# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=803 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 804 --- ## [Patton's 1937 itemized intelligence memo on Japanese attack plans: impact? who read it?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pattons-1937-itemized-intelligence-memo-on-japanese-attack-plans-impact-who-read-it/774147)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 75\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pattons-1937-itemized-intelligence-memo-on-japanese-attack-plans-impact-who-read-it/774147 "2016-12-17T18:23:13Z")
This article, Patton warned of Pearl Harbor attack was published in an Army website December 7, 2012. As we all aware today is the 75th anniversary of the attack. Where did this memo of Patton go/get filed away by? How… --- ## [J'Adore commercial filming location?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jadore-commercial-filming-location/774949)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jadore-commercial-filming-location/774949 "2016-12-17T17:49:42Z")
There’s a new commercial, starring Charlize Theron, set on a dry lake with water in it. (Dry lakes have water in them in the rainy. For example, water and wind are what keep the dry-lake runways smooth at Edwards AFB.)… --- ## [amateur HVAC question. Connecting a 'C' wire.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-hvac-question-connecting-a-c-wire/774865)
**Author:** [@Quintas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quintas)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amateur-hvac-question-connecting-a-c-wire/774865 "2016-12-17T17:44:33Z")
Purchased a new programmable thermostat that requires a ‘C’ wire for power. A/C unit outside and gas heat in attic. After removing the old thermostat, ive got my red,green,white and yellow wires connected to their resp… --- ## [Need home remedies for kidney infection pain... really badly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-home-remedies-for-kidney-infection-pain-really-badly/272931)
**Author:** [@MinniePurl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MinniePurl)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-home-remedies-for-kidney-infection-pain-really-badly/272931 "2016-12-17T16:51:04Z")
I had a moderately bad bladder infection. I drank lot of fluid, unsweetened cranberry and blueberry juice, and tried to rest. Wasn’t working, so I called my internist. At first she gave me sulfa, and my minor pain turned… --- ## [The descendants of Mick Jagger](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-descendants-of-mick-jagger/774244)
**Author:** [@Hooleehootoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hooleehootoo)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-descendants-of-mick-jagger/774244 "2016-12-17T15:03:09Z")
On Dec 8. a son was born to Melanie Hamrick and (lacking any indication to the contrary and reported as such) Mick Jagger. In 2014, Jagger’s daughter Jade Sheena Jezebel Jagger became a grandmother, making Sir Michael … --- ## [So where do 70 foot freak waves come from. Other ships sunk?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-70-foot-freak-waves-come-from-other-ships-sunk/299843)
**Author:** [@Faith\_is\_Good](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Faith_is_Good)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-where-do-70-foot-freak-waves-come-from-other-ships-sunk/299843 "2016-12-17T13:52:39Z")
According to this story http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=678070 this cruise ship faced a 70 foot freak wave. I just heard Geraldo say that he often sails the same area in his 70 sloop. What would have happened to … --- ## [Best glue/method for reattaching binding to acoustic guitar?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-glue-method-for-reattaching-binding-to-acoustic-guitar/774879)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [December 17, 2016, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-glue-method-for-reattaching-binding-to-acoustic-guitar/774879 "2016-12-17T01:44:21Z")
The binding is coming off my beloved Guild D6 in places. It seems like it would be a pretty straightforward thing to google what glue is best to use to reattach it, but I see a number of different opinions online. Someb… --- ## [Question about telethons/fundraisers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-telethons-fundraisers/774694)
**Author:** [@Kimballkid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimballkid)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-telethons-fundraisers/774694 "2016-12-16T22:57:59Z")
If you promise to donate to a telethon/fundraiser/what have you type thing and then decide you cannot do it for some reason, what authority, if any, do they have to get the money from you? --- ## [What is the "Chase National Bank" building in NYC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-chase-national-bank-building-in-nyc/774687)
**Author:** [@Whiskey\_Dickens](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whiskey_Dickens)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-chase-national-bank-building-in-nyc/774687 "2016-12-16T22:57:18Z")
I have old documentation and pictures from a company that did elevator entrances and enclosures, including the Chrysler and Chase National bank buildings in New York. I know the Chrysler building (as does most of the wo… --- ## [Retiring to the UK](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-to-the-uk/774648)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/retiring-to-the-uk/774648 "2016-12-16T22:30:44Z")
Let’s say I live in the US as a US citizen and that I’m retired. I’ve decided I want to live out the rest of my life in the UK, assuming they will put up with me. :slight\_smile: My grandfather emigrated to the US from En… --- ## [Car thermometer/parking deck question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-thermometer-parking-deck-question/774852)
**Author:** [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-thermometer-parking-deck-question/774852 "2016-12-16T21:21:16Z")
Wondering if any of you had any thoughts about something I noticed with my car thermometer recently. On 2 occasions, I got the impression that it indicated a higher outside temperature in an open-air parking deck, than … --- ## [Why do we need Electors?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-need-electors/267009)
**Author:** [@Rusalka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rusalka)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-we-need-electors/267009 "2016-12-16T21:00:16Z")
I admit I have a difficult time picturing the mechanics of the Electoral College. Do the Electors get to decide how to vote? If it’s predetermined by a majority of the population in most states, why do we need Electors… --- ## [Green Card question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-card-question/774836)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-card-question/774836 "2016-12-16T18:06:42Z")
Hello Everyone, If a Foreign National marries a US citizen and that citizen dies prior to the alien getting a green card what happens to the alien? Tough luck and deported? --- ## [Car Battery question - discharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-battery-question-discharge/774166)
**Author:** [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-battery-question-discharge/774166 "2016-12-16T16:11:14Z")
I’ve a 2004 Ram 1500 pick up with the 5.7l hemi. It’s my plow truck for 6 months of the year. I bought it lightly used (very) and put a plow on the front, and a winch on the back. My question - would/could all that ex… --- ## [Traveling to α-Cen; what is good there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-cen-what-is-good-there/774750)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/traveling-to-cen-what-is-good-there/774750 "2016-12-16T15:37:14Z")
The engineers have developed the EM drive into something useful and have built a vessel that will be suitable for exploration (nuclear power source, in front of a big comm dish/crud shield, with an egg-shaped pod protect… --- ## [Can pain worsen dementia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-pain-worsen-dementia/774703)
**Author:** [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-pain-worsen-dementia/774703 "2016-12-16T14:31:24Z")
I have a BIL who has been exhibiting signs of dementia. My sister has been pretty much in denial, and it seems that for the most part his confusion has been transient and not a real problem. Lately though his back has … --- ## [Does wearing a bicycle helmet really not effect the head?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wearing-a-bicycle-helmet-really-not-effect-the-head/774366)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 101\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wearing-a-bicycle-helmet-really-not-effect-the-head/774366 "2016-12-16T14:08:23Z")
When a bicycle helmet is worn the correct way it rests tight on the head and in the back of the head. It’s the same with motorcycle helmets, military, and football. Are humans really supposed to be doing that? Having … --- ## [USA city names - origins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-city-names-origins/773270)
**Author:** [@Gretchion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gretchion)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usa-city-names-origins/773270 "2016-12-16T11:04:58Z")
Most of the city names in the United States are of English, French, Spanish, and Native American origin, and I’ve recently learned about some city names of Chinese origin, such as Pekin and Canton. What are some names o… --- ## [What exactly does a sex consultant do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-does-a-sex-consultant-do/774434)
**Author:** [@aldiboronti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aldiboronti)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-does-a-sex-consultant-do/774434 "2016-12-16T07:33:43Z")
This is in the context of film and TV. I’ve just been reading the Westworld wiki and the following caught my eye. I’m having a hard time working out what the sex consultant would do. Tell the actors about the birds and… --- ## [WA state pot laws, a question there-of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-state-pot-laws-a-question-there-of/774754)
**Author:** [@NadaHappyCamper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NadaHappyCamper)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wa-state-pot-laws-a-question-there-of/774754 "2016-12-16T06:17:29Z")
What, exactly, is the reason that the state of WA sets potency limits for the cannabis?? --- ## [Cleaning bone. Er, human bone.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-bone-er-human-bone/774662)
**Author:** [@MacSpon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MacSpon)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [December 16, 2016, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cleaning-bone-er-human-bone/774662 "2016-12-16T03:07:30Z")
This may not be a great question for the squeamish. You have been warned. My wife recently had a hip replacement. The surgeon asked if she’d like to keep the femoral head as a souvenir, and she said yes. It was dutiful… --- ## [What's Up, Ph.D.?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-ph-d/774655)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-up-ph-d/774655 "2016-12-15T21:56:05Z")
It has always bothered me that we call the Ph.D. by the same title as the M.D. Why is this? It seems to me it cheapens the value and respect we give to medical doctors. I WAG that way back medical doctors were only call… --- ## [Astronomy in the 19th century](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-in-the-19th-century/774341)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/astronomy-in-the-19th-century/774341 "2016-12-15T18:09:18Z")
Caroline Herschel, sister of the astronomer and telescope maker William Herschel discovered eight comets. Could the orbit of a comet be determined at that time, and if so, how? --- ## [SDMB Electricians, I Need Your Help](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-electricians-i-need-your-help/774682)
**Author:** [@ASGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ASGuy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sdmb-electricians-i-need-your-help/774682 "2016-12-15T18:07:25Z")
If you are not an electrician the following thread will be mind-numbingly technical. But it should have a factual answer. I have reviewed the National Electrical Code (NEC) as well as looked on-line for my answer. I hav… --- ## [Killers amongst us.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killers-amongst-us/774692)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/killers-amongst-us/774692 "2016-12-15T17:59:54Z")
Is there an estimate as to what percentage of the human population at this time would be killers. Killers to include homicides, accidents (with perpetrator still alive), wars, doctors ending lives etc etc. Every time o… --- ## [Origin of 'living under a bridge, eating rats'?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-living-under-a-bridge-eating-rats/774629)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/origin-of-living-under-a-bridge-eating-rats/774629 "2016-12-15T16:10:42Z")
I saw this post elsewhere: ‘To paraphrase an old line, lots of Americans would be happy to live under a bridge eating a rat, as long as the other guy has only half a rat.’ Also, Der Trihs posted the line in the Social … --- ## [Question about formatting dates in Excel 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-formatting-dates-in-excel-2010/774525)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-formatting-dates-in-excel-2010/774525 "2016-12-15T15:57:08Z")
I want to input a a series of dates in Excel 2010 and have them be sortable by year. One problem is that for some I just have the year, for some the month and year and for a few the month, day, and year. I’d prefer to s… --- ## [2010 Toyota RAV4: How to engage 4WD?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-toyota-rav4-how-to-engage-4wd/774523)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2010-toyota-rav4-how-to-engage-4wd/774523 "2016-12-15T15:30:57Z")
Mrs. L.A. is a home health nurse, so she’s going to be out in the snow today. She hasn’t read the owner’s manual for her 2010 Toyota RAV4, and I don’t know where she put it. How do you engage 4WD? --- ## [Regicide by Queen and another question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regicide-by-queen-and-another-question/774581)
**Author:** [@Potestas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Potestas)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/regicide-by-queen-and-another-question/774581 "2016-12-15T13:47:44Z")
Are there any examples in recorded history dating back to ancient times of a Queen wresting control of a kingdom from her husband (the king) either by regicide (killing the king) or otherwise? Throughout history did Que… --- ## [Hot tea at a picnic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tea-at-a-picnic/537330)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2016, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hot-tea-at-a-picnic/537330 "2016-12-15T08:15:50Z")
Next weekend, I’m having an outdoor birthday party, and my mom sent me some teas that would be absolutely perfect to serve at it. But I’m having a hard time figuring out how. I don’t think there’s a source of electrici… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=802) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=804)