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Why are there so many transgender women in Thailand?
July 29, 2015
The true force of a boxer's punch
July 20, 2010
How do storm glasses work? Do they work at all?
October 12, 2010
Recent Articles
- Extras, The Straight Dope Jul 4, 2018
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Do brain supplements do anything?
On top of that, the complaint alleges, Quincy hasn’t proven satisfactorily that apoaequorin ingested orally can cross the blood-brain barrier
- Extras, The Straight Dope Jun 27, 2018
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Is flying really worse for the environment than driving?
Unless you’re hoofing it, though, most forms of travel take some earthly toll.
- Extras, The Straight Dope Jun 20, 2018
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Why aren't internal organs symmetrical?
n creatures as in Chryslers, external bilateral symmetry just makes sense
- Extras, The Straight Dope Jun 13, 2018
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Do dogs have better protection from ticks than people do?
Blame climate change in part, as more regions become warm and humid enough to support tick activity
- Extras, The Straight Dope Jun 6, 2018
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Can Congress override a presidential pardon?
It’s simply not the president’s jurisdiction. This may come as some surprise to the current officeholder, who last year tweeted that “all agree the U.S. President has the complete power to pardon.”
- Extras, The Straight Dope May 30, 2018
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Why is Asian earwax different from black and white people's earwax?
It’s been understood for a while that the consistency of one’s earwax is a genetic trait, distributed ethnogeographically.
- Extras, The Straight Dope May 22, 2018
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Why does 'nuts' mean crazy?
The word nut has been in circulation since the very dawn of the English language
- Extras, The Straight Dope May 16, 2018
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Why does South America grow all the coca?
Hailing from the genus Erythroxylum, coca’s indigenous to the Andes, where for millennia people have been cultivating a few species whose leaves they chew as a stimulant.
- Extras, The Straight Dope May 9, 2018
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How often do emergency vehicles get into accidents?
Perhaps a reason you haven’t witnessed these accidents yourself is they tend to occur under specific conditions: often on rural roads, often at night.
- Extras, The Straight Dope May 2, 2018
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Is there a link between the Zika virus and toxoplasmosis?
The story of rubella is a pretty close match: it wasn't considered dangerous for about 50 years after discovery, until it was linked with congenital defects in the 1940s.
- Extras, The Straight Dope Apr 25, 2018
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How dangerous are cows?
In 2016 the Bureau of Labor Statistics tallied 19 workplace deaths primarily caused by bovines, half the total attributed to nonhuman mammals in all.
- Extras, The Straight Dope Apr 11, 2018
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Is there a link between talcum powder and ovarian cancer?
So what we’re looking at is disturbing anecdotal information piled up over decades, but no preponderance of evidence
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Re: Savannah City Council votes to move iconic Waving Girl statue to west end of River Street
The legacy of this outgoing City Council was their vote. I will always remember it…
- on December 8, 2019
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Re: Savannah City Council votes to move iconic Waving Girl statue to west end of River Street
Moving The Waving Girl is in some way for the current administration to somehow get…
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on December 6, 2019
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Re: Savannah City Council votes to move iconic Waving Girl statue to west end of River Street
should not have moved her the first time.That Olympic was a bust for Savannah.
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on December 5, 2019
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Re: Green Fire Pizza dishes out authentic organic wood-fired brick-oven pizza
The first time saw this type of dish really looking very delicious and mouthwatering as…
- on December 5, 2019
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Re: Best Local Electronic Artist
SunGlow is actually super dope! Check out all of his albums on Spotify. They're really…
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