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What would happen if you were swallowed by a black hole (revisited)?
By Cecil Adams
November 27, 2009
How can racing yachts sail faster than the wind?
By Cecil Adams
November 20, 2009
How did the states establish long straight borders before GPS?
By Cecil Adams
November 13, 2009
Does the camera really add ten pounds? Plus: Is there any nutritional value in eating corn?
By Cecil Adams
November 6, 2009
Is 'roid rage real?
By Cecil Adams
October 30, 2009
Is there any difference in quality between name-brand drugs and generics?
By Cecil Adams
October 23, 2009
Why do songs get stuck in your head?
By Cecil Adams
October 16, 2009
Who controls the content on an Internet message board?
By Cecil Adams
October 9, 2009
How do medical alert dogs know something is wrong? Plus: How does an asphalt roller score on the Richter scale?
By Cecil Adams
October 2, 2009
Who owns my garbage?
By Cecil Adams
September 25, 2009
Does a sauna or steam room do you any good?
By Cecil Adams
September 18, 2009
Did Clarence Darrow distract a jury by using wire to keep his cigar ash from falling?
By Cecil Adams
September 11, 2009
Are earlobe creases a sign of heart disease?
By Cecil Adams
September 2, 2009
Do mosquitoes prefer certain blood types? Plus: Do tall men get more skin cancer?
By Cecil Adams
August 28, 2009
Is the arsenic in treated wood dangerous?
By Cecil Adams
August 21, 2009
If Europe gets its power from bus-size nuclear reactors, why can't we?
By Cecil Adams
August 14, 2009
Are no-iron shirts made by soaking them in formaldehyde? Plus: Did the South Atlantic anomaly cause that Air France crash?
By Cecil Adams
August 7, 2009
Why were the continents once all piled in a big clump?
By Cecil Adams
July 31, 2009
If I had super strength, could I squeeze coal into diamonds?
By Cecil Adams
July 24, 2009
Was all that money spent on Y2K wasted?
By Cecil Adams
July 17, 2009
Do drivers have a better chance of surviving car wrecks if they're drunk?
By Cecil Adams
July 9, 2009
Did soldiers really frag officers in Vietnam?
By Cecil Adams
July 3, 2009
Did astronauts train in ecological wastelands on earth to get used to the barren moon?
By Cecil Adams
June 26, 2009
Has martial arts training ever helped anybody defeat a mugger?
By Cecil Adams
June 19, 2009
Who made money during the 1929 stock market crash?
By Cecil Adams
June 12, 2009
Is NASA the only federal agency that makes a profit?
By Cecil Adams
June 5, 2009
Could we move Mars or Venus into Earth's orbit and live there?
By Cecil Adams
May 29, 2009
Do bras prevent saggy breasts?
By Cecil Adams
May 22, 2009
Can air injected into the bloodstream really kill you?
By Cecil Adams
May 15, 2009
How dangerous are Tasers?
By Cecil Adams
May 8, 2009
Are pit bulls really all that dangerous?
By Cecil Adams
May 1, 2009
Does beet sugar contain a WWII poison?
By Cecil Adams
April 24, 2009
What's more likely to cause cancer, smoking or tanning?
By Cecil Adams
April 17, 2009
What are the risks of heterosexual anal sex?
By Cecil Adams
April 10, 2009
How can I avoid getting old?
By Cecil Adams
April 3, 2009
My buddies and I want to be blimp pilots. What do we do?
By Cecil Adams
March 27, 2009
What's better for the environment, a scooter or a car?
By Cecil Adams
March 20, 2009
Can I save money on electricity by unplugging appliances and using capacitors?
By Cecil Adams
March 13, 2009
What is the "God particle"?
By Cecil Adams
March 6, 2009
Can playing the bongos make you piss blood?
By Cecil Adams
February 27, 2009
Are Americans dumber than Europeans?
By Cecil Adams
February 20, 2009
Why aren't porn actors charged with prostitution?
By Cecil Adams
February 13, 2009
Can hermaphrodites get themselves pregnant?
By Cecil Adams
February 6, 2009
Were Christians really thrown to the lions?
By Cecil Adams
January 30, 2009
Can you get out of a DUI conviction by chugging alcohol after getting pulled over?
By Cecil Adams
January 23, 2009
Can cryogenic cooling miraculously improve car parts, sports equipment, and musical instruments?
By Cecil Adams
January 16, 2009
How would I go about laundering money?
By Cecil Adams
January 9, 2009
Is Yellowstone Park sitting on a supervolcano that's about to blow?
By Cecil Adams
January 2, 2009
Is anybody in charge of keeping satellites from colliding?
By Cecil Adams
December 26, 2008
Was pink originally the color for boys and blue for girls?
By Cecil Adams
December 19, 2008
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