# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=838 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 839 --- ## [Price of soy milk](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-soy-milk/767107)
**Author:** [@s0meguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/s0meguy)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-soy-milk/767107 "2016-10-01T07:24:55Z")
Where I live, one liter of soy milk costs about $1. This might not seem like much, but considering that soy beans are so insanely cheap themselves, and most of the soy milk is actually just added water (only 8% is actual… --- ## [The 600 US troops just sent to Iraq--What units are they from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-600-us-troops-just-sent-to-iraq-what-units-are-they-from/767173)
**Author:** [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-600-us-troops-just-sent-to-iraq-what-units-are-they-from/767173 "2016-10-01T01:40:57Z")
See query. Here’s a story on the troop movement: U.S. to Send 600 More Troops to Iraq to Help Retake Mosul From ISIS - The New York Times Supposedly going “to Mosul.” These must be special guys, trained for this posting… --- ## [Monitors](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitors/767230)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2016, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/monitors/767230 "2016-10-01T00:30:28Z")
I need to buy some 24 (or so) inch monitors for medical imaging. Many people seem to use these: NEC 24" Professional Wide Gamut Graphics Desktop Monitor, 1920x1200, 340cd/m2 Brightness, 1000:1 Contrast Ratio, 8ms Respo… --- ## [Why is fasting hypoglycemia considered an early sign of type II diabetes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fasting-hypoglycemia-considered-an-early-sign-of-type-ii-diabetes/766886)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-fasting-hypoglycemia-considered-an-early-sign-of-type-ii-diabetes/766886 "2016-09-30T20:58:46Z")
Is this a valid belief (I was told this by more than one medical professional)? If so, why does it happen? What is the underlying biology of it? If anything, you’d assume reactive hypoglycemia would be an early symptom (… --- ## [Twitter question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-question/767291)
**Author:** [@ticker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ticker)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/twitter-question/767291 "2016-09-30T20:02:02Z")
I am not much of a twitterer. I do use it very occasionally bit but only to see what people are saying about some current topic or other. I have only ever tweeted myself a handful of times and only in response to another… --- ## [Requesting bird identification, please](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-bird-identification-please/767237)
**Author:** [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/requesting-bird-identification-please/767237 "2016-09-30T19:23:27Z")
Today I spotted two deceased birds on the sidewalk here in Moline, IL; poor things must have flown into one of the storefront windows along the avenue. Photos on my FB page, second most recent post. I’m in Northwestern I… --- ## [For a seller, what is safest form of check payment to accept?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-seller-what-is-safest-form-of-check-payment-to-accept/767228)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/for-a-seller-what-is-safest-form-of-check-payment-to-accept/767228 "2016-09-30T19:18:43Z")
If you’re selling something worth a few thousand dollars, what is the safest form of check to accept? I’ve seen the terms: money order cashier’s check certified money order certified cashier’s check bank draft post… --- ## [Pale Moon Browser questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pale-moon-browser-questions/767096)
**Author:** [@Foggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Foggy)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pale-moon-browser-questions/767096 "2016-09-30T17:47:12Z")
I should ask this at the PM Forums, but I’m here so… WinXP & PM Version: 26.4.1 (Atom/WinXP) Bookmarks: I screwed up and deleted some bookmarks that I didn’t mean too. I have a backup .json file from early this month,… --- ## [Is trading human skins and heads legal in Australia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trading-human-skins-and-heads-legal-in-australia/767092)
**Author:** [@Archinist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Archinist)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trading-human-skins-and-heads-legal-in-australia/767092 "2016-09-29T11:22:23Z")
I am curious? --- ## [Why are Bic pens with green ink not available in the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bic-pens-with-green-ink-not-available-in-the-us/767190)
**Author:** [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-bic-pens-with-green-ink-not-available-in-the-us/767190 "2016-09-30T15:02:06Z")
Bic Cristal pens (the ubiquitous ballpoint/biro) come in black, blue, red and green. But according to their website: What? Why? What are crazy people and teenage girls supposed to write letters with in the US? Is there… --- ## [Write in candidate and the electoral college](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-in-candidate-and-the-electoral-college/766509)
**Author:** [@bizerta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bizerta)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/write-in-candidate-and-the-electoral-college/766509 "2016-09-30T14:53:50Z")
With my love of both Hillary and Donald, I’m wondering … What’s the highest elected office where a write-in candidate won? By highest, I’ll use the largest vote count as the yardstick. With regard to the electoral col… --- ## [Thought I'd seen everything: Weirdest PC problem ever](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-id-seen-everything-weirdest-pc-problem-ever/767023)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-id-seen-everything-weirdest-pc-problem-ever/767023 "2016-09-30T14:29:51Z")
(My weirdest, anyway.) My PC is running Windows 7, and I use firefox; I did try installing other browsers, and the same thing happens. When I’m on a webpage, everything seems fine until I scroll. I can scroll partway, … --- ## [Google Maps: Show Separate Maps at Same Scale and Map Center?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-show-separate-maps-at-same-scale-and-map-center/766659)
**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/google-maps-show-separate-maps-at-same-scale-and-map-center/766659 "2016-09-30T14:23:33Z")
I have a 3-week road trip route that I took recently. I have all the segments of the trip mapped out, but with Google Maps limiting to 10 ‘stops’, the entire trip takes 10 separate maps to show. Is there a way to scale a… --- ## [Do Chloride Bromide and Flouride block thyroid receptors which can be won back by taking Iodine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-chloride-bromide-and-flouride-block-thyroid-receptors-which-can-be-won-back-by-taking-iodine/766063)
**Author:** [@Shizo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shizo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-chloride-bromide-and-flouride-block-thyroid-receptors-which-can-be-won-back-by-taking-iodine/766063 "2016-09-30T13:03:40Z")
Here’s a question that I started researching in 2013 and never found any concrete information; rather, I found that the original statement came from a man who sold iodine himself, and was the originator of the statement … --- ## [Keeping a found gun](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-a-found-gun/767241)
**Author:** [@ishamael69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ishamael69)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/keeping-a-found-gun/767241 "2016-09-30T04:59:39Z")
Inspired by this other thread. Until I read the question in the thread above, I would have just kept a gun I found, “Hey, free gun!” Assuming that the gun in question is clean, and I am legally able to own a gun in my … --- ## [I am curious about what happens to water at 0 degrees but before it changes phase](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-curious-about-what-happens-to-water-at-0-degrees-but-before-it-changes-phase/766622)
**Author:** [@fojna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fojna)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-am-curious-about-what-happens-to-water-at-0-degrees-but-before-it-changes-phase/766622 "2016-09-30T04:30:11Z")
My understanding of water is that as it loses energy it cools. But that when the water reaches the freezing point, it will sit at 0C for a time until it looses enough energy to freeze. The amount of energy needed to free… --- ## [Why is it pizzeria and not pizzaria?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-pizzeria-and-not-pizzaria/767207)
**Author:** [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 4:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-it-pizzeria-and-not-pizzaria/767207 "2016-09-30T04:15:10Z")
The root word is “pizza,” obviously. Seems simpler just to add “ria” at the end. --- ## [Picometer lithography and beyond (physics/EE geeks)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picometer-lithography-and-beyond-physics-ee-geeks/542742)
**Author:** [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/picometer-lithography-and-beyond-physics-ee-geeks/542742 "2016-09-30T01:33:34Z")
I was reading on Ars Technica about a technique that allows you to etch 12 nm wires into a circuit link. That got me thinking - when will I be reading about picometer lithography on Ars? A short search later and I found t… --- ## [Historically, what has been the highest "age of majority" and in what country was it legislated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historically-what-has-been-the-highest-age-of-majority-and-in-what-country-was-it-legislated/767073)
**Author:** [@johnboy3434](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnboy3434)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historically-what-has-been-the-highest-age-of-majority-and-in-what-country-was-it-legislated/767073 "2016-09-30T01:03:24Z")
Nowadays, the highest age of majority is 21, which is followed in countries such as Egypt, Cameroon, and the United Arab Emirates, as well as in the American state of Mississippi. However, I’ve read before that in bygon… --- ## [Fighter jet launching air to air missile on Passenger Plane - Expected Damage?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighter-jet-launching-air-to-air-missile-on-passenger-plane-expected-damage/765837)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 77\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2016, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fighter-jet-launching-air-to-air-missile-on-passenger-plane-expected-damage/765837 "2016-09-30T00:37:50Z")
Yes this in inspired by the recent 15th anniversary of 9/11 but isn’t all about it. Basically because of it a lot of podcasts and other shows have had 9/11 related discussions and I noticed that among normally non-conspi… --- ## [Windows 10 Anniversary Update](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-anniversary-update/767187)
**Author:** [@Face\_Intentionally\_Left\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Face_Intentionally_Left_Blank)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-anniversary-update/767187 "2016-09-29T22:28:40Z")
That update did NOT go well for me. I lost the use of my mouse, which, after some investigation, turned out to be because my add-on USB 3.0 board no longer worked. I lost sound. I tried booting off my REDO backup disk… --- ## [Vocabulary: word for not needing much for happiness?...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocabulary-word-for-not-needing-much-for-happiness/767126)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vocabulary-word-for-not-needing-much-for-happiness/767126 "2016-09-29T18:49:38Z")
I recall years ago seeing a word or term that describes the state of, or a person who, is happy and satisfied with very little, who doesn’t need much to be happy. The word might have been derived from or originated in s… --- ## [What exactly is in the updates which my antivirus software downloads regularly?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-in-the-updates-which-my-antivirus-software-downloads-regularly/767134)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-exactly-is-in-the-updates-which-my-antivirus-software-downloads-regularly/767134 "2016-09-29T17:21:50Z")
The title pretty much sums up the question, but it can be phrased more broadly as to how, exactly, antivirus, or more generally anti-malware, software works. Do the updates include “live” viruses (which are kept within a… --- ## [When is the last time someone died protecting the President?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-someone-died-protecting-the-president/766997)
**Author:** [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-is-the-last-time-someone-died-protecting-the-president/766997 "2016-09-29T15:15:03Z")
London has Fallen just came out on Netflix, and after watching Gerard Butler protect Aaron Eckhart for 90 minutes, I started to wonder: When is the last time anyone gave their life to protect the POTUS? --- ## [What's the point of trivial insurance co-pays?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-trivial-insurance-co-pays/326082)
**Author:** [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2016, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-point-of-trivial-insurance-co-pays/326082 "2016-09-29T00:03:36Z")
What is the point of trivial co-payment amounts for medical insurance? The rack rate for my vasectomy was over $1000, according to my urologist, but my out of pocket cost was only $10. The same was true for my wifes p… --- ## [How do I get my window AC to work when it's cool outside?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-window-ac-to-work-when-its-cool-outside/766921)
**Author:** [@SlackerInc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SlackerInc)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2016, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-my-window-ac-to-work-when-its-cool-outside/766921 "2016-09-28T21:52:12Z")
I have this frustration every spring and fall. My AC units work well all summer (so I know they are capable) and then as soon as we get some cool nights, they decide (apparently) that it must be cool enough inside as we… --- ## [How Does a Push "Break" a PC?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-push-break-a-pc/767052)
**Author:** [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2016, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-does-a-push-break-a-pc/767052 "2016-09-28T20:03:43Z")
This past weekend, my PC received a push from Microsoft. Now, my PC does not know how to boot up. This is ridiculous! Microsoft allegedly staffs some of the brightest in the business, and they don’t know a push SHOULD NO… --- ## [The appeal was affirmed."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-appeal-was-affirmed/767135)
**Author:** [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2016, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-appeal-was-affirmed/767135 "2016-09-28T19:42:54Z")
A year or so ago I got a letter from the USDOJ, inviting me to give a victim impact statement at sentencing hearing of Robert Kolbusz. I was not a victim – the victim was my uncle Owen, and since I was an heir and the e… --- ## [Any truth to the story that John Wayne was booed by wounded veterans?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-truth-to-the-story-that-john-wayne-was-booed-by-wounded-veterans/766940)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2016, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-truth-to-the-story-that-john-wayne-was-booed-by-wounded-veterans/766940 "2016-09-28T18:07:30Z")
I’ve read the same account in two books, in William Manchester’s memoir “Good Bye Darkness” and in Studs Terkel’s “The Good War” though I’m unsure if that was just an excerpt from William Manchester’s own work. The whole… --- ## [Any "smart TV's" which work with a USB PC keyboard connected? Smart TV's are not so smart!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-smart-tvs-which-work-with-a-usb-pc-keyboard-connected-smart-tvs-are-not-so-smart/764613)
**Author:** [@Me\_Billy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Me_Billy)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2016, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-smart-tvs-which-work-with-a-usb-pc-keyboard-connected-smart-tvs-are-not-so-smart/764613 "2016-09-28T17:14:11Z")
I was looking at a Sharp 50" smart TV at a friend’s house. He tried connecting various USB keyboards to the TV, but none of them would work. You would think that if they made a TV which could connect to Youtube and use … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=837) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=839)