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**Author:** [@batsto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/batsto)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-rolfe-and-tobacco/1026686 "2026-01-15T15:47:32Z")
I read a book some time ago –I think this may have been Charles Mann’s 1493, but I don’t have it here so I may be mistaken—that made a claim along the lines of how Rolfe risked his life to steal the tobacco seeds he took… --- ## [2026 Batsh\*ttery Bingo](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-batsh-ttery-bingo/1026260)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [January 4, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/2026-batsh-ttery-bingo/1026260 "2026-01-04T00:00:48Z")
You do not need to sign on to BlueSky to see it. Enjoy! --- ## [Please help me sell my mobile number](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-sell-my-mobile-number/1031835)
**Author:** [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 15, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-sell-my-mobile-number/1031835 "2026-08-15T17:39:35Z")
I’ve recently decided to give up my mobile and rely on my landline (which is being upgraded.) When I got my mobile, I chose a memorable number (it cost £5.) Apparently such numbers are valuable :sunglasses: I’ve had an… --- ## [Resource needs of browsers](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resource-needs-of-browsers/1030724)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2026, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/resource-needs-of-browsers/1030724 "2026-06-08T22:22:49Z")
Back in the olden days of the nineties, when I started to be online, a common piece of lore was “I’ll use this computer only to browse the internet”. What you meant with that was that the device you were getting wouldn’t… --- ## [I need advice about talking to a former skinemax actress..(TMI/NSFW discussion) (long)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-about-talking-to-a-former-skinemax-actress-tmi-nsfw-discussion-long/1031598)
**Author:** [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-advice-about-talking-to-a-former-skinemax-actress-tmi-nsfw-discussion-long/1031598 "2026-07-11T18:48:16Z")
Some backstory. I friend a lot of people on facebook. Over the last couple of years I started friending horror fans. And horror fans are usually Facebook friends with horror actors and actresses. Some of them really do … --- ## [Callers to Washington State Government Hotline get bad joke instead](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/callers-to-washington-state-government-hotline-get-bad-joke-instead/1028096)
**Author:** [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/callers-to-washington-state-government-hotline-get-bad-joke-instead/1028096 "2026-03-03T05:07:34Z")
Washington state hotline callers hear AI voice with Spanish accent | AP News That’s right-Callers to a Washington State Department of Licensing hotline that pressed “2” for Spanish got English with a heavily Spanish acc… --- ## [Any HR people here? Can I pick your brain a bit?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hr-people-here-can-i-pick-your-brain-a-bit/1030587)
**Author:** [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [June 4, 2026, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-hr-people-here-can-i-pick-your-brain-a-bit/1030587 "2026-06-04T19:49:04Z")
Short version - How difficult is it to get work in HR without any sort of training or degree in it? What can I expect compensation-wise? Longer tale: I’m about to lose a job I love and that I don’t think I can replicat… --- ## [Absurdities of How Insurance Premiums are Calculated](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurdities-of-how-insurance-premiums-are-calculated/1032352)
**Author:** [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 16, 2026, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/absurdities-of-how-insurance-premiums-are-calculated/1032352 "2026-08-16T13:31:25Z")
Just needed to share this because it’s absurd. I have a house with an in-law apartment in the basement. For 5 years, my brother and his girlfriend rented it. Each had their own car and insurance policy, and in accordanc… --- ## [How in the hell is this legal? (votesafe.org)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-hell-is-this-legal-votesafe-org/1033112)
**Author:** [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-in-the-hell-is-this-legal-votesafe-org/1033112 "2026-09-25T02:42:49Z")
Apparently Elon Musk has created a false voter registration “help” site that doesn’t register voters, but collects their information. Elon Musk is running a fake voter registration site designed to steal and sell data H… --- ## [Explain elements of home WiFi?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-elements-of-home-wifi/1028464)
**Author:** [@LynnM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LynnM)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [March 16, 2026, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-elements-of-home-wifi/1028464 "2026-03-16T19:10:06Z")
Can someone explain in a simple “for dummies” way the basic elements of setting up home WiFi? I just got a refurbished computer with LinuxMint installed on SSD. I was trying to set up WiFi and was completely befuddled; … --- ## [Countdown: 1000 days](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-1000-days/1029560)
**Author:** [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/countdown-1000-days/1029560 "2026-04-27T20:30:46Z")
Today starts the countdown until the end of Trump’s term. 1000 days to go. \[1000:14:50:59\] End of Trump’s Presidency What if anything can give us hope that the country will last that long? Perhaps only this account of… --- ## [JImmy Kimmel](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel/1026413)
**Author:** [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 7, 2026, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/jimmy-kimmel/1026413 "2026-01-07T00:01:47Z")
Would it be a terrible idea if when he closed each show Jimmy Kimmel would say “My apologies to Donald Trump, we ran out of time. “? --- ## [Malady gone, instantaneously. When your body does good!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malady-gone-instantaneously-when-your-body-does-good/1025228)
**Author:** [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 2, 2025, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/malady-gone-instantaneously-when-your-body-does-good/1025228 "2025-12-02T15:45:16Z")
Many (25) years ago I was diagnosed with Grover’s Disease, and after a consultation with a dermatologist and prescribed cortisone tabs, the lesions went away, eventually. About 4 years ago they returned. Now they weren’… --- ## [Chardon School Shooter Sentencing Hearing](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chardon-school-shooter-sentencing-hearing/1028490)
**Author:** [@whc.03grady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whc.03grady)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [March 25, 2026, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chardon-school-shooter-sentencing-hearing/1028490 "2026-03-25T14:49:39Z")
Why wasn’t Chardon School shooter TJ Lane immediately held in contempt of court and escorted out when, at his sentencing hearing, he took off his dress shirt to reveal he was wearing a tshirt with KILLER written on it? O… --- ## ["I stopped using the internet because I got happy." -- Graham Platner](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stopped-using-the-internet-because-i-got-happy-graham-platner/1030139)
**Author:** [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_Love_Me_Vol.I)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-stopped-using-the-internet-because-i-got-happy-graham-platner/1030139 "2026-05-17T21:33:15Z")
I love this quote. It relates to questions about some of Platner’s social media posting history. I don’t have any discussion I wish to have, or any topic, or anything else here. That’s why it’s in MPSIMS where I normally… --- ## [PLEASE help me choose a new TV](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-choose-a-new-tv/1027050)
**Author:** [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [January 27, 2026, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/please-help-me-choose-a-new-tv/1027050 "2026-01-27T20:59:57Z")
I am stuck in analysis paralysis. I have two TVs I’m choosing between at Best Buy. The first is the LG 85A. The other is TCL QM6K. I just can’t seem to pick between the two. The prices are $100 different, so that is… --- ## [YouTuber Adam The Woo has died at age 51](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-adam-the-woo-has-died-at-age-51/1026001)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtuber-adam-the-woo-has-died-at-age-51/1026001 "2026-02-10T00:41:59Z")
I watched him a lot in the late teens. He had just returned from a vacation in Switzerland, and posted his last video the day before he was found dead in his Florida home. Cause of death is pending autopsy. https://fo… --- ## [Who is the model/actress on the back cover of 'Back in the High Life' (1986) Steve Winwood?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-model-actress-on-the-back-cover-of-back-in-the-high-life-1986-steve-winwood/1027649)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [February 14, 2026, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-model-actress-on-the-back-cover-of-back-in-the-high-life-1986-steve-winwood/1027649 "2026-02-14T17:44:05Z")
I’m guessing it’s the same one who’s on the front, and it’s possible she has a photo credit on the album. Anyway for your reference. . . Link --- ## [German translation in "Marathon Man" (1976)](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-translation-in-marathon-man-1976/1031806)
**Author:** [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 23, 2026, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/german-translation-in-marathon-man-1976/1031806 "2026-07-23T17:59:35Z")
Not that it’s actually needed for the scene, but inquiring minds wanna know. Near the beginning of the movie a car driven by a man named Szell stalls, and an already highly POed motorist (Rosenbaum, whose car repairs ha… --- ## [Wasp behavior](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasp-behavior/1033474)
**Author:** [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wasp-behavior/1033474 "2026-09-30T13:54:52Z")
I work at a facility that has 5 story tower for training firefighters. You’ve probably seen one - brick with metal exterior stairs and and a concrete interior stairway. I was on the roof of the building and noticed many … --- ## [Explain to me the technical wording of the Fourteenth Amendment](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-the-technical-wording-of-the-fourteenth-amendment/1028571)
**Author:** [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [March 20, 2026, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-to-me-the-technical-wording-of-the-fourteenth-amendment/1028571 "2026-03-20T02:21:35Z")
I presume that there was a precise technical meaning to the 14th saying “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States”. If what the drafters rea… --- ## [Is it possible to determine who is responsible for the largest number of replies across all threads?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-determine-who-is-responsible-for-the-largest-number-of-replies-across-all-threads/1033111)
**Author:** [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2026, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-to-determine-who-is-responsible-for-the-largest-number-of-replies-across-all-threads/1033111 "2026-09-17T05:44:03Z")
We have a number of threads that have exceeded the 10,000-post limit and gone on to Parts 2, 3, 4, and more. IMHO, even if the OP of the initial thread didn’t actively start the follow-on threads, they are responsible fo… --- ## [Post trump White House](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-trump-white-house/1029837)
**Author:** [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/post-trump-white-house/1029837 "2026-05-06T17:05:48Z")
Damn Google knows everything! I’ve always maintained that, once trump is excised, that the WH should be sealed and pumped full of Lysol. Google knows how much it would take! “The White House has approximately 55,000 squ… --- ## [It would seem that I actually have a literary agent](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-seem-that-i-actually-have-a-literary-agent/1032224)
**Author:** [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2026, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-would-seem-that-i-actually-have-a-literary-agent/1032224 "2026-08-11T20:30:32Z")
It feels so surreal to be typing that statement. I’ve become so cynical and discouraged about querying lit agents that my first inclination was to assume it was a scam. Kept waiting for the moment when I was asked to sen… --- ## [PC - Windows 11 - Bitlocker](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-windows-11-bitlocker/1024533)
**Author:** [@Mark\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Finn)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pc-windows-11-bitlocker/1024533 "2025-11-05T23:26:54Z")
I came back to my computer after a few minutes to find a “blue screen of death”, displaying a screen for Bitlocker. I’ve never heard of it, and never (knowingly) installed it. I was prompted for a “recovery key” but my k… --- ## [Masked Magic Secrets Revealed - my new Youtube channel obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masked-magic-secrets-revealed-my-new-youtube-channel-obsession/1025345)
**Author:** [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2026, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/masked-magic-secrets-revealed-my-new-youtube-channel-obsession/1025345 "2026-05-12T22:37:13Z")
This has nothing to do with that old Masked Magician who revealed a bunch of common and pretty old tricks. This is a Youtube channel, just a few months ago, that does its best to solve how many current magicians are doi… --- ## [What is the median shape of the surface of the Earth](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-median-shape-of-the-surface-of-the-earth/1025263)
**Author:** [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2025, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-median-shape-of-the-surface-of-the-earth/1025263 "2025-12-01T14:09:52Z")
I have been obtaining amusement from perusing (not entirely passively) some discussions amongst Flat Earth Conspiracy Theorists and rational persons, and a question occurred to me. According to General Relativity, the E… --- ## [Help me identify an old movie about a young woman who lived with her father in a shack in the Old West](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-an-old-movie-about-a-young-woman-who-lived-with-her-father-in-a-shack-in-the-old-west/1026083)
**Author:** [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 26, 2025, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-identify-an-old-movie-about-a-young-woman-who-lived-with-her-father-in-a-shack-in-the-old-west/1026083 "2025-12-26T23:52:43Z")
Circa 1987, I watched a movie on TV with my grandmother. I don’t remember the whole story, but there was a young woman – I remember her as good-looking and fair-haired – who lived alone with her father in a shack or cabi… --- ## [Ukraine launches 1000 drones at Russia. What did that cost?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukraine-launches-1000-drones-at-russia-what-did-that-cost/1033944)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 18, 2026, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ukraine-launches-1000-drones-at-russia-what-did-that-cost/1033944 "2026-10-18T22:04:35Z")
Question in the Subject. --- ## [What is the ideal fission reactor for energy production?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ideal-fission-reactor-for-energy-production/1031319)
**Author:** [@spacecadet86](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spacecadet86)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 2, 2026, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-ideal-fission-reactor-for-energy-production/1031319 "2026-07-02T16:51:28Z")
I understand that PWR type reactors are ubiquitous because they are submarine reactors at a fundamental level. Shippingport was derived from submarine PWRs in 1957. However, there is another more simple type of fission r… --- ## [It’s not everyday I learn something new!](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-not-everyday-i-learn-something-new/1027445)
**Author:** [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 7, 2026, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/it-s-not-everyday-i-learn-something-new/1027445 "2026-02-07T14:19:55Z")
I never understood the lyric "Which is something between a large bathing machine and a very small second-class carriage” in “The Nightmare Song” from Iolanthe. But, now I know: --- ## [Is it possible Musk and DOGE crew scrubbed or tampered with Epstein info?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-musk-and-doge-crew-scrubbed-or-tampered-with-epstein-info/1025986)
**Author:** [@JoePockets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoePockets)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 24, 2025, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-possible-musk-and-doge-crew-scrubbed-or-tampered-with-epstein-info/1025986 "2025-12-24T00:21:15Z")
He did make reference to Trumps involvement while they were spatting over Trump ending e vehicle rebates ? There was more to DOGE than saving taxpayers money! --- ## [Actors' spouses' deaths from influenza?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-spouses-deaths-from-influenza/1025511)
**Author:** [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [December 8, 2025, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/actors-spouses-deaths-from-influenza/1025511 "2025-12-08T05:44:54Z")
We watch a lot of movies on TCM. Watching Shall We Dance (1937), I looked up Eric Blore. He married his first wife in 1917, and she died in 1919. Christmas In Connecticut (1945) is on now. S.Z. Sakall married his fir… --- ## [The Florentine diamond wasn't lost after all](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-florentine-diamond-wasnt-lost-after-all/1024648)
**Author:** [@Heracles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heracles)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [November 7, 2025, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-florentine-diamond-wasnt-lost-after-all/1024648 "2025-11-07T03:57:13Z")
The Habsburgs just kept it hidden for 100 years… Quote: Its 137 carats, intricately cut, passed through the hands of one European dynasty after another – the Medicis, the Habsburgs – before disappearing in the fog of… --- ## [Help me with the Shop app](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-shop-app/1024995)
**Author:** [@MagicEyes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MagicEyes)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [November 20, 2025, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-with-the-shop-app/1024995 "2025-11-20T16:33:59Z")
What is happening with the Shop app? I use it mostly to track shipments, but now I’m looking at a website and it gives me the option to buy with Shop, and it has my credit card number. If I use the app, it has a differen… --- ## [An extinct fish is being reintroduced into Lake Erie](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-extinct-fish-is-being-reintroduced-into-lake-erie/1025408)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [December 4, 2025, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-extinct-fish-is-being-reintroduced-into-lake-erie/1025408 "2025-12-04T23:40:01Z")
Those sturgeon fingerlings are pretty cute! --- ## [Thought Experiment about Consciousness](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-about-consciousness/1029966)
**Author:** [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [May 15, 2026, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-experiment-about-consciousness/1029966 "2026-05-15T04:19:29Z")
I’m putting this here because I’m not sure it’s really seriously debatable enough for GD, just because it’s not subject to any sort of real-world experiment, only thought experiment. For the purposes of this discussion,… --- ## [The next hot thing in AI: OpenClaw and Moltbook](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-hot-thing-in-ai-openclaw-and-moltbook/1027225)
**Author:** [@Schnitte](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Schnitte)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [February 2, 2026, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-next-hot-thing-in-ai-openclaw-and-moltbook/1027225 "2026-02-02T00:00:20Z")
A trending thing right now is OpenClaw, founded as Clawd then renamed Moltbot until it got its current name. As I understand it, it’s an open source agentic AI that you can install on and run from a local machine, with a… --- ## [Help me find what this clip was from](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-what-this-clip-was-from/1031077)
**Author:** [@pkbites](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pkbites)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-what-this-clip-was-from/1031077 "2026-06-23T14:26:06Z")
That thread reminded me of a clip I saw on Facebook. A guy was apparently dead and speaking to an angel or saint or something. At one point he had 60 seconds to ask any questions he wanted and they’d be answered. He… --- ## [In retrospect, what big events were truly “superspreader”?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-retrospect-what-big-events-were-truly-superspreader/1025997)
**Author:** [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [December 25, 2025, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-retrospect-what-big-events-were-truly-superspreader/1025997 "2025-12-25T06:29:42Z")
Plenty of public events with large numbers of people were (and sometimes are) feared to be the locus for an explosion of Covid infections. Sturgis and the Tokyo Olympics are two of the most high profile examples. So giv… --- ## [Interesting obituary: Loenid Radvinsky, who made OnlyFans what it became](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-obituary-loenid-radvinsky-who-made-onlyfans-what-it-became/1028785)
**Author:** [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2026, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/interesting-obituary-loenid-radvinsky-who-made-onlyfans-what-it-became/1028785 "2026-03-26T14:05:19Z")
Leonid Radvinsky, an innovative purveyor of online pornography who turned a tiny website called OnlyFans into an adult-entertainment powerhouse, redefining the industry for the social-media era, has died. He was 43. G… --- ## [Talk to me about mustache wax](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-mustache-wax/1031227)
**Author:** [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 30, 2026, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/talk-to-me-about-mustache-wax/1031227 "2026-06-30T11:46:11Z")
I’ve been growing my facial hair since 2022, and if I do say so myself, I’ve got a pretty impressive beard nowadays. I keep it in a braid so when I clip a walkie talkie to my collar at work, the whiskers don’t get stuck … --- ## [Is anybody familiar with the NYC Culture Pass?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-familiar-with-the-nyc-culture-pass/1032727)
**Author:** [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [September 2, 2026, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anybody-familiar-with-the-nyc-culture-pass/1032727 "2026-09-02T22:31:20Z")
I just read an online article about this. According to the article, New York state residents can get free admission to NYC museums via the New York Public Library system. The article said it works like this: Anybody who… --- ## [B-52 down at Edwards AFB](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52-down-at-edwards-afb/1030926)
**Author:** [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [June 16, 2026, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/b-52-down-at-edwards-afb/1030926 "2026-06-16T14:00:04Z")
This is a sad day for me . . . I think one of my really good AF friends (read ‘brother’') was onboard. Tripler We’re circling our tight-knit group of ‘brothers and sisters’ around his family right now. . . --- ## [Places that have physical gift cards with bonus cards still?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-have-physical-gift-cards-with-bonus-cards-still/1025651)
**Author:** [@Asuka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asuka)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [December 15, 2025, 10:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/places-that-have-physical-gift-cards-with-bonus-cards-still/1025651 "2025-12-15T22:54:10Z")
Restaurants or fast food, need physical cards for Christmas cards. --- ## [A large underwater volcano is erupting north of Papua New Guinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-large-underwater-volcano-is-erupting-north-of-papua-new-guinea/1030057)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 26, 2026, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-large-underwater-volcano-is-erupting-north-of-papua-new-guinea/1030057 "2026-05-26T19:57:10Z")
That’s not the really newsworthy part. That the volcano is creating an ash and steam cloud despite being a half-mile underwater is. --- ## [Oenophiles: Tell me about Malmsey](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oenophiles-tell-me-about-malmsey/1030516)
**Author:** [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/oenophiles-tell-me-about-malmsey/1030516 "2026-06-02T07:05:48Z")
I’ve never heard of this until recently. The flavor profile sounds aaaaamazing. Who’s had it? What should I pair it with? --- ## [Help me understand how this is a ball mill? "Working Point" sculpture, Baltimore Museum of Industry](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-how-this-is-a-ball-mill-working-point-sculpture-baltimore-museum-of-industry/1030638)
**Author:** [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [June 6, 2026, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-understand-how-this-is-a-ball-mill-working-point-sculpture-baltimore-museum-of-industry/1030638 "2026-06-06T07:07:43Z")
I’m somewhat familiar with ball mills (machines for crushing solids into powder using a tumbling drum also containing balls). But I can’t see how this particular item can be a ball mill. It’s old, removed from service, a… --- ## [Thought-provoking YT video about vintage stage makeup](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-provoking-yt-video-about-vintage-stage-makeup/1024373)
**Author:** [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thought-provoking-yt-video-about-vintage-stage-makeup/1024373 "2025-11-01T02:17:14Z")
This popped up in my “suggested videos” feed last night, and apparently those of a lot of other people too. I knew about some of the tricks used in B&W film photography, mainly using pink instead of white because pink a… --- ## [Walmart dethroned as richest company after 13 years at the top](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-dethroned-as-richest-company-after-13-years-at-the-top/1031544)
**Author:** [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/walmart-dethroned-as-richest-company-after-13-years-at-the-top/1031544 "2026-07-09T22:21:58Z")
Amazon is the new king of the hill. No surprise, I guess. This article is from last month but I just noticed it. In the 72 years of tracking only four companies have made the number one spot. https://www.nwahomepage.com… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=79&per_page=50) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/top.md?page=81&per_page=50)