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What did Alice B. Toklas have to do with Alice B. Toklas brownies?
By Cecil Adams
February 25, 1994
Does choline improve memory? I forget
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 18, 1994
Australia's Vegemite: new use for road kill?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 18, 1994
How to tell if you're anal retentive
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 11, 1994
What makes a man a "professional"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 11, 1994
Why flies rub their hands together: the untold story
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 4, 1994
Slice of life: the circumcision debate
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 28, 1994
Did Hebrew almost become the official U.S. language?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 21, 1994
What's the story on the Grand Guignol, the original shock theater?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 14, 1994
What are "post-consumer" recycled products?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 7, 1994
Are there any jokes in the Bible?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 5, 1993
Are clove cigarettes 10 times worse than the regular kind?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 29, 1993
Is it true there has never been a war between two democracies?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 22, 1993
Who were the Aryans?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 24, 1993
Is it true U.S. postage rates are among the lowest in the developed world?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 10, 1993
In Los Angeles, why do so many license plate holders say "KMA367"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 27, 1993
Why do some dogs walk by moving both legs on one side of the body at the same time, while others use diagonal pairs?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 13, 1993
Do tornadoes only occur in North America?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 6, 1993
Who are the "black Irish"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 30, 1993
What will they call the class of '00?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 23, 1993
Is there such a thing as a snuff film?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 2, 1993
Why are there 360 degrees in a circle?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 18, 1993
Why does the Ku Klux Klan burn crosses?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 18, 1993
Why do golf balls have dimples?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 11, 1993
Is AIDS a manmade disease?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 4, 1993
What is a merkin?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 21, 1993
What is Don McLean's song "American Pie" all about?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 15, 1993
How do the TV program codes for VCR Plus+ work?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 7, 1993
Do "push to walk" buttons at intersections ever actually work?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 30, 1993
Who invented the smiley face?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 23, 1993
Why do they call it Latin America?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 16, 1993
Do you need a key to start an F-16?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 16, 1993
Was Hitler part Jewish?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 9, 1993
What's the origin of the phrase, "the birds and the bees"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 26, 1993
Can companies buy "pollution futures" that give them the right to pollute?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 19, 1993
Why did doctors wear metal disks with holes in them on their heads?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 19, 1993
What's the origin of the expression "cold turkey"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 12, 1993
Did scientists discover a "missing day" as predicted in the Bible?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 5, 1993
Is there a way to permanently silence somebody's loud car stereo?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 26, 1993
Why does a lt. gen. outrank a maj. gen., but a maj. outranks a lt.?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 26, 1993
If you lit a match in zero gravity, would it smother in its own smoke?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 19, 1993
How much do the animals used for fur coats suffer?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 5, 1993
Is the Bilderberg Group the center of the one-world conspiracy?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 29, 1993
What do the strange words at the top of paper bags mean?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 15, 1993
Will a silver spoon in the neck preserve your leftover New Year's Eve bubbly?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 8, 1993
Why is Peggy the nickname for Margaret?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 8, 1993
Why do chefs wear those tall white hats?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 25, 1992
Why can't Prince Rainier become a king?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 25, 1992
Why do so many Native Americans work on skyscrapers?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 18, 1992
If body temperature is 98.6 F, why do we feel uncomfortable when it's 90?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 11, 1992
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