What is the most dangerous creature on Earth for a submarine to encounter and why?
Without question these. Fruit flies. Submarines are massive, and made to withstand the huge force of pressure that acts on the hull at depth. No animal can externally…
You wake up and it’s 1984. No WiFi, no smartphones. What is the first thing you do?
1984? Easy answer. I get on the first plane to California and look up a man named Ronald Wayne in the phone book. I go straight to his…
What did Trump say to Melania during his swearing in a ceremony that caused her expression to change?
I watched several different videos that were taken at differing angles because I was so aghast at Melania’s expression change. trump turns around smiling and looking triumphant, and…
If Chinese had many larger armies than Europeans, why didn’t they try to conquer and enslave the planet like Europeans did?
There were three reasons for that. First, China is a large country. I don’t mean large, I mean large. Huge. Vast. Image 1. Map of Asia. As easily visible, China is huge. Almost…
Why do supermarkets in Japan have 2 different color shopping baskets?
It’s to combat a certain type of shoplifting. As the OP probably already knows, in Japan, it’s generally shoppers rather than the checkout person who do the transferring…
What will happen if a nuclear bomb is detonated in space?
We don’t have to speculate because, in typical early Atomic Age fashion, the US military tried it just to see what would happen. Thus, we have test shot…
Since Jupiter is a gas planet, why can’t comets collide with Jupiter and pass right through it?
Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system, with a diameter of approximately 143,000 kilometers and a mass 318 times that of Earth. As a gas giant,…
How fast can a fighter jet fly across the United States?
Not as fast as you think. I’m a real fighter pilot (F-14), and the common belief that they’re lying about top speeds is backwards. The advertised “top speed”…
Donald Trump says factories are closing all over China because we aren’t taking their goods. Is this true?
Most people are wrong answering this. Yes, factories* are closing in China because American businesses have stopped buying stuff from them. China’s exports are quite a big chunk…
How are aircraft carriers launched into the water?
It is very rare, unheard of in fact, that I have to contradict my Quora mate Jonathan Reiter about anything maritime. but in this case he is wrong….