What don't people tell you about World War II?

There was a lot of sex. By 'sex', I mean intimate relations between adult human beings. Just think about it: whether you are service personnel going off to fight at the front tomorrow or civili…

Long's Digest   Top Stories For You   What don't people tell you about World War II? Eòghann Peadarson, Occasionally writes on history-related topics • Answered December 16 There was a lot of sex. By 'sex', I mean intimate relations between adult human beings. Just think about it: whether you are service personnel going off to fight at the fron... Read More » 42.9K 125 9   Was the U.S.S.R. a developed country? Laurie Keller, former University Senior Lecturer Computer Science • Updated March 4, 2020 When I travelled there in the early 1970s I would have said yes and no. Some aspects of life in the USSR were quite amazing. For example, the metro (underground/subway syst... Read More » 140.1K 418 76   What is the most brutal truth about Mao? CaiLei, lives in China (1975-present) • Updated January 3 When Mao Zedong returned to China from his visit to the Soviet Union, he got off the train and the first thing he did was to convene a meeting. He said that there are only t... Read More » 30.2K 439 152   What ever happened to the officer that ignored the warning report of the imminent attack on Pearl Harbor? Brent Cooper, Trial and appellate counsel for Cooper & Scully (1993-present) • Answered November 13 That officer was Kermit Tyler. He received the report of aircraft approaching Pearl Harbor and told the privates reporting the radar images not to worry. To familiarize purs... Read More » 710K 5.1K 176   Why do we teach math that won't ever apply instead of useful math? Alec Cawley, Software Engineer • Answered August 26 A friend who has a degree in maths said that one of his professors had said that there were two fields of mathematics which would never be of any use: prime number theory a... Read More » 67.8K 917 44 Read More in Your Feed

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