# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=175 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 176 --- ## [Copying files between Macs (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copying-files-between-macs-part-2/974433)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/copying-files-between-macs-part-2/974433 "2022-11-10T17:20:40Z")
I have folders on my two MacBook Pros, and I want to copy each to the other. I couldn’t find the previous thread that said I needed to use Airdrop, so I attempted to move a folder into iCloud. Since I dragged-and-dropp… --- ## [Geologically speaking what mountain formation surrounds Jerusalem](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geologically-speaking-what-mountain-formation-surrounds-jerusalem/974450)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geologically-speaking-what-mountain-formation-surrounds-jerusalem/974450 "2022-11-10T07:23:23Z")
What are the names of the mountains surrounding Jerusalem. This is not a question about it’s seven hills. --- ## [Question regarding the 1587 attack on Cadiz](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-1587-attack-on-cadiz/974350)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-the-1587-attack-on-cadiz/974350 "2022-11-10T07:22:35Z")
I can’t seem to find the name of the Spanish Armada flagship destroyed by Sir Francis Drake’s raid on Cadiz harbor. Lots on Drake’s fleet online. emphasized text --- ## [Dog catcher--- Does anybody really elect them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-catcher-does-anybody-really-elect-them/326349)
**Author:** [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 10, 2022, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dog-catcher-does-anybody-really-elect-them/326349 "2022-11-10T00:23:34Z")
A friend recently repeated this oft heard phrase: “I wouldn’t vote for him/her for dog catcher!” And it got me to wondering… Was there ever a time people actually voted for the dog catcher? If so…why? Does the job sti… --- ## [What is the concept in Arabic to shut out questioning of the Koran?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-concept-in-arabic-to-shut-out-questioning-of-the-koran/974649)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 9, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-concept-in-arabic-to-shut-out-questioning-of-the-koran/974649 "2022-11-09T18:55:58Z")
What is the arabic word for shutting out any questioning of the authority or infallibility of the suras/ Koran. --- ## [Are There Infinite Restaurants in Manhattan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-infinite-restaurants-in-manhattan/974521)
**Author:** [@tofor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tofor)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-infinite-restaurants-in-manhattan/974521 "2022-11-08T18:39:47Z")
Say I live in Manhattan with sufficient time and money. I decide to experience every food option in the city, so I eat dinner at a different restaurant every night. Will I eventually run out of restaurants or is there on… --- ## [Writing the word "comma" using dictation softare](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-the-word-comma-using-dictation-softare/974558)
**Author:** [@Billy-o](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy-o)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/writing-the-word-comma-using-dictation-softare/974558 "2022-11-08T14:04:41Z")
I work as a teacher, and have recently discovered the joys of using dictation software to comment on student papers – it’s a HUGE timesaver over handwriting comments! However, I’m slowed down when commenting on punctuat… --- ## [What was the pumpkin that Peter Peter ate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-pumpkin-that-peter-peter-ate/974519)
**Author:** [@EdwardFound](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EdwardFound)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-pumpkin-that-peter-peter-ate/974519 "2022-11-08T11:19:40Z")
In the English nursery rhyme, is Peter Peter’s “pumpkin” the big North American orange squash, or did that word refer to some other melon grown in England back in the day? --- ## [Why did the X-15 have such a non-streamlined vertical stabilizer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-x-15-have-such-a-non-streamlined-vertical-stabilizer/974401)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [November 8, 2022, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-x-15-have-such-a-non-streamlined-vertical-stabilizer/974401 "2022-11-08T05:34:39Z")
Here’s a picture of the X-15, showing the rear face of its vertical stabilizer: If that sentence sounds weird, it’s because you don’t typically hear of a plane’s vertical stabilizer … --- ## [Statistics help: Where do the Six Sigma numbers come from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-help-where-do-the-six-sigma-numbers-come-from/974447)
**Author:** [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistics-help-where-do-the-six-sigma-numbers-come-from/974447 "2022-11-07T16:31:04Z")
In another thread, @Exapno\_Mapcase and @kenobi\_65 were attempting to explain to me why “Six sigma eliminates 99.99964% of a population, leaving 0.00034%” “Because that’s the definition of six standard deviations of a nor… --- ## [Some allegedly "compostable" things take ages to break down. Why is this bad?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-allegedly-compostable-things-take-ages-to-break-down-why-is-this-bad/974312)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2022, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-allegedly-compostable-things-take-ages-to-break-down-why-is-this-bad/974312 "2022-11-07T14:32:43Z")
So I just saw this: The linked article discusses a paper, whose claim is that a lot of the allegedly “compostable” things (particularly plastics) take much longer to break down in compost than organic matter. Assuming… --- ## [How can a bob sleighing crash "fix" partial paralysis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-bob-sleighing-crash-fix-partial-paralysis/974438)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-bob-sleighing-crash-fix-partial-paralysis/974438 "2022-11-06T22:56:44Z")
I was reading about Hugh Trenchard, Marshal of the Royal Air Force.He was wounded in South Africa in the Boer War and was partially paralysed. Then… (Emphasis supplied). However, when he tried to rise from his bed, … --- ## [Native tribe where members sleep propped up on one elbow](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-tribe-where-members-sleep-propped-up-on-one-elbow/689590)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 6, 2022, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-tribe-where-members-sleep-propped-up-on-one-elbow/689590 "2022-11-06T12:33:53Z")
I have this picture in my head from a TV show maybe 15-ish years ago. It was likely a National Geographic special or something on PBS. The show was about a native tribe, probably in Africa, who were a culture of hunter-g… --- ## [Deaths from a 400 kiloton nuclear explosion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaths-from-a-400-kiloton-nuclear-explosion/974168)
**Author:** [@Dahu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahu)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deaths-from-a-400-kiloton-nuclear-explosion/974168 "2022-11-05T20:44:23Z")
At a war museum in Manchester England, there is a training example of a WE177 British free-fall nuclear bomb that had a yield of 400 kilotons. The information panel says this about deaths from a hypothetical explosion ov… --- ## [Colonizing a new star, question about virus/bacterial transfers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonizing-a-new-star-question-about-virus-bacterial-transfers/953179)
**Author:** [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colonizing-a-new-star-question-about-virus-bacterial-transfers/953179 "2022-11-05T05:30:26Z")
So, part of this is definitely not going to be GQ as it’s highly speculative, but the actual question I think falls into the GQ forum. Mods, feel free to move if you disagree. Ok, so let’s say in the future, we have th… --- ## [Question about 'bluing' of a surgical instrument from the late 1800s/early 1900s](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-bluing-of-a-surgical-instrument-from-the-late-1800s-early-1900s/974252)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2022, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-bluing-of-a-surgical-instrument-from-the-late-1800s-early-1900s/974252 "2022-11-05T01:44:29Z")
I recently acquired a Galt trephine produced by the C. Truax company. It looks very similar to this version, or this one, except that the brass of the shaft is nickel plated. It came from an estate sale at the home of a … --- ## [How does something I touch, warm up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-something-i-touch-warm-up/974346)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-something-i-touch-warm-up/974346 "2022-11-04T18:19:16Z")
Sorry if the question is poorly worded. I’m not even totally sure what I’m asking. If I put my warm hand on a cool counter top, the part under my hand slowly warms up. Is my hand pushing the heat out to make the two the … --- ## [Where was the royal court of Spain based during Philip III's reign?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-the-royal-court-of-spain-based-during-philip-iiis-reign/974332)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-was-the-royal-court-of-spain-based-during-philip-iiis-reign/974332 "2022-11-04T17:34:27Z")
Where exctly was the royal court of Spain based during Phillip III’s reign? --- ## [Interest Rate Hikes vs. Tax Hikes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interest-rate-hikes-vs-tax-hikes/974284)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interest-rate-hikes-vs-tax-hikes/974284 "2022-11-04T16:50:02Z")
There is a FQ here, I think, but possibly a subsequent GD. I defer to the mods on where this belongs. What I’m wondering is if the effect of raising taxes would be the same as raising interest rates, but less damaging t… --- ## [Is Lee Carroll's Kryon a cult?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lee-carrolls-kryon-a-cult/193292)
**Author:** [@Acco40](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acco40)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-lee-carrolls-kryon-a-cult/193292 "2022-11-04T13:55:44Z")
I have recently started dating a girl who is a believer of Kryon, a new-age “Religion?”. Basically, I’ve looked into it enough to see that is somewhat ambitious in its attempt to pull together many seemingly seperate su… --- ## [High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-bandwidth-digital-content-protection/974301)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-bandwidth-digital-content-protection/974301 "2022-11-04T06:29:34Z")
I am suddenly unable to watch movies and TV shows on Apple TV on my Macbook (Macbook Air 2017, 13 inch, if it makes a difference). It keeps asking me to log in and re-authorize, then a message pops up about “This movie c… --- ## [Name for a fallacy, if it has a name](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-a-fallacy-if-it-has-a-name/974096)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-a-fallacy-if-it-has-a-name/974096 "2022-11-04T04:49:52Z")
X is very difficult to understand; indeed, I can’t understand it. Therefore, no one understands X. Sometimes there are more leaps, e.g. I don’t understand X. Therefore, no one understands X. Therefore, anyone who cl… --- ## [HIPAA question re bankrupt psychological practice leaving patient records behind in a leased space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipaa-question-re-bankrupt-psychological-practice-leaving-patient-records-behind-in-a-leased-space/974241)
**Author:** [@John\_Barleycorn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Barleycorn)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 4, 2022, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hipaa-question-re-bankrupt-psychological-practice-leaving-patient-records-behind-in-a-leased-space/974241 "2022-11-04T02:47:53Z")
Looking for some general quidance on this. I understand you are not my lawyer etc. This is a hypothetical conversation. In the scenario where (1) A large psychological practice loses some state contracts they depended … --- ## [What is this... thing I got as a gift?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-i-got-as-a-gift/974303)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-thing-i-got-as-a-gift/974303 "2022-11-03T23:46:45Z")
What IS this? I received a bunch of things in a corporate goody box as thanks for doing a podcast, and I got this… whatever it is. In case the photo link doesn’t work (I’ll fix it when I can if so) it’s a plastic thing… --- ## [Haircutting- straight razor with electric cord](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haircutting-straight-razor-with-electric-cord/973845)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/haircutting-straight-razor-with-electric-cord/973845 "2022-11-03T22:28:42Z")
In this YouTube video, the guy is cutting this woman’s hair using a straight razor, but it has an electrical cord attached to it. (Not electric hair clippers, although he does use those at the end of the video.) My haird… --- ## [Do we know how the brain knows if it knows something?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-know-how-the-brain-knows-if-it-knows-something/973903)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-know-how-the-brain-knows-if-it-knows-something/973903 "2022-11-03T14:27:22Z")
Everyone knows A LOT. Do we understand the process that the brain goes through to determine that it doesn’t know something? For instance, if someone asked me what the capital of Uzbekistan was, I would immediately know … --- ## [Modern architecture with solstice features that are unintential or architecturally designed, hidden "easter eggs"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-architecture-with-solstice-features-that-are-unintential-or-architecturally-designed-hidden-easter-eggs/974026)
**Author:** [@filmore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filmore)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2022, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-architecture-with-solstice-features-that-are-unintential-or-architecturally-designed-hidden-easter-eggs/974026 "2022-11-03T11:41:21Z")
Many cultures have architecture designed with the winter or summer solstice in mind. When the sun is at one of the solstice points, a mark on the wall may be lit with sunlight. I’m sure there are many science buildings… --- ## [Can't buy a coffin without a body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-buy-a-coffin-without-a-body/973949)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 10:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-buy-a-coffin-without-a-body/973949 "2022-11-02T22:41:08Z")
In another thread, a link was shared with Q&A about the building of the Munster Koach and Drag-U-La. This caught my eye: 15.) What do you know about Barris obtaining the coffin to make the car? Where did you get them … --- ## [When did the UK go from the monarch to parliament having most of the power?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-uk-go-from-the-monarch-to-parliament-having-most-of-the-power/973870)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-uk-go-from-the-monarch-to-parliament-having-most-of-the-power/973870 "2022-11-02T21:08:44Z")
Inspired by the recent Truss and Sunak try to lead the UK threads. When did the UK monarch lose the majority of their powers? As an American I didn’t really get an education in most of 19th century British history, whi… --- ## [Buying CDs Through a Brokerage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cds-through-a-brokerage/974171)
**Author:** [@Lare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lare)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2022, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-cds-through-a-brokerage/974171 "2022-11-02T19:52:17Z")
I’ve got some intermediate-term (Don’t need it yet, but will in several months) cash at a brokerage firm and would like to park some of it in something fairly liquid, very safe, and paying better than the amount I can ge… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=174) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=176)