# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=462 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 463 --- ## [What countries have trials in more than one language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-countries-have-trials-in-more-than-one-language/834174)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-countries-have-trials-in-more-than-one-language/834174 "2019-05-21T11:46:42Z")
In Canada, we have trials in English, or in French, or bilingually. What other countries are Dopers aware of that have trials in more than one language? Bilingual or multi-lingual statutes? --- ## ["Liquor goes to my feet." What does that mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-goes-to-my-feet-what-does-that-mean/833699)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/liquor-goes-to-my-feet-what-does-that-mean/833699 "2019-05-21T10:56:27Z")
The Steve Martin faux noir comedy “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid” was on one of the cable channels recently. This isn’t a question about the movie itself, but about one of the lines in it. Late in the movie there is a scene … --- ## [Questions on unlocked cell phones](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-unlocked-cell-phones/834079)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 9:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-on-unlocked-cell-phones/834079 "2019-05-21T09:47:59Z")
1a) Can I buy an unlocked phone, put my existing SIM in it and away I go? OR 1b) Do I need a new SIM from my carrier? If I get an unlocked phone, can I go to any carrier and not get locked into a contract (they sub… --- ## [How'd the Conquistadores Communicate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-the-conquistadores-communicate/834225)
**Author:** [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howd-the-conquistadores-communicate/834225 "2019-05-21T03:42:50Z")
I mean, how did the conquistadores communicate with the native populations while they were busy taking over the continent? How did they know which groups they should cozy up to? I tried searching the 'net and also this … --- ## [How far does Earth's orbit need to move to "fix" global warming](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-does-earths-orbit-need-to-move-to-fix-global-warming/834194)
**Author:** [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 21, 2019, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-does-earths-orbit-need-to-move-to-fix-global-warming/834194 "2019-05-21T03:31:51Z")
If a Godlike power wanted to shift the Earth’s orbit outwards so the Global Mean Surface Temperature stopped increasing, or even went down to pre-industrial, how far would it have to move? And how long would a year then … --- ## [exposure to outer space](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exposure-to-outer-space/834243)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/exposure-to-outer-space/834243 "2019-05-20T20:32:56Z")
Let’s say you’re hypothetically an astronaut orbiting the earth and leave the orbiting vehicle for an EVA spacewalk. During the spacewalk your glove flies off and your hand is exposed to outer space for a 60 second perio… --- ## [Excel macro question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-macro-question/834244)
**Author:** [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-macro-question/834244 "2019-05-20T18:47:14Z")
If I’m recording a macro, one of the steps I’d like followed is to open an add-in that then opens a .dtf data transfer file extension. I use these regularly without a macro. I’ve written the IBM system i query using an i… --- ## [How do I open ".gdoc" files?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-open-gdoc-files/834226)
**Author:** [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-open-gdoc-files/834226 "2019-05-20T15:36:03Z")
I used to write for a company that used google docs for all of my drafts. Before I left I nabbed all of what I did and threw them into a zip file so that I could use these pieces for my portfolio later on in life. Someh… --- ## [Subaru CVT issues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subaru-cvt-issues/834152)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subaru-cvt-issues/834152 "2019-05-20T13:37:52Z")
Might be IMHO so Mods, whatever you please. My Wife bought a 2019 Subaru Ascent in Sept. It has 16000 miles on it. In the last few months she is getting odd noised from it. I have only heard it once, hard to reproduce… --- ## [How far did I see?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-did-i-see/834132)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-far-did-i-see/834132 "2019-05-20T03:14:54Z")
A few weeks ago I was driving around with someone and we ended up somewhere I had heard of before but never been to--an open-air chapel built on the edge of a cliff on the top of a mountain in Greenville, SC. There were … --- ## [Can I Be Forced To Pay Invoice on Paypal???](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-forced-to-pay-invoice-on-paypal/703081)
**Author:** [@TNWPsycho](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TNWPsycho)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-i-be-forced-to-pay-invoice-on-paypal/703081 "2019-05-20T02:29:58Z")
Just received a bill for $2,795.00 on Paypal from a company telling me i contracted to create their website and refused to do so. I absolutely never contracted to do something like this as i have never worked with websi… --- ## [Incorporated towns with no population](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorporated-towns-with-no-population/832301)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2019, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/incorporated-towns-with-no-population/832301 "2019-05-20T02:26:15Z")
Every once in a while, I hear about a very small town, one with only one or two people living in it. But they’re incorporated, so the people/person there have to perform all the functions of the town (be mayor, file repo… --- ## [batteries and high levels of radiation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batteries-and-high-levels-of-radiation/834098)
**Author:** [@rbroome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbroome)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/batteries-and-high-levels-of-radiation/834098 "2019-05-19T22:31:39Z")
I watched the 2nd episode of Chernobyl last night. The accident occurred in 1986. The ending scene sparked a vague memory. In the scene 3 volunteers went into the burning reactor building to open a critical valve. The ra… --- ## [4-Second Wi-Fi Apocalypse](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-second-wi-fi-apocalypse/833979)
**Author:** [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/4-second-wi-fi-apocalypse/833979 "2019-05-19T14:27:33Z")
I realize my home Wi-Fi isn’t what you’d call robust. I have plenty of speed, but my wi-fi-analyzer app shows my area is crowded with home networks, and I’m onthe best available frequency in either band. And, when I’m in… --- ## [Survival time of Naegleria Fowleri amoeba in nose/sinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-time-of-naegleria-fowleri-amoeba-in-nose-sinus/834141)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 19, 2019, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/survival-time-of-naegleria-fowleri-amoeba-in-nose-sinus/834141 "2019-05-19T02:56:13Z")
Been reading about Naegleria Fowleri amoeba for a long time, but have never been able to find data on how long the amoeba is able to survive in the nasal passage prior to going into the brain. The quote everywhere is tha… --- ## [Bare live wire in the dirt](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bare-live-wire-in-the-dirt/834087)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bare-live-wire-in-the-dirt/834087 "2019-05-18T21:44:33Z")
I have been puzzled by my much higher than average electricity bill for years. Today I found a live wire coming from under my house and buried under the surface of the dirt, Most likely an out door lighting wire from mor… --- ## [Connections (and quick disconnect) for low-voltage LED lights' wires](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connections-and-quick-disconnect-for-low-voltage-led-lights-wires/834009)
**Author:** [@Yask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yask)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/connections-and-quick-disconnect-for-low-voltage-led-lights-wires/834009 "2019-05-18T21:40:47Z")
I have some solar-powered, outdoor string lights (about ten to fifteen feet in length) that are in need of repair. Can I just strip wire ends, twist the bare wires together, and secure with some electrical tape? Or do I… --- ## [Why has Chrome for Android suddenly stopped letting me copy the site's address?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-chrome-for-android-suddenly-stopped-letting-me-copy-the-sites-address/834071)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-has-chrome-for-android-suddenly-stopped-letting-me-copy-the-sites-address/834071 "2019-05-18T20:04:06Z")
I click in the address bar and it goes blank. This doesn’t happen in Opera. --- ## [Can we talk Medicare pricing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-medicare-pricing/833734)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-we-talk-medicare-pricing/833734 "2019-05-18T14:23:24Z")
I’m a real noob on this stuff Real Data: I went for a CT scan at the end of April and looking at the costs on the Medicare website I see the following “Amount Charged” = $264 “Medicare Approved” = $91.42 “You May Be … --- ## [UK Flag etiquette question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-flag-etiquette-question/834090)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/uk-flag-etiquette-question/834090 "2019-05-18T13:43:51Z")
Heres something that my sister just posted on Facebook: Question from kaylascousin for anyone in the UK: I’m doing some research on flag etiquette across the pond and I was wondering if it was allowed that three flags … --- ## [Did the Colossus Bestride the Harbor?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-colossus-bestride-the-harbor/834038)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-colossus-bestride-the-harbor/834038 "2019-05-18T12:41:47Z")
Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. So Shakespeare apparently thought he did. The Colossus at Rhodes was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. And some people claim, at least part of his claim to fame, was that he l… --- ## [Applying for K1 visa - Old lost SSN?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applying-for-k1-visa-old-lost-ssn/834145)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/applying-for-k1-visa-old-lost-ssn/834145 "2019-05-18T11:57:44Z")
My fiancee worked in the US something like 12 years ago and believes that she was issued a Social Security card and social security number. At some point, she threw the card away and she doesn’t know what the number was. … --- ## [Is gelatin made from pigs now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gelatin-made-from-pigs-now/834143)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 9:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-gelatin-made-from-pigs-now/834143 "2019-05-18T09:59:27Z")
I was talking to a Yemeni friend about Moon Pies and how they are sublime, and he told me he can’t eat them because they are not halal – that the marshmallow is made with gelatin that comes from pigs. I thought gelatin … --- ## [Can somebody explain this medical policy to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-this-medical-policy-to-me/834142)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-somebody-explain-this-medical-policy-to-me/834142 "2019-05-18T04:40:50Z")
My father has been ill lately with multiple problems. One of these problems has been a need for physical rehab. We have had admitted to two different rehab facilities; one in Texas and one in New York. And both of these… --- ## [When did the term "curio shop" fall into disuse, and why?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-term-curio-shop-fall-into-disuse-and-why/834012)
**Author:** [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-the-term-curio-shop-fall-into-disuse-and-why/834012 "2019-05-18T04:14:13Z")
I remember when I was a kid in the 70’s and 80’s reading Nancy Drew books, the term “curio” was already archaic and not used to refer to shops, at least not in the U.S. The only reason I knew what it meant was from rea… --- ## [Table Stabilization Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-stabilization-question/834095)
**Author:** [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2019, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/table-stabilization-question/834095 "2019-05-18T00:19:53Z")
So, I am building a very primitive table with my non-existent woodworking skills. The purpose of this table is to replace 2 cardboard boxes that I use to put my mouse, mouse pad and forearm on as I sit at the computer. … --- ## [How Many Workers at one Burger King](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-workers-at-one-burger-king/834033)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-workers-at-one-burger-king/834033 "2019-05-17T22:54:36Z")
My US hometown’s paper reports the Burger King has closed for good. It said the twenty workers were being transferred to nearby BKs. Really? Just twenty? Does that sound right? --- ## [Cops sitting in cars in empty parking lots?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-sitting-in-cars-in-empty-parking-lots/833969)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cops-sitting-in-cars-in-empty-parking-lots/833969 "2019-05-17T21:46:41Z")
I live in an upper middle class suburb with very little crime . Maybe 1 murder a year and the vast majority of “crime” is speeding tickets. I live right near a church and their parking lot is empty except on Sunday… --- ## [Has anyone ever actually been fired from work for "laughing at a joke"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-been-fired-from-work-for-laughing-at-a-joke/834042)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-actually-been-fired-from-work-for-laughing-at-a-joke/834042 "2019-05-17T19:46:39Z")
I’ve heard people say in public, “We’re so politically correct now laughing at the wrong joke can get you fired”. I would normally think it’s hyperbole but there’s been news stories of kids in school getting suspended f… --- ## [Periwinkle shells](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periwinkle-shells/834096)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2019, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/periwinkle-shells/834096 "2019-05-17T15:27:11Z")
A post on a local history page featured these small shells from Lake Erie. I remember them well. But a image search for periwinkle shows shells that are much fatter. Are these some variation of periwinkles? Dennis [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=461) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=463)