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Top stories for Long   What is a stand you took with your in-laws that you will never apologize for? Stephen Jones • Answered August 25, 2021 My wife got killed in a car accident and right after the funeral her sister an aunt came to my house to eat. I left to go get ice and came in and they were going through al... Read more » 4.8M 22.6K 396   Can Germans understand the speakers of the other Germanic languages? Chris Ebbert, knows German • Answered February 24, 2019 As a speaker of High German, I would rank the extent to which the other Germanic languages are commonly understandable as follows: Dutch, 40%; to me, Dutch sounds a bit labo... Read more » 255.8K 1.2K 142   How many Russian tanks are destroyed in Ukraine? R J Holland, former Professional Drummer Session and Touring Bands • Updated 11h ago I watched the news last night. It showed that a Russian armoured column was moving down a street in Busha, Ukraine. Ukrainian military hit the first one then the last one t... Read more » 356.6K 2.1K 220   What are some upper class mannerisms that lower and middle class folks do not have? Srinath Nalluri, M.Sc, B. Eng Mechanical Engineering & Minor, National University of Singapore (2... • Answered May 7, 2021 Upperclass Dude. He bought a car. He wants to go on a road trip. He books the accommodation online, charges his camera and the additional battery pack, packs the bags and goes... Read more » 591K 1.3K 116   Was Anne Boleyn's skin black? Lissa Bryan, former Author at The Writer's Coffee Shop (2012-2017) • Answered April 6 Anne Boleyn wasn't Black, but she had a skin tone dark enough to elicit comment from contemporary observers. Her skin tone was described as "swarthy." One of her early apol... Read more » 761.8K 925 131   Why are new car batteries lasting only about a year and will not charge once it goes totally dead? I've replaced 6 batteries this year with new. My 6 year old RV batteries are still good and take a charge just fine. John Berg, former Generation Technician (1978-2014) • Answered September 3, 2021 We had a fleet of trucks where I used to work. About 40 vehicles. We noticed the new vehicles batteries did not last a year. One day our mechanic asked me to look at someth... Read more » 958.8K 2.8K 421   Why are there 'Mc' and 'O'' prefixes in Irish surnames? Raghnaid NicGaraidh, knows Scottish Gaelic • Updated August 2, 2020 I am slightly shocked by how many people have answered this claiming that the "O" means "of". As a bit of background, the Irish language used to use (and arguably still uses... Read more » 654.7K 5K 272   Is Greek the only European language to have its own alphabet rather than using Cyrillic or Latin? Brian Collins, BA Linguistics & Slavic Languages, University of Washington (2014) • Updated March 5 "Is Greek the only European language to have its own alphabet rather than using Cyrillic or Latin?" Do you mean 'an alphabet no other language uses?' If so, then no, Greek-ba... Read more » 221K 892 95   Did Putin land at Ben Gurion Airport last night? Keith White, former Scientist - now just old, opinionated and retired! • Updated March 15 It is 03:40UTC on 28th Feb 2022 and there is an unmarked A330 about to land at Ben Gurian Airport in Tel Aviv - coming direct from Moscow with the call sign "Russian Sky 85... Read more » 5M 1.5K 234   What was the most horrifying phone call you've ever received? How did you handle it? Jo Haemer, Jewelry and Metals Teacher (2016-present) • Answered September 24, 2021 "Hello Mom? Are you sitting down?" It was my son on the phone. At this point I thought that perhaps my daughter in law was pregnant. I started to smile. "Mom, I have aggre... Read more » 11.4M 10.1K 83   Is it okay to not wear anything under leggings? Needa, studied at Reigate Grammar School • Answered February 21 Anything worn under leggings - even a thong or g string - will be noticeable, either because of the colour showing through or because of the visible lines. if you are confid... Read more » 1M 576 40   Could octopuses ever evolve into a sapient species? Why or why not? Joel Reid, Science teacher • Updated June 23, 2019 No, octopuses are unlikely to evolve into a sapient species … but the reason why is sort of sad. Octopuses are indeed highly intelligent creatures, but they suffer a drawbac... Read more » 733.6K 12.7K 156 Read more in your feed

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