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Answer: Do you see the two scrawny (as in starved) soldiers standing behind th.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest Do countries punish their soldiers for surrendering? David Ecale, Computer Systems Analyst/Prgrammer with OS Experience from IBM. UNIVAC & CRAY Written Dec 14 Do you see the two scrawny (as in starved) soldiers standing behind the guy sitting at the desk? They both surrendered, right at the beginning of the war! They were kept as ...  Read More » Why did the Japanese massacre so many Chinese during the Nanjing Massacre? Stanley Okimoto, works at Maritz Updated Jul 21 There’s a more deep-rooted reason why the Japanese committed atrocities like the Nanjing Massacre, that goes beyond politics. I’m Japanese, and sad to say the Japanese are ...  Read More » How do American and Western European living standards compare? Thomas L. Johnson, Professor Emeritus; GED Teacher at Minnesota Literacy Council (2016-present) Written Nov 10 One simple phrase: quality of life. Americans are wealthy and love quantity — three cars, six boats, two homes, a garage full of toys, three flat screen televisions, a week ...  Read More » Are curved monitors good for programming? Darin King, Sr Software Engineer at FHLB (2015-present) Written Dec 19 I had a coworker spend about $1200 for 34″ curved monitor, rather than $900 for a the flat 34″. I asked him about it 9 months later, and he said that if he had to do over a...  Read More » What was it like to be a German soldier on D-Day? Glen Rhodes, works at Freelancing Written Dec 20 My wife’s grandfather, “Opa”, was there on D-Day, on the German side. He just turned 90, so he was 18 years old at the time. He was a machinist maintaining anti-aircraft gu...  Read More » Do police cars in the U.K. have improved engine performance to help them chase criminals? Steve Hatchel, studied at UCLA Written Sep 30 I laugh at this Robin Williams quote every time I think of it: “You know in England if you commit a crime, the police don’t have a gun and you don’t have a gun. So if you co...  Read More » Could a fleet of helicopters lift a Naval aircraft carrier out of the ocean? Giles Holtby, works at UFIT Updated Sun In theory it's just a case of working out how many helicopters, right? The Mi-26 is the worlds most powerful heavy-lift heli and has an official payload capacity of 20 tons,...  Read More » During WWII why did US marines not have shields while invading the islands occupied by Japanese? Matti Porkka, worked at Midnight Forge Written Dec 1, 2015 You mean something like this? Soviets could not break Finnish defenses in Winter War so they tried to be creative. ... Read More » How did Pakistan manage to produce a world class jet fighter, JF-17 Thunder, at a fraction of price of a U.S. counterpart? Sean Patrick Maiorca Written Dec 1 The JF-17 is a 4th generation fighter in a 5th generation world. The price isn’t as amazingly cheap as you think it is about $25 million to $32 million, while the Typhoon a...  Read More » Why does Europe have a voltage of 220V, Japan has 100V, and North America has 110V? Is 220V better, more dangerous, or more efficient? Why doesn't the world converge into a more unified voltage? Michael Cousland, works at United States Armed Forces Written Oct 10 You should not be surprised that they use different voltages and frequencies; you should be surprised that there are only two big voltage/frequency standards. When electrici...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.