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Top stories for Long   You hold the door open for a lady and she stops in her tracks and screams at you, 'Don't hold the door for me! I'll get it myself!' What are your feelings or immediate reaction? Geoff Kipps-Bolton, studied at Nene University, Northampton • Answered August 14, 2020 I heard of a guy who was shouted at by a woman. "You don't have to open the door because I'm a lady!" The man smiled and replied. "Madam, I didn't open the door because you'... Read more » 1.7M 25K 543   If a police officer pulls you over for speeding and asks "do you know how fast you were going?", is it better to respond with an honest answer saying how fast you were going or to just say you were unaware? David Deitsch, A little of this, and a little of that. • Updated March 26 Last year I was taking a class taught by a retired police officer and he was explaining why you should not always answer police officers' questions, but sometimes should. A... Read more » 10.2M 1.7K 291   What is the cruelest thing German soldiers did during WW2? Boris Ivanov, studied History & Literature at Russian State University for the Humanities • Answered August 13, 2021 At the beginning of WWII in the Soviet Union, Germans had an "interesting" way of building POW camps. They were bringing Soviet POWs to an empty field, surrounding them wit... Read more » 1.1M 1.5K 358   Owen Wilson has a daughter whom he refuses to meet. How come no one ever asks him about this in interviews? Does he have a good reason (excuse) not to do it or is the industry protecting him? Lee • Answered February 8 From what I've read, he paid the mother $70,000 for her to cover medical expenses, legal fees etc … and he pays monthly child support payments. After the paternity hearing,... Read more » 6M 4.7K 617   My school is demanding a copy of every student's car key. Is this legal? Kurt Guntheroth, Software Engineer and Writer • Answered March 6 Give them a photocopy of your car key, which, technically speaking, is a copy. Write "No consent to search" on the paper. Cast your key in a block of resin, along with a lab... Read more » 1M 4.8K 423   What is a British idiom that simply can't be used in America? Therese Rørvik Skjølberg • Updated July 15, 2020 I studied in the UK, but my English was American. Thus I experienced several of the types of moments where you say something and your British audience just stands there wit... Read more » 667.3K 2.2K 406   What are the dark secrets of chemotherapy that your oncologist won't tell you? Julian Money-Kyrle, former Consultant Oncologist (Retired) at National Health Service (1986-2017) • Answered March 27 Speaking as an oncologist who has had to take early retirement because of cancer, and subsequently had chemotherapy myself, I would say that the worst side-effect was the e... Read more » 1.1M 4.1K 246   Is Bertolli olive oil real? Roscoe Giuriati, former Sous Chef / Executive Chef • Answered April 1 As in "of this planet"? Then yes, it is real. As in "100% olive oil", then no. Deoleo, the parent company of Bertolli, has settled class action lawsuits, or paid fines in wha... Read more » 560.8K 887 136   Is it true that General Montgomery ordered the British army to turn their guns onto the Americans in the Battle of the Bulge to stop them running? Paul Adam, MA Intelligence and International Relations, Staffordshire University (2016) • Answered April 23 Given that it's pretty well known to those looking at the history, even in the UK, how often US troops caught up in the Ardennes offensive - even rear-area units running sa... Read more » 373K 2.3K 333   When did you realize that you no longer like to go out and have fun at night, but that you prefer to stay at home? Why? Mary Kliewer, former Executive Administrative Assistant at Merck (1991-2014) • Updated May 3 I was in my 40s. I was with m second husband eating a late dinner in a bar/restaurant. We were next to the bar, and a woman and man were chatting clearly both looking for a... Read more » 1.1M 1.1K 85   Why do Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") have pentagrams and the all-seeing-eye on their temples? Ronald Kimmons, former Missionary in Taiwan at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (... • Updated October 22, 2019 Pentagrams: The five-pronged star with two prongs on the upper side is used in some LDS temples, mostly in stained-glass windows and other features that are visible from th... Read more » 365.7K 920 110   What determines the speed of light? Is there something unique about 299,792.458 km per second, or is it an arbitrary value? My intuition says that there is something unique about it. What does science say? Brandon Ross, contributor at ScienceGrok.com • Updated April 27 What a marvelous question! This is a literally round-about answer. Which—after you digest it for a bit—should leave you with more questions than you came with. There is a pro... Read more » 138.6K 5.6K 200 Read more in your feed

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