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**Author:** [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-we-die-where-does-our-blood-go/982609 "2023-04-24T02:18:26Z")
Does our blood go back into our heart when we die? Does it stay where it is? Assume it was a natural death. --- ## [Could Hitler have succeeded in World War II if…](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hitler-have-succeeded-in-world-war-ii-if/981666)
**Author:** [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)\ **Replies:** 240\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-hitler-have-succeeded-in-world-war-ii-if/981666 "2023-04-24T01:44:13Z")
Instead of devoting so much in the way of resources to murdering Jews, he had focused everything they had on the war? I’m watching the trial of Adolf Eichmann film (it’s on Netflix if you’re interested), and I’m thinkin… --- ## [What does F.A.F. mean after a price?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-f-a-f-mean-after-a-price/982931)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-f-a-f-mean-after-a-price/982931 "2023-04-24T00:27:54Z")
This 1937 Taylorcraft ad has a price listed as ‘$1495 F.A.F.’ What does ‘F.A.F.’ mean? --- ## [Visiting Pittsburgh for a few days. Tell me where to go and what to do](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-pittsburgh-for-a-few-days-tell-me-where-to-go-and-what-to-do/980754)
**Author:** [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 24, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/visiting-pittsburgh-for-a-few-days-tell-me-where-to-go-and-what-to-do/980754 "2023-04-24T00:25:34Z")
We live just north of Dayton, Ohio. We’re in our mid 50s. Have never been to Pittsburgh and decided on a whim to visit it next month. Our 25 year old daughter will be joining us. Her employer is closed on April 7, so the… --- ## [Would accelerating the launch platform boost a missiles range?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-accelerating-the-launch-platform-boost-a-missiles-range/983025)
**Author:** [@Celtic\_Kitsune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celtic_Kitsune)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-accelerating-the-launch-platform-boost-a-missiles-range/983025 "2023-04-23T22:36:48Z")
I’ve started watching ‘movies of the games’ downloaded from Youtube and some of them are actually good. At the moment I’m watching one of the Metal Gear\* game-movies and at one point there is a discussion of a fictional … --- ## [Easthampton school superintendent job offer abruptly rescinded](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easthampton-school-superintendent-job-offer-abruptly-rescinded/982248)
**Author:** [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Replies:** 241\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/easthampton-school-superintendent-job-offer-abruptly-rescinded/982248 "2023-04-23T22:26:02Z")
Easthampton seems to be in New Hampshire. A guy was offered a job as the school superintendent. The offer was rescinded when he used the salutation, “Ladies and Gentlemen” in an email. It seems the term “ladies” is a s… --- ## [Did Trump actually get COVID or was that whole thing a big scam or show?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-actually-get-covid-or-was-that-whole-thing-a-big-scam-or-show/983054)
**Author:** [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-trump-actually-get-covid-or-was-that-whole-thing-a-big-scam-or-show/983054 "2023-04-23T21:54:45Z")
My wife and I still discuss this from time to time. That whole episode just seems too “perfect” and convenient (eg Trump the egocentric idiot gets covid, goes to hospital for a day or so, emerges like a Phoenix from the … --- ## [The Four Yorkshiremen Sketch](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-four-yorkshiremen-sketch/978867)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 43\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-four-yorkshiremen-sketch/978867 "2023-04-23T20:15:01Z")
Is it really appropriate to say they’re trying to “one up\*” each other? Would something else work better? --- ## [What would cause a coffee cup to give off sparks when smashed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-cause-a-coffee-cup-to-give-off-sparks-when-smashed/983004)
**Author:** [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Replies:** 32\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-would-cause-a-coffee-cup-to-give-off-sparks-when-smashed/983004 "2023-04-23T19:40:22Z")
This evening, I went to a rage room in Seattle. For those unfamiliar with this relatively new business model, it’s an establishment where they give you a milk crate full of old bottles and plates and home furnishings and… --- ## [Each woman's hair style has a number?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/each-womans-hair-style-has-a-number/964728)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/each-womans-hair-style-has-a-number/964728 "2023-04-23T18:29:24Z")
I was browsing some articles on Huffington Post and one mentioned several hair styles and also gave each one a number? Like: “loose curl pattern, 1a-3b” and “4b Afro”. I had no idea! Do guys have the same deal? I just th… --- ## [Things you FINALLY figured out](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-figured-out/982223)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 127\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-finally-figured-out/982223 "2023-04-23T17:32:24Z")
Rather than reopen any of several years-old threads I’ll start this one anew. At the age of 62 I finally saw an actual point to making a bed other than obsessive-compulsiveness. It’s somewhat less necessary now that mos… --- ## [Devoted son or something else?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devoted-son-or-something-else/983045)
**Author:** [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/devoted-son-or-something-else/983045 "2023-04-23T17:11:37Z")
Disclaimer first - I don’t need advice. This situation doesn’t affect me at all, other than idle curiosity, or nosiness, or whatever you want to call it. OK? The individual in question (G) is my husband’s 70-something c… --- ## [Was WWII ever called "the Six Years' War"?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-wwii-ever-called-the-six-years-war/982922)
**Author:** [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-wwii-ever-called-the-six-years-war/982922 "2023-04-23T17:06:00Z")
I’m reading The Notion Club Papers, an unfinished novel by J.R.R. Tolkien. It was probably written around 1945 or 1946. It has a rather complicated setting, but the book’s introduction is feigned to be written in 2014. I… --- ## [I seriously need to check my spam folder](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seriously-need-to-check-my-spam-folder/983075)
**Author:** [@Chicago\_Faucet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicago_Faucet)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-seriously-need-to-check-my-spam-folder/983075 "2023-04-23T15:59:51Z")
--- ## [A message in a time-bottle from future you](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019)
**Author:** [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Replies:** 26\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-message-in-a-time-bottle-from-future-you/983019 "2023-04-23T14:49:21Z")
It’s no more than seven words and can’t use any proper names for fear of paradoxes because of timey-wimey reasons. What does it say? --- ## [Period underwear](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/period-underwear/982199)
**Author:** [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Replies:** 90\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/period-underwear/982199 "2023-04-23T12:34:30Z")
Okay, y’all, I’m talking about menstruation here. You don’t have to read it if you don’t want to. I was wondering if anyone has had any experiences with period underwear. Have you used them? Did they work? I have so… --- ## [Florida's Stand Your Ground law - good or bad law? Poorly understood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-stand-your-ground-law-good-or-bad-law-poorly-understood/616560)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 508\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/floridas-stand-your-ground-law-good-or-bad-law-poorly-understood/616560 "2023-04-23T12:15:37Z")
In the wake of the shooting in Florida of an unarmed black teen boy in a hoodie by a neighborhood watch captain (see thread here), this Florida law is getting a lot of publicity. Here is another case: briefly, \[QUOTE=N… --- ## [Stand-up comics - Who makes you laugh?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-up-comics-who-makes-you-laugh/982867)
**Author:** [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Replies:** 63\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stand-up-comics-who-makes-you-laugh/982867 "2023-04-23T10:50:43Z")
Limit your response to each performer’s stand-up act only, and the period when you thought they were at their best. Go ahead and vote for as many as you like. poll --- ## [Are men going bald at a younger age?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-men-going-bald-at-a-younger-age/982943)
**Author:** [@Jaycat.again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaycat.again)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-men-going-bald-at-a-younger-age/982943 "2023-04-23T04:06:55Z")
It seems like I am seeing more and more young men who are bald or balding. Especially sports announcers. Is it my imagination, or are men going bald at a younger age than they used to? And if so, why? --- ## ['Lives tragically lost': 4 dead, multiple injured in Dadeville, Alabama](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lives-tragically-lost-4-dead-multiple-injured-in-dadeville-alabama/982752)
**Author:** [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Replies:** 40\ **Last updated:** [April 23, 2023, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lives-tragically-lost-4-dead-multiple-injured-in-dadeville-alabama/982752 "2023-04-23T03:38:42Z")
just found this… jesus yet another one --- ## [Awfully & Terribly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awfully-terribly/981786)
**Author:** [@TRC4941](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TRC4941)\ **Replies:** 23\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/awfully-terribly/981786 "2023-04-22T22:31:50Z")
As I was driving home, listening to a podcast someone said, “he’s an awfully good guitar player”. That made me think of how the word “terribly” is used in a similar way. I wonder why those two words that if used in the f… --- ## [Resolved: time zones, leap years, leap seconds, and solar timekeeping should be abolished](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-time-zones-leap-years-leap-seconds-and-solar-timekeeping-should-be-abolished/981232)
**Author:** [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Replies:** 86\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resolved-time-zones-leap-years-leap-seconds-and-solar-timekeeping-should-be-abolished/981232 "2023-04-22T22:16:12Z")
The title says it all really. Humanity now has the ability to track and synchronize on a universal time standard. We have the ability to forecast and publish the dates of important seasonal events (start of planting… --- ## [What's the most unusual career change you've ever seen?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-unusual-career-change-youve-ever-seen/981091)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 180\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-most-unusual-career-change-youve-ever-seen/981091 "2023-04-22T21:22:45Z")
Last night, I took a dive down an Internet rabbit hole, and one of the side tunnels took me to a story about a physician who, in middle age, gave up the practice of medicine, and joined (and expanded) her husband’s inter… --- ## [Ass(donkey) from hole in the ground... Who knew?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ass-donkey-from-hole-in-the-ground-who-knew/275060)
**Author:** [@odaran](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/odaran)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ass-donkey-from-hole-in-the-ground-who-knew/275060 "2023-04-22T21:17:08Z")
I just had a moment that made clear one of the oldest sayings I have ever heard. “He does not know his ass from a hole in the ground.” I always thought it had referred to the persons posterior. Well surprise, surprise. I… --- ## [I have found the cure for my toenail fungus](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-cure-for-my-toenail-fungus/981795)
**Author:** [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-found-the-cure-for-my-toenail-fungus/981795 "2023-04-22T20:53:54Z")
A podiatrist called my toenail fungus severe. I’ve had most of my toenails removed twice and, both times, they’ve grown back and turned fungus-y very quickly. In January I started applying a good layer of iodine to every… --- ## [How do these monitor replacement glasses present a virtual image that is 6m away?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-these-monitor-replacement-glasses-present-a-virtual-image-that-is-6m-away/983030)
**Author:** [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-these-monitor-replacement-glasses-present-a-virtual-image-that-is-6m-away/983030 "2023-04-22T18:35:08Z")
There is a new product called Rokid Max that is a pair of glasses which presents a screen image, replacing a monitor. They claim it is equivalent to a 215" screen at 6 meters. I asked about this, and got a response. I ha… --- ## [Based on Dominion, Should \*Sullivan\* Be Overturned?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/based-on-dominion-should-sullivan-be-overturned/982946)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/based-on-dominion-should-sullivan-be-overturned/982946 "2023-04-22T18:05:42Z")
Not being lawyerly, what are the arguments for and against overturning Sullivan, given any crackpot media can say anything and mainstream media can cover that. Should anything change? Source: --- ## [A Spider-Man physics question](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spider-man-physics-question/983026)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 20\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-spider-man-physics-question/983026 "2023-04-22T17:57:53Z")
I don’t know which S-M movie- it’s the one where he’s racing up the Washington Monument for reasons. Anyway, he’s climbing up the side of it as fast as he can, and he breaks into a gallop, where all four feet leave the m… --- ## [Life forming on earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-forming-on-earth/973136)
**Author:** [@Lucas\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucas_Jackson)\ **Replies:** 12\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/life-forming-on-earth/973136 "2023-04-22T16:15:41Z")
I was listening to a talk by Stephen Webb where he briefly ran through what he says is the current understanding of how life originated on our planet. I realize he is a popularizer, not a scientist, but he says that life… --- ## [“Searching For Mexico” CNN Show](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-mexico-cnn-show/983024)
**Author:** [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [April 22, 2023, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/searching-for-mexico-cnn-show/983024 "2023-04-22T15:39:45Z")
With CNN running out of untried ways to further capitalize on Bourdain’s legacy, they have tried a new tack with their travel shows. Enter Eva Longoria in Searching For Mexico. Longoria is a very good looking woman. T… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=845) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=847)