# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=637 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 638 --- ## [What school did X attend?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-school-did-x-attend/612068)
**Author:** [@CheeseDonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CheeseDonkey)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2012, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-school-did-x-attend/612068 "2012-02-08T19:23:51Z")
I’m filling out some information on these guys on another website, but cannot find which schools (high school and college) they went to. This one is for those Google super sleuths. Any help would be appreciated. Doug Am… --- ## [Is there bad acupuncture?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bad-acupuncture/804923)
**Author:** [@komolono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/komolono)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-bad-acupuncture/804923 "2017-12-26T17:08:33Z")
If I suspected an illness and believed in acupuncture, could I just start inserting needles randomly in my body. Or is there some places I just should not poke? --- ## [Amazon Echo - Questions about multiple users in same household](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-echo-questions-about-multiple-users-in-same-household/805316)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazon-echo-questions-about-multiple-users-in-same-household/805316 "2017-12-26T16:58:48Z")
Scenario: One household, one Echo, one husband and one wife, each with their own Amazon account. Can H&W share an account while still maintaining separate accounts? For instance, can they each maintain their own to do … --- ## [Why does hot water relieve itching?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-hot-water-relieve-itching/317586)
**Author:** [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-hot-water-relieve-itching/317586 "2017-12-26T16:57:36Z")
Frequrently when I have an insect bite or rash accompanied by fairly intense itching, I find that I can get relief by subjecting the area to hot water from a faucet or shower – as hot and as long as I can stand it withou… --- ## [Why do most antipsychotics cause drowsiness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-most-antipsychotics-cause-drowsiness/805200)
**Author:** [@rastafarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rastafarian)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-most-antipsychotics-cause-drowsiness/805200 "2017-12-26T15:24:27Z")
I started taking Abilify (aripripazole) to treat what the psychiatrist considers a moderate-severe delusional disorder. I was on them as a teen but given a much stronger dose this time; x4 15mg tablets a day, two in the … --- ## [How long until we retire to 'Virtual Reality Stasis'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-we-retire-to-virtual-reality-stasis/805310)
**Author:** [@zanich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zanich)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-long-until-we-retire-to-virtual-reality-stasis/805310 "2017-12-26T15:13:26Z")
I sent this to ‘Cecil’, however, the Teeming Millions may be able to assist: How long until retirement homes are actually something to look forward to, something we save for and yearn for. By this I mean, how long until… --- ## [Physicists: What makes sense on this gigantic blackboard, and how much holds together topically?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physicists-what-makes-sense-on-this-gigantic-blackboard-and-how-much-holds-together-topically/663764)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/physicists-what-makes-sense-on-this-gigantic-blackboard-and-how-much-holds-together-topically/663764 "2017-12-26T14:39:57Z")
In a current thread Can those brilliant professor types really look at those long ass equations on the whiteboard?, I posted the following example, and commented on it as an aside: The main character is a physicist who… --- ## [Why did the WWII German battleship Bismarck have trouble hitting the Swordfish torpedo bombers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-wwii-german-battleship-bismarck-have-trouble-hitting-the-swordfish-torpedo-bombers/805298)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-wwii-german-battleship-bismarck-have-trouble-hitting-the-swordfish-torpedo-bombers/805298 "2017-12-26T05:18:41Z")
I have heard it repeated in documentaries that the WWII German battleship Bismarck had trouble hitting the slow moving Swordfish torpedo bi-planes. I do not understand why this is so though. It would seem it is easier … --- ## [Why does MacKeeper exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mackeeper-exist/805199)
**Author:** [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mackeeper-exist/805199 "2017-12-26T04:43:15Z")
I swear, this must be the company Dilbert works for! I bought their service once several years ago and it did not go well. I tried to keep it out of my subsequent computers, but I did a Firefox upgrade a few weeks ago an… --- ## [Will an ammeter register a motor's startup surge?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-an-ammeter-register-a-motors-startup-surge/804955)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-an-ammeter-register-a-motors-startup-surge/804955 "2017-12-26T04:09:29Z")
I’m trying to determine how much amps my well pump is drawing so that I’ll know how big a generator to buy in case the electricity goes off. If I get a $50 ammeter from Home Depot, will it be able to register the surge … --- ## [How many people were directly killed in the Holocaust?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-were-directly-killed-in-the-holocaust/804983)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-were-directly-killed-in-the-holocaust/804983 "2017-12-26T03:04:43Z")
Anne Frank died of Typhus not the gas chambers, or einsatzgruppen, but she is rightly counted as a victim, and the Nazis properly blamed for her death. How many people were killed, because of active measures, like gas o… --- ## [Do accessories need to be off before starting a modern car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-accessories-need-to-be-off-before-starting-a-modern-car/805042)
**Author:** [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-accessories-need-to-be-off-before-starting-a-modern-car/805042 "2017-12-25T19:05:31Z")
I’m curious whether modern automobile electrical systems are designed to suspend accessory operation during starting. My new ride actually runs the starting sequence itself (I don’t “hold” the starter, it handles that).… --- ## [What does this (Russian?) stamp say?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-russian-stamp-say/805211)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2017, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-this-russian-stamp-say/805211 "2017-12-25T16:15:13Z")
What does the stamp say in the bottom left hand corner? Thanks. --- ## [Why does my scalp get sore when I get sick?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-scalp-get-sore-when-i-get-sick/645927)
**Author:** [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-my-scalp-get-sore-when-i-get-sick/645927 "2017-12-25T15:55:38Z")
Google has not helped me with this, other than to confirm that others experience a similar problem (though not necessarily the scalp; it seems to be skin in general for some people.) Usually it’s when I have the flu, bu… --- ## [Can you use your quota of friendliness energy and then end up being mean to people (tentatively)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-use-your-quota-of-friendliness-energy-and-then-end-up-being-mean-to-people-tentatively/804992)
**Author:** [@squish7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squish7)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2017, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-use-your-quota-of-friendliness-energy-and-then-end-up-being-mean-to-people-tentatively/804992 "2017-12-25T05:26:52Z")
I swear to god there are times when I force myself to be so extra friendly and productive, that soon after I can be irritated and just plain mean to people without even thinking about it. This is primarily when I organi… --- ## [Kid's song: 'a chicken when it's pippin' Huh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-song-a-chicken-when-its-pippin-huh/216457)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2017, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-song-a-chicken-when-its-pippin-huh/216457 "2017-12-25T02:30:52Z")
My son has a CD of kid’s songs. There’s one song, called The Riddle Song that contains this question and answer: Q. How can there be a chicken without a bone? A. A chicken when it’s pippin’, it has no bone. Um, okay. … --- ## [Coal, natural gas, and CO2](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coal-natural-gas-and-co2/805065)
**Author:** [@race\_to\_the\_bottom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/race_to_the_bottom)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2017, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coal-natural-gas-and-co2/805065 "2017-12-25T01:26:27Z")
It has been argued that natural gas can be a “bridge” towards a carbon neutral energy strategy. With regards to coal fired power plants, how practical is it to convert them to natural gas which would cut CO2 emissions by… --- ## [How was this lizard able to survive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-this-lizard-able-to-survive/805144)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-was-this-lizard-able-to-survive/805144 "2017-12-24T20:47:02Z")
I started working outside early this morning, and found a fence lizard clinging to a board. The air temperature was close to freezing, and there was frost on exposed surfaces. I touched the lizard, and thought I saw it m… --- ## [A couple of question about spellchecker (smartphone)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-question-about-spellchecker-smartphone/805176)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-couple-of-question-about-spellchecker-smartphone/805176 "2017-12-24T18:58:45Z")
iPhone user. Every time I’m typing a proper name such as STEVEN or DAVID it automatically capitalizes them. See? First question, why? Second question, how do I get it to stop (yes, I know I can click away the suggestion… --- ## [LED bulb heat production](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-bulb-heat-production/805023)
**Author:** [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/led-bulb-heat-production/805023 "2017-12-24T17:05:14Z")
OK, I have pretty much replaced all of my old CFL bulbs in the house with new 9 W LED bulbs. They still produce some warmth, though. My question is this: Which produces most of this heat? Is it mostly produced from the L… --- ## [Question regarding Pompeii's living statues](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-pompeiis-living-statues/805018)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-regarding-pompeiis-living-statues/805018 "2017-12-24T14:38:44Z")
Hi Question regarding Pompeii’s living statues (I’d like a different word for but that seems to be the common term for the Pompeii victims encased in ash and plaster). My question is whether all of those on display are … --- ## [During WW2, was it an unwritten rule among pilots that you don't shoot at a bailed pilot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-ww2-was-it-an-unwritten-rule-among-pilots-that-you-dont-shoot-at-a-bailed-pilot/804847)
**Author:** [@dirty\_hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirty_hippie)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/during-ww2-was-it-an-unwritten-rule-among-pilots-that-you-dont-shoot-at-a-bailed-pilot/804847 "2017-12-24T07:41:59Z")
I used to read a lot of books on WW2 and also watched a lot of WW2 docs on the History channel before it jumped on the reality TV bandwagon. There seemed to be a code of conduct that was shared among pilots on all sides … --- ## [Help Identify these classic Studebakers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-these-classic-studebakers/805196)
**Author:** [@SHARKBITEATTACK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SHARKBITEATTACK)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-identify-these-classic-studebakers/805196 "2017-12-24T07:05:43Z")
my screen is too small to make out what the placards say. --- ## [Do all countries have biker gangs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-countries-have-biker-gangs/490575)
**Author:** [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-all-countries-have-biker-gangs/490575 "2017-12-24T06:55:11Z")
After reading about the rumble at the Sydney Austraila airport, I have to ask. --- ## [Best way to get a completely flooded car to run](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-a-completely-flooded-car-to-run/804999)
**Author:** [@Tired\_and\_Cranky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tired_and_Cranky)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 4:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-way-to-get-a-completely-flooded-car-to-run/804999 "2017-12-24T04:38:22Z")
My friend needs body parts for his 2003 Nissan 350Z. He plans to buy a flooded car from Texas with everything already pre-painted. He offered me the flood car’s carcass and his old, slightly dented body panels for essent… --- ## [Two movie theaters across the street from one another in New York City because of gangs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-theaters-across-the-street-from-one-another-in-new-york-city-because-of-gangs/804701)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2017, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-movie-theaters-across-the-street-from-one-another-in-new-york-city-because-of-gangs/804701 "2017-12-24T04:26:49Z")
Now you may brush this off as some “White suburban housewife” style of rumor that originates from a completely non-NYC native hearing a joke and passing it off as fact but I actually had two completely unrelated movie po… --- ## [What is that outlet on this old-fashioned rolling cart for?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-outlet-on-this-old-fashioned-rolling-cart-for/805083)
**Author:** [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-that-outlet-on-this-old-fashioned-rolling-cart-for/805083 "2017-12-23T23:14:39Z")
I was at an elderly relative’s house and in the kitchen was a 30 year old white enameled 3-shelf rolling cart. There was an outlet thing on it, to plug appliances into, I would guess. But what was it used for, where di… --- ## [When is the peak of a postprandial glucose curve](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-peak-of-a-postprandial-glucose-curve/804994)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-peak-of-a-postprandial-glucose-curve/804994 "2017-12-23T21:26:32Z")
How long after eating a meal does blood glucose reach its peak and then start declining again? Looking online, I’m seeing charts implying it happens at 30, 60 or 120 minutes. I don’t know which is true of any. I always… --- ## [Disposition of Items Related to Queen Elizabeth II](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposition-of-items-related-to-queen-elizabeth-ii/805079)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disposition-of-items-related-to-queen-elizabeth-ii/805079 "2017-12-23T18:59:03Z")
(May be more relevant to Cafe Society?) My uncle is terminal with esophageal cancer. For whatever reason (he’s a Nebraskan) he admired British Royalty, especially Queen Elizabeth II, all his life and has accumulated a m… --- ## [Does Natural Selection work at the species level or ecology level ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-natural-selection-work-at-the-species-level-or-ecology-level/804695)
**Author:** [@am77494](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/am77494)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [December 23, 2017, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-natural-selection-work-at-the-species-level-or-ecology-level/804695 "2017-12-23T12:56:57Z")
It seems Humans (at least most I know) have a innate sense of benevolence for other species (please correct me if I am wrong). In a recent article I read, it seems Trees also have this “trait”. That is healthy trees pas… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=636) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=638)