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Answer: Hollywood and the Arabic language.​ This is actually one of my pet peev.​.​.​ Your Reading Digest Top Stories For You What are some of the common misconceptions and untrue facts about history and the world cultures that the Hollywood films have shown us? Galal Amr Galal, B. Sc. Digital Media Engineering and Technology, German University in Cairo Written Fri Hollywood and the Arabic language. This is actually one of my pet peeves simply because it is a very lazy mistake. So here's the deal. Arabic is spoken as the primary langua... Read More » Why is it that the deeper you go into math the more useless it becomes? Brett Bergan, Robotics Technician Written Sun Have you ever heard of Carver Mead? Probably not. Have you ever heard of Gordon Moore or Moore's Law? Who hasn't!!! Carver Mead was a mathematics wiz a Caltech for 40 years.... Read More » How many ejections can a fighter pilot sustain without substantial harm to health? David Tussey, Former Navy pilot (A-7E). Written 18h ago A squadron mate of mine had three ejections, all in the Navy A-7E aircraft. I was with him on two, although in another aircraft as the A-7 is single seat. The first ejectio... Read More » Is it fun for movie stars to kiss other movie stars on-screen? Howie Reith, works at Medical Research Updated Feb 25, 2016 I'm no Ashton Kutcher, but I have acted in some small films. In a recent horror flick I was cast in, I played a protagonist's "friend" who arranges things such that he gets... Read More » What's the best cold email you've recieved? Madzia Poprawa, Online Community Specialist at RightHello Written 12h ago I personally don't have my favorite one that was sent to me but CEO of my company, Piotr Zaniewicz, got one of the best ones I've ever seen: The best thing in this email is ... Read More » Is sleeping next to your phone dangerous? Does the radiation really cause cancer? Renee Hartsook PhD DABT, Science Writer at Takmos LLC Written Sep 5 First, let's understand the facts about mobile devices and this perception of risk of harm: The type of energy emitted from mobile devices is radiofrequency and it does not ... Read More » Vision (eyesight): What are the ways to reduce the effects of myopia naturally? Jake Steiner, From -5.00 high myope to natural 20/20 vision. Eye guru to 1,000's of myopes. Written Jun 7 Yes it can. But first …. to gauge the validity of other answers to this question, you first need to understand where people are coming from (especially ones who say "no"): Re... Read More » Are gun owners more likely to commit crimes than non-gun owners? Why or why not? Steve Johnson, Firearms specialist, amateur gunsmith, reloader, collector, gun law enthusiast Updated Sep 13, 2016 According to the FBI, from 1960-2013, there were more than 64,606,000 violent crimes reported to various police agencies. Of these 64.6 million crimes, also according to the... Read More » What are some simple exercises to do every day to stay in shape? Ivan Miller, Fitness/Nutrition Enthusiast, Mountain Biker, Data Engineer Written Jul 26 You'll work virtually EVERY muscle in your body with just 3 exercises: pushups pullups squats... Read More » What do Americans find objectionable about single payer health plan? Maryanne Slater, Proprietor (1996-present) Updated Mon This summer I was chatting with an American doctor having a holiday in Canada. In his opinion, Americans object to single payer health care mainly because they so used to d... 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.