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**Author:** [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/15-yo-olivier-rioux-is-world-s-tallest-teenager-he-s-7-5/955010 "2021-11-27T16:07:27Z")
He’s shown playing basketball. --- ## [No More Acid Rain?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-acid-rain/954807)
**Author:** [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-more-acid-rain/954807 "2021-11-27T16:01:21Z")
I remember back in the late 70’s and 80’s seeing daily headlines about how acid rain was causing massive deforestation and was a major environmental hazard. 40 years later I can’t remember seeing mention of words ‘acid … --- ## [SARS-CoV-2 found in Cambodian bats sampled in 2010](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sars-cov-2-found-in-cambodian-bats-sampled-in-2010/954964)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sars-cov-2-found-in-cambodian-bats-sampled-in-2010/954964 "2021-11-27T15:08:56Z")
A pretty interesting story in the news today. If this bears out, it has some pretty serious implications for understanding the origins of the virus --- ## [Kamala Harris first female acting President of the United States (for a few hours)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-first-female-acting-president-of-the-united-states-for-a-few-hours/954637)
**Author:** [@Max\_S](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_S)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 12:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kamala-harris-first-female-acting-president-of-the-united-states-for-a-few-hours/954637 "2021-11-27T12:27:32Z")
For a couple hours, Mr. Biden briefly transfered the duties of the Presidency to Ms. Harris while he was having a colonoscopy. He invoked the Article II section 1 clause 6\* (Bush did this twice). A couple hours later Mr.… --- ## [Is this a real place (image of broken ship in a valley)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-place-image-of-broken-ship-in-a-valley/925849)
**Author:** [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-this-a-real-place-image-of-broken-ship-in-a-valley/925849 "2021-11-27T10:19:07Z")
Hi, this came up on my Facebook, a page called Abandoned Places. Most of them were wrecked machinery like train cars etc, trees growing through houses, the usual. But then we have this: … --- ## [NCAA Men’s Basketball 2021-2022](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-men-s-basketball-2021-2022/954473)
**Author:** [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ncaa-men-s-basketball-2021-2022/954473 "2021-11-27T05:46:28Z")
College basketball season has started and the first month of the season is always interesting until conference play starts . I’m watching Georgetown vs American University. Georgetown was the first team I really follow… --- ## [Don't Tell Kid Rock How To Live (feat. Monster Truck)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-tell-kid-rock-how-to-live-feat-monster-truck/954838)
**Author:** [@DoctorJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DoctorJ)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-tell-kid-rock-how-to-live-feat-monster-truck/954838 "2021-11-27T05:34:35Z")
Every now and then a piece of art comes along that captures a moment in time in a way that you just didn’t think possible. And friends, here is such a piece of art. I give you Kid Rock (feat. Monster Truck) - “Don’t Tel… --- ## [Poll: 2021 World Series: Who will win it all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-2021-world-series-who-will-win-it-all/953259)
**Author:** [@lobotomyboy63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lobotomyboy63)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 3, 2021, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poll-2021-world-series-who-will-win-it-all/953259 "2021-11-03T03:48:28Z")
poll The game starts at 7:09 CST. I’ll try to end the poll at 8:39 CST. --- ## [Dancers...what's the probability of two freestyle dancers doing the exact same moves at the same time?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancers-whats-the-probability-of-two-freestyle-dancers-doing-the-exact-same-moves-at-the-same-time/955012)
**Author:** [@Didi44](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Didi44)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dancers-whats-the-probability-of-two-freestyle-dancers-doing-the-exact-same-moves-at-the-same-time/955012 "2021-11-27T05:02:42Z")
I know nothing about dance, especially interpretive dance, but from what I understand dancers are able to “feel” the music and shape their dancing to it. I learned about Street Woman Fighter, a Korean reality show where… --- ## [Do you guys have really slow/overloaded fast food in your area?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-have-really-slow-overloaded-fast-food-in-your-area/953700)
**Author:** [@SenorBeef](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SenorBeef)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-guys-have-really-slow-overloaded-fast-food-in-your-area/953700 "2021-11-27T04:43:58Z")
Las Vegas here. After the pandemic started, fast food started going nuts. I would drive by a fast food place and see like 15+ cars in line for the drive through, sometimes around the block. Then I’d pass another 3 fast f… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Dillon the Villian is sent to doggy reform school](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-dillon-the-villian-is-sent-to-doggy-reform-school/954772)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-dillon-the-villian-is-sent-to-doggy-reform-school/954772 "2021-11-27T02:41:31Z")
I’m kinda sad. He’s unruly, murderous, a runner and totally untrainable. But, hilarious. I was sorta liking him like that. My Hobo chicken population was reduced to 2. A few baby squirrels and barn rats were brutally… --- ## [Question about Bitcoin storage](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-bitcoin-storage/954950)
**Author:** [@mandala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mandala)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-about-bitcoin-storage/954950 "2021-11-27T01:33:46Z")
Good news: I have a fraction of a Bitcoin. Bad news: I have no clue how to keep it safe. it is sitting in my Robinhood account along with my other stocks and ETFs. Now I keep hearing the need for hardware wallets, key en… --- ## [Delayed sunrise in Panama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-sunrise-in-panama/954649)
**Author:** [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/delayed-sunrise-in-panama/954649 "2021-11-27T00:26:14Z")
It is now 7:36 in Panama. It is still pitch dark, despite the fact that sunrise is listed at 6:13. I’ve been awake at 6 AM for weeks, and it was getting light. Anyone else seeing this? --- ## [Let's talk about the X-Men film series (OPEN SPOILERS)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-x-men-film-series-open-spoilers/954905)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 27, 2021, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-talk-about-the-x-men-film-series-open-spoilers/954905 "2021-11-27T00:17:58Z")
Let’s have a discussion about our favorite and least-favorite films of the X-Men film series. I kinda like all the ones I’ve seen so far, except for X-Men: The Last Stand and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. I like the preque… --- ## [Ig Nobel Prizes 2021 podcast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-nobel-prizes-2021-podcast/954998)
**Author:** [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ig-nobel-prizes-2021-podcast/954998 "2021-11-26T23:23:06Z")
Every year, NPR’s Science Friday brings us the annual Ig Nobel Prizes the day after Thanksgiving. Here’s this year’s batch. Enjoy! --- ## [When did paid and unpaid lunch breaks become such a deal?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-paid-and-unpaid-lunch-breaks-become-such-a-deal/954686)
**Author:** [@PozhanPop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PozhanPop)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-paid-and-unpaid-lunch-breaks-become-such-a-deal/954686 "2021-11-26T22:32:01Z")
I am curious as to what makes employers decide on whether lunch breaks are paid or not ? When I worked for a Canadian Airline I was surprised to see they expect you to work 40 hours and get paid for 37.5 Another airlin… --- ## [Meet our new kitty, Stellaluna!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-our-new-kitty-stellaluna/954893)
**Author:** [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/meet-our-new-kitty-stellaluna/954893 "2021-11-26T22:05:12Z")
I’ve loved Russian Blues since we had our first one back in 2000 (and sadly lost her in 2005 to lymphoma). We had got a pair of sisters in 2005 a few months after we lost Meep, and they lived for many years until we fina… --- ## [A Question about the German phrase: "So wenig...so wenig](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-german-phrase-so-wenig-so-wenig/954966)
**Author:** [@Octagon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octagon)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-question-about-the-german-phrase-so-wenig-so-wenig/954966 "2021-11-26T21:29:48Z")
I hope someone can help me with a German phrasing I had never come across before. It appears to be “So wenig…so wenig” So wenig, wie wir zu den Schülern durchkommen, so wenig verstehen die Eltern unsere bildungspolitisc… --- ## [How Can I Get A Paper Version of Adobe User's Manuals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-paper-version-of-adobe-users-manuals/954930)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-can-i-get-a-paper-version-of-adobe-users-manuals/954930 "2021-11-26T20:25:30Z")
TL;DR – I would like to get hold of a printed version of the Adobe Premiere Pro user manual but they don’t seem to exist. Printing one out at a copy shop is pretty expensive for low-quality. What to do, what to do, wh… --- ## [Mundane pointless things you do anyway](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-things-you-do-anyway/954682 "2021-11-26T19:18:38Z")
I have been living on my own and doing my own laundry for nearly 50 years. For nearly all that time, when folding my clean clothes I automatically turned my undershirts and underpants right side out before folding and pu… --- ## [Evolution: Why do traits cluster taxonomically?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-why-do-traits-cluster-taxonomically/954745)
**Author:** [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/evolution-why-do-traits-cluster-taxonomically/954745 "2021-11-26T18:08:37Z")
Different groups of organisms, obviously, are similar to each other in some ways, and distinct in other ways. But it seems to me that a lot of those difference cluster together, for reasons that aren’t immediately appar… --- ## [Interpreting "Hang On, Sloopy"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpreting-hang-on-sloopy/784038)
**Author:** [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interpreting-hang-on-sloopy/784038 "2021-11-26T17:05:53Z")
This is the song composed by Wes Farrell and Bert Berns, first recorded by the Vibrations in 1964 and popularized by the McCoys with the lead vocals by Rick Derringer in 1965, and which has been a weekly tradition of the… --- ## [Memories: How much can we control them?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-how-much-can-we-control-them/954381)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/memories-how-much-can-we-control-them/954381 "2021-11-26T16:39:27Z")
As I’ve moved into my 50’s, and interact with family and friends, I’ve noticed that quite a few of my contemporaries have memories that are in some cases “selective” and in others “completely made up”. One example is th… --- ## [Baseball lockout](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-lockout/954834)
**Author:** [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baseball-lockout/954834 "2021-11-26T15:14:32Z")
The Collective Bargaining Agreement is expiring December 1st. The chances of a new agreement before then looks slim to none. This may lead to a lockout on December 2nd. This would dowse the hot stove. I have my doubts th… --- ## ["The Brownshirts are coming! The Brownshirts are coming!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brownshirts-are-coming-the-brownshirts-are-coming/954907)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brownshirts-are-coming-the-brownshirts-are-coming/954907 "2021-11-26T15:04:38Z")
To hear some tell it, you’d think we were one step away from being 1905 Alabama again, which is ridiculous. The occasion of this thread is a rather polemical AP opinion piece making the rounds, “2 Trials, 1 Theme: White … --- ## [Is the Apocalypse upon us?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-apocalypse-upon-us/282331)
**Author:** [@Tracy\_Lord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tracy_Lord)\ **Replies:** 60\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-apocalypse-upon-us/282331 "2021-11-26T11:47:37Z")
I don’t know much about interpreting the symbolism in Revelation, but I have heard a few theories about it being applied to the current time – SSNs being the Mark of the Beast, and something about AIDS, IIRC. And with th… --- ## [Would you let a twelve-year-old girl watch Annie Hall?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-a-twelve-year-old-girl-watch-annie-hall/954590)
**Author:** [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Replies:** 61\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-let-a-twelve-year-old-girl-watch-annie-hall/954590 "2021-11-26T09:01:40Z")
Tossing this out there while I wait for my friend to get back to me. Husband-wife-one-kid friends of ours will be visiting over Thanksgiving. Stacy, the mom, and I were discussing what movies we might watch. She’s never … --- ## [Do you have anything like The Toy Show in your country?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-anything-like-the-toy-show-in-your-country/954970)
**Author:** [@terentii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/terentii)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-you-have-anything-like-the-toy-show-in-your-country/954970 "2021-11-26T08:56:56Z")
I recognize the huge commercial aspect, but it sounds like something I’d enjoy watching, especially with my three-year-old nephew. --- ## [My mother-in-law has been scammed. What do we need to do?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-in-law-has-been-scammed-what-do-we-need-to-do/954961)
**Author:** [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 7:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-mother-in-law-has-been-scammed-what-do-we-need-to-do/954961 "2021-11-26T07:37:50Z")
My MIL is an elderly widow that has fallen victim to scammers who have convinced her that she has won a Publisher’s Clearing House award and they will be at her house on Saturday to change her life. She put a check in th… --- ## [Anyone seen Colibri lately?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161)
**Author:** [@DMC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMC)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [November 26, 2021, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anyone-seen-colibri-lately/952161 "2021-11-26T06:40:49Z")
Wasn’t sure where to put this, but since he’s a mod, I thought there’s a good chance someone in the know would see it here. I tagged him a month ago when someone was asking about Panama and then realized that he hadn’t b… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1275) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1277)