# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=896 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 897 --- ## [My daughter is being bitten](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-being-bitten/692445)
**Author:** [@Uzmak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uzmak)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [July 8, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-daughter-is-being-bitten/692445 "2014-07-08T02:29:07Z")
For the past two weeks I have been noticing that my daughter has bites in her back that look like mosquito bites but there aren’t any Mosquitos. I have checked the bed thoroughly to make sure if there are any bed bugs, b… --- ## [Car air conditioning on when heating the car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-air-conditioning-on-when-heating-the-car/756238)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/car-air-conditioning-on-when-heating-the-car/756238 "2016-06-03T12:31:57Z")
This is a question that as a 49 year old man I should know. My ex-girlfriend (this is not why we broke up) would always leave the air conditioner on in the car. In the summer she would turn the temperature dial to cold.… --- ## [I have some questions about rhodopsins](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-questions-about-rhodopsins/756342)
**Author:** [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-some-questions-about-rhodopsins/756342 "2016-06-03T07:22:09Z")
I wound up on the Wikipedia pages about opsins because I was wondering about the word as used in the context of a story I was reading. What a fascinating investigation it was – however, although the wiki pages make ever… --- ## [Doctor of law in the U.S. (etiquette)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-of-law-in-the-u-s-etiquette/756088)
**Author:** [@Donnerwetter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Donnerwetter)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 6:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doctor-of-law-in-the-u-s-etiquette/756088 "2016-06-03T06:24:28Z")
AFAIK, an individual who graduates from law school in the U.S. receives a Juris Doctor (J.D.) which is, of course, Latin for: Doctor of law. I wonder if a law school graduate is ever addressed as “Doctor”, for instance i… --- ## [Is it a fair assessment (in hindsight) that Japan feared the USSR more than US atomic bombs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-fair-assessment-in-hindsight-that-japan-feared-the-ussr-more-than-us-atomic-bombs/756152)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 3, 2016, 1:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-a-fair-assessment-in-hindsight-that-japan-feared-the-ussr-more-than-us-atomic-bombs/756152 "2016-06-03T01:53:11Z")
Hi This question has been done to death but I want to get as objective an answer as possible. Was Japan going to surrender anyway prior to the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki? More modern research suggests it w… --- ## [ASL (sign language) question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asl-sign-language-question/756341)
**Author:** [@tim314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim314)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asl-sign-language-question/756341 "2016-06-02T23:39:17Z")
I’ve been learning ASL. I saw a video where someone did the SOME sign (slicing the palm) and then pointed their index finger downward while moving their hand in a circle. It was captioned as “some of us”. But the sign… --- ## [Junking contaminated fridges/freezers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junking-contaminated-fridges-freezers/756265)
**Author:** [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/junking-contaminated-fridges-freezers/756265 "2016-06-02T23:14:20Z")
Another question related to Fort McMurray (note that my questions are pure curiosity; I am not affected and know no one who is affected). In many cases fridges and freezers are being sealed and thrown out because they ar… --- ## [F-35 fighter not having a unimpeded glass bubble canopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-35-fighter-not-having-a-unimpeded-glass-bubble-canopy/756230)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/f-35-fighter-not-having-a-unimpeded-glass-bubble-canopy/756230 "2016-06-02T22:21:14Z")
One of the F-16’s advantages was that it had a bubble glass canopy that wasn’t impeded by anything - as opposed to the F-14, F-15 or F-18, which had this metal rod thing that obstructs vision. The F-22 apparently did th… --- ## [Could we have similar technology without magnets?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-similar-technology-without-magnets/756284)
**Author:** [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-have-similar-technology-without-magnets/756284 "2016-06-02T20:01:32Z")
I don’t know much about magnets, but they seem kind of accidental rather than inevitable. Convenient by-products of some random activity (volcanic? Not even sure), and we have discovered them and their magical properties… --- ## [Was there ever meaningful armed resistance to slavery & Jim Crow in the south](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-ever-meaningful-armed-resistance-to-slavery-jim-crow-in-the-south/755998)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-there-ever-meaningful-armed-resistance-to-slavery-jim-crow-in-the-south/755998 "2016-06-02T19:06:26Z")
I know the goal of the south with large black populations was state sponsored terrorism to keep black people in line and obedient. There were multiple ways this was accomplished (preventing blacks from getting educated o… --- ## [Are gas pumps really accurate to 1/1000 of a gallon?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-pumps-really-accurate-to-1-1000-of-a-gallon/756258)
**Author:** [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-pumps-really-accurate-to-1-1000-of-a-gallon/756258 "2016-06-02T18:17:36Z")
A while back, I was filling up my car at a very slow gas pump where I could actually see the hundredths of a gallon distinctly changing on the display, instead of the blur that it normally is. I thought to myself, at lea… --- ## [So how does this free Wi-Fi on a bus or train work then?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-this-free-wi-fi-on-a-bus-or-train-work-then/756329)
**Author:** [@Dunmurry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunmurry)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-how-does-this-free-wi-fi-on-a-bus-or-train-work-then/756329 "2016-06-02T18:02:03Z")
Well now sometimes I travel on a bus and you can use this free Wi-Fi on it and also on trains and the trains sometimes go at about 90 mph or so about and yes sometimes it is intermittent and sometimes you can’t get it at… --- ## [Agent Orange use in Vietnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agent-orange-use-in-vietnam/754532)
**Author:** [@Clusterbuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clusterbuck)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/agent-orange-use-in-vietnam/754532 "2016-06-02T16:50:57Z")
Americans sprayed crops in Vietnam with Agent Orange (2,4,5 T), allegedly in order to wipe out rural support for the Vietcong. However, the main staple crop in Vietnam is rice and rice, like most monocots, is naturally … --- ## [Potatoes turning black upon peeling](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-turning-black-upon-peeling/756302)
**Author:** [@Clusterbuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clusterbuck)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/potatoes-turning-black-upon-peeling/756302 "2016-06-02T15:33:27Z")
I would like to know what the exact chemical reaction involved is please. Of course it’s an oxidation, but of what compound? Starch, the main component of potato, is a non-reducing carbohydrate, so we can safely rule it … --- ## [Storm Chasing Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-chasing-question/753233)
**Author:** [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-chasing-question/753233 "2016-06-02T15:27:54Z")
I’ve been tempted to take a couple week road trip to the Oklahoma/Kansas area this spring to do some amateur storm chasing. Those that do this sort of thing are always pictured with real time/internet-based radar feeds.… --- ## [What happens if you don't have the money to defend an appeal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-dont-have-the-money-to-defend-an-appeal/756148)
**Author:** [@Shalmanese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shalmanese)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happens-if-you-dont-have-the-money-to-defend-an-appeal/756148 "2016-06-02T13:32:40Z")
Say Joe Schmoe decides to sue GloboCorp because GloboCorp did something bad and illegal against Joe. Joe has no connections so his only choice is to self-fund and liquidates all of his net worth in order to fund the laws… --- ## [Questions about copyrights and trademarks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-copyrights-and-trademarks/756093)
**Author:** [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-copyrights-and-trademarks/756093 "2016-06-02T12:30:46Z")
I’m designing a game called Alt. My collaborator recently raised an issue about likenesses and copyrights. The players have their choice of 6 Agents. I came up with names and art images for each Agent, as well fictional … --- ## [Please hep me find these Win10 Files](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-hep-me-find-these-win10-files/756270)
**Author:** [@D.E.S.K.Top668](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D.E.S.K.Top668)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-hep-me-find-these-win10-files/756270 "2016-06-02T07:09:59Z")
I’m trying to find HKEY\_LOCAL\_MACHINES\\System\\CurrentControlSet\\Contro1\\Class. As to why; My daughter’s laptop recently updated and the update killed her touch pad and mouse. It’s a common problem with Toshiba Satellit… --- ## [Questions about the learning of Gaelic in Ireland](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-learning-of-gaelic-in-ireland/754849)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/questions-about-the-learning-of-gaelic-in-ireland/754849 "2016-06-02T03:03:34Z")
Hi, I have a few questions concerning Gaelic. I’m curious to know if Gaelic is still compulsory in Ireland and who might be exempt from learning it( other than than foreign-born citizens/residents presumably). Who mus… --- ## [Facts on the Mediterranean refugee crisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-on-the-mediterranean-refugee-crisis/756217)
**Author:** [@Mr.Kobayashi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Kobayashi)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facts-on-the-mediterranean-refugee-crisis/756217 "2016-06-02T02:24:49Z")
Two questions on the refugee crisis in the Mediterranean on two claims I’ve recently heard about it apropos of the recently disaster which claimed around 700 lives, I’m having a real tough time finding a straight answer,… --- ## [Equivalent of "Presidency" for a Governor](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equivalent-of-presidency-for-a-governor/756202)
**Author:** [@boffking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/boffking)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/equivalent-of-presidency-for-a-governor/756202 "2016-06-02T02:03:43Z")
We might talk about the Presidency of Obama, to mean the time he was in office. As in, “during the presidency of Obama, Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell was repealed”. What is the equivalent word to refer to a governor’s time in … --- ## [Question about ceremonial military guards](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ceremonial-military-guards/755807)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2016, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-ceremonial-military-guards/755807 "2016-06-02T00:39:44Z")
This question came up because of the recent incident with Kevin Vickers but I didn’t want to go off on a tangent in that thread. If you watch the footage of the incident you can see Vickers and the protester moving past … --- ## [Two cars moving into same lane](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-cars-moving-into-same-lane/756076)
**Author:** [@Mijin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mijin)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-cars-moving-into-same-lane/756076 "2016-06-01T22:09:17Z")
With the recent zombie about lanes merging, I thought I’d get the straight dope on right practice to avoid the “changing into same lane” problem. (in the below description I use “fast lane”, “middle lane” and “slow lane… --- ## [Ten Year Old News Footage Looks...Older?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-year-old-news-footage-looks-older/756126)
**Author:** [@Jrubas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jrubas)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ten-year-old-news-footage-looks-older/756126 "2016-06-01T20:45:06Z")
Saw some footage on the news from 2007 and it looked…old. Like looking back on film from the seventies in the nineties. Is that reflective of the actual picture quality at the time or does the film degrade? I remember th… --- ## [WINDOWS 10 upgrade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-upgrade/755955)
**Author:** [@Gbro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gbro)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-10-upgrade/755955 "2016-06-01T20:24:29Z")
I do not know why I upgraded to this but I did and I am trying to get used to it. My question is why is there extra extensions on a simple address I have imported from my old browser: example when I choose to use Googl… --- ## [Why arsenic after wildfires?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arsenic-after-wildfires/756242)
**Author:** [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-arsenic-after-wildfires/756242 "2016-06-01T17:13:04Z")
It looks like most evacuated residents of Fort McMurray are able to go back over the next few days, but some people in the most severely burned areas can’t re-occupy their homes even if they look fine, because of contami… --- ## [How to move headrests further back in new cars?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-headrests-further-back-in-new-cars/410216)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-move-headrests-further-back-in-new-cars/410216 "2016-06-01T15:59:31Z")
We just bought new cars, a Scion and a Jeep, and the headrests are too far forward, especially on the Jeep. I always ride with my head against the headrest, but now I can’t put my back against the upper half of the seat … --- ## [Dogs don't mind hot pavement?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-dont-mind-hot-pavement/756119)
**Author:** [@Bijou\_Drains](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bijou_Drains)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-dont-mind-hot-pavement/756119 "2016-06-01T14:18:29Z")
I try to avoid hot pavement but sometimes I have to walk on it with my dog. But all of my dogs don’t mind. Are their feet that tough? I’m talking about pavement that’s way too hot for my bare feet. --- ## [Normal, full-size Bluetooth keyboard. Do they even exist?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-full-size-bluetooth-keyboard-do-they-even-exist/729788)
**Author:** [@emcee2k](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emcee2k)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/normal-full-size-bluetooth-keyboard-do-they-even-exist/729788 "2016-06-01T14:12:10Z")
I’ve been looking for a normal full-size keyboard that can connect through Bluetooth. By “normal” and “full-size”, I mean a keyboard just like a standard desktop keyboard. Same size and layout, with standard, full-siz… --- ## [How accurate is this description of higher dimensions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-is-this-description-of-higher-dimensions/756096)
**Author:** [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [June 1, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-accurate-is-this-description-of-higher-dimensions/756096 "2016-06-01T13:05:17Z")
Fifth & sixth dimensions - multiple parallel universes and time travel to various pasts and futures become possible Beyond that, you just have more and more initial conditions that change going deeper. Sixth dimensio… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=895) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=897)