# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=39&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 40 --- ## [Longest regular non-stop airplane flight.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 247\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/longest-regular-non-stop-airplane-flight/561881 "2026-08-18T23:17:43Z")
In Inception, Sato mentions that Sydney, AUS to Los Angeles, USA is one of the longest flights. What is the longest? Must be a flight serviced by a commercial airliner on a regular (let’s say at least once a week) basi… --- ## ["Hey, Rocky, watch me pull this dvd out of my hat"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-rocky-watch-me-pull-this-dvd-out-of-my-hat/1032292)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-rocky-watch-me-pull-this-dvd-out-of-my-hat/1032292 "2026-08-18T22:29:04Z")
I was looking on Amazon and I saw there is a dvd set titled The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends: The Complete Series (which I will call RB1 in this thread). There is also a dvd set titled Rocky & Bullwinkl… --- ## [Upload on Amazon Prime; A fun binge with awesome world building](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973)
**Author:** [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Replies:** 45\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/upload-on-amazon-prime-a-fun-binge-with-awesome-world-building/852973 "2026-08-18T22:27:39Z")
I binged this show last night. Kind of like The Good Place. Only except the “good place” in this scenario is a digitally created virtual world people can download themselves to moments before they die. Lot’s of funny, … --- ## [Historical question: Did sport divisions start segregating by sex because women were beating men in competitions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-question-did-sport-divisions-start-segregating-by-sex-because-women-were-beating-men-in-competitions/1031876)
**Author:** [@r3bdr355](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/r3bdr355)\ **Replies:** 99\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/historical-question-did-sport-divisions-start-segregating-by-sex-because-women-were-beating-men-in-competitions/1031876 "2026-08-18T22:23:54Z")
I’ve seen this argument being shared online but is there any historical evidence that prove this to be true? --- ## [The Bannerman books by John R. Maxim](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bannerman-books-by-john-r-maxim/1032399)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bannerman-books-by-john-r-maxim/1032399 "2026-08-18T21:33:08Z")
I just read that AMC has a “Bannerman” series in development, based on the John R. Maxim series. By the way, as I told this to My Beloved she surprised me by saying “Ah, the surprise is spoiled! I just ordered the whole… --- ## [Flies, how to get rid of](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flies-how-to-get-rid-of/1032258)
**Author:** [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flies-how-to-get-rid-of/1032258 "2026-08-18T20:32:54Z")
The thread on ants reminds of the fact that we have been invaded by flies. Any thoughts on how to deal with them? What happened is that our air conditioner has stopped working. Try to get an air conditioner repairman to… --- ## [Huge gold stash discovered in Belgium](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-gold-stash-discovered-in-belgium/1032357)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/huge-gold-stash-discovered-in-belgium/1032357 "2026-08-18T18:18:49Z")
Article. Construction workers dug up $10 million worth of gold bullion and coins while digging up a former brewery building in East Flanders, Belgium. I’m happy to find a quarter in my pants pocket. --- ## [Countdown to retirement](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 1114\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-to-retirement/981653 "2026-08-18T17:44:23Z")
My last day of work - a day I have been actively counting down toward for the past 5 years, is Thursday. Five days from now. I have been at my place of employment for 36 years. I’ve been in the workforce, counting my 5:0… --- ## [Has anyone ever heard of Zoom Books?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-heard-of-zoom-books/1030364)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 30\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-ever-heard-of-zoom-books/1030364 "2026-08-18T15:54:14Z")
It seems it is a Canadian second hand book shop: they buy books on line, mostly non fiction. They buy old books that have very little use at first sight, then they cut off the binding, scan them, and pulp them. Here is a… --- ## [Change in species](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-in-species/1032282)
**Author:** [@cladking](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cladking)\ **Replies:** 292\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/change-in-species/1032282 "2026-08-18T14:14:30Z")
The irony is sublime. Right off the bat it tells us that real world “natural selection” is based on behavior and every experiment and observation confirm this. Ancient people didn’t take “wolfpups” to create a new spec… --- ## [People who don't like sports - what sport do you most tolerate?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-like-sports-what-sport-do-you-most-tolerate/1031684)
**Author:** [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-dont-like-sports-what-sport-do-you-most-tolerate/1031684 "2026-08-18T13:58:04Z")
Watching the baseball All Star Game last night, as a big baseball fan, I got the feels for the beauty of the game, the pace, and the ballparks themselves. I thought “surely no one can dislike this.” But, that’s definite… --- ## [No Man's Sky - First star to the right, and straight on till morning](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701)
**Author:** [@Battle\_Pope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Battle_Pope)\ **Replies:** 1085\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/no-mans-sky-first-star-to-the-right-and-straight-on-till-morning/759701 "2026-08-18T13:29:06Z")
http://www.no-mans-sky.com/about/ Went gold a few days back and is due for release early/mid August. Looks mighty good and if they can make it work will be a huge accomplishment for a small team. Anyone else looking … --- ## [FU, AB Funds!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-ab-funds/1032385)
**Author:** [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fu-ab-funds/1032385 "2026-08-18T13:15:19Z")
First it was the phone calls… “AB Funds” always from a different number. Then it was the emails from “AllianceBernstein”. Now I’m getting snail mail from them. I googled them and AllianceBernstein supposedly is legitimat… --- ## [Has anybody tried RebM? (zero calorie sweetener)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-tried-rebm-zero-calorie-sweetener/1032360)
**Author:** [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anybody-tried-rebm-zero-calorie-sweetener/1032360 "2026-08-18T12:07:02Z")
RebM is a sweetening chemical found in Stevia. It is not the primary sweetener in stevia though, that would be RebA. RebA has an after taste, and slight bitter properties. Descriptions I’m reading say that RebM is 350… --- ## [What movie/scene am I thinking of (frantic trumpet)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-am-i-thinking-of-frantic-trumpet/1032381)
**Author:** [@Hampshire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hampshire)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-movie-scene-am-i-thinking-of-frantic-trumpet/1032381 "2026-08-18T11:25:16Z")
I was running around our facility the other day trying to get some tasks done while dodging other employees and music popped into my mind of frantic fast paced trumpet playing almost “flight of the bumblebee” pace. I co… --- ## [Positive Gun News of the Day](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490)
**Author:** [@Bone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bone)\ **Replies:** 1942\ **Last updated:** [August 18, 2026, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/positive-gun-news-of-the-day/735490 "2026-08-18T00:48:21Z")
Negative gun news gets quite a bit of attention in media and on this board. There’s a whole thread in the Pit that is over 6,200 posts and counting. This is a thread to bring up another aspect of gun ownership - positi… --- ## [Civil Trial: Trump v E. Jean Carroll (Carroll wins, awarded $5 million, plus 83.3 million)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-trial-trump-v-e-jean-carroll-carroll-wins-awarded-5-million-plus-83-3-million/982820)
**Author:** [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Replies:** 1602\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/civil-trial-trump-v-e-jean-carroll-carroll-wins-awarded-5-million-plus-83-3-million/982820 "2026-08-17T20:01:01Z")
It seems that this trial is going ahead on April 25, as Trump’s lawyers attempts to delay it have been quashed by the judge: Judge Lewis A. Kaplan in Manhattan said the civil trial on claims against Trump by a longtime… --- ## ["Out-of-service" powerline tower caused a fire?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-service-powerline-tower-caused-a-fire/1032188)
**Author:** [@Timz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Timz)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/out-of-service-powerline-tower-caused-a-fire/1032188 "2026-08-17T18:44:22Z")
The Associated Press story says that in their report on the huge Eaton fire, “Los Angeles County fire officials” say it “was caused by electrical arcing on \[Southern California Edison’s\] out-of-service tower …” Looks li… --- ## [“I’ve seen the Madonna Sex Show”, ca. 1990 playground boast](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-the-madonna-sex-show-ca-1990-playground-boast/1032227)
**Author:** [@Ruken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruken)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-ve-seen-the-madonna-sex-show-ca-1990-playground-boast/1032227 "2026-08-17T18:02:29Z")
I recall kids (with more than basic cable) claiming this. Madonna was quite the topic at the time. Did you know she said she enjoys sex? I think we were under the impression that this was typically an act one endured to … --- ## [Two Fucktor Authentifuckingcation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-fucktor-authentifuckingcation/1031708)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/two-fucktor-authentifuckingcation/1031708 "2026-08-17T17:37:48Z")
Dear Cardholder: we are suspicious of this transaction on your card. Please click YES if this is an authentic transaction you initiated, or NO if you did not. The transaction was rejected. —— click the NO button \* … --- ## [House of the Dragon S3](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-s3/1031086)
**Author:** [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/house-of-the-dragon-s3/1031086 "2026-08-17T16:48:22Z")
Huh, I completely forgot this was coming out today. Lets see if I remember anything from s2 or am lost the whole time. --- ## [Where would Trump go if he accepted electoral defeat?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-trump-go-if-he-accepted-electoral-defeat/1029767)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 89\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-would-trump-go-if-he-accepted-electoral-defeat/1029767 "2026-08-17T15:44:35Z")
First time posting in this forum :grinning\_face\_with\_smiling\_eyes: so mods if this hypothetical belongs elsewhere… Say if in '28 Trump tries the “but what if I don’t?” approach to conceding office, but then, eventually,… --- ## [I listened to The Odyssey, the Wilson translation](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-listened-to-the-odyssey-the-wilson-translation/1032176)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-listened-to-the-odyssey-the-wilson-translation/1032176 "2026-08-17T15:25:12Z")
Odysseus finally reaches home, only to be confronted by the suitors. After a grand battle in his palace, in which over one hundred suitors are slain, he has twelve slave girls who were colluders with the suitors remove t… --- ## [Did you die when the earth lost gravity on 8-12-2026?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-you-die-when-the-earth-lost-gravity-on-8-12-2026/1032315 "2026-08-17T12:54:58Z")
@mr\_danya\_of on Instagram gave us the warning. On August 12, 2026, the world will lose gravity for 7 seconds. NASA knows. They’re preparing but won’t tell us why. In November 2024, a secret NASA document titled “Proje… --- ## [Why do so many posters have trouble staying on topic?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-posters-have-trouble-staying-on-topic/1027125)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 184\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-do-so-many-posters-have-trouble-staying-on-topic/1027125 "2026-08-17T12:06:43Z")
Some more than others, but we all do it at some time or another: post a comment that pushes a thread outside of its topic. Why? Moderators try to shepherd us around, in order to keep some distinction between the forums … --- ## ["Flight Is Canceled After a Child Refuses to Be Seated"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-is-canceled-after-a-child-refuses-to-be-seated/1032260)
**Author:** [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Replies:** 256\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flight-is-canceled-after-a-child-refuses-to-be-seated/1032260 "2026-08-17T06:16:47Z")
What the ever-loving fuck?? Flight Is Canceled After a Child Refuses to Be Seated Passengers aboard a Porter Airlines plane headed to Toronto had to wait for a flight the next day after a child remained standing in a s… --- ## [What do you think will happen when the water level at Lake Mead falls below 1050 feet?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-happen-when-the-water-level-at-lake-mead-falls-below-1050-feet/954201)
**Author:** [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-will-happen-when-the-water-level-at-lake-mead-falls-below-1050-feet/954201 "2026-08-17T05:27:20Z")
Lake Mead sits just outside Las Vegas, created by the construction of the Hoover Dam back in the 1930s. Lake Mead is the largest capacity water reservoir in the US and that water is used, in part, to generate electricit… --- ## [(Old) Up, Up and Away in the MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-up-and-away-in-the-mmp/1032266)
**Author:** [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Replies:** 334\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 5:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-up-up-and-away-in-the-mmp/1032266 "2026-08-17T05:20:45Z")
Morning, mumpers! It’s currently 16c/60f with a predicted high of 23c/73f and mostly cloudy. Weather app says “Some people are like fucking clouds. Once they bugger off, it becomes a fucking beautiful day.” Weather a… --- ## [What I want, politically](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-want-politically/1032108)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-i-want-politically/1032108 "2026-08-17T04:13:02Z")
Politically, what I want is the maximum opportunity to shape whatever we, plurally, are doing. I don’t want to be the boss of everyone else, or indeed of \*anyone\* else. I just want my participation as one individual to… --- ## [Could RFK Jr. Really Become HHS Secretary? {Yes, he did}](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 454\ **Last updated:** [August 17, 2026, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-rfk-jr-really-become-hhs-secretary-yes-he-did/1009451 "2026-08-17T00:15:47Z")
Don’t you have to be qualified for a position like this ? I turn the channel on my television in Olympic time at the sign of him being interviewed! Disturbing is not an adequate word for this being considered. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=38&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=40&state=muted)