# Factual Questions **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=898 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 899 --- ## [How do I replace a shower head without breaking the pipe?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-replace-a-shower-head-without-breaking-the-pipe/755912)
**Author:** [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-replace-a-shower-head-without-breaking-the-pipe/755912 "2016-05-30T18:17:09Z")
I am on my third attempt in my life at replacing a shower head. Using the knowledge gained from my prior two failed attempts when a pipe wrench did not dislodge the shower head, but broke the pipe behind the wall, I wan… --- ## [Do Doctors give medical certificates if you have a hangover?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-doctors-give-medical-certificates-if-you-have-a-hangover/378701)
**Author:** [@blinkingblinking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blinkingblinking)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-doctors-give-medical-certificates-if-you-have-a-hangover/378701 "2016-05-30T17:52:32Z")
If you have a hangover and go to a doctor, would he give you a note so you could get the day off work? --- ## [Is Quantum a word in latin?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quantum-a-word-in-latin/358872)
**Author:** [@Revenant\_Threshold](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revenant_Threshold)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-quantum-a-word-in-latin/358872 "2016-05-30T17:22:49Z")
I saw a what looked like a latin quote with the word quantum in, and just wondered what it meant in english (if it was latin). The phrase is “Quantum In Me Fuit” - what does it mean? --- ## [Individual stations cutting out on car radio](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individual-stations-cutting-out-on-car-radio/753314)
**Author:** [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/individual-stations-cutting-out-on-car-radio/753314 "2016-05-30T14:40:58Z")
Last week I would start hearing a “pop” sounding on my car radio. This would occur a few minutes after I started the car, and the radio would be silent for the rest of the time until I shut off the engine. I blamed this … --- ## [How to transfer mp3 to iphone from work PC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-transfer-mp3-to-iphone-from-work-pc/646798)
**Author:** [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 11, 2013, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-transfer-mp3-to-iphone-from-work-pc/646798 "2013-01-11T22:25:48Z")
Need to transfer a bunch of mp3s from my work PC to my iPhone 4s. \*\*\*\*\*\*We are \*\*not \*\*allowed to download and install software on our work computers. \*\*\*\*\*\* So I think iTunes is out. Did a bunch of googling and all an… --- ## [KVM and CentOS hypervisor questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kvm-and-centos-hypervisor-questions/755592)
**Author:** [@edwardcoast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwardcoast)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kvm-and-centos-hypervisor-questions/755592 "2016-05-30T07:11:10Z")
OK, so now I got this new server running CentOS 7 which is loaded with 32 GB of RAM, and I want to run a hypervisor type 1 on it which likely is going to be KVM. I want to be able to isolate the file server function fro… --- ## [Darkness to brightness: Eye damage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darkness-to-brightness-eye-damage/755882)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/darkness-to-brightness-eye-damage/755882 "2016-05-30T03:14:02Z")
If someone went from several hours pitch darkness to sudden exposure to brightness, would it cause eye damage by degrading the rod/cone light receptors? --- ## [Could a US President be denied security clearance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-us-president-be-denied-security-clearance/755822)
**Author:** [@sbunny8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sbunny8)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 30, 2016, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-a-us-president-be-denied-security-clearance/755822 "2016-05-30T02:05:18Z")
Yesterday, a coworker suggested that, since having “eyes only” security clearance is necessary for being POTUS, anyone who can’t get such clearance (by virtue of being a convicted felon, for example) would be ineligible … --- ## [TSA pat down.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-pat-down/755668)
**Author:** [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Replies:** 47\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tsa-pat-down/755668 "2016-05-29T17:10:20Z")
With security lines getting so long in the past year, I think travel wait times are going to become the biggest deterrent to wannabe terrorists. Jokes aside, what criteria is used to select people for a pat down after t… --- ## [Would an anti-missile interceptor be good against aircraft?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-anti-missile-interceptor-be-good-against-aircraft/755619)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-an-anti-missile-interceptor-be-good-against-aircraft/755619 "2016-05-29T16:57:51Z")
It seems from a logical perspective that if something can intercept a small, speedy object like a missile, it should only be even better at intercepting something comparatively larger and slower like a warplane. (I’m re… --- ## [Modern-day real life examples of people successfully dual-wielding handguns?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-real-life-examples-of-people-successfully-dual-wielding-handguns/755877)
**Author:** [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/modern-day-real-life-examples-of-people-successfully-dual-wielding-handguns/755877 "2016-05-29T15:08:08Z")
I was watching the Hong Kong action classic Hard Boiled the other night (which is an awesome film, incidentally). The film, like many other John Woo movies, has a scene in which the hero wields dual handguns to successfu… --- ## [How do we know it was European diseases that killed the native Americans](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-know-it-was-european-diseases-that-killed-the-native-americans/755366)
**Author:** [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Replies:** 64\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-we-know-it-was-european-diseases-that-killed-the-native-americans/755366 "2016-05-29T07:33:29Z")
It’s well known that the European conquest of the Americas was aided by the locals having been severely hit by disease, but how do we know that it was European diseases that were the diseases involved? European populatio… --- ## [Simple Physics Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-physics-question/754817)
**Author:** [@dolphinboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dolphinboy)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 4:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/simple-physics-question/754817 "2016-05-29T04:09:01Z")
I should be able to find the answer to this question, but my google-fu is failing me. I teach a drivers safety class, and one of the topics we cover is head on collisions. During my training 6 years ago my instructor to… --- ## [Why does water put fire out?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-water-put-fire-out/755776)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 24\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-does-water-put-fire-out/755776 "2016-05-29T03:57:55Z")
Hello Everyone, Why does water put out fire? Besides, it’s wet. What exactly happen? Does water cover the combustible material and for a bond between it and the fire? --- ## [Does NOT shaving encourage more hairs to grow?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-not-shaving-encourage-more-hairs-to-grow/755913)
**Author:** [@Wheeljack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wheeljack)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-not-shaving-encourage-more-hairs-to-grow/755913 "2016-05-29T02:53:31Z")
A few months ago I shaved off a goatee (well, a Van Dyke, but who cares) that I’d had for about fifteen years. I noticed right away that the outline where my beard used to be was clearly visible after a day’s stubble gro… --- ## [What causes inertia?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-inertia/603603)
**Author:** [@antechinus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/antechinus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-causes-inertia/603603 "2016-05-29T02:45:51Z")
What fundamental aspect of nature causes objects to resist a change in velocity? -as observed in Newtons First Law of motion. The force required to get something to move/change is proportional to its mass (second law),… --- ## [Why am I getting "do you know this person" from Facebook?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-do-you-know-this-person-from-facebook/559314)
**Author:** [@Aeschines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aeschines)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 29, 2016, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-am-i-getting-do-you-know-this-person-from-facebook/559314 "2016-05-29T02:18:57Z")
Today I was looking at my friend’s friends and noticed someone whom I do know and would undoubtedly be happy to hear from me. I get a message, “Do you know X personally?” It threatens to block my request as spam if I do… --- ## [T H Barack Obama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-h-barack-obama/755897)
**Author:** [@llyn.glas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llyn.glas)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/t-h-barack-obama/755897 "2016-05-28T22:05:46Z")
I have seen “T H Barack Obama” used in a number of state visits, most recently to Japan. http://i.ndtvimg.com/i/2016-05/obama-abe-hiroshima-afp-1\_650x400\_61464341233.jpg What does the T. H. stand for? Was wondering if… --- ## [Transportation of patient's body from surgery to morgue](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transportation-of-patients-body-from-surgery-to-morgue/755833)
**Author:** [@DRW1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRW1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/transportation-of-patients-body-from-surgery-to-morgue/755833 "2016-05-28T21:20:25Z")
Hello everyone. Hopefully someone here will be able to help me. I’m writing a novel and I’m stuck on the part where a patient dies in a surgery, and the body needs to be taken to the morgue. Who’s going to carry the body… --- ## [Autoplay Not Working](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autoplay-not-working/755922)
**Author:** [@barbitu8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/barbitu8)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/autoplay-not-working/755922 "2016-05-28T21:05:38Z")
I have plugged in my iPhone and digital camera by the USB drive to my computer but the pictures are not downloading. I have auto play on. My antivirus (Kaspersky) recognizes it and scans it, but nothing is downloaded. … --- ## [Butt-wiping: What is the proper technique for hairy guys?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-wiping-what-is-the-proper-technique-for-hairy-guys/224957)
**Author:** [@Cyrokk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyrokk)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/butt-wiping-what-is-the-proper-technique-for-hairy-guys/224957 "2016-05-28T20:41:22Z")
For those of us with too much hair below the belt, front to back wiping seems to be a really bad idea: you are spreading some of that waste to the hair inside the back of your cheeks. As Adam Corolla once so eleoquently … --- ## [How many people alive from a specific time period?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-alive-from-a-specific-time-period/755855)
**Author:** [@TSBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TSBG)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-people-alive-from-a-specific-time-period/755855 "2016-05-28T18:00:38Z")
I’m trying to get a rough estimate of the number of people alive today in the US who were at least 14 years old in the years 1975-1980, but I’m having a hard time figuring out how to do it. So I need: –US population 14… --- ## [Chain Restaurant antiques](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurant-antiques/755830)
**Author:** [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chain-restaurant-antiques/755830 "2016-05-28T17:30:14Z")
My question is are the “antiques” on the walls of Red Robin and Hard Rock Cafe real or reproductions? For example I saw an original “butchers doll” Beatles album on the wall at Hard Rock Cafe. I believe that these are… --- ## [Trying to get Slo-Motion video from my iPhone to my Computer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-slo-motion-video-from-my-iphone-to-my-computer/755794)
**Author:** [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-get-slo-motion-video-from-my-iphone-to-my-computer/755794 "2016-05-28T13:45:41Z")
I’m running into a problem here. I’ve taken some slow-motion videos on my iPhone, and now need to get them on my PC. But downloading them from my phone leads to the slow-motion being lost. VLC just runs the 120FPS video … --- ## [Is it "cheating" to save 1080p into 4K to preserve quality?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-cheating-to-save-1080p-into-4k-to-preserve-quality/753222)
**Author:** [@squish7](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squish7)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-cheating-to-save-1080p-into-4k-to-preserve-quality/753222 "2016-05-28T11:58:46Z")
If my video encoder will only let me save up to 60 Mbps (megabits per second) in 1080p (1920x1080), but up to 200 Mbps in 4K (3840x2160 or 4096x2304), then is it kosher to save animations of detailed 1080p images to 4K t… --- ## [How do I stop the Windows 10 upgrade](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-the-windows-10-upgrade/755736)
**Author:** [@davida03801](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davida03801)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-stop-the-windows-10-upgrade/755736 "2016-05-28T08:05:47Z")
Microsoft is very insistent to upgrade my laptop to Windows 10, however I do not want to upgrade at the moment. Now I am unable to remove the screen that is asking me to if I wish to upgrade. It now wants me to specify… --- ## [Prospective employer asked for salary history](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prospective-employer-asked-for-salary-history/754701)
**Author:** [@lance\_strongarm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lance_strongarm)\ **Replies:** 80\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/prospective-employer-asked-for-salary-history/754701 "2016-05-28T05:59:24Z")
The thread about car salesmen made me think about this. Some job ads ask for a complete salary history along with resume etc. I find that to be absurd. I’m not going to give you personal information that you can try to … --- ## [Facebook question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/755869)
**Author:** [@obbn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/obbn)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/facebook-question/755869 "2016-05-28T04:24:12Z")
Hello Everyone, This really isn’t a big deal, but I’m curious. Why on some of the post that show up in your timeline you cannot like or comment on them? I don’t get it. --- ## [Do I have access to the text of Federal indictments?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-access-to-the-text-of-federal-indictments/755861)
**Author:** [@Frylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frylock)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-i-have-access-to-the-text-of-federal-indictments/755861 "2016-05-28T05:16:10Z")
Google searches don’t generally get me anywhere when I am curious to read the text of an indictment I’ve seen summarized in a news article. I’m wondering whether these indictments are accessible to the public, ideally on… --- ## [What is torch pitch made from?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-torch-pitch-made-from/755751)
**Author:** [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 28, 2016, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-torch-pitch-made-from/755751 "2016-05-28T04:13:47Z")
When you see torches in movies such as Cecil B. DeMille’s epics or TV shows such as Game of Thrones- the kind of torches that hang on castle walls and don’t have a wick and oil reservoir but just some kind of pitch or ra… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=897) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/factual-questions/9.md?page=899)