# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1129 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1130 --- ## [Componets of Metabolism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/componets-of-metabolism/718036)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/componets-of-metabolism/718036 "2015-04-21T05:22:18Z")
What are all the componets that we refer to as metabolism? Body temperature, respiration, and heart rate are pretty obvious but what else is involved. --- ## [French speakers: does this pun work in French?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-speakers-does-this-pun-work-in-french/718159)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-speakers-does-this-pun-work-in-french/718159 "2015-04-21T04:32:25Z")
Australia presented to the survivors of the Charlie Hebdo attack a signed version of a cartoon by an Australian cartoonist which apparently went viral in the aftermath. The story is here. The cartoon relies on a pun, w… --- ## [Question regarding dominant and recessive genes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-dominant-and-recessive-genes/672928)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-dominant-and-recessive-genes/672928 "2015-04-21T03:20:14Z")
Hi , I’m trying to understand what is meant by dominant and recessive genes. Is a dominant gene unchanged vis-a-vis the parental genes? Is a recessive gene a changed gene vis-a-vis the parental genes? Please give me an … --- ## [Does a device exist for limiting inrush current?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-device-exist-for-limiting-inrush-current/718079)
**Author:** [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 21, 2015, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-device-exist-for-limiting-inrush-current/718079 "2015-04-21T01:15:27Z")
OK, since lots of Googling can’t find anything, I’m guessing not. When I Google inrush current limiter I of course come up with the little component. What I’m wondering if it exists would be like a voltage regulator. … --- ## [Could Math Ever Be Proven Wrong?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-math-ever-be-proven-wrong/19185)
**Author:** [@JFMichael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JFMichael)\ **Replies:** 66\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-math-ever-be-proven-wrong/19185 "2015-04-20T23:33:10Z")
In science, people have made discoveries and suggested theories that have been widely accepted or completely accepted by the rest of the world only to be proven wrong once new technology or a new method of experimentatio… --- ## [Is there anything in British law that would have required someone to sign egg-blue paper in blood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-in-british-law-that-would-have-required-someone-to-sign-egg-blue-paper-in-blood/718104)
**Author:** [@Bisected8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bisected8)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-anything-in-british-law-that-would-have-required-someone-to-sign-egg-blue-paper-in-blood/718104 "2015-04-20T19:54:54Z")
This oddly specific question brought to you by this. Obviously anything on NAR (especially the unfiltered page) should be taken with a grain of salt, but I’m vaguely curious if there is anything in English common law th… --- ## [Corporate HR professionals only please: "Involuntary Separation" ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-hr-professionals-only-please-involuntary-separation/718135)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/corporate-hr-professionals-only-please-involuntary-separation/718135 "2015-04-20T19:33:27Z")
Hello large corporate HR professionals. A friend of mine worked at a company about 4 years ago. He recently signed up for the company’s verified job service just to see what they send out to prospective employers. I gue… --- ## [SS (Schutzstaffel) recruits ordered to break the necks of puppies they raised: UL or based on fact?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ss-schutzstaffel-recruits-ordered-to-break-the-necks-of-puppies-they-raised-ul-or-based-on-fact/558445)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ss-schutzstaffel-recruits-ordered-to-break-the-necks-of-puppies-they-raised-ul-or-based-on-fact/558445 "2015-04-20T19:20:07Z")
Some years ago, I read an account\* which claimed that recruits to the SS were each given a puppy to raise, train, and care for. Obviously, the recruits would become attached to their canine charges and, SS infamy notwith… --- ## [Repair costs for Heater Core](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repair-costs-for-heater-core/718132)
**Author:** [@Skp9595](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skp9595)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/repair-costs-for-heater-core/718132 "2015-04-20T19:12:08Z")
2008 Pontiac Solstice (turbo? No) 68,000 miles R&R heater core What kind of pricing and time for repair --- ## [Advice needed re computer repairs and privacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-re-computer-repairs-and-privacy/718034)
**Author:** [@Atomic\_Alex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atomic_Alex)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-needed-re-computer-repairs-and-privacy/718034 "2015-04-20T19:10:49Z")
My seven year old PC, has stopped working correctly. I have done all I can with my limited knowledge and now I’m considering having an expert look at it. However there is private information on the hard-drive that I wou… --- ## [Canadian criminal charges: "intimidation" and "choking"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-criminal-charges-intimidation-and-choking/718051)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-criminal-charges-intimidation-and-choking/718051 "2015-04-20T18:51:23Z")
Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a couple of Canadian criminal charges that are unfamiliar to me. Ryan Reynolds was hit by a car, and the driver may be charged with “intimidation”. Jian Ghomeshi is charged wit… --- ## [China Colonizes the Spratly Islands-In Accord With international Law?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-colonizes-the-spratly-islands-in-accord-with-international-law/718107)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/china-colonizes-the-spratly-islands-in-accord-with-international-law/718107 "2015-04-20T18:13:11Z")
Satelliet photos show that Chinese forces are now building landing strips and bases on one of the islands. this archipelago lies over 1000 miles off shore from china-is this action legal? Suppose it is not-who gets to ev… --- ## [metrics for explosives](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metrics-for-explosives/718129)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/metrics-for-explosives/718129 "2015-04-20T18:03:04Z")
How is the power of explosives measured? That is, what’s the metric for knowing how much force a given explosive will exert at a given distance per unit of explosive material? I know fission/fusion weapons have kilotons… --- ## [will internet piracy ever be significantly curtailed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-internet-piracy-ever-be-significantly-curtailed/717696)
**Author:** [@BenOliver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BenOliver)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-internet-piracy-ever-be-significantly-curtailed/717696 "2015-04-20T17:51:23Z")
Or, is it the new normal…to be able to DL a lifetime’s worth of music in a matter if days, for free? Thanks. Edit: sorry if thus is in the wrong forum. I’m new here and confused. =\\ --- ## [Soldiers raising/killing dogs - Any validity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldiers-raising-killing-dogs-any-validity/672583)
**Author:** [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/soldiers-raising-killing-dogs-any-validity/672583 "2015-04-20T17:46:49Z")
Way back in the day, I had an 8th grade Social Studies instructor who had served in WWII and told us how the elite Nazi SS soldiers would be given a German Shepherd puppy to raise & train and then, at some point, had to … --- ## [Leaking toilet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaking-toilet/717919)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/leaking-toilet/717919 "2015-04-20T17:33:07Z")
A metal tube connects the wall water supply to the under surface of the toilet. The leak is visible at the plastic nut with wings that attaches this tube to the toilet proper. If the intake water is off, even if the ta… --- ## [Solar Energy Terminology](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-energy-terminology/717928)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solar-energy-terminology/717928 "2015-04-20T16:36:01Z")
Trying to work through some simple solar energy calcs, but the terminology may be misleading me. One starts with finding the solar energy available at their location. If I understand correctly, let’s say “Fig 1” provid… --- ## [How to tell whooping cough from, y'know, just a real bad cough?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-whooping-cough-from-yknow-just-a-real-bad-cough/718072)
**Author:** [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-tell-whooping-cough-from-yknow-just-a-real-bad-cough/718072 "2015-04-20T15:31:03Z")
Inspired by this current thread in Comments on Cecil’s Columns: Whooping Cough Vaccine. I have chronic bronchitis, and I cough rather regularly, with occasional exacerbations that have me coughing my kishkes out non-sto… --- ## [Would it be Legal to Close a Store Preemptively (Labor Action)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-legal-to-close-a-store-preemptively-labor-action/717933)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-legal-to-close-a-store-preemptively-labor-action/717933 "2015-04-20T14:37:53Z")
It seems that Walmart has closed several stores very abruptly. The explanations given sound, odd: They had significant plumbing issues, and will have to close for six months. Now, given the simplicity of a Walmart store,… --- ## [Can't update programs, Malwarebytes, AVG can't solve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-update-programs-malwarebytes-avg-cant-solve/718016)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-update-programs-malwarebytes-avg-cant-solve/718016 "2015-04-20T13:08:23Z")
My downloads and web pages have been often very slow just as of yesterday. I even uninstalled my internet filter to see if it was buggy, but the problem remains. Malwarebytes and AVG have not found the problem. I’ve trie… --- ## [Time Travelling to 1915 - How to take money?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travelling-to-1915-how-to-take-money/717011)
**Author:** [@Alzarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alzarian)\ **Replies:** 115\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/time-travelling-to-1915-how-to-take-money/717011 "2015-04-20T11:52:33Z")
Let us suppose that I have a working time machine, and decide to travel back in time about 100 years. It would seem that the Yearly Median Household Income in that year was $687. I’ve got quite a bit more than that sav… --- ## [ADA Title 3 and 5 magic words](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ada-title-3-and-5-magic-words/716388)
**Author:** [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ada-title-3-and-5-magic-words/716388 "2015-04-20T10:10:44Z")
So I got a call at work from this guy recently. He seems to make it a habit of calling places and only saying ‘reasonable accommodation’ then lecturing you for not saying the 5 magic words he claims are required by law.… --- ## [When did police begin carrying guns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-police-begin-carrying-guns/717346)
**Author:** [@dofe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dofe)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-police-begin-carrying-guns/717346 "2015-04-20T06:38:24Z")
This is obviously going to vary by region (I’d imagine law enforcement officers in the west began carrying firearms earlier than in the industrialized northeastern cities) – but when did police in the US begin to regular… --- ## [Legal Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-questions/717868)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-questions/717868 "2015-04-20T01:58:18Z")
Hi SD! I have a couple of legal questions. Are there any situations where bail should not be taken if offered by the authorities to an arrested person? Is it always to your advantage to spend the money if you can aff… --- ## [Sea shanties and waulking songs—is there a more genereal term?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-shanties-and-waulking-songs-is-there-a-more-genereal-term/718081)
**Author:** [@CoastalMaineiac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoastalMaineiac)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2015, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sea-shanties-and-waulking-songs-is-there-a-more-genereal-term/718081 "2015-04-20T01:09:03Z")
These are both types of songs that were sung primarily to keep people in time with each other while working. For example: pulling up a heavy ship’s anchor is much easier if everyone pulls at the same time. Is there a g… --- ## [Android annoyer... what's up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-annoyer-whats-up/717986)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-annoyer-whats-up/717986 "2015-04-19T22:45:10Z")
So alla sudden my Galaxy Note II has started going off with a screaming pop song at (suspiciously) 4:20 am. Two days now, and the timing is such that I lose an hour of sleep trying to get back to sleep. At least once it’… --- ## [Gus Grissom and the hatch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gus-grissom-and-the-hatch/717951)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gus-grissom-and-the-hatch/717951 "2015-04-19T21:07:15Z")
Hello Everyone, I’m just curious, there had seemed to be some debate (not so much today) if Gus Grissom panic ed and blew the hatch on his Mercury capsule. But, I think the fact that NASA let him fly again and had he… --- ## [How long does it take for food to pass through my body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-food-to-pass-through-my-body/297722)
**Author:** [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-does-it-take-for-food-to-pass-through-my-body/297722 "2015-04-19T19:23:18Z")
Suppose at dinnertime, I pig out, and eat three pounds worth of food. Naturally, if I get on a scale afterwards, I will weight three pounds heavier than before. How long will it take for that three pounds of fine cuisi… --- ## [What's up with IE pages that gobble up huge chunks of memory & slow system response to a crawl?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-ie-pages-that-gobble-up-huge-chunks-of-memory-slow-system-response-to-a-crawl/718004)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-with-ie-pages-that-gobble-up-huge-chunks-of-memory-slow-system-response-to-a-crawl/718004 "2015-04-19T14:01:44Z")
This is happening with every increasing frequency lately. System response slows to a snail’s pace so I do the three finger salute to being up the Windows Task Manager and some browser pages are showing that they are usin… --- ## [Is it a helicopter or Autogyro? (Idiot in Washington D.C.)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-helicopter-or-autogyro-idiot-in-washington-d-c/717753)
**Author:** [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 19, 2015, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-helicopter-or-autogyro-idiot-in-washington-d-c/717753 "2015-04-19T03:36:42Z")
Some \*fool \*flew some kind of rotary-winged craft into D.C. airspace and lands somewhere near the Capital building. Dumb-Ass Wolf keeps calling it a “helicopter”, but it sure looks like an autogyro to me. But what the he… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1128) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1130)