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**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-from-broadway-musicals-that-became-radio-hits/1013136 "2025-01-21T18:04:52Z")
What are some songs that originated in Broadway musicals and became hits on the radio? Define “hits” as you will - Top 40, Top 100, etc. I can think of a few. From Grease, we have both the Title Theme, and You’re The On… --- ## [Does anyone know this German/Polish/Jewish song?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-anyone-know-this-german-polish-jewish-song/1013134 "2025-01-21T17:58:23Z")
Someone on Re\*\*it is trying to find a song that their grandmother used to sing… Does anyone recognise it ? Cheers ! --- ## [Heated barbecue sauce. Is that really a thing now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heated-barbecue-sauce-is-that-really-a-thing-now/1013111)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heated-barbecue-sauce-is-that-really-a-thing-now/1013111 "2025-01-21T16:19:34Z")
I’ve eaten and enjoyed barbecue my entire life. I’ve also went to barbecue festivals and enjoyed barbecue. OMG the wonderful smell of a dozen or more smokers cooking pork. The sauce has always been in a plastic squirt b… --- ## [Safe meat consumption temperatures](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-meat-consumption-temperatures/1011745)
**Author:** [@ZurBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZurBob)\ **Replies:** 54\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/safe-meat-consumption-temperatures/1011745 "2025-01-21T14:41:53Z")
Why the discrepancy in safe meat cooking temperatures for home consumption? How is E-Coli or other bacteria, etc. rendered safe to eat at lower temps in beef (145-ish degrees) vs poultry (165 degrees) per USDA? Standard… --- ## [Who is the worst player to win Super Bowl MVP?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-worst-player-to-win-super-bowl-mvp/1012930)
**Author:** [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-worst-player-to-win-super-bowl-mvp/1012930 "2025-01-21T14:01:44Z")
By this I don’t mean the worst pick, the most mediocre performance by someone they gave the award to. I mean the player who, other than that amazing Super Bowl, was the most unimpressive player over the course of his ca… --- ## [Disodium 6-hydroxy-5-\[(4-sulfophenyl)azo\]-2-naphthalenesulfonate also known as FD&C Yellow No. 6](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disodium-6-hydroxy-5-4-sulfophenyl-azo-2-naphthalenesulfonate-also-known-as-fd-c-yellow-no-6/1013193)
**Author:** [@Ynnad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ynnad)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/disodium-6-hydroxy-5-4-sulfophenyl-azo-2-naphthalenesulfonate-also-known-as-fd-c-yellow-no-6/1013193 "2025-01-21T12:50:17Z")
Can ingesting too much FD&C Yellow No. 6, a food dye, change the color of your urine and make you think you are dehydrated? It is found in orange Gatorade Zero. I have been drinking way too much orange Gatorade Zero la… --- ## [Here come rants, blah-blah (December mini-rants)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012)
**Author:** [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Replies:** 535\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/here-come-rants-blah-blah-december-mini-rants/1011012 "2025-01-21T11:36:40Z")
Continuing the discussion from Oh No, please no … NOvember rants: I’m starting with the miniest of mini-rants… Literally as I am starting this thread I stepped into some water in front of my kitchen sink and I’m wearin… --- ## [England's 1833 Factory Act-why the exception for silk mills?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/englands-1833-factory-act-why-the-exception-for-silk-mills/1012726)
**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/englands-1833-factory-act-why-the-exception-for-silk-mills/1012726 "2025-01-21T07:51:36Z")
Reading about this on Wikipedia, and it says that the law prohibited children under 9 from working in factories–except in silk mills. Why would there have been an exception for that one industry? --- ## [The Brutalist. Open spoilers allowed after op](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brutalist-open-spoilers-allowed-after-op/1013135)
**Author:** [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-brutalist-open-spoilers-allowed-after-op/1013135 "2025-01-21T06:29:27Z")
About. Just getting wider distribution. My wife and I saw it last night. Theater pretty empty. Well it is big time commitment. I haven’t seen a movie with an intermission since 1981’s Reds. Filmed in VistaVision. Long… --- ## [Smoked sprats/sardines](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoked-sprats-sardines/1013030)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smoked-sprats-sardines/1013030 "2025-01-21T03:50:40Z")
I have an abundance of tinned sprats (little sardines). Now, I like just eating them out of the tin; but each tin contains two servings. That’s a little much to eat on their own in one sitting. I could make sprat sand… --- ## [Is there a link to to a full list of Trump's Day One executive orders?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-link-to-to-a-full-list-of-trumps-day-one-executive-orders/1013170)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-link-to-to-a-full-list-of-trumps-day-one-executive-orders/1013170 "2025-01-21T03:12:38Z")
I think the title pretty much says it all. --- ## [Sir "Poodle" Keir Starmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-poodle-keir-starmer/1013187)
**Author:** [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sir-poodle-keir-starmer/1013187 "2025-01-21T02:07:51Z")
So he was dubbed a knight for being a good prosecutor and not just “born on third base and thinks he hit a triple” (or however that baseball idiom translates to British) like Trump and Musk. I dunno who first called Blai… --- ## [Hubble constant -- early vs recent nonagreement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hubble-constant-early-vs-recent-nonagreement/937938)
**Author:** [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Replies:** 50\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hubble-constant-early-vs-recent-nonagreement/937938 "2025-01-21T01:31:31Z")
There’s a problem in cosmology having to do with various measurements of the Hubble constant disagreeing. Basically, those that use measurments based on nearby things get around 74 km/sec/Mpc and those that use measureme… --- ## [On abortion](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-abortion/1008925)
**Author:** [@Norse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Norse)\ **Replies:** 73\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-abortion/1008925 "2025-01-21T00:28:56Z")
Not sure if this thread belongs in P&E, IMHO or the Pit, so mods: feel free to move the thread to wherever it belongs. I live in Northern Europe and have followed the US abortion debate with quite some interest. I’ve be… --- ## [The Stanley Parable - video game....kind of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-parable-video-game-kind-of/673081)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 21, 2025, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-stanley-parable-video-game-kind-of/673081 "2025-01-21T00:10:18Z")
Wow, it has taken us awhile to get a thread on this one, eh? Yeah, so…it’s definitely different. I played it a couple weeks ago and I’ve managed to find just about every ending the game offers. It’s really only a 2 hou… --- ## [Interesting experience with history in windows](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-experience-with-history-in-windows/1013185)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-experience-with-history-in-windows/1013185 "2025-01-20T23:47:43Z")
I tell this story mainly in case you have a similar problem. I was playing the Times Spelling Bee earlier today. You are given seven letters and have to make as many words as you can using only those letters (one lette… --- ## [Buying a house in the current and upcoming market](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-house-in-the-current-and-upcoming-market/1013058)
**Author:** [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-a-house-in-the-current-and-upcoming-market/1013058 "2025-01-20T23:13:45Z")
I (tl;dr, need-to-know) have or will soon have a pretty solid nest egg available. I have a relative here which is also a realtor who said she’ll help me find something. But I’m not sure if I should sit on my stash unti… --- ## [2024 SDMB Photo of the Year poll](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2024-sdmb-photo-of-the-year-poll/1012589 "2025-01-20T21:25:23Z")
This thread is to determine the 2024 SDMB Photo of the Year. These photos are the winners of our 2024 monthly contests (there are more than 12 entries on account of ties). Please vote for your 3 favorite photos, using w… --- ## [OkGo has a new video](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-has-a-new-video/1013043)
**Author:** [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okgo-has-a-new-video/1013043 "2025-01-20T21:06:24Z")
It doesn’t look like it’s a “one take” but a decent song. --- ## [How to keep the YouTube timeline available at all times](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-the-youtube-timeline-available-at-all-times/1013171)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-to-keep-the-youtube-timeline-available-at-all-times/1013171 "2025-01-20T19:36:06Z")
I mostly use YT for work. I’d like to keep the timeline visible at all times so I don’t have to stop the video to mark the time and write my notes. I can’t find anything useful online. I can leave the cursor on the tim… --- ## [A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 2)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250)
**Author:** [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Replies:** 9998\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-perfectly-reasonable-amount-of-schadenfreude-about-things-happening-to-trump-his-enablers-part-2/984250 "2025-01-20T19:23:27Z")
Continuing the discussion from A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfreude about Things Happening to Trump & His Enablers (Part 1) - #10006 by JohnT. Previous discussions: A Perfectly Reasonable Amount of Schadenfr… --- ## [Eisenhower's 1950s Deportation Program (Ignorance Fought)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eisenhowers-1950s-deportation-program-ignorance-fought/1013158)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/eisenhowers-1950s-deportation-program-ignorance-fought/1013158 "2025-01-20T18:27:19Z")
NOTE: I’m not justifying, normalizing, or endorsing trump’s mass deportation plans. But I didn’t know about this thing the article talks about. I was only a toddler at the time . And it was the era of rounding up black p… --- ## [Mike Johnson finding pushback from some conservatives on proxy voting for new moms in Congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-johnson-finding-pushback-from-some-conservatives-on-proxy-voting-for-new-moms-in-congress/1013123)
**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mike-johnson-finding-pushback-from-some-conservatives-on-proxy-voting-for-new-moms-in-congress/1013123 "2025-01-20T18:26:53Z")
There are some members of Congress who are tired of being told they can’t vote by proxy when they’re very pregnant or have recently given birth. Some of them are Republicans, and they’re fighting back against Mike Johnso… --- ## [Is there any benefit to employing someone who's in National Guard?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-benefit-to-employing-someone-whos-in-national-guard/1012869)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-any-benefit-to-employing-someone-whos-in-national-guard/1012869 "2025-01-20T18:08:25Z")
When I think of all the instances of states employing NG–distributing food, border patrol, riots, fires, etc. why would any employer hire them, knowing they would have to pay them without them doing their job for extend… --- ## [Youtube requiring sign-in to watch videos](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-requiring-sign-in-to-watch-videos/1013131)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-requiring-sign-in-to-watch-videos/1013131 "2025-01-20T18:01:06Z")
As the title says, this is something that has just started happening to me. Is anyone else experiencing this? --- ## [What's the deal with Trump's Inaguration Committee's inability to secure "A" list talent?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192)
**Author:** [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Replies:** 255\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-deal-with-trumps-inaguration-committees-inability-to-secure-a-list-talent/776192 "2025-01-20T17:36:05Z")
I am more than a bit surprised by the difficulty them seem to be having in securing any A list talent. I did not vote for Trump, but the reality is that he’s now the POTUS and you’d think there be some non-country, non-r… --- ## [(Old) Halfway through the month - Midway in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 412\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-halfway-through-the-month-midway-in-the-mmp/1012910 "2025-01-20T16:21:18Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 4c/39f with a predicted high of 5c/40f, and cloudy. Weather app says “Someone obviously fucking pissed off Mother Nature. It was probably that fucking dickweed, Father Time.” Yes, it’… --- ## [English-language books in Cyrillic script?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-language-books-in-cyrillic-script/595397)
**Author:** [@JohnnyMac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnnyMac)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/english-language-books-in-cyrillic-script/595397 "2025-01-20T16:03:40Z")
Someone tell me if this is a stupid idea. Anyway, Cyrillic script has always mystified me by looking enough like Latin script that I feel I should be able to read it, yet on closer inspection turning out to be completel… --- ## [Fuck Trump and his followers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-trump-and-his-followers/1009749)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 461\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuck-trump-and-his-followers/1009749 "2025-01-20T16:03:37Z")
Fuck all you supposed “fence sitters” who were capable of ignoring the nasty and illegal crap he has done and has promised to do…but had no problem finding nits to pick to make it look like both sides were equally bad i… --- ## [So my shoulder is a mess](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-shoulder-is-a-mess/1013048)
**Author:** [@FinsToTheLeft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FinsToTheLeft)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [January 20, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-my-shoulder-is-a-mess/1013048 "2025-01-20T15:49:26Z")
I have been dealing with shoulder pain for more than 6 months now. It started out similar to the frozen shoulder on the other side that I had back in 2019 that almost entire resolved after a cortisone shot and a couple o… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=387) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=389)