# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=246 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 247 --- ## [Android phone: How do I apply a song to a person as a ringtone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-how-do-i-apply-a-song-to-a-person-as-a-ringtone/953655)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-phone-how-do-i-apply-a-song-to-a-person-as-a-ringtone/953655 "2021-11-02T14:56:06Z")
I’d like to apply a song to a person on my phone as a ringtone. I have searched how to do it and only come up with a zillion apps which you either have to pay for and/or they spam you with ads. I just want 10 seconds o… --- ## [Why would the CDC not ask anything about COVID-19?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-the-cdc-not-ask-anything-about-covid-19/953545)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-the-cdc-not-ask-anything-about-covid-19/953545 "2021-11-02T12:24:55Z")
I was called by a pollster the other day, with a survey about the health of Montana residents, in partnership with the CDC. I immediately told her that I’m not in Montana any more (that’s the area code of my cell phone)… --- ## [What are the rules for the US Supreme Court to decide to hear a case?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-for-the-us-supreme-court-to-decide-to-hear-a-case/953660)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2021, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-rules-for-the-us-supreme-court-to-decide-to-hear-a-case/953660 "2021-11-02T06:16:27Z")
I thought it only took two justices to agree that a case should be heard at the US Supreme Court (noo idea where I got that notion). The article below suggests to me it needs something more. So, what is the procedure a… --- ## [How do animals find their way home?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-animals-find-their-way-home/953389)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-animals-find-their-way-home/953389 "2021-11-01T23:27:35Z")
In this MPSIMS thread about mice, we have the following claim: I’m willing to believe that this is true, but my real question is how do they do it? I can imagine an animal like a deer or a bear, or even a squirrel ran… --- ## [What Happens When A Car Sits?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-a-car-sits/953189)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-a-car-sits/953189 "2021-11-01T22:54:37Z")
We have a 2002 Mazda Protege. It has been sitting outside for many months now. The battery needs a jump, and when I did that, the car started but I found the alternator instantly seized up. We could smell the burning rub… --- ## [Changing a land parcel shape/size (combining & splitting)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-a-land-parcel-shape-size-combining-splitting/953527)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/changing-a-land-parcel-shape-size-combining-splitting/953527 "2021-11-01T18:42:42Z")
I know MMMV based on state/county but I’m wondering if there are a few general rules. And yes I will talk to TPTB before I buy the land. I am looking at picking up 2 unimproved parcels totaling 3.4 acres of residential… --- ## [Can any charger charge any device these days?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-charger-charge-any-device-these-days/953502)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-any-charger-charge-any-device-these-days/953502 "2021-11-01T17:46:00Z")
I see this was asked before here but over 10 years ago and things have changed so, asking again. It has become increasingly common for cell phones to not ship with a charger so you have to get your own. But, not all ch… --- ## [How much hp and torque is lost if an engine loses a piston](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-hp-and-torque-is-lost-if-an-engine-loses-a-piston/953552)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-hp-and-torque-is-lost-if-an-engine-loses-a-piston/953552 "2021-11-01T10:58:11Z")
In another thread there was a discussion of geo metros, I mentioned how my brother used to own one and one of the 3 cylinders failed and stopped working. The car originally had a 1.0L engine, 55hp, 3 cylinders. So if o… --- ## [What happens if your body doesn't fight a cold virus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-your-body-doesnt-fight-a-cold-virus/953602)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 8:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-your-body-doesnt-fight-a-cold-virus/953602 "2021-11-01T08:00:57Z")
Its my understanding that a lot of the symptoms of the common cold are due to your immune system fighting against the virus, not the virus itself What happens if your body doesn’t fight the cold virus (which I believe a… --- ## [Question for the Medical Folks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-medical-folks/953123)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2021, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-the-medical-folks/953123 "2021-11-01T07:06:12Z")
Pain. There is a type of pain, where the pain is located adjacent to where the problem is. For example, if you have bronchitis, you may feel discomfort in your throat and chest but the back of your neck and shoulders is… --- ## [Is there a minimum legal size for a church?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-minimum-legal-size-for-a-church/953525)
**Author:** [@Nonc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonc)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-minimum-legal-size-for-a-church/953525 "2021-10-31T18:38:04Z")
So, I’ve studied finance and economics at university and am interested in politics. Lately, I’ve become quite interested in the religion industry. It seems the United States is remarkably relaxed about how churches are t… --- ## [Most recently domesticated food plants](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-recently-domesticated-food-plants/953507)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/most-recently-domesticated-food-plants/953507 "2021-10-31T15:19:16Z")
I was doing some research on food plants that originated in North America and read that the pecan is one of the most recently domesticated food plants. Later I read the same thing about the blueberry. Of the two, blueber… --- ## [Youtube TV puzzler](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-tv-puzzler/953474)
**Author:** [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-tv-puzzler/953474 "2021-10-31T13:01:43Z")
Here is today’s puzzler: I have Youtube TV running on my laptop, and I am watching on a TV screen attached by an HDMI cable. When I watch Law and Order, it keeps ‘buffering’, i.e. the show stops for a few seconds while… --- ## [What is the name of this tropical fish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-tropical-fish/953533)
**Author:** [@salinqmind1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind1)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2021, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-name-of-this-tropical-fish/953533 "2021-10-31T00:21:42Z")
I saw a tv show where there was a salt water aquarium with colorful fish, and one of them, I can’t remember or find out the name of the thing. It was a darkish fish with bright colored polka dots - that’s all I got. It… --- ## [Google Voice? Why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-voice-why/953546)
**Author:** [@anny\_m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anny_m)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-voice-why/953546 "2021-10-30T23:54:44Z")
I just listed something on Facebook Marketplace. Someone wants it, but sent me a Google Voice code. I’ve never used Google Voice and don’t remember how to sign into my Google account, which I guess I need to do. What’… --- ## [Issue with Chrome for Android](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issue-with-chrome-for-android/953534)
**Author:** [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/issue-with-chrome-for-android/953534 "2021-10-30T23:22:38Z")
I have tried to Google this question and it seems hard to find an answer so I am hoping someone here can help. Chrome for Android puts the six sites you visit most on the front page when you open the app. I accidentally… --- ## [Which phases of Earth's moon (if any) would we see from Mercury?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-phases-of-earths-moon-if-any-would-we-see-from-mercury/953212)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-phases-of-earths-moon-if-any-would-we-see-from-mercury/953212 "2021-10-30T22:22:19Z")
Which phases of Earth’s moon (if any) would we see from Mercury? --- ## [Can I name my baby anything I want (WRT surnames)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-name-my-baby-anything-i-want-wrt-surnames/953377)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-name-my-baby-anything-i-want-wrt-surnames/953377 "2021-10-30T18:27:58Z")
Too lame for GQ, but I’m curious nonetheless . . . I had an interesting conversation with the significant other on yonder Friday, where the subject of naming one’s children came up during an intermission of the Bruins & … --- ## [Price of Maryland blue crabs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-maryland-blue-crabs/953505)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-maryland-blue-crabs/953505 "2021-10-30T14:47:59Z")
I have been reading about how crab prices are up this year. One article from July quoted a restaurant owner as saying he has been paying up to $34 a pound, and that’s wholesale. However, I don’t know if that’s for picked… --- ## [Do Smarties Have Flavours?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-smarties-have-flavours/522958)
**Author:** [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-smarties-have-flavours/522958 "2021-10-30T14:40:46Z")
Note: For you 'muricans who don’t get these there (presumably because the things you call Smarties are sweet candies we call Rockets here), I’m referring to Nestle’s candy-coated chocolates similar to plain M&Ms. Now, I… --- ## [History Dopers--Operation Outward--Historical Book Recommendations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-dopers-operation-outward-historical-book-recommendations/953372)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-dopers-operation-outward-historical-book-recommendations/953372 "2021-10-30T14:19:17Z")
I’ve developed an interest in the offensive use of Balloons in World War Two. I know about Japans Fu-Go Incendiary Bomb program. But now, I’ve learned about Operation Outward, the UK’s similar operation against Germany… --- ## [Was Hitler ever "elected"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-hitler-ever-elected/953494)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 30, 2021, 11:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-hitler-ever-elected/953494 "2021-10-30T11:14:46Z")
Was Adolf Hitler ever publicly elected to any position? (in 1921, he was elected Party Chairman at a Party Congress). In order to obtain German citizenship, he had to renounce his Austrian citizenship (which he did - in… --- ## [\[Solved\] Need name of non-alcohol disinfectant prior to IV insertion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solved-need-name-of-non-alcohol-disinfectant-prior-to-iv-insertion/953412)
**Author:** [@ambushed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ambushed)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2021, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solved-need-name-of-non-alcohol-disinfectant-prior-to-iv-insertion/953412 "2021-10-28T22:47:21Z")
A few months ago, my brother drove me to the hospital for what turned out to be severe hypotension. As soon as the intake nurse saw my readings, I was immediately sent to a triage room, where two different nurses tried t… --- ## [Has there ever been a "chain" of suicides?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-chain-of-suicides/953358)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 6:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-there-ever-been-a-chain-of-suicides/953358 "2021-10-29T06:36:00Z")
I’ve seen this story come in multiple variations over the years, but it basically goes a teenager is washing her baby sister in a bathtub when she gets a phone call and goes to the other room for a few minutes. She comes… --- ## [How can a locally owned roofing company offer a 50-year warranty on their work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-locally-owned-roofing-company-offer-a-50-year-warranty-on-their-work/948550)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-a-locally-owned-roofing-company-offer-a-50-year-warranty-on-their-work/948550 "2021-10-29T02:11:33Z")
I just saw a commercial for a locally-owned roofing company that offers a 50-year warranty on all their work. How does that work, exactly, with no guarantee that the company will even still be around in 50 years? Hell,… --- ## [Let's Go Brandon](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-brandon/953385)
**Author:** [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2021, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-go-brandon/953385 "2021-10-29T00:22:05Z")
What is this supposed to mean? --- ## [Has the trope of a witness implicating themselves of a crime instead of the defendant ever happened?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-trope-of-a-witness-implicating-themselves-of-a-crime-instead-of-the-defendant-ever-happened/953264)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2021, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-trope-of-a-witness-implicating-themselves-of-a-crime-instead-of-the-defendant-ever-happened/953264 "2021-10-28T17:37:55Z")
So its a pretty common trope in legal shows. Person A is on trial for a serious crime (typically murder), cunning defense lawyer believes Person A innocent and works out it was actually Person B that did the crime. Usi… --- ## [History of stainless steel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-stainless-steel/953314)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2021, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-stainless-steel/953314 "2021-10-28T14:37:19Z")
How does stainless steel resist rust? And who was the first one to figure it out? --- ## [De-wrinkling a stack of clean clothes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/de-wrinkling-a-stack-of-clean-clothes/953303 "2021-10-28T05:34:16Z")
I just switched my summer work shirts over to my winter work shirts. These are casual shirts that were stored folded in a drawer that I have now hung on hangers. But yeah, there are wrinkles in many of them. I’d like t… --- ## [What is this wonderfully fragrant plant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-wonderfully-fragrant-plant/953336)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 28, 2021, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-this-wonderfully-fragrant-plant/953336 "2021-10-28T04:29:35Z")
Yesterday we were clearing out an area that used to be home to “Urb Farm,” a community activity that focused on helping people to grow plants in urban environments. One of the plants has an amazing smell - very much like… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=245) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=247)