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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
Can animals sense earthquakes?
By Cecil Adams
December 12, 2008
Could I survive on nothing but potatoes and milk?
By Cecil Adams
December 5, 2008
How do female astronauts menstruate in space?
By Cecil Adams
November 28, 2008
When does human life begin (revisited)?
By Cecil Adams
November 21, 2008
Were "concrete shoes" a favored technique of mob hitmen?
By Cecil Adams
November 14, 2008
Did people actually abandon babies on doorsteps?
By Cecil Adams
November 7, 2008
Were some U.S. slave owners black?
By Cecil Adams
October 31, 2008
When does human life begin?
By Cecil Adams
October 24, 2008
Will pumping out all that oil cause the earth to cave in?
By Cecil Adams
October 17, 2008
Could samurai swords slice through three bodies at a stroke?
By Cecil Adams
October 10, 2008
What are the chances I'm going to regret this tattoo?
By Cecil Adams
October 3, 2008
Will eating tapeworms help you lose weight?
By Cecil Adams
September 26, 2008
Do emergency sirens have to be changed periodically so people will pay attention?
By Cecil Adams
September 19, 2008
Can you really get better gas mileage using your car's engine to make "Brown's gas?"
By Cecil Adams
September 12, 2008
Rum, sodomy, and the lash: Did the Royal Navy supply ships with "peg boys" for sex?
By Cecil Adams
September 5, 2008
How would the U.S. military fight a zombie army?
By Cecil Adams
August 29, 2008
If a man has a sex change, can he compete in the Olympics as a woman?
By Cecil Adams
August 22, 2008
How quickly can sharks detect blood in the water?
By Cecil Adams
August 15, 2008
Did somebody beat the Wright brothers to the world's first powered flight?
By Cecil Adams
August 8, 2008
Did they ever prove whether lightning rods work?
By Cecil Adams
August 1, 2008
Have elephants begun raping rhinos in the wild?
By Cecil Adams
July 25, 2008
In prostitution, who's committing the crime, the woman or the man?
By Cecil Adams
July 18, 2008
Is there such a thing as low explosives? Plus: Can you develop resistance to pepper spray by eating spicy food?
By Cecil Adams
July 11, 2008
Does the President have an official food taster?
By Cecil Adams
July 4, 2008
Is chiropractic for real or just quackery?
By Cecil Adams
June 27, 2008
Why do cars stall so often on railroad tracks?
By Cecil Adams
June 20, 2008
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