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How long does it take YOU to go? Researchers claims all animals from elephants to cats take exactly 20 seconds to relieve themselves

Researchers say 20 seconds is optimum time to avoid predators
Urethra sized developed to allow any sized animal to empty its bladder in 20 seconds

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I don't agree... There's lots of Pointless/Useless research.

So, what's the point of "pee" research? To avoid predators?

- Possibly related to territorial marking habits. We already know that!
- Yes indeed to avoid predators. But that's nothing new.
Just Imagine... You pee 10 minutes around predators. xD
- "researchers say the strange finding could actually be useful" I don't know what's so strange about it?
- Points to possible shared ancestor. Of what?

Might as well have been an accidental finding along the way of a greater research.
Such research has already been made before.... But It Took one second longer "21" lulz

Average life expectancy over the last 100 years disagrees that research is pointless.

decide that they don't want to vaccinate their kids and cause a measles outbreak. They didn't much care for research.

Ask yourself this question: Have you ever found yourself standing outside in freezing temperatures, barely clad with any form of clothing, and been unable to figure out why you were cold?

Aside from that one Christmas when you woke up naked in the snow bank, you probably have never asked yourself this, and for good reason. You understand how clothing works. It took an entire research team from the School of Archaeology and Anthropology at the Australian National University to figure out the same theory.

In their study of Aborigines, they found that natives living in colder areas would often wear more clothes than those living in warmer areas. While the conclusion was painfully obvious, this study would be skewed heavily if it was done in the Midwestern United States as everyone wears shorts because they’re too drunk to feel the cold.

This world is full of unexplained phenomena, some of which may never have answers, and some of which demand them. But one question that required no answer whatsoever?

It’s the very topic of Nagoya University’s Department of Complex Systems study: Why do traffic jams happen when there is seemingly no reason for it? For years, this has fallen under the same category as questions like “Why is the sky blue?,” “How do birds fly?,” and “Why do people keep asking questions that have been answered centuries ago?”

Thankfully, this study gave us a clear-cut solution to the apparent traffic conundrum. What they find may shock you, so please brace yourself. As it turns out, traffic jams often occur because there are a lot of cars driving slowly. Don’t forget to check out their follow up research project, “Why can you run faster when you’re not standing in line?”