# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=303 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 304 --- ## [Does ‘plant based’ have a legal(ish) definition, in the food industry?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-plant-based-have-a-legal-ish-definition-in-the-food-industry/931729)
**Author:** [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-plant-based-have-a-legal-ish-definition-in-the-food-industry/931729 "2021-01-30T14:07:03Z")
Or is just a regular descriptor, like ‘New’, ‘Healthy’? Kraft slices were once labelled cheese, (Cheese makers objected, no live bacteria at the end product! And won!), now they are ‘cheese food product’. Why not ‘all … --- ## ["\[Person X\] Cannot Receive Funds Through Apple Pay At This Time" -- an elaborate scam, or what?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-x-cannot-receive-funds-through-apple-pay-at-this-time-an-elaborate-scam-or-what/931741)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/person-x-cannot-receive-funds-through-apple-pay-at-this-time-an-elaborate-scam-or-what/931741 "2021-01-30T12:45:59Z")
So I was visiting with my girlfriend this afternoon, and her iPhone sounded a text alert. On her screen was the message “Frances (not her real name) cannot receive funds through Apple Pay at this time.” I scrolled throug… --- ## [High latency prevents game enjoyment - help please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-latency-prevents-game-enjoyment-help-please/931633)
**Author:** [@beefribs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beefribs)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 5:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-latency-prevents-game-enjoyment-help-please/931633 "2021-01-30T05:49:17Z")
Hi there. I have an issue with my computer that prevents me from playing my games properly (on Steam) and from using other features such as Google Meet and Discord. The problem seems to be high latency. My games are f… --- ## [Simultaneously Divorce and Annulment for a couple in the same document](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simultaneously-divorce-and-annulment-for-a-couple-in-the-same-document/931816)
**Author:** [@Marion\_Wormer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marion_Wormer)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simultaneously-divorce-and-annulment-for-a-couple-in-the-same-document/931816 "2021-01-30T04:56:13Z")
So, in going through my parents divorce document (61) while preparing for probate, it turns on they were both divorced and annulled in the same document on the same day. Any legal beagles explain that? The state (Texas) … --- ## [Reclassify fund as non-diversified](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reclassify-fund-as-non-diversified/931622)
**Author:** [@PoppaSan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoppaSan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 30, 2021, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reclassify-fund-as-non-diversified/931622 "2021-01-30T00:42:57Z")
I recently received a letter from my 401k firm with the following statement: What does this mean if I were in one of the funds? --- ## [\-OO- pronounced as -u-](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oo-pronounced-as-u/931727)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oo-pronounced-as-u/931727 "2021-01-29T19:44:05Z")
On another forum somebody asked the following question, set by his teacher. There are three words where -oo- is pronounced as -u-, (IPA ^) one is BLOOD, another is FLOOD, find the third. (Variants of the two given word… --- ## [Translation of German 'Achtung!'](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-of-german-achtung/929893)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/translation-of-german-achtung/929893 "2021-01-29T19:12:33Z")
I know it probably means ‘attention!’ or something like that. But I am looking for a literal translation. (Things often lose something in translation. So they’re never translated literally.) And I guess I might as well … --- ## [What are those plastic labels you get from a 30 minute oil change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-plastic-labels-you-get-from-a-30-minute-oil-change/931730)
**Author:** [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-those-plastic-labels-you-get-from-a-30-minute-oil-change/931730 "2021-01-29T19:09:02Z")
I have some labels from several quick change, 30 minute oil change places. What are those labels called, and can I make my own using my ink-jet printer? --- ## [Proper form for running (even the casual runner)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-form-for-running-even-the-casual-runner/931553)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proper-form-for-running-even-the-casual-runner/931553 "2021-01-29T19:01:18Z")
I’ll bet @running\_coach knows. I do a lot of cycling on a local bike trail. Especially since COVID I’ve been seeing a lot more people out doing what I suppose they would call running. I see a lot people who seem to be s… --- ## [How do you verify backup copies of files (Android)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-verify-backup-copies-of-files-android/931778)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-verify-backup-copies-of-files-android/931778 "2021-01-29T17:14:44Z")
Md5 checksum files have been the gold standard for 25 years. It was so simple on a pc. Run the crc software, create the tiny crc text file. Store it with your data. You can right click with a mouse on a crc file and ver… --- ## [High levels of white blood cells and all of the WBCs look weird](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-levels-of-white-blood-cells-and-all-of-the-wbcs-look-weird/931603)
**Author:** [@MaverocK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaverocK)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/high-levels-of-white-blood-cells-and-all-of-the-wbcs-look-weird/931603 "2021-01-29T16:41:37Z")
A guy showed me a picture of a human blood under a microscope with some sort of an ink applied to it, as in a blood film. There were tremendous amount of white blood cells (dark pink or purple) and all of them look diffe… --- ## [Crown property in the Colonies after the American Revolutionary War](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crown-property-in-the-colonies-after-the-american-revolutionary-war/931632)
**Author:** [@runningdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/runningdude)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/crown-property-in-the-colonies-after-the-american-revolutionary-war/931632 "2021-01-29T08:38:07Z")
Did the King, or State of Great Britain directly own any land or buildings in the 13 American colonies? If so, what happened to this land? Was it seized by the individual colonial governments, or by the United States gov… --- ## [Can you install Windows 10 on a USB Thumbdrive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-install-windows-10-on-a-usb-thumbdrive/931295)
**Author:** [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 29, 2021, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-install-windows-10-on-a-usb-thumbdrive/931295 "2021-01-29T00:40:54Z")
Can you install Windows 10 on a USB Thumbdrive? Then can you use that thumbdrive and switch from computer to computer with it? --- ## [Pronunciation. Integral](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-integral/931575)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-integral/931575 "2021-01-28T20:45:05Z")
I’ve recently heard it pronounced: in-TEG-ral Is this new? I grew up hearing: in-ta-GRAL But I know I’ve heard it the first way at least 3 times in the last month. --- ## [Aerobic Exercise: Useless if less than 20 minutes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aerobic-exercise-useless-if-less-than-20-minutes/140731)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aerobic-exercise-useless-if-less-than-20-minutes/140731 "2021-01-28T20:40:03Z")
I go to the gym regularly. Now that I’m married, I limit myself to 1 hour a day. I don’t want to spend too much time there. So I usually do 40 minutes of weights followed by 10 minutes of abs, and then end with 10 min… --- ## [What's going on with Gamestop stock?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gamestop-stock/931713)
**Author:** [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-going-on-with-gamestop-stock/931713 "2021-01-28T20:32:08Z")
I just took note of this today, but apparently Gamestop stock has gone up quite a bit in the last several months. This seems to have happened on the strength of small investors using apps like Robinhood to buy the stock… --- ## [Allowing Formula Auditing (tracing) on protected Excel worksheets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-formula-auditing-tracing-on-protected-excel-worksheets/931703)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allowing-formula-auditing-tracing-on-protected-excel-worksheets/931703 "2021-01-28T19:44:27Z")
My firm has a lot of complex actuarial models in Excel which are distributed firmwide, and in order to discourage tinkering with them the workbooks are generally protected, other than cells which are intended for user in… --- ## [Why does lemon juice make fish less "fish-smelling"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lemon-juice-make-fish-less-fish-smelling/931704)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-lemon-juice-make-fish-less-fish-smelling/931704 "2021-01-28T19:42:44Z")
Maybe this goes in Cafe Society, but I’m seeking an actual definitive answer, hence… Putting lemon juice on fish, or in tuna salad, or whatever, seems to reduce the fishy smell . I think this must be because of some ch… --- ## [Is the German Chancellor a member of the Bundestag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-german-chancellor-a-member-of-the-bundestag/931638)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-german-chancellor-a-member-of-the-bundestag/931638 "2021-01-28T10:15:45Z")
Is the German Chancellor a member of the Bundestag, on the Westminster model? Or separate from the Bundestag, on the dualism approach of some other western European parliaments? And are the cabinet minsters also member… --- ## [Are any commonly-issued forms of ID beyond the counterfeiting abilities of foreign governments/intelligence?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-commonly-issued-forms-of-id-beyond-the-counterfeiting-abilities-of-foreign-governments-intelligence/930454)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-any-commonly-issued-forms-of-id-beyond-the-counterfeiting-abilities-of-foreign-governments-intelligence/930454 "2021-01-28T09:56:09Z")
I’m not talking about rarely issued things that might be used to allow people into top secret facilities or the like. This is about mass-issued things like passports, birth certificates, drivers licenses, and such. Are a… --- ## [Confused about VOIP phone and battery backup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-about-voip-phone-and-battery-backup/931593)
**Author:** [@Newtosite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Newtosite)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 8:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/confused-about-voip-phone-and-battery-backup/931593 "2021-01-28T08:42:21Z")
My phones plug into wall jacks and don’t need power to work. I recently switched from the old fashioned kind to Spectrum VOIP. If my home’s electricity goes out, will my phones still work? I initially purchased Spectrum… --- ## [Looking for the name of a fallacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-name-of-a-fallacy/931499)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2021, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-the-name-of-a-fallacy/931499 "2021-01-28T02:54:12Z")
The fallacy is discounting evidence from someone because they have a reason to lie. Something like: Police officer: A neighbor said you were blaspheming. I’m writing you a summons. You: I wasn’t blaspheming. Police… --- ## [Human vs animal waste in rivers and lakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-vs-animal-waste-in-rivers-and-lakes/931648)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/human-vs-animal-waste-in-rivers-and-lakes/931648 "2021-01-27T22:18:15Z")
Why is there such a big difference if people empty sewage into lakes and rivers considering that all sorts of aquatic life are obviously already doing the exact same thing? Is it a matter of scale, or is it something uni… --- ## [Question About Facebook's Blocking Protocols](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-facebooks-blocking-protocols/931624)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-facebooks-blocking-protocols/931624 "2021-01-27T19:34:35Z")
A Facebook friend (also a real life friend, whom I’ve always had a great deal of affection and esteem for) has blocked me with what he’s calling a “short time-out.” Sad to say, he became afflicted with America-hating Fu… --- ## [Switching on & off of a modern electric stovetop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-on-off-of-a-modern-electric-stovetop/931412)
**Author:** [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/switching-on-off-of-a-modern-electric-stovetop/931412 "2021-01-27T05:01:56Z")
We’ve got a new-ish Samsung electric range - like this one - and I’m wondering about control of the heating elements on top. When you turn them on high, the heating element switches on and off, producing a lot of heat, b… --- ## [Are old (crumbling and powdery) benzodiazepine tablets unsafe to take?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-old-crumbling-and-powdery-benzodiazepine-tablets-unsafe-to-take/931506)
**Author:** [@wiskaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wiskaz)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-old-crumbling-and-powdery-benzodiazepine-tablets-unsafe-to-take/931506 "2021-01-27T03:55:55Z")
Inquiring minds want to know. --- ## [Vintage XBox (2001) displaying black and white on a 4k UHD tv](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-xbox-2001-displaying-black-and-white-on-a-4k-uhd-tv/931518)
**Author:** [@Gretzky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretzky)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vintage-xbox-2001-displaying-black-and-white-on-a-4k-uhd-tv/931518 "2021-01-27T03:52:36Z")
I have a 2001 XBox which I connected successfully to an RCA 60-inch 4K, UHD tv, but it displays in black and white. I manipulated all relevant settings on the tv and the XBox with no joy. Is there a solution to this di… --- ## [Can a person entitled to a military \[police, etc.\] funeral make the arrangements themselves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-person-entitled-to-a-military-police-etc-funeral-make-the-arrangements-themselves/931408)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2021, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-person-entitled-to-a-military-police-etc-funeral-make-the-arrangements-themselves/931408 "2021-01-27T00:25:17Z")
One issue that interests me and that I have been researching for a long time is the power of a person to make binding arrangements for what will be done with their body after they die, rather than leave the organization … --- ## [The elif statement in Python](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elif-statement-in-python/931533)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-elif-statement-in-python/931533 "2021-01-26T16:14:33Z")
Wikipedia gives the following example for and else-if construction in programming (I don’t know which language exactly this is, from the context of the Wiki article I would suppose it’s Ada): if condition then –statem… --- ## [What are the Latin and Greek phrases for double envelopment/pincer movement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-latin-and-greek-phrases-for-double-envelopment-pincer-movement/931511)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 26, 2021, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-latin-and-greek-phrases-for-double-envelopment-pincer-movement/931511 "2021-01-26T10:52:41Z")
What are the Latin and Greek phrases for double envelopment/pincer movement? I haven’t been able to find the equivalent phrasing in either Latin or Greek online. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=302) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=304)