynx mate between February and March. Two months after mating, the female wi...

Why is ether polar?

Score: 4.5/5 (52 votes) Ethers have relatively low boiling points due to their inability to form hydrogen bonds with each other. Due to the electronegati...

Where did flossing start?

Score: 4.6/5 (75 votes) The floss dance originates from an Instagram-famous American schoolboy, 16-year-old Russell Horning, known as the backpack kid. B...

What is a hypothecated account?

Score: 4.6/5 (59 votes) Hypothecation occurs when an asset is pledged as collateral to secure a loan. The owner of the asset does not give up title, poss...

When someone is predeceased?

Score: 5/5 (42 votes) To predecease someone is to die before they do. ... While you can use this verb to talk about any person or animal's death — o...

How a fig ripens?

Score: 4.7/5 (33 votes) Figs are what is scientifically known as a climacteric fruit, which means they ripen (on the tree or not), when exposed to ethyle...