Subject: Why didn't Turkey join the Axis in World War II? - Quora
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Question: Why didn't Turkey join the Axis in World War II?

Answer from Alexey Tereshchenko

One Turk has told me a story.

I believe it is absolutely apocryphal but I liked it.

According to the story, Hitler knew very well that Turkey would not join him. He was afra
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Question: What would happen if the internet was wiped out and all satellites destroyed simultaneously?

Answer from Alexander Mot

> What would happen if the internet was wiped out and all satellites destroyed simultaneously?
Here’s what I think would happen:

 * Day 1:
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 * 90% of teens go insane and 
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Question: Why do people recommend saving small amounts daily to have 1,000,000 at age 65? Won't inflation make that 1,000,000 worth very little?

Answer from Gordon Miller

Yes, the idea of starting at 25 with $500 per month will give you $1.8M in 40 years. You will have paid in $240,000 in cash. The buying power that $1.8M represents using 2%-3%
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Question: Why do so many historians say that militarism caused the First World War when the real reason was Germany?

Answer from Joaquim Calainho

Cause of WW I? Stupidity. You can see it here:

 * In 1904–5 there was the Russo-Japanese war. It was the first time real machine guns would be used by both sides. So observer
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Question: If a paper were folded 42 times, how is it possible that it would reach the moon if the distance from Earth to the moon is greater than the paper?

Answer from Joe Shelton

In about 1986 a friend and I tried this experiment. We took a piece of 8.5X11 paper and tried to see how many times we could fold it in half. At about six or seven folds it be
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Question: What was trashy 100 years ago, but classy now?

Answer from Kevin Goetz

Women shaving their pubic hair.

Used to be prostitutes, who would do it for hygienic reasons, easier to keep clean, then because it was considered weird back then, wear a “me
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Question: Why does the number of natural satellites increase the further you are away from the Sun?

Answer from Robert Frost

There are three major factors:

1) with the exception of Pluto, the outer planets are considerably more massive and can support more satellites
2) farther from the sun, the in
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Question: What empire was the strongest in relative terms?

Answer from Shiva Oswal

Sargon’s Akkadian Empire (founded in 2334BC). During this time period, the most powerful force of Civilization was the City-State, or occasionally a collection of 2 or 3 citie
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Question: According to the Bible, mankind has been on Earth for about 5,000 years or so, which sounds about right to me. How am I wrong?

Answer from Claire Jordan

There are still-living trees that are older than that. I’m guessing you’re an American, not only because most Creationists are, but because 5,000 years seems like a long time 
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Question: How did the Soviet T-34's outmaneuver the technologically superior German Panzer tanks?

Answer from Yau Chiam

The USSR built over 60,000 T-34s in WW2 not to mention the others. The design of the T-34 was pretty good. It incorporated sloping armor, it had a good gun, it was robust, its
Read More: http://www.quora.com/How-did-the-Soviet-T-34s-outmaneuver-the-technologically-superior-German-Panzer-tanks#ans51810882
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