# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=651 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 652 --- ## [Would it be possible to supply enough venison to make a regular fast foot item.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-supply-enough-venison-to-make-a-regular-fast-foot-item/799092)
**Author:** [@Mdcastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mdcastle)\ **Replies:** 111\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-it-be-possible-to-supply-enough-venison-to-make-a-regular-fast-foot-item/799092 "2017-11-17T21:09:02Z")
Like if Arbys wanted enough venison to have their sandwich available all year? Or even just in the fall season as a limited time item? If they committed to buying a large, long term supply of it could the supply chain ma… --- ## [How many filibuster-proof bills can the Senate pass, anyway?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-filibuster-proof-bills-can-the-senate-pass-anyway/801844)
**Author:** [@ricksummon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ricksummon)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 8:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-filibuster-proof-bills-can-the-senate-pass-anyway/801844 "2017-11-17T20:27:31Z")
Previously, there were two Obamacare repeal attempts that failed to win a majority in the Senate, and now there’s the new Republican tax bill. If all of these bills only need a simple majority in the Senate to pass, has… --- ## ["You have the right to remain silent. You have the right to ..."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent-you-have-the-right-to/801703)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-have-the-right-to-remain-silent-you-have-the-right-to/801703 "2017-11-17T18:49:50Z")
" … yada yada yada. Do you understand there rights as I have read to them to you?" What are the legal ramifications to you if you don’t answer that question? What are the legal ramifications to you if you don’t say a s… --- ## [What scam could this be? Calling daycare centers claiming to have a lost child who has their number.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scam-could-this-be-calling-daycare-centers-claiming-to-have-a-lost-child-who-has-their-number/801746)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-scam-could-this-be-calling-daycare-centers-claiming-to-have-a-lost-child-who-has-their-number/801746 "2017-11-17T16:02:34Z")
Several daycare centers in this area have reported the same weird thing: a man telephones them and says he has found a small child wandering around, who is too young to say where she is from or how to contact her parents… --- ## [What's the deal with all these answering services?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-these-answering-services/77896)
**Author:** [@Vinnie\_Virginslayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vinnie_Virginslayer)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2001, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-all-these-answering-services/77896 "2001-09-04T01:11:48Z")
As I’m calling customers, I have noticed a huge increase in the number of answering services I get. Is there a reason for this? I just find it curious that in the age of cell phones, answering machines, voicemail, . . .i… --- ## [Why would minor leaf shape differences evolve between closely related tree species?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-minor-leaf-shape-differences-evolve-between-closely-related-tree-species/801538)
**Author:** [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-minor-leaf-shape-differences-evolve-between-closely-related-tree-species/801538 "2017-11-17T07:32:50Z")
While walking in the woods this fall and noticing the leaf litter, I notice both Red Oak and White Oak leaves and began to ponder their differences. Clearly, these two tree species exist in the same environment (I am in… --- ## [What ever happened to those high school girls that were suddenly unable to walk right?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-those-high-school-girls-that-were-suddenly-unable-to-walk-right/801842)
**Author:** [@nate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nate)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-ever-happened-to-those-high-school-girls-that-were-suddenly-unable-to-walk-right/801842 "2017-11-17T05:03:55Z")
I may some of the details wrong, but I remember several years ago, maybe 10 years ago, there was several news stories about a group of high school cheerleaders (?) in New York state (?) that all started having problems w… --- ## [I Tunes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tunes/801738)
**Author:** [@ric62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ric62)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-tunes/801738 "2017-11-17T02:46:35Z")
I just updated my I tunes and it loaded every episode of every podcast I subscribe to. And it will not let me delete anything. Can someone tell me how to fix it? Also, any recommendations on podcast players for my home c… --- ## [Excel grid lines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-grid-lines/801708)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 17, 2017, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/excel-grid-lines/801708 "2017-11-17T02:37:32Z")
One of my users has managed to change a spreadsheet so that the grid lines do not print. It has me stumped. Windows 8, Office 2013. The spreadsheet is locked. The “print gridlines” box is checked. My PC will print the gr… --- ## [A Junior Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-junior-question/799735)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-junior-question/799735 "2017-11-16T20:31:47Z")
If my name is the same as my father’s name, I can choose to be called “What’shisname Jr.” Is there a similar term for a daughter and a mother having the same name? edited to add: And what about female variations of “W… --- ## [When Crediting Photographs, What Does The Term "File" Mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-crediting-photographs-what-does-the-term-file-mean/801693)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-crediting-photographs-what-does-the-term-file-mean/801693 "2017-11-16T18:45:52Z")
My job requires me to use photographs, and when required, cite the photographer. Usually my cites will go like this: “Image courtesy of \[Photographer\]/\[Agency\]” or for a real-life example, “Image courtesy of Chip Somode… --- ## [How do simple/crystal radios work? Asking for granular details.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-simple-crystal-radios-work-asking-for-granular-details/801691)
**Author:** [@Cardinal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardinal)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-simple-crystal-radios-work-asking-for-granular-details/801691 "2017-11-16T17:09:01Z")
Do you know how to explain how these work, or do you know where I might find someone who does? I want to build them with the HS physics class I’ve been given, but without understanding the workings, it seems more like a … --- ## [Why do American suburbs look the way they do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-american-suburbs-look-the-way-they-do/800035)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 97\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-american-suburbs-look-the-way-they-do/800035 "2017-11-16T16:21:22Z")
As someone from Europe, until I discovered Google street view I thought that those suburbs with big lawns, driveways and houses that are “pulled back” from the roads, that all those are just some fancy neighborhoods. The… --- ## [What is the Opposite of Irony?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-irony/609156)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-opposite-of-irony/609156 "2017-11-16T15:57:52Z")
If I sign up at the gym and hire a personal trainer, and his name is Flabby McPotbelly, that would be ironic. But if my trainer’s name is Bufftastic McRipped, that would be… ? thesaurus.com was of little to no help. Ki… --- ## [Commission Bookie-Layoff Fee??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commission-bookie-layoff-fee/801768)
**Author:** [@Geno\_Munai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geno_Munai)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/commission-bookie-layoff-fee/801768 "2017-11-16T15:24:25Z")
\*\*Clearing House Fee? Commission House? Layoff Fee? \*\* Hi. I knew some fellows years ago (Hy Goldbaum) who was a commission bookie which meant that a commission was charged in addition to the normal vigorish. Hy took … --- ## [Craigslist emails ending up in SPAM folder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-emails-ending-up-in-spam-folder/762373)
**Author:** [@Brodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brodi)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/craigslist-emails-ending-up-in-spam-folder/762373 "2017-11-16T15:09:44Z")
I sell livestock on Craigslist, mostly by phone or text. Every so often someone will email me and their emails always end up in the SPAM folder. Why? These are different people each time. Is it Craigslist or my computer… --- ## [Why does Mac UK keyboard have a key for ± and § ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mac-uk-keyboard-have-a-key-for-and/801643)
**Author:** [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-mac-uk-keyboard-have-a-key-for-and/801643 "2017-11-16T08:54:48Z")
Image here, right below ESC. UK Windows does not have this, nor US Mac. How often do people need to use these symbols over there? Quadratic solicitors? --- ## [Does Congress have to delegate powers to the executive branch?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-congress-have-to-delegate-powers-to-the-executive-branch/801654)
**Author:** [@adaher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adaher)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-congress-have-to-delegate-powers-to-the-executive-branch/801654 "2017-11-16T07:22:22Z")
The way our system is currently set up, when Congress wants to create an agency with rulemaking power, they put it in the executive branch. This seems natural, since the President’s job is to execute the laws of the nati… --- ## [PC Paths to Files: Now You See It, Now You Don't](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-paths-to-files-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/801583)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-paths-to-files-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont/801583 "2017-11-16T04:13:06Z")
How do you explain the following, and what can I do about it? I can find a file using the following command: %localappdata%\\Microsoft\\Outlook\\ which does show me the path I need. …but! When I try to follow this very s… --- ## [Secure E-Mail Services?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secure-e-mail-services/801611)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secure-e-mail-services/801611 "2017-11-16T04:10:05Z")
I currently use Yahoo and Gmail. That is my level of competence. In this day and age perhaps it is time to use a more-secure e-mail service. What is your opinion of that? I got nothing to hide, just because. OK, if it … --- ## [US military uniforms: Why is the flag on the right shoulder?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-uniforms-why-is-the-flag-on-the-right-shoulder/441092)
**Author:** [@Scuba\_Ben](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scuba_Ben)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-military-uniforms-why-is-the-flag-on-the-right-shoulder/441092 "2017-11-16T01:53:41Z")
I’ve been spending the last week at a customer site, surrounded by soldiers of various nationalities in their versions of BDUs. The American soldiers have the flag on the right shoulder (reversed so that the flag is hoi… --- ## [Are 'burner' phones like on 'Breaking Bad' real?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-burner-phones-like-on-breaking-bad-real/801242)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [November 16, 2017, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-burner-phones-like-on-breaking-bad-real/801242 "2017-11-16T01:34:34Z")
On “Breaking Bad,” the miscreants’ schemes often depended on having access to mobile telephones that couldn’t be traced to them. Is this real? The last time I wanted to get a cheap, temporary phone, it was from Radio Sha… --- ## [Are there any hacks for a color printer?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-hacks-for-a-color-printer/801511)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-hacks-for-a-color-printer/801511 "2017-11-15T23:44:00Z")
To avoid changing the color cartridges? I just inherited this HP officejet 6600. I’m not going to be buying color cartridges in this life anyway. --- ## [Could a person unknowingly drink isopropyl alcohol?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-unknowingly-drink-isopropyl-alcohol/693344)
**Author:** [@grude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grude)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-person-unknowingly-drink-isopropyl-alcohol/693344 "2017-11-15T23:29:28Z")
I read a news article about TGI Friday restaurants in NJ getting caught adulterating high end liquors on the bar, it said during testing one ended up being isopropyl alcohol with caramel color. :confused: I opened up a… --- ## [Makes & Models Of Cars On American Highways?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makes-models-of-cars-on-american-highways/801493)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/makes-models-of-cars-on-american-highways/801493 "2017-11-15T22:52:39Z")
How many makes & models of automobile, current & antique, are driving on America’s highways & byways? --- ## [Do we know what is in the republican tax bill, or how much each aspect of it will cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-know-what-is-in-the-republican-tax-bill-or-how-much-each-aspect-of-it-will-cost/801648)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-we-know-what-is-in-the-republican-tax-bill-or-how-much-each-aspect-of-it-will-cost/801648 "2017-11-15T21:32:22Z")
I keep hearing rumors about what is in the GOP tax bill. I’m not sure what ends up in the final bill, but I’ve heard rumors of Elimination of estate tax, cutting corporate tax rate, cutting federal income taxes, raising… --- ## [Is sodomizing a child legal in some states?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sodomizing-a-child-legal-in-some-states/801721)
**Author:** [@Barack\_Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barack_Obama)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-sodomizing-a-child-legal-in-some-states/801721 "2017-11-15T21:31:13Z")
If a hundred little girls tell their parents that I sodomized them, will I go to jail? It’s just their word against mine, even if it’s 100 of them if they have no proof then I can’t go to jail right? The entire communit… --- ## [Three Times Less Than](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-times-less-than/801638)
**Author:** [@Stinky\_Pete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinky_Pete)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/three-times-less-than/801638 "2017-11-15T21:23:10Z")
In the last few years people have started using phrasing I don’t understand. it’ll go like this; John makes three times less money than Jane. So if Jane is making $24/Hr then how much money is John making an hour? --- ## [Do Christians believe the Virgin Mary stayed a virgin later in life?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-christians-believe-the-virgin-mary-stayed-a-virgin-later-in-life/801293)
**Author:** [@MaxTheVool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaxTheVool)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-christians-believe-the-virgin-mary-stayed-a-virgin-later-in-life/801293 "2017-11-15T21:10:45Z")
So she gives (virgin) birth to Jesus. But she’s married to Joseph. So… is the official Christian line that they just stayed celibate? Or did they consummate their marriage? --- ## [What to know about Windows 10?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-know-about-windows-10/795058)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2017, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-to-know-about-windows-10/795058 "2017-11-15T18:35:07Z")
I discussed this matter with my younger brother, a computer professional: I bought my computer, a Dell Inspiron 570 Desktop, with Windows 7 installed. However, Windows 7 seems to be on the way out. He recommends that I … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=650) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=652)