Why don’t firemen use salt water instead of drinking water for extinguishing fire?
In addition to some of the excellent answers already given there’s: IF freshwater becomes scarce enough to make firefighting seriously have to change what they use to fight…
Why doesn’t China like India?
I have visited China six times and have worked with Canadian, Overseas, H.K., Taiwan, Singaporean, and Indonesian Chinese. Where do you want me to stop? China does not…
Why was Hermann Göering not allowed to speak in the Nuremberg trials?
Göring absolutely was allowed to speak. Here he is, testifying. My mother, who has since died, was there. An eyewitness. She’s the stenotypist immediately in front and to the right…
If I win 8 million at the casino and leave immediately, what will be the consequences?
As someone who’s been the duty manager in a casino where people have won a similar amount to that referred to by the question setter, I’ll tell you…
What is the maximum altitude any fighter jet can reach, and why can’t it go further up?
Fighter jets are impressive machines designed to fly at high speeds and altitudes while performing advanced maneuvers. However, every aircraft has its limits, including the maximum altitude that…
Why did communism fail everywhere except in China?
Because Communism failed in China before it did anywhere else. Great leap forward, 20–100 million dead Communism failed China so badly it was as relevant to the world…
Why did people use to hunt whales for their fats? What did they do with it?
They hunted whales for their oil, not just their fat. There is a difference. Whale oil burned cleaner, brighter than any fuel in the 1800’s. It lit the…
Why was the great wall of China made?
There’s some people who have criticised or expressed doubt over the effectiveness of The Great Wall of China. So I’m going to address these in the most basic…
Why can’t we dig deeper than 12.2 km into the Earth?
12.2 km is not a theoretical limit, it is the depth of the 1970 Russian Kola Superdeep hole project which was abandoned at that point (after 20 years)…
Could the North Star possibly be a sun with its own solar system?
Whoa! You’re underestimating the north star! POLARIS – Dhruva for us in India – is a multiple star system containing a total of 5 stars. Polaris appears to us as…