# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=677 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 678 --- ## [A/C keeps tripping breaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-keeps-tripping-breaker/795594)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2017, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-c-keeps-tripping-breaker/795594 "2017-09-10T03:51:05Z")
We have a portable air conditioner that, according to specs, draws 11.2 amps. There is a 20 A arc-fault circuit breaker in our brand new circuit breaker panel for the circuit it’s on. Things on the circuit are two cloc… --- ## [DVR Question for SlingTV Users](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvr-question-for-slingtv-users/795928)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dvr-question-for-slingtv-users/795928 "2017-09-09T22:38:06Z")
I would like my DVR to record The Tonight Show for an hour past its scheduled end time, because NBC often jacks up its schedule for football. Is it possible to do this on Sling? --- ## [Nuclear shells in Iowa-class battleships?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-shells-in-iowa-class-battleships/795520)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nuclear-shells-in-iowa-class-battleships/795520 "2017-09-09T19:50:21Z")
Went down to Fleet Week in San Pedro today. We toured the Iowa, which had at least six turrets with two 5 inch guns each (in addition to the nine sixteen inchers in three monster turrets!). We also toured the Dewey, an… --- ## [Could modern day American civilian firearms counter WW2 era military firearms?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-modern-day-american-civilian-firearms-counter-ww2-era-military-firearms/795762)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-modern-day-american-civilian-firearms-counter-ww2-era-military-firearms/795762 "2017-09-09T19:44:57Z")
Basically, if you took two sides with roughly equal training and numbers, and gave one side civilian weapons and one side WW2 squad level weapons, would one side have an advantage over the other or would it be actually e… --- ## [Fluid dynamics: Water flow in free air quandry.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluid-dynamics-water-flow-in-free-air-quandry/793532)
**Author:** [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fluid-dynamics-water-flow-in-free-air-quandry/793532 "2017-09-09T14:15:44Z")
Straight to the question: What determines the horizontal distance a stream of fluid (water) will travel, when discharged from a system into the atmosphere? The water pressure at my house is appx. 100# (high, I know, but… --- ## [Can LED light bulbs be a direct replacement for Metal-Halides?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-led-light-bulbs-be-a-direct-replacement-for-metal-halides/672553)
**Author:** [@SHARKBITEATTACK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SHARKBITEATTACK)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-led-light-bulbs-be-a-direct-replacement-for-metal-halides/672553 "2017-09-09T12:15:58Z")
I’m trying to lower my company’s energy usage and they have been pushing for LED lighting for a while now. The biggest improvements will be on the parking lot lights but that is a professional job. Right outside the fr… --- ## [Why/how does high blood sugar levels cause fatigue/sleepiness/fatigue?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-how-does-high-blood-sugar-levels-cause-fatigue-sleepiness-fatigue/272426)
**Author:** [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [November 2, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-how-does-high-blood-sugar-levels-cause-fatigue-sleepiness-fatigue/272426 "2004-11-02T06:40:07Z")
This is a simple question, but for me, a diabetic, an entirely puzzling and important question: how or why does high blood sugar levels cause fatigue/tiredness/sleepiness? Even minutes after I eat, I feel really tired a… --- ## [Design question aboot British cabs.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-question-aboot-british-cabs/795870)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/design-question-aboot-british-cabs/795870 "2017-09-09T08:27:13Z")
Not really a movie question, just a general query. I was watching the delightful “Carry on CabbY” which I had never seen before. All of the cabs had no door or seat on the left front, just a platform that stuck out a bit… --- ## [House wiring - how many outlets on 1 15 amp breaker?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-wiring-how-many-outlets-on-1-15-amp-breaker/795591)
**Author:** [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 6:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-wiring-how-many-outlets-on-1-15-amp-breaker/795591 "2017-09-09T06:04:59Z")
Getting ready to wire new addition. There will be about 20 15amp outlets around the house, maybe a few more depending on how the inspector interprets things. This excludes kitchen and bathroom outlets. What’s a practical… --- ## [Computer speakers issue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-speakers-issue/795866)
**Author:** [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-speakers-issue/795866 "2017-09-09T04:56:02Z")
Help me troubleshoot this. So I have a set of Logitech z313 speakers that have served me pretty well. Over the last month or so, they’ve been going in and out. I thought it was a driver issue, but after deleting and rei… --- ## [Why won't Facebook load?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-facebook-load/795865)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-wont-facebook-load/795865 "2017-09-09T03:55:04Z")
Chrome browser. All I get is the banner at the top with notifications, but nothing else. I’ve cleared the browser, etc., but nothing is coming up. It’s working fine on the Mac, but not on my laptop (HP, W10). All other s… --- ## [Help me fix my Mac.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-fix-my-mac/795702)
**Author:** [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-fix-my-mac/795702 "2017-09-09T03:41:48Z")
I have screwed up my vintage 2012 Mac Pro I won’t tell you how I got here because I hardly remember myself. Something about reassigning the start up disk (I have two 2T discs). When I turn on the Mac it sounds like a va… --- ## [Why did the pilot eject in this video?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-pilot-eject-in-this-video/795264)
**Author:** [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2017, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-did-the-pilot-eject-in-this-video/795264 "2017-09-09T02:40:50Z")
A video has been doing the rounds on social media which here in Pak purports to be of this crash, although as the date on the YouTube link shows, its actually an earlier crash. The quality is relatively poor, being amat… --- ## [How is infinite energy created in this joke?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-infinite-energy-created-in-this-joke/795832)
**Author:** [@Saffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saffer)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-is-infinite-energy-created-in-this-joke/795832 "2017-09-08T23:45:55Z")
Is it because there is infinite potential energy stored in the infinite handkerchief? If that is the source then why do we need to raise lead weights to the height of the clown? :confused: --- ## [Is Irma near the maximum intensity currently possible for a Hurricane?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-irma-near-the-maximum-intensity-currently-possible-for-a-hurricane/795778)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-irma-near-the-maximum-intensity-currently-possible-for-a-hurricane/795778 "2017-09-08T23:45:00Z")
Based on current ocean temps? If the Caribbean islands did not exist and it was just open ocean until the Florida coast would it hold steady in the 185-190 mph range or could it keep intensifying to over 200mph? I’m a… --- ## [Need math help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-math-help/795849)
**Author:** [@I.Dunno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I.Dunno)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-math-help/795849 "2017-09-08T22:40:02Z")
Recent Amtrak trip. Fares were different for trip out and trip back. Need help with allocating costs for return trip. Didn’t write it down at the time and Amtrak didn’t break it down on the ticket. (I DID write down the… --- ## [Warrant-less searches using sniffing dogs : What if items the dog couldn't smell are found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warrant-less-searches-using-sniffing-dogs-what-if-items-the-dog-couldnt-smell-are-found/795410)
**Author:** [@SamuelA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SamuelA)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warrant-less-searches-using-sniffing-dogs-what-if-items-the-dog-couldnt-smell-are-found/795410 "2017-09-08T22:22:55Z")
So this is a continuation of the following thread : What protections are there from an LEO from searching your car? It brings up another question. Suppose a drug dog is trained to smell cocaine, heroin, and marijuana. … --- ## [FEMA receives 15B to provide relief to hurricane Harvey aftermath](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-receives-15b-to-provide-relief-to-hurricane-harvey-aftermath/795847)
**Author:** [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fema-receives-15b-to-provide-relief-to-hurricane-harvey-aftermath/795847 "2017-09-08T21:42:09Z")
How are these monies allocated? What has priority? What receives the larger share? Is there a formula? Or is it political? --- ## [Why does oatmeal give me heartburn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-oatmeal-give-me-heartburn/343129)
**Author:** [@NajaNivea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NajaNivea)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-oatmeal-give-me-heartburn/343129 "2017-09-08T21:05:07Z")
Just what the title says. I love the stuff, but no matter what form–oat groats from scratch, Quaker instant, oatmeal cookies–it gives me hideous heartburn about 45 minutes to an hour after I eat it. Plain oatmeal does i… --- ## [Help us identify this mystery device](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-identify-this-mystery-device/793198)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-us-identify-this-mystery-device/793198 "2017-09-08T19:20:08Z")
Friend of mine picked this up at a local thrift shop. Although he is well-versed in electronics, he has no idea what exactly it does. Pictures here here and here. --- ## [Is water no longer safe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-water-no-longer-safe/795786)
**Author:** [@Grestarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grestarian)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-water-no-longer-safe/795786 "2017-09-08T18:47:13Z")
Hey, Medics? Ever since I got my first contact lenses (decades ago, in junior high school) I rinsed them first, then added a drop of lens solution, then stuck them in my eyes. That’s what the optician taught me to do. … --- ## [Volcanoes, meteorites, and hurricanes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcanoes-meteorites-and-hurricanes/795813)
**Author:** [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/volcanoes-meteorites-and-hurricanes/795813 "2017-09-08T17:22:15Z")
Suppose we have an island or underwater volcano explode…like Krakatoa…or a meteorite strike the ocean. Aside from the initial destructive blast of the eruption/impact, wouldnt the region of ocean water now be super-heat… --- ## [Query re the ceremony at Arlington's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/query-re-the-ceremony-at-arlingtons-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier/795820)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/query-re-the-ceremony-at-arlingtons-tomb-of-the-unknown-soldier/795820 "2017-09-08T16:46:00Z")
At the exhibition by the Tomb, it’s stated that the guard wears no insignia of name or rank so as not to outrank the Unknown Soldier. But at the change of the guard, the NCO in charge announced himself by rank and name. … --- ## [What are these insects I saw flying around in pairs, in South Carolina two weeks ago?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-insects-i-saw-flying-around-in-pairs-in-south-carolina-two-weeks-ago/795689)
**Author:** [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-insects-i-saw-flying-around-in-pairs-in-south-carolina-two-weeks-ago/795689 "2017-09-08T16:40:42Z")
As many of you know, I went to Charleston SC a couple of weeks ago. While there, I became acquainted with many of the local arthropods, both marine and otherwise. The mosquitoes, for example. The ones at Patriots Poin… --- ## [looking for jeff buckley autograph](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-jeff-buckley-autograph/795808)
**Author:** [@xtina84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xtina84)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-jeff-buckley-autograph/795808 "2017-09-08T12:52:18Z")
Hi all. New here. Somehow in searching the wide world net for a jeff buckley autograph for a friend overseas (I’m in Australia) it led me here lol. I actually have one myself along with a used guitar pick. I never got to… --- ## [What's with these spoofed phone numbers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-spoofed-phone-numbers/795670)
**Author:** [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-with-these-spoofed-phone-numbers/795670 "2017-09-08T12:17:17Z")
Over the past few months, maybe even over a year, I’ve been getting what I assume are junk phone calls from various spoofed numbers. I’ve never answered them, but the numbers just pinged my BS meter and nobody has ever l… --- ## [How do BIG companies communicate with eachother?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-big-companies-communicate-with-eachother/705331)
**Author:** [@Artemis\_Tardis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Artemis_Tardis)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2014, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-big-companies-communicate-with-eachother/705331 "2014-11-26T07:28:40Z")
For instance, let’s say that Bank Of America wants to do a deal with Microsoft. How do they communicate with each other? They can’t obviously call costumer service. And they probably can’t call each others offices, this … --- ## [Partially winterizing house](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partially-winterizing-house/795652)
**Author:** [@sjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sjay)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/partially-winterizing-house/795652 "2017-09-08T05:57:48Z")
My Chicago house will be vacant for 3 months this winter. would it be enough to shut and drain all the water piping and leave gas water heater and gas furnace(67 degrees) on? --- ## [Is anyone knows where can I find landing ship tank for sale in Australia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-knows-where-can-i-find-landing-ship-tank-for-sale-in-australia/794231)
**Author:** [@raymondlpottorff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raymondlpottorff)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-knows-where-can-i-find-landing-ship-tank-for-sale-in-australia/794231 "2017-09-08T04:28:53Z")
Anyone have any ideas? we have to get building materials to an undeveloped island where we’re building lodge. Thanks in advance for any advice. :slight\_smile: --- ## [Oklahoma, Texas, New Mexico state line oddity](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-texas-new-mexico-state-line-oddity/531999)
**Author:** [@Desert\_Nomad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Desert_Nomad)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 8, 2017, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oklahoma-texas-new-mexico-state-line-oddity/531999 "2017-09-08T04:00:26Z")
At the far western end of the Oklahoma panhandle, why does it not extend to the same longitude as the NM/TX border, but stops about 2 miles east of there? This causes NM to have a small “extension” of 2 miles to the eas… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=676) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=678)