# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1148 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1149 --- ## [Property seizure in drug cases, where property has changed ownership?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/property-seizure-in-drug-cases-where-property-has-changed-ownership/715409)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2015, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/property-seizure-in-drug-cases-where-property-has-changed-ownership/715409 "2015-03-20T01:52:50Z")
Has it ever happened that property has been seized in relation to drug offenses, when the offender in fact had already sold the property to someone else? A friend of mine (no it is not me) has just found out the current… --- ## [Cold Weather in the Philippines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-in-the-philippines/715434)
**Author:** [@Simple\_Mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simple_Mind)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cold-weather-in-the-philippines/715434 "2015-03-20T01:23:25Z")
Hi all, I live since 1999 in the Central Visayas in the middle of the Philippines, I have a quality German made analog weather station that indicates, temperature, humidity and pressure, my lowest readings were always ar… --- ## [Did Picasso really visit any prehistoric caves- Lascaux or Altamira?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-picasso-really-visit-any-prehistoric-caves-lascaux-or-altamira/715431)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-picasso-really-visit-any-prehistoric-caves-lascaux-or-altamira/715431 "2015-03-19T22:27:22Z")
Hi, Several years ago I read that Picasso had never visited any prehistoric cave paintings as was so often claimed. I thought the matter was settled. Every other article these days claims he did. What is the truth. The … --- ## [Why do only Spanish cultures use Jesus as a first name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-only-spanish-cultures-use-jesus-as-a-first-name/314034)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 106\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-only-spanish-cultures-use-jesus-as-a-first-name/314034 "2015-03-19T22:17:28Z")
The title pretty much says it all. Many cultures are Christian, but only the Spaniards and the Spanish-speaking people of the Americas use it as a first name. It can’t be a Catholic thing because many other countries are… --- ## [Why does muriatic acid turn your skin brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-muriatic-acid-turn-your-skin-brown/715295)
**Author:** [@Hermitian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hermitian)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-muriatic-acid-turn-your-skin-brown/715295 "2015-03-19T21:59:39Z")
As I was reading this threadand someone mentioned muriatic acid, I took a trip down memory lane. After my freshman year in college, I worked in the maintenance department for a water treatment plant. The plant had a big… --- ## [Largest, longest held private property](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-longest-held-private-property/715299)
**Author:** [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-longest-held-private-property/715299 "2015-03-19T21:53:47Z")
What is the largest piece of property that has been held by the same family for the longest time? I’m guessing it’s something owned by a member of the British nobility. What about something that isn’t owned by a queen, d… --- ## [Cathodes and anodes vs. electrons and charges](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cathodes-and-anodes-vs-electrons-and-charges/715358)
**Author:** [@dstarfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dstarfire)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cathodes-and-anodes-vs-electrons-and-charges/715358 "2015-03-19T21:40:39Z")
summary: How does electroplating move material from the positively charged depositing material to the negatively charged base? So, I’m reading up on electroplating on wikipedia, which involved refreshing my memory on ca… --- ## [Is Florida the most proactive state in giving public access to state records?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-florida-the-most-proactive-state-in-giving-public-access-to-state-records/715422)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-florida-the-most-proactive-state-in-giving-public-access-to-state-records/715422 "2015-03-19T20:32:06Z")
I see a lot of personal information that gets disclosed and reported in connection with Florida trial cases. Private conversations between jailed suspects and family surprised me the most. They are released to the press… --- ## [Download and upload speeds?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-and-upload-speeds/715332)
**Author:** [@Fir\_na\_tine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fir_na_tine)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/download-and-upload-speeds/715332 "2015-03-19T20:26:25Z")
My internet connection is thru time warner. I think the speed sucks. Have difficulty downloading anything in a reasonable amount of time. Just ran speedtest and 1.08 mbps download and 1.11 mbps upload respectively. A… --- ## [I can't see my OneDrive files](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-onedrive-files/715223)
**Author:** [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-cant-see-my-onedrive-files/715223 "2015-03-19T18:38:58Z")
Last night, I copied five mp3 files from my laptop to OneDrive, with the intent to download them to my cell phone. After I was done, I opened the folder on my phone, but I could only see three of the files. I checked the… --- ## [Fossil Fuel Replenishment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fossil-fuel-replenishment/715246)
**Author:** [@Shawn1767](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shawn1767)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fossil-fuel-replenishment/715246 "2015-03-19T17:32:06Z")
So, I’m just curious that since fossil fuels are made from life, and since there is an unbroken line of life leading back since life began, shouldn’t things like coal and oil be constantly manufactured? I realize the pro… --- ## [Why don't microwave ovens operate at partial power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-microwave-ovens-operate-at-partial-power/715305)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-microwave-ovens-operate-at-partial-power/715305 "2015-03-19T15:55:22Z")
Every microwave oven I’ve seen, when set to something other than “full power,” achieves a time-averaged partial power by dithering between full power output and zero power output. Is there something about a magnetron th… --- ## [Mac software for creating looping DVD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-software-for-creating-looping-dvd/715381)
**Author:** [@h.sapiens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/h.sapiens)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-software-for-creating-looping-dvd/715381 "2015-03-19T14:40:53Z")
I have created a video for my company that will be shown at an upcoming trade show. Since I don’t have access to the DVD player that they will be using at the facility, I’m hoping to be able to create a DVD that will aut… --- ## [Taking money across the border](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-money-across-the-border/715163)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-money-across-the-border/715163 "2015-03-19T12:54:51Z")
I sell my house in Montreal and move to the US with a cashier’s check for $500,000 from the sale. I tell the border guard that I have such a check and where it came from. What happens next? Subsidiary question: what h… --- ## [Do Finance Ministers in other Commonwealth countries buy new shoes on budget day?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-finance-ministers-in-other-commonwealth-countries-buy-new-shoes-on-budget-day/715291)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-finance-ministers-in-other-commonwealth-countries-buy-new-shoes-on-budget-day/715291 "2015-03-19T09:59:45Z")
It’s a tradition in Canada that the Finance Ministers (federal and provincial) buy new shoes on budget day. Here’s an article about the Sask Finance Minister putting on his new shoes that his wife bought him, in prepara… --- ## [Minimum amount of notification time required to defeat a humanity-killing asteroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-amount-of-notification-time-required-to-defeat-a-humanity-killing-asteroid/715287)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 9:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/minimum-amount-of-notification-time-required-to-defeat-a-humanity-killing-asteroid/715287 "2015-03-19T09:14:20Z")
Hypothetical scenario: Assuming that humanity became aware \*right this moment \*(the year 2015) of an incoming killer asteroid - and assuming that most nations on Earth were willing to contribute as much funding as one c… --- ## [Why didn't more US settlers go south of the mountains?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-more-us-settlers-go-south-of-the-mountains/712712)
**Author:** [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-didnt-more-us-settlers-go-south-of-the-mountains/712712 "2015-03-19T09:10:23Z")
Surely some did. I’m sure the desert was threatening with de-hydration, but what about the area between the mountains and the desert? --- ## [Is there a time gap between finishing a 10k and getting results for it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-time-gap-between-finishing-a-10k-and-getting-results-for-it/715315)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-time-gap-between-finishing-a-10k-and-getting-results-for-it/715315 "2015-03-19T06:38:09Z")
Ms. Cups and I are running a Disney marathon in November, and in order to get a better starting block they want us to submit a time we have run for a 10k or something. There’s one we can run on Aug. 1, but Disney wants … --- ## [Why does Rick Warren wear jeans and t-shirts in church?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-rick-warren-wear-jeans-and-t-shirts-in-church/715198)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-rick-warren-wear-jeans-and-t-shirts-in-church/715198 "2015-03-19T05:16:52Z")
Why does Rick Warren dress so casually while performing his functions as a clergyman? It always struck me as kind of odd that a man of the cloth would dress exactly the same way that I do almost every day, i. e. wearing … --- ## [Sandy Hook lawsuits : could they be ended instantly in a settlement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandy-hook-lawsuits-could-they-be-ended-instantly-in-a-settlement/715035)
**Author:** [@Habeed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Habeed)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sandy-hook-lawsuits-could-they-be-ended-instantly-in-a-settlement/715035 "2015-03-19T02:03:00Z")
Ok, so I read this article. To summarize, Adam Lanza’s mom is being sued. Her estate has at least a million bucks (insurance on the house). Let’s say for the sake of argument her estate is a million bucks, even. The … --- ## [animal potty training, Shock blanket?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-potty-training-shock-blanket/715096)
**Author:** [@Critical1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Critical1)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/animal-potty-training-shock-blanket/715096 "2015-03-19T01:24:14Z")
I have a cat who has issues peeing in the bed, usually once a week. It gets old fast. So I was wondering if there is a blanket (or similar) that would shock her when she pees. We could just ban her from the bed but woul… --- ## [Homework problem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homework-problem/715260)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homework-problem/715260 "2015-03-19T01:19:15Z")
This was in the 8yr old’s homework. This is the question in its entirety. “A number has eight factors. Two of the factors are 10 and 14. What is the number and what are all of the factors?” What keeps the factors (and… --- ## [The toilet stain that ate New York.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toilet-stain-that-ate-new-york/715255)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-toilet-stain-that-ate-new-york/715255 "2015-03-19T01:13:16Z")
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k110/flavord/IMG\_20150317\_190911\_zpsd66ab08b.jpg Yhe hydrochloric acid in Lysol cleaner won’t kill this, and Lime Away doesn’t seem to touch it either. Any ideas on what this might be, … --- ## [Weight and overdose?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-and-overdose/715346)
**Author:** [@theo112](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theo112)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weight-and-overdose/715346 "2015-03-19T01:08:00Z")
If you are overweight does it take more to make you overdose? --- ## [Recent Places Icon on Desktop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-places-icon-on-desktop/715336)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 19, 2015, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-places-icon-on-desktop/715336 "2015-03-19T00:42:03Z")
I somehow created a Recent Places icon on my Win7 desktop that I can’t seem to get rid of and I don’t know how to move it to somewhere else. Any thoughts? --- ## [RegEx help (select to end of line)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regex-help-select-to-end-of-line/715218)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regex-help-select-to-end-of-line/715218 "2015-03-18T23:18:10Z")
Damn, I’ve gotten rusty at regex. Modern search tools are just too darn smart and handy. Can someone without Google-induced lazy forgettery tell me how to search and select from \[beginning of line\]\[short string\]\[to end … --- ## [Origin of quote 'anything you say about god you must be willing to say on a pile of dead babies'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-quote-anything-you-say-about-god-you-must-be-willing-to-say-on-a-pile-of-dead-babies/715334)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-quote-anything-you-say-about-god-you-must-be-willing-to-say-on-a-pile-of-dead-babies/715334 "2015-03-18T22:55:29Z")
I am paraphrasing the quote, and I tried to cut it down so that it would fit in the title. The quote was something like that ‘anything you say about god you have to be willing to say on top of a pile of dead children’, … --- ## [ICBM - "Ballistic"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icbm-ballistic/714534)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/icbm-ballistic/714534 "2015-03-18T22:40:31Z")
Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile. Right - I get the “Inter-Continental” and the “Missile” parts of the term, but why “Ballistic”? What does “ballistic” mean in this context? And, what does that word add to the mean… --- ## [OCD Treatment?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocd-treatment/715275)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ocd-treatment/715275 "2015-03-18T21:30:40Z")
I give classes to a girl who has OCD. I am not a psychologist, etc., but she appears to be coping quite well. She’s a senior in high school and her marks are usually good. The main symptom of her OCD-ness is that she is … --- ## [Is most of my mass really energy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-most-of-my-mass-really-energy/715230)
**Author:** [@blood63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blood63)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 18, 2015, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-most-of-my-mass-really-energy/715230 "2015-03-18T20:57:00Z")
The heavy particles of the atom are protons and neutrons and since I am made of atoms, then when I weigh myself, almost all of it is the mass of protons and neutrons. But protons and neutrons are made of quarks and most… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1147) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1149)