| 1. | | How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? (1981) (straightdope.com) |
| 3 points by downbad_ 4 months ago | past |
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| 2. | | I Waterboard (2007) (straightdope.com) |
| 7 points by chistev 6 months ago | past | 2 comments |
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| 3. | | Stop abusing Bernoulli when describing lift (straightdope.com) |
| 1 point by the-mitr 8 months ago | past |
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| 4. | | What happened to all the gold Spain got from the New World? (1985) (straightdope.com) |
| 125 points by titaniumtown 10 months ago | past | 150 comments |
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| 5. | | The U.S. goes fascist. How do you escape? By Cecil Adams (2016) (straightdope.com) |
| 8 points by IndySun on July 15, 2024 | past | 2 comments |
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| 6. | | What’s the difference between an -ectomy, an -ostomy, and an -otomy? (1986) (straightdope.com) |
| 253 points by tzs on May 15, 2024 | past | 100 comments |
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| 7. | | What's the story on the "toxic lady"? (1996) (straightdope.com) |
| 110 points by fidotron on Jan 14, 2024 | past | 24 comments |
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| 8. | | Ivory soap is 99 and 44/100% pure what? (straightdope.com) |
| 2 points by misthop on July 25, 2023 | past |
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| 9. | | The Drachten Experiment: Safer Driving Through Removing Street Signs (straightdope.com) |
| 1 point by lopespm on Feb 11, 2023 | past |
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| 10. | | What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle? (straightdope.com) |
| 147 points by haossr on Dec 30, 2022 | past | 132 comments |
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| 11. | | Why’d Subway change how it cut the bread? (straightdope.com) |
| 2 points by atdrummond on March 25, 2022 | past |
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| 12. | | Do Chinese lack sweat glands in their armpits? (2002) (straightdope.com) |
| 5 points by rzk on Dec 26, 2021 | past | 1 comment |
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| 13. | | Low-radioactivity steel and the scuttled German Imperial fleet of 1919 (straightdope.com) |
| 2 points by nathan_phoenix on May 24, 2021 | past |
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| 14. | | Does speed reading training work? (1992) (straightdope.com) |
| 1 point by signa11 on May 15, 2021 | past |
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| 15. | | How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? (1981) (straightdope.com) |
| 384 points by tosh on Oct 10, 2020 | past | 390 comments |
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| 16. | | Why aren't digital gauges in cars more prevalent today? (2005) (straightdope.com) |
| 1 point by networked on March 14, 2020 | past |
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| 17. | | Why is the alphabet in alphabetical order? (2007) (straightdope.com) |
| 1 point by walterbell on Jan 8, 2020 | past |
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| 18. | | Oh, Smedley: Was there really a fascist plot to overthrow the U.S. government? (straightdope.com) |
| 4 points by smacktoward on Oct 3, 2019 | past |
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| 19. | | Why does the alarm clock snooze button give you nine extra minutes, not ten? (straightdope.com) |
| 2 points by jackweirdy on Oct 31, 2018 | past |
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| 20. | | A Note from Cecil Adams about the Straight Dope (straightdope.com) |
| 125 points by severine on July 1, 2018 | past | 25 comments |
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| 21. | | Why is East Asian earwax different from black and white people’s earwax? (straightdope.com) |
| 14 points by masonic on May 25, 2018 | past | 3 comments |
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| 22. | | If Europe is more expensive, why do Americans pay more for healthcare? (straightdope.com) |
| 75 points by iamjeff on May 8, 2017 | past | 127 comments |
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| 23. | | The horror of blimps (2003) (straightdope.com) |
| 289 points by coldtea on Feb 12, 2017 | past | 13 comments |
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| 24. | | Do electronic bathroom scales use tricks to appear more accurate? (straightdope.com) |
| 1 point by jeffbaumes on July 2, 2016 | past |
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| 25. | | How long are dams like Hoover Dam engineered to last? (2006) (straightdope.com) |
| 79 points by monort on Dec 20, 2015 | past | 39 comments |
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| 26. | | Why are there so many mattress stores? (straightdope.com) |
| 9 points by jseliger on Dec 14, 2015 | past | 5 comments |
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| 27. | | The sperm trees of LA (straightdope.com) |
| 1 point by fezz on Dec 14, 2015 | past |
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| 28. | | Are Japanese kids as enamored of Pokémon as American kids are? (straightdope.com) |
| 1 point by JacobAldridge on Nov 16, 2015 | past |
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| 29. | | Why were the star and pound symbols originally added to phone keypads? (straightdope.com) |
| 4 points by CapitalistCartr on Sept 23, 2015 | past |
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| 30. | | Why is there no blue food? (straightdope.com) |
| 3 points by personjerry on Aug 23, 2015 | past |
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