Van Sy
Van Sy answered

The captain of the Titanic was drunk when the liner hit an iceberg and sank, a newly unearthed document alleges. Captain Edward Smith was apparently seen drinking in the saloon bar of the doomed ship in the run-up to the catastrophic collision.

Didge Doo
Didge Doo answered

You probably won't find an answer to that question on Blurtit.

Both were Mughal emperors, both lived in roughly the same era (Aurangzeb was born 13 years after Akbar died). Both had long lives for that era (63 and 89 years, respectively).

You'll find plenty of information about them on the Web including a scattering of videos.

Walt O'Reagun
Walt O'Reagun answered N. Harmonik's question

What Ray said.

Also, Iraq was held together by Saddam.  His tyranny forced the people to live together, without using violence against each other to settle religious/tribal feuds.  With him gone, and no strong government to replace him, those old feuds rose to the surface.

Ray  Dart
Ray Dart answered N. Harmonik's question

That may be one of the best questions asked here this year.

So, what is different?

Germany (at least) was SO broken that they had to "do what they were told" to rebuild. And what they were told was GOOD advice. The US, injected money (even the UK sent some, despite the fact that we were completely … Read more

Tom  Jackson
Tom Jackson answered Toxic Hairball's question

Lack of education, specifically in understanding that the behavior of people in a democracy does not always include behaviors that will ensure the survival of the democracy.

It was put this way more recently "Complexities of technological, diplomatic, and military issues mean that 82%of the electorate cannot be expected to reach an informed decision."

As William F … Read more

Pepper pot
Pepper pot answered Toxic Hairball's question

Humans are not a threat to the world, only to each other, as George Carlin said, mother earth will shrug us off like a bad case of fleas.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjmtSkl53h4

However, until that time, our ignorance, greed, pursuit of power and immortality could cause quite a lot of damage.  "Enough" doesn't appear to be … Read more