When it comes to top Google searches starting with "why do," people in our area appear to be curious about some strange things.
In a blog post, AT&T compiled the top "why-do" questions searched on Google for each state.
It turns out New Yorkers were curious about why feet smell. And people in Connecticut and New Jersey really wanted to know: "Why do Yankees do thumbs down?"
(For the record, it started last September with this very memorable cut to a Mets fan giving Todd Frazier a thumbs-down when Frazier hit a three-run homer at Citi Field during a Yankees-Rays game. Frazier soon adopted the gesture as a way to a celebrate a base hit, and it spread throughout the team.)
Some other top "why-do" questions asked on Google across the U.S. include: "Why do men have nipples?" "Why do flies like poop?" "Why do you want to work here?" and "Why do I feel so alone?"
See the full list below, as gathered by AT&T:
- Alabama: Why do dogs lick
- Alaska: Why do we celebrate Halloween
- Arizona: Why do people lie
- Arkansas: Why do we sleep
- California: Why do flies like poop / Why do ankles swell / Why do birds suddenly appear / Why do girls wear makeup / Why do humans kiss / Why do humans cry / Why do I feel so alone / Why do jumping beans jump / Why do people snore
- Colorado: Why do my boobs hurt
- Connecticut: Why do yankees do thumbs down
- Delaware: Why do dogs eat grass
- District of Columbia: Why do I sweat so much
- Florida: Why do I feel so alone
- Georgia: Why do you love me
- Hawaii: Why do roosters crow
- Idaho: Why do men have nipples
- Illinois: Why do dogs have tails / Why do my teeth hurt / Why do zebras have stripes
- Indiana: Why do my boobs hurt / Why do cats knead
- Iowa: Why do cats knead
- Kansas: Why do cats knead / Why do I sweat so much
- Kentucky: Why do cats knead
- Louisiana: Why do people yawn
- Maine: Why do leaves change color
- Maryland: Why do you want to work here
- Massachusetts: Why do cats hate water
- Michigan: Why do I have diarrhea / Why do people cheat
- Minnesota: Why do apples float
- Mississippi: Why do living things need water
- Missouri: Why do tomatoes split
- Montana: Why do dogs eat grass
- Nebraska: Why do fireflies glow
- Nevada: Why do dogs lick
- New Hampshire: Why do leaves change color
- New Jersey: Why do yankees do thumbs down
- New Mexico: Why do we dream
- New York: Why do feet smell
- North Carolina: Why do hurricanes form
- North Dakota: Why do dogs eat grass
- Ohio: Why do I hate myself / Why do guys have nipples
- Oklahoma: Why do dogs lick
- Oregon: Why do cats knead
- Pennsylvania: Why do birds sing / Why do cats hate water / Why do dogs pant / Why do farts smell
- Rhode Island: Why do cats purr
- South Carolina: Why do I sweat so much / Why do kids bully
- South Dakota: Why do dogs eat grass / Why do dogs eat poop
- Tennessee: Why do fireflies glow
- Texas: Why do ears ring / Why do eyes twitch / Why do I bruise easy / Why do my kidneys hurt / Why do my legs ache / Why do seals slap themselves / Why do they call it the birds and the bees / Why do veins pop out
- Utah: Why do we yawn / Why do NFL players kneel
- Vermont: Why do leaves change color
- Virginia: Why do people cheat
- Washington: Why do cats like boxes
- West Virginia: Why do cats purr
- Wisconsin: Why do fireflies glow
- Wyoming: How to kiss
