I have heard this as a justification for continued spending for space exploration but have not been able to verify the claim.

There are many accents stemming from the British Isles, of course. But his was quite unique, especially with certain "w" and "v" sounds.

This also seem to somewhat apply to the King.

It could just be direction, for is there a historical reason why their accents are so distinct?

I'm curious about the history of trade between these two countries - obviously during the Cold War it was very limited, but I'm curious how the warming of relations helped or changed things within the countries when trade grew between them.

Were they legitimately trying to make superhumans?

Dear all.

As someone born and raised in Europe, The Netherlands, our historical perspective on fleets and colonialism is mostly oriented towards the results and influences it brought to the "local" European community. In the stories told the ships going around Africa and into the East and later the West were capable of long see voyages and described as innovative, huge and crafty, and fierce in on see fights.

What I am wondering about for a while already; how was the shipping status of countries that were visited by these ships? how did they compare? Say, a ship from Portugal or the Netherlands would choose a port somewhere in Asia for the first time. Is there written history from the "local" Asian people in reaction to these "huge and crafty" ships? Was it very special for these ports to see such ships? Or was trade established in the Asian waters and were we mere guests? Did Asian empires, dynasties, etc. have long distance seaworthy ships, or even ships that were designed for "see-battle"?

If a "local" port would see a ship from Europe like one of many it would just be special it was from far away, but, if it is true like our European history books like to tell the story; was it very weird to see "huge" wooden sail ships coming in?

Were the "local" Asian people who encountered a "different" flag / ship in the port hostile? scared? honored? just curious? or a combo?

The very mainline documentaries, wiki's, etc... give no insight in this at all. Is there written background on this from "local" Asian sources?

Thx for your time.

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If it was brought back to Scandinavia, did the influx of loot have any impact on the economy of the region? Perhaps encouraging more trade?

Now revered by Star Wars fans, what problems did people have in 1980 and 1983?

You never really learn or hear about ww1 Ottoman battles besides Gallipoli

I think I was listening to Dan Carlin say this or something similar. From my limited understanding, it was basically the major part the wealth of 4 world empires (British, French, Russian and German) was transferred to the USA, and consequently this was a major reason for the USA to rise as a super power in the 20th century.

Was there a boost to the US economy that was bigger than the US could have achieved by itself? And what would that have meant for the parties concerned in terms of geopolitical presence.

When Queen Victoria inherited the UK, the Kingdom of Hanover was a holding of the King of England. But Hanover, under Salic law, could not be inherited by a woman. Did Victoria or any powerful figures in the UK make any effort to hold on to Hanover instead of allowing it to leave the realm?

Stumbled across a brief mention of her in a book I am reading and I can find little to no information on her online. For whatever reason I have found her fascinating despite little back story to her other than hanging a gossiper from her tower and have a romantic fling with Columbus. Is there any reason why she decided to poison herself at the end of her life? Also, is there anywhere I can find more information about her?

I've read about the possibilities that were purposed (enroll them in the 4 urban tribes to suppress their vote, enroll them in 1 new tribe that always voted last, ect), but I'm a bit unclear as to what the final, actual verdict was.

Sure it's meant as a joke; mentioning powdered milk or bread being from the second world war. Probably obvious that food woudn't have been surplus, but what about equipment? Did the US arm other nations with their older stuff?

There were quite a few Soviet Spies (If spies is the right word) in the Manhattan project, obviously they had to have had some sort of qualification to get into it, but just how critical were these spies to the overall success of the project? Also were the spies directed to help as much as possible, or to try and delay things?

I still can't quite fully wrap my head around how personal unions worked in the medieval-early modern period. Entities such as the Crown of Spain controlling independent Castille and Aragon, or Denmark-Norway, or Charles V as King of Spain/Duke of Burgundy/Holy Roman Emperor. How much independence did the seperate nations actually have? Would these seperate nations ever be distinct enough to declare war or embargo each other against the wishes of their shared monarch?