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- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Jun 27, 2018
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The final Straight Dope—as we know it
After 45 years, I'm taking a break.
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Jun 15, 2018
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Why aren't internal organs symmetrical?
From the outside, our bodies appear to be: eyes, ears, arms, and elbows.
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Jun 8, 2018
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Why aren’t there flea collars for people?
That's the not the real problem with vector-borne diseases.
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Jun 1, 2018
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Can Congress be given the authority to override a presidential pardon?
A law alone wouldn't do it—the best place to challenge a presidential pardon would be in court.
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope May 25, 2018
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Why are different races correlated with two different types of earwax, and when did this divergence occur?
A bold new era for earwax research has dawned.
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope May 18, 2018
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‘How did the terms nuts and bananas come to refer to something or someone as crazy?’
Cecil goes crazy in this week’s Straight Dope.
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope May 11, 2018
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Why is coca only cultivated in South America?
Other lucrative plants are grown in multiple locations; why not this one?
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope May 4, 2018
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How often do emergency vehicles get into car accidents?
Are police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks immune to traffic accidents?
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Apr 27, 2018
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Are Zika and toxoplasmosis related?
Should we fear microcephaly causing diseases equally?
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Apr 20, 2018
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How dangerous are cows?
The Straight Dope: Should you get a moo-ve on if a cow comes charging your way?
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Apr 16, 2018
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Where did two-letter postal abbreviations come from?
The Straight Dope mails in this week's column.
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Oct 13, 2011
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The Straight Dope examines the Reader's 40 years
In the age of the Internet this surprises no one, but the genius of the Reader was to show that you could publish a quality newspaper that you gave away
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Apr 30, 2009
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Were "concrete shoes" a favored technique of mob hitmen?
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Oct 25, 2007
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- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Oct 18, 2007
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- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Oct 11, 2007
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- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Oct 4, 2007
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- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Sep 20, 2007
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- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Sep 13, 2007
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- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Sep 6, 2007
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Is the vocabulary of children these days smaller than it was in past generations?
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Aug 30, 2007
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What kinds of prescription drugs could be polluting our water supply?
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Aug 23, 2007
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How do we determine the accuracy of weather forecasters?
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Aug 16, 2007
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Are electric hand dryers truly eco-friendly?
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Aug 9, 2007
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Is there medical merit to maintaining high willpower?
- News & Politics, The Straight Dope Aug 2, 2007
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