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**Author:** [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/forensic-cause-of-death-question/978687 "2023-01-28T18:55:14Z")
Just curious about delayed cause of death identification, specifically alcohol. I just saw a news report about a guy found in his car under a bridge a month after he’d gone missing. Apparently, he’d crashed into a ditc… --- ## [What are some popular music songs, not jazz or classical, that has baritone sax part or solo?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-popular-music-songs-not-jazz-or-classical-that-has-baritone-sax-part-or-solo/978762)
**Author:** [@Ang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ang)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-popular-music-songs-not-jazz-or-classical-that-has-baritone-sax-part-or-solo/978762 "2023-01-28T16:15:37Z")
I am very familiar with baritone sax parts in jazz and classical music. I enjoy the bari sax in other kinds of music, but I can’t think of titles and bands that use it. I could use some help in expanding my repertoire.… --- ## [Is there a clear difference in speed between a motorcycle and car?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-clear-difference-in-speed-between-a-motorcycle-and-car/977613)
**Author:** [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Replies:** 69\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-clear-difference-in-speed-between-a-motorcycle-and-car/977613 "2023-01-28T15:17:47Z")
Chases between a car and motorcycle often occur in tv and movies. Does either vehicle have a clear advantage? Specifically between stock vehicles on a highway. For example, John is driving a 2022 Mustang GT. The Ford … --- ## [Underground nuclear weapons (not for testing; as offensive weapons)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underground-nuclear-weapons-not-for-testing-as-offensive-weapons/978705)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/underground-nuclear-weapons-not-for-testing-as-offensive-weapons/978705 "2023-01-28T15:12:21Z")
There were some post-WWII plans to bury atomic weapons in Germany, to be detonated by timer or remote control in the event of a Soviet invasion. This would mess up the Soviet plans by contaminating large areas and genera… --- ## [Why round tea bags?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-round-tea-bags/978143)
**Author:** [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-round-tea-bags/978143 "2023-01-28T14:47:31Z")
Almost every tea product I know of uses square tea bags. Except Tetleys. Tetley teabags are round. Wouldn’t that mean wastage in the teabag fabric? Square teabag, little wastage. Cut on the square, nothing in-betwee… --- ## [Another Mass Killing in California: 7 Dead in Half Moon Bay (South of San Francisco) Jan. 23, 2023](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mass-killing-in-california-7-dead-in-half-moon-bay-south-of-san-francisco-jan-23-2023/978702)
**Author:** [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-mass-killing-in-california-7-dead-in-half-moon-bay-south-of-san-francisco-jan-23-2023/978702 "2023-01-28T14:41:09Z")
They were Chinese farm workers, killed by a 67 year old Chinese male. --- ## [Is a shooting star a symbol for something ephemeral in the English language?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-shooting-star-a-symbol-for-something-ephemeral-in-the-english-language/978925)
**Author:** [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-a-shooting-star-a-symbol-for-something-ephemeral-in-the-english-language/978925 "2023-01-28T14:18:57Z")
For the first time in ages I am about to work for Berlin’s Film Festival, the Berlinale, again. That is the reason I have put this thread in Cafe Society and tagged it “movies”, but if the mods want to move it to Factual… --- ## [Do Europeans use 1.000 to express "one thousand" rather than 1,000?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-europeans-use-1-000-to-express-one-thousand-rather-than-1-000/978884)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 21\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/do-europeans-use-1-000-to-express-one-thousand-rather-than-1-000/978884 "2023-01-28T14:14:53Z")
I have noticed that some Europeans would report numbers as 4.500 to represent “four thousand five hundred”, 1.000 to express “one thousand,” rather than using commas. Is this typical in Europe? --- ## [Are eyes naturally open or closed?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-eyes-naturally-open-or-closed/978908)
**Author:** [@CC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CC)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-eyes-naturally-open-or-closed/978908 "2023-01-28T14:10:57Z")
Do we use muscles to close our eyes, e.g. to blink, to sleep, to keep out foreign objects, or do we use them to open our eyes, as it seems when we wake up? That is, are they naturally closed so that they have to be musc… --- ## [Earth's core spinning more slowly](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earths-core-spinning-more-slowly/978879)
**Author:** [@alovem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alovem)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/earths-core-spinning-more-slowly/978879 "2023-01-28T12:47:29Z")
I’m surprised that nobody’s posted about the recent news that the Earth’s core may be spinning more slowly: https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-00167-1 I’m posting this in IMHO because I’ve read that there’s no … --- ## [Is Diurex Ultimate and Doans the same?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-diurex-ultimate-and-doans-the-same/978907)
**Author:** [@Jaw52284](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jaw52284)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-diurex-ultimate-and-doans-the-same/978907 "2023-01-28T12:14:39Z")
Is Diurex Ultimate the same as Doans? Diurex Ultimate contains magnesium salicylate. Doans contains magnesium salicylate tetrahydrate. If they are the same, does that mean Doans are also effective as water pills? Or is… --- ## [Hey Classical music fans - another identify this tune request](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-classical-music-fans-another-identify-this-tune-request/978924)
**Author:** [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-classical-music-fans-another-identify-this-tune-request/978924 "2023-01-28T11:36:37Z")
Can any one tell me where this tune. comes from ? Thanks in advance. Edit : damn, i pasted the wrong link… fixed now ! --- ## [Looking for a term of art about eroded fossils](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-term-of-art-about-eroded-fossils/978667)
**Author:** [@brossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brossa)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-term-of-art-about-eroded-fossils/978667 "2023-01-28T10:55:35Z")
Is there a term of art to describe fossils that are degraded, infilled with later material, invaded by roots, etc.? ‘Reworked’ seems to imply that a fossil has been re-embedded in younger strata, but what of a fossil tha… --- ## [Nerdy, Geeky Jokes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-geeky-jokes/975532)
**Author:** [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Replies:** 258\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nerdy-geeky-jokes/975532 "2023-01-28T09:29:54Z")
This is here because I wasn’t sure where it should go. Not really trying to start a game. I’m sitting here this am sipping from my coffee torus and musing on science jokes, good and bad. Yesterday, I saw a personalize… --- ## [Avatars Jake Sully and Patrick Mahomes](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-jake-sully-and-patrick-mahomes/978919)
**Author:** [@Guapo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guapo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/avatars-jake-sully-and-patrick-mahomes/978919 "2023-01-28T08:05:02Z")
Is it just me or does Jake Sully really look like Patrick Mahomes? --- ## [Was this Etsy seller telling the truth about customs declaration?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-etsy-seller-telling-the-truth-about-customs-declaration/978904)
**Author:** [@Orville\_mogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orville_mogul)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/was-this-etsy-seller-telling-the-truth-about-customs-declaration/978904 "2023-01-28T02:36:18Z")
I recently bought a vintage board game from a seller on Etsy. The game was $39 and the cost of shipping they quoted was $29 (from USA to Switzerland). I was OK with this as it is something I cherished from my childhood. … --- ## [Thread-banning in "MGT Must Go" thread](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-banning-in-mgt-must-go-thread/978849)
**Author:** [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Replies:** 16\ **Last updated:** [January 28, 2023, 1:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thread-banning-in-mgt-must-go-thread/978849 "2023-01-28T01:49:34Z")
Concerning this post: Sure, a double transgression of non-English and (sort of) threatening of life. Regardless, I thought a thread ban for what I thought was over-the-top, hyberbolic vitriol (“destroy!”) was excessiv… --- ## [Asymetrical Animals?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymetrical-animals/978678)
**Author:** [@drad\_dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drad_dog)\ **Replies:** 53\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/asymetrical-animals/978678 "2023-01-27T23:56:55Z")
I think that a flounder is because it has a bottom and a top side with two eyes IIRC. But I wonder if there are any others. Maybe other sea creatures? --- ## [Did The Early Monarchs Of England (William the Conqueror through John I) Hold Court, Settle Disputes, etc](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-early-monarchs-of-england-william-the-conqueror-through-john-i-hold-court-settle-disputes-etc/978845)
**Author:** [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Replies:** 13\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-early-monarchs-of-england-william-the-conqueror-through-john-i-hold-court-settle-disputes-etc/978845 "2023-01-27T22:52:41Z")
In various iterations in fiction, I’ve seen monarchs (those with power and not just figureheads) depicted as holding court, receiving entrities from civilians who had some personal dispute (Joffrey Baratheon, First of Hi… --- ## [Proportionally speaking, are wolves more fatal than dogs?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proportionally-speaking-are-wolves-more-fatal-than-dogs/977682)
**Author:** [@JakeRS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JakeRS)\ **Replies:** 55\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/proportionally-speaking-are-wolves-more-fatal-than-dogs/977682 "2023-01-27T22:26:58Z")
Obviously wolves are much stronger and dangerous predators in general, but dogs are said to be responsible for 30 to 35 thousand human deaths per year, which is more than both the small countries of Andorra and San Marin… --- ## [Bad, bad, bad Life in Dump-truck, Ark./ In the good ol' U.S. of A](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-life-in-dump-truck-ark-in-the-good-ol-u-s-of-a/978814)
**Author:** [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bad-bad-bad-life-in-dump-truck-ark-in-the-good-ol-u-s-of-a/978814 "2023-01-27T21:40:40Z")
Extra early risin’. Have to get to dialysis early because afterwards we go to Texarkana to the Diabetic clinic. Ugh! Doctors. Yay! Freebies. I have to eat because the Dialysis place has food but only after 8am, my whol… --- ## [Who did it first: band name-drops own name in song](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-it-first-band-name-drops-own-name-in-song/978458)
**Author:** [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Replies:** 100\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-did-it-first-band-name-drops-own-name-in-song/978458 "2023-01-27T21:01:39Z")
Some bands or singers name-drop their own name in a song. Presumably\* so listeners know who’s performing. I first noticed this in K-pop, but since I became aware of the idea, I hear it in R&B and rap as well. Where did i… --- ## [Buying Kindle books from an Amazon site outside your country](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-kindle-books-from-an-amazon-site-outside-your-country/978843)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/buying-kindle-books-from-an-amazon-site-outside-your-country/978843 "2023-01-27T20:53:40Z")
I was looking for some books (revivals of old out of print books) on Kindle, and I found them on Amazon UK and Amazon Australia, but not Amazon US. The UK site says " Kindle titles are available for US customers on Amazo… --- ## [Statins and grapefruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statins-and-grapefruit/978598)
**Author:** [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Replies:** 38\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/statins-and-grapefruit/978598 "2023-01-27T18:51:46Z")
I think most of us are aware that grapefruit or its juice are contraindicated for those of us taking statins (in my own case, I’m on Lipitor, aka atorvastatin). Since I’m no grapefruit fan anyway, not a problem for me pe… --- ## [People who are "gutted" when an elderly celebrity dies](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-gutted-when-an-elderly-celebrity-dies/978684)
**Author:** [@Jay\_Z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jay_Z)\ **Replies:** 58\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-who-are-gutted-when-an-elderly-celebrity-dies/978684 "2023-01-27T18:48:44Z")
I frequent a music forum and read the threads when a musician dies. There are a variety of reactions. David Crosby died recently. He was 81, not in the best of health (this was known) and had intentionally lived a fai… --- ## [What historical event would you change?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-change/978741)
**Author:** [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Replies:** 48\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-historical-event-would-you-change/978741 "2023-01-27T17:44:26Z")
I was tempted to resurrect this thread but I decided not to as my scenario is different. No omnipotence so no just arbitrarily changing someone’s sex or moving an island or increasing someone’s life (unless following th… --- ## [Are elite male sports actually "open" competitions?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-elite-male-sports-actually-open-competitions/978761)
**Author:** [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Replies:** 46\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-elite-male-sports-actually-open-competitions/978761 "2023-01-27T15:29:26Z")
Are the elite male competitions in major professional sports generally fully “open” or do they have rules saying they are open only for men? I could see it being either way - maybe the rules are gendered, or maybe the r… --- ## ["The dog it was that died."](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dog-it-was-that-died/978234)
**Author:** [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Replies:** 19\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-dog-it-was-that-died/978234 "2023-01-27T13:41:57Z")
No cheating nor looking it up. Does this phrase, exactly as written, mean anything to you? If so, what do you remember about it? Please spoiler your explanation so others can come at it fresh. --- ## [Trump Taylor-Greene as a joint running ticket in 2024](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-taylor-greene-as-a-joint-running-ticket-in-2024/973595)
**Author:** [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Replies:** 88\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-taylor-greene-as-a-joint-running-ticket-in-2024/973595 "2023-01-27T12:56:56Z")
Not a bad idea. It guarantees he will lose. --- ## [I have a hypothesis about COVID that everybody hates](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-hypothesis-about-covid-that-everybody-hates/952914)
**Author:** [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Replies:** 78\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2023, 8:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-have-a-hypothesis-about-covid-that-everybody-hates/952914 "2023-01-27T08:30:05Z")
This is a hypothesis that I have never seen put forward. An idea that just seems beyond peoples understanding. It has to deal with the origin of COVID19. In Februarry of 2020, before I even knew what COVID was, I got … [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=909) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/latest.md?page=911)