# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=795 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 796 --- ## [Do any US domestic airports have a liquor store airside?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-us-domestic-airports-have-a-liquor-store-airside/776380)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2017, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-us-domestic-airports-have-a-liquor-store-airside/776380 "2017-01-06T16:03:45Z")
I’m visiting Seattle from San Francisco and a friend of mine asked me to bring him some liquor as it’s cheaper here however, with the small quantity I’m bringing, it doesn’t make sense to pay a checked bag fee. If I were… --- ## [My 4WD truck... why can't I put it in front-wheel drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-4wd-truck-why-cant-i-put-it-in-front-wheel-drive/776428)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2017, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-4wd-truck-why-cant-i-put-it-in-front-wheel-drive/776428 "2017-01-06T15:24:35Z")
I have an F-150 4X4 truck. I can select rear-wheel drive. I can select four-wheel drive. But I can’t select front-wheel drive. This perplexes me, since I would think front-wheel drive would be the best mode for normal st… --- ## [Chicago area Kidnap/torture case = Hate Crime?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-area-kidnap-torture-case-hate-crime/776391)
**Author:** [@Donpeyote](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donpeyote)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 6, 2017, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chicago-area-kidnap-torture-case-hate-crime/776391 "2017-01-06T00:14:05Z")
If not due to racial component then due to “Special Needs” component or combine two to strengthen Hate Crimes case ??:confused: --- ## [lighting for birds aviary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lighting-for-birds-aviary/776376)
**Author:** [@Djabsbirds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Djabsbirds)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lighting-for-birds-aviary/776376 "2017-01-05T22:36:26Z")
are full spectrum fluorescent bulbs the same as grow light bulbs and if not what is the different? i have been using the full spectrum for canaries and see adds for grow lamp/lights. --- ## [Italy and its relations with the Central Powers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italy-and-its-relations-with-the-central-powers/776411)
**Author:** [@Liberal\_Aristocrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal_Aristocrat)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/italy-and-its-relations-with-the-central-powers/776411 "2017-01-05T21:16:06Z")
After the outbreak of World War I on August 1914 the government of Italy declared neutrality. Even though the Triple Alliance still happened to be in effect what incentive did the Triple Entente provide that eventually … --- ## [Is it legal to sell or purchase human bones?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-sell-or-purchase-human-bones/54995)
**Author:** [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-legal-to-sell-or-purchase-human-bones/54995 "2017-01-05T19:30:17Z")
I was under the vague impression that it was illegal, but I came across this site: http://www.bmezine.com/skulls/ that sells human skulls. I realize that finding a web site that sells something isn’t ironclad evidence… --- ## [An Old Post From Google Groups......](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-post-from-google-groups/776356)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-old-post-from-google-groups/776356 "2017-01-05T18:55:00Z")
… keeps appearing on my machine at the top. It’s from 2012 and its subject line is “I Keep Getting Google Chrome Didn’t Shut Down Properly”. I get that same thing periodically, but this is the thread from 2012. I have … --- ## [A bitcoin question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bitcoin-question/776160)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-bitcoin-question/776160 "2017-01-05T18:00:30Z")
Bitcoin breaks $1,000 level, highest in more than 3 years Does this mean that each bitcoin is worth $1,021? How can a currency with such a high value be useful in trading? If I were on a site and bought something worth… --- ## [Japan v China in WWII](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-v-china-in-wwii/776274)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/japan-v-china-in-wwii/776274 "2017-01-05T17:36:29Z")
Was the goal of Japan to take over and control all of China in WWII? I know they made great strides early on, but wouldn’t they eventually have failed due to overwhelming numbers? --- ## [Best method for transferring 8mm video tape to DVD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-method-for-transferring-8mm-video-tape-to-dvd/776306)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-method-for-transferring-8mm-video-tape-to-dvd/776306 "2017-01-05T14:25:14Z")
I have several home movies on 8mm videotape that I need to get onto DVDs. I still have the video camera. Has anyone here accomplished this? I have a feeling there are several methods, I’m looking for the most straightfo… --- ## [Effectiveness of cyanide capsules](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effectiveness-of-cyanide-capsules/296904)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [March 30, 2005, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/effectiveness-of-cyanide-capsules/296904 "2005-03-30T12:15:06Z")
I just came back from seeing Downfall, a German film starring Bruno Ganz, about the last days of Hitler. (Great film; I recommend it.) The film depicts several characters using glass cyanide capsules to commit suicide, … --- ## [Did Persians debate important issues both drunk and sober?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-persians-debate-important-issues-both-drunk-and-sober/776370)
**Author:** [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-persians-debate-important-issues-both-drunk-and-sober/776370 "2017-01-05T13:26:24Z")
In his Histories book 1 chapter 133, Herodotus asserted: “Moreover, it is their custom to deliberate about the gravest matters when they are drunk; and what they approve in their deliberations is proposed to them the ne… --- ## [DIY question - putting casters on wooden leg chairs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-question-putting-casters-on-wooden-leg-chairs/776322)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/diy-question-putting-casters-on-wooden-leg-chairs/776322 "2017-01-05T03:22:01Z")
The only thing I can find on line about this matter suggests drilling a hole in the leg and inserting the post of the caster, with its attendant locking cylinder. I’m afraid that the leg will split with the various forc… --- ## [Anybody able to read the Voyager Space Flight Operations Schedules (SFOS)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-able-to-read-the-voyager-space-flight-operations-schedules-sfos/776232)
**Author:** [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anybody-able-to-read-the-voyager-space-flight-operations-schedules-sfos/776232 "2017-01-05T02:08:49Z")
A couple years ago, JPL stopped giving the weekly status reports for the Voyager spacecraft. These were great little summaries in plain English regarding the status of the craft, the data they returned, any commands sen… --- ## [Help Explain Facebook's "Promote Website"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-explain-facebooks-promote-website/776361)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-explain-facebooks-promote-website/776361 "2017-01-05T02:07:36Z")
So, I am trying to launch a new Facebook page to promote my eBooks. There is an option to “Promote Website” (i.e., a URL outside FB). Sounds rather straight forward at first, but is this the same thing as setting up a “S… --- ## [Assisted-dying laws: What defines "terminal" in terminal illness?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-dying-laws-what-defines-terminal-in-terminal-illness/776259)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 5, 2017, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assisted-dying-laws-what-defines-terminal-in-terminal-illness/776259 "2017-01-05T00:41:48Z")
Several US states now have laws that permit physicians to aid patients who wish to die. AIUI, they typically (always?) set a number of requirements, one of which is that the patient must be diagnosed with a terminal ill… --- ## [Tire diameter and gas mileage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tire-diameter-and-gas-mileage/532576)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tire-diameter-and-gas-mileage/532576 "2017-01-04T23:31:14Z")
What effect would a larger diameter tire have on gas mileage? It seems to me that the larger diameter would roll farther for each revolution. So that it would result in better mileage. But then there’s the increased m… --- ## [Handgun/rifle: what if propellant is replaced with high explosive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handgun-rifle-what-if-propellant-is-replaced-with-high-explosive/776224)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/handgun-rifle-what-if-propellant-is-replaced-with-high-explosive/776224 "2017-01-04T19:41:17Z")
AIUI, a firearm cartridge contains a shock-sensitive high-explosive primer that detonates and ignites the main propellant charge, with the latter then deflagrating at a fast (but subsonic) reaction rate. What happens if… --- ## [What do the traders on the floor of the Stock Exchange actually do in this day and age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-traders-on-the-floor-of-the-stock-exchange-actually-do-in-this-day-and-age/600900)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-the-traders-on-the-floor-of-the-stock-exchange-actually-do-in-this-day-and-age/600900 "2017-01-04T18:02:00Z")
Billions of dollars are traded and retraded in split seconds every day. Yet men in blue jackets still run around frantically, doing I don’t know what. It seems like these people have no other role than to be used as bac… --- ## [Who pays for free school lunches?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-free-school-lunches/776083)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-pays-for-free-school-lunches/776083 "2017-01-04T15:56:36Z")
Asking about the free meals for low income k-12 students. Is it a federal program, or something schools do on their own? --- ## [Illinois FOID card for pellet gun (Crossman 1377)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-foid-card-for-pellet-gun-crossman-1377/776289)
**Author:** [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/illinois-foid-card-for-pellet-gun-crossman-1377/776289 "2017-01-04T15:31:55Z")
In Illinois do I need an FOID card for a Crossman 1377 pellet gun? https://www.walmart.com/ip/Crosman-1377-American-Classic-Pistol/5913356 --- ## [Question about leap seconds](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-leap-seconds/775897)
**Author:** [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-leap-seconds/775897 "2017-01-04T13:25:06Z")
It seems we are about to have a leap second added to UTC (the international time standard). In this article https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/30/new-years-eve-countdown-to-take-second-longer-than-normal it say… --- ## [Opolis vs Apolis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opolis-vs-apolis/776241)
**Author:** [@Carryon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carryon)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/opolis-vs-apolis/776241 "2017-01-04T03:28:23Z")
Some cities have the “apolis” ending like Indianapolis, others have the “opolis” ending like Metropolis" I realize it’s from the Greek polis, but is there a difference between opolis and apolis? Or are the letter “a” an… --- ## [Can surge strips be used for surveillance using electrical inductance ringing of building wiring?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-surge-strips-be-used-for-surveillance-using-electrical-inductance-ringing-of-building-wiring/776163)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-surge-strips-be-used-for-surveillance-using-electrical-inductance-ringing-of-building-wiring/776163 "2017-01-04T03:11:48Z")
See query. Buildings have wires, and wires resonate. After reading an article in Electrical Construction and Maintenance magazine, I realized you can turn a building into an antenna. I presume others far smarter than me… --- ## [Why is there no water coming from tap?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-water-coming-from-tap/775676)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-there-no-water-coming-from-tap/775676 "2017-01-04T02:18:42Z")
I got to my client’s house this afternoon, and when I turned on the kitchen tap to do some dishes, nothing came out. There is nothing coming from her kitchen sink or bathtub faucet, either. Another person in the house to… --- ## [Since when is China larger than Canada (territory)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-when-is-china-larger-than-canada-territory/146423)
**Author:** [@DrLiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrLiver)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/since-when-is-china-larger-than-canada-territory/146423 "2017-01-04T01:16:02Z")
Until very recently, I could’ve wagered my life that Canada was the 2nd largest country in the world…but then, imagine my surprise when I read that China outranks Canada in terms of territory!! So, what the hell hapene… --- ## [Why would this Cessna 310 have magnesium flares?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-this-cessna-310-have-magnesium-flares/775985)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2017, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-would-this-cessna-310-have-magnesium-flares/775985 "2017-01-04T00:58:34Z")
This 1956 Cessna 310 is being sold in an eBay auction, so the page will disappear eventually. Why would this aircraft have side-firing magnesium flares? --- ## [Muzzle loading weapons question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muzzle-loading-weapons-question/776182)
**Author:** [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2017, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/muzzle-loading-weapons-question/776182 "2017-01-03T23:41:21Z")
If one loads a muzzle loading weapon like an old musket, could it be unloaded without firing it? I mean once you have all the powder and the bullet down there, just how would you get it out? At the same way, I’ve wonder… --- ## [Editing A You Tube Introduction To An Uploaded.....](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-a-you-tube-introduction-to-an-uploaded/776248)
**Author:** [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2017, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/editing-a-you-tube-introduction-to-an-uploaded/776248 "2017-01-03T20:35:54Z")
… audio file which is here: The Watchmen 1965 (part 1 of 3) - YouTube And it is right below the words “Upated on Feb, 4th 2010” I’ve been everywhere that I can think of to change that introduction because I left out a … --- ## [Does the US ACA individual mandate extend to US citizens not residing in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-aca-individual-mandate-extend-to-us-citizens-not-residing-in-the-us/776252)
**Author:** [@Mops](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mops)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 3, 2017, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-the-us-aca-individual-mandate-extend-to-us-citizens-not-residing-in-the-us/776252 "2017-01-03T19:53:19Z")
With reference to this thread that I don’t want to sidetrack: The question of that thread is about a dual US/Mexican citizen, residing in Mexico, who has to pay “$300 a month ACA premiums.” I assume that sum is either … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=794) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=796)