# Where does the school prom come from?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-school-prom-come-from/326857>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 19, 2005, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-school-prom-come-from/326857 "2005-10-19T03:41:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 17, 2021, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-the-school-prom-come-from/326857/5 "2021-04-17T18:09:41Z")

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Memory came back; found the other thread:

> [@Howard Hughes' estate--current status](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/howard-hughes-estate-current-status/2423):
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> In “More of the Straight Dope” Cecil Adams (1988) said that, while the staes involed, CA and TX, have settled with Hughes’ heirs and assigns, the IRS had not yet settled. How about now? What’s the Straight Dope now after eleven years? This matter should have been resolved by now.

Turns out that one was 16 years too. Or more specifically, 16years, 5 months. This one is actually 15 years, 6 months. So that other thread is still the longest.

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