# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=532 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 533 --- ## [What did the glop-up Clorox with?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-glop-up-clorox-with/822497)
**Author:** [@excavating\_for\_a\_mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/excavating_for_a_mind)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-glop-up-clorox-with/822497 "2018-10-06T19:00:36Z")
I use chlorine bleach regularly. I keep a bottle of it diluted to 10% to spray down my shower to keep mildew at bay. I use it in the laundry for whites and some color-fast cottons (mostly undergarments). Lately, I’ve no… --- ## [Why would a deceased person not appear on the Death Index?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-deceased-person-not-appear-on-the-death-index/822103)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-a-deceased-person-not-appear-on-the-death-index/822103 "2018-10-06T17:58:55Z")
I tried looking up an acquaintance who had died almost 30 years ago on the Social Security Death Index. I have everything, full first-middle-last name, complete dates of birth, death, and exact location of death. But no… --- ## [Windows 10 October 2018 "Upgrade". Should I be worried?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-october-2018-upgrade-should-i-be-worried/822551)
**Author:** [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-october-2018-upgrade-should-i-be-worried/822551 "2018-10-06T14:54:31Z")
I’ve run across several articles on significant problems with the latest upgrade of Windows 10 (“1809” upgrade). Issues include deletion of user data (e.g. deletion of all data in Documents). There is more in the link … --- ## [Kindle Version of the Trump Story](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-version-of-the-trump-story/822501)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kindle-version-of-the-trump-story/822501 "2018-10-06T14:47:02Z")
I am feeling a little stupid, and I suspect when someone helps me I will feel even worse. The big Failing New York Times Story “Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father” is dated 2 Octob… --- ## [Is forced marriage illegal in the United States?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-forced-marriage-illegal-in-the-united-states/822391)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-forced-marriage-illegal-in-the-united-states/822391 "2018-10-06T14:22:45Z")
Is forced marriage actually illegal in the United States? In 2015, there was an article in the NewYorkTimes about teenage girls here in America being wed to much older men. It is not common, but the fact that it still … --- ## [Does someone need permission to use a celebrity's name in a song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-someone-need-permission-to-use-a-celebritys-name-in-a-song/822422)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-someone-need-permission-to-use-a-celebritys-name-in-a-song/822422 "2018-10-06T14:20:06Z")
A great example of this is New Routine by Fountains of Wayne and Carl Reiner’s name is said very early on and almost sets up the feeling of the song. The songwriter and the actor are both from New York so maybe he did … --- ## [Is it true that Brett Kavanaugh never tried a case as a judge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-brett-kavanaugh-never-tried-a-case-as-a-judge/822506)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-that-brett-kavanaugh-never-tried-a-case-as-a-judge/822506 "2018-10-06T13:50:23Z")
A meme claims Brett Kavanaugh was a law clerk who had never tried a case as a judge before he was appointed a judge by George Bush. Is this true? --- ## [What's the next date that would be fully palindromic like this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-date-that-would-be-fully-palindromic-like-this/822542)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-next-date-that-would-be-fully-palindromic-like-this/822542 "2018-10-06T12:42:36Z")
Well there is a person who know who was born using the DD/MM/YYYY format on the 20th February 2002 and it is 20/02/2002 or 20022002 and it reads the same forwards as backwards. It can be referred to as a fully palindromi… --- ## [Wartime trade between the U.S. and Nazi Germany?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wartime-trade-between-the-u-s-and-nazi-germany/822435)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wartime-trade-between-the-u-s-and-nazi-germany/822435 "2018-10-06T12:16:16Z")
Even at the height of the Cold War there was trade between the U.S. and the USSR, and trading with the enemy is as old as warfare–the Crusaders traded on the side with their Muslim opponents. So was there any sub rosa t… --- ## [Cellphone video, windows editing, audio sync question(s)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-video-windows-editing-audio-sync-question-s/822395)
**Author:** [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cellphone-video-windows-editing-audio-sync-question-s/822395 "2018-10-06T10:45:56Z")
OK, so after spending about 8 hours today trying to do something I assumed was relatively trivial, I’ve come to the point where I’m just too frustrated and confused to continue without some input from someone knowledgeab… --- ## [Relationship/family tree question - need answer soon-ish](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationship-family-tree-question-need-answer-soon-ish/822510)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/relationship-family-tree-question-need-answer-soon-ish/822510 "2018-10-06T06:06:40Z")
This stuff always confuses the heck out of me. If Mary Lou and Betty Jean are sisters, how are their grandchildren related to each other? Their children are first cousins, right? But what are the children of the first … --- ## [What cables,etc. do I need for a additional HDD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cables-etc-do-i-need-for-a-additional-hdd/822487)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cables-etc-do-i-need-for-a-additional-hdd/822487 "2018-10-06T04:52:41Z")
I know, I know, ,get an SSD", I can’t afford one large enough for my needs and I realistically don’t need it, I just need capacity, I have a small 300 GB HDD that’s 10 years old, 50GB of which is Windows, app data, drive… --- ## [How does shipping work for compounds that are legal in some states, illegal in others](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-shipping-work-for-compounds-that-are-legal-in-some-states-illegal-in-others/822476)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-shipping-work-for-compounds-that-are-legal-in-some-states-illegal-in-others/822476 "2018-10-06T02:10:15Z")
Take a compound like kratom, it is legal in some states and schedule 1 in other states. Same with something like etizolam. How does shipping a compound like this work? Does flying in the airspace over a state that has p… --- ## [Is there a way to "reverse time" on a google search?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-reverse-time-on-a-google-search/822464)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2018, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-reverse-time-on-a-google-search/822464 "2018-10-06T01:31:21Z")
This is inspired by the Kavanaugh hearings, but see the forum. I personally had never heard of the terms like “boofing” or “devil’s triangle” prior to the hearings. If I want to try to look it up now, every google hit… --- ## [Explain this scam to me](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-scam-to-me/822483)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-this-scam-to-me/822483 "2018-10-05T16:06:09Z")
So somebody hacked my Ebay account. I buy lots of stuff on Ebay but haven’t sold anything for a long time. Yet the hackers used my account to try to sell things, mostly cell phones. Why wouldn’t they just open their own… --- ## [International flight paths for private jets](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-flight-paths-for-private-jets/822446)
**Author:** [@Steve\_McQwark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_McQwark)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/international-flight-paths-for-private-jets/822446 "2018-10-05T15:20:29Z")
The local NBA team is in China right now and I’ve been reading some articles in the local sports page about their trip. It sounded like they took the team’s private jet and that got me wondering about the airport and air… --- ## [Calculating APR on an amortization](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-apr-on-an-amortization/822375)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/calculating-apr-on-an-amortization/822375 "2018-10-05T13:37:03Z")
I’m trying to find a process for this but most seem to treat it as a simple interest problem e.g $100000 loan at 8% interest per annum + 2.5% fees =\> 8.5% APR. But as we know since amortization is like compounding in re… --- ## [Do I need a protective sleeve for my Global Entry cards (and credit cards)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-protective-sleeve-for-my-global-entry-cards-and-credit-cards/822399)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-need-a-protective-sleeve-for-my-global-entry-cards-and-credit-cards/822399 "2018-10-05T12:49:44Z")
Just got Global Entry and the cards come with metallic sleeves to protect the data encoded on the cards. I mistakenly threw one away. Do I really need to replace it? Also, I notice these being sold for credit cards as… --- ## [Hearing Aids -- Don't they make the problem worse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearing-aids-dont-they-make-the-problem-worse/822408)
**Author:** [@user\_hostile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/user_hostile)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hearing-aids-dont-they-make-the-problem-worse/822408 "2018-10-05T11:00:59Z")
This has been bugging me for 40 years, so fight the ignorance with some witty snark. My Mom’s got hearing problems, so she’s got hearing aids to help with her hear better. However, a hearing aid is for amplifying sound… --- ## [Dinosaurs, asteroids and extinctions.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaurs-asteroids-and-extinctions/811902)
**Author:** [@Smudge777](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smudge777)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaurs-asteroids-and-extinctions/811902 "2018-10-05T04:22:37Z")
We’re told that an asteroid killed off the dinosaurs. We’re also told (I think) that the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event lasted something like 10,000 years. I understand that a cataclysmic meteoric impact would c… --- ## [Aquatic dinosaurs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aquatic-dinosaurs/785150)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 18, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/aquatic-dinosaurs/785150 "2017-05-18T04:05:20Z")
I realize that the large sea-critters contemporaneous with the dinosaurs – ichthyosaurs, plesiosaurs, mosasaurs, etch. – were only distant kin. Have there been any actual dinosaur species found that had adapted to life i… --- ## [Fossilized Evidence of Injuries to Predatory Dinosaurs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fossilized-evidence-of-injuries-to-predatory-dinosaurs/782690)
**Author:** [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [March 22, 2017, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fossilized-evidence-of-injuries-to-predatory-dinosaurs/782690 "2017-03-22T17:29:46Z")
Have there been fossils which indicate injuries to the big predatory dinosaurs like Tyrannosaurs or Allosaurs? I’m looking for something like, “Yes, this dinosaur was definitely killed by a triceratops horn”, or perhaps … --- ## [Explain for me something about the Clarence Thomas Supreme Court confirmation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-for-me-something-about-the-clarence-thomas-supreme-court-confirmation/822462)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-for-me-something-about-the-clarence-thomas-supreme-court-confirmation/822462 "2018-10-05T03:21:58Z")
Recently, I have seen reporting that Thomas was confirmed by a vote of 52-48. However, I also understood that Gorsuch’s confirmation was the first time the “nuclear option” was invoked allowing a Supreme Court justice to… --- ## [What weather could other planets have that isn't found on earth.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weather-could-other-planets-have-that-isnt-found-on-earth/822132)
**Author:** [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-weather-could-other-planets-have-that-isnt-found-on-earth/822132 "2018-10-05T02:20:26Z")
I’m not interested in variants of the weather we already have, say 500mph winds, or sulfuric acid rain. I’m interested in weather phenomena that are as different from what we have on earth as lightning is different sno… --- ## [A Non-Possessive Last Name.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-non-possessive-last-name/822280)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-non-possessive-last-name/822280 "2018-10-05T01:07:23Z")
English surnames are pretty easy to figure out. Ford is a shallow crossing in the stream. Atwater means “at-the-water”. And so forth. Possessive are pretty easy to figure out too. Johnson means “John’s son”. Peters mea… --- ## [When was Manchester divided?(Soccer Names)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-manchester-divided-soccer-names/822368)
**Author:** [@puddleglum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puddleglum)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-manchester-divided-soccer-names/822368 "2018-10-05T00:38:27Z")
Having soccer teams call themselves place name United seems to be popular in America. I assume this is because of the famous soccer club Manchester United, but where did they get their name? Did two opposing forces join … --- ## [Mental "echo": having a thought before having it--is this a thing and does it have a name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-echo-having-a-thought-before-having-it-is-this-a-thing-and-does-it-have-a-name/822240)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mental-echo-having-a-thought-before-having-it-is-this-a-thing-and-does-it-have-a-name/822240 "2018-10-04T23:55:48Z")
When I was younger, probably into my 30s, I would sometimes have the experience of having my thoughts twice, so to speak. It was as if my mind was aware that I was about to think “I should go to the store,” and then I w… --- ## [How accurate is DNA age testing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-is-dna-age-testing/822441)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-is-dna-age-testing/822441 "2018-10-04T23:29:51Z")
A decade ago there was an article based on DNA testing the US used to determine the age of Dominican baseball players and to see if they lied about their age. Is a DNA test really accurate enough to tell the difference … --- ## [Who can operate what medical machinery?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-operate-what-medical-machinery/822401)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-can-operate-what-medical-machinery/822401 "2018-10-04T23:13:18Z")
I was reading an article about a guy who went in for testing for a scientific study at a small office with one technician. The technician drew blood and then put the author through tests on “a myriad of machines.” I don… --- ## [Looking for a story about Vietnam POW James Stockdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-story-about-vietnam-pow-james-stockdale/822361)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2018, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-story-about-vietnam-pow-james-stockdale/822361 "2018-10-04T15:03:07Z")
Hi I’m looking for a story about Vietnam POW James Sockdale. I heard a story about him jogging on Capital Hill and being held up by a thief. He then apparently made up a story about having cancer to turn the tables on t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=531) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=533)