# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=89 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 90 --- ## [Legal Types: What is Ineffective Assistance of Counsel?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-types-what-is-ineffective-assistance-of-counsel/1001565)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/legal-types-what-is-ineffective-assistance-of-counsel/1001565 "2024-05-14T22:50:25Z")
In the thread on Trump’s Hush Money trial the notion of requesting a mistrial due to ineffective assistance of counsel as a deliberate strategy has come up. However, generally, that notion has been rejected for a variety… --- ## [Vehicle crash test - "firecrackers" on the roof of the car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vehicle-crash-test-firecrackers-on-the-roof-of-the-car/1001563)
**Author:** [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vehicle-crash-test-firecrackers-on-the-roof-of-the-car/1001563 "2024-05-14T19:29:04Z")
This video shows a Volvo being crash tested. On the roof of the car, toward the back above the rear window, there’s a row of some sort of small objects or devices which can be seen to “pop” or “fire” at th… --- ## [How to unstick a stuck barbecue grill vent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-unstick-a-stuck-barbecue-grill-vent/1001553)
**Author:** [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-unstick-a-stuck-barbecue-grill-vent/1001553 "2024-05-14T18:33:04Z")
I have an old but still in pretty good shape Weber kettle-style grill with vents at the bottom that are opened and closed with a single metal lever. It’s gotten stuck tight and does not budge at all. Fortunately the vent… --- ## [Montenegro money supply](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montenegro-money-supply/1001352)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/montenegro-money-supply/1001352 "2024-05-14T17:42:46Z")
I recently visited Montenegro. Their currency is the Euro, although they are not part of the EU.I don’t mean they have their own currency pegged to the Euro. I don’t mean just that they will accept Euros. I mean it’s the… --- ## [WWII aerial battle overhead!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-aerial-battle-overhead/746590)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 2:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wwii-aerial-battle-overhead/746590 "2024-05-14T14:15:55Z")
What would it have been like on the ground when a formation of Allied bombers was intercepted by German fighters, both sides spraying machine gun fire? Would there have been a rain of lead? Was anyone on the ground eve… --- ## [Is contempt of court considered a special crime that doesn't deserve Constitutional rights because of practicality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-contempt-of-court-considered-a-special-crime-that-doesnt-deserve-constitutional-rights-because-of-practicality/1001516)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-contempt-of-court-considered-a-special-crime-that-doesnt-deserve-constitutional-rights-because-of-practicality/1001516 "2024-05-14T00:52:52Z")
As far as I’m aware, contempt of court is the only crime for which the Constitutional rights about a crime (right to trial by jury, right to due process, etc.) doesn’t apply - for obvious reasons, the need for practicali… --- ## [Did Harvey Kellogg ever comment about Eugene Sandow or George Hackenschmidt?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-harvey-kellogg-ever-comment-about-eugene-sandow-or-george-hackenschmidt/1001453)
**Author:** [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-harvey-kellogg-ever-comment-about-eugene-sandow-or-george-hackenschmidt/1001453 "2024-05-13T16:46:28Z")
This is obscure, but hear me out. John Harvey Kellogg was the eccentric doctor who operated a sanitarium in Battle Creek, Michigan, around the turn of the 20th century, which is parodied in the film The Road to Wellvill… --- ## [Light aircraft pilot procedures before takeoff](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-aircraft-pilot-procedures-before-takeoff/1001423)
**Author:** [@Treppenwitz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Treppenwitz)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/light-aircraft-pilot-procedures-before-takeoff/1001423 "2024-05-12T20:16:32Z")
Today we had lunch at the Hummingbird Cafe at Shoreham Airport, a small airport used mostly by light aircraft. The decking we sat on is immediately (and I mean immediately) adjacent a taxiway and “parking” area, and a bi… --- ## [The Pietà: Was Mary really there?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pieta-was-mary-really-there/1001344)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-pieta-was-mary-really-there/1001344 "2024-05-12T19:53:02Z")
Michelangelo’s Pietà depicts Mary holding the body of Jesus after he is taken down from the cross. But does the Bible describe this? Is they any indication that she was even in the vicinity? BTW this question is about t… --- ## [Hallucinations in people lacking certain senses](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallucinations-in-people-lacking-certain-senses/1001347)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hallucinations-in-people-lacking-certain-senses/1001347 "2024-05-12T11:41:35Z")
Isolation tanks have been reported to cause hallucinations in some individuals. One theory is that in the absence of sensory input, the brain makes shit up. Why don’t blind or deaf people have hallucinations? --- ## [Can you partition a drive on Android 11?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-partition-a-drive-on-android-11/1001418)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2024, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-partition-a-drive-on-android-11/1001418 "2024-05-12T02:03:38Z")
Most of the phone manufacturers have eliminated SD cards. Most of this years phones have huge 1TB drives. Has Google caught up and started offering partitioning that monster? I have 60 Gigs of music on a SD card. I’ve… --- ## [AC/DC and transformers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-and-transformers/1001345)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 29\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ac-dc-and-transformers/1001345 "2024-05-11T05:09:11Z")
I recently visited Croatia, including a visit Nikola Tesla’s birthplace, which is now a museum. As you probably know, Tesla and Edison had the AC/DC wars, which Tesla won. One of the reasons that AC is superior for larg… --- ## [Harland Sanders kentucky State Senate race](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harland-sanders-kentucky-state-senate-race/1001358)
**Author:** [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [May 11, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/harland-sanders-kentucky-state-senate-race/1001358 "2024-05-11T00:20:25Z")
Political, but has a factual answer. KFC has a posted saying if not for 187 (or some small number) of votes , he would be a Kentucky Senator. I’ve seen pics of a poster for him running as a kentucky STATE (not US) Sena… --- ## [Why is the Cervix very far from the Cervical area of the neck?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cervix-very-far-from-the-cervical-area-of-the-neck/1000735)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-is-the-cervix-very-far-from-the-cervical-area-of-the-neck/1000735 "2024-05-10T17:38:00Z")
Having endured surgery 10 days ago on C-4, 5, 6 & 7 I’ve got more than a passing familiarity with the Cervical area of my spine. Why in the world is the neck area of the spinal process called this, whereas the lower spi… --- ## [Could our moon have a submoon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-our-moon-have-a-submoon/1001353)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-our-moon-have-a-submoon/1001353 "2024-05-10T16:50:04Z")
I’m not asking if it does, of course. We’d have noticed by now. But from the little I’ve read a moon would need a stable orbit to “support” a submoon. Does ours qualify? And would it affect Earth? --- ## [Could you live only on food that comes from the sea?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-live-only-on-food-that-comes-from-the-sea/1001152)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-you-live-only-on-food-that-comes-from-the-sea/1001152 "2024-05-10T14:22:14Z")
I few days ago I was watching Disney’s 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea on youtube. At one point in the movie Captain Nemo (played by James Mason) says that all the food on the Nautilus comes from the sea. Could this be done… --- ## [Email question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question/998777)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/email-question/998777 "2024-05-10T12:32:16Z")
My wife and I are moving from Quebec to Ontario into an apartment building that has some sort of arrangement entailing a better deal with Bell as an internet provider. According to the Bell rep that I have spoken to, Be… --- ## [Did the police ever use a map board to coordinate police cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-police-ever-use-a-map-board-to-coordinate-police-cars/1000633)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 10, 2024, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-police-ever-use-a-map-board-to-coordinate-police-cars/1000633 "2024-05-10T03:52:44Z")
I was just watching an episode of Poroit, and they made a big deal about a new investigation. It was a map of London, and they had little model cars set on it. The cars would radio in their location, and people would mov… --- ## [Browser extension to zoom text in specific regions of the screen](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-extension-to-zoom-text-in-specific-regions-of-the-screen/1001324)
**Author:** [@Ponderoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponderoid)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/browser-extension-to-zoom-text-in-specific-regions-of-the-screen/1001324 "2024-05-09T19:49:56Z")
When I zoom text to where I’m able to read it comfortably, on this and many other sites, the zoom causes areas I don’t need to read to take up proportionally more screen real estate. Headers, footers, sidebars, etc. Are … --- ## [Can albinos join the military?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-albinos-join-the-military/1001310)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-albinos-join-the-military/1001310 "2024-05-09T15:01:00Z")
Is albinism a disqualifying condition for joining the military of any nation? Does albinism come with any disqualifying conditions that would prevent them from passing the physical? --- ## [Current GMT/UTC/Zulu time... Why 7 hours ahead?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-gmt-utc-zulu-time-why-7-hours-ahead/1001197)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [May 9, 2024, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/current-gmt-utc-zulu-time-why-7-hours-ahead/1001197 "2024-05-09T06:35:01Z")
I reset my watch today, which has a 24-hour hand. Currently in Pacific Standard Time, it is 13:00. I looked up the current UTC, and it says it’s 20:00. Why is UTC only seven hours ahead instead of eight hours ahead? --- ## [Have the SS Totenkopfring rings ever been found?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-ss-totenkopfring-rings-ever-been-found/947738)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2024, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-the-ss-totenkopfring-rings-ever-been-found/947738 "2024-05-08T19:35:00Z")
This is very weird. I stumbled across this wikipedia article: It outlines how Himmler had a special “death’s head ring” made for valued members of the SS, which he presented to them. Then, in the waning days fo the … --- ## [What is the Haitian gang member saying (in Creole, I assume) in this one scene of Bad Boys 2?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-haitian-gang-member-saying-in-creole-i-assume-in-this-one-scene-of-bad-boys-2/1001244)
**Author:** [@TJEckleburg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TJEckleburg)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2024, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-haitian-gang-member-saying-in-creole-i-assume-in-this-one-scene-of-bad-boys-2/1001244 "2024-05-08T19:26:48Z")
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIQHqvG9Ql8) At the 2:04 mark, what is the Haitian saying? I’m assuming it’s Creole. --- ## [Does being drunk and/or high invalidate sworn testimony?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-being-drunk-and-or-high-invalidate-sworn-testimony/975535)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-being-drunk-and-or-high-invalidate-sworn-testimony/975535 "2024-05-08T16:24:06Z")
\[Spoiler for the 2012 film \*Flight\* starring Denzel Washington\] There is a scene in the 2012 film Flight where, after giving some very important sworn testimony at a hearing, the subject admits (truthfully) to being hig… --- ## [G Mail Contacts Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-mail-contacts-question/1001240)
**Author:** [@19USMC69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/19USMC69)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 8, 2024, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/g-mail-contacts-question/1001240 "2024-05-08T04:56:46Z")
For several years I’ve had my own domain and I’ve used the iPhone email program and Microsoft Outlook on my PC. Just recently I started using G Mail on both my phone and PC. Two questions: Is it possible to move all … --- ## [Windows: I want to backup a file, compress every night saving it with a unique title showing the date](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-i-want-to-backup-a-file-compress-every-night-saving-it-with-a-unique-title-showing-the-date/1001187)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-i-want-to-backup-a-file-compress-every-night-saving-it-with-a-unique-title-showing-the-date/1001187 "2024-05-07T14:12:28Z")
\[I want a free solution.\] I have a Windows mdb database. Every night I wish to run a backup. I wish to compress the database and save it with a unique name consisting of the database name and date. Is there a problem … --- ## [Are infamous high profile, but poor, criminals represented by good lawyers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-infamous-high-profile-but-poor-criminals-represented-by-good-lawyers/1001153)
**Author:** [@griffin1977](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/griffin1977)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-infamous-high-profile-but-poor-criminals-represented-by-good-lawyers/1001153 "2024-05-06T23:36:44Z")
So when you have incredibly high profile infamous crimes carried out by criminals who become household names but aren’t particularly rich, who represents them in court? The likes of John Wayne Gacy, Ramzi Yousef, Sirhan… --- ## [Alpha-gal syndrome and the function of galactose-α-1,3-galactose in cows/pigs](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alpha-gal-syndrome-and-the-function-of-galactose-1-3-galactose-in-cows-pigs/1001183)
**Author:** [@Sigene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigene)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alpha-gal-syndrome-and-the-function-of-galactose-1-3-galactose-in-cows-pigs/1001183 "2024-05-06T20:44:39Z")
My main question is: “What is the function and is it necessary for cows and pigs to have galactose-α-1,3-galactose?” For context, this is involved in Alpha-gal syndrome, an allergic reaction to mammalian meat catalyzed … --- ## [Why aren’t the furthest hit golf balls or baseballs launched at 45 degree angles?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-aren-t-the-furthest-hit-golf-balls-or-baseballs-launched-at-45-degree-angles/1000895)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-aren-t-the-furthest-hit-golf-balls-or-baseballs-launched-at-45-degree-angles/1000895 "2024-05-06T20:14:10Z")
In golf, the launch angle range of a driver is typically 8 - 12 degrees. When you watch the trajectory of the longest hit golf balls, their launch angles appear to be less than 20 degrees. Similarly, while the arcs of … --- ## [Am I getting electrocuted by my tablet? (don't need answer fast)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-electrocuted-by-my-tablet-dont-need-answer-fast/1001119)
**Author:** [@Fish\_Cheer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish_Cheer)\ **Replies:** 44\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/am-i-getting-electrocuted-by-my-tablet-dont-need-answer-fast/1001119 "2024-05-06T18:56:56Z")
I have a Microsoft Surface Pro tablet that I really like. However, when I slide my fingers across the back of the tablet (made of metal, maybe aluminum?), I get a weird vibrating/buzzing sensation. At first, I thought it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=88) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=90)