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This is the age-old favorite toddler game to enjoy flummoxing their parents. Somehow whenever mine does this with me we end up on "well, because the early makeup of the solar system ... ". Similarly to how repeatedly following the first link in Wikipedia articles tends to land you on Philosophy. It takes more than 5 whys, though.

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> This is the age-old favorite toddler game to enjoy flummoxing their parents.

Yep -- having a child is what taught me that "because" is a totally legitimate answer. Or, for an older child, "I don't know, you should research that".

I was feared as a kid for relentlessy bullying adults with this question. I just remember that most got really annoyed quickly, but some special characters were almost impoasible to crack. In the end everyone gave up.

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