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NFL franchises don't book corporate Marriotts to save money. They do it because a five-star resort would instantly buckle under the logistics of a 180-person military deployment. A typical trave…

Top stories for Long   Why do NFL teams prefer staying at regular upscale hotels like Marriotts or Hiltons instead of super fancy ones? HalftimeLedger, Sports analysis and commentary • Updated June 11 NFL franchises don't book corporate Marriotts to save money. They do it because a five-star resort would instantly buckle under the logistics of a 180-person military deplo... Read more » 47 2   Why didn't Starfleet bother reverse-engineering the Klingon Bird-of-Prey even after capturing it? Was it really that outdated? FeverIndex, Updates from the world of Pop Culture • Updated June 11 Starfleet didn't leave a cloaked alien warship to rot in the San Francisco mud. They salvaged it, but the greatest prize inside had nothing to do with Klingon technology. A... Read more » 285 38   What dishes do professional chefs dislike preparing at a restaurant? J. Coyne, I read books • Updated October 23, 2018 I used to work with someone who once worked as a chef at Daniel, Daniel Boulud’s flagship restaurant on NYC’s Upper East Side. She told me that the dish she most hated maki... Read more » 3K 328   What did the glider pilots who flew troops to Normandy on D-day do after they landed? SepiaGlyphs • Answered May 20 Landing an unpowered glider on D-Day was a one-way trip into hostile territory. When the canvas wreckage finally stopped moving, what the pilots did next depended on their ... Read more » 2K 94   If nuclear bombs didn't expel radiation, would they be commonly used? Thierry Etienne Joseph Rotty, former Central Planning at NATO • Answered May 20 No. From a military point of view, radiation usually doesn’t come into play. The effects of nuclear weapons are exaggerated and most people got a wrong idea about them. In nuc... Read more » 456 73   Why do PCs gradually get slower with usage? Norrin Radd, Consultant for I.T.-Infrastructure, Network Admin (2008-present) • Answered July 31, 2019 There’s 4 main reason for this, but only 2 of them are genuinely noticeable unless it’s a severe case of the latter reasons. Here are they by rank of likely hood. With the ... Read more » 3.3K 193   What are quarks made of? NovaPrism • Answered June 14 Split an atom, and you find protons. Smash a proton, and you find quarks. But try to crack open a single quark, and you hit a baffling reality: it takes up exactly zero phy... Read more » 269 32   How do train drivers know exactly when to brake when the train takes such a long distance to stop? Steve Baker, Senior Software Engineer (2013-present) • Answered April 29 It’s a little known fact that train drivers get paid more than airline pilots. They go through a lot of training - and a good part of that is learning the routes they’ll be ... Read more » 404 41   How much do flight attendants make? Heather Wilde, Former "Stew" • Updated July 4, 2016 I had to reread the question a few times to make sure I had this correct. Flight attendants are not highly paid. They are the opposite of that. I was paid less as a Flight Att... Read more » 721 67   Do Tesla cars really keep the A/C running even when the car is off, and how long can it last on battery power alone? George F. Rice, BS Electrical Engineering, Mississipi State University (1984) • Answered April 23 The short answer is yes, I have asked my Model Y to keep the A/C running even when the car is off, a user-configurable feature. In the blazing Texas sun, my fully-charged T... Read more » 233 28   How do hotels decide which room to give a guest? Example, I'm on the road, I stop at a Hampton Inn for the night, and ask for the standard king bed, non-smoking, and they have 20 of those open. How do they decide if I stay in room 219, 407, 333 etc? Lil Meg, Housekeeper (2021-present) • Answered May 27 When I worked front desk (mind you was at a smaller, historical hotel) and reserved rooms for guests over the phone our standard rooms 1 queen bed were the same price, the ... Read more » 570 18   What is an anti-aging secret that not many people know about? Luisa Fanzani, Skincare formulator and brand owner @ Luisa True Skincare • Updated May 15, 2024 This is not a secret, but it is something a lot of people don't know about. I am sure in the future more people will pay attention to this particular “tip”. If you want to a... Read more » 4.6K 311 Read more in your feed

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