# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=669 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 670 --- ## [Weird wills](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wills/797782)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/weird-wills/797782 "2017-10-02T01:31:12Z")
In fiction, it is a common trope that someone is left a fortune in a will, but there is some weird requirement that the beneficiary must fulfill, like spending a night in a supposedly haunted house, or working at a menia… --- ## [Old Jet Exhausts](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jet-exhausts/797776)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2017, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-jet-exhausts/797776 "2017-10-02T00:48:22Z")
Inspired by this thread: http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=837357 What was the purpose of the old multi-tube jet exhausts of yesteryear’s airliners? --- ## [Universal Soldier - What happened at Labau?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-soldier-what-happened-at-labau/508987)
**Author:** [@Zeke\_N.Destroi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeke_N.Destroi)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2012, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/universal-soldier-what-happened-at-labau/508987 "2012-04-06T10:25:51Z")
In the original the lyric is “without him how would Hitler have condemned them at Dachau” in the Donovan cover it is “without him how would Hitler have condemned him at Labau”. I totally get the reference to Dachau and … --- ## [Why are the voting machines even touch screen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-voting-machines-even-touch-screen/640128)
**Author:** [@rogerbox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rogerbox)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-the-voting-machines-even-touch-screen/640128 "2017-10-01T20:40:14Z")
I’m missing something. There are multiple videos of voting machines where someone presses a touch screen and the vote registers for the other guy. The machines are “miscalibrated”. It seems to me that this whole probl… --- ## [How many calories in a mug of tea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-calories-in-a-mug-of-tea/797588)
**Author:** [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-calories-in-a-mug-of-tea/797588 "2017-10-01T19:22:58Z")
I can get an answer to this on google, in fact I can get hundreds of them, problem is that they all give different figures so I don’t know which one is the right answer… I want to know how many calories are in a 350ml m… --- ## [Specific heat and heat conducatance.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specific-heat-and-heat-conducatance/797364)
**Author:** [@Contemplation](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contemplation)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/specific-heat-and-heat-conducatance/797364 "2017-10-01T15:14:35Z")
if something has a low specific heat, does that mean it conducts heat well? If something has a high specific heat, does that mean it insulates? Like, copper has a specific heat of only 0.385 and it conducts heat well, … --- ## [Native American scarring and/or tatooing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-american-scarring-and-or-tatooing/544277)
**Author:** [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/native-american-scarring-and-or-tatooing/544277 "2017-10-01T12:09:13Z")
Did any of the Native American cultures ever use ritualistic scarring or tattooing? I think I remember that the Mandan culture did but I need proof to settle an argument. --- ## [What things do humans do instinctually](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-do-humans-do-instinctually/796375)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-things-do-humans-do-instinctually/796375 "2017-10-01T06:55:56Z")
I have two kittens, they are 4 months old. We got them when they were about 2 1/2 weeks old and have raised them since then (bottle feeding, bottom wiping, etc). Both are exceptional groomers which I find strange since … --- ## [UFO identification - balloon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-identification-balloon/797698)
**Author:** [@scr4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scr4)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ufo-identification-balloon/797698 "2017-10-01T05:01:19Z")
Just saw something I couldn’t identify move across the night sky. Sorry, couldn’t get a photo. It was a cluster of 4 flashing lights (pinpoints) plus 1 larger dim white object. The large object was maybe 1/2 degree in ap… --- ## [How can We Measure the Disaster in Puerto Rico?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-measure-the-disaster-in-puerto-rico/797653)
**Author:** [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2017, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-we-measure-the-disaster-in-puerto-rico/797653 "2017-10-01T04:09:18Z")
I am of the opinion that the Administration is messing up the relief effort in Puerto Rico, after doing a credible job in Texas and Florida. But I believe in numbers. Imagine ninety days from now, we have good numbers f… --- ## [Question about a word 'analyze??"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-word-analyze/797652)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-a-word-analyze/797652 "2017-09-30T22:35:31Z")
Hi I hope someone can help me identify a word that sounds like ‘anatyze’ 1 minute and 29/30 seconds into the following video: Netto Denmark - Specialised solution for automated order picking of fresh fruit & vegetables … --- ## [How much to put on a single 20amp circuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-put-on-a-single-20amp-circuit/797232)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-to-put-on-a-single-20amp-circuit/797232 "2017-09-30T21:42:04Z")
I am doing some rewiring. I need: 2 ceiling fans 5 overhead lights and 1 outdoor outlet which (will probably run anything that can be used outdoors) Is a single 20amp circuit enough for all of that? --- ## [Get rid of package tracker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-package-tracker/797663)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/get-rid-of-package-tracker/797663 "2017-09-30T19:56:33Z")
My wife, trying to track a package somehow installed a horror called Package Tracker that has taken over her Firefox browser. It installed itself as the initial page (which I was able to change back to Google) but opens… --- ## [There seem to be many causes cited for hyperinflation. Which ones make the most sense?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-many-causes-cited-for-hyperinflation-which-ones-make-the-most-sense/797255)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/there-seem-to-be-many-causes-cited-for-hyperinflation-which-ones-make-the-most-sense/797255 "2017-09-30T16:47:20Z")
Hi I was reading about the Zimbabwean dollar and came across many explanations for hyperinflation and the Zimbabwean’s dollar’s collapse. Which ones make the most sense? Is this the best explanation? “The combinatio… --- ## [How would I calculate thickness of World's largest acrylic dome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-calculate-thickness-of-worlds-largest-acrylic-dome/797527)
**Author:** [@komolono](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/komolono)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-i-calculate-thickness-of-worlds-largest-acrylic-dome/797527 "2017-09-30T16:29:11Z")
I have a one piece X thickness of acrylic and I want it to be a dome. There is a formula that has gravity, density and all, but what becomes to acrylic, what is the limit of radius? Let’s say 30mm, 100mm and 300mm acryli… --- ## [Is it possible render meat safe to heat without cooking it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-render-meat-safe-to-heat-without-cooking-it/788705)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2017, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-render-meat-safe-to-heat-without-cooking-it/788705 "2017-09-30T06:12:42Z")
So, is it possible to make a slab of meat good to eat without making it cooked? What if the meat is alive? Is living raw meat safer than dead raw meat? Let’s say the living meat was just attached to a artificial nutriti… --- ## [Are outhouses universal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-outhouses-universal/796978)
**Author:** [@Tastes\_of\_Chocolate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tastes_of_Chocolate)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-outhouses-universal/796978 "2017-09-29T22:11:38Z")
As I get ready for a camping trip, I started to wonder about outhouses. Are they a universal in settled cultures? For this discussion, I’m going to define an outhouse as a structure designed to provide privacy, and pos… --- ## [Taking food into another country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-food-into-another-country/797459)
**Author:** [@copperwindow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/copperwindow)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/taking-food-into-another-country/797459 "2017-09-29T22:09:09Z")
I’m going on vacation to Male This Saturday We private resort.The only thing on the island will be the resort itself And the only places to eat will be at the restaurant that are in the resort. I wanted to bring who’d wi… --- ## [What does "My blood pressure dropped five (or three or ten points)" mean?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-my-blood-pressure-dropped-five-or-three-or-ten-points-mean/797598)
**Author:** [@A\_Dodgy\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A_Dodgy_Dude)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-my-blood-pressure-dropped-five-or-three-or-ten-points-mean/797598 "2017-09-29T21:27:27Z")
There are two numbers in blood pressure. Does a five point drop mean both numbers dropped five points? What if the two numbers change by different amounts? --- ## [North Korea and lack of diplomats](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-and-lack-of-diplomats/797522)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-and-lack-of-diplomats/797522 "2017-09-29T21:06:22Z")
From an article on Slate - “We currently have no ambassador to South Korea, no assistant secretary of state for Pacific and Asian affairs, no assistant secretary of defense with that portfolio, no special emissary—nothin… --- ## [How much does cosmetic mole removal cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-cosmetic-mole-removal-cost/128863)
**Author:** [@SpartanDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpartanDC)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2002, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-does-cosmetic-mole-removal-cost/128863 "2002-09-22T21:25:44Z")
I have a mole on my arm. It’s been there for 17 years. Doctors have said, repeatedly, that it’s totally harmless and there’s been no evidence to suggest they’re wrong: I’m not dead and the damn thing looks exactly the sa… --- ## [Looking for a Civil War quote](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-civil-war-quote/797518)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_Ecks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Ecks)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-civil-war-quote/797518 "2017-09-29T12:11:37Z")
I’m trying to find a quote from the Civil War. It was a confederate politician saying that his constituents would call for war, vote for war, send their sons to die in the war, but get indignant if asked to contribute o… --- ## [are there notes scanning services on college campuses?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-notes-scanning-services-on-college-campuses/523244)
**Author:** [@code\_grey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/code_grey)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 1, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-notes-scanning-services-on-college-campuses/523244 "2010-01-01T17:56:30Z")
I am guessing that many people might want to have their lecture notes digitized. But many people might also be too lazy to make a New Years resolution of scanning each page of notes every day. So, would it make sense for… --- ## [Women really do this to other women?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-really-do-this-to-other-women/202859)
**Author:** [@zipper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zipper)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-really-do-this-to-other-women/202859 "2017-09-29T04:05:49Z")
Women really do this to other women? I have a heard horror stories about women who get into fights with other women ware the winner ends up stripping the loser. I have put off such stories as just the fantasies of the t… --- ## [Is all motor oil created equal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-motor-oil-created-equal/797479)
**Author:** [@Mrdeals](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mrdeals)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-all-motor-oil-created-equal/797479 "2017-09-29T03:02:39Z")
I know there are varying weights, but lets say i use 5w30. What’s the difference between the stuff i can buy for $1.49/qt and one for $7.99? --- ## [Has a hurricane ever made direct landfall on Pennsylvania...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-hurricane-ever-made-direct-landfall-on-pennsylvania/796206)
**Author:** [@Oly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oly)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-a-hurricane-ever-made-direct-landfall-on-pennsylvania/796206 "2017-09-29T02:41:42Z")
…and if so, how? I only ask because I saw this CNN article whose graphic seems to indicate it has happened. Furthermore perplexing is that Delaware seems to have been spared. How could both of these things be true? Or is… --- ## [Ideological differences between the belligerent monarchies involved WWI](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideological-differences-between-the-belligerent-monarchies-involved-wwi/796618)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ideological-differences-between-the-belligerent-monarchies-involved-wwi/796618 "2017-09-29T02:07:57Z")
Hi I’m interested in the Ideological differences between the belligerent monarchies (Britain, Germany and Russia) involved WWI. How would you describe the ideologies of the British, German and Russian monarchies? To w… --- ## [Where do I go to dump garbage in Chicago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-go-to-dump-garbage-in-chicago/797420)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-i-go-to-dump-garbage-in-chicago/797420 "2017-09-28T21:55:12Z")
I am moving and have a few items too big for a dumpster that I need to throw out (and charity will not accept…I checked). Think large furniture. I want to be responsible about disposing of this stuff but for the life of… --- ## [Why is my car squirrelly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-car-squirrelly/793755)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-my-car-squirrelly/793755 "2017-09-28T21:50:47Z")
2005 Jeep Liberty It was a bit squirrelly and I had the front-end aligned but it still doesn’t feel right. The problem is intermittent and I notice it mainly when I’m on grooved pavement at speed (my tires are a bit ag… --- ## [Learning About Sex In the Victorian Era.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-sex-in-the-victorian-era/797348)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2017, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/learning-about-sex-in-the-victorian-era/797348 "2017-09-28T18:16:49Z")
I don’t know about the rest of you, but learning about sex was an interesting experience for me. I know when I was 12, my mother had me go to facts of life seminar in the Catholic grade school I went to. But that was no… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=668) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=670)