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**Author:** [@grimpixie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/grimpixie)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mundane-pointless-stuff-i-learned-today/70298 "2024-02-29T23:02:24Z")
Today I learned that limes are always sold in thier unripened state… Why? To distinguish them from lemons, since limes are also yellow in thier ripened form!! What have you learned today? Gp P.s. I did warn you in th… --- ## [Advice on choosing part D Medicare insurance and Supplemental insurance](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-choosing-part-d-medicare-insurance-and-supplemental-insurance/998202)
**Author:** [@X.L.Lent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/X.L.Lent)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-choosing-part-d-medicare-insurance-and-supplemental-insurance/998202 "2024-02-29T20:16:39Z")
I’ve already started the application process and have selected for part B to start in April '24. Right now I’m trying to figure out which company would be best for part D. It seems that no matter which plan I choose Y… --- ## [Any benefit to letting a car “rest” during a long drive?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-benefit-to-letting-a-car-rest-during-a-long-drive/998253)
**Author:** [@Jackknifed\_Juggernaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackknifed_Juggernaut)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-benefit-to-letting-a-car-rest-during-a-long-drive/998253 "2024-02-29T19:48:46Z")
I’m about to leave for a long car trip of about 1,500 miles over 2 days. My original plan was to drive my new truck down, but due to space limitations where I’ll be parking, I am forced to bring my much older 2009 car. … --- ## [Do any religious sects denounce in vitro fertilization? (IVF)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-religious-sects-denounce-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf/998013)
**Author:** [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-any-religious-sects-denounce-in-vitro-fertilization-ivf/998013 "2024-02-29T17:44:30Z")
I understand that IVF often results in the death of blastocysts, or at least embryos that are never implanted into any womb. So if you believe that destroying a fertilized egg is murder, you presumably wouldn’t want to u… --- ## [The new "WHAM!" documentary on Netflix - highly recommend!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-wham-documentary-on-netflix-highly-recommend/986796)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-new-wham-documentary-on-netflix-highly-recommend/986796 "2024-02-29T17:28:34Z")
I watched it last night. It’s about the classic George Michael/Andrew Ridgeley duo, and while it’s quite superficial as docos go, it’s still excellent, and I for one sang along through much of it. Highly recommended fo… --- ## [Wondering aloud about creating a Science forum (added a science tag instead)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-aloud-about-creating-a-science-forum-added-a-science-tag-instead/998022)
**Author:** [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Replies:** 83\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wondering-aloud-about-creating-a-science-forum-added-a-science-tag-instead/998022 "2024-02-29T15:24:34Z")
Okay, bear with me as I think this out, it’s not a proposal (yet). I was reading a couple of science-y threads in MaPSIMS this morning and was thinking about what a strange place that was to park them. And that got me r… --- ## [Different songs, same melody](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-songs-same-melody/577981)
**Author:** [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Replies:** 161\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/different-songs-same-melody/577981 "2024-02-29T14:35:02Z")
I realized many years ago that Barney the Dinosaur’s I Love You song is the same melody as This Old Man. The alphabet song is really Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. And I just realized that Mary Had a Little Lamb is reall… --- ## [Pluto -- now in COLOR!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-now-in-color/732470)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pluto-now-in-color/732470 "2024-02-29T14:21:33Z")
New high-res. photos from the flyby in color: We’ve known for almost 15 years that Pluto was “mostly brown”, but it’s better at high resolution http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap010319.html --- ## [Scary scenario for Trump victory](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-scenario-for-trump-victory/998164)
**Author:** [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/scary-scenario-for-trump-victory/998164 "2024-02-29T13:21:21Z")
I’ve seen similar ideas put forward, and can’t find a problem with this one: --- ## [Balletomanes please? What's this called?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balletomanes-please-whats-this-called/998241)
**Author:** [@gkster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gkster)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/balletomanes-please-whats-this-called/998241 "2024-02-29T13:15:04Z")
I used to know the name for this but googling isn’t coming up with it. It’s done by a male dancer. At 1:59 in the video (which shows just 3 seconds of it, but in a ballet it goes on several seconds longer) he’s circlin… --- ## [Any Michael Rapaport fans? Can you explain this?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 70\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-michael-rapaport-fans-can-you-explain-this/993488 "2024-02-29T11:49:11Z")
He seems to have gone over the edge. Sorry about it not starting at the beginning :face\_with\_raised\_eyebrow: --- ## [Covid and brain fog](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-brain-fog/998265)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/covid-and-brain-fog/998265 "2024-02-29T11:35:11Z")
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMe2400189 A new study compares the cognitive functioning of people who didn’t get covid, those who had mild covid, serious covid, long covid, etc. There are lots of findings, an… --- ## [Look into my/your/her/sb eye... but which eye?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-into-my-your-her-sb-eye-but-which-eye/998054)
**Author:** [@longtry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/longtry)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/look-into-my-your-her-sb-eye-but-which-eye/998054 "2024-02-29T11:01:46Z")
I have a theory. Whichever side our dominant eye is, we tend to look at that eye of our interlocutor. For example, mine is left eye, and I mostly look at their left eye (on the right of the picture, from my POV) - thus t… --- ## [Is it just me or is President Biden really good at the job?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-president-biden-really-good-at-the-job/984859)
**Author:** [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Replies:** 260\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-just-me-or-is-president-biden-really-good-at-the-job/984859 "2024-02-29T10:09:45Z")
I know his approval numbers are terrible, but it just seems that every time something seems absolutely impossible, he manages to get bipartisan consensus and get a bill passed. He certainly doesn’t get everything the Dem… --- ## [Gender discrimination](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-discrimination/994993)
**Author:** [@fedman1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fedman1)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gender-discrimination/994993 "2024-02-29T09:58:12Z")
reviewing the Darryl George suspension in Texas over his hair length, wouldn’t this be case for gender discrimination? Why different rules for different genders at both schools and business? Has anyone pursued this appro… --- ## [Enforcing Laws at the Border](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enforcing-laws-at-the-border/996825)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enforcing-laws-at-the-border/996825 "2024-02-29T08:20:22Z")
I’m looking for a factual answer to this. There is an oft-repeated claim on the right that no border deal or reform is needed, they just need the current administration to enforce the laws we have. They make vague claim… --- ## [Are state employees always required by sunshine law to have their name publicly listed for transparency?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-state-employees-always-required-by-sunshine-law-to-have-their-name-publicly-listed-for-transparency/998126)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-state-employees-always-required-by-sunshine-law-to-have-their-name-publicly-listed-for-transparency/998126 "2024-02-29T07:40:12Z")
Was just given a job offer for an administrative role at a university (public university in Maryland.) I’ve seen before that California university employees (and most if not all public employees in Texas) always have th… --- ## [Computer video question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-video-question/998071)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/computer-video-question/998071 "2024-02-29T07:19:34Z")
I like to look at Imgur from time time to time. When you go to the page, there are many “thumbnails”(?) visible and you can scroll down to see more. As I scroll down, eventually the places where the thumbnails will be be… --- ## [When did live audiences start whooping instead of just applauding?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-live-audiences-start-whooping-instead-of-just-applauding/997770)
**Author:** [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-live-audiences-start-whooping-instead-of-just-applauding/997770 "2024-02-29T06:48:57Z")
I recently came across a question the “No Stupid Questions” subreddit that I’ve also wondered about: I’ve noticed in old concert footage —specifically Elvis in the’50s and John Denver in the early ’70s—that the audienc… --- ## [Beware the deepfake Oprah!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-deepfake-oprah/998245)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 5:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/beware-the-deepfake-oprah/998245 "2024-02-29T05:57:37Z")
Piers Morgan and Oprah had their voices used by a scammer. I hope the lies catch up enough to punish this kind of thing if they haven’t already. I will say that I’m much more concerned about her than him. --- ## [Trump banned from ballot?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-banned-from-ballot/997634)
**Author:** [@EnolaStraight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EnolaStraight)\ **Replies:** 9\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-banned-from-ballot/997634 "2024-02-29T05:02:45Z")
The states of Maine and Colorado (amongst others trying to) have removed Trump from the ballot as Republican Nominee. Does that ban include write-in ballots? I’m sure Republicans, Conservatives, and the Far Right will … --- ## [Speaking of Scary Scenarios (Pertaining to Control of Congress)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-scary-scenarios-pertaining-to-control-of-congress/998185)
**Author:** [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/speaking-of-scary-scenarios-pertaining-to-control-of-congress/998185 "2024-02-29T03:46:33Z")
The “Scary Scenario” thread, although implausible in its own right, does lead me to think that there are two other scenarios not out of the realm of possibilities - and both involve Biden (apparently) winning the electio… --- ## [If The Uruguayan Rugby Team Crash Had Happened In The US](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-uruguayan-rugby-team-crash-had-happened-in-the-us/998194)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-the-uruguayan-rugby-team-crash-had-happened-in-the-us/998194 "2024-02-29T02:41:09Z")
So for those not familiar, in 1972 a plane crashed carrying a Uruguyan rugby team and their friends and families. The survivors were exposed to altitude sickness, hypothermia, starvation, and an avalanche. Unable to work… --- ## [Yoyo question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoyo-question/998043)
**Author:** [@Gateway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gateway)\ **Replies:** 27\ **Last updated:** [February 29, 2024, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yoyo-question/998043 "2024-02-29T01:55:18Z")
Hi, thank you for your time. I am interested in getting into yoyoing and I encountered (what I think is) a problem. I went to the store and bought a cheapo, like 5 dollars or something. The issue I am having with it is … --- ## [Enlightenment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enlightenment/997742)
**Author:** [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enlightenment/997742 "2024-02-28T19:49:48Z")
I reached total enlightenment today. --- ## [EARLY, MIDDLE, LATE - Need 4 in total, what word can I add?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-middle-late-need-4-in-total-what-word-can-i-add/998173)
**Author:** [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/early-middle-late-need-4-in-total-what-word-can-i-add/998173 "2024-02-28T19:33:27Z")
I have a project to complete and I require 4 words to generically describe specific periods within a measurement of time. So, something like: Early Pleistocene, Middle Pleistocene and Late Pleistocene. Problem is I nee… --- ## [(Old) Don't Sleep On The President's Day Sales - A Mattress MMP](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-dont-sleep-on-the-presidents-day-sales-a-mattress-mmp/997754)
**Author:** [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Replies:** 365\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-dont-sleep-on-the-presidents-day-sales-a-mattress-mmp/997754 "2024-02-28T19:30:36Z")
It’s President’s Day, and the traditional mattress sales are on. Which means heaving 116lbs. mattresses in a box for the next week. Oy vey. On the other hand, my nice firm OMF mattress will be calling my name after wor… --- ## [Jumping from 10,000 ft](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-from-10-000-ft/998118)
**Author:** [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jumping-from-10-000-ft/998118 "2024-02-28T19:22:08Z")
If I were to jump from an altitude of 10,000 ft and streamline my body for maximum speed I read that I might reach about 220 mph. Would that be enough speed to generate sufficient lift if I were to change my body positio… --- ## [Parents selling photos of young girls on Instagram. WTF?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-selling-photos-of-young-girls-on-instagram-wtf/997988)
**Author:** [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/parents-selling-photos-of-young-girls-on-instagram-wtf/997988 "2024-02-28T16:51:59Z")
A NYT piece about parents (primarily mothers) selling photos of their young pre-teen daughters to pedophiles at $10 a pop. They apparently see nothing wrong with this practice. I’m not talking about girls in sun dresses … --- ## [Joshua Schulte, who sent CIA secrets to WikiLeaks, sentenced to 40 years](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joshua-schulte-who-sent-cia-secrets-to-wikileaks-sentenced-to-40-years/998214)
**Author:** [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [February 28, 2024, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/joshua-schulte-who-sent-cia-secrets-to-wikileaks-sentenced-to-40-years/998214 "2024-02-28T15:45:25Z")
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/joshua-schulte-who-sent-cia-secrets-to-wikileaks-sentenced-to-40-years/ar-BB1hEyYs “The cache of information published by WikiLeaks, dubbed Vault 7, went online in several batches acros… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=618&state=tracking) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=620&state=tracking)