# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=600 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 601 --- ## [rooting succulents](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rooting-succulents/804730)
**Author:** [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rooting-succulents/804730 "2018-04-04T22:03:57Z")
so, I can get the bastards to start rooting: you just ignore them. lay them on gravel and pay no attention to them whatsoever. I have TONS of different kinds of succulents, making roots, no problem. the problem is when… --- ## [Can't connect to this router via Ethernet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-connect-to-this-router-via-ethernet/810309)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cant-connect-to-this-router-via-ethernet/810309 "2018-04-04T19:01:10Z")
I got a Buffalo router with native DD-WRT firmware. I updated the firmware, and it did install, and I was able to log in and use the settings. Now, for reasons completely unknown, 3 different laptops using 2 different c… --- ## [I am looking for an inexpensive Computer Aided Design program. Can anyone help me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-an-inexpensive-computer-aided-design-program-can-anyone-help-me/811785)
**Author:** [@Ficer67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ficer67)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-looking-for-an-inexpensive-computer-aided-design-program-can-anyone-help-me/811785 "2018-04-04T17:14:05Z")
The title says it all… I am looking for an inexpensive Computer Aided Design (CAD) program. Can anyone suggest one? I am using draftsight right now, but it lacks 3d capability… I would like a full blown copy of AutoC… --- ## [Messin' with housecats -- Making cross breeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messin-with-housecats-making-cross-breeds/811801)
**Author:** [@Inigo\_Montoya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inigo_Montoya)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/messin-with-housecats-making-cross-breeds/811801 "2018-04-04T16:10:13Z")
Couple questions. First: There is the quasi mythical bobcat/housecat cross. It is my understanding that a bobcat is at least as likely to eat my in-heat kitty as he would be fill her with bobcatty goodness. However, o… --- ## [Acquiring footage of local live TV after the fact](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acquiring-footage-of-local-live-tv-after-the-fact/811778)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/acquiring-footage-of-local-live-tv-after-the-fact/811778 "2018-04-04T14:59:54Z")
You have probably heard of the video montage by Deadspin showing Sinclair TV news anchors reciting a scripted rant. My question is strictly factual using this an example of video production, and has nothing to do with th… --- ## [A question about blood cleanup.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-blood-cleanup/459107)
**Author:** [@diggleblop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/diggleblop)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-blood-cleanup/459107 "2018-04-04T13:09:35Z")
I was watching one of these real life CSI shows and they were breaking out the Luminol to check for trace amounts of blood. Now I thought to myself, are there any cleaning chemicals that will clean up blood so well that… --- ## [When was the last time the blue buildings at the DMZ in Korea were painted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-the-blue-buildings-at-the-dmz-in-korea-were-painted/811641)
**Author:** [@incaroads1975](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/incaroads1975)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-was-the-last-time-the-blue-buildings-at-the-dmz-in-korea-were-painted/811641 "2018-04-04T09:25:08Z")
With all there is to worry about regarding North Korea, the one thing that I can’t seem to get my brain around is this: Whenever I see a news clip of those blue buildings in the Joint Security area in the DMZ in Korea, … --- ## [Nuclear weapon that emits the least amount of radiation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-weapon-that-emits-the-least-amount-of-radiation/811369)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-weapon-that-emits-the-least-amount-of-radiation/811369 "2018-04-04T03:52:42Z")
Wonder if there is something akin to the opposite of a neutron bomb - a weapon that is designed to emit as little radiation as possible and achieve destruction through explosive effects alone but leave the post-blast are… --- ## [Navy ship stuck in ice in Montreal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-ship-stuck-in-ice-in-montreal/807253)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/navy-ship-stuck-in-ice-in-montreal/807253 "2018-04-04T03:39:09Z")
and will be there for 2 more months. Why would they pick Buffalo to put it in service? A lot of times they do that ceremony close to the place the ship is named for. Or even in the state the ship is named for. F… --- ## [Excel: Graphing different parameters](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-graphing-different-parameters/811651)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-graphing-different-parameters/811651 "2018-04-04T03:13:47Z")
Suppose I wanted to create a graph with the following parameters: \[ul\]\[li\]Temperature\[/li\]\[li\]Wind speed\[/li\]\[li\]Precipitation\[/ul\]\[/li\] The Y-axes would be the numerical values for each parameter. The X-axis would be… --- ## [How common are "death throes?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-death-throes/571614)
**Author:** [@Terrifel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terrifel)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2018, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-common-are-death-throes/571614 "2018-04-04T00:38:32Z")
One of my pet rats died yesterday, probably of old age (he was 4), and I was present when he shuffled off his little ratty mortal coil. As he passed, his body went through a short series of surprisingly powerful body co… --- ## [Any scientific studies of shared hallucinations?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-scientific-studies-of-shared-hallucinations/811644)
**Author:** [@Jim\_Peebles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_Peebles)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-scientific-studies-of-shared-hallucinations/811644 "2018-04-03T19:45:25Z")
In this thread: https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=851769 most people were applying Occam’s Razor and Newton’s Flaming Lazer Sword to say that since scientific evidence connects physical activity in … --- ## [Are all social media platforms equal in terms of capturing data?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-social-media-platforms-equal-in-terms-of-capturing-data/811673)
**Author:** [@nelliebly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nelliebly)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-all-social-media-platforms-equal-in-terms-of-capturing-data/811673 "2018-04-03T17:51:20Z")
These may be stupid questions, but I comfort myself that GQ has seen its share of stupid questions. Do Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter capture and share as much personal data as Facebook does? Or does that even matter s… --- ## [Deep Clog in Sink Drain... help me out, please.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-clog-in-sink-drain-help-me-out-please/146211)
**Author:** [@keeper0](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/keeper0)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deep-clog-in-sink-drain-help-me-out-please/146211 "2018-04-03T16:46:06Z")
I have stumbled across a couple of threads on dealing with stopped up drains, like: Slow Drains by Baloo and How Do I Unclog a Sink by Mazee Rather than resurrect a two year dead thread, I thought I would ask my spec… --- ## [Stephen Hawking Viewing Porn.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-hawking-viewing-porn/811542)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 1:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stephen-hawking-viewing-porn/811542 "2018-04-03T13:46:22Z")
True story. I heard on TV once, Professor Stephen Hawking made a bet with another scientist. Some discovery in physics. I forget exactly what the bet was about, and probably would need a degree in physics to understand i… --- ## [Anyone here use the shopping site Wish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-here-use-the-shopping-site-wish/811657 "2018-04-03T08:49:14Z")
Hello Everyone, My wife put a new app on het phone from the shopping site Wish. I browsed through it and this can’t be legit, can it? They’re selling things like laptops for $12, $400 drones for $30. How can that be … --- ## [Have Easter and April Fools Day coincided before in recent years?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-easter-and-april-fools-day-coincided-before-in-recent-years/811574)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-easter-and-april-fools-day-coincided-before-in-recent-years/811574 "2018-04-03T05:56:24Z")
And if so, how recently? --- ## [Construction cost - steel vs. concrete](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-cost-steel-vs-concrete/811528)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/construction-cost-steel-vs-concrete/811528 "2018-04-03T04:06:06Z")
If I am building a 10 story building is it cheaper to have the basic structure steel or concrete? Steel goes up faster but maybe it costs more to buy. --- ## [Hamster Cohabitation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-cohabitation/811564)
**Author:** [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hamster-cohabitation/811564 "2018-04-03T02:30:24Z")
Ok, I need a hamster expert. We have one hamster - named MC Hamsterpants - and she’s lived in a tank on her own for a year or so. My kids would like to get her a friend. We have a bigger tank ready to go. But is it pos… --- ## [What did Americans know about the Eastern Front in the years after WW2? (1950s and 60s)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-americans-know-about-the-eastern-front-in-the-years-after-ww2-1950s-and-60s/811654)
**Author:** [@Kamaski](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamaski)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2018, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-americans-know-about-the-eastern-front-in-the-years-after-ww2-1950s-and-60s/811654 "2018-04-03T02:26:02Z")
Obviously the Cold War highly skewed the Western worlds perception of the Soviet Union and its participation/motives in WW2. But i think i remember reading that Stalin did everything he could to keep the enormous number … --- ## [I wish to understand replying then immediately blocking on twitter.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-understand-replying-then-immediately-blocking-on-twitter/811537)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-to-understand-replying-then-immediately-blocking-on-twitter/811537 "2018-04-02T18:50:44Z")
What happens when you reply to someone on twitter then immediately block them? I understand this means you cannot read their posts, they cannot read your posts, but everyone else can read your reply. Furthermore, the tar… --- ## [Can a Gas Stovetop heat at lower temperatures when malfunctioning?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-gas-stovetop-heat-at-lower-temperatures-when-malfunctioning/811512)
**Author:** [@andrea\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrea_green)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-a-gas-stovetop-heat-at-lower-temperatures-when-malfunctioning/811512 "2018-04-02T18:19:24Z")
Over the last few weeks, food cooked on my my Gaggenau-brand stove top appears to take substantially longer to cook. Even simple things like eggs seem to take much longer. But the burners appear relatively normal to my… --- ## [Do elephants yawn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-elephants-yawn/811652)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-elephants-yawn/811652 "2018-04-02T17:35:31Z")
See query. I’m interested in the answer, of course–who wouldn’t be?–but like my burning question on tapeworms, it’s more about the physiology/classification of animals. Is there something in lungs, nervous system, muscul… --- ## [“Milk and Honey are the Only Foods that weren’t Originally Alive...”](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-honey-are-the-only-foods-that-weren-t-originally-alive/811473)
**Author:** [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milk-and-honey-are-the-only-foods-that-weren-t-originally-alive/811473 "2018-04-02T16:23:58Z")
See this Reddit Showerthought here: https://www.reddit.com/r/Showerthoughts/comments/8883e9/milk\_and\_honey\_are\_the\_only\_foods\_that\_werent/ Really? Hmm, gotta ponder that. --- ## [Iced Coffee and Thermodynamics](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iced-coffee-and-thermodynamics/811432)
**Author:** [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/iced-coffee-and-thermodynamics/811432 "2018-04-02T07:57:11Z")
Say I want to make a glass of iced coffee. I have the following at hand: 4 oz. cold coffee 4 oz. hot coffee 16 oz. glass Plenty of ice My objective is to combine the hot coffee, the cold coffee, and the ice so I en… --- ## [Laptop backlights are LED, but contain mercury?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-backlights-are-led-but-contain-mercury/811591)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2018, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/laptop-backlights-are-led-but-contain-mercury/811591 "2018-04-02T03:11:46Z")
This one was a bit confusing to me - (Dell Latitude E5450, for what it’s worth) - apparently laptop screen backlights are LEDs these days, but LEDs don’t contain mercury - but there are warnings online about laptop backl… --- ## [Men getting taller after age 18-19. How common is this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-getting-taller-after-age-18-19-how-common-is-this/677346)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/men-getting-taller-after-age-18-19-how-common-is-this/677346 "2018-04-01T23:02:14Z")
I was always a big, tall kid and really did not have (so far as I can recall) a big “growth spurt” in my mid teen years. It was more just a linear increase in height over time with my height topping out at just under… --- ## [Why do news articles quote Twitter and then reprint what they just quoted?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-news-articles-quote-twitter-and-then-reprint-what-they-just-quoted/811530)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-news-articles-quote-twitter-and-then-reprint-what-they-just-quoted/811530 "2018-04-01T22:08:04Z")
Being a non-user of social media, of which I do not consider SDMB to be a part, I am not clear on a particular style of reporting that I’m seeing quite frequently. In an article on some subject, the author will quote, w… --- ## [Can anybody give me a good explanation as to how exercise helps one lose weight?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-give-me-a-good-explanation-as-to-how-exercise-helps-one-lose-weight/811315)
**Author:** [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-anybody-give-me-a-good-explanation-as-to-how-exercise-helps-one-lose-weight/811315 "2018-04-01T22:07:45Z")
Earlier this year I decided to resume working out. On account of my blindness I can’t run or bike outside much anymore, so instead I joined Planet Fitness. It has been working (I have shed 8 pounds since February 1), s… --- ## [Are anti-missile missile systems total BullS...t?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-anti-missile-missile-systems-total-bulls-t/692469)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2018, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-anti-missile-missile-systems-total-bulls-t/692469 "2018-04-01T19:38:56Z")
The question is basically, what percentage of incoming missiles are destroyed in the air or deflected to harmless ground? I think it’s hard to believe what comes out of government spokespeople on the subject, so what’s t… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=599) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=601)