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The story of Schroedinger's cat (an epic poem)
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 7, 1982
Does every type of animal dropping have its own name?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 30, 1982
I can't gain weight! Is my metabolism too fast?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 23, 1982
Why does alcohol warm you in the summer but increase the risk of freezing in winter?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 16, 1982
Why do they clap the clapboard before filming a movie scene?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 9, 1982
How do businesses get phone numbers that spell out a word or a name?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 9, 1982
Why did mystery writer Agatha Christie mysteriously disappear?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 2, 1982
Does the Vatican have the world's largest pornography collection?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 26, 1982
What's the deal with S&M, bondage and discipline, etc.?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 12, 1982
What's up with cat "spray"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 5, 1982
How can Grape-Nuts cereal contain no grapes or nuts?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 26, 1982
Do goldfish start off as females and turn into males?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 19, 1982
Would alignment of the planets cause catastrophe?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 5, 1982
What are the REAL lyrics to "Louie Louie"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 5, 1982
Does May Day actually commemorate the birth of the Illuminati?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
February 4, 1982
What are dominant traits? Does it involve leather?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 22, 1982
Where does Muzak come from, anyway?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 22, 1982
Do decapitated heads briefly remain conscious?
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January 8, 1982
Why can't cats be impregnated by humans?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
January 1, 1982
Why is "Reg. Dept. Penna. Agr." on so many labels?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 27, 1981
What do K, R, and U mean on food and other packages?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 27, 1981
What was the Mexicans' version of the Alamo attack?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 20, 1981
Do penis enlargement devices actually work?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 13, 1981
Why did 18th-century writers use F inftead of S?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 6, 1981
Does the lack of lunar dust prove creationists are right?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 6, 1981
Is there such a thing as heat lightning?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 30, 1981
Was the QWERTY keyboard purposely designed to slow typists?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 30, 1981
What if I dropped a beer mug off the Empire St. Bldg.?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 28, 1981
Would a penny dropped from the Empire State Building kill someone on the ground?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 23, 1981
How do "scratch-'n'-sniff" cards work?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 23, 1981
Why do all brands of cigarettes cost the same?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 9, 1981
What's the deal with the Grafenberg spot?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
October 2, 1981
Does dowsing for water really work?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 25, 1981
What are the physical consequences of alcoholism?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
September 11, 1981
Are there more balding women these days?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 28, 1981
If surgeons remove part of your brain, how do they fill up the space?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 28, 1981
Why is the sky blue?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 28, 1981
Why are some belly buttons "innies" and others "outies"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 21, 1981
What would happen if you were swallowed by a black hole?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
August 7, 1981
What happened to the secret message of Fatima?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 24, 1981
What "dangers of disease" do hot-air hand dryers prevent?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 3, 1981
What's the purpose of the pitcher's mound in baseball?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
July 3, 1981
What's the difference between Cinerama, Panavision, Super Panavision, etc.?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 26, 1981
Does "unsweetened" OJ actually have sugar in it?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 19, 1981
How do courts swear in atheists?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 12, 1981
Why is India 30 minutes out of step with everybody else?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 5, 1981
Why is India 30 minutes out of step with everybody else?
By Cecil Adams
June 5, 1981
Why is India 30 minutes out of step with everybody else?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
June 5, 1981
How does a gas pump know to shut itself off?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 29, 1981
What physically happens to someone electrocuted in the electric chair?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 15, 1981
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