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		Stop abusing Bernoulli when describing lift (straightdope.com)
		1 point by the-mitr 53 days ago \| past
		What happened to all the gold Spain got from the New World? (1985) (straightdope.com)
		125 points by titaniumtown 3 months ago \| past \| 150 comments
		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
		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
		What's the story on the "toxic lady"? (1996) (straightdope.com)
		110 points by fidotron on Jan 14, 2024 \| past \| 24 comments
		Ivory soap is 99 and 44/100% pure what? (straightdope.com)
		2 points by misthop on July 25, 2023 \| past
		The Drachten Experiment: Safer Driving Through Removing Street Signs (straightdope.com)
		1 point by lopespm on Feb 11, 2023 \| past
		What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle? (straightdope.com)
		147 points by haossr on Dec 30, 2022 \| past \| 132 comments
		Why’d Subway change how it cut the bread? (straightdope.com)
		2 points by atdrummond on March 25, 2022 \| past
		Do Chinese lack sweat glands in their armpits? (2002) (straightdope.com)
		5 points by rzk on Dec 26, 2021 \| past \| 1 comment
		Low-radioactivity steel and the scuttled German Imperial fleet of 1919 (straightdope.com)
		2 points by nathan_phoenix on May 24, 2021 \| past
		Does speed reading training work? (1992) (straightdope.com)
		1 point by signa11 on May 15, 2021 \| past
		How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? (1981) (straightdope.com)
		384 points by tosh on Oct 10, 2020 \| past \| 390 comments
		Why aren't digital gauges in cars more prevalent today? (2005) (straightdope.com)
		1 point by networked on March 14, 2020 \| past
		Why is the alphabet in alphabetical order? (2007) (straightdope.com)
		1 point by walterbell on Jan 8, 2020 \| past
		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
		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
		A Note from Cecil Adams about the Straight Dope (straightdope.com)
		125 points by severine on July 1, 2018 \| past \| 25 comments
		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
		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
		The horror of blimps (2003) (straightdope.com)
		289 points by coldtea on Feb 12, 2017 \| past \| 13 comments
		Do electronic bathroom scales use tricks to appear more accurate? (straightdope.com)
		1 point by jeffbaumes on July 2, 2016 \| past
		How long are dams like Hoover Dam engineered to last? (2006) (straightdope.com)
		79 points by monort on Dec 20, 2015 \| past \| 39 comments
		Why are there so many mattress stores? (straightdope.com)
		9 points by jseliger on Dec 14, 2015 \| past \| 5 comments
		The sperm trees of LA (straightdope.com)
		1 point by fezz on Dec 14, 2015 \| past
		Are Japanese kids as enamored of Pokémon as American kids are? (straightdope.com)
		1 point by JacobAldridge on Nov 16, 2015 \| past
		Why were the star and pound symbols originally added to phone keypads? (straightdope.com)
		4 points by CapitalistCartr on Sept 23, 2015 \| past
		Why is there no blue food? (straightdope.com)
		3 points by personjerry on Aug 23, 2015 \| past
		What does the filler text “lorem ipsum” mean? (straightdope.com)
		2 points by cw on Aug 12, 2015 \| past \| 1 comment
		Origins of Ctrl-C, X and V (2002) (straightdope.com)
		3 points by tomkwok on June 26, 2015 \| past
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