# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=425 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 426 --- ## [Way to temporarily disable touchscreen on Windows 10 tablet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-temporarily-disable-touchscreen-on-windows-10-tablet/840266)
**Author:** [@pseudograph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudograph)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/way-to-temporarily-disable-touchscreen-on-windows-10-tablet/840266 "2019-09-24T14:44:21Z")
My sister has a cheap tablet running Windows 10 that she wants be able to give to her three year old on longer car trips, allowing her to watch a movie. She doesn’t want her to be able to turn it off or switch apps and … --- ## [History of flying model airplanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-flying-model-airplanes/840707)
**Author:** [@dr\_zippermeyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dr_zippermeyer)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/history-of-flying-model-airplanes/840707 "2019-09-24T11:19:09Z")
Is there any sources about history of flying models? I have started to think it’s in some way more significant than actual powered flight by a man. Once you got your model plane flying properly, it was only a matter of t… --- ## [Why were price tags shaped the way they were?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-price-tags-shaped-the-way-they-were/840663)
**Author:** [@alfonzos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alfonzos)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-were-price-tags-shaped-the-way-they-were/840663 "2019-09-24T05:12:41Z")
https://4.imimg.com/data4/NF/IL/MY-2662355/price-tag-500x500.jpg I wondered why they weren’t square. The shape suggests that the corners may have been removed for inventory purposes but I would like to know for sure --- ## [Eskimo Shit Knife--fact or fantasy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-shit-knife-fact-or-fantasy/790696)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 68\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eskimo-shit-knife-fact-or-fantasy/790696 "2019-09-24T03:32:14Z")
Besides being an excellent name for a band, what do you think the likelihood that it actually happened, and would work? --- ## [Firefox bookmarks chnged they it operates?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-bookmarks-chnged-they-it-operates/840682)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firefox-bookmarks-chnged-they-it-operates/840682 "2019-09-24T00:28:08Z")
Up until last week Firefox worked this way when setting a bookmark: Click on Bookmarks/bookmark This Page A dialogue box popped up with the page name and a drop down list of where to save the bookmark. From one use to… --- ## [Earthlink webmail spam filter question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlink-webmail-spam-filter-question/840642)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthlink-webmail-spam-filter-question/840642 "2019-09-24T00:16:24Z")
So, being peeved by the repeated spamming of a specific sender that always includes : \ I have put that in the blocked sender function, yet they keep pouring in. What am I doing wrong? I … --- ## [What small predator would do this? (warning: kinda gross)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-small-predator-would-do-this-warning-kinda-gross/684127)
**Author:** [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2019, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-small-predator-would-do-this-warning-kinda-gross/684127 "2019-09-24T00:08:45Z")
So, I’m at someone’s house this morning, and I notice something really disgusting on their side walkway: the complete internal organs of a small mammal. Not scattered around, but all together as if they had been surgic… --- ## [New border wall question.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-border-wall-question/840716)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-border-wall-question/840716 "2019-09-23T19:43:41Z")
General Questions because I’m looking for simple facts. I’m having no luck finding images of whatever (if anything) that has been built. I see photos of proposed walls and such, and of course pictures of people climbin… --- ## [Why is bird fat more oily than waxy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bird-fat-more-oily-than-waxy/840708)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-bird-fat-more-oily-than-waxy/840708 "2019-09-23T19:33:29Z")
(Not really a cooking question, so GQ instead of CS) There seems to be a connection between the internal temperature a plant or animal typically experiences and the melting point of it’s lipids; generally, they will hav… --- ## [Slow government bureaucracy has an economic cost. Do any nations have a \[I\]fast\[/I\] government?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-government-bureaucracy-has-an-economic-cost-do-any-nations-have-a-i-fast-i-government/840646)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/slow-government-bureaucracy-has-an-economic-cost-do-any-nations-have-a-i-fast-i-government/840646 "2019-09-23T18:36:32Z")
What do I mean by “slow government bureaucracy”? When the government must approve something or issue a document and all of the evidence and records the government has means the decision is clear. For example: someone r… --- ## [Photoshop Elements - Editing a PDF file (Need help fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photoshop-elements-editing-a-pdf-file-need-help-fast/840665)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/photoshop-elements-editing-a-pdf-file-need-help-fast/840665 "2019-09-23T18:21:02Z")
I have a PDF file that has print too light for the intended recipient to easily read. I tried reading it into Word, but the formatting was all screwed up. I used to use Photoshop Elements somewhat frequently so I paid … --- ## [How much harder is it for an overweight person to exercise?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-harder-is-it-for-an-overweight-person-to-exercise/840360)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-harder-is-it-for-an-overweight-person-to-exercise/840360 "2019-09-23T17:56:09Z")
I’m overweight and I work with people that like to climb stairs throughout the day. As someone that weighs 280 pounds, walking up 4 flights of stairs is quite a workout. The rest of the group do it 3 or 4 times. I’m try… --- ## [Windows 10 computer freezes at random times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-computer-freezes-at-random-times/838053)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-computer-freezes-at-random-times/838053 "2019-09-23T14:14:17Z")
Windows 10 Home 64x 3.40 gigahertz Intel Core i5-4670K ASRock Z97 Extreme6 motherboard 16G RAM Several USB devices (external hard drives, scanner, card reader) I have a custom-build desktop computer that has started… --- ## [Hearing aids and Bluetooth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearing-aids-and-bluetooth/840648)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearing-aids-and-bluetooth/840648 "2019-09-23T10:31:29Z")
I got a new pair of hearing aids a couple of weeks ago. With this new set, I have an app for my Android phone that pairs up via Bluetooth and allows me to change volume or mute, switch to a different program (for noisy e… --- ## [MySingleDating.com site; security issues?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysingledating-com-site-security-issues/840402)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mysingledating-com-site-security-issues/840402 "2019-09-23T08:36:28Z")
When I go to the site, it looks normal enough, except for a weird message in the corner reading “Hacked by Neoax”. Does anyone know what is going on there? --- ## [Statistical experimental design question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistical-experimental-design-question/840325)
**Author:** [@Grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grey)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statistical-experimental-design-question/840325 "2019-09-23T08:22:29Z")
Question about an experimental design which I feel is a GQ but it might wind up in IMHO. Let me give a brief high level view of the environment I’m trying to examine. I have S systems and each system has a label (l, m, … --- ## [What, exactly, is "an armed body of men"? (state constitutions).](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-an-armed-body-of-men-state-constitutions/840684)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2019, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-an-armed-body-of-men-state-constitutions/840684 "2019-09-23T06:34:43Z")
Most (not all) states have right to bear arms clauses in the state constitutions. Two states (Arizona and Washington) have identical wording in their state constitutions: "The right of the individual citizen to bear ar… --- ## [Closest stars to each other in different solar systems](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closest-stars-to-each-other-in-different-solar-systems/840607)
**Author:** [@TaoPilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TaoPilot)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/closest-stars-to-each-other-in-different-solar-systems/840607 "2019-09-22T19:26:38Z")
Proxima Centauri is the closest star to our own, being just over 4 light years away. Are there any two stars we know of that are closer to each other than that, that are not in the same solar system as each other? --- ## [Morbid obesity in children, causes?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-obesity-in-children-causes/840426)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/morbid-obesity-in-children-causes/840426 "2019-09-22T19:18:01Z")
What are the underlying diseases and/or factors that lead to extreme obesity in young kids? A kid in my grandson’s class is severely debilitated by his weight to the point of not being able to walk properly. I suspect … --- ## [Firearms question : what is a "receiver"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearms-question-what-is-a-receiver/840628)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/firearms-question-what-is-a-receiver/840628 "2019-09-22T18:21:28Z")
Pure terminology question. Please don’t turn it into a gun control thread. What is a “receiver”? I’ve seen the term used but never defined. For instance in one thread about dismantling a gun, someone said you can take … --- ## [Quantum entanglement and FTL information transfer.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-entanglement-and-ftl-information-transfer/840509)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/quantum-entanglement-and-ftl-information-transfer/840509 "2019-09-22T16:19:27Z")
While I understand that Alice can’t send Bob a specific digital message because forcing a particle’s spin state would distentangle the particles, what if the outcome of a coin flip was sufficient information? Let’s say … --- ## [How to calculate sum of series (Excel FV function?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-calculate-sum-of-series-excel-fv-function/840625)
**Author:** [@K364](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/K364)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-calculate-sum-of-series-excel-fv-function/840625 "2019-09-22T13:34:24Z")
In the game Cookie Clicker (don’t go there unless you want to be sucked into the universe’s biggest time waster) you buy buildings. Each building you buy will be 15% more expensive than the previous. I want to know if th… --- ## [Could a small rodent (mouse, chipmunk) be killed by an apple falling from a tree?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-small-rodent-mouse-chipmunk-be-killed-by-an-apple-falling-from-a-tree/840535)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-small-rodent-mouse-chipmunk-be-killed-by-an-apple-falling-from-a-tree/840535 "2019-09-21T23:19:21Z")
Don’t need answer fast. But how strong are the skulls of small rodents? --- ## [Renting And Hiring In American English, British English, And Spanish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renting-and-hiring-in-american-english-british-english-and-spanish/840563)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/renting-and-hiring-in-american-english-british-english-and-spanish/840563 "2019-09-21T20:56:26Z")
In America you rent housing, storage or retail space, either as the money payer or the money recipient. You would figure out which based on context. “I rent a nice bungalow on Maple street.” = Speaker likely pays the re… --- ## [Why do phone Spammers rarely leave voice messages?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-phone-spammers-rarely-leave-voice-messages/840415)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-phone-spammers-rarely-leave-voice-messages/840415 "2019-09-21T18:49:21Z")
I finally got around to checking my UVerse voice mail. I don’t pay much attention to this landline. It’s just part of my UVerse package. High speed Internet is what matters. I had 50 voice messages dating back 10 months… --- ## [If our nearest Galaxy was swallowed up by a blackhole today, when would we find out.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-nearest-galaxy-was-swallowed-up-by-a-blackhole-today-when-would-we-find-out/840453)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-our-nearest-galaxy-was-swallowed-up-by-a-blackhole-today-when-would-we-find-out/840453 "2019-09-21T12:33:32Z")
Using current instrumentation would it take 25000 years for us to realise that our nearest galaxy has disappeared. --- ## [Old (1940s) product with a blue jay on the container?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1940s-product-with-a-blue-jay-on-the-container/827443)
**Author:** [@hogarth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hogarth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-1940s-product-with-a-blue-jay-on-the-container/827443 "2019-09-21T12:19:42Z")
I’m listening to the Feb 5, 1946 radio episode of “Fibber McGee and Molly” and they made a joke a didn’t understand. Doc Gamble says something like: “I wouldn’t recommend strapping anything on your feet that doesn’t hav… --- ## [Self-defense: Does a criminal have the right to retreat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-defense-does-a-criminal-have-the-right-to-retreat/840277)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-defense-does-a-criminal-have-the-right-to-retreat/840277 "2019-09-21T12:14:40Z")
Looking at self-defense videos, it appears that the approach of gun owners is to hold an intruder at gunpoint and order him to lie down until police can arrive. But since, generally, self-defense shooting only applies i… --- ## [What "binder" do I want to be using to get a grain mixture to STICK TOGETHER for fishing bait?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-binder-do-i-want-to-be-using-to-get-a-grain-mixture-to-stick-together-for-fishing-bait/840534)
**Author:** [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 21, 2019, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-binder-do-i-want-to-be-using-to-get-a-grain-mixture-to-stick-together-for-fishing-bait/840534 "2019-09-21T09:02:03Z")
So recently I found a fishing spot near where I live that’s AMAZING for carp, I mean it has the biggest carp I’ve ever seen and the water is clear enough that you can sight-cast to them from the bank. I’ve been fishing i… --- ## [Foreign Language Instruction (6th grade)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-instruction-6th-grade/840520)
**Author:** [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/foreign-language-instruction-6th-grade/840520 "2019-09-20T23:09:26Z")
I have a question about what is standard practice in teaching foreign languages these days. The background, a 6th grade foreign language class is being offered at my son’s school that includes both children who have had… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=424) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=426)