History
Exploring "Why" questions about History
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Why Disney and Comcast are attempting to purchase major parts of 21st Century Fox, and why Murdoch family has no problem with handing off its valuable entertainment assets away?
They would never "hand away" valuable assets. They want to sell them for a gigantic fortune. Good deal!
Why does licking a seemingly dead pen make the pen able to write again?
Pens are a chamber with ink in it and a steel ball jammed in a tight-fitting tube at the lower end. When you write, the ball turns, "rolling" the ink onto the paper, then rotating up into the ink supp
Why are there so many third world countries in Africa when the continent is considered the cradle of civilization?
Bad climate, terrible leaders, heavily sought after resources, cultural barriers, foreign invaders taking sought after resources, constant border wars, lack of industrialization, anyone got any other
Why is it that it on a moving subway train it is easier to remained balanced by walking, as opposed to just standing still?
it's because you're used to it. when walking, there are all sorts of forces trying to tip you over, and you're used to them. the movement of the train isn't going to make a huge difference.
Why did the German people under Hitler’s regime allow Hitler to be in power, knowing he was a anti- Semetic dictator?
The German people, like most people of the time, *were* blatantly anti-semitic. When Hitler blamed all the problems on the Jews, most people were going "yeah, Jews *do* suck!" They also didn't mind so
Why are oil prices so shockingly low?
Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is the Middle East put out so much supply to try and put US companies out of business which if successful they would then jack prices
Why was a constitutional amendment required to prohibit alcohol, but no such amendment is needed for the prohibition of other drugs?
*Just spitballing here, but this is what I'm thinkin...* Drugs aren't banned, per say, as alcohol was during Prohibition. You never hear people charged with having "illegal" substances, only "controll
Why war is bad for the economy
War is good if the government buys your stuff. See these charts for [Boeing](_URL_0_), [BAE](_URL_2_), [Lockheed Martin](_URL_1_), all of which get tons of money from the US government to build weapon
Why is the first world war called like that, the first world war?
Scale. There have been a number of large conflicts... but the First World War was the first truly industrial, total war, across the entire globe conflict.
Why is Italy rarely as mentioned when talking abiut ths Axis Powers?
The Italian people revolted and ousted Mussolini from power when the war turned against them, and afterwards helped support the Allied war effort against Germany. As a result, they tended not to get d