Subject: Why did Alexander the Great decide to turn back after he conquered Northern India? - Quora
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Question: Why did Alexander the Great decide to turn back after he conquered Northern India?

Answer from Christos Antoniadis

In order to understand why Alexander the Great decided to turn back after conquering Northern India, it is important to first look at his reasons for invading India. He invade
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Question: If we discovered a 1km wide asteroid with one year to impact, would it be possible for us to save Earth with the rockets we already have?

Answer from Steve Baker

Such an asteroid would probably have a mass of about a trillion kg.

A year isn’t enough time to design, prototype and test a new rocket design - so we’d have to pick somethin
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Question: Have you ever met someone whose moral code was absolutely unbreakable?

Answer from Melina Avila

Jehovah’s Witnesses in the Nazi concentration camps.

They were the only prisoners that could have easily left the camps by signing a letter renouncing their faith. They chose
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Question: Who was history's greatest general?

Answer from Jeffrey Wang

A little known German general that, who, with a tired and depleted division, defeated an entire Soviet army, where he was outnumbered 7:1 in tanks, 11:1 in infantry and 20:1 i
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Question: Can there be an exact copy of me on the planet?

Answer from Richard Lee Fulgham

Yes, absolutely. I refused to believe this until I saw Brad Pitt — and he and I could be identical twins. My wife told me and she never lies. Other people have told me I look 
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Question: Is it worth buying an expensive car?

Answer from Doug Armey

I head to the BMW dealer on Friday afternoon ready for battle. I need a new car. My wife refuses to drive our Jeep any longer.

Something about climbing in and out in a tight 
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Question: In ancient wars, how did two armies find each other? Did they ever miss each other in passing?

Answer from Alex Dimchev

It happened.

One of the most famous moments in military history is Hannibal’s army of 90,000 men and several elephants, crossing the Alps for several months without being int
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Question: If you have ever witnessed a very good person become corrupt, can you share the story of how/why it happened?

Answer from Stewart Dean

I was married to a very good person. She was a devout Christian, a wonderful wife, an exemplary employee and, for a time, a marvelous mother.

And then she changed.

She joine
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Question: On Mount Everest, an observer sees the horizon roughly 230 miles away. The Earth should curve 35,000 feet. Why doesn't the observer see the curvature?

Answer from Curt Thurston

Here's an experiment that should be a required assignment before anyone reposts that idiotic image that the horizon always rises to eye level.

Next time you’re in a plane get
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Question: What are your 10/10 novels?

Answer from Jack Fraser

My tastes aren't all that sophisticated, I'm afraid — there's a lot of rather silly books in there!

 * The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, Douglas Adams.
 * 
 * Very silly,
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