Hang on, you say—“associated with”? That’s even slipperier than “correlated with,” right? Buddy, you’re not alone. A 2013 paper on the “proposed effect of breakfast on obesity,” or PEBO, undertook a meta-analysis of the available research.
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The Straight Dope by Cecil Adams, crossword by Matt Jones, News of The Weird
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Remembering Robyn Reeder
I’m not sure if Robyn’s star burned so brightly because she knew that life was short, or if things just worked out that way. Regardless, she taught us by example to juice every possible moment of magical elixir out of life.
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What if the Cuban Missile Crisis had gone badly?
It was openly known by both governments that even if Russia were to launch all its missiles in Cuba, it couldn’t take out the U.S.’s capability to obliterate the USSR in response.
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Do countries ever voluntarily give up territory?
National territory isn’t sold much anymore, although the idea still comes up. In 2010 two German MPs seriously suggested that Greece consider selling several of its uninhabited islands to pay its national debt.
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Why aren’t walnuts killing us?
The various nonalimentary benefits of juglone, medicinal and otherwise, have been well-known for ages.