Straight Dope Archive

Did Wile E. Coyote ever catch the Road Runner? Plus: How do they get the fortunes inside Chinese fortune cookies?
By Cecil Adams
March 30, 2001
Does using your car radio reduce your gas mileage?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dogster
March 29, 2001
Do you catch more flies with sugar than you do with, ah, fecal matter?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
March 28, 2001
Why does Swiss cheese have holes in it?
By Cecil Adams
March 23, 2001
Did Mary Shelley not write "Frankenstein"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Son of Dex
March 22, 2001
Who invented hummus?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
March 21, 2001
What caused the Mad Hatter to go mad?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
March 20, 2001
Is "different than" bad grammar?
By Cecil Adams
March 16, 2001
Should you refrigerate batteries to make them last longer?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Ken
March 15, 2001
What's the origin of the meter and the metric system?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Alphagene
March 14, 2001
Did Lizzie Borden kill her parents with an ax because she was discovered having a lesbian affair?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by John Corrado
March 13, 2001
In Asia, do people scoop the brains out of a monkey's skull and eat them?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 9, 2001
What's the origin of "hot dog"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Ed Zotti
March 8, 2001
What's the best way to preserve home videotapes?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
March 7, 2001
Does an "ecstasy" overdose raise your body temperature to 108 degrees?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Hawk
March 6, 2001
Do Americans get less vacation than people in other developed countries?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 2, 2001
What was the ancestor of the house cat?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
March 1, 2001
Did Roosevelt know in advance about the attack on Pearl Harbor yet say nothing?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Corrado
February 28, 2001
What's the origin of a "skins game" in golf?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Tom Robinson
February 27, 2001
Do worms exit via the nose when their human host is anesthetized (revisited)?
By Cecil Adams
February 23, 2001
What's up with cryptozoologists, the guys who investigate mythical beasts?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
February 22, 2001
Does black clothing keep you cooler?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
February 21, 2001
What happened in the 1952 London "killer fog"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by John
February 20, 2001
What does the filler text "lorem ipsum" mean?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 16, 2001
Did Walt Disney and Salvador Dali once collaborate on a film?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Euty
February 15, 2001
Do black holes rotate east to west?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Chronos
February 13, 2001
Is there a monastery in Greece that won't even allow female animals?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 9, 2001
What's better, a wooden cutting board or a plastic one?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Hawk
February 8, 2001
Why do we have five digits on each limb?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
February 7, 2001
Are there nine Eskimo words for snow (revisited)?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 2, 2001
Does any animal besides humans commit suicide?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
February 1, 2001
Will masturbation shrink the penis?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Jill
January 30, 2001
What's up with the "cocaine mummies"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 26, 2001
Why is oxygen usually in the form O2?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Hawk
January 25, 2001
Traditionally Eskimos ate only meat and fish. Why didn't they get scurvy?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 19, 2001
What's the scoop on Edgar Cayce, the "Sleeping Prophet"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by David
January 16, 2001
What's the story on that weird medieval cult, the flatulents? Plus: do the Chinese use Chinese water torture?
By Cecil Adams
January 12, 2001
Why does the moon look different near the equator?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Chronos
January 11, 2001
What does "SOS" mean?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
January 11, 2001
Do cats have poison claws?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Jill
January 9, 2001
How does a siphon work?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 5, 2001
What's the song "Yankee Doodle" all about?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
January 4, 2001
Would Frankenstein's monster be possible today?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Son of Dex
January 1, 2001
How do I go about making a voodoo doll?
By Cecil Adams
December 29, 2000
What's the origin of the barber pole?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by slythe
December 28, 2000
What's the relationship between TV's Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Scott
December 26, 2000
Paper or plastic? Plus: more on fish farts
By Cecil Adams
December 22, 2000
Does everyone have pinworms?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Lynn
December 19, 2000
How do caterpillars have sex?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 15, 2000
What's the story on "ganzfeld" experiments?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by David
December 14, 2000
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