# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=417 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 418 --- ## [would you get dizzy if everything spun aroud you?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-dizzy-if-everything-spun-aroud-you/842004)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-get-dizzy-if-everything-spun-aroud-you/842004 "2019-10-22T20:06:38Z")
I think a famous physicist claimed that if you stood still and the entire universe spun around you, you would get dizzy. Is that true? I don’t see how. I will already modify it to: “if you were floating in interstella… --- ## [Road accidents due to a LHT (Left-Hand Traffic) driver on "the wrong side of the road"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-accidents-due-to-a-lht-left-hand-traffic-driver-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-road/841852)
**Author:** [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/road-accidents-due-to-a-lht-left-hand-traffic-driver-on-the-wrong-side-of-the-road/841852 "2019-10-22T19:15:11Z")
This is often on the mind of many an American I know who are planning to rent self-operated vehicles in the UK and Ireland for a vacation trip, the mental stress of dealing with “driving on the wrong side”. (I myself hav… --- ## [Allow some calls when phone is silenced on iPhone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allow-some-calls-when-phone-is-silenced-on-iphone/842143)
**Author:** [@duffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/duffer)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/allow-some-calls-when-phone-is-silenced-on-iphone/842143 "2019-10-22T18:08:39Z")
My gf has an iPhone 8, we want to set it so any calls or texts from her son or mom still ring it it’s silenced. I know how to do it on mine but not apple. If able, how do we do it? Thanks --- ## [Is Head & Shoulders habit-forming?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-head-shoulders-habit-forming/841891)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-head-shoulders-habit-forming/841891 "2019-10-22T17:40:57Z")
Drug dependence is a disorder in which stopping a drug results in unpleasant symptoms, which makes people return to using the drug. For example, many people get unpleasant itching or “brain-zap” sensations when they go … --- ## [how to legally protect fruit varieties?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-legally-protect-fruit-varieties/842127)
**Author:** [@curwin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curwin)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-legally-protect-fruit-varieties/842127 "2019-10-22T15:00:19Z")
I was listening to a podcast where they discussed how new types of apples are developed, and trademarked. That got me thinking - let’s say a company puts tons of money into R&D for a type of apple. Well, the apples come… --- ## [Origin of Head Hair.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-head-hair/842079)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-head-hair/842079 "2019-10-22T14:57:34Z")
Why do humans typically have hair on their heads? Bald people obviously don’t. But still. Yes I know evolution has something to do with it. But how? And why? Also I remember watching this news magazine on TV, oh, well … --- ## [Windows 10 - "audio service is not running..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-audio-service-is-not-running/842109)
**Author:** [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-audio-service-is-not-running/842109 "2019-10-21T23:44:39Z")
…and I don’t know how to change that. I’m using a fairly new HP laptop. Bought it less than a year ago. And it now has no sound. I have the icon in the bottom-right corner of the taskbar that shows speaker and volume (l… --- ## [How much land in Canada is easily inhabitable?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-land-in-canada-is-easily-inhabitable/841908)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2019, 8:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-land-in-canada-is-easily-inhabitable/841908 "2019-10-22T08:33:03Z")
I know most of Canada’s major cities are along the US border. (thank you game shows :wink: ) A great deal of the land is in the Arctic. Map How much land there is considered easily inhabitable? Does Canada have huge… --- ## [Two PCs, One Printer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-pcs-one-printer/842084)
**Author:** [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-pcs-one-printer/842084 "2019-10-21T22:12:22Z")
I want to hook up two PCs to one HP laser printer. For various reasons, I can’t do this wirelessly. The printer connects to a PC (one PC) via USB. Any reason I can’t use one of those little USB hub things and connect … --- ## [Has Ta-Nehesi Coates outlined any concrete plan for reparations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-ta-nehesi-coates-outlined-any-concrete-plan-for-reparations/842038)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-ta-nehesi-coates-outlined-any-concrete-plan-for-reparations/842038 "2019-10-21T20:28:32Z")
I know he’s written quite a lot about reparations and was wondering if he’s ever made specific prescriptions regarding $ amounts, social programs, etc… Thanks in advance. --- ## [Do any current languages use different words for same sex husband/wife and heterosexual husband/wife](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-current-languages-use-different-words-for-same-sex-husband-wife-and-heterosexual-husband-wife/842054)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-current-languages-use-different-words-for-same-sex-husband-wife-and-heterosexual-husband-wife/842054 "2019-10-21T20:07:29Z")
In English, husband means “male member of a married pair” and wife means “Female member of a married pair”. Does any language use different words, depending on same sex or different sex status? --- ## [Looking for a word: a segment of an insect](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-a-segment-of-an-insect/842052)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-word-a-segment-of-an-insect/842052 "2019-10-21T19:16:54Z")
There is a word that describes a single segment (not body part, each of the head, abdomen, and tail are made up of many segments) in an insect. The segment might be a leg, a wing, an antenna, a mouth part. It was a wor… --- ## [Has Theresa May spoken in Parliament since leaving office?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-theresa-may-spoken-in-parliament-since-leaving-office/840847)
**Author:** [@psychonaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychonaut)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-theresa-may-spoken-in-parliament-since-leaving-office/840847 "2019-10-21T18:38:39Z")
Back when I lived in London, I occasionally sat in the visitors’ gallery of the Houses of Commons and Lords, and due to recent events, I’ve been watching a lot of Commons sittings online. It occurs to me that I haven’t … --- ## [How do you buy a small rubber rounded-torus shaped washer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-buy-a-small-rubber-rounded-torus-shaped-washer/842025)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-buy-a-small-rubber-rounded-torus-shaped-washer/842025 "2019-10-21T12:16:58Z")
I need a small one of around 1/4 inch or so. It slide on and acts as a seal for excess air. --- ## [Scoring an ordering question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scoring-an-ordering-question/842046)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 9:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scoring-an-ordering-question/842046 "2019-10-21T09:55:11Z")
I can think of two ways of scoring a trivia question about ordering a number of things according to some quantity. (For example, a quiz may ask the participants to order a given list of liquids according to their freezin… --- ## [Another Windows 10 question - Quick Access feature](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-windows-10-question-quick-access-feature/842036)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-windows-10-question-quick-access-feature/842036 "2019-10-21T01:27:00Z")
I think someone is breaking into my home every night and rearranging my Windows settings just to annoy me. I use the Quick Access feature quite a bit. It is a part of File Explorer where you can see recently used docume… --- ## [Name of a rhetorical device](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-rhetorical-device/841878)
**Author:** [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-of-a-rhetorical-device/841878 "2019-10-21T00:28:39Z")
I can explain, my stylebooks that have the answer to this are inaccessible, due to a no-longer-used drum set blocking a certain bookcase. I’m looking for the name of the rhetorical device where you substitute a name for… --- ## [How do banks (in the UK) make money from current accounts?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-banks-in-the-uk-make-money-from-current-accounts/841712)
**Author:** [@Calavera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Calavera)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [October 21, 2019, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-banks-in-the-uk-make-money-from-current-accounts/841712 "2019-10-21T00:22:24Z")
I know in the US banks generally charge for having a current account, and also charge for a lot of the services we generally get for free. In the UK the banks are competing with each other to a ridiculous degree, offerin… --- ## [Why are scorched fingers extra-sensitive to heat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-scorched-fingers-extra-sensitive-to-heat/842057)
**Author:** [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2019, 11:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-scorched-fingers-extra-sensitive-to-heat/842057 "2019-10-20T23:43:06Z")
This morning I grabbed a mug out of the microwave, hissed, and dropped it: the handle had heated up to about five bajillion degrees, and three of my fingers got scorched. Ever since, it’s hurt to wash them in medium-heat… --- ## [Name for ability to visualize something from overhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-ability-to-visualize-something-from-overhead/842031)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-for-ability-to-visualize-something-from-overhead/842031 "2019-10-20T22:17:45Z")
I am generally able to draw a fairly accurate overhead map/diagram of a place or a building/house by retaining a good idea of what the layout of a place would look like if viewed from above. I wonder if there is a name … --- ## [Largest city without traffic lights](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-city-without-traffic-lights/841965)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/largest-city-without-traffic-lights/841965 "2019-10-20T21:18:44Z")
What’s the largest city that has no traffic lights? The city of Carmel, Indiana (pop 92K) has plans to replace all its traffic lights with roundabouts. Well, all except one. I understand there’s one that they figure the… --- ## [Please explain why the removal of a President after he/she loses an election is an issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-why-the-removal-of-a-president-after-he-she-loses-an-election-is-an-issue/842018)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2019, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-explain-why-the-removal-of-a-president-after-he-she-loses-an-election-is-an-issue/842018 "2019-10-20T15:31:06Z")
Hi Please explain why the removal of a President after he/she loses an election is an issue. If Donald Trump loses the 2020 election, but does not acknowledge his loss, what is to prevent him from being physically remov… --- ## [Help Me Calculate The Temperature For A 5-Gallon/19-Liter Jug Of Water To Freeze Solid In 12 Hours](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-calculate-the-temperature-for-a-5-gallon-19-liter-jug-of-water-to-freeze-solid-in-12-hours/841962)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2019, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-calculate-the-temperature-for-a-5-gallon-19-liter-jug-of-water-to-freeze-solid-in-12-hours/841962 "2019-10-20T13:24:20Z")
My tap water is disgusting, so I buy my water via these 5-gallon (19-liter) refillable jugs. I don’t always bring them inside right away, because they’re heavy and I’m a pussy, and so they’ll oft sit in the back of my ca… --- ## [How are company logos defined and preserved?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-company-logos-defined-and-preserved/817046)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-are-company-logos-defined-and-preserved/817046 "2019-10-20T05:09:01Z")
This is something I have been wondering about for a long time. Let’s say your company has a logo that consists of simple geometric objects like straight lines and circles. To “define” the logo, all you have to do is det… --- ## [What do you call a phrase that you end in different ways in the same sentence.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-phrase-that-you-end-in-different-ways-in-the-same-sentence/842015)
**Author:** [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-call-a-phrase-that-you-end-in-different-ways-in-the-same-sentence/842015 "2019-10-20T04:40:05Z")
Sorry for the stupid title phrasing, If I could figure out a good way to word it, I could probably google it. I was digging deep in my song collection and came across the old comedy classic , Have some Madeira, my dear … --- ## [Is it more environmentally friendly to pee in the sink?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-environmentally-friendly-to-pee-in-the-sink/841591)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [October 20, 2019, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-more-environmentally-friendly-to-pee-in-the-sink/841591 "2019-10-20T02:55:06Z")
If you pee in the toilet, you gotta flush, or else it stinks (smelly pee sitting in a bowl). That “wastes” gallons of water, when/if you flush. (Water is everywhere, so is it really " a waste"?) But if you pee in the si… --- ## [Help me find a replacement for my paper notebook that looks like a laptop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980)
**Author:** [@minor7flat5](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minor7flat5)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2019, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-a-replacement-for-my-paper-notebook-that-looks-like-a-laptop/404980 "2019-10-19T23:44:40Z")
This is what I’m talking about: Cool Notebook It’s a promotional gift from Dell that somehow got mailed to our secretary. She looked at funny and asked if I needed another notepad, at which point I immediately snapped … --- ## [Vignetting on wide-angle lens photos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vignetting-on-wide-angle-lens-photos/841918)
**Author:** [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vignetting-on-wide-angle-lens-photos/841918 "2019-10-19T14:33:47Z")
I have a large number of photos (aerial photos) shot with a fixed-aperture wide-angle lens. The all have vignetting in the outer portions of the images, with the corners of course being especially dark. I’m trying to f… --- ## [Washing machine won’t fill after moving](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washing-machine-won-t-fill-after-moving/841987)
**Author:** [@keturah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keturah)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 19, 2019, 5:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/washing-machine-won-t-fill-after-moving/841987 "2019-10-19T05:13:11Z")
We just moved and I hooked the water lines up to the washer and plugged it in. It’s getting power and will run through the cycles but won’t fill at all. The water valves are on and hoses are connected correctly hot to ho… --- ## [First dental appointment in about 20 years. What should I expect?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-dental-appointment-in-about-20-years-what-should-i-expect/279986)
**Author:** [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2019, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/first-dental-appointment-in-about-20-years-what-should-i-expect/279986 "2019-10-18T22:03:30Z")
: hanging my head in shame : Yes, folks, it’s true. I haven’t been to a dentist in about twenty years. What can I say, I’ve never been a big fan of pain. Well, for twenty years my luck has been pretty good. No real … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=416) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=418)