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Try to price-match Costco’s Michelin tires at a local shop and you will fail. Outside of warehouse clubs, those specific tire models technically do not exist. However, they are not the inferior,…

Top stories for Long   Are the Michelin tires sold at Costco really different from those at regular tire shops, or is it just a marketing thing? OpenBlueprint • Answered April 16 Try to price-match Costco’s Michelin tires at a local shop and you will fail. Outside of warehouse clubs, those specific tire models technically do not exist. However, they ... Read more » 691 55   Your response is private Was this worth your time? This helps us show content you find valuable. Absolutely not Definitely yes   Why can't humans drink water directly from a river like other animals in the forest or eat food directly from the ground like dogs and cats? After all, aren't we animals like them? Tonya Reveriok, Retired Manager • Answered March 6 We are 98.7 percent identical with chimpanzees. But a dog will drink out of a puddle that will get most people hospitalized within 48 hours. What happened to us? We weren’t ... Read more » 1K 69   If the astronauts really went to the Moon, how did they get past the Van Allen belt? Michael Arndt, former Mad Scientist at Mad Science (1994-2023) • Answered January 22, 2025 I heard Candace Owens say that an aluminum spaceship would melt when trying to traverse the Van Allen radiation belt (VARB) because of its high temperature. (She’s a “fake ... Read more » 1.8K 363   Why do men from upper- and middle-class families act feminine or behave like girls? Matthew Bates, Father, Husband, Teacher • Answered April 7 I realize that this is a troll question, but it hits on something I noticed as I moved up the socioeconomic ladder. I was raised in the lower-middle class in the 80s and 90... Read more » 2.4K 229   Why are Americans so much better at fighting than the Brits? Asked in British Politics and British History • Answered by Steven Lennaman • March 30 Back in 1983, when I was a cook in the 101st, the Brits came in to train Air Assault. For like 3 weeks before they got there, we were told daily not to get into a fight wit... Read more » 1.4K 246   Why should calculus be banned from being taught in high schools? TJ Berens, Aerospace Defense Consultant. • Answered April 12 Wow I haven't even heard that this was a thing. So I looked. It seems to be part of the movement to stifle the US educational system.... Read more » 153 37   If a king dies, and the queen is pregnant, would the throne pass to the unborn baby (with regency, of course) or the closest heir (for example, the king's brother)? Also, are there any examples of this in history? Chris Hawkes, Tutor of UK Citizenship. • Answered March 21, 2024 (From a UK monarchy system) My favourite answer — Yes: and no. In the UK, if the king had no children, the Crown would pass to the next in line of succession: provisional on... Read more » 1.2K 158   What ruins marriages faster than cheating? Jean-Marie Valheur, been in a marriage for seven years • Answered April 6 When I was newly married, my first wife and I attended a party. It was in my hometown, in a place where I knew almost everyone. I walked around the room and garden, chatting... Read more » 5.7K 669   Why do so many Navy SEAL officers leave the Navy at the O-3 level, and what makes it so hard to advance beyond that rank? Raymond St Steven, former Commander at United States Navy (1988-2010) • Answered January 9 I was a Naval Aviator, not a SEAL, but my next door neighbor was a SEAL who opted to stay in for his whole career. When he made O-4, he said his days of “running through th... Read more » 1.7K 70   Is it true that Jupiter is so large that it does not orbit around the sun? Unnikrishnan Menon, Undergraduate Physicist • Updated December 24, 2016 Jupiter, the fifth planet from the sun, gas giant, is huge. Huge. I mean HUGE! Beautiful, this planet, ain't it? ;) It's so huge, in fact, that it doesn't actually orbit the ... Read more » 734 60   How has Iran withstood weeks of sustained U.S. and Israeli strikes? Bryden Walsh, B.A. Ancient History, King's College London • Updated April 8 Iran is poorly understood by most westerners. The country is the successor to the Persian Empire, which has existed for most of the past 2,500 years. Iranians have their ow... Read more » 3K 458   When I look at morbidly obese people, I ask, what was their diet, to end up that way? Carolann Lauda, lived in Brooklyn, NY • Answered April 17 I am morbidity obese, my diet is as follows on an average day . Breakfast - glass of juice as in freshly squeezed organic fruit juice. A cup of non fat yogurt with 1/2 cup ... Read more » 590 365 Read more in your feed

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