What is something that people were better at 100 years ago?

Answer: Because I am 71, I knew people who were in their prime of life a hundr.​.​.​ Long's Digest Top Stories For You What is something that people were better at 100 years ago? Thomas L. Johnson, Loves books with tons of footnotes.. Updated Jun 25 Because I am 71, I knew people who were in their prime of life a hundred years ago (1918) and there were definitely things that they did easily and routinely that are rarel... Read More » Did the Riemann hypothesis get solved yesterday? Luboš Motl, former Harvard Junior Fellow Written Tue I've been a theoretical physicist – at Harvard faculty and elsewhere – but that field is close to mathematics and I also participated at the International Mathematical Olym... Read More » Is studying German really important for international students in Germany? Aviral Janveja, M-Sc. Computer Science, University of Paderborn (2020) Updated Fri I came to Germany with no training in German language. From my first hand experience in a medium sized town like Paderborn - Yes, having some fluency in German is really imp... Read More » What screams "I'm asking to be pickpocketed"? Rebecca Baldwin, I have lived and traveled all over the world. Updated Aug 23 Okay, this is one tourists never realize. In fact, a lot of people never realize this. In Western Europe (and other places, too), when you get off the subway, many times the... Read More » If 7x + 2 = 23, what is x? Bakugou Katsuki, studied at Arcadia High School, Arcadia, CA (2018) Written Thu The answer is x=3 You isolate x and the order you do that in (in this specific equation) is the opposite of the order of operations (PEMDAS). Addition/Subtraction: 7x is bein... Read More » Why hasn't Thor even mentioned Jane in passing the last few movies? Richard Mason, Comic geek, movie geek, comic-movie geek. Written Sep 23 In Thor: Ragnarok when Loki and Thor arrive on Earth to discover the care home where Loki left Odin is being demolished (shortly before the 15 minute mark) two girls spot T... Read More » What is it like to get a law degree and not become a lawyer? Carol Moulton, J.D. Law, The Catholic University of America (1987) Written Sep 19 I am going to tell you what the Dean of my law school said on the first day. It absolutely freaked me out but I have really come to appreciate it very much. I was expecting... Read More » Why is the Glock pistol not available to regular citizens? Louis Cypher, works at Special Activities Division Updated Sep 24 There are only a few Glock pistols that are not obtainable. Glock 18, a mythical selective fire factory pistol. I've been told by people that should know that it never exist... Read More » Is there a movie so disturbing you wish you'd never seen it? Kairos T, B.A Public Administration (2019) Updated 3h ago "The hills have eyes" - Whoever made this movie should go to the mental hospital or at least get a check-up. Cause this movie has left me traumatized that day and I am a ki... Read More » What's the most interesting thing you've learned as a math major? Justin Rising, PhD in statistics Written Sep 23 I was still an undergrad when I picked this one up, although it was in a master's level class. I guess it counts. Consider the set of all continuous functions from [math][0, 1][/math] to [math]\mathbb{R}[/math]. If ... 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.