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I've read in a few places that a Union Jack flown upside-down had at one time signified a distress signal for hijacked ships at sea. Is this true and has it ever been documented?

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Is it known why PCs customarily have their desktop items aligned to the left of the screen, while macs have customarily been aligned to the right?

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Were there any ancient or just long-ago cultures or populations that were completely or at least a majority atheistic, or some variant thereof?

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I've read in a few places that a Union Jack flown upside-down had at one time signified a distress signal for hijacked ships at sea. Is this true and has it ever been documented?	1
Is it known why PCs customarily have their desktop items aligned to the left of the screen, while macs have customarily been aligned to the right?	0
Were there any ancient or just long-ago cultures or populations that were completely or at least a majority atheistic, or some variant thereof?	0