# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=737 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 738 --- ## [Oxygen comet hits Titan - What happens?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxygen-comet-hits-titan-what-happens/785724)
**Author:** [@Tranquilis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tranquilis)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oxygen-comet-hits-titan-what-happens/785724 "2017-05-05T14:40:42Z")
I was watching this video on the King of Random, and it occured to me that, well, Titan is mostly hydrocarbons on the surface… What would happen if it were hit with a really large and energetic blob of super-cryogenic ox… --- ## [Code for electric panel in bedroom closet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-for-electric-panel-in-bedroom-closet/785764)
**Author:** [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/code-for-electric-panel-in-bedroom-closet/785764 "2017-05-05T13:15:21Z")
I was thinking about combining a small office and a smaller room that has a egress window to make a bedroom. From what I understand I would also need to make a closet for it to be considered a bedroom. The office has a n… --- ## [Can an electric shock blow off a person's limbs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-electric-shock-blow-off-a-persons-limbs/785614)
**Author:** [@dude\_robert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dude_robert)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-an-electric-shock-blow-off-a-persons-limbs/785614 "2017-05-05T13:14:45Z")
Sorry for the excessive amount of posts in GQ, but this one I came across very recently, and had me intrigued. So, I was browsing around the internet a little earlier and came across an article which claimed that a elec… --- ## [Julian Jaynes' ideas on consciousness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julian-jaynes-ideas-on-consciousness/727695)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/julian-jaynes-ideas-on-consciousness/727695 "2017-05-04T22:42:05Z")
I’ve read “The Origin of Consciousnes in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind” and was blown away by the audacity of the argument and a lot of the evidence he marshals. However, I notice that “bicameralism” has failed to… --- ## [Car odomoter vs Google map distances?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-odomoter-vs-google-map-distances/785430)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-odomoter-vs-google-map-distances/785430 "2017-05-05T07:26:18Z")
We have a nanny who picks up our kids after school and drives them around to their various after-school activities each day. She uses her own car, and we have agreed to reimburse her for her mileage using a standard rate… --- ## [Early Humans: Infanticide & Cannibalism](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-humans-infanticide-amp-cannibalism/785667)
**Author:** [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-humans-infanticide-amp-cannibalism/785667 "2017-05-05T07:18:07Z")
I’m watching a 1980’s documentary called ‘Magnificent Lives of the Chimpanzees’, and they showed a mothers infant being taken by a male, killed, and eaten by the community. The narrator pretty much flat out says that hu… --- ## [What are these chubby jets in the SD National Guard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-chubby-jets-in-the-sd-national-guard/785663)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-these-chubby-jets-in-the-sd-national-guard/785663 "2017-05-05T05:12:50Z")
See query. I am guessing by a number of clues that it is indeed the SD National Guard. --- ## [Is it normal for Walmart shopping carts to be extremely noisy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-for-walmart-shopping-carts-to-be-extremely-noisy/785591)
**Author:** [@greenpurple](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/greenpurple)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-normal-for-walmart-shopping-carts-to-be-extremely-noisy/785591 "2017-05-05T04:33:20Z")
Making extremely obnoxious screeching sounds as customers push them along. It’s really frustrating to me. In other stores the carts just glide and you can’t even hear them. Does this bother anyone else or it’s just me? --- ## [Britain, 50 yrs from Crimea to WWI: the record for fighting in the most wars? Simultaneous wars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britain-50-yrs-from-crimea-to-wwi-the-record-for-fighting-in-the-most-wars-simultaneous-wars/785822)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/britain-50-yrs-from-crimea-to-wwi-the-record-for-fighting-in-the-most-wars-simultaneous-wars/785822 "2017-05-05T03:23:33Z")
See query. First, does it hold the record for highest number of wars in succession in different theaters within 50 years? And to add to that: Does it hold a record for the most simultaneous military operations/wars in di… --- ## [Origin of "Twilight Zone"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-twilight-zone/358953)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 5, 2017, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-twilight-zone/358953 "2017-05-05T01:54:04Z")
Which came first: Did the TV show take its name from the expression that one is from (or in) the Twilight Zone, or did the expression originate from the TV series? Jinx :confused: --- ## [At what point does anal sex with a taller woman become impossible?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844)
**Author:** [@femmejean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/femmejean)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/at-what-point-does-anal-sex-with-a-taller-woman-become-impossible/785844 "2017-05-04T23:37:39Z")
You have a man who is 5ft 5in in a relationship with a woman taller than him. Lets say in this example she is 5ft 9in. Knowing that the overwhelming majority of couples in the world are compromised of either shorter wo… --- ## [Overweight due to metabolism/hormones/thyroid etc.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overweight-due-to-metabolism-hormones-thyroid-etc/780045)
**Author:** [@Fotheringay-Phipps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fotheringay-Phipps)\ **Replies:** 76\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overweight-due-to-metabolism-hormones-thyroid-etc/780045 "2017-05-04T22:48:35Z")
I’m sure this type of thing exists, but I’m curious as to how prevalent. My wife claims that she knows all sorts of people who fit this mold. Eat ridiculously low amounts of calories per day (e.g. less than 1,000, somet… --- ## [What happens if a national monument is revoked?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-national-monument-is-revoked/785253)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-a-national-monument-is-revoked/785253 "2017-05-04T22:42:06Z")
The Trump administration has been hinting at revoking the Monument status of Katahdin Woods and Waters, and Gov. Lepage is encouraging him, much to the dismay of his constituents. If he actually does do it, what happens… --- ## [Secondary division of life insurance proceeds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secondary-division-of-life-insurance-proceeds/785855)
**Author:** [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/secondary-division-of-life-insurance-proceeds/785855 "2017-05-04T22:01:33Z")
Quick life insurance payout/tax question: My FIL passed away last weekend. My MIL is the beneficiary of his life insurance policy. Her plan is to divide the proceeds between my wife and her brother, about $75,000 apie… --- ## [Can the defense ask the jury not to nullfy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-defense-ask-the-jury-not-to-nullfy/785821)
**Author:** [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-the-defense-ask-the-jury-not-to-nullfy/785821 "2017-05-04T21:59:12Z")
Let’s say there’s a law widely recognized as bad. Someone deliberately violates it, such that they can continue to challenge it in the appeals process and, with luck, get it overturned in a higher court. However, there’… --- ## [Gas mileage and a vehicle's efficiency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-mileage-and-a-vehicles-efficiency/785780)
**Author:** [@Long\_D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_D)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-mileage-and-a-vehicles-efficiency/785780 "2017-05-04T21:34:44Z")
Hello, I have always wondered about my driving and how much my car uses gasoline, especially in this “climate change” age. With today’s engineering and aerodynamics my assumption is that all cars perform the same. I hav… --- ## [Looking for a term a civil engineer/urban planner might use for a driver:road ratio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-term-a-civil-engineer-urban-planner-might-use-for-a-driver-road-ratio/785841)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-term-a-civil-engineer-urban-planner-might-use-for-a-driver-road-ratio/785841 "2017-05-04T20:57:25Z")
Hi I’m looking for a term a civil engineer/urban planner might use for a driver:road ratio. Is it driver: road ratio? Countries such as China have policies to restrict traffic on roads by permitting only vehicles with c… --- ## [Why do cats do this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cats-do-this/785786)
**Author:** [@Dana\_Scully](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dana_Scully)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-cats-do-this/785786 "2017-05-04T20:45:31Z")
From time to time my tabby cat BooBoo upchucks; not only does that have me concerned but why do cats INSIST on barfing on carpet? :mad: Last night’s a good example: at 3:00 am my DH and I were both woken up by that unmi… --- ## [Email Address](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-address/785810)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-address/785810 "2017-05-04T19:54:45Z")
So we’re having issues with our email account. I think I want to change our email address. Is this a horrible idea? There are so many things attached to the current address, I’m afraid things will get out of hand. Wh… --- ## [Two questions for post-refit Iowa class vets (if any are here)...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-for-post-refit-iowa-class-vets-if-any-are-here/772863)
**Author:** [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-questions-for-post-refit-iowa-class-vets-if-any-are-here/772863 "2017-05-04T19:07:55Z")
I have a couple of moderately-odd Naval questions, about the last post-reactivation Iowa class battleships—if anyone here happens to know, maybe even firsthand. First…how distinctly could one hear/feel a salvo from the … --- ## [Motion Detector Switch: What's the deal with the bare metal ground wire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-detector-switch-whats-the-deal-with-the-bare-metal-ground-wire/785717)
**Author:** [@arseNal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/arseNal)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/motion-detector-switch-whats-the-deal-with-the-bare-metal-ground-wire/785717 "2017-05-04T18:01:10Z")
Recently purchased this motion detecting light switch: http://www.bulbs.com/product/MS-OPS6M2U-DV-WH?cm\_mmc=GooglePLA-\_-Nonbrand-\_-805161101-\_-shopping&affID=6 If you notice in those pictures, in addition to 2 black wi… --- ## [Why are orange cats more likely to be male, but not black cats??](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-orange-cats-more-likely-to-be-male-but-not-black-cats/785675)
**Author:** [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-orange-cats-more-likely-to-be-male-but-not-black-cats/785675 "2017-05-04T16:56:10Z")
Orange cats tend to be male, more often than not. This is because black fur and orange fur are both X-linked. So a male that gets one orange-X is gonna be orange, but a female that gets an orange-X might be orange or mig… --- ## [Why raise right arm for an oath (not just court)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-raise-right-arm-for-an-oath-not-just-court/785811)
**Author:** [@UncleFred](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleFred)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-raise-right-arm-for-an-oath-not-just-court/785811 "2017-05-04T15:38:50Z")
For use in courts of law the practice is often cited as going back to 17th century London courts, but in the Bible it goes back 2000 years or more. The explanations I’ve found generally are “so-and-so did it” but they n… --- ## [What is 'black bile'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-black-bile/641690)
**Author:** [@GeromeK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GeromeK)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-black-bile/641690 "2017-05-04T14:13:20Z")
I’ve been spending the afternoon reading up on old-timey medical beliefs and one thing’s been bugging me. According to humorism, there are four humors in the body that sometimes fall out of balance and make you a bit dep… --- ## [Is there a way to do reverse lookup on UPC codes, to find what it was?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-reverse-lookup-on-upc-codes-to-find-what-it-was/383128)
**Author:** [@According\_to\_Pliny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/According_to_Pliny)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-way-to-do-reverse-lookup-on-upc-codes-to-find-what-it-was/383128 "2017-05-04T12:54:25Z")
I have receipts that I let pile up and then when I have to get reimbursed I can’t figure out what they were for. I have the UPC code on the receipt, but the description is too vague. (Lately I had one that said “white … --- ## [Why can Shazam recognize a song but Apple's iTunes Match can't?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-shazam-recognize-a-song-but-apples-itunes-match-cant/785453)
**Author:** [@MorrisCody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MorrisCody)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-shazam-recognize-a-song-but-apples-itunes-match-cant/785453 "2017-05-04T12:16:28Z")
Using the Shazam app, I can hold my phone up un a crowded bar, and it’s able to identify the song that’s playing. However, if I rip a song from a CD (and provide all the meta data), Apple’s iTunes Match frequently isn’t … --- ## [Is "Pippi Longstocking" a typical Swedish name?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pippi-longstocking-a-typical-swedish-name/785772)
**Author:** [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-pippi-longstocking-a-typical-swedish-name/785772 "2017-05-04T12:09:08Z")
This is a factual question about Swedish names, rather than a discussion of the books. I think GQ is the proper place for it, rather than CS. In the Pippi books by Astrid Lindgren, the heroine’s full name is given as \*… --- ## [GSOD Help please!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gsod-help-please/610093)
**Author:** [@MannyL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MannyL)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 24, 2012, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gsod-help-please/610093 "2012-01-24T04:52:30Z")
I’m running Windows 7 and occasionally get a GSOD. I’ve reviewed my logs and nothing jumps out at me. There are no memory dumps because it is unable to make them. I did take a picture of my last one and it’s hosted at ph… --- ## [I'm trying to follow the progress of corrections made to Kepler's 3 Laws](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-follow-the-progress-of-corrections-made-to-keplers-3-laws/785698)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-trying-to-follow-the-progress-of-corrections-made-to-keplers-3-laws/785698 "2017-05-04T01:28:33Z")
Hi I’m trying to follow the progress of corrections made to Kepler’s 3 Laws but haven’t found any websites that make the timeline of corrections (or even the details of the actual corrections) very clear. I hope someone… --- ## [Were Nazis Grammar Nazis?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-nazis-grammar-nazis/785540)
**Author:** [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [May 4, 2017, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-nazis-grammar-nazis/785540 "2017-05-04T01:13:51Z")
I doubt that there have been a large number of political parties who have come out against proper spelling and grammar but, compared to the average, were the Nazis more or less fanatical about spelling and grammar than o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=736) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=738)