# Because the Straight Dope tells me so - things learned from the Dope. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 31, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851 "2011-05-31T14:28:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Raguleader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/258eb7/32.png) [@Raguleader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raguleader)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851/61 "2011-06-12T03:32:06Z")
Oh, and I’m pretty sure it was on the Dope, when I mentioned how many Koreans smell a bit of Garlic and Kimchi, someone else mentioned that many Asians think that Americans and Europeans smell vaguely of sour milk. Something to do with our diets. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851/62 "2011-06-12T03:58:04Z")
> [@santiago42](#): > > The reason some companies want extra money to ship to Canada is Customs. Canadians are screwed by their own Customs. Apparently, there are negotiations underway by Canada and the US to “normalize” their Customs requirements. Based on the news, I’m of the understanding that Americans can buy and declare $200 worth of goods tax-free after a visit to Canada of 24 hours or less. Canadians who visit the US for 24 hours or less get an exemption of … nothing. Zero dollars. Zilch. Nada. Or, as our French-speaking Canadian friends would say, rien. I hope that the negotiations between our two countries will finally allow Canadians to buy things in the US on a day trip, and bring them home without having to pay tax. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851/63 "2011-06-12T20:08:02Z")
Why shit is brown. (Bilirubin) The genitalia of a drone bee is the largest proportionally to its body size. Among the largest of any animal on Earth. ---
**Author:** ![JBDivmstr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b4bc9f/32.png) [@JBDivmstr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBDivmstr)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2011, 5:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851/64 "2011-06-13T05:37:31Z")
> [@Locrian](#): > > Why shit is brown. (Bilirubin) And then there are those things, that I _ **really** _ would have been perfectly content, _ **not knowing** _! :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 1:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851/65 "2011-06-14T01:54:57Z")
That the scanner the Doctor used in Star Trek was really a modern-style salt shaker. ---
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851/66 "2011-06-14T14:28:19Z")
That the [song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvR6d08L3nc) the guy sings in “Animal House” right before Bluto smashes his guitar is an actual well known folk song, and not just something written for the movie. “I gave my love a chicken that had no bones” - really? ---
**Author:** ![Maastricht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e57/32.png) [@Maastricht](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maastricht)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851/67 "2011-06-14T15:24:00Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > That the scanner the Doctor used in Star Trek was really a modern-style salt shaker. Ha! (see no 1, props, in [http://www.cracked.com/article/231\_5-things-hollywood-reuses-more-than-plots\_p2/](http://www.cracked.com/article/231_5-things-hollywood-reuses-more-than-plots_p2/) ) ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851/68 "2011-06-15T02:06:56Z")
> [@Maastricht](#): > > Ha! (see no 1, props, in [http://www.cracked.com/article/231\_5-things-hollywood-reuses-more-than-plots\_p2/](http://www.cracked.com/article/231_5-things-hollywood-reuses-more-than-plots_p2/) ) But I learned it here first. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851/69 "2011-06-15T02:14:45Z")
How many have learned that there is absolutely no I after the V in mischievous? ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [June 15, 2011, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851/70 "2011-06-15T03:26:57Z")
> [@california\_jobcase](#): > > How many have learned that there is absolutely no I after the V in mischievous? Even though I know better, I occasionally find myself pronouncing it “Miss-CHEE-vee-us” when speaking, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/because-the-straight-dope-tells-me-so-things-learned-from-the-dope/583851.md?page=3)