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Is consuming vinegar to excess dangerous?
By Cecil Adams
June 23, 2006
Does a refrigerator cool more efficiently when full?
By Cecil Adams
June 16, 2006
Who was the first to reach the north pole?
By Cecil Adams
June 9, 2006
Who was the first to reach the north pole?
By Cecil Adams
June 9, 2006
I hate shaving my face every day. What else can I use?
By Cecil Adams
June 2, 2006
How do you donate your body to science?
By Cecil Adams
May 26, 2006
Is garlic oil lethal?
By Cecil Adams
May 19, 2006
Did oil really come from dinosaurs?
By Cecil Adams
May 12, 2006
How easy is it to knock someone out with a smack to the back of the head? What causes a person to lose consciousness?
By Cecil Adams
May 5, 2006
Why do some people have that one extra-long fingernail on the pinkie finger?
By Cecil Adams
April 28, 2006
Thank you for dying: Did 250 million people worldwide die from smoking over 10 years?
By Cecil Adams
April 21, 2006
Still smokin': What are the long-term effects of marijuana?
By Cecil Adams
April 14, 2006
Is global warming for real?
By Cecil Adams
April 7, 2006
How can waves be crashing on all sides of an island at once?
By Cecil Adams
March 31, 2006
Are people living near graveyards at increased risk of exposure to biohazards?
By Cecil Adams
March 24, 2006
How was ice made and sold in pre-industrial times?
By Cecil Adams
March 17, 2006
Does fasting rid the body of toxins?
By Cecil Adams
March 10, 2006
"A plane is standing on a runway. . ." No, it's not. Here's why.
By Cecil Adams
March 3, 2006
Everybody's getting into the act: More tales of supernatural strength.
By Cecil Adams
February 17, 2006
Is cell phone use in cars really dangerous?
By Cecil Adams
February 10, 2006
An airplane taxies in one direction on a moving conveyor belt going the opposite direction. Can the plane take off?
By Cecil Adams
February 3, 2006
If cat poop is so toxic to pregnant women, why aren't there more birth defects? Can cat poop cause schizophrenia?
By Cecil Adams
January 27, 2006
SuperMom: Could a mother actually lift a car to save her child?
By Cecil Adams
January 20, 2006
Did the ancient Greeks routinely practice incest as well as homosexuality?
By Cecil Adams
January 13, 2006
Can someone be literally scared to death?
By Cecil Adams
January 6, 2006
Special Delivery: Can a live person be packed in a shipping crate and mailed?
By Cecil Adams
December 30, 2005
What does Alice in Wonderland have to do with psychological testing?
By Cecil Adams
December 23, 2005
The washday blues: Is it safe to wash clothing at the laundromat?
By Cecil Adams
December 16, 2005
Why does so much ancient Greek art feature males with small genitalia?
By Cecil Adams
December 9, 2005
Are there actual cases of castaways rescued from deserted islands?
By Cecil Adams
December 2, 2005
Did the Pilgrims land on Plymouth Rock because they ran out of beer?
By Cecil Adams
November 25, 2005
Oh, Smedley: Was there really a fascist plot to overthrow the United States government?
By Cecil Adams
November 18, 2005
Is Geronimo's skull residing at Yale's Skull and Bones? Was it stolen from the grave by Prescott Bush?
By Cecil Adams
November 11, 2005
Did Coca-Cola torture and kill workers in Latin America?
By Cecil Adams
November 4, 2005
Are there inbred families in the Ozarks/Appalachians like in Deliverance?
By Cecil Adams
October 28, 2005
Could a human swing through the jungle on vines?
By Cecil Adams
October 21, 2005
What's so great about Shakespeare?
By Cecil Adams
October 14, 2005
How much of all Internet traffic is pornography?
By Cecil Adams
October 7, 2005
Is it dangerous to jump start a dead battery? (Especially the way most guys do it?)
By Cecil Adams
September 30, 2005
Did a mob of angry Dutch kill and eat their prime minister?
By Cecil Adams
September 23, 2005
How did rocks from Mars end up here on Earth?
By Cecil Adams
September 16, 2005
Is it dangerous to use an air hose to induce flatus?
By Cecil Adams
September 9, 2005
How do martial artists break boards and bricks using only their bare hands?
By Cecil Adams
September 2, 2005
Operation Able Archer: Were the United States and the Soviet Union on the brink of nuclear war?
By Cecil Adams
August 26, 2005
Is male pattern baldness inherited? Who's to blame?
By Cecil Adams
August 19, 2005
Natural born killers: What's the most deadly natural disaster?
By Cecil Adams
August 12, 2005
How do you have lucid dreams?
By Cecil Adams
August 5, 2005
When toast falls, what's more likely: Buttered side up or buttered side down?
By Cecil Adams
July 29, 2005
How likely is the ending of War of the Worlds?
By Cecil Adams
July 22, 2005
Did a New York City museum have Eskimos on display?
By Cecil Adams
July 15, 2005
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