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Top stories for Long   What should Canadians know about the likelihood of their phones or computers being checked at U.S. customs? Ex-Fed, former Law Enforcement leader Fed 2003-2024, local 93-03 (1993-2024) • Answered May 17 The US Supreme Court ruled years ago that a person cannot be compelled to provide their password to an account or a device so don't fall for it when some brand new CBP offi... Read more » 64 7   Why was James Bond called "James Bond"? Brian Overland, Writer, critic, actor, author of books on computers such as "C++ Without Fear" • Updated June 4 There are a couple of stories about this. First, Ian Fleming used a lot of exotic names for his villains. These names were from Ian Fleming's original novels and were not j... Read more » 459 49   Davide Fiore, birdwatcher enthusiast since I was a kid • Posted Jun 11, 2022 A man is getting into the shower just as his wife is finishing up her shower when the doorbell rings. The wife quickly wraps herself in a towel and runs downstairs. When she opens the door, there sta... Read more » 1.7K 48   Why is the person changing the tracks in a trolley problem more likely to be charged rather than considered a hero for preventing multiple deaths? Colin Riegels, BCL Law, University of Oxford (1997) • Answered June 11 So, this is one of those discussions which first year law students talk about endlessly. But the super short summary is: Under English law at least, the fact that killing on... Read more » 529 23   If I drained all of the world's oceans and walked to the bottom of Mariana Trench, would there still be pressure? Would it be dark and cold? What would it be like at the bottom? Gorgeyos • Updated 2h ago If I drained all of the world's oceans and walked to the bottom of Mariana Trench, would there still be pressure? Would it be dark and cold? What would it be like at the bo... Read more » 2.7K 304   Why is it so difficult for scientists to create a clear evolutionary tree for human evolution? Claire Jordan, worked at National Health Service • Answered May 2 Because, from the point at which the line leading to us split from the line leading to the chimps and bonobos, six or seven million years ago, we have over six thousand spe... Read more » 402 18   Why doesn't the Chinese foreign minister speak English? Joseph Wang, lives in Hong Kong • Answered October 7, 2018 Because he is the foreign minister of China, and when you speak on things that could result in WWIII, you don't want to get things wrong. Wang Yi happens to speak fluent Eng... Read more » 163 6   What would make a mechanic say no to working on a car? Tom W, former Jack of All Trades, Engineer, Legal Aid, Inventor • Answered May 24 It happened last week when I tried to get a mechanic I know to look at a friend's truck with an "electric" carburetor I was not familiar with. He said he knew the carb well... Read more » 557 23   Reyna Marie Macario, Zoologist at Zoology (2004-present) • Posted Apr 13 In 1939, Tadeusz Pankiewicz was a pharmacist in Krakow when the Nazis arrived. Unfortunately, his family's pharmacy, called "Under the Eagle," was located in the part of the city that the Nazis tur... Read more » 7.7K 226   What is happening to the American economy? Andrey Abutin, Battery Mortician at AutoZone (2021-present) • Answered May 18 The people of the United States have been driven deeper and deeper into poverty for the last half a century, and it's becoming more and more difficult to pretend otherwise.... Read more » 469 60   Is it illegal for places like Home Depot or Ace Hardware to make copies of keys that say "Do not duplicate" on them? William Morgan, BSS Geology & Chemistry, The University of Texas at El Paso (1975) • Updated March 19, 2020 I was a locksmith in Texas from 1972 to 2005. There are only two keys which are illegal to be copied: a Post Office Box Key, and a pay telephone key. These key-blanks are n... Read more » 2.5K 138   Is Japan pretty much dead now? Asked in Japan History, Culture & Anime • Answered by John Fenn. • May 7 There are a great many political, international economic reasons and I am sure most answers will centre around this. However the real reason is that the Japanese culture is... Read more » 1.8K 340 Read more in your feed

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