Straight Dope Archive

What's the purpose of premarital blood testing?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 19, 1996
Do you toot more at high altitude?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 12, 1996
What happens if you file your income tax one day late?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 5, 1996
Which end of the egg comes out of the chicken first?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 29, 1996
What's the story on the "toxic lady"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 22, 1996
Do fluorescent lights cause cataracts?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 15, 1996
Will HAARP energy beams destroy the ionosphere?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 8, 1996
Did the Japanese rip off Slug Signorino?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 1, 1996
Why is the heart considered the center of love and affection?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 16, 1996
When do leap-day babies celebrate their birthdays?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 9, 1996
Do the rich pay very little tax? Wouldn't a flat tax be fairer?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 26, 1996
Is it possible to implant a microchip in somebody's brain to control their thoughts?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 19, 1996
Why are men supposed to wash their hands after urination? Plus: urine therapy!
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 12, 1996
What's the difference between a hydrogen bomb and an atom bomb?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 12, 1996
What does the expression "mano a mano" mean?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 5, 1996
Why do men feel sleepy after sex?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 22, 1995
Is "acting strangely" grammatically incorrect?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 15, 1995
How can the Chinese use computers, since their language contains so many characters?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 8, 1995
How do dryer antistatic sheets work?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 1, 1995
Is chocolate toxic to dogs?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 1, 1995
What's the difference between jelly and jam?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 24, 1995
Who owns the Federal Reserve?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 24, 1995
While on the moon, did Neil Armstrong really say, "Good luck, Mr. Gorsky"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 17, 1995
What was the deal with Jimmy Carter and the killer rabbit?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 10, 1995
How do you get listed in the Social Register?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 3, 1995
Does Michael Jackson control the Beatles music library?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 27, 1995
Is fat free food safe?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 20, 1995
Is there really such a thing as a pathological liar?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 13, 1995
Who makes electric chairs and other equipment for executions?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 13, 1995
Was Lewis Carroll a perv?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 6, 1995
Is it crazy to eat clay?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 25, 1995
During a physical, why does the doctor tap your knee with a hammer?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 22, 1995
What songs beat out "Johnny B. Goode" (#8) on the Billboard charts?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 15, 1995
What's the deal with "ice beer"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 1, 1995
Why did Christianity become so popular?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 25, 1995
What does the "chasing arrows" recycling code on plastic products mean?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 18, 1995
What do "drawn and quartered" and "keelhauling" mean?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 4, 1995
Do Hitler, Bill Clinton, and Bill Gates bear the mark of the beast?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 28, 1995
Is there a "gay gene"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 28, 1995
Mumia Abu-Jamal
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 21, 1995
Does the Pythagorean maxim tell us to avoid eating beans?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 7, 1995
In The Sound of Music, how can Capt. von Trapp be a veteran of landlocked Austria's navy?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 7, 1995
Pterosaurs aren't considered true dinosaurs. Why not?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 30, 1995
Should a baking potato be wrapped in foil shiny side in or shiny side out?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 9, 1995
Whatever happened to adoption of the metric system in the U.S.?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 2, 1995
Why is lisping stereotypically associated with homosexuality?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 26, 1995
Why does the UK call itself "Great" Britain? What's so great about it?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 19, 1995
Is it possible to make an undetectable nonmetal gun?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 19, 1995
Bank's profit from ATMs; Miscellaneous
By Cecil Adams
May 12, 1995
Were hairballs once considered things of beauty?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 5, 1995
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