Straight Dope Archive

What's the origin of April Fool's Day?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Ken and Ed
May 22, 2003
Who invented musical notation?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Nate Wooley
May 20, 2003
Why do cops in movies taste cocaine?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Hawk
May 15, 2003
What is the speed of gravity?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Chronos
May 13, 2003
Did Native Americans really believe in the "happy hunting grounds"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by bibliophage
May 6, 2003
What's the origin of "Catch-22"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
April 29, 2003
Will shooting a cannon cause a drowned body to rise to the surface?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex and Hawk
April 22, 2003
Why do Jews no longer sacrifice animals?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
April 17, 2003
What's the story on Joaquin Murieta, the Robin Hood of California?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Veg
April 15, 2003
Did Sherlock Holmes really exist?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
April 8, 2003
How can light be both a wave and a particle?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Chronos and Ed
April 3, 2003
Do camel spiders eat a camel's stomach until its intestines fall out?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
April 1, 2003
Why is visible light visible, but not other parts of the spectrum?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Karen
March 27, 2003
Did others fly across the Atlantic before Lindbergh?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by bibliophage
March 25, 2003
What can I do to prevent static shock?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Chronos
March 20, 2003
Do poisonous spiders lurk under toilet seats?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
March 18, 2003
Do insects have circulatory systems like other creatures?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
March 13, 2003
Is there any way to make your child a "superbaby"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Ken
March 12, 2003
When multiple locomotives pull a train, why are they often pointing in opposite directions?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by bibliophage
March 11, 2003
How do fire investigators determine the cause of a blaze?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
March 4, 2003
What's the origin of "fuckin' A"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by SamClem
February 27, 2003
Why does the remote work if I point it at the TV's reflection in a mirror? Plus: Why are there no clear metals?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Karen
February 25, 2003
What causes the "washboard" effect on unpaved roads?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Hawk
February 20, 2003
Many English words have Latin roots, but what are the roots of Latin?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by bibliophage
February 18, 2003
What's the origin of "cock and bull"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Czarcasm
February 13, 2003
Can black holes in space ever become "normal" again?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Chronos
February 11, 2003
What's the origin of "loophole"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Ken
February 6, 2003
Did the U.S. plan an invasion of Canada in the 1920s?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by bibliophage
February 4, 2003
Why does the same side of the moon always face the earth?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Chronos
January 30, 2003
Where do male porn stars get their stamina?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Euty
January 28, 2003
What's the origin of "yadda yadda"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by SamClem
January 23, 2003
Do Eskimo men lend their wives to strangers?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by bibliophage
January 21, 2003
What's the story with feng shui?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
January 16, 2003
What would happen if you put liquid nitrogen in a microwave?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Chronos
January 14, 2003
What makes some animals cold-blooded and others warm-blooded?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by George and Doug
January 9, 2003
How come parrots, etc., talk but chickens don't?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Colibri
January 7, 2003
Do flies vomit every time they land?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
January 2, 2003
Was the Pied Piper of Hamelin a child molester?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Eutychus
December 31, 2002
What's the deal with angels?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
December 24, 2002
Was the name Wendy invented for the book "Peter Pan"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Czarcasm
December 17, 2002
What's the origin of the suffix "-age"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by bibliophage
December 12, 2002
What's the origin of "Tin Pan Alley"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Samclem
December 10, 2002
Why do chiggers go away faster if you don't scratch?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
December 5, 2002
Was the Venus flytrap brought to earth by a meteor?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
December 3, 2002
Does the "Gallo Law" exempt the winery from estate taxes?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Veg
November 26, 2002
Is "dead reckoning" short for "deduced reckoning"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Bibliophage
November 21, 2002
Does it ever get too cold to snow?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by bibliophage
November 19, 2002
Does the smell of squished cockroach attract other roaches?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Doug
November 13, 2002
Who was Michael, and why should he row his boat ashore?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
November 12, 2002
What's the origin of "pigtails"?
A Straight Dope Staff Report by Dex
November 7, 2002
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