Factual Questions

Topic	Replies	Views	Activity
Reminder: Keep politics out of Factual Questions There are currently a great many political things happening in the news. There are many factual issues which are relevant to those political happenings. As always, discussion of such factual issues are appropriate and …	1	338	June 11, 2025
About the Factual Questions category	1	6085	July 8, 2020
Factual Questions Rules & FAQs	4	126427	November 3, 2021
Package delivery service tracking	26	314	October 1, 2025
Can fired military officers be re-hired?	8	300	October 1, 2025
When, in human history, did the concept of paid, sustained (not contractual, not ad hoc) employment become a thing?	20	223	October 1, 2025
What happens if there isn't enough money to satisfy a will's provision?	8	252	October 1, 2025
Nine Billion Names of God– combinatorics question	14	189	October 1, 2025
Why is a spinning Black Hole distinct from one that doesn't? How does a Black Hole even spin? Why is it important? science-math	66	718	October 1, 2025
Neil Degrasse Tyson disproves flat earth	17	366	October 1, 2025
Until the 1970s, Contac (an OTC cold remedy) contained a small amount of atropine (belladonna). What was its purpose?	50	5823	October 1, 2025
Can I still use CAT5 in the house after upgrading my service to Fiber?	25	261	October 1, 2025
Is professor Neil Degrasse Tyson ignorant of Newton's laws? (motion of a football)	48	598	September 30, 2025
1960s drugstore smell - what is it?	40	12604	September 30, 2025
'Honky donkey', or 'Hunky dunky'?	8	947	September 30, 2025
The mathematics of McDonald’s Monopoly	71	1453	September 30, 2025
Did jet airliners fly faster in the past?	47	4623	September 30, 2025
Can the laws of physics allow something that's never happened in our universe?	17	357	September 30, 2025
Amelia Earhart's plane found on the sea floor?	199	15855	September 30, 2025
What would happen if I plugged my 220 -> 110 transformer into a 110 plug? tools-electric-diy	17	318	September 29, 2025
Lincoln - "oln" pronounced "en"?	72	962	September 29, 2025
A FQ about the Comey indictment factual	21	506	September 29, 2025
Is old bottled whisky still good? liquor-alcohol	59	1076	September 29, 2025
Crops grown almost exclusively in one state (except CA and HI)	43	510	September 29, 2025
Why are Marines (US) not "soldiers"?	172	1250	September 29, 2025
Why does Continuously Variable Transmission sound like it's shifting between discreet gears?	17	346	September 28, 2025
Why do sunburns take a while to hurt?	4	207	September 28, 2025
What kind of seeds are these?	2	123	September 28, 2025
When was the most recent time flags were lowered for an ordinary person dying?	21	1301	September 27, 2025
Why Is Trump's Lawsuit Against the New York Times and Penguin Handled in Tampa? trump	9	326	September 27, 2025

Reminder: Keep politics out of Factual Questions

There are currently a great many political things happening in the news. There are many factual issues which are relevant to those political happenings. As always, discussion of such factual issues are appropriate and …