# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=853 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 854 --- ## [Fruit that tastes like meat](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-that-tastes-like-meat/763947)
**Author:** [@Nansbread1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nansbread1)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fruit-that-tastes-like-meat/763947 "2016-08-29T21:15:00Z")
Is there any fruit in this world that people state tastes like meat, feels like meat and has the texture or consistency of a meat like say beef or chicken. If it also has the protein content of meat so much the better. --- ## [Do super/hyper cars need to go through destructive safety testing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-super-hyper-cars-need-to-go-through-destructive-safety-testing/764313)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 9:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-super-hyper-cars-need-to-go-through-destructive-safety-testing/764313 "2016-08-29T21:07:18Z")
Do $1 million plus dollar cars need to go through destructive crash tests before they are sold? Cars like an Aston Martin One-77 of which only 77 were built. Or the Bugatti Veyron or the Koenigsegg One:1. Plenty of ot… --- ## [What other forced relocations of more than 11 million people have occurred in history?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-forced-relocations-of-more-than-11-million-people-have-occurred-in-history/764224)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-other-forced-relocations-of-more-than-11-million-people-have-occurred-in-history/764224 "2016-08-29T20:53:37Z")
Let’s assume that The Donald’s recent musing about how hard it might be to deport people who have been in the US for more than say 20 years, are just that, musings. Let’s assume that spurred on by Anne Coulter, Sarah Pa… --- ## [I can blow air out my ear. Troublesome leak?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-blow-air-out-my-ear-troublesome-leak/764086)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-can-blow-air-out-my-ear-troublesome-leak/764086 "2016-08-29T20:15:27Z")
I have discovered that I have a leak. I can hold my nose, close my mouth, and blow and get air to come out of my ear !!! What the hell?? Is my eardrum blown? I just went to the ENT two days ago. WTF? Is this norma… --- ## [What do you say when silence falls over a group?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-say-when-silence-falls-over-a-group/764003)
**Author:** [@Cayuga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cayuga)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-say-when-silence-falls-over-a-group/764003 "2016-08-29T17:35:57Z")
Someone on another board posted this question. I know there’s an answer, but I can’t come up with it. Maybe I’ll manage after the coffee kicks in. But for now, I appeal to the SD experts. “Yesterday I was at a party her… --- ## [Possible for building materials in a room where X-rays were taken to become permanently irradiated?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-for-building-materials-in-a-room-where-x-rays-were-taken-to-become-permanently-irradiated/764031)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/possible-for-building-materials-in-a-room-where-x-rays-were-taken-to-become-permanently-irradiated/764031 "2016-08-29T16:43:18Z")
Just curious. In a doctor’s office where lots of CT scans and X-Rays were taken is it possible for the floor concrete and surrounding building materials to become permanently irradiated and potentially pose an environm… --- ## [Do smartphones store WiFi credentials on the SIM card?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-smartphones-store-wifi-credentials-on-the-sim-card/764258)
**Author:** [@TwoCarrotSnowman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwoCarrotSnowman)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-smartphones-store-wifi-credentials-on-the-sim-card/764258 "2016-08-29T15:17:36Z")
Hi everyone, My wife has recently switched from a Windows Phone to an Android one. Since she is still using the same cellular network and account, we just swapped the SIM card from one handset to another and it worked f… --- ## [How do they encode information on radio waves?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-encode-information-on-radio-waves/112407)
**Author:** [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-they-encode-information-on-radio-waves/112407 "2016-08-29T13:32:11Z")
Alright, bear with me. I understand the basics of electromagnetic radiation and how transmitters emit information to receivers using carrier waves and specific modulations. (At least I think I understand). What I don’t… --- ## [Is Idle Start/Stop useful?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-idle-start-stop-useful/764158)
**Author:** [@BrianJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrianJ)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-idle-start-stop-useful/764158 "2016-08-29T05:29:02Z")
Hopefully this isn’t in the wrong forum, I’m looking for a factual answer. I just got a new car (Infiniti Q50) that features the idle start/stop feature. I’m wondering if it is operating as designed, and if so, who desi… --- ## [MPC Computer Hijack.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpc-computer-hijack/764337)
**Author:** [@Jrubas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jrubas)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mpc-computer-hijack/764337 "2016-08-29T01:42:26Z")
I need major help. I tried to download a game from a website (I know, I’m a fucking moron) now my computer has something called MPC Desktop on it. I tried to uninstall but it keeps coming back. My screen keeps going blac… --- ## [Need German Tranlastion Help- And Is There A Cheaper Way To Get Der Spiegel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-german-tranlastion-help-and-is-there-a-cheaper-way-to-get-der-spiegel/764036)
**Author:** [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2016, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-german-tranlastion-help-and-is-there-a-cheaper-way-to-get-der-spiegel/764036 "2016-08-29T00:11:46Z")
A friend of mine is pretty fluent in German. But he can’t recall what “Geschropfte” (with an umlaut over the o) means. I tried Google Translate. It couldn’t telle me either. The full text, from the cover of Der Spiegel,… --- ## [South Carolina congressional campaign contributions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-congressional-campaign-contributions/764266)
**Author:** [@bmasters1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bmasters1)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/south-carolina-congressional-campaign-contributions/764266 "2016-08-28T22:54:08Z")
In the state of South Carolina, how much am I allowed to contribute to my local congressman’s election? --- ## [Cattle as climate changers.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-as-climate-changers/764084)
**Author:** [@Kedikat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kedikat)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cattle-as-climate-changers/764084 "2016-08-28T19:52:32Z")
It is supposed that our cattle and other domestic animal herds produce large amounts of greenhouse gases in various ways. But. At one time there were massive herds of buffalo across the plains. Is the scale of our domest… --- ## [Homeowner's insurance policy in an "estate's" name. Why does my agent have a problem?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeowners-insurance-policy-in-an-estates-name-why-does-my-agent-have-a-problem/290093)
**Author:** [@stuyguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stuyguy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 8:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/homeowners-insurance-policy-in-an-estates-name-why-does-my-agent-have-a-problem/290093 "2016-08-28T08:48:26Z")
My mom owned a house when she died, over a year ago. (Her and my dad’s names were both on the deed; dad died a year before mom.) Mom’s will divided up the assets – including the house – evenly among her three kids: mysel… --- ## [Lightning on a Bike](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-on-a-bike/763912)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 5:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-on-a-bike/763912 "2016-08-28T05:23:09Z")
Had to bike home from work the other day and it was threatening to rain. One of my coworkers was concerned about me getting hit by lightning on my bike. I noted that I was going through residential areas surrounded by … --- ## [medical exam/clearance for pilots: how often?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-exam-clearance-for-pilots-how-often/763816)
**Author:** [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/medical-exam-clearance-for-pilots-how-often/763816 "2016-08-28T04:47:45Z")
How often must a military/commercial/private pilot submit to a medical exam to prove his/her fitness for flight? --- ## [Whadya mean Android doesn’t have undo capability?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whadya-mean-android-doesn-t-have-undo-capability/763980)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whadya-mean-android-doesn-t-have-undo-capability/763980 "2016-08-28T04:43:08Z")
Didn’t really notice it with my Amazon Fire, it being fifty bucks and crippled by Amazon. But I do notice it using daughter’s Lenovo, since she paid a buck eighty for it. So I look and, lo and behold, Android has never… --- ## [Techno-peasant seeks help un-buggering iPhone](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/techno-peasant-seeks-help-un-buggering-iphone/763149)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [August 28, 2016, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/techno-peasant-seeks-help-un-buggering-iphone/763149 "2016-08-28T02:47:33Z")
Sigh. My iPhone kept nagging me that it needed a system upgrade. I don’t like doing system upgrades, because I assume the thing is working nicely, so why risk buggering it up? But the iPhone kept nagging, so the other… --- ## [Pronunciation Question - Warshington](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-question-warshington/763734)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pronunciation-question-warshington/763734 "2016-08-27T23:23:22Z")
What’s the deal with the “r” added in certain words? “Warshington” and “warsh” come to mind. Does those who add the “r” come from a particular part of the country? Do they have a tendency to mispronounce other words? … --- ## [How to finish cross sectional slab of big tree](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-finish-cross-sectional-slab-of-big-tree/763450)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-finish-cross-sectional-slab-of-big-tree/763450 "2016-08-27T19:09:21Z")
I have a big disk of wood, a cross section of a tree. This was saved from a tree cut down “about four years ago” and I just bought it from a sort of an antique and nice junk dealer for $5. It is one hundred thirty two in… --- ## [Old John C. Dvorak column - where to find?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-john-c-dvorak-column-where-to-find/761059)
**Author:** [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-john-c-dvorak-column-where-to-find/761059 "2016-08-27T17:45:54Z")
Back in the day, I read MacUser religiously. John C. Dvorak, computer curmudgeon extraordinaire, wrote a monthly column that always appeared in the back. To him, it seems Apple could do no right, and were always on the… --- ## [Should I surrender my driver's license to work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-surrender-my-drivers-license-to-work/520107)
**Author:** [@Batfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Batfish)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-i-surrender-my-drivers-license-to-work/520107 "2016-08-27T16:05:12Z")
My technician job takes me to my employer’s customer’s facilities. Many of them require some sort of security sign-in which can include issuing a visitors/contractors badge. Some have taken an additional step of requiri… --- ## [Storage of Epinephrine](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-of-epinephrine/665148)
**Author:** [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storage-of-epinephrine/665148 "2016-08-27T15:03:39Z")
I see that the instructions for the epipen say not to store it in a refrigerator. I cannot for the life of me think of any way that this could be bad for the drug. It also states that it should not exposed to heat grea… --- ## [So,which reconstructed First Nations (?) settlement did I visit 27 years ago ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-which-reconstructed-first-nations-settlement-did-i-visit-27-years-ago/763895)
**Author:** [@Les\_Espaces\_Du\_Sommeil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Les_Espaces_Du_Sommeil)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-which-reconstructed-first-nations-settlement-did-i-visit-27-years-ago/763895 "2016-08-27T14:32:14Z")
Although it relates to a personal anecdote, there must be a factual answer to my question which is why I post it here. This thread has reminded me of a place I visited when I was an exchange student in Canada back in 19… --- ## ["Heat Index": Calibration by who, and how?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-index-calibration-by-who-and-how/763961)
**Author:** [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heat-index-calibration-by-who-and-how/763961 "2016-08-27T14:30:48Z")
It’s been miserably hot here lately, (as it has been for most folks elsewhere) prompting me to ask the hive of knowledge… What criteria do “they” use, per the subject header? IMHO the persons responsible for the index (… --- ## [What REALLY did the space race provide for humanity?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-did-the-space-race-provide-for-humanity/763821)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 42\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-really-did-the-space-race-provide-for-humanity/763821 "2016-08-27T13:42:34Z")
(Maybe this is better placed in GD, but there may be justification for it here, too.) On page 480 of the May 30, 1963 New Scientist, (New Scientist - Google Books), David Fishlock argues that not much of value will come… --- ## [Transferring Office 365 subscription without reinstalling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-office-365-subscription-without-reinstalling/763743)
**Author:** [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transferring-office-365-subscription-without-reinstalling/763743 "2016-08-27T09:04:46Z")
My Google-fu is weak, I’m not finding a good answer to this. Here’s the situation: last Christmas my girlfriend and I bought a Surface Pro 3 for her daughter. It came with an Office 365 Home subscription, which can be … --- ## [Do the Lebanese use toilet paper?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-lebanese-use-toilet-paper/210113)
**Author:** [@recal101](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/recal101)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2016, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-the-lebanese-use-toilet-paper/210113 "2016-08-27T04:45:23Z")
I was reading an article, Exile on BlissStreet http://counterpunch.org/long08232003.html When I came across this statement. “There is the usual sense of estrangement associated with language, religion, and culture. The… --- ## [Canadian border question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-border-question/763590)
**Author:** [@oregongrown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oregongrown)\ **Replies:** 52\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2016, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/canadian-border-question/763590 "2016-08-26T21:06:51Z")
So I was randomly looking at google maps. I started around Niagara Falls and ended up in North Dakota. I noticed there is what looks like about a 20 foot wide swath of no trees or shrubs right where the border is. I thou… --- ## [Lightning-popped popcorn?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-popped-popcorn/763928)
**Author:** [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 26, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lightning-popped-popcorn/763928 "2016-08-26T20:22:41Z")
I know it’s just a marketing promotion, and there is zero information here about how serious of an experiment it actually is: http://www.cineplex.com/contests/Popcorn\_Promotion But just for fun, let’s assume that bag a… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=852) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=854)