Who is the most evil individual you have personally known in real life? Why? - Quora

Answer: After my dad was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, his boss (who ow...   Your Quora Digest Top Stories from Your Feed   Who is the most evil individual you have personally known in real life? Why? 332 Andrew Stein, Skeptically delicious. After my dad was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer, his boss (who owned the company) hired a replacement and had my dad train him. He also refused to pay for days my da... Read More » What are some examples of a fluke? 894 Dan Knight, Art, like morality, consists of drawi... As per usual, I will stick to the first two examples that sprang to mind. Michael Dick (chuckle) hadn't seen his daughter Lisa for over a decade after separating from his ... Read More » Why do so many people from Taiwan dislike being called Chinese? 375 Andy Lee Chaisiri, in Beijing Guess what country this man is from: This is a photograph of a man named Lee Teng-Hui, born in Taiwan in 1923 when it was governed by Japan. He grew up speaking Taiwanese, ... Read More » If two polyglots could communicate in several languages, how would they choose which language to use? 694 Judith Meyer, I speak 8+ languages. It's funny you should ask me today because I have just spent three days with two of the greatest polyglots alive: Professor Alexander Arguelles and Richard Simcott. Both kn... Read More » What are some interesting stories from the production of the television show Nightrider? 99 Joel Rogosin, Writer, Producer & Director, Magnum, ... I’ll tell you a couple of funny things about the Nightrider and especially the car. The show Nightrider depended on a family, the casting package, an attractive leading man... Read More » What is the ultimate irony? 315 Carole Zavala, Born French live in America .trying t... this is a little toy flag sold certainly in America but made in China. Nothing political here ! just the irony of putting perspectives of little small things which are not ... Read More » What is it like to have a photographic (eidetic) memory? 675 Juliette Creech, Writing my MA psychology thesis about... I have a semi-photographic memory in that I can remember the content of most anything I've read and sometimes visually remember where the information is on the page or how ... Read More » Is it true that there are some "no-brainer" gun control laws that should be passed? 414 Brian Dunlap, I work on a series of tubes. I own guns. I like guns. I can conceal carry (though may or may not). I enjoy hitting up the range and shootin' 'em. I do believe there exists a right to gun ownership i... Read More » What are the best deterrents to potential burglars? 453 Tim Dees, Retired cop and criminal justice prof... The process of making your home less of an attractive target for burglars is a little like the joke about the two explorers trying to run away from a pursuing tiger. One of... Read More » If I know that my plane is going to crash, what should I do? 270 Jon Mixon, Frequent flier. However, it's not my ... My advice: Take a last look around and remember exactly where the emergency exits are. Put your head down cover it with your arms and brace for impact....  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.

 

For how long do I have to aim a laser at the moon to see a dot? - Quora

Answer: There are two possible questions here. The first is simply how long w...   Your Quora Digest Top Stories from Your Feed   For how long do I have to aim a laser at the moon to see a dot? 1.4k Robert Frost, engineer/instructor at NASA There are two possible questions here. The first is simply how long would it take for a laser to travel to the moon and back. The moon is around 384,000 km away. The sp... Read More » What are some really cool ways animals defend themselves? 395 Brian Dunlap, I work on a series of tubes. Langur monkeys and chital (spotted deer) in India, individually with respect to each species, aren't entirely remarkable when it comes to how they defend themselves from p... Read More » What are the most unexpected / shocking / baffling things people encounter when visiting the USA for the first time? 213 Mircea Goia, Traveled in Germany, France and now i... When I came here from an Eastern European country I was "shocked" by: how big are everything (cars, buildings, streets, restaurant portions, clothes and yes, some people t...  Read More » How would it feel to die in an airplane crash like MH17? 1.4k Ramzi Amri, MD/PhD candidate (Surgical Oncology) I am very sorry for your loss and cannot begin to imagine what you are going through. I really would prefer not to speculate on such morbid matters, but knowing people who ... Read More » What was it like to work with Bruce Lee? 78 Joel Rogosin, Writer, Producer & Director, Magnum, ... The reality was that I didn’t work with Bruce that much. I did a series called Longstreet with Jim Franciscus, Marilyn Mason, Peter Mark Richman and Ann Doran. Bruce was su... Read More » What is the ultimate irony? 1.5k Dan Knight, Art, like morality, consists of drawi... China is the world's worst polluter but largest investor in green energy. This is Baotou, China: This is where they make the magnets we use for our wind turbines in the UK... Read More » Who are the most evil humans in history whom most people have never heard of? 194 Donato Santo, "Caesar si viveret, ad remum dareris" Not sure if exactly most people have never heard of him, but some probably haven't, and he's surely overshadowed by higher-profile tyrants, kings, dictators, etc, in slight... Read More » What images will change the way a person sees the world after viewing them? 194 Janie Sanchez Below are images of regular practices in the animal farming industries in the US and UK (they're common worldwide): (*No Gore*) ... Read More » Could two smart computer science Ph.D students create a search engine that unseats Google? How vulnerable is Google to this possibility? 706 Graham Horton, Professor, Innovation Consultant, Ven... 1) No and 2) Not at all. If anything can unseat Google, it won't be better search, it will be something that makes search irrelevant. ... Read More » What is the silliest thing you have done that taught you a lesson? 68 Adriano Horotano Can't decide: - At 4, as one of my friends was banging a stone with a metal pipe I wanted to touch the stone to see if it got hot from the banging. The pipe came down rippi... 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.