Lurking Questions. Serious.

Why do people squint their eyes when they can't see? Wouldn't that just make it less space to see out of?
Why isn't "palindrome" spelled the same way backwards?
Why do they say "an alarm going off," if it is really going on?
If a person suffered from amnesia and then was cured would they remember that they forgot?
Why isn't phonetic spelled the way it sounds?
Why is it called a "building" when it is already built?'
Why do we play in recitals and recite in plays?
Why do they put Braille dots on the keypad of the drive-up ATM?
Can blind people see their dreams?
If an anarchist group attained political power, would they by principle have to dissolve their own government?
What does OK actually mean?
If you have x-ray vision, and you can see through anything, wouldn't you see through everything and actually see nothing?


.......because I really want to know. And no one has answered these for me yet!