# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=810 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 811 --- ## [Question for London Dopers about Ecuador Embassy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-london-dopers-about-ecuador-embassy/773505)
**Author:** [@bardos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bardos)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-london-dopers-about-ecuador-embassy/773505 "2016-12-01T11:31:21Z")
Is there still a police security presence around the Ecuadorian Embassy? --- ## [Klamath dam removal: FERC approval](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klamath-dam-removal-ferc-approval/773448)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/klamath-dam-removal-ferc-approval/773448 "2016-12-01T04:31:01Z")
This seems to be about the most recent summary of the Klamath dam removal project, or at least the most recent I can find. The project is waiting on FERC approval. Does anyone know when that is to be expected? --- ## [If a government program is repealed via budget reconciliation, can it be revived via reconciliation?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-government-program-is-repealed-via-budget-reconciliation-can-it-be-revived-via-reconciliation/773418)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-a-government-program-is-repealed-via-budget-reconciliation-can-it-be-revived-via-reconciliation/773418 "2016-12-01T03:55:57Z")
Lets say the GOP succeed in repealing the affordable care act, turn medicare into a voucher program and turn medicaid into a block grant program by using budget reconciliation. It is my understanding that you have to re… --- ## [What is the difference between mass-energy equivalence theory/law and the conservation of energy?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-mass-energy-equivalence-theory-law-and-the-conservation-of-energy/773379)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-difference-between-mass-energy-equivalence-theory-law-and-the-conservation-of-energy/773379 "2016-12-01T03:41:54Z")
Hi What is the difference between the mass-energy equivalence theory/law(e=mc2 and the conservation of energy law? I’m not quite sure about how they are related. I believe the latter is the first law of thermodynamics.… --- ## [River bridge notification](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/river-bridge-notification/773508)
**Author:** [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/river-bridge-notification/773508 "2016-12-01T03:37:43Z")
The bridge across the Arkansas river, between Little Rock and North Little Rock is being replaced. One span is across, and the second is on barges, waiting to be moved after underwater obstructions are cleared. The scen… --- ## [Why can’t they invent a vending machine that works?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-t-they-invent-a-vending-machine-that-works/773315)
**Author:** [@Washoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Washoe)\ **Replies:** 51\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2016, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-can-t-they-invent-a-vending-machine-that-works/773315 "2016-12-01T00:41:44Z")
We’ve all had it happen to us—we insert a bill into a snack vending machine and it spits it back out. We carefully smooth it out to remove all small folds and make the bill as flat as possible. We try again. The machine … --- ## [Storage Space and the Human Brain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-space-and-the-human-brain/773414)
**Author:** [@Jim\_B](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jim_B)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-space-and-the-human-brain/773414 "2016-11-30T18:51:08Z")
About 30 years ago, or so, computer scientists conceived of an amazing idea, building supercomputers on the molecular level. Using things like DNA. If possible, they predicted, they could fit the entire sum-total of comp… --- ## [Plane Crash - Brazilian Soccer Team](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crash-brazilian-soccer-team/773419)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/plane-crash-brazilian-soccer-team/773419 "2016-11-30T16:56:40Z")
Apparently six passengers survived. Anyone seen any reporting as to where in the aircraft these six were seated? --- ## [Receiver pops/crackles on one channel. Likely cause/worth repairing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiver-pops-crackles-on-one-channel-likely-cause-worth-repairing/769929)
**Author:** [@Yask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yask)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/receiver-pops-crackles-on-one-channel-likely-cause-worth-repairing/769929 "2016-11-30T16:33:35Z")
We have a fairly nice (~ $600 new) Onkyo home theater receiver that’s about seven years old. The front left channel has started popping/crackling. The closest description I can think of is that it sounds like someone i… --- ## [What did the Nazis do with captured American soldiers who were Jewish?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-nazis-do-with-captured-american-soldiers-who-were-jewish/464816)
**Author:** [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-did-the-nazis-do-with-captured-american-soldiers-who-were-jewish/464816 "2016-11-30T15:54:54Z")
The title pretty much sums it up. What did the Nazis do to Jewish POWs from the American (or British) military? Did they just kill them right away? Or did they send them to concentration camps? --- ## [Shalimar Perfume](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shalimar-perfume/773424)
**Author:** [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shalimar-perfume/773424 "2016-11-30T12:54:25Z")
So I was poking around my Mom’s stuff, and ran across a Shalimar gift box - perfume and powder … and I have to wonder, are the younger women still buying the old perfumes? It seems that all the little samples that fall o… --- ## [Bacteria: how many colony-forming units is worrisome?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacteria-how-many-colony-forming-units-is-worrisome/773393)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 30, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bacteria-how-many-colony-forming-units-is-worrisome/773393 "2016-11-30T03:05:53Z")
This article ranks the filth of various surfaces a passenger is likely to touch on a commercial airliner in terms of colony forming units per square inch. Predictably, they give no context as to how many CFUs is enough … --- ## [Possible to detect a "stolen election"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-detect-a-stolen-election/772804)
**Author:** [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-to-detect-a-stolen-election/772804 "2016-11-29T23:34:35Z")
There are some rumors (as there usually are) that the 2016 election was “stolen”, though with not much data to back it up. This was inevitable (the rumors, not the fraud), but being GQ, my question is simply whether it … --- ## [What is the shortest time measurable...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-time-measurable/647138)
**Author:** [@Qwertol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwertol)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-shortest-time-measurable/647138 "2016-11-29T22:28:00Z")
with current technology? And by ‘current technology’ I mean not only devices that do exist now but also the ones that could be built with current state of knowledge… How precise (what’s maximum deviation) is (would be) … --- ## [Which cools hot coffee quicker: milk into coffee, or vice versa?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cools-hot-coffee-quicker-milk-into-coffee-or-vice-versa/520327)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-cools-hot-coffee-quicker-milk-into-coffee-or-vice-versa/520327 "2016-11-29T21:36:23Z")
I’ve always wondered, if you pour an inch of milk into the cup, and then the coffee, does that make the eventual mix cooler than if you pour the coffee first and then pour the milk? --- ## [Garbage Day / Holiday weeks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garbage-day-holiday-weeks/3183)
**Author:** [@MSU\_Don](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MSU_Don)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/garbage-day-holiday-weeks/3183 "2016-11-29T20:47:33Z")
OK, this is my first post, so take it easy on me now… In my neighborhood, Thursday is usually garbage day. But this morning as we woke up we remembered that Monday was Labor Day so the garbage pick-up would be a day lat… --- ## [What's the truth about France's surrender in WW2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-truth-about-frances-surrender-in-ww2/210091)
**Author:** [@KidCharlemagne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KidCharlemagne)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-truth-about-frances-surrender-in-ww2/210091 "2016-11-29T17:45:59Z")
After years of bashing the French for sport, I figure it’s time to settle down and look at the facts regarding their surrender. Big of me, I know. What are the facts regarding the size/strength of the forces that were … --- ## [Conduction vs. Convection](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conduction-vs-convection/773263)
**Author:** [@Defective\_Detective](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defective_Detective)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conduction-vs-convection/773263 "2016-11-29T17:32:32Z")
I’m very familiar with the three primary methods of heat transfer - Radiation, Conduction, and Convection. But why is Convection considered a Primary method? Seems to me it’s just (1) conduction from a heat source to a … --- ## [On average what percent of the US prepares a special feast for Thanksgiving?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-average-what-percent-of-the-us-prepares-a-special-feast-for-thanksgiving/772933)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-average-what-percent-of-the-us-prepares-a-special-feast-for-thanksgiving/772933 "2016-11-29T16:33:34Z")
By special feast I mean a unusually big and specially planned dinner. Could be traditional Turkey and Dressing or whatever food the family prefers. I’d guess the percent of families is down? We have an aging population … --- ## [Durabilty over time of Casio GSHOCK watches as long term collectibles. Will components degrade?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/durabilty-over-time-of-casio-gshock-watches-as-long-term-collectibles-will-components-degrade/773335)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/durabilty-over-time-of-casio-gshock-watches-as-long-term-collectibles-will-components-degrade/773335 "2016-11-29T15:16:23Z")
Just curious. Interestingly for a mass market consumer item some Casio GShock watches are highly collectible. In musing whether to indulge myself in getting a few and betting they would be worth more later, I’m wondering… --- ## [ancestors: computing likely number of relatives from 15 generations ago ..](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancestors-computing-likely-number-of-relatives-from-15-generations-ago/773192)
**Author:** [@up\_the\_junction](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/up_the_junction)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ancestors-computing-likely-number-of-relatives-from-15-generations-ago/773192 "2016-11-29T14:19:29Z")
I was just watching one of those Who Do You Think You Are tv shows where people in the public eye trace their ancestory. Not for the first time this weeks punter turned out to be a direct decendant of an English monarch… --- ## [Red soil geology question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-soil-geology-question/772835)
**Author:** [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 1:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/red-soil-geology-question/772835 "2016-11-29T13:48:58Z")
I grew up in the Gold Rush area and was told more than once that all gold across the western US probably originated in the same place, around Alaska, and was carried by successive glaciers down a stripe of the land mass … --- ## [What do we see when we see up?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-see-when-we-see-up/773373)
**Author:** [@thealbinoturtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thealbinoturtle)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-we-see-when-we-see-up/773373 "2016-11-29T13:45:51Z")
On a clear day or a clear night, when we see up in the sky, we see clouds, stars and moons and sometimes planets and artificial satellites, So what are we actually looking at , the sky or the space? --- ## [What is Cayuse Basin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-cayuse-basin/773182)
**Author:** [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-cayuse-basin/773182 "2016-11-29T12:49:08Z")
While flying home for Thanksgiving, I saw this interesting geological formation out the airplane window. I was able to find it on Google Maps, which labels it as “Cayuse Basin”. The only information I’ve been able to fi… --- ## [Importing many many many vCards into GMail address book at once.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/importing-many-many-many-vcards-into-gmail-address-book-at-once/622192)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2012, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/importing-many-many-many-vcards-into-gmail-address-book-at-once/622192 "2012-05-17T12:50:00Z")
Using Mac OSX 10.6.8. First of all, I’ve found that this issue is resolved in 10.7. Please don’t tell me upgrade as a solution to this problem. I wish to merge my contacts lists. There is a mess of overlap but not 100% … --- ## [USB Adapter Issues.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-adapter-issues/773125)
**Author:** [@Jrubas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jrubas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/usb-adapter-issues/773125 "2016-11-29T06:57:47Z")
I have a Netgear wireless WiFi adapter and it’s been working great more months. Now every time I try to log on to the internet it keeps telling me that the server can’t be found and it keeps showing that I have no intern… --- ## [real horse power!!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-horse-power/773246)
**Author:** [@mannmundo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mannmundo)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/real-horse-power/773246 "2016-11-29T05:10:33Z")
How does rated horsepower translate into real world horse pulling power? --- ## [How to free up calcified water valves](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-free-up-calcified-water-valves/772788)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-free-up-calcified-water-valves/772788 "2016-11-29T02:55:50Z")
The water valves for my washing machine need to be replaced, and I was just going to use a wrench and take them off. But there is a lot of calcification around the base and I cannot budge them, even using a large pipe wr… --- ## [How to I get the subfolders I see in Outlook to show up on my iPhone?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-i-get-the-subfolders-i-see-in-outlook-to-show-up-on-my-iphone/773248)
**Author:** [@Lakai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lakai)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-i-get-the-subfolders-i-see-in-outlook-to-show-up-on-my-iphone/773248 "2016-11-29T01:33:46Z")
At work my email client is Outlook which shows emails from a Gmail account. It is set up as a POP3 account on Outlook. I get a lot of emails for work that have to be organized in order for me to make sense of anything. … --- ## [What's the straight dope on Himalayan Salt and High Blood Pressure?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-himalayan-salt-and-high-blood-pressure/773066)
**Author:** [@HeXen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeXen)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 29, 2016, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-straight-dope-on-himalayan-salt-and-high-blood-pressure/773066 "2016-11-29T01:04:52Z")
I’m on HBP medicine and use ‘No Salt’ which is phosphate instead of table salt. But mom was onto me yet again at Thanksgiving about using it saying processed, man made…blah, blah something yadda. She hands me the pink s… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=809) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=811)