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Answer: There is a perception in the Hollywood era that horses are significant.​.​.​ Your Reading Digest Top Stories For You Why did the ancient Greeks in the Persian wars use runners as messengers, couldn't they have used horses? Wouldn't that have been faster? Pat Sullivan Written Feb 13 There is a perception in the Hollywood era that horses are significantly faster than runners, but this is only true in short distances. Once you go beyond five or ten miles...  Read More » Did Germany and Japan actually win World War II? John Billington, works at Electrical Engineering Updated Jan 15 Japan absolutely won the war. Germany also won the war, but it took much longer. The Japanese were truly victorieous after WWII. They freed themselves from an oppressive gov...  Read More » Who have been some of the best American Four-Star Generals in the past 20 years? Christopher Witman, Ex-US Army and Reserve Veteran of ten 10 years w/ an Associates in Military hist Written Dec 3 Ignoring the fact that he couldn't keep his mouth shut or his zipper closed, David Patreus gets my vote. The guy literally wrote the book on counterinsurgency warfare for th...  Read More » Why did the Chinese never adopt word spacing? Yinso Chen, Know a thing or two about Chinese. Written Dec 19, 2015 Because there is no reason to. Believe it or not, youcanactuallyreadEnglishsentenceswithoutspacesaswell. Ittakessomepractice, butyoushouldbeabletoreadthesesentenceswithoutmu...  Read More » Why does the UK censure Israel while still occupying Ireland? Ernest W. Adams, lives in The United Kingdom Written Feb 11 The UK does not “occupy” Ireland. A portion of the island of Ireland is part of the UK, Northern Ireland, as established by the Anglo-Irish Treaty between the UK and repres...  Read More » What is the most hurtful thing someone has said to you? Shae Lutz, CEO Written Feb 8 Last fall, my husband and I were arguing, again, as we had done many times before because of his behavior. We are young, married for 13 years and have 3 daughters. I was 22...  Read More » How can I forgive myself for staying in an unhealthy relationship? Mike Tatreau Written Jan 23 When my wife and I first met, and at some point when were were falling in love, she began crying in the middle of a conversation. I asked her what was wrong, and when she w...  Read More » Why are walls in the US and the UK empty in between? Jayesh Lalwani, lived in US for 17 years Updated Dec 1 Houses in the US are made from cardboard. No, I lie. It’s not really cardboard. It’s something called drywall[1] The advantage of a drywall is that it’s relatively light, r...  Read More » Can Darth Vader storm the White House himself, take out POTUS (from the bunker), and escape alive? Sean Sanders, Longtime Star Wars fan, made my own fan edits of the PT Updated Feb 3 Easily. Vader walks up to the White House perimeter and activates his lightsaber. He cuts through the fence in seconds. Secret Service agents storm the lawn and try to arrest...  Read More » Teachers: Who's the most clever cheater you ever saw? Sarah Mitchell Updated Sat I’m not a teacher, but over the years, I’ve overheard students talking about different ways to cheat on exams. Here is one of the more clever ones: For this particular class...  Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). If you don't want to receive these emails in the future, please unsubscribe.