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Top stories for Joãozinho da Couve   If cigarette smoking is injurious and can lead to cancer, then how come so many still survive despite smoking for 45-65 years? Freeman Angles, Former Senior Doctor (2010-present) • Answered October 12 A very fine physician taught me the solution many years ago. He elaborated that the problem with smoking isn't just that it causes all the problems associated with it (part... Read more » 1.7K 166   I'm 41 and pregnant. Am I too old to be a new mom again? Tom Beaulieu • Answered July 18, 2023 Nope! I'm 48 and my wife is 46. She has a 25 year old daughter and a 22 year old son. I have a 15 year old daughter that lives with my ex in England. And together we have a... Read more » 723 115   How long after drinking water does it actually hydrate your body? Silk Road, Polymath • Answered August 20 A man comes home. He is thirsty. The inside of his mouth is dry. He pours a glass of water and drinks it down. The water is cold in his throat. It hits his stomach and does... Read more » 18K 578   If someone pronounces SQL as "S-Q-L", do you assume they aren't experienced in it? Jason Weiand, former Senior Escalation Engineer at Microsoft (2003-2004) • Answered July 30 I'm a former Microsoft employee. During my first run with them back in '03. I asked one of the guys from the SQL team that had been there from the start, why it was pronoun... Read more » 5.2K 453   Why is Switzerland such a depressing country to live in? Chrisi Langer, lives in Vienna, Austria • Updated July 26 I lived, worked, had a house, car, etc. there as well had a relationship with a Swiss for 3 years. The worst years of my life. Here are the reasons: it is a Police state: eve... Read more » 10.4K 227   Is 13 centimeters average for a 13 year old? Eddy O'Donnell • Answered August 7 No! Not at all! 13 centimeters is way too short for a 13 year old! The average 13 year old is around 157 centimeters tall! 13 is way too short. How are you even typing when... Read more » 4.4K 750   Are PhDs a scam? Linda vanDyck, former World traveler, Stewardess, CPA • Answered July 2 There are a lot of PhDs in my family: my brother, my husband, my son-in-law, his parents, and currently, 2 grandchildren are in PhD programs. If you qualify for a PhD progra... Read more » 1.2K 174   Lolo • Posted Oct 3 I'm 31 , my wife 27 , I'm about to make the decision to divorce the woman I have loved for 9 years, and we have been married for 3 years. A few months ago, I discovered that my wife had intimate re... Read more » 5.5K 4.9K   If you cry in jail/prison, do you get beat up? Moving Forward, Ostomate at Ileostomy (2024-present) • Answered April 27, 2024 When I was in prison I was on the Phone and found out my best friend got murdered and after i hung up the phone and walked away someone asked hey you okay. I started crying... Read more » 5.6K 525   I'm a Muslim woman who wants to marry a Christian man. Since Islam requires him to convert, is there any exception that allows our marriage if he agrees our kids will be Muslim and he follows all Islamic rules of marriage? Fatima Sheikh, Practicing but questioning Muslim woman • Answered September 15 So let me understand this right…you want to marry a Christian and take benefit of his progressive thinking and most probably higher education and income, but you want him t... Read more » 10K 3.3K   My friend just died of colon/liver cancer. She lived 5 weeks after diagnosis. We had been on vacation the week before diagnosis and her only complaint was indigestion. How is this possible? What kind of cancer can move this quickly undetected? David Xaviel, BA History, San Jose State University • Answered August 14 Colon cancer is notorious for having few warning signs until it's already in Stage IV and by then, it's generally too late. In some cases, it might be from complications fr... Read more » 364 53   What happens if your card is declined at a restaurant and you've already eaten the food? Martin Thomas • Answered July 21 Happened to me in Vienna, Austria. Was there with my son and we ate for approximately 100 USD. Card did not work, I had no cash. I was very embarrassed, but they waiter jus... Read more » 6.3K 308 Read more in your feed

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