Why is Hanoi the capital of Vietnam? Why not Saigon?

Answer: I answered this question in a different post here.​ As I quote the whol.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You Why is Hanoi the capital of Vietnam? Why not Saigon? Thang Luu, lives in Hanoi, Vietnam Updated Fri I answered this question in a different post here. As I quote the whole answer, hopefully it will not be collapsed due to plagiarism. Barring political reasons, Hanoi is the... Read More » What's the most insane thing a human has survived? Esmée Van Oorschot, I write about weird things Updated Jul 13, 2017 A man in Oregon, went to the doctor. He complained about a headache. Well, that doesn't sound that strange does it? This guy though, is very special. He survived even though ... Read More » Why is it that A+B cannot be equal to AB? Thus 2+2=2*2 has the same answer. Muhammad Anwar, B-Sc. Nuclear Engineering, Alexandria University (2020) Written Mon However silly this question may seem, it concerns a very fundamental idea in science. For any left hand side to equal any right hand side, you need to have a general-case r... Read More » My period has been missing for 254 days. My mother doesn't want to take me to the doctor. She thinks that natural remedies will help. I'm 16. What do I do? Janet McKenzie, BSN, MBA, ND Naturopathic Doctor Written Tue "My period has been missing for 254 days. My mother doesn't want to take me to the doctor. She thinks that natural remedies will help. I'm 16. What do I do?" Sweetheart, you... Read More » Should I reject an offer from Uber to work for Facebook? Jérôme Cukier, software engineer at Uber Updated Oct 4 I used to work at Facebook, I'm now a senior engineer at Uber. I'm going to give you as many comparison points as possible. Money. Of course Facebook will offer you more sala... Read More » What is 1*2*3*4*5*6…? Is there any formula for this like 1+2+3+4+5+6…= -(1/12)? William Quiroz Mendez, 10th grade student Updated Wed First of all, the sum of all positive integers is not [math]-\dfrac{1}{12}[/math]. Many people believe this illogical nonsense and it is atrocious. The idea came from the Riemann zeta function - Wiki... Read More » What do doctors really think of their morbidly obese patients? Matt Bruntel, lives in Potomac, MD Written Jan 5 I had a 500lb patient recently and his wife asked to speak with me in private. She explained that when her husband was a kid, his dad would beat him, sometimes horribly and... Read More » What is under the sand at a beach? Frank Robertson, Construction, Farming, Art (1979-present) Written Jan 3 On the Florida Gulf Coast, the sand, about 9 to 10 feet thick, lies on top of a layer of decaying organic matter about a foot to three foot thick. Underneath this stinking,... Read More » Why are commercial pizzas baked at high temperatures, but homemade pizzas are cooked at 375F? The same is true with steaks, which are cooked at 900F at Ruth's Chris but medium heat at home. Matt Richardson Updated Jul 26 The answer here is threefold. I can't answer for Ruth's Chris, but I worked at Papa John's all through college and a restaurant as well. At Papa John's, pizzas take roughly... Read More » Why is 'X' the most commonly used symbol for algebra, and not literally any other letter? Sharmarko Mohamed, 15-Year-Old student ; GCSEs Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry Updated Jan 8 Because the English letter X isn't the same as the X used in algebra. What I mean is, that squiggly x drawn in it's special font (like two squashed C's, back to back ) is ac... 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.