# Straight Dope (and Ed Zotti) get a shout out on the AV Club!

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> **[History remembers these people, just not their names](https://www.avclub.com/history-remembers-these-people-just-not-their-names-1833115084)**
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> This week’s entry: Unidentified people

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> Strangest fact: The only straight dope you won’t get from “The Straight Dope” is the identity of the author. The syndicated newspaper column, which ran from 1973 to 2018 was attributed to Cecil Adams, but The Chicago Reader’s copyright filing for the column in 1986 attested the name “does not identify any particular individual but was devised as a fanciful name.” The mystery falls apart pretty quickly, however, when Wikipedia names Ed Zotti as the editor of the column and reveals that he had made public appearances as Adams. Zotti himself has hinted that “Cecil Adams” is a team that researches and writes the column, which he leads.

Neat!