# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1944 [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 1945 --- ## [Amazing item new to the Rochester Museum and Science Center!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-item-new-to-the-rochester-museum-and-science-center/850805)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/amazing-item-new-to-the-rochester-museum-and-science-center/850805 "2020-04-03T00:31:22Z")
The New York museum has just added a rare item to its collection: the last remaining piece of the iceberg hit by the Titanic! In almost perfect condition. See images here. --- ## [Where is this Spanish style building located?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-spanish-style-building-located/850621)
**Author:** [@TheSundial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheSundial)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-is-this-spanish-style-building-located/850621 "2020-04-03T00:19:58Z")
This is in Season 3 of Ozark that was just released. It’s set in Michoacán, Mexico although the filming is in Georgia, US. They briefly used Chicago in the first season. I know the moderators will probably want th… --- ## [US embassy to Vatican City](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-embassy-to-vatican-city/850355)
**Author:** [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-embassy-to-vatican-city/850355 "2020-04-03T00:11:36Z")
Newt Gingrich was on The View this morning. His wife is the US Ambassador to the Vatican, and he was calling in from Rome. He said that, during the Italian lockdown, his wife was still running the Embassy. Is there a … --- ## [Marsy's Law](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marsys-law/850670)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 3, 2020, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marsys-law/850670 "2020-04-03T00:00:12Z")
Marsy’s Law, or The Crime Victim’s Bill of Rights, was passed in California in 2008. Since then it, or something like it, has passed into law in 8 other states. However, Montana’s Supreme Court struck it down as uncons… --- ## [Hee-haw, y'all. The 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw-yall-the-2020-democratic-presidential-primary/824415)
**Author:** [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Replies:** 3951\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hee-haw-yall-the-2020-democratic-presidential-primary/824415 "2020-04-02T23:15:52Z")
The 2018 midterms are pretty well wrapped up, Florida, Arizona, Georgia and a dozen or so House races notwithstanding. So it’s only a matter of time before the ol’ Democratic ring gets peppered with presidential-hopeful… --- ## [RIP Wallace Roney, jazz trumpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-wallace-roney-jazz-trumpet/850913)
**Author:** [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-wallace-roney-jazz-trumpet/850913 "2020-04-02T22:05:13Z")
Age 59, dead of Coronavirus. Miss you already. Twice as much talent as everyone combined in the pushy, phony-assed, PR-obsessed Marsalis family. I’m not fond of RIP threads either, but if Ellis Marsalis deserves one, … --- ## [Colorized photos from Battle of the Bulge.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorized-photos-from-battle-of-the-bulge/850847)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/colorized-photos-from-battle-of-the-bulge/850847 "2020-04-02T21:56:58Z")
No, this isn’t Facebook postings at a Weight Watchers convention. :wink: I knew the Battle of the Bulge was a winter battle. The photo of Bastogne, Belgium drives home just how much snow troops had to contend with. The… --- ## [Well, that was that! --aborted vacation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-that-aborted-vacation/840354)
**Author:** [@Rocketeer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocketeer)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/well-that-was-that-aborted-vacation/840354 "2020-04-02T21:44:00Z")
Seven days ago, Mrs R and I boarded the Amtrak Empire Builder for Milwaukee. In Milwaukee we planned to rent a car and see the major East Coast historical sites: The Henry Ford museum, Independence Hall, Gettysburg, Wa… --- ## [Tip for Not Touching Your Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-for-not-touching-your-face/850725)
**Author:** [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tip-for-not-touching-your-face/850725 "2020-04-02T21:43:19Z")
My son was having a terrible time remembering not to touch his face, or chew his fingernails. I got a little peppermint flavoring from the kitchen. Totally safe for consumption, and mixed it with some handcream that is … --- ## [Babylon Berlin Question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-berlin-question/850188)
**Author:** [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/babylon-berlin-question/850188 "2020-04-02T21:17:39Z")
In the Netflix series Babylon Berlin, there is a character named Horst Kessler. He’s a Brownshirt (A Nazi) and is involved with the early, 1929, machinations of the Nazi party. Is this guy a reference or analogy to Hor… --- ## [How do those infinity pools work?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-those-infinity-pools-work/323345)
**Author:** [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 21, 2020, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-those-infinity-pools-work/323345 "2020-03-21T06:22:34Z")
I"ve never seen one in person, only on TV and the movies. Does the water flow over the edge? Maybe the use special paint? Does it always have to be on the edge of a visual cliff? Could someone shove them into these 30x1… --- ## [Which other pandemics have been spoken of as 'the unseen enemy', 'at war with" or 'world war' ?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-other-pandemics-have-been-spoken-of-as-the-unseen-enemy-at-war-with-or-world-war/850910)
**Author:** [@davidmich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidmich)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-other-pandemics-have-been-spoken-of-as-the-unseen-enemy-at-war-with-or-world-war/850910 "2020-04-02T20:24:31Z")
Hi In all my reading on pandemics I have yet to see any reference to “the unseen enemy” and “at war with” it or even as being a ‘world war’. Which other pandemics in history have been spoken of as ‘the unseen enemy’, … --- ## [Earthquake in Idaho, Really](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-idaho-really/850776)
**Author:** [@Backwater\_Under\_Duck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Backwater_Under_Duck)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earthquake-in-idaho-really/850776 "2020-04-02T20:17:11Z")
We’re FaceTiming with the Duckling who is now in Boise, Idaho. Oh my gosh, she says. Earthquake. So we watched real time footage of a 10 second earthquake. Probably not that bad, but they were shaking for a while. Just i… --- ## [Cooking under Quarantine: "What's in this freezer bag?!"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-under-quarantine-whats-in-this-freezer-bag/849749)
**Author:** [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Replies:** 74\ **Last updated:** [March 29, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cooking-under-quarantine-whats-in-this-freezer-bag/849749 "2020-03-29T14:04:09Z")
Cooking under Quarantine: What’s in this freezer bag? Or cooking in self-isolation and “what’s in this bag at the back of the pantry?!” Post your current culinary successes, failures, hacks, and other thoughts related t… --- ## [How would we cope if this pandemic had hit in this way 30 years ago (1990)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-we-cope-if-this-pandemic-had-hit-in-this-way-30-years-ago-1990/850354)
**Author:** [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-would-we-cope-if-this-pandemic-had-hit-in-this-way-30-years-ago-1990/850354 "2020-04-02T20:00:25Z")
Without the internet (as we know it today), wireless technology, mobile computing, etc. how would we have coped with the pandemic? What we would not have: Working from home Online ordering and delivery Streaming ente… --- ## [Getting rid of skunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-skunks/850803)
**Author:** [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-rid-of-skunks/850803 "2020-04-02T19:51:01Z")
So theres a skunk living under my neighbor’s concrete deck. The neighbor lives behind me; theres a hill in the back of my property and they’re on top of the hill. Their back yard has a big concrete slab that runs up to… --- ## [What the %$&! is making me sneeze?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-amp-is-making-me-sneeze/850863)
**Author:** [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-the-amp-is-making-me-sneeze/850863 "2020-04-02T19:11:01Z")
Just moved up to Michigan, to the western ass-end of the state right by the shores of Lake Michigan. Late evening around twilight and/or even a couple hours later, instead of my usual “one-two aaaaand we’re done here,” l… --- ## [Cricket Wireless TV ads](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-wireless-tv-ads/850888)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cricket-wireless-tv-ads/850888 "2020-04-02T18:13:49Z")
I can’t watch these anymore. It looks as if the Phlegm Globs from the Mucinex commercials are trying to sell me Internet Service. I don’t need my computer to be covered in boogers. --- ## [Could we use (more) US military resources to respond to the pandemic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-use-more-us-military-resources-to-respond-to-the-pandemic/850895)
**Author:** [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-we-use-more-us-military-resources-to-respond-to-the-pandemic/850895 "2020-04-02T17:50:29Z")
In a pandemic crisis in which some project that millions of Americans could die… Is there some way that we could put to use the vast resources of the US military? (for example, to use non-essential military buildings fo… --- ## [Poker Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-dice/850761)
**Author:** [@Casparlatete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casparlatete)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/poker-dice/850761 "2020-04-02T17:50:26Z")
I found in a drawer today a set of 5 poker dice. I haven’t thought about, or used them for many years. I put them in a cup, shook & dropped them on to the table & got 5 queens “Five of a kind” at first throw. I have lo… --- ## [Occupational infection statistics for prior SARS outbreaks?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-infection-statistics-for-prior-sars-outbreaks/850818)
**Author:** [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/occupational-infection-statistics-for-prior-sars-outbreaks/850818 "2020-04-02T17:22:16Z")
This is coronavirus-adjacent, so if it needs to be moved that’s okay. I’m looking for statistics showing how coronavirus is affecting people by job category/industry (as in, “doctors (or whoever) are 12% more likely to … --- ## [The whitest movie ever?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whitest-movie-ever/850571)
**Author:** [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Replies:** 57\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-whitest-movie-ever/850571 "2020-04-02T17:15:21Z")
I just saw the poster for a movie titled What Love Looks Like. Holy crap! I had to google to find out that it wasn’t made by the Hallmark Channel or Evangelical Christians. --- ## [Airdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airdrop/850893)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/airdrop/850893 "2020-04-02T17:13:46Z")
There are things I don’t use until I need them. Today it’s Airdrop. I shot a 10-second video of the snow this morning. At 20 MB, it’s too big to email. I tried Airdrop. I tapped the icon for my MacBook, saw that the… --- ## [Likelihood of survival in ICU on ventilator with confrmed positive COVID-19 test? need answer fast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likelihood-of-survival-in-icu-on-ventilator-with-confrmed-positive-covid-19-test-need-answer-fast/850443)
**Author:** [@Eva\_Luna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eva_Luna)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/likelihood-of-survival-in-icu-on-ventilator-with-confrmed-positive-covid-19-test-need-answer-fast/850443 "2020-04-02T17:05:23Z")
Yes, really. My stepmother in NY was stable until a couple of hours ago, but is now in the ICU and sedated on a ventilator. She is at an excellent hospital and in good hands, but well, things are not looking fabulous. M… --- ## [Infectious diseases and vaccines (This season's flu)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infectious-diseases-and-vaccines-this-seasons-flu/804765)
**Author:** [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [August 20, 2019, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/infectious-diseases-and-vaccines-this-seasons-flu/804765 "2019-08-20T17:47:27Z")
Re Cecil’s column this week: With the additional news that this year’s flu vaccine is not really all that helpful, is it worthwhile to have the shot? Or is it best just to skip it this year? --- ## [The ramifications of someone being a trillionaire (in today's dollars)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ramifications-of-someone-being-a-trillionaire-in-todays-dollars/850744)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ramifications-of-someone-being-a-trillionaire-in-todays-dollars/850744 "2020-04-02T16:49:07Z")
The pandemic has gotten me thinking about an old hypothetical; namely, what the ramifications would be if some individual happened to be a trillionaire (in today’s dollars, that is, not future-inflated dollars.) Basicall… --- ## [When do they think COVID-19 first enter the US?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-they-think-covid-19-first-enter-the-us/850454)
**Author:** [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-they-think-covid-19-first-enter-the-us/850454 "2020-04-02T16:46:29Z")
Because I think I had it. I’m 65, asthmatic, and living in a nursing home outside Chicago. In late January I was taken to the ER for breathing problems. I spent several days on a ventilator while they tested me. No f… --- ## [RIP Ellis Marsalis - NOLA jazz pianist](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ellis-marsalis-nola-jazz-pianist/850882)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rip-ellis-marsalis-nola-jazz-pianist/850882 "2020-04-02T16:43:01Z")
From Covid-19 complications. Marsalis was the father of a dynasty of jazz musicians, including Wynton and Branford. We saw Ellis play at the New Orleans Jazz Festival after Katrina. He was 85. --- ## [Engineer tries to ram train into Mercy hospital ship.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-tries-to-ram-train-into-mercy-hospital-ship/850884)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/engineer-tries-to-ram-train-into-mercy-hospital-ship/850884 "2020-04-02T16:10:55Z")
How much more craziness are we going to see? --- ## [Sudden glut of contoso.com emails](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-glut-of-contoso-com-emails/850880)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [April 2, 2020, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sudden-glut-of-contoso-com-emails/850880 "2020-04-02T16:10:40Z")
I have a hotmail account - the first email I ever had - and it is suddenly getting tons of emails from various senders, ending in contoso.com. But they only come to the hotmail account, and it just began maybe a month ag… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1943) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=1945)