Which country is the unluckiest? - Quora

Answer: Poland.​ 1655: Sweden invades Poland with the help of the Tartars and.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Which country is the unluckiest? Glenn Watson, Teacher 3.6k votes Poland. 1655: Sweden invades Poland with the help of the Tartars and Cossacks. Poland is devistated. A population of 10 million is reduced to 6 million. ... Read More » What is the most expensive or historically significant item ever to be destroyed? Abhishek Padmanabhan, just another Abhishek 2k votes Two huge statues, built in the Gandhara art style in the 6th (to the 7th) century, cut directly from the sandstone cliffs of the mountain, located on an ancient trade route... Read More » What are crimes countries have apologized for? David Stewart, not even the right wrong David Stewart 367 votes For the first fifty years or so of the 1900's, the Australian government forcibly took children away from Aboriginal families and settled them with white families or in mis... Read More » Who would win on an open field with equal numbers for their army: Genghis Khan or Alexander the Great? Andy Lee Chaisiri, nomad at heart 1.2k votes There's over 1,000 years separating these two conquerors The difference a millennium makes is...... Read More » How difficult is it to make a biographical film about a person who is still alive? Anthony McCarten, Producer, Screenwriter, Theory of Eve... 236 votes I would liken it to walking down the street and looking into the window of a house that’s illuminated, and seeing two people dancing, but not knowing what music they’re dan... Read More » During the exploration era, why did crews of seafaring ships starve rather than fish from the ocean? Mike Bueti, I am getting my PhD in Physical Ocean... 1.2k votes There are large areas of the ocean which are oligotrophic, meaning that they contain an insufficient amount of nutrients to sustain any significant biomass. The largest of ... Read More » What is it like to just quit your job, get a backpack and travel the world? Sunil Abhilash, Co-founder, goMowgli - India's first ... 913 votes May be this below list will just convince you to set out. The problem starts when you start looking at travel as a mode of entertainment and luxury. Your approach should be... Read More » What made the USA so powerful? Morgan D. Kauffman, Systems thinker, futurist, policy ana... 355 votes There's one item that I think everyone missed in their catalogs of natural advantages: ports and rivers. I did a stint as an intern at Stratfor; one of the things I learn... Read More » Travel: What's the most impressive ancient structure in the world? Sahithya Sambandan 570 votes BRAHADESHWAR TEMPLE: (BIG TEMPLE,TANJORE,INDIA) ... Read More » What are the best-kept secrets of great programmers? Jeff Darcy 1.5k votes 1. Never reveal all that you know. OK, seriously this time. I think there are really a few things that distinguish great programmers.... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Quora is your best source for knowledge. Unsubscribe from this email.

What are some things everyone should know about Native Americans? - Quora

Answer: This list can be very long, due to my bias (I am Native American).​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest What are some things everyone should know about Native Americans? Noel Purser Rosario, Environmental Science Student...mom, ... 139 votes This list can be very long, due to my bias (I am Native American). So, to make this short and sweet, I will go with the top five myths regarding us. ... Read More » I am ambitious, talented, and intelligent, but I lack willpower, discipline, and organisation. I am an impulsive procrastinator of the highest order. What can I do? Shana Tiang, Composer and Chronic Ponderer 2.9k votes I've been in this exact situation. I have always had big ambitions and goals and clear direction, but I used to lack everything else that would get me there. I used to pl... Read More » What are the best travel hacks? Sarah Chang, 16 countries, 3 months, 1 suitcase 1.6k votes I traveled for 3 months through Europe living out of one carry-on suitcase. Here's a compilation of everything I found useful or would have liked to know. Hope it makes you... Read More » What is the safest way to go from London to the Himalayas by car? Todd Gardiner, Photographer and questioner of too mu... 534 votes I would love to satisfy this question with my 7,000th answer to Quora. By "safe", I am going to assume you mean safe from political instability, wars, local insurgencies,... Read More » How true an account is the book "Accidental Billionaires" by Ben Mezrich? Ben Mezrich, New York Times Bestselling Author of ... 281 votes Accidental Billionaires, which was adapted into the movie “The Social Network” is, in my opinion, a very accurate retelling of the genesis of Facebook; it mostly takes plac... Read More » What is the most humiliating demonstration made by a country to another during war in history? Harold Kingsberg, Reader 503 votes The Franco-Prussian War The Franco-Prussian War lasted from 19 July 1870 to 10 May 1871 - nine months and two weeks. The French declared war on Prussia, officially because... Read More » What is it like to earn a living through poker? Jeff Meyerson, CrAbLar on Stars, HAAANH on Full Tilt 1.3k votes I played online Poker nearly every day from the age of 15 to 18. When I started, I had several years of competitive Magic: the Gathering under my belt, so I understood the ... Read More » How easily would the US military take Omaha beach today? Paul Frick, Former infantry Staff Sergeant, Unite... 476 votes The most important difference between 1944 and today would be in the realm of guided munitions. I once heard that a single F-15 packs as much firepower as an entire squadr... Read More » Is it sometimes better to not listen to your parents? Marc Bodnick, Leads Quora business & community teams 156 votes Yes. A classic example -- if you are a talented young person today looking for jobs, your parents likely have no experience or intuition in evaluating many of the jobs, car... Read More » Why was Germany able to beat its World War II victors to become Europe's export superpower? Darrell Francis, Summer spent volunteering on a farm i... 148 votes Germany's industrial infrastructure was utterly destroyed in World War II. That which wasn't destroyed was carried off by the USSR and France as Allied forces sought to de-... Read More » Read More in Your Feed This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Quora is your best source for knowledge. Unsubscribe from this email.