# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=113 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 114 --- ## [If a lawyer breaks attorney-client privilege and reports a client to police, is the evidence still admissible in court?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-lawyer-breaks-attorney-client-privilege-and-reports-a-client-to-police-is-the-evidence-still-admissible-in-court/993360)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-lawyer-breaks-attorney-client-privilege-and-reports-a-client-to-police-is-the-evidence-still-admissible-in-court/993360 "2023-11-20T18:42:41Z")
Say a client is guilty of murder, and tells his lawyer so. His lawyer then - for whatever reason - tells this to the cops. That would be a violation of attorney-client privilege (assuming the client didn’t pose a threat… --- ## [Car tire pricing and size](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-tire-pricing-and-size/993362)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-tire-pricing-and-size/993362 "2023-11-20T05:47:12Z")
We have 2 cars, a subcompact and a minivan. I was looking at snow tires for both, and to my surprise, the tires for the smaller car are all more expensive. The Michelin X-Ice for the minivan, 215/65R/16, are $159.99, whi… --- ## [Need help identifying a Naval Gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-naval-gun/992860)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2023, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-help-identifying-a-naval-gun/992860 "2023-11-20T02:19:23Z")
I have been researching the US submarine S-49 and have written a book about it. It’s the only US submarine to be privately owned. It was purchased (with the approval of the Secretary of the Navy) from the scrapyard that … --- ## [Getting poinsettias to rebloom: How can this possibly replicate their natural environment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-poinsettias-to-rebloom-how-can-this-possibly-replicate-their-natural-environment/993372)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-poinsettias-to-rebloom-how-can-this-possibly-replicate-their-natural-environment/993372 "2023-11-19T23:39:47Z")
Instructions for getting your poinsettias to rebloom are typically arduous. How does this regimen possibly exist in the plant’s natural native environment? (I am not looking for information about how to do this, because… --- ## [What is the smallest animal that farts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-smallest-animal-that-farts/993287)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-smallest-animal-that-farts/993287 "2023-11-19T21:47:23Z")
A year ago, this question was asked: I am asking this as something of a followup question. (For the purpose of discussion, we’ll define a fart as a burst of gas expelled from the far end of the digestive system, whet… --- ## [Is there any difference at all between same medigap plans at different providers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-difference-at-all-between-same-medigap-plans-at-different-providers/993245)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-difference-at-all-between-same-medigap-plans-at-different-providers/993245 "2023-11-19T15:49:08Z")
I’m trying to decide if I should switch from AARP to Humana for my mother’s Medicare supplemental. I’ve heard that Humana’s customer service is terrible as well as their other plans, but she’d be saving $38 a month. Ar… --- ## [What are "Followers" (in the context of Facebook)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-followers-in-the-context-of-facebook/993335)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-followers-in-the-context-of-facebook/993335 "2023-11-19T13:50:05Z")
I was browsing FB this morning, and I got irritated by this guy on my friends list. He’s always posting interesting-looking headlines of a political nature that I’d be interested in reading more about. Thing is, he’s alw… --- ## [Amazon products - What happend to "answered questions"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-products-what-happend-to-answered-questions/993265)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-products-what-happend-to-answered-questions/993265 "2023-11-19T01:14:42Z")
When I shop on Amazon, I’ve always seen, and used, the links that say, for example, 3,778 ratings | 172 answered questions. Lately, though, only the ratings link works - it takes me to the reviews of the products. The … --- ## [From a chemists's perspective what actually kills the victim of a snake bite?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-chemistss-perspective-what-actually-kills-the-victim-of-a-snake-bite/975101)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 19, 2023, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-a-chemistss-perspective-what-actually-kills-the-victim-of-a-snake-bite/975101 "2023-11-19T00:38:48Z")
From a chemists’s/pathologists’s perspective what actually kills the victim of a snake bite? Is it the venom only or is there also a concomitant bacterial infection element that also leads to death? --- ## [Whipping Cream sulfur smell -- normal??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whipping-cream-sulfur-smell-normal/121036)
**Author:** [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2023, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whipping-cream-sulfur-smell-normal/121036 "2023-11-18T20:16:07Z")
At the coffee store I work at, we make our own whipped cream by pouring whipping cream (aka heavy cream) into a special bottle and charging it with compressed gas. Lately, my store has been throwing out a lot of cartons … --- ## [Do Toy Rockets Behave Differently When Launched From Higher Altitudes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-toy-rockets-behave-differently-when-launched-from-higher-altitudes/993297)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 18, 2023, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-toy-rockets-behave-differently-when-launched-from-higher-altitudes/993297 "2023-11-18T03:18:11Z")
In this video, they discuss why we don’t launch rockets from the tops of mountains. I’m fuzzy on the science, but it seems that there is some benefit to launching from a high altitude, although the bad outweighs the good… --- ## [Daylight Savings Time south of the Equator](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-time-south-of-the-equator/992892)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2023, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/daylight-savings-time-south-of-the-equator/992892 "2023-11-17T21:55:14Z")
Do the folks in South America and Australia run a DST opposite from us in the Northern Hemisphere? --- ## [Can the rear seat crewmember of a fighter jet fly the plane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-rear-seat-crewmember-of-a-fighter-jet-fly-the-plane/993267)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2023, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-rear-seat-crewmember-of-a-fighter-jet-fly-the-plane/993267 "2023-11-17T14:17:12Z")
That’s pretty much the question. If the pilot of a modern fighter jet (say, something the US uses) became unavailable during a flight, could the rear seat crewmember successfully operate the aircraft? Could he/she cont… --- ## [How do i turn off the annoying internal lights on my PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-off-the-annoying-internal-lights-on-my-pc/993219)
**Author:** [@Loggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loggins)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-turn-off-the-annoying-internal-lights-on-my-pc/993219 "2023-11-17T02:35:05Z")
Hello guys and girls and others. I have a PC that i bought maybe 5-6 year ago. It is situated im my bedroom, so that i can access SD quickly and easily. TBH i probably use it most for listening to podcasts while trying … --- ## [How do people learn to play unusual instruments (like a church organ or a carillon)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-learn-to-play-unusual-instruments-like-a-church-organ-or-a-carillon/993055)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2023, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-people-learn-to-play-unusual-instruments-like-a-church-organ-or-a-carillon/993055 "2023-11-17T00:53:21Z")
I was watching the video below of a woman playing a church organ. It seems to take two people (mostly her) but also another person lurking and pushing/pulling buttons. How does anyone learn to play such a thing? There… --- ## [Rolling down a ramp](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-down-a-ramp/993201)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rolling-down-a-ramp/993201 "2023-11-16T21:56:53Z")
2 ramps each 100ft tall. 1st ramp 1,000ft long, second ramp 10,000 ft long. Would a ball bearing be traveling at approx. the same speed at the bottom of these ramps? --- ## [Why did early homo species not regain body hair when they migrated to cold climates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-early-homo-species-not-regain-body-hair-when-they-migrated-to-cold-climates/993099)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-early-homo-species-not-regain-body-hair-when-they-migrated-to-cold-climates/993099 "2023-11-16T21:46:36Z")
Is it because it takes millions of years? Or is there an adaptive advantage even in cold climates? Or no reason at all? --- ## [Names for surface patterns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-surface-patterns/993261)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/names-for-surface-patterns/993261 "2023-11-16T21:38:44Z")
Plants and animals often include in their name (common or taxonomic) a word that describes the coloration on various parts of their body: reticulated, variegated, serrated, and so on. Tesselated is another such word, us… --- ## [How did the word jail get the nickname "pokey"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-word-jail-get-the-nickname-pokey/32016)
**Author:** [@insider](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/insider)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-did-the-word-jail-get-the-nickname-pokey/32016 "2023-11-16T20:14:03Z")
It just occured to me how the nickname “pokey” was created to mean jail. --- ## [Japanese translation of pro wrestling hold ''Shinin no maki''](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-translation-of-pro-wrestling-hold-shinin-no-maki/253169)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2023, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japanese-translation-of-pro-wrestling-hold-shinin-no-maki/253169 "2023-11-16T07:51:09Z")
I guess, anyway. I remember a Japanese pro wrestler using this term to describe this \*deadly hold. When other non-Japanese wrestlers used it, it was called the “Cobra Clutch,” and sometimes the Japanese themselves call… --- ## [Geneva Conventions, bombing hospitals, exception when combatants shelter there](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geneva-conventions-bombing-hospitals-exception-when-combatants-shelter-there/993196)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geneva-conventions-bombing-hospitals-exception-when-combatants-shelter-there/993196 "2023-11-15T19:21:01Z")
This is a factual question. I’ve heard on news programs that the Geneva Conventions (or the documents they generated) say a military cannot bomb certain targets such as hospitals and schools. But I’ve also heard on these… --- ## [Question re: Gaza Infrastructure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-gaza-infrastructure/993121)
**Author:** [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-re-gaza-infrastructure/993121 "2023-11-15T19:09:02Z")
Considering the Israel-Egypt blockade of Gaza, how are all the buildings, streets, etc. built? What industry does Gaza have? From the footage of the war, it’s a dense, urban, modern-looking landscape, with tall-ish build… --- ## [What was Blondie's maiden name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-blondies-maiden-name/173975)
**Author:** [@Eliphalet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eliphalet)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-blondies-maiden-name/173975 "2023-11-15T18:23:13Z")
From the Blondie website: http://www.kingfeatures.com/features/comics/blondie/about.htm "From flapper and playboy to pop culture icons. It was way back in 1930 when Dagwood Bumstead first met Blondie. (Consider yoursel… --- ## [How long before we have 3D printed organs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-we-have-3d-printed-organs/993033)
**Author:** [@Jackson99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackson99)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-before-we-have-3d-printed-organs/993033 "2023-11-15T18:13:12Z")
How long before we have 3D printed organs used in medicine like 3D printed liver or 3D printed kidney or heart. Is this some thing that is 10 years away or some thing more like 20 years away? What problems have they ha… --- ## [AED use with dextrocardiac patient?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aed-use-with-dextrocardiac-patient/992335)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aed-use-with-dextrocardiac-patient/992335 "2023-11-15T14:47:52Z")
DH and I were talking about a CPR class he had taken years ago, where he learned the use of an AED. It occurred to both of us to wonder how those cope with a dextrocardiac patient, especially if the patient is unable to … --- ## [Need tech help re: recording programs that show via streaming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-tech-help-re-recording-programs-that-show-via-streaming/993150)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-tech-help-re-recording-programs-that-show-via-streaming/993150 "2023-11-15T01:52:47Z")
We have only stupid TVs, i.e. no smart TVs, hence, we either input, via HDMI, the cable system or the computer/streaming system. We can record anything that comes via the cable by using the DVR system that it comes thro… --- ## [Percent of Earth's surface north of the Arctic Circle that is land?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percent-of-earths-surface-north-of-the-arctic-circle-that-is-land/993050)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/percent-of-earths-surface-north-of-the-arctic-circle-that-is-land/993050 "2023-11-15T00:15:08Z")
For some reason, I’m having a hard time finding this out. For the purposes of my question, ‘land’ does not include ice, just solid ground above sea level. So ice shelves and polar ice caps don’t count. I was tempted to s… --- ## [If Swahili is a phonetic language, why are misspellings common?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-swahili-is-a-phonetic-language-why-are-misspellings-common/992105)
**Author:** [@Jagraze1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jagraze1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-swahili-is-a-phonetic-language-why-are-misspellings-common/992105 "2023-11-14T19:22:40Z")
Right so according to research, misspellings such as th instead of dh, r instead of l, the omission of h, etc. as can be seen here: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/242189390\_Problems\_of\_Writing\_in\_Kiswahili\_A\_C… --- ## [The rings of Saturn](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rings-of-saturn/75844)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 8:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-rings-of-saturn/75844 "2023-11-14T08:57:00Z")
What are they made of? I wonder whether the opening footage of 3rd Rock from the Sun is accurate in that it shows a bit where Saturn’s rings appear to be made of coal, or at least carbon; they’re supposed to be “a meter … --- ## [Why does chicken pop when it's microwaved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-chicken-pop-when-its-microwaved/993075)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 14, 2023, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-chicken-pop-when-its-microwaved/993075 "2023-11-14T00:01:36Z")
Maybe this is better in Cafe Society. It happens when warming pieces of chicken with bones in, e.g. breasts, thighs, but also with off the bone chicken - boneless breasts, for example. It seems there must be pockets of … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=112) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=114)