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Thứ Năm, 10 tháng 12, 2015
Can it be said WWII was a war of quantity against quality? - Quora
Answer: The legend of German technical superiority in the war has been oversta...
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Can it be said WWII was a war of quantity against quality?
Ernest W. Adams
, Game Design Consultant, Author, and Professor
396 votes
The legend of German technical superiority in the war has been overstated, in part due to their excellent propaganda machine. Their movie footage of tanks roaring along loo...
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Has any war simply stopped because of a country's inability to pay for it?
Dan Holliday
, I read.
321 votes
World War I. Germany didn't run out of soldiers. It ran out of money and supplies. By the end of the war, the Allies (now with massive American industrial, personnel and fi...
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How do you get so many NFL players on The League?
Jeff Schaffer
, Exec Producer of The League, Fmr Exec Producer, Seinfeld & Curb Your Enthusiasm
39 votes
We were very lucky in the beginning. Antonio Gates came on the show (the spa scene with Ruxin) before we had ever been on the air, so he took a real leap of faith. As did ...
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When I was very young in college my father once told me life is not meant to be experimented with. Is he right?
Franklin Veaux
, Small business owner, sexuality educator, writer
1.2k votes
Yes, he is absolutely, 100% right...
...if you are a termite.
...
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Why doesn't the U.S. have freeways, like the German Autobahn, with no general speed limit?
Marc Hoag
, CEO & Co-Founder Twibble-io
1.5k votes
In more or less decreasing order of importance, why America cannot handle high-speed autobahn-type freeways:
Car control.
It's too easy to get a driver's license in Americ...
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Which two countries today could merge into one peacefully?
Carter Moore
, Top Writer 2015 | Scatterbrained
685 votes
I know that I'm likely going to cop a lot of flak for saying this, but guys, seriously...
Canada and the United States
...
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Is China eager for war?
Jimmy Liu
177 votes
Bro, you make this too easy for me:
1. Ignored international protests.
Right, cause we all know that when "international protests" demand something, major powers will alwa...
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What was it like for WWII soldiers to return home after the war ended?
Jay Bazzinotti
, Seeking my destiny; 4 patents, 3 books, 2 degrees, 24 countries, 46 statess,
274 votes
I can speak of my father's experience as related by his family but first, if you want an excellent description of people coming home from war read "The Forgotten Soldier" b...
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Are doctors in the U.S. significantly better than those in other countries?
Kartik Ayyar
, Google Engineer, Tesla Fanboy
435 votes
As someone who spent approximately half my life growing up in India, and most of my adult life in the US, my observation has been I've never felt strong positive feelings t...
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Since all wars are won by the stronger side, how can there be such a thing as just war?
Brandon Li
, I have enough of an education to know how to use Google and the library
193 votes
This is untrue, that's why.
Forces that are weaker on paper regularly win wars because of superior will, strategic and tactical skill, luck, or some other advantage. In ea...
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Thứ Năm, 3 tháng 12, 2015
Why didn't the Allies carve up Germany and take it as their own after the second Worl...? - Quora
Answer: They had planned on doing just that. In fact, there were elements in t...
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Why didn't the Allies carve up Germany and take it as their own after the second World War?
Jon Mixon
167 votes
They had planned on doing just that. In fact, there were elements in the Free French government and the UK which wanted to neuter Germany permanently as a punishment for st...
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Who was the most ruthless U.S. politician who ever lived?
Dan Holliday
, Recruiter, Traveler, Runner, CrossFitter, Philosopher & Lover of History; Bilingual (English/Spanish), BcS - CompSci.
1.2k votes
Francis Under. . . errrrr, I mean,
Lyndon B. Johnson
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There are other honorable mentions: FDR, Nixon, Woodrow Wilson, Jefferson, Clinton, Kennedy. Oddly enough the list o...
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Is swimming a good way to build up muscles?
Wayne Henderson
423 votes
Yes and no. Take a look at two of the best swimmers ever.
...
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What are some thoughts from European generals about America's tactics in wars through its history?
Bryan Cockel
, Entrepreneur, amateur natural historian, history interested person.
276 votes
In the film "Patton" there is a scene at the Battle Of El Guettar in Tunisia where Patton yells towards the German lines: "Rommel, you magnificent bastard! I read your book...
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What's the English level of Xi Jinping and Putin?
Igor Markov
, EECS Prof at Michigan - currently at Google
581 votes
Here's a video of Putin speaking English and another one (obviously rehearsed speeches at major events). However, Putin is unable to maintain a meaningful conversation in E...
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How were cannonballs effective against personnel?
Ernest W. Adams
, Game Design Consultant, Author, and Professor
144 votes
Cannonballs don't explode. They're just a solid ball of iron. They punch a large hole in the person they hit, and the next 10 or 15 people behind him as well. They're bruta...
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Why do toilets in China smell so bad?
Amanda Tendler
549 votes
There are certain smells that are easily identifiable in different culture's bodily waste. India's public toilets have a particular smell. So do China's. So do the over san...
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If the United States was so unprepared for war when WWII began, how did they end up with such superior technology with their planes and small arms?
Barry Hampe
, Atheist, writer, pilot, sage, small-L libertarian
269 votes
The U.S. was the richest nation on the planet. We could afford to put our economy on a war basis, running three shifts around the clock.
We had a strong Navy in 1941 with a ...
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How does deep-frying become unhealthy for you?
Dorus Rolvink
2k votes
As a food technologist, I see a lot of nonsense in the replies here, so allow me to first go through them one by one. If you only want the answer to how to make deep-fry...
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How should society deal with increasing unemployment due to automation?
Vinod Khosla
, Entrepreneur, investor and technologist. Founder of Khosla Ventures.
76 votes
If the Tea Party thinks taxes are a problem today, I think we will have a much larger income disparity problem in 40 years. Whether redistribution is good or not, I don't t...
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