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Answer: It would really depend on where you drop them now.​ If you took say a R.​.​.​ Top Stories from Your Feed Your Quora Digest If I brought a person from 500 BC to 2016, what would they think? Robert Rockey 282.6k views It would really depend on where you drop them now. If you took say a Roman soldier and dropped him in field by a highway, he would think the field is unusually large, snear...  Read More » Does Putin want Trump to be President of the USA? Medet Yessimkhanov, Dream addicted 156.3k views In a recent interview in April when being asked "who's worse for Russia: Clinton or Trump?" Vladimir Putin said that they needed to seek for those who was better for Russia...  Read More » Should the government encourage students to pursue higher education alternatives to traditional college? Tim Kaine, United States Senator from Virginia 154.4k views I think the government should increase awareness and access to higher education alternatives. I also believe career and technical education programs, also known as CTE, can...  Read More » Why do some programmers prefer Linux OS instead of Windows or Mac OSX? Valerio Cietto 46.6k views Oh shish! An error message popup! -On Windows- Uh, ok :/ -On Mac- Perhaps if i could upgrade to the newest Mac it wouldn't happen -On Linux- Let's see if someone has alread...  Read More » If all the water on Earth was shot into space through a 1 inch pipe at 99.9% the speed of light, how long would it take to empty the oceans? Noah Johnson, European history buff, lead programmer and social manager at Brilliant Crash 189.6k views Given that 99.9% of the speed of light is 299 492 665.5 metres per second, and that a cross-section of the pipe would be 0.25π in^2 (0.0005 metres^2), we can calculate that...  Read More » Is there anyone alive today who has spoken to someone who met someone born in the 1700's? Deepthi Amarasuriya, I am, therefore I read. 400k views I started reading this thread, fascinated. Then, I realized ... Read More » How do commercial pilots keep busy or occupied during long, non-eventful flights? Redza Jamil 558.4k views I'm a 777 driver and constantly have to battle boredom in flight. Whilst I try to fill my time with the necessary tasks like monitoring fuel and making some sort of plan ... Read More » What is the most unbelievable plot ever used in one of the best movies ever made? Mike Bowerbank 46k views Top Gun. Let me see if I have this straight... you're going to send a Nimitz-class carrier into a hostile area with only two fighters on the deck ready to go? Then, when ... Read More » What is the 20 second rule? Khalid Rehioui 672.9k views The 20 seconds rule I know of is when meeting a person for the first time, or making a presentation in front of a crowd. The first 20 seconds, 20 words, 20 gestures are so ...  Read More » If your car is out of control and the brakes have failed, will putting it in the reverse gear slow down the car? Ron Shipe, USMC [ret] pro gun, good guy. 570.8k views I, unfortunately, saw that happen once. My first car was a 1952 Mercury. Yes, I'm that old. That thing had a flat-head V 8 with a three speed automatic transmission. Ke... Read More »   Read More in Your Feed Follow Quora on: Get the App for iOS and Android This email was sent by Quora (650 Castro Street #450, Mountain View, CA 94041). Choose which emails we send you through Email Settings or Unsubscribe.