# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1150 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1151 --- ## [With the new research on global warming, what will coastal cities & coastlines look like](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-new-research-on-global-warming-what-will-coastal-cities-coastlines-look-like/715155)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/with-the-new-research-on-global-warming-what-will-coastal-cities-coastlines-look-like/715155 "2015-03-17T12:45:06Z")
Antarctica is melting faster than expected, and climate change has been hidden due to Chinese pollution. So what does that mean for coastal cities or the coastline? And what timeline would that be? --- ## [What's the mass of ice, including air?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-mass-of-ice-including-air/714885)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 12:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-mass-of-ice-including-air/714885 "2015-03-17T12:05:55Z")
I suppose I could search and find out how many moles of air are in ice that contains a mole of water. But my Google Fu is not mighty now. Given: When water freezes, it traps air inside, which increases the volume and r… --- ## [What Can I do to Read the Title/Description of a Web Page before I Click it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-to-read-the-title-description-of-a-web-page-before-i-click-it/714973)
**Author:** [@Tinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tinboy)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-can-i-do-to-read-the-title-description-of-a-web-page-before-i-click-it/714973 "2015-03-17T11:59:50Z")
I search with google for a lot of things over the years and gotten a lot of results.(True Story;)) However one thing has shown up in most of my search results is"…". I have grown to hate ellipsis, they are the second m… --- ## [Numbers in other languages](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbers-in-other-languages/714676)
**Author:** [@pianodave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pianodave)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/numbers-in-other-languages/714676 "2015-03-17T11:18:06Z")
Hi again, I’d like to know about why numbers in other languages are so inconsistent in this particular way. In English, when we count from 10 to 20, we include the “teen” starting at thirteen. Obviously, in this case,… --- ## [What does this doctor mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-doctor-mean/714159)
**Author:** [@congodwarf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/congodwarf)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-doctor-mean/714159 "2015-03-17T08:47:46Z")
I am trying to type up a case study (massive waste of time) and part of what I have to do is to take a doctor’s progress note, turn it into something resembling real language, and then I have to interpret it. Unfortunate… --- ## [Tattered flags](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattered-flags/714987)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tattered-flags/714987 "2015-03-17T08:12:32Z")
I imagine that all Americans, at some time or another, have seen an old, worn-out American flag still flying. Invariably, the form of the wear is the same: The red and white stripes have torn apart into separate tatter… --- ## [Why does sulfuric acid concentration top-out at 98%?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-sulfuric-acid-concentration-top-out-at-98/715051)
**Author:** [@Patty\_O\_Furniture](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patty_O_Furniture)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-sulfuric-acid-concentration-top-out-at-98/715051 "2015-03-17T06:19:18Z")
I’m sitting here looking at my mad scientist supplies and noticed that my sulfuric acid is a 98% concentration, or 18 molar. What’s the other 2%? (not water, surely!) Is there such a thing as 100% sulfuric acid? My ac… --- ## [How to send texts from a computer to a cellphone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-send-texts-from-a-computer-to-a-cellphone/715125)
**Author:** [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-send-texts-from-a-computer-to-a-cellphone/715125 "2015-03-17T04:47:37Z")
I would like to send text messages from my computer to a cellphone. Preferably for free. Also, while I don’t mind getting ads and spam since I’ll throw away the account when I no longer need it, I would like to make it s… --- ## [Fish Oil vs. Krill Oil](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-oil-vs-krill-oil/715131)
**Author:** [@GreenHell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenHell)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fish-oil-vs-krill-oil/715131 "2015-03-17T03:14:12Z")
Well, as it turns out, my triglycerides suck. My father had enviable genetics, which I have been coasting on, but a crappy diet and no regular exercise can overcome even that advantage. Plus, I only got half my genes f… --- ## [Tax and Inheritance Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-and-inheritance-question/715137)
**Author:** [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tax-and-inheritance-question/715137 "2015-03-17T01:37:32Z")
Rough sequence: Mother-in-law makes my wife a joint account holder on her savings account (with rights of survivorship) Significant cash from a reverse mortgage on mother-in-law’s home is deposited in the savings accou… --- ## [iOS, Chrome and Flash](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-chrome-and-flash/715129)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 17, 2015, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ios-chrome-and-flash/715129 "2015-03-17T00:14:13Z")
So a well-known limitation of the Safari browser that comes with iPhones and iPods is that they can’t play Flash videos. A while ago I was trying to get around that, and I figured I’d try either Chrome or Opera for iOS … --- ## [Kodak Easyshare Photos All Damaged](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kodak-easyshare-photos-all-damaged/715004)
**Author:** [@GreenElf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreenElf)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kodak-easyshare-photos-all-damaged/715004 "2015-03-16T23:38:05Z")
I uploaded thousands of photos taken with a Kodak camera to my computer using the camera doc, and they used to all display fine on the Easyshare computer site. But several years ago they all suddenly had a crooked line t… --- ## [Maths help needed.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maths-help-needed/715111)
**Author:** [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/maths-help-needed/715111 "2015-03-16T20:16:13Z")
I’m trying to input some performance data into some flight planning software. Unfortunately the data I have available is in a different format to the format required for the software. The data is split into climb, cruis… --- ## [What is the best type of sensor to use for range finding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-type-of-sensor-to-use-for-range-finding/715126)
**Author:** [@sweeteviljesus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sweeteviljesus)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-best-type-of-sensor-to-use-for-range-finding/715126 "2015-03-16T19:59:29Z")
What is the best type of sensor to use for determining distances to other objects? What defines “best” is a combination of distance, insensitivity to environmental distractions like fog and dust, cost, reliability and d… --- ## [Slow Motion of Grenade Exploding - Real or not?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-motion-of-grenade-exploding-real-or-not/714928)
**Author:** [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-motion-of-grenade-exploding-real-or-not/714928 "2015-03-16T19:48:46Z")
Found this on the Youtubes: “Ultra Slow Motion Grenade Expanding” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5kaNanGV0I If you’re unable to watch it, the video starts with two camera angles of the same hand grenade. The pin is… --- ## [Why does a Windows install get slower with age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-windows-install-get-slower-with-age/714893)
**Author:** [@jezzaOZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jezzaOZ)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-windows-install-get-slower-with-age/714893 "2015-03-16T18:40:49Z")
I’ve been using Windows ever since it was an add-on to DOS so you could run excel. Every single instance of Windows that I’ve used gets slower with use. Usually to the point of being unusable. It’s not lack of disk spa… --- ## [Triple portmanteaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-portmanteaus/714977)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/triple-portmanteaus/714977 "2015-03-16T18:21:02Z")
I wonder if there are more portmanteaus that are made up of 3 words. Just yesterday, I read Grexident for the first time: What other examples are there? (Please only portmanteaus that have actually been used before,… --- ## [Recording devices](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-devices/715116)
**Author:** [@Picky-13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Picky-13)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recording-devices/715116 "2015-03-16T16:34:22Z")
Hi, Is anyone in the UK or knowledge of UK laws able to help me with this scenario ‘I have been suspended from work and I want to secretly record the meeting on a hidden handheld device, The meeting is a formal meeting… --- ## [Does exposure to cold weather reduce your immune response?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-exposure-to-cold-weather-reduce-your-immune-response/715058)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 11:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-exposure-to-cold-weather-reduce-your-immune-response/715058 "2015-03-16T11:40:28Z")
When I was a kid I was never allowed to play outside in the rain or cold because according to my mother “I might catch my death”. In reality, playing inside instead, as opposed to going outside, probably increased my cha… --- ## [French Grammar Question about ce que/ce qi](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-grammar-question-about-ce-que-ce-qi/715018)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/french-grammar-question-about-ce-que-ce-qi/715018 "2015-03-16T09:54:21Z")
Hi, I’m having trouble distinguishing between the subject and object part of a sentence and use of ce qui (functions as the subject of the subordinate clause. ) and ce que (functions as the object of the subordinate cla… --- ## [When Did Taxicab Drivers Stop Wearing Uniforms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-taxicab-drivers-stop-wearing-uniforms/388766)
**Author:** [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 23, 2007, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-taxicab-drivers-stop-wearing-uniforms/388766 "2007-01-23T00:13:52Z")
If you watch old movies, you will note that taxicab drivers used to wear uniforms-it was an officer’s style cap, with a jacket and tie. Nowadays, cab drivers dress pretty sloppily-when did the cab companies stop enforcin… --- ## [Are citrus fruit naturally lumpy looking?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-citrus-fruit-naturally-lumpy-looking/715056)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-citrus-fruit-naturally-lumpy-looking/715056 "2015-03-16T07:31:26Z")
I remember noticing in a organic farmers market in the US all the citrus fruit had lumpy “pimply” looking skin, they tasted fine but the skin looked different. Now in the Carribean locally grown citrus in markets all lo… --- ## [What happens to miscarried fetuses w/o medicine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-miscarried-fetuses-w-o-medicine/715026)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-to-miscarried-fetuses-w-o-medicine/715026 "2015-03-16T04:11:21Z")
If an animal has a fetus and it dies, what happens to it at various stages of pregnancy (for a human for example: 1 week, 1 month, 8 months etc)? It is always just passed out via the vagina, or does it ever get dissolve… --- ## [Automated reading software for resumes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automated-reading-software-for-resumes/715052)
**Author:** [@mind\_the\_gap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mind_the_gap)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/automated-reading-software-for-resumes/715052 "2015-03-16T03:30:30Z")
I’ve got a question for the multitude regarding the use of automated software that an HR department might use to sort resumes. Here’s the setup. I received an email regarding a position for a community college and on the… --- ## [Roku not streaming anything today](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-not-streaming-anything-today/715002)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roku-not-streaming-anything-today/715002 "2015-03-16T03:17:35Z")
Anyone else experiencing this? It’s a Roku3. I have AT&T wifi. No Netflix, Amazon, Acorn, PBS, TED-- nothing. The home screen with channel icons appears as usual. You can page/scroll through them. Choose a program and … --- ## [What's the origin of the "Greetings From City" mural with city scenes in the letters?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-origin-of-the-greetings-from-city-mural-with-city-scenes-in-the-letters/692712)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-origin-of-the-greetings-from-city-mural-with-city-scenes-in-the-letters/692712 "2015-03-16T02:26:01Z")
Many cities have murals of the form “Greetings from City”, where the city name is in large letters and local landmarks are inside the letters. Here’s an example from Houston Does this style of mural have a name and how… --- ## [I got some 100% isopropyl alcohol. Any precautions vs the 70% stuff I normally use?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-some-100-isopropyl-alcohol-any-precautions-vs-the-70-stuff-i-normally-use/615102)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-got-some-100-isopropyl-alcohol-any-precautions-vs-the-70-stuff-i-normally-use/615102 "2015-03-16T02:19:04Z")
Bottles of this fuel additive were on sale at my local thrift for 50 cents each. Looking at the spec sheet It appears to be that rare beast, 100% isopropyl alcohol. I normally use the 70% rubbling alcohol for a variety o… --- ## [Quick Excel question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-excel-question/715066)
**Author:** [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quick-excel-question/715066 "2015-03-16T02:14:11Z")
Suppose I have a spreadsheet with four cells in it: a1, b1, c1 and d1. I want D1 to copy what’s been written in c1. But if that’s empty, copy what’s in b1. If that’s empty, copy what’s in a1. And if that’s empty, leave … --- ## [What info does PayPal need from a merchant to charge someone's account?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-info-does-paypal-need-from-a-merchant-to-charge-someones-account/714883)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2015, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-info-does-paypal-need-from-a-merchant-to-charge-someones-account/714883 "2015-03-16T00:18:58Z")
I just got an email from PayPal that my account was charged today by Roku. I have a Roku device but we haven’t used it in a week. The charge was $7.99 for Hulu Plus. I logged into my Roku account and they show the purcha… --- ## [Gluing a refrigerator drawer--what glue/epoxy to use and do I need to know what kind of plastic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gluing-a-refrigerator-drawer-what-glue-epoxy-to-use-and-do-i-need-to-know-what-kind-of-plastic/690035)
**Author:** [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 15, 2015, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gluing-a-refrigerator-drawer-what-glue-epoxy-to-use-and-do-i-need-to-know-what-kind-of-plastic/690035 "2015-03-15T23:40:37Z")
The face of an inside drawer in our Samsung refrigerator broke. New drawers are $40, much more than a fancy-shmancy glue (and maybe a new clamp!). I can take the drawer out to clamp/let the glue set, but do I need to wo… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1149) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=1151)