# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=360 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 361 --- ## [Do you think at the end of losing wars...many soldiers just 'went home'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-at-the-end-of-losing-wars-many-soldiers-just-went-home/854299)
**Author:** [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-think-at-the-end-of-losing-wars-many-soldiers-just-went-home/854299 "2020-05-23T20:10:14Z")
I’m talking about taking off their uniforms and just going home? It would require: A large area of unoccupied territory at the time of going AWOL. Ideally, home being in that territory. Utter chaos and breakdown of e… --- ## [Porcelain tile - do I have to grout between them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porcelain-tile-do-i-have-to-grout-between-them/854335)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/porcelain-tile-do-i-have-to-grout-between-them/854335 "2020-05-23T17:36:05Z")
We have a 4’x4’ area that I am going to lay some porcelain tile on. Similar to this. It will go under our new propane fired Heat stove. We are only installing the tile under the stove. The stove is a replacement and I’… --- ## [Police killing protesters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-killing-protesters/853849)
**Author:** [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/police-killing-protesters/853849 "2020-05-23T14:49:27Z")
Google seems to be failing me here. I’m looking for recent (say, within the past 40 years) US cases where police have killed one or more of a group of protesters. Also of interest would be cases where police made a gen… --- ## [Stop motion Gundam video - what are these visual effects?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-motion-gundam-video-what-are-these-visual-effects/854242)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stop-motion-gundam-video-what-are-these-visual-effects/854242 "2020-05-23T02:34:07Z")
There’s a stop motion video from animator Moouyo that uses a Gundam figure to copy Michael Jackson dance moves: YouTube link. I suggest watching at 480P, which seems to be the best quality that doesn’t jitter. I’m curiou… --- ## [Why citrus seeds from grafted citrus come true but Apples won’t ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-citrus-seeds-from-grafted-citrus-come-true-but-apples-won-t/854291)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-citrus-seeds-from-grafted-citrus-come-true-but-apples-won-t/854291 "2020-05-23T02:02:45Z")
Many citrus varieties (sweet oranges, key limes, grapefruit, tangerine and tangelo) when grown from fruit seeds, (from grafted plants) will come true (I.e. grow to give fruits of the original variety). Cite : Growing Ci… --- ## [Looking for a plant to put into a rock path](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-plant-to-put-into-a-rock-path/854297)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-plant-to-put-into-a-rock-path/854297 "2020-05-23T01:53:53Z")
I am making a pea gravel path that is on a slope and want a plant that will hold the gravel and prevent it from flowing down the slope over time. A few details Northern Colorado Zone 5b I am putting sand in with the r… --- ## [Cost overruns....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-overruns/854234)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2020, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cost-overruns/854234 "2020-05-23T01:40:01Z")
What projects have you seen with the biggest cost overruns (i.e. original projected cost vs the actual final cost)? I can think of a couple: Sydney Opera House: projected cost: $7 million; actual cost: $102 million. M… --- ## [Polarizedd light in LEDs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polarizedd-light-in-leds/854296)
**Author:** [@Crane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crane)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/polarizedd-light-in-leds/854296 "2020-05-22T22:05:36Z")
I want to use polarized light for macro photography. LEDs would be ideal because of small size and low power. I have polarizing filters and mounts but need a light source. How about non-polar LEDs? Are they a potential … --- ## [Was There a Scale of Measurements Based on Tenths of Inches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-scale-of-measurements-based-on-tenths-of-inches/853711)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-a-scale-of-measurements-based-on-tenths-of-inches/853711 "2020-05-22T19:45:08Z")
As a child I recall being told Henry Ford, that nut, developed the “Ford Scale” that used parts (and so tools) based on tenths of an inch. (No quarter inch nuts, but you could have 2/10 or 3/10.) A Google turns up nothi… --- ## [What is LSD6?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-lsd6/159994)
**Author:** [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-lsd6/159994 "2020-05-22T16:28:06Z")
In the (rather sober) appendix to Naked Lunch, Burroughs refers to a substance called LSD6. Albert Hoffman’s problem child is, in fact, LSD-25. But had it ever been identified as LSD6 at any point? Or is the sixth lys… --- ## [Can running down a car battery perminently damage it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-running-down-a-car-battery-perminently-damage-it/854212)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-running-down-a-car-battery-perminently-damage-it/854212 "2020-05-22T12:16:50Z")
So a couple of weeks ago I accidentally left the radio running in my car, and since I’m not going out much these days, I didn’t notice it for a couple of days. Needless to say the car wouldn’t start. So some time later… --- ## [How can I fix this refrigerator problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-fix-this-refrigerator-problem/854166)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-fix-this-refrigerator-problem/854166 "2020-05-22T03:38:40Z")
I moved to a new place, and within a week or so I started noticing a small pool of water on the floor near the refrigerators. It is a side-by-side refrigerator/freezer. I found that a layer of ice about 1/8 inch thick … --- ## [City cannot “find” application for a permit, any legal course of action?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-cannot-find-application-for-a-permit-any-legal-course-of-action/854256)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-cannot-find-application-for-a-permit-any-legal-course-of-action/854256 "2020-05-22T01:53:45Z")
The city I live in just made it possible this year for retailers like me to resell fireworks. Problem is, now they “can’t find” the permits. Me, and several other retailers have been waiting a week for them to find the… --- ## [The physics of dead blow hammers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-dead-blow-hammers/854246)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2020, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-physics-of-dead-blow-hammers/854246 "2020-05-22T01:25:39Z")
So, when we want to knock something a little bit to get into place, we reach for a lead hammer, a plastic hammer, or a … dead blow hammer, filled with shot. I have always had an intuitive feel that a dead blow hammer tr… --- ## [How to Georegister a PDF map?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-georegister-a-pdf-map/854162)
**Author:** [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-georegister-a-pdf-map/854162 "2020-05-21T20:23:52Z")
This website gives pretty simple instructions for georegistering a PDF map. Unfortunately, these instructions are for Acrobat 9. I have Acrobat XI, and these instructions do not seem to match with the updated version. In… --- ## [Is there any way to find out when Google Maps satillite images are updated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-find-out-when-google-maps-satillite-images-are-updated/854257)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-way-to-find-out-when-google-maps-satillite-images-are-updated/854257 "2020-05-21T20:07:49Z")
This question seems to be a mystery. Is there going to be one random day when my Midwest US town is updated? I think the last time it happened was around 2014 when a Panera Bread moved locations. 6 years is a long tim… --- ## [Notary procedure](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notary-procedure/853586)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/notary-procedure/853586 "2020-05-21T19:46:20Z")
I refinanced my mortgage last week. When I got there the notary had already signed off and stamped the documents. He took my DL to make sure I was the right person. It’s not a big deal but I assume the notary … --- ## [During the age of steamers, would people complain about jetlag?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-the-age-of-steamers-would-people-complain-about-jetlag/853986)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-the-age-of-steamers-would-people-complain-about-jetlag/853986 "2020-05-21T19:40:57Z")
A standard route, frequented by many travellers during the age of steamers (say, ~1890s until the 1950s) was the North Atlantic shipping route between the UK or France on one side and New York on the other. The time diff… --- ## [Fax machine sounds from 20 years ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fax-machine-sounds-from-20-years-ago/854072)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fax-machine-sounds-from-20-years-ago/854072 "2020-05-21T17:36:43Z")
We all know that sound from the office faxes from the 90s onwards. What in the faxing process made that actual sound Why did machines from different makes the same sound. Was there an international standard that was ag… --- ## [What happened to iodized salt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-iodized-salt/853975)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 71\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-iodized-salt/853975 "2020-05-21T16:50:37Z")
I just noticed that all of the salt in the grocery store has a label that says it does not contain iodide. It used to be that all plain ol’ salt was iodized. Now the Morton’s girl no longer gives me this essential nutrie… --- ## [Why are Canada's Atlantic provinces relatively unknown/underdeveloped?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-canadas-atlantic-provinces-relatively-unknown-underdeveloped/854089)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-canadas-atlantic-provinces-relatively-unknown-underdeveloped/854089 "2020-05-21T16:46:43Z")
I’m talking about New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Newfoundland and Labrador. Despite a seemingly advantageous position on the Atlantic coast, these provinces have only a few mid-sized cities (the l… --- ## [Water Dispenser Iced Up: Any Practical Solution?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-dispenser-iced-up-any-practical-solution/854238)
**Author:** [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/water-dispenser-iced-up-any-practical-solution/854238 "2020-05-21T16:02:01Z")
We have a bottom load water dispenser (this one). I dug into it a little yesterday to clear out some scale and such that was really restricting the water flow. In the process, I found that there was a significant block o… --- ## [Galaxies formed one billion years earlier - does this falsify anything?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galaxies-formed-one-billion-years-earlier-does-this-falsify-anything/854225)
**Author:** [@PlaceboTarget](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlaceboTarget)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/galaxies-formed-one-billion-years-earlier-does-this-falsify-anything/854225 "2020-05-21T16:00:59Z")
There is a recent piece of news focusing on the Wolfe Disc and the fact that galaxies seem to have formed earlier than the present Big Bang theory predicts. I have run a quick Google search and found that similar articl… --- ## [Spanish Translation, Please?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-translation-please/854185)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/spanish-translation-please/854185 "2020-05-21T14:58:37Z")
What is this guy singing? To my untrained ears, it sounds a lot like San Diego Spanglish and not actual Spanish, but what do I know? FWIW, I pick up a few Spanish 101 words, like bailar (dance), cantar (sing), and at l… --- ## [Would water trapped in between layers of my kayak underwater be negatively or neutrally buoyant?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-water-trapped-in-between-layers-of-my-kayak-underwater-be-negatively-or-neutrally-buoyant/854228)
**Author:** [@Mesquite-oh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mesquite-oh)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-water-trapped-in-between-layers-of-my-kayak-underwater-be-negatively-or-neutrally-buoyant/854228 "2020-05-21T13:41:49Z")
Would water trapped in between layers of my kayak, under the waterline, affect my kayak’s weight and buoyancy? Here is the real world situation: I have a two layer inflatable kayak which has a vinyl bladder interior wr… --- ## [Are dogs direct descendants of wolves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-direct-descendants-of-wolves/544021)
**Author:** [@misterW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misterW)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [June 25, 2010, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-dogs-direct-descendants-of-wolves/544021 "2010-06-25T19:53:23Z")
I thought this had been fairly conclusively demonstrated but came across a blog recently that suggested otherwise. Anyone know what the latest research suggests? --- ## [Why does a round pizza come in a square box?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-round-pizza-come-in-a-square-box/853387)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-a-round-pizza-come-in-a-square-box/853387 "2020-05-21T07:41:32Z")
Why? How? --- ## [Stats question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-question/838232)
**Author:** [@GreedySmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreedySmurf)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [August 6, 2019, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stats-question/838232 "2019-08-06T18:44:56Z")
Relating to a board game I play, I’m trying to calculate a fairly hefty conditional statistics exercise and my 30 something year old high school statistics classes aren’t cutting it. :o I essentially have the choice of … --- ## [Who removes an address from a blacklist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-removes-an-address-from-a-blacklist/854048)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-removes-an-address-from-a-blacklist/854048 "2020-05-21T05:08:41Z")
A couple of months ago, much anger was generated at the office when we did not receive emails from a company. It turned out that the company was on a blacklist. Recently, we asked that they change an address they’re se… --- ## [Halogen bulb with blown filament getting extremely hot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halogen-bulb-with-blown-filament-getting-extremely-hot/854163)
**Author:** [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/halogen-bulb-with-blown-filament-getting-extremely-hot/854163 "2020-05-21T03:10:03Z")
I had a 75W halogen spotlight fail, and did not change it immediately. It’s on the same switch as some other lights, so the circuit was live for about an hour before I went to change the bulb. The entire fitting was ex… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=359) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=361)