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Top stories for Long   My dad expects me to look after my non-verbal autistic brother for the rest of his life. He's only 2 years younger than me. I have big dreams and I want my own life. What should I do? Deborah Engen, lives in Golden Valley, Minnesota • Answered March 12 I knew a family who went through the same thing. The older sister had said she would look after her Down Syndrome sister after the parents were gone. Unfortunately, the old... Read more » 11.7K 628   How do you prove the square root of 10 is equal to the exact value of π? Peter James Thomas, Top 5 Quora writer on [math]\pi[/math] • Updated April 21, 2022 How do you prove the square root of 10 is equal to the exact value of π? Assuming you are working in base 10, then the first step is to prove the following: [math]\underline{\text{Lemma}}[/math] [math]0=1[/math] After establishin... Read more » 495 50   What will happen if we don't eat dinner? Weightslossdiet, Health Director | Loving Father | Business Director • Answered May 15 Skipping dinner is a common practice for many people, but it is important to understand what happens to our body when we skip this meal. Dinner is usually the last meal of ... Read more » 1.5K 46   A student is sick, you brought him to the nurse and he has a fever. The school nurse can't reach the parents or all the other emergency contacts. Would you call child services as parental neglect? Jesse Rose, former Retired • Updated May 9 Many years ago I got sick at school. Really sick. I was sent to the E.R. My parents couldn't be found so the school AND E.R. began calling all contact numbers. Someone knew... Read more » 3.7K 104   Teachers, what's the cutest mistake you've ever seen a student make? Colin Terry, studied at Canterbury Christ Church University • Updated September 7, 2021 Not a cute mistake, but an awesome one. For a writing assignment I gave my grade 6 a Cambridge Checkpoint past paper. The final written task was: Scientists have a monster ... Read more » 22.1K 171   Were the bodies of the people who jumped off of the Twin Towers ever recovered after the 9/11 attacks? Wandered too Far, Educated to MSc level; as thick as two planks. • Updated May 11 Technically (some) were - but it was impossible to say for sure that they were the remains of those who were forced to jump. At terminal velocity, approximately 120mph, the ... Read more » 2.6K 274   Can a cop put his foot in your door? Brynden Rivers, Phd Neuropharmacology (2016) • Answered February 24 No, thay absolutely cannot. I refer to the case Coffin v. Brandau where a police officer placed their foot inside a citizen's garage door as it was being closed. The office... Read more » 865 122   What watch would you wear if you could only wear one for the rest of your life? Marc Montagne, Built Toolwatch.io - Head of Digital at Vacheron Constantin • Answered November 18, 2018 I bought myself a Patek Philippe Nautilus 5712 for my 27th birthday. Along with the watch, Patek offered me a complimentary servicing to be used in the first three years. P... Read more » 187 34   Why did General George S. Patton sport pearl-handled revolvers as his preferred sidearms? Brent Cooper, Trial and appellate counsel for Cooper & Scully (1993-present) • Answered August 25, 2022 The revolvers were not pearl handled but ivory. The reason for the revolvers goes back to his hunting down Pancho Villa. As a young man he was part of General Pershing's "Pu... Read more » 4.5K 145   Why did JFK, Jr. think he could fly his plane at night when he wasn't licensed to fly using instruments only? Darren Beyer, Aerospace engineer and ex-NASA Space Shuttle engineer. Private pilot. • Updated November 15, 2022 When I lived in Florida, I was always in relatively close proximity to the coast. I lived and based my aircraft in Orlando (flew out of Orlando Executive Airport). After th... Read more » 1.5K 177   Did Freddie Mercury perform with his flamboyance off instinct or would he practice his moves? Julie Perkerson, Freddie Mercury Lover at Freddie Mercury (1992-present) • Answered August 22, 2019 Rami Malek puts it perfectly when he said in an interview. When the movie started they offered to get him a dance teacher. He said, Freddie doesn't work off a 5…..6….7….8….... Read more » 326 21   Has a drill sergeant ever encountered a recruit who 'had it together' too much to require what the drill sergeants do? Andy Duffell, Ex-air force armourer • Answered November 22, 2022 Absolutely. We had a guy on my recruit course who'd served several years in the British Army in a guards regiment. There was absolutely no point beasting this guy. He knew 9... Read more » 8.7K 236 Read more in your feed

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