# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=516 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 517 --- ## [Downloading WeTransfer files to iPad](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-wetransfer-files-to-ipad/825180)
**Author:** [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/downloading-wetransfer-files-to-ipad/825180 "2018-11-28T18:55:50Z")
I received two movies through WeTransfer and successfully downloaded them to my laptop. No problem at all. What I really wanted to do was download them to my iPad, but I’m getting nowhere with that. All I get is an icon… --- ## [Paying oneself on Paypal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-oneself-on-paypal/825201)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/paying-oneself-on-paypal/825201 "2018-11-28T18:46:18Z")
Let’s say Bob needs a little extra cash. He could get a cash advance from his credit card, but that will cost him fees and possibly a higher interest rate than a purchase. But he has a business account with PayPal. If h… --- ## [Five switches controlling one light. How?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-switches-controlling-one-light-how/825160)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/five-switches-controlling-one-light-how/825160 "2018-11-28T17:37:00Z")
My son’s house has five switches controlling the same stairway light. One in each bedroom, one in the upstairs hall and one at the bottom of the stairs. How is this done? I know how a “3-way” switch (which I always ca… --- ## [Were there any cases of left-wing domestic terrorism in the USA in the 1990s and 2000s?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-any-cases-of-left-wing-domestic-terrorism-in-the-usa-in-the-1990s-and-2000s/824980)
**Author:** [@Mislav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mislav)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-there-any-cases-of-left-wing-domestic-terrorism-in-the-usa-in-the-1990s-and-2000s/824980 "2018-11-28T16:54:51Z")
After the Weather Underground and the Symbionese Liberation Army had been disintegrated? --- ## [I need an electrician's help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-electricians-help/824972)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-an-electricians-help/824972 "2018-11-28T15:02:50Z")
Electricians, I need help. About a month ago, a GFI circuit popped in the middle of the night. The reason was unknown. The GFI outlet was reset without incident. When I awoke yesterday, the same GFI had popped overni… --- ## [Help with Apple Music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-apple-music/825159)
**Author:** [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-with-apple-music/825159 "2018-11-28T14:23:17Z")
I have a Mac WorkBook, and an iPhone. Up until yesterday, I had a music library on both, with lots of songs, lots of playlists. I decided to give AppleMusic a try. And now, I still have all the songs and playlists on … --- ## [Question regarding German](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-german/825199)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 12:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-german/825199 "2018-11-28T12:48:12Z")
I’m trying express the following in German: I’m driving to Munich tomorrow to do some shopping Morgen fahre ich nach München --einkaufen (??) Morgen fahre ich nach München um einkaufen zu gehen (???) Morgen fahre ich… --- ## [LP Tank Purging](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lp-tank-purging/824757)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 28, 2018, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lp-tank-purging/824757 "2018-11-28T03:18:29Z")
Perhaps some SDopers have experience here for factual replies: We want to discontinue our liquid propane (LP) service. The tank is an 80 gallon vertical tank which is rented. I assume a rented tank is a typical arrangeme… --- ## [Romaine lettuce recalls -- why so frequent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romaine-lettuce-recalls-why-so-frequent/825172)
**Author:** [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/romaine-lettuce-recalls-why-so-frequent/825172 "2018-11-27T22:10:45Z")
While reading this thread in Great Debates about the latest romaine lettuce recall, I got to wondering: What is it about romaine lettuce that leads to seemingly frequent contamination? It seems that romaine has been rec… --- ## [Solid diamond ring](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solid-diamond-ring/710372)
**Author:** [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/solid-diamond-ring/710372 "2018-11-27T22:01:53Z")
Real or not real? I’m saying not real. There’s no cite on the website and it looks like somthing a teenager would make up. My niece is sure it’s real, so I need some back up here. --- ## [Are there any viable alternatives to Netflix DVDs (not streaming)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-viable-alternatives-to-netflix-dvds-not-streaming/716573)
**Author:** [@doubled](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doubled)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-viable-alternatives-to-netflix-dvds-not-streaming/716573 "2018-11-27T21:25:39Z")
I keep reading articles that Netflix DVDs are dying and streaming is the future. But streaming almost never has recent top-tier movies like the DVD selection does – right now, the next 10 movies in my DVD queue (Hunger G… --- ## [Auto-eject in advanced fighters: Do on-board computers make the call and take action?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-eject-in-advanced-fighters-do-on-board-computers-make-the-call-and-take-action/825024)
**Author:** [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/auto-eject-in-advanced-fighters-do-on-board-computers-make-the-call-and-take-action/825024 "2018-11-27T20:59:17Z")
In advanced fighter jets, if its onboard computers judge that the plane has suffered a ‘fatal’ hit, and so long as certain criteria are met (such as not over water; not ‘behind enemy lines’ as defined and programed prior… --- ## [How do foreign regulators have jurisdiction over Disney/Fox merger?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-foreign-regulators-have-jurisdiction-over-disney-fox-merger/825165)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-foreign-regulators-have-jurisdiction-over-disney-fox-merger/825165 "2018-11-27T19:47:56Z")
Disney’s Fox deal approved by Chinese regulators as reported by the NY Post. Why do Europe and China have jurisdiction over the merger of two US companies? --- ## [Three-way light switch question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-way-light-switch-question/825139)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-way-light-switch-question/825139 "2018-11-27T17:50:22Z")
Well, a couple, anyway. First, why are they called “Three-way?” They seem to me to only be two-way. Two switches, one light. Either one can turn on the light. Four-way I could understand, but three-way? Second (my real… --- ## [What word describes giving someone an epithet that predates their time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-describes-giving-someone-an-epithet-that-predates-their-time/824967)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-word-describes-giving-someone-an-epithet-that-predates-their-time/824967 "2018-11-27T16:59:28Z")
Hi What word describes giving someone an epithet that predates their time? I’ve come across websites equating Thomas More’s ‘Utopia’ with Marxism (not my opinion). If someone called Thomas More a Marxist, what would be… --- ## [Why is my cell phone doing this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-cell-phone-doing-this/825123)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-cell-phone-doing-this/825123 "2018-11-27T13:47:20Z")
Android. T- Mobile. A few weeks ago when I’d get a text from The Missus (for nobody else wants to send me a text, so disagreeable is my personality in real life) my phone would tell me, “Yo dude, you got TWO messages”.… --- ## [Shape with Greatest Area to Perimeter Ratio Is a ... (and more)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-with-greatest-area-to-perimeter-ratio-is-a-and-more/415797)
**Author:** [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shape-with-greatest-area-to-perimeter-ratio-is-a-and-more/415797 "2018-11-27T12:15:11Z")
The shape with greatest area to perimeter ratio is a … The shape with greatest perimeter to area ratio is a … The shape with greatest total volume to surface area ratio is a … The shape with greatest surface area to t… --- ## [A 90-minute Windows 10 update?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-90-minute-windows-10-update/750641)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2018, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-90-minute-windows-10-update/750641 "2018-11-20T06:10:49Z")
Usually Windows updates when I turn the power off at night - it goes into update mode before it will shut off. Today, March 30, it started an update when I turned it on. And it went on and on and on and on. Over 90 minu… --- ## [Why is Windows so popular?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-windows-so-popular/205315)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-windows-so-popular/205315 "2003-10-07T14:51:30Z")
I run Windows 2000 on my computer. I could have had a Mac but felt that I was more fimiliar with Windows. Some people say that Macs are easier to use and I could run Linux, which is free or UNIX. These operating systems … --- ## [Three year old frozen turkey: safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-year-old-frozen-turkey-safe/825122)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2018, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-year-old-frozen-turkey-safe/825122 "2018-11-27T04:38:35Z")
Is it safe to cook and eat a turkey that has been sitting in a freezer (a chest freezer that goes to about 0F) for 3 years? --- ## [Glue that sets at low temperature (or other solution)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glue-that-sets-at-low-temperature-or-other-solution/825094)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/glue-that-sets-at-low-temperature-or-other-solution/825094 "2018-11-26T23:31:32Z")
I have a Frigidaire with plastic rails to retain item on the door shelves. They frequently fail catastrophically. Closing the door with normal force causes the rails to fall off, resulting in breakage of bottles fallin… --- ## [Got the bill for the "free" colonoscopy screening...WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-the-bill-for-the-free-colonoscopy-screening-wtf/824898)
**Author:** [@crazyjoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crazyjoe)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/got-the-bill-for-the-free-colonoscopy-screening-wtf/824898 "2018-11-26T21:33:00Z")
So, according to the ACA, preventive screenings, including colonoscopy, are supposed to be covered with no cost-sharing to the member. I now have a $900 bill that would indicate otherwise. Apparently insurance companie… --- ## [how to glue a metal sink to a granite counter top](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-glue-a-metal-sink-to-a-granite-counter-top/824991)
**Author:** [@cornopean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornopean)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-glue-a-metal-sink-to-a-granite-counter-top/824991 "2018-11-26T21:26:09Z")
I have a sink that collapsed on me today. I realize now why it happened. The sink is a metal, under-mount sink that is held to the granite countertop with nothing more than blocks of wood holding the metal to the grani… --- ## [Can a US religious organization be sued by a foreign government? (John Allen Chau/ Sentinel Islers)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-us-religious-organization-be-sued-by-a-foreign-government-john-allen-chau-sentinel-islers/824942)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-us-religious-organization-be-sued-by-a-foreign-government-john-allen-chau-sentinel-islers/824942 "2018-11-26T19:31:10Z")
Background : https://www.yahoo.com/news/dead-american-told-island-tribe-jesus-loves-082505407.html So John Allen Chau, sponsored by the International Christian Concern (ICC) (International Christian Concern - Wikipedia)… --- ## [How precise can phone GPS tech be right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-precise-can-phone-gps-tech-be-right-now/824702)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-precise-can-phone-gps-tech-be-right-now/824702 "2018-11-26T18:20:37Z")
So if I wanted a GPS service to locate a very specific spot within, say, ten feet, is that something current phone tech would be capable of? --- ## [I stumped the AP Chemistry and AP Calculus teacher: Where are the units in this calculation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stumped-the-ap-chemistry-and-ap-calculus-teacher-where-are-the-units-in-this-calculation/824913)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stumped-the-ap-chemistry-and-ap-calculus-teacher-where-are-the-units-in-this-calculation/824913 "2018-11-26T14:43:52Z")
I’m the AP Chemistry teacher, btw. I spent 20 minutes with the Calc teacher, and we can’t find the units in this calculation. Where are they? We discover that our chemical reaction is a first order reaction, so rate = k… --- ## [Could I Market a Generic Razor Handle?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-market-a-generic-razor-handle/660091)
**Author:** [@2sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2sense)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-i-market-a-generic-razor-handle/660091 "2018-11-26T13:45:38Z")
Razor blade heads cost a lot but the handles for them are outrageous. Every once in a while my wife forgets what kind of razor I use and buys the wrong blades. So I have assorted blade heads but when I look at the store … --- ## [Curious as to meaning of an observed gesture](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-as-to-meaning-of-an-observed-gesture/825078)
**Author:** [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/curious-as-to-meaning-of-an-observed-gesture/825078 "2018-11-26T09:04:46Z")
Was in my car, in the neighborhood, almost to my house. Two teens were throwing a football back and forth on the street. When they saw me approach they moved off the street, and as I drove by each one they raised their a… --- ## [Where can I find a detailed list of all the programs George Soros has donated money to](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-detailed-list-of-all-the-programs-george-soros-has-donated-money-to/825058)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-can-i-find-a-detailed-list-of-all-the-programs-george-soros-has-donated-money-to/825058 "2018-11-26T06:29:41Z")
I was reading up on Soros and its quite interesting seeing his desire to support liberal democracy and minority rights. But I’m looking for info about individual charities he has supported. The closest I can find it wik… --- ## [Candles: made by compression vs. pouring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-made-by-compression-vs-pouring/824791)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2018, 6:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/candles-made-by-compression-vs-pouring/824791 "2018-11-26T06:11:46Z")
Can anyone tell me why some storebought candles look like they’re made out of beads? I assume they are pressed together instead of being poured … is that a cheaper process? Does it indicate a certain kind of wax? … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=515) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=517)