# Latest **URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=558&state=muted [Latest](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://boards.straightdope.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://boards.straightdope.com/tags.md) **Page:** 559 --- ## [Mystik Dan wins 150th Kentucky Derby by a nose in the closest 3-horse photo finish since 1947](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystik-dan-wins-150th-kentucky-derby-by-a-nose-in-the-closest-3-horse-photo-finish-since-1947/1001155)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 131\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mystik-dan-wins-150th-kentucky-derby-by-a-nose-in-the-closest-3-horse-photo-finish-since-1947/1001155 "2024-05-24T03:35:56Z")
The video: Anyone watch it? --- ## [Are there real differences between various toothpastes or are they largely the same thing that are marketed differently?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-real-differences-between-various-toothpastes-or-are-they-largely-the-same-thing-that-are-marketed-differently/1001182)
**Author:** [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-real-differences-between-various-toothpastes-or-are-they-largely-the-same-thing-that-are-marketed-differently/1001182 "2024-05-24T03:18:32Z")
I am bewildered when I go to the store at the variations of toothpaste on offer. Not just from different manufacturers but options the same manufacturer offer. Here is a sample of only some of the offerings from Crest: … --- ## [What do you think happens when we put a baby orca brain in a baby human body?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happens-when-we-put-a-baby-orca-brain-in-a-baby-human-body/1001762)
**Author:** [@Humans](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Humans)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-do-you-think-happens-when-we-put-a-baby-orca-brain-in-a-baby-human-body/1001762 "2024-05-24T02:37:16Z")
Imagine you placed a baby orca brain in a baby human head. and raised it in a healthy human household. Would this creature be smarter and more capable than a primate? Would it be good at math? Understand speech? Or woul… --- ## [The Adult ADHD Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adult-adhd-thread/1001708)
**Author:** [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-adult-adhd-thread/1001708 "2024-05-24T02:24:01Z")
Continuing the discussion from Men Choosing to Disengage from Emotional Involvement with Women (… and Bears): Are you an adult? Do you have ADHD? Do you think you might? Share your experience here! At age 34 I was dia… --- ## [Tom Lehrer lives!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-lives/1001905)
**Author:** [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-lehrer-lives/1001905 "2024-05-24T01:02:40Z")
At ninety-frickin’-six (!) he hardly seems to have lost a step Anyone in London and able to see this show? I fondly remember seeing Tomfoolery in London in 1980, just a collection of his songs with some attempt at stag… --- ## [US gold coins as currency](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-gold-coins-as-currency/931657)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 87\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/us-gold-coins-as-currency/931657 "2024-05-24T00:50:49Z")
The US minted gold coins until the 1930’s (and then a long gap). The denominations were: $2.50 (quarter eagle), $5 (half eagle), $10 (eagle), and $20 (double eagle). Would they have been used in daily transactions, or we… --- ## [I quit smoking pot](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-pot/1001808)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 31\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-quit-smoking-pot/1001808 "2024-05-23T23:55:42Z")
On sort of a whim I bought one of these vaporizers. Then, after reading up, bought a Wand, an induction heater. The hype on these things is pretty correct- weed goes a lot further and is more flavorful. As long as you do… --- ## [When You Get Promoted/Relegated, Do You Get A Grace Period (so to speak)?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-get-promoted-relegated-do-you-get-a-grace-period-so-to-speak/1001447)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 36\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-you-get-promoted-relegated-do-you-get-a-grace-period-so-to-speak/1001447 "2024-05-23T23:22:47Z")
Like if your team is promoted from Championship League to Premier League, do you get a couple of seasons to find your bearings with the new level of competition? Or can you be sent right back to Championship after one se… --- ## [Enjoying music](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-music/1001826)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enjoying-music/1001826 "2024-05-23T23:17:30Z")
I really enjoy music when I am out even if I am at someone else’s home but for some reason I can’t enjoy music in my own home by myself. I turn it on all the time but it always ends up being turned way down or off shortl… --- ## [Do Any Of The 50 States Have An Honor And Awards System?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-the-50-states-have-an-honor-and-awards-system/1001740)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-of-the-50-states-have-an-honor-and-awards-system/1001740 "2024-05-23T22:18:32Z")
You know how like, in the UK, you can be awarded OBE (Order of the British Empire), or in the US you can be awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom? Do any of the 50 US states have a similar system? Like, could Missou… --- ## [Yet another list to tear apart (Apple Music's 100 Best Albums list)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-list-to-tear-apart-apple-musics-100-best-albums-list/1001960)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yet-another-list-to-tear-apart-apple-musics-100-best-albums-list/1001960 "2024-05-23T21:37:53Z")
Yeah, I know. Lists – particularly music lists – often seem to be created primarily to generate outrage. Here is a link to Apple Music’s 100 Best Albums list. It is a very crapified list, in my opinion. Some observati… --- ## [Dinosaur extinction event](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-extinction-event/1001527)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 49\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dinosaur-extinction-event/1001527 "2024-05-23T21:12:20Z")
The Nicaraguan asteroid/comet impact 65 million years ago wiped out all the dinosaurs… …and other species, I presume. How did species like crocodilians and other reptiles survive? Why didn’t plesiosaurs make it like o… --- ## [Duration of air sucked out of plane/space ship as depicted in movies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duration-of-air-sucked-out-of-plane-space-ship-as-depicted-in-movies/1001798)
**Author:** [@Tusculan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tusculan)\ **Replies:** 34\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/duration-of-air-sucked-out-of-plane-space-ship-as-depicted-in-movies/1001798 "2024-05-23T20:55:44Z")
I’ve seen it so many times in movies and TV series: someone opens a door or blows a hole in the hull of an airplane or movie, and everyone needs to hold on to furniture or wall braces to avoid getting sucked out by the s… --- ## [I'm pitting cellular providers (I think)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-cellular-providers-i-think/1001778)
**Author:** [@davidm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davidm)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-pitting-cellular-providers-i-think/1001778 "2024-05-23T20:52:02Z")
If I understand this article correctly, then this is a well deserved pitting of cellular providers. It’s about iSIMs. They’re planning to do away with SIM cards. Phones will come.with the number integrated into the pr… --- ## [Some Questions About the United States Space Force](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-the-united-states-space-force/999040)
**Author:** [@rippingtons\_fan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rippingtons_fan)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/some-questions-about-the-united-states-space-force/999040 "2024-05-23T19:59:23Z")
Among some of the things I was wondering about the U.S. Space Force; Do they have local recruiters yet like the other branches of the service or must one go through the USAF Recruiters? Do the enlisted personnel have the… --- ## [Why don't cop cars follow ambulances to pull over inconsiderate drivers?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-cop-cars-follow-ambulances-to-pull-over-inconsiderate-drivers/1001646)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-dont-cop-cars-follow-ambulances-to-pull-over-inconsiderate-drivers/1001646 "2024-05-23T19:55:06Z")
I see this all the time now, an ambulance with full sirens is blaring and not only are there cars still driving but also a bunch of cars driving full speed right behind the ambulance exploiting it’s siren for themselves. … --- ## [How tight is Ticketmaster's monopoly? (do they have one?)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tight-is-ticketmasters-monopoly-do-they-have-one/981279)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-tight-is-ticketmasters-monopoly-do-they-have-one/981279 "2024-05-23T18:29:02Z")
Perhaps I could have put this in Factual Questions but let’s face it there is no way anyone is going to stick to the strict questions I’m asking, so I’ll put it here. There has been plenty of recent brouhaha over Ticket… --- ## [Fallout - the Future of the Game Thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-future-of-the-game-thread/1001976)
**Author:** [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fallout-the-future-of-the-game-thread/1001976 "2024-05-23T18:23:25Z")
Continuing the discussion from Fallout Episode 8: The Beginning: For speculation on the Fallout game series, although tie-ins and how they interact is fair game. Specifically, Fallout 5, possible sequels and sub games … --- ## [Would you like to eat this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-eat-this/1001899)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 39\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-you-like-to-eat-this/1001899 "2024-05-23T16:05:59Z")
Vanilla ice cream over chocolate brownie with scotch whiskey poured over? This sounds so decadent to me. I’ve had little experience with true desserts. Oh, but if I could. (Hey, you could share, ya know!) --- ## [Woman found living in grocery store sign](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-found-living-in-grocery-store-sign/1001493)
**Author:** [@2\_More\_Bits](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2_More_Bits)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/woman-found-living-in-grocery-store-sign/1001493 "2024-05-23T15:21:14Z")
“…She had fashioned a desk, houseplant, computer printer, Keurig coffeemaker and food in the sign that looked over the store’s parking lot.” --- ## [Marinade for carne asada?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marinade-for-carne-asada/542768)
**Author:** [@woodstockbirdybird](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/woodstockbirdybird)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/marinade-for-carne-asada/542768 "2024-05-23T13:37:54Z")
Got a huge slab of tri-tip and instead of just grilling it I thought I’d make some carne asada with it. Problem: the 2 or 3 recipes for carne asada I’ve used in the past have turned out somewhat bland. Anybody got any go… --- ## [ChatGPT made me LOL with this one. Nicely done!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-made-me-lol-with-this-one-nicely-done/1001898)
**Author:** [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chatgpt-made-me-lol-with-this-one-nicely-done/1001898 "2024-05-23T13:33:43Z")
Me: Do you know what a narrow salvo of photon torpedoes is? ChatGPT: A narrow salvo of photon torpedoes is a term from the “Star Trek” universe, referring to a specific type of attack pattern used by starships equipped … --- ## [Mayor in the Phillipines accused of being Chinese plant](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-in-the-phillipines-accused-of-being-chinese-plant/1001963)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mayor-in-the-phillipines-accused-of-being-chinese-plant/1001963 "2024-05-23T12:57:38Z")
It sounds like a movie plot. I’ve heard of long-term planning, but this is something else. --- ## [Supreme court upholds unorthodox funding for watchdog financial agency critics complain its an end run around congress](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-upholds-unorthodox-funding-for-watchdog-financial-agency-critics-complain-its-an-end-run-around-congress/1001946)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/supreme-court-upholds-unorthodox-funding-for-watchdog-financial-agency-critics-complain-its-an-end-run-around-congress/1001946 "2024-05-23T12:38:30Z")
ok after the 2008 crisis, they made the dodd-frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act which was passed by congress and signed President Obama signed into law Now one of the things that was provided for in… --- ## [Sexual transmission of covid](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-transmission-of-covid/1001837)
**Author:** [@BleizDu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BleizDu)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sexual-transmission-of-covid/1001837 "2024-05-23T10:09:38Z")
This was a thing spoken about at the beginning. I remember during lockdown reading a booklet or two about safer sex in covid times. (You can picture the recommandations!) An internet search didn’t yield much info about … --- ## [A Mythical, Architectural Alphabet. With Link, Please And Thank You](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mythical-architectural-alphabet-with-link-please-and-thank-you/1001877)
**Author:** [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-mythical-architectural-alphabet-with-link-please-and-thank-you/1001877 "2024-05-23T06:10:23Z")
This is darn adorable. And possibly inhabitable. Recite Your ABCs… {LINK} --- ## [Which is superior, an adversarial or an inquisitorial system of justice?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-superior-an-adversarial-or-an-inquisitorial-system-of-justice/1001623)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/which-is-superior-an-adversarial-or-an-inquisitorial-system-of-justice/1001623 "2024-05-23T04:32:22Z")
Which is better, an adversarial system of justice like that of United States, Canada, Australia, Hong Kong, India, and Britain or an inquisitorial system like that of France, Thailand, Japan, Germany, and (unexpectedly) … --- ## [Has anyone here ever met or worked with Nathan Fielder? And anyone here like his show The Curse?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-met-or-worked-with-nathan-fielder-and-anyone-here-like-his-show-the-curse/996626)
**Author:** [@SpacedOutBanana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpacedOutBanana)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 23, 2024, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-here-ever-met-or-worked-with-nathan-fielder-and-anyone-here-like-his-show-the-curse/996626 "2024-05-23T03:33:30Z")
Recently became a fan because of that show. Wild!!! --- ## [Do not eat or drink after midnight before surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-eat-or-drink-after-midnight-before-surgery/1001892)
**Author:** [@Meiguoren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meiguoren)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-not-eat-or-drink-after-midnight-before-surgery/1001892 "2024-05-22T23:59:48Z")
I go in tomorrow for shoulder surgery. And those are my instructions, which I will follow. Being curious I did Google why I need to do that. So do know the answer of why. You could die choking on your stomach contents… --- ## [Can someone explain the Taylor Swift phenomenon to me?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-taylor-swift-phenomenon-to-me/981339)
**Author:** [@hostility](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hostility)\ **Replies:** 1025\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2024, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-explain-the-taylor-swift-phenomenon-to-me/981339 "2024-05-22T23:59:33Z")
She’s been around a pretty long time. We’ve all heard about the concert ticket fiasco last fall. She just started her tour those tickets were for. People are just nuts for her. I’ve listened to some of her music (even wa… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=557&state=muted) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=559&state=muted)