Straight Dope Archive

Is it true you don't have to pay the federal tax on your phone bill?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
May 4, 1973
Can one person sing two notes at the same time?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
April 27, 1973
Did John Wayne ever serve in the military?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 9, 1973
What's the word for when you can't think of the word?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 9, 1973
Where does belly button lint come from?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
March 2, 1973
How was gas rationing handled during World War II?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
November 30, 1972
What's the deal with urinals in women's restrooms?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
Why is the baggage code for Chicago's O'Hare airport ORD?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
Which came first, paper airplanes or real ones?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
Was there an Indian curse that presidents elected in "0" years would die in office?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
Did medieval scholars argue over how many angels could dance on the head of a pin?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
What's with those ads for clubs of "sex-starved women"?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
Why was the millennium considered such a big deal?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
Is it true that armadillos carry leprosy?
A Straight Dope Classic by Cecil Adams
What happened to the Emergency Broadcast System?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Songbird
Whose face is on the $1,000 bill?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Div
What's the origin of the 21-gun salute?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Ian
Does 2 + 2 = 5 for very large values of 2?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
Why is the "700 Club" called that?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Songbird
Followup: Are there only seven gifts of the Holy Spirit?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Songbird
What are the "seven seas"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Songbird
Did one 60's superhero get his power from ... smoking?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Scott
Why are boats measured in knots?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Larasaurus & Rngrjeff
Is the sound of a whiplash caused by breaking the sound barrier?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dogster
What about the NHL makes it "national"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Songbird
What's the origin of "bar," the kind people belly up to?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Lileth
If chlorine in swimming pools kill AIDS, why can't it be used as an AIDS cure?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by JillGat
In proper tea etiquette, what goes in the teacup first, the tea or the milk?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Larasaurus
What do "thou," "thee," and "thine" mean, and why don't we use them anymore?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by McCaffertA, with assistance from CKDextHavn and Dogster
Where did Australian aborigines come from?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Tech
Have people been intentionally infected with AIDS?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Jill
Followup: did that dentist really infect his patients with AIDS?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Jill
Do the Amish pay taxes?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by CKDextHavn
What do you call a word that spells a different word backwards?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Songbird
What does antidisestablishmentarianism mean?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Ian
What happened to the Ark of the Covenant?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by CKDextHavn
Followup: wasn't manna placed in the Ark of the Covenant?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by CKDextHavn
Followup: not all manna became inedible after one day!
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
Followup: the New Testament says there was so manna in the Ark of the Covenant!
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
Is it legal to put a hole in a quarter and sell it?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Mac
Followup: the last you'll ever read about the Ark of the Covenant!
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
Why is Arkansas pronounced Ar-kan- SAW?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Mac and Tech
Followup: I give up, what's an aspersorium?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Songbird
How do automated teller machines work?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Tech
Is "baby corn" really baby corn?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Melis
If you refrigerate bananas do they become poisonous?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Wolf
Can a baseball be hit farther with a heavy bat or a light one?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Ken
What is the origin of "bated breath"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Terey
Which lasts longer, Energizer or Duracell?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Karl
How is it that the farther we see into the universe, the younger the objects we see?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Ian, greatly assisted by UndeadDude
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