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Answer: I dug deeper, and this is not the stupid question I thought it was.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Why does France have a population of 66.6 million and Japan a population of 126.4 million? Ryan Chew, Ardent diaper changer 481 votes I dug deeper, and this is not the stupid question I thought it was! Comparison of the populations of Metropolitan France and Japan Proper. [1][2] Each marker represents a ... Read More » Why do some non-Chinese claim to understand China when most Chinese don't understand their own nation? Eric Miller, Anthropologist 294 votes Because they haven't been in China long enough? There is a joke among expats that goes something like this: Someone who visits China for a week is an expert on China. On... Read More » When and where do soldiers in an active war-zone sleep? Dan Rosenthal, Former Foreign Service Officer, Iraq ... 516 votes Other people can address the WWII aspects of this question -- I'm going to walk you through a day-in-the-life from when I was in Iraq. To do this, I'm going to have to skip... Read More » What is the best comment in a source code that you have ever encountered? Zach Elko, Software Engineer, Game Developer, Gu... 963 votes Not found by me, but this has to be the best one I've ever seen: /* At this point, I'd like to take a moment to speak to you about the Adobe PSD format. PSD is not... Read More » How did Mark Zuckerberg train himself to be a programming prodigy? Mike Hughes 1.2k votes Just because Mark started Facebook doesn't mean he is a programming prodigy. Mark's major was Pyschology so he wasn't at Harvard as a CompSci prodigy. Back in 2004 building... Read More » What is the smallest thing, or things, that you would have to change in history to prevent the Second World War from having happened? Jon Davis, Writer and Blogger on Military, Veter... 859 votes I'd give a flower to a very particular young lady at a very particular moment in time. ... Read More » Why did the US choose Japan and not Germany to nuke? Jon Mixon 161 votes As answered in several other questions here on Quora, the United States tested its first nuclear device (the Trinity test) on July 16, 1945, more than two months after Germ... Read More » How do people in the American South deal with the heat and humidity in the summer? Michelle Roses, Mother, shark diver, reporter, dancer... 292 votes Oh the humidity! Bless your heart Alecia! It must feel hotter than a whore house on nickel night! It's just part of being a Southerner. We sit out on our verandahs, sip m... Read More » Why does Japanese Prime Minister Abe insist on visiting Yasukuni Shrine despite former Emperor Hirohito having ceased going, and current Emperor Akihito having never gone? Andy Lee Chaisiri, Game Designer, Art Director, & Pokemo... 196 votes Right-wing Japanese and Chinese are 'best friends' When Shinzo Abe visits Yasukuni it angers Beijing. When Beijing is angered they make a gesture that threatens military fo... Read More » If all humans descend from a single original population of ancestors in Africa, then how did different "colored" humans come about? Pippi Maria Groving, a crazy M.Scient and a sane Asatru in... 437 votes Shortly: there are about 3 important genes coding for skin color and we get one of each of those three genes from each of our parents. Let's call the genes A, B, and C. So ... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Quora is the best answer to any question. Unsubscribe from this email.