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My grandmother told me this story when I was pregnant. She had my mom in 1953 in Poland. At the time, it was very common for parents to leave the baby alone at home while it was sleeping. My gra…

Top stories for Long   Why can't an infant be left alone after they fall asleep? Why can't you leave the house? What can happen to it while it's asleep? Arielle Andrea Halina Heath-Gonzalez, former Teacher (2014-2016) • Updated April 23, 2017 My grandmother told me this story when I was pregnant. She had my mom in 1953 in Poland. At the time, it was very common for parents to leave the baby alone at home while i... Read more » 7.4K 421   What are some of the biggest questions that quantum physics and Einstein's theory of general relativity cannot answer? Peter Drummond, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Swinburne University of Technology (2008-pre... • Answered November 29 I think Dirac had the best questions, in his 1963 article in Scientific American. He had three questions. None of them are answered yet. It is 60 years since he wrote this.... Read more » 532 73   What's wrong with open borders? Why can't we just let everyone in, and why hasn't Joe Biden officially declared open borders in America? Valerie Rhea, lives in The United States of America • Answered August 15 The biggest issue with an open border policy is the cost to taxpayers, currently estimated at as much as $450 billion annually. No person has the right to claim any of the b... Read more » 1.3K 361   Can a radar detector installed in your car be detected by police equipment without visual confirmation? Paul Harding, Deputy Sheriff since 2000, Flight Instructor • Updated February 3, 2017 I've done it audibly several times. See a car moving fast down the highway and not slowing down even though the driver would be able to see my fully-marked squad car if he w... Read more » 2.3K 390   Why is it a bad idea to buy a house when you're in your 50s? Bob Wilson, I have owned multiple acreages and homes. • Answered March 30 I tore down my cabin and took out a mortgage to build my retirement home when I was 58. I amortized it over 9 years, so that when I planned to retire at 67, it would be pai... Read more » 1.3K 68   Should passengers be allowed to wear anything they want on a flight, even if it is "offensive" or "annoying" to other passengers, as stated in Delta Airlines' policy? Elaine Lenzko, former Airline Passenger Service Agent (1988-2014) • Answered October 23 I once was working a flight, as a gate agent, and a passenger boarded wearing a T-shirt that had F___ in large letters on the front. Of course, he happened to be sitting in... Read more » 4.8K 402   When jumpstarting a dead car with another car why should we connect the negative terminal of the working battery to the chassis of the dead car and not to the negative terminal of a dead battery? David Moe, lives in Canadian Rockies (2006-present) • Answered March 11, 2018 The usual routine when doing it is to connect the jumper cables from the good battery to the bad battery, positive terminal to positive terminal and negative terminal to ch... Read more » 1K 120   Currently on an LDS mission, want to leave the church. Still a strong Christian. Confused on some doctrinal things such as fasting, tithing, baptism, sacrament, church attendance etc. How do I do them according to the Lord's true will? What do I do? Brad Leeser, History Buff. Former Bishop, Seminary Teacher, Ham Operator • Updated Fri I agree that if you are really on a mission, you should talk to your mission president. However, several things In your question cause me to think that this is not really f... Read more » 156   What baseball player had the most home runs in the shortest career? Aaron Brown, Columnist at Wilmott Magazine (1999-present) • Updated February 19 Edit: corrected for an error noticed by Jim Heald: Here are the players with claims to that record, all of whom had careers shorter than one full season, played over less th... Read more » 103 38   What's your favorite counterexample in mathematics? Kevin Gomez, Number theorist in training • Answered August 27, 2018 *A2A My favorite is probably Skewes's number. Some context: So, you may have heard of this thing called the Prime number theorem, which states that the number of primes less ... Read more » 114 6   I have been married for 16 years and my husband has had a will done behind my back leaving the house to his daughter. Do I have any rights? Lois From CNY, Christian mother to an adult son & pastor. Nana to 2 teens! • Updated December 4 I have been married for 16 years and my husband has had a will done behind my back leaving the house to his daughter. Do I have any rights? Yes, you certainly do have rights... Read more » 3.8K 4   Has any actor been paid to do nothing in a film? If so, were they still paid for their role? Carl Schultz, Movie Reviewer for Somerset Magazine • Updated May 12 Well, Bob Hoskins was hired to play Al Capone in Brian DePalma's 1987 film "The Untouchables" because the filmmaker's first choice for the role, Robert De Niro, wasn't avai... Read more » 3.1K 160 Read more in your feed

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