# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=41 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 42 --- ## [Immigrating to Canada](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrating-to-canada/987971)
**Author:** [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immigrating-to-canada/987971 "2025-06-17T18:01:21Z")
Great minds thinking alike, I see Czarcasm has just posted a very similar threat wrt New Zealand. I’m wondering about the possibility of buying a modest summer home in a rural area somewhere near the northern shore of H… --- ## [Vance Boelter - Why 2nd Degree Murder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vance-boelter-why-2nd-degree-murder/1019716)
**Author:** [@Cachalot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cachalot)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2025, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vance-boelter-why-2nd-degree-murder/1019716 "2025-06-17T17:54:57Z")
According to news reports, Vance Boelter has been charged with 2 counts of 2nd Degree Murder in the killing of Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband. It seems to me that these killings fulfill the requirements … --- ## [I Don’t Trust QR Codes. How Can I Manually Preview Them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-trust-qr-codes-how-can-i-manually-preview-them/1018610)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 17, 2025, 4:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-don-t-trust-qr-codes-how-can-i-manually-preview-them/1018610 "2025-06-17T04:34:57Z")
In another thread, I asked for a method that would eventually lead me to the answer to the question “How can I make it so my Amazon Echo never speaks except when spoken to, and then only to respond to my commands?” So f… --- ## [Why were the DC parade tanks green?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-dc-parade-tanks-green/1019660)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-the-dc-parade-tanks-green/1019660 "2025-06-16T21:56:43Z")
This has been pointed out by a number of ex tank corps. Our tanks have been tan for decades. Did Trump spent a few million to paint them in the color he wanted? --- ## [Is Time orthogonal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-time-orthogonal/1019676)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-time-orthogonal/1019676 "2025-06-16T19:16:44Z")
In three dimensional space the three dimensions x,y,z…left/right, back/forth, up/down…are arranged at 90 deg. to each other. Is Time…assumed to be a linear dimension…also at right angles the three spatial dimensions? --- ## [Mersenne Prime: How is it the largest Mersenne Prime (found so far) is 2^136,279,841 -1 but, when calculated the answer is 41,024,320 digits long?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mersenne-prime-how-is-it-the-largest-mersenne-prime-found-so-far-is-2-136-279-841-1-but-when-calculated-the-answer-is-41-024-320-digits-long/1019649)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mersenne-prime-how-is-it-the-largest-mersenne-prime-found-so-far-is-2-136-279-841-1-but-when-calculated-the-answer-is-41-024-320-digits-long/1019649 "2025-06-16T18:12:17Z")
If I calculate 2^7 the answer is 128 (three digits long). 2^20 is 1,048,576 (seven digit long). The largest Mersenne Prime calculated (so far) is 2^136,279,841 -1 but, when printed out, that number is 41,024,320 digits… --- ## [How is a new Catholic church founded?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-a-new-catholic-church-founded/1019250)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-a-new-catholic-church-founded/1019250 "2025-06-16T13:20:59Z")
Let’s say the Catholic population of This Town is growing and the existing Catholic infrastructure can’t handle them all. Do the local Catholics appeal to their diocese, who forwards the matter to Rome? Does the local di… --- ## [Did ICE agents go masked before Trump?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ice-agents-go-masked-before-trump/1019675)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2025, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-ice-agents-go-masked-before-trump/1019675 "2025-06-16T03:34:04Z")
These days we see lots of pictures of ICE agents wearing face-concealing bandanas. Was this always their standard practice? Or has it only been adopted recently? Note that this is posted in FQ. Factual answers to this… --- ## [I live in a former (WWII) warzone. How likely is it that those old bombs are going to explode?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-live-in-a-former-wwii-warzone-how-likely-is-it-that-those-old-bombs-are-going-to-explode/663741)
**Author:** [@Crazier\_Catlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crazier_Catlady)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-live-in-a-former-wwii-warzone-how-likely-is-it-that-those-old-bombs-are-going-to-explode/663741 "2025-06-15T16:55:52Z")
I live in Arnhem, the Netherlands, which some of you may know from the movie A Bridge Too Far. The bridge from the movie is only a 15 minute walk away from my house. We regularly hear news of old explosives from WWII bei… --- ## [Finding old unexploded WWII era bombs: preferred to defuse it in place or move it first?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-old-unexploded-wwii-era-bombs-preferred-to-defuse-it-in-place-or-move-it-first/681308)
**Author:** [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Replies:** 173\ **Last updated:** [June 15, 2025, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/finding-old-unexploded-wwii-era-bombs-preferred-to-defuse-it-in-place-or-move-it-first/681308 "2025-06-15T14:45:22Z")
Construction workers found a 500 pound WWII vintage American bomb in Taipei yesterday. Hardly uncommon in many parts of the world, I know, but what struck me as curious was that the Taiwan military loaded the bomb up int… --- ## [Can you legally force a politician to honor a campaign promise they personally made you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-legally-force-a-politician-to-honor-a-campaign-promise-they-personally-made-you/1019558)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2025, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-legally-force-a-politician-to-honor-a-campaign-promise-they-personally-made-you/1019558 "2025-06-14T20:19:10Z")
This happens in fiction a lot, (American fiction at least), a high level US politician or even the US President promises somebody something for their help/cooperation. I’m curious if say the US President promises to giv… --- ## [Id this Asian currency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-asian-currency/1019503)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2025, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/id-this-asian-currency/1019503 "2025-06-14T08:40:25Z")
Pic. I think the top 3 might be Taiwan, not sure about the others. --- ## [What is Canada doing with all the US liquor they pulled off the shelves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-canada-doing-with-all-the-us-liquor-they-pulled-off-the-shelves/1015340)
**Author:** [@kanicbird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kanicbird)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2025, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-canada-doing-with-all-the-us-liquor-they-pulled-off-the-shelves/1015340 "2025-06-14T06:13:16Z")
Are they shipping it back, storing it, exporting it, using it personally, donating it, destroying it? --- ## [Why all the push for Jobs Building Submarines?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-push-for-jobs-building-submarines/1000964)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 14, 2025, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-all-the-push-for-jobs-building-submarines/1000964 "2025-06-14T01:05:33Z")
Lately I’ve been seeing a LOT of television advertisements telling people to get into the career of building submarines. I don’t recall ever seeing anything like it before. Not only that, but my email every day has a li… --- ## [full gas tank welding](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-gas-tank-welding/30239)
**Author:** [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/full-gas-tank-welding/30239 "2025-06-13T17:33:13Z")
There is a leak in the gas tank of my truck. I asked my neighbor where I could by a new one. He told me to take the gas tank off, turn it upside down and run a hose from a car exhaust into the tank for fifteen minutes o… --- ## [Can I redeem a stock certificate that is 60+ years old and the company they belonged to has since been bought out by another company?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-redeem-a-stock-certificate-that-is-60-years-old-and-the-company-they-belonged-to-has-since-been-bought-out-by-another-company/1017888)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 62\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-redeem-a-stock-certificate-that-is-60-years-old-and-the-company-they-belonged-to-has-since-been-bought-out-by-another-company/1017888 "2025-06-13T17:28:09Z")
I happened to come into possession of some stock certificates issued in 1964 (part of an estate…they are mine now). Actual paper ones that are kinda ornate. I researched the company and it merged with another company in… --- ## [Transferring app data from one phone to another](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-app-data-from-one-phone-to-another/1019479)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-app-data-from-one-phone-to-another/1019479 "2025-06-13T15:53:48Z")
I am going to be getting a new cell phone soon. I have app (games mostly) that I want to save my progress to my new phone. Last time I did this it was hit or miss depending on the app itself with a few failures. Given… --- ## [Renting out home: Any advantage to running it through an LLC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renting-out-home-any-advantage-to-running-it-through-an-llc/1019396)
**Author:** [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renting-out-home-any-advantage-to-running-it-through-an-llc/1019396 "2025-06-13T15:18:34Z")
We may be moving for a year or two. We’re looking into renting out our house while we’re gone. Is there any advantage to running the rental business through an LLC? we are in NY state we have a mortgage on the house we… --- ## [Equations with No Solution](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equations-with-no-solution/1019330)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 123\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equations-with-no-solution/1019330 "2025-06-13T11:53:45Z")
Let us consider the equation 5x – 5x = 5 where 5 is a real number and x is a variable for any real number. If we are asked to solve the equation for x we end up with the equation 0 = 5 which is false. Therefore, we con… --- ## [What happens when they run out of SS numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-they-run-out-of-ss-numbers/1019311)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [June 13, 2025, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-when-they-run-out-of-ss-numbers/1019311 "2025-06-13T00:47:24Z")
There are only a billion 9 digit numbers. Since there are 350,000,000 Americans nearly all with SSNs and likely another couple hundred million deceased, it is predictable that at some time in this century, they will hav… --- ## [Weird website bug: Right-click "look up"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-website-bug-right-click-look-up/1019478)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-website-bug-right-click-look-up/1019478 "2025-06-12T21:32:40Z")
Chrome (and possibly other browsers) has a feature where you can highlight a word or phrase on a website, right-click, and look it up, which gives, usually, a dictionary definition or the like (this is in addition to the… --- ## [What happens if the Executive Branch defies a Supreme Court order?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-the-executive-branch-defies-a-supreme-court-order/1019485)
**Author:** [@TGC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TGC)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-the-executive-branch-defies-a-supreme-court-order/1019485 "2025-06-12T20:47:34Z")
If the president issues an executive order and it isn’t followed, he can enforce it by deploying the military. But what happens if the Judicial Branch issues an order but the president refuses to follow it? What recourse… --- ## [What happened to Roanoke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-roanoke/333680)
**Author:** [@theLone7stringer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theLone7stringer)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [June 12, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-roanoke/333680 "2025-06-12T18:09:30Z")
Has anyone uncovered the mystery of Roanoke Island yet? Thats a subject i haven’t heard about in years! :slight\_smile: --- ## [Reminder: Keep politics out of Factual Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-keep-politics-out-of-factual-questions/1019495)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reminder-keep-politics-out-of-factual-questions/1019495 "2025-06-11T21:31:02Z")
There are currently a great many political things happening in the news. There are many factual issues which are relevant to those political happenings. As always, discussion of such factual issues are appropriate and … --- ## [How many times should I reuse a syringe on my cat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-should-i-reuse-a-syringe-on-my-cat/1019463)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-times-should-i-reuse-a-syringe-on-my-cat/1019463 "2025-06-11T18:28:56Z")
One of my cats has diabetes, and so needs a shot of insulin every morning and evening. I use the same needle for both, and often for a few days afterwards. Is this bad? Should I use a fresh one every day? Not an urgen… --- ## [What is an Appropriate Adult in the British legal system?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-appropriate-adult-in-the-british-legal-system/1019263)
**Author:** [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-an-appropriate-adult-in-the-british-legal-system/1019263 "2025-06-11T04:55:38Z")
I was watching an interview with a woman who had been assigned to be the serial killer Fred West’s “Appropriate Adult.” I thought that in the British legal system an Appropriate Adult was a person assigned in cases invo… --- ## [Can I transfer my low interst loan to another person?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-transfer-my-low-interst-loan-to-another-person/1018777)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2025, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-transfer-my-low-interst-loan-to-another-person/1018777 "2025-06-11T00:04:18Z")
Interest rates are somewhat high today. I was lucky and locked in a low interest rate loan on my place a few years ago. Is there a way to transfer the mortgage and keep that low interest rate to a new buyer? --- ## [Looking for particular tattoos-How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-particular-tattoos-how/1019365)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2025, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-particular-tattoos-how/1019365 "2025-06-10T12:30:17Z")
I am looking for any/all tattoos using the words “Carpe Gaudium” (Seize the Joy), but all my efforts seem to bring are multiple pages of “Carpe Diem” tattoos. How do I search for what I am actually looking for here? --- ## ["Praise to the Good Christ and Kind Virgin" — Anyone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praise-to-the-good-christ-and-kind-virgin-anyone/1019339)
**Author:** [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/praise-to-the-good-christ-and-kind-virgin-anyone/1019339 "2025-06-09T21:15:21Z")
According to a history book I read years ago, the title was a hymn sung by the crew, and at least some passengers, of a ship in the Middle Ages when it reached port (and given the state of shipbuilding and navigation the… --- ## [Temporary health insurance for foreign visitors to the United States](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temporary-health-insurance-for-foreign-visitors-to-the-united-states/1019249)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/temporary-health-insurance-for-foreign-visitors-to-the-united-states/1019249 "2025-06-09T19:36:00Z")
Here in the US, you’re expected to pay for your health care, and woebetide e you if you lack insurance. Literally every other first world nation, and most second- and maybe a third- or two provides it at government expen… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=40) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=42)