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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
Is it possible to hear radio broadcasts through your teeth?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
December 4, 1992
Do McDonald's milkshakes contain seaweed?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 27, 1992
What's the story with Otzi the gay caveman?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 20, 1992
How come the U.S. uses 120 volt electricity, not 240 like the rest of the world?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 20, 1992
Why was spinach once considered the ultimate vegetable?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 13, 1992
Why is the number 13 considered unlucky?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 6, 1992
Is some candy coated with beetle juice?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 6, 1992
Why are there green lights under escalators?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 30, 1992
What does the S in the dollar sign represent?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 23, 1992
Where did the word "dollar" come from?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 23, 1992
Which will keep you drier, running through the rain or walking?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 16, 1992
How much is all the tea in China worth?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 9, 1992
What is the purpose of the hymen?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 2, 1992
Does any major religion not believe in life after death?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 25, 1992
What's up with the "lost books of the Bible"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 4, 1992
Does sex make your acne worse?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 28, 1992
Why is the "missionary position" called that?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 21, 1992
Why don't freight trains have cabooses anymore?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 21, 1992
Are social security numbers recycled? What do the numbers mean?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 14, 1992
How does a person with a steel plate in his head get through airport metal detectors?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 7, 1992
How come shameful and shameless mean the same thing?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 7, 1992
How much would the $24 paid for Manhattan be worth in today's money?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 31, 1992
How come you never see any B batteries?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 31, 1992
Will sitting too close to the TV, reading with bad light, etc., ruin your eyes?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 24, 1992
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