# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1057 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1058 --- ## [Coriolis effect in an orbital reference frame in a general relativity context.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coriolis-effect-in-an-orbital-reference-frame-in-a-general-relativity-context/728573)
**Author:** [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coriolis-effect-in-an-orbital-reference-frame-in-a-general-relativity-context/728573 "2015-08-23T12:09:02Z")
As non-astronauts in a rotational reference frame as a human on the surface of the earth, or as astronauts on a spaceship which uses rotation to simulate gravity will see the Coriolis effect as a fictional force due to o… --- ## [Why is gluten-free food so expensive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-gluten-free-food-so-expensive/728296)
**Author:** [@Cardboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardboard)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-gluten-free-food-so-expensive/728296 "2015-08-23T12:08:38Z")
Is it because the producers know health nuts are just that dumb that they’ll actually pay the extra few dollars, no questions asked, or is the process to remove gluten so involved that it necessitates increasing the pric… --- ## [How do you pronounce "de Bruijn"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-de-bruijn/728209)
**Author:** [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-pronounce-de-bruijn/728209 "2015-08-23T04:57:09Z")
As in de Bruijn graph, named after Nicolaas Govert de Bruijn. He’s Dutch and there may be no direct English pronunciation. On this site it sounds something like “de brown”. --- ## [Ecig battery submerged in water, salvageable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ecig-battery-submerged-in-water-salvageable/728489)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ecig-battery-submerged-in-water-salvageable/728489 "2015-08-23T03:14:04Z")
EGO Twist 2 battery, fell into a bucket of water two weeks ago. Left it in the sun, put it in hot places, have shaked it violently, anything to get any remaining moisture out of it. It will accept a charge when hooked … --- ## [ISIS recruits](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-recruits/728553)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/isis-recruits/728553 "2015-08-23T01:19:28Z")
What are the typical profiles of ISIS recruits, especially the ones who join from Europe & North America? In terms of thoughts, feelings and behaviors, how do they tend to be before joining ISIS? What do they think and… --- ## [What happens to the gun after a gunshot suicide?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-gun-after-a-gunshot-suicide/728324)
**Author:** [@qualityleashdog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/qualityleashdog)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-the-gun-after-a-gunshot-suicide/728324 "2015-08-22T23:41:03Z")
I’m kind of curious because I see cops take so many guns off the streets with various programs, confiscation due to their involvement in crimes, etc. And then I see instances of public art created with said confiscated … --- ## [Confederate memorials vs. UK memorials](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-memorials-vs-uk-memorials/727868)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confederate-memorials-vs-uk-memorials/727868 "2015-08-22T23:37:05Z")
With the recent controversy about the confederate flag and statues and monuments to confederate generals and leaders, I was wondering do analogous controversies arise in the UK? The centuries have seen numerous struggles… --- ## [What was the first album released on CD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-album-released-on-cd/107099)
**Author:** [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-first-album-released-on-cd/107099 "2015-08-22T18:26:46Z")
A Google search, and a look-through of Philips’ site, have not revealed the answer to this question, so I turn to the Straight Dope. What was the first musical album released on CD? I have a feeling one of the first wa… --- ## [Yellow Jackets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-jackets/728535)
**Author:** [@lk122232](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lk122232)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yellow-jackets/728535 "2015-08-22T17:46:52Z")
How do you keep Yellowjackets away from your hummingbird feeder? I have tried everything known to man but nothing seems to work my next course of action may be a 12 gauge any help you can give me will be appreciated --- ## [Breakdown of guns used in suicides](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakdown-of-guns-used-in-suicides/728463)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/breakdown-of-guns-used-in-suicides/728463 "2015-08-22T16:08:11Z")
Suicides are often broken down by means were used which includes guns. Are there any breakdowns of which types of guns are used? How about how likely a particular type of gun is to be used in a suicide which would contro… --- ## [How do I print half-letter-size pages on letter-size printer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-print-half-letter-size-pages-on-letter-size-printer/728064)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-print-half-letter-size-pages-on-letter-size-printer/728064 "2015-08-22T15:16:53Z")
I know what the intended output is, but I don’t know how to obtain it, what setting in what dialog would make it happen… I have a 300 page document. After it is printed and collated, I want each page to be 5.5 inches t… --- ## [Do I have a computer virus?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-a-computer-virus/728274)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 11:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-a-computer-virus/728274 "2015-08-22T11:37:46Z")
I’m getting some unusual activity in my computer and I wondering if it’s a sign I’ve downloaded a virus. I use aol mail. I’m always logged into it on my regular computer. But in the last day or two I’ve had a couple of … --- ## [Males who can't achieve orgasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-who-cant-achieve-orgasm/405026)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/males-who-cant-achieve-orgasm/405026 "2015-08-22T11:28:18Z")
I have great difficulty achieving orgasm during intercourse. Also, no one has ever been able to perform oral or manual sex on me to climax. I have no trouble when I do it myself however. It annoys my wife and consider… --- ## [If Hillary Clinton is found guilty of a felony, but it doesn't affect popularity, does it matter?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-clinton-is-found-guilty-of-a-felony-but-it-doesnt-affect-popularity-does-it-matter/728155)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-hillary-clinton-is-found-guilty-of-a-felony-but-it-doesnt-affect-popularity-does-it-matter/728155 "2015-08-22T07:58:43Z")
So, ok. Out of 20% of the documents on former secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s email server, “305” are being reviewed further if they may possibly be classified. Where there’s smoke, there’s probably at least a spa… --- ## [Has Anyone Trying Euthanasia Had a NDE?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-trying-euthanasia-had-a-nde/728450)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-trying-euthanasia-had-a-nde/728450 "2015-08-22T07:57:15Z")
Obviously, somebody got the dose wrong. But, has anyone ever survived a euthanasia attempt, and had a “Near Death Experience”? --- ## [Truth Or UL: 1950's Naval Captain Gets Comeuppance On Demanding, Uppity Socialite](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-or-ul-1950s-naval-captain-gets-comeuppance-on-demanding-uppity-socialite/728277)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-or-ul-1950s-naval-captain-gets-comeuppance-on-demanding-uppity-socialite/728277 "2015-08-22T04:16:46Z")
This story showed up on my Facebook news feed today. Is there any truth to it? Any naval/social historians here familiar with this story? --- ## [Please walk me through installing an exterior door in an unfinished basement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-walk-me-through-installing-an-exterior-door-in-an-unfinished-basement/728367)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-walk-me-through-installing-an-exterior-door-in-an-unfinished-basement/728367 "2015-08-22T03:52:26Z")
A wall in our unfinished basement opens to a flight of steps and a set of extremely drafty Bilco doors. I’ve taken small steps over the years to minimize Winter’s Chill, but its icy hand still creeps through and gives us… --- ## [Parkinsons caused by neuropathogen traveling up vagus nerve from gut. Curable with antibiotics?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parkinsons-caused-by-neuropathogen-traveling-up-vagus-nerve-from-gut-curable-with-antibiotics/727830)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2015, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parkinsons-caused-by-neuropathogen-traveling-up-vagus-nerve-from-gut-curable-with-antibiotics/727830 "2015-08-22T01:40:06Z")
New findings here - does this mean we can kill ongoing Parkinsons with antibiotics or is the damage already done by the time the disease presents itself? --- ## [Spreadsheet/Database question - not sure where or how to ask it](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spreadsheet-database-question-not-sure-where-or-how-to-ask-it/728329)
**Author:** [@EmbarrassingDad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EmbarrassingDad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spreadsheet-database-question-not-sure-where-or-how-to-ask-it/728329 "2015-08-21T22:11:07Z")
Hi- So back in the day, I used to have software called “Microsoft Works”. It was the free OEM version of Office back in the '90s. Anyway, it had a simple word processor (stripped down Word), spreadsheet (stripped down … --- ## [You Own a Philips 66 Gas station-When the Brand leaves The Area, Can You Use the Name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-own-a-philips-66-gas-station-when-the-brand-leaves-the-area-can-you-use-the-name/728451)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-own-a-philips-66-gas-station-when-the-brand-leaves-the-area-can-you-use-the-name/728451 "2015-08-21T21:55:31Z")
I was surprised to see a Philips 66 gas station in Manchester, MA. I hadn’t see one in NE in years-suppose you owned one, and the company decided to get out of the area-could you still use the name (as an independent sta… --- ## [Relationship Website Personality Questions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationship-website-personality-questions/728449)
**Author:** [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationship-website-personality-questions/728449 "2015-08-21T21:29:34Z")
I’m working on a project, and trying to tie up a segue that branched off from it. It’s such a minor, but annoying, segue, so I’m coming to the Teeming Millions for quick help. Can someone give me some examples of the p… --- ## [Lawyer-Client privilege question re: top secret documents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-client-privilege-question-re-top-secret-documents/728433)
**Author:** [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lawyer-client-privilege-question-re-top-secret-documents/728433 "2015-08-21T20:45:33Z")
I don’t want this to get political, but the question obviously stems from a current political situation and it’s silly to pretend it isn’t. Let’s say, purely hypothetically and only for the sake of this thread that it t… --- ## [Police question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-question/728136)
**Author:** [@glennwith2ns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glennwith2ns)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-question/728136 "2015-08-21T19:30:03Z")
Hypothetically, Driving home one night ,I ran through a stop sign without stopping. My house is right down the road and I pulled into my attached garage and hit the button to shut the door. Unbeknownst to me the local … --- ## [Which can stays cold longest? Show your work.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-can-stays-cold-longest-show-your-work/728116)
**Author:** [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-can-stays-cold-longest-show-your-work/728116 "2015-08-21T17:16:39Z")
Pontooning this weekend we had two different twelve ounce beer cans. Which stays cold the longest? Disregard (or not) the slight difference in specific gravity.:cool: --- ## [How many big steam ships are still sailing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-big-steam-ships-are-still-sailing/510551)
**Author:** [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-big-steam-ships-are-still-sailing/510551 "2015-08-21T16:38:23Z")
I know about the Atlantic Star; are there any others? By “big” I mean say 300’ long or more. What’s the biggest steam cargo ship afloat? --- ## [Did Duasl Braking Systems (USA) Save Any Lives?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-duasl-braking-systems-usa-save-any-lives/728339)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-duasl-braking-systems-usa-save-any-lives/728339 "2015-08-21T16:07:02Z")
Since about 1969, all cars sold in the USA had to have dual barking systems (a master cylinder with two circuits, such that a leak in one would still allow for a parallel system to work). Has anyone analyzed crash da… --- ## [Fragile suspensions in modern front-wheel-drive cars](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fragile-suspensions-in-modern-front-wheel-drive-cars/728232)
**Author:** [@Mister\_Rik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mister_Rik)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fragile-suspensions-in-modern-front-wheel-drive-cars/728232 "2015-08-21T15:13:25Z")
The second car I ever owned was an old (well, it was 17 years old when I bought it) 1972 Oldsmobile Toronado. One of the first, if not the first, American production front-wheel-drive models. That car had engine problems… --- ## [How can I tell if I'm punching in a toll-free number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-tell-if-im-punching-in-a-toll-free-number/633054)
**Author:** [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-tell-if-im-punching-in-a-toll-free-number/633054 "2015-08-21T15:08:57Z")
I understand that the secret is in the number’s prefix. Of course I know that an 800 number is toll free (for me), but there are other numbers that I’m not sure about. What say, Dopers? --- ## [Please explain this crossword puzzle answer to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-this-crossword-puzzle-answer-to-me/728195)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 82\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-this-crossword-puzzle-answer-to-me/728195 "2015-08-21T14:01:25Z")
The clue was “4, for Be” and the answer was “atno.” I have no idea what either one means. --- ## [Obtaining Red Pencils.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obtaining-red-pencils/728309)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 21, 2015, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/obtaining-red-pencils/728309 "2015-08-21T12:18:49Z")
Why don’t they seem to make, or at least widely sell, red lead pencils anymore? I certain still have use for them. But I can’t find them anywhere now. Why not? :slight\_smile: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1056) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1058)