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What are some of Japan's best kept secrets? Makiko Itoh, I eat and cook. 334 votes Esoteric answer: The best kept secret about Japan may be that it's not what you think it is. Don't fall into the trap of defining it by clichés, the way much of the overs... Read More » What is the least amount of money someone has used to start a company and built it up to a million dollars or more? Joe McCracken, 30 years of starting and selling businesses 525 votes I spent zero/zilch/nada on my company and sold for more than enough to retire young. Infact I got paid handsomely, the whole time I was building the company. Questions lik... Read More » Data Structures: What is a list of data structures that a competitive programmer must know? Bidhan Roy, Competitive programmer. Problem author at Codeforces, HackerRank, Codechef, HackerEarth. 1.4k votes Answer is different for different skill levels. I will try to categorize, Beginner: Linked List, Stack, Queue, Binary Search Tree. ... Read More » Robbery: What should I do, if someone accosts me in a secluded ATM and asks me to give up all my money? Balaji Viswanathan, MBA from Babson 2.2k votes When you are asked to give up all your money by an armed thug, you give it all up. Period. Your goal should be to move as quickly as possible awayfrom that situation, not ... Read More » Who would win between the Roman Imperial Legions of Caesar Augustus or a modern US Marine infantry battalion? Nathan Proteau 622 votes Here's how this would play out: 5,120 of Rome's finest troops march on the American position. Armor, helms, and spear tips gleam in the bright sun. With a shout of "For the... Read More » Military Technology: How long can a missile follow an enemy fighter jet? Tim Morgan, Commercial pilot (ASEL, ASES, IA), military aircraft enthusiast 322 votes First off: Missiles typically do not "chase down" fighter jets as misrepresented in movies. An effective missile shot will have the missile reaching the aircraft with a muc... Read More » What are some examples of countries which went rapidly from rich to poor? Wirawan Winarto, Lead Engineer at Samsung 321 votes Thanks for the A2A. The one I can think of isMyanmar. ... Read More » Could the United States theoretically conquer the rest of North America, and then South America as well, given their military might? Jon Davis, Sergeant of Marines, Iraq vet, weapons instructor. 935 votes The United States military is not built to conquer other nations. Iraq and Afghanistan ought to have shown people this. Honestly, we have no ability to do this. I'd like to... Read More » Do I need to remember everything in mathematics? Alon Amit, PhD in Mathematics; Mathcircler. 42 votes "Need"? Need for what? You may not need to remember any math at all in your life. If you do want to learn or know or use mathematics, then one thing you mostly don't need... Read More » What is the one word that will make you rich? CamMi Pham, eCommerce Business Consultant 1k votes NO If you think and act like the 99%, you will never become the 1%. ... Read More »