What was the most horrible thing you ever saw?
My dying wife. I will never forget it. The wind‑wide open eyes… the pupils. When she was still able to speak, she already told me that giving birth to a…
If you are in the Navy and you miss your ship when it pulls out, what are you supposed to do if the ship is now thousands of miles away?
Coast Guard: Pulled in for mid patrol break on a small island on the Alaskan chain - expected four days of relative quiet. Duty section established and the crew scattered.…
What makes it so hard for the US to produce certain goods in large quantities, even when tariffs make imports costly?
Heer is one simple example: Bauxite and cheap electricity are both required to make aluminium. Quebec has both in immense supply. The U.S. does not. It may have enough for…
Is Paris Hilton connected to Hilton Hotels in any way?
Yes, her great grandfather is Conrad Hilton, who founded the Hilton hotels and who was a very respected businessman. Her father is fairly successful too, and created a huge real…
I read that 9 out of 10 oncologists won’t go for chemotherapy if they have cancer themselves. Is that true?
No it isn’t, but there is some truth in it somehow. These people have seen what cancer does up close and personal. In later stages, in terminal stages — when death is…
What do most doctors not want you to know?
Just the other weeks — literally less than seven days ago — it happened again. My girlfriend (who is a urologist) was called in because something wasn’t right. A female…
Why is nobody talking about the elephant in the room? It took dozens of people to extract the Artemis crew after landing. How are the first humans going to land on Mars?
There’s no “elephant in the room”. NASA and everyone involved in sending astronauts to space already knew about this problem decades ago. They not only have recognized the elephant, but…
If I went into combat with no military training, but I had watched many movies, how would I do?
You would do terrible. There is nothing you can learn from a movie that could be of any use in combat. Even worse, if you start mimicking the tactical behavior…
Why do chimps sometimes attack the people that raise and care for them?
Instinct, it's what they do. They are actually extremely brutal and did you know they are one of, if not, the only animal they would rather shoot to kill if…
How is Thomas Edison’s light bulb still burning?
It is sad actually. They should turn it off and replace it with an LED bulb. The awful truth is that EVERY incandescent bulb can last basically forever. But lasting…