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8 points by _twor 9 months ago | past | 2 comments
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| | What’s the difference between an -ectomy, an -ostomy, and an -otomy? (1986) (straightdope.com) |
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253 points by tzs 11 months ago | past | 100 comments
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| | What's the story on the "toxic lady"? (1996) (straightdope.com) |
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110 points by fidotron on Jan 14, 2024 | past | 24 comments
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| | Ivory soap is 99 and 44/100% pure what? (straightdope.com) |
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2 points by misthop on July 25, 2023 | past
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| | The Drachten Experiment: Safer Driving Through Removing Street Signs (straightdope.com) |
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1 point by lopespm on Feb 11, 2023 | past
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| | What are those dents in I-90 outside Seattle? (straightdope.com) |
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147 points by haossr on Dec 30, 2022 | past | 132 comments
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| | Why’d Subway change how it cut the bread? (straightdope.com) |
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2 points by atdrummond on March 25, 2022 | past
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| | Do Chinese lack sweat glands in their armpits? (2002) (straightdope.com) |
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5 points by rzk on Dec 26, 2021 | past | 1 comment
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| | Low-radioactivity steel and the scuttled German Imperial fleet of 1919 (straightdope.com) |
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2 points by nathan_phoenix on May 24, 2021 | past
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| | Does speed reading training work? (1992) (straightdope.com) |
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1 point by signa11 on May 15, 2021 | past
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| | How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? (1981) (straightdope.com) |
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384 points by tosh on Oct 10, 2020 | past | 390 comments
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| | Why aren't digital gauges in cars more prevalent today? (2005) (straightdope.com) |
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1 point by networked on March 14, 2020 | past
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| | Why is the alphabet in alphabetical order? (2007) (straightdope.com) |
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1 point by walterbell on Jan 8, 2020 | past
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| | Oh, Smedley: Was there really a fascist plot to overthrow the U.S. government? (straightdope.com) |
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4 points by smacktoward on Oct 3, 2019 | past
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| | Why does the alarm clock snooze button give you nine extra minutes, not ten? (straightdope.com) |
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2 points by jackweirdy on Oct 31, 2018 | past
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| | A Note from Cecil Adams about the Straight Dope (straightdope.com) |
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125 points by severine on July 1, 2018 | past | 25 comments
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| | Why is East Asian earwax different from black and white people’s earwax? (straightdope.com) |
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14 points by masonic on May 25, 2018 | past | 3 comments
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| | If Europe is more expensive, why do Americans pay more for healthcare? (straightdope.com) |
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75 points by iamjeff on May 8, 2017 | past | 127 comments
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| | The horror of blimps (2003) (straightdope.com) |
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289 points by coldtea on Feb 12, 2017 | past | 13 comments
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| | Do electronic bathroom scales use tricks to appear more accurate? (straightdope.com) |
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1 point by jeffbaumes on July 2, 2016 | past
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| | How long are dams like Hoover Dam engineered to last? (2006) (straightdope.com) |
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79 points by monort on Dec 20, 2015 | past | 39 comments
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| | Why are there so many mattress stores? (straightdope.com) |
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9 points by jseliger on Dec 14, 2015 | past | 5 comments
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| | The sperm trees of LA (straightdope.com) |
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1 point by fezz on Dec 14, 2015 | past
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| | Are Japanese kids as enamored of Pokémon as American kids are? (straightdope.com) |
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1 point by JacobAldridge on Nov 16, 2015 | past
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| | Why were the star and pound symbols originally added to phone keypads? (straightdope.com) |
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4 points by CapitalistCartr on Sept 23, 2015 | past
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| | Why is there no blue food? (straightdope.com) |
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3 points by personjerry on Aug 23, 2015 | past
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| | What does the filler text “lorem ipsum” mean? (straightdope.com) |
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2 points by cw on Aug 12, 2015 | past | 1 comment
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| | Origins of Ctrl-C, X and V (2002) (straightdope.com) |
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3 points by tomkwok on June 26, 2015 | past
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| | Will driverless cars cost us more than they’re worth? (straightdope.com) |
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1 point by JacobAldridge on May 7, 2015 | past
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| | Are flamingos pink because they eat shrimps? (2001) (straightdope.com) |
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1 point by pif on April 29, 2015 | past | 2 comments
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