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    The Straight Dope was a question-and-answer newspaper column written under the pseudonym Cecil Adams. Contributions were made by multiple authors, and...
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  • syndrome" was coined in 1994 in the online question-and-answer newspaper column The Straight Dope, when a reader inquired about the phenomenon. There has yet...
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  • credited as being the "editor and confidant" of Cecil Adams, the pseudonym of the writer of the column "The Straight Dope" (published by the Chicago Reader...
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    elongated rod-like body, with bulges. A 2000 report by staff at "The Straight Dope" also explained rods as such phenomena, namely tricks of light which...
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    Mole people (category Homelessness in the United States)
    under the streets of New York City?". The Straight Dope. Chicago Reader, Inc. Adams, Cecil (2004-03-05). "The Mole People revisited". The Straight Dope. Chicago...
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  • the pseudonymous author of The Straight Dope, a popular question and answer column published in the Chicago Reader from 2 February 1973 to 2018. The true...
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    from the original on 2015-09-24. Chang, Justin (2013-09-06). "Venice Film Review: 'Trap Street'". Variety. Retrieved 2014-05-11. "The Straight Dope: Do...
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    published scientific papers use a 1 through 4 number scale, an entry in The Straight Dope reported that "implausibly exact numbers" such as "bullhorn acacia...
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  • banner) What's with those "John 3:16" signs, The Straight Dope Adams, Cecil (6 November 1997). "The Straight Dope". Chicago Reader. Retrieved 25 March 2024...
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    the connection being that a runcible spoon's cutting edge resembles a sword such as was used in the Battle of Roncevaux Pass. The Straight Dope adds...
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    aeroplane dope and rubber solvents" (PDF). Occupational and Environmental Medicine. 1 (4): 238–246. doi:10.1136/oem.1.4.238. Berry, Michael C. "The Straight Dope...
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  • chief reporter. He is the winner of the Walkley Book Award for The Straight Dope, the inside story of the Essendon and Cronulla doping scandals, published...
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  • Kangaroo court (category Abuse of the legal system)
    4, 1985). "What's the origin of "kangaroo court"? Is "kangaroo" aborigine for "I don't know"?". The Straight Dope. Archived from the original on August...
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  • mil. Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-04-01. Geronimo at B-Westerns, retrieved 4 June 2007. The Straight Dope Why do parachutists...
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  • from the original on September 27, 2015. Adams, Cecil (July 24, 1998). "Is there really a race of blue people?". The Straight Dope. Archived from the original...
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    from the original on April 28, 2012. Retrieved September 28, 2012. Adams, Cecil (1986). "Is It True What they Say About Gerbils?" The Straight Dope, March...
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  • origin The Phrase Finder — thorough history of the phrase The Straight Dope — supporting the knockout explanation Word Detective — supporting the noxious...
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    #3?". The Straight Dope. Retrieved 25 July 2005. Barbeau, Edward (1993). "Fallacies, Flaws, and Flimflam: The Problem of the Car and Goats". The College...
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    The Straight Dope. Retrieved 13 January 2025. H. A. Ormerod, Piracy in the Ancient World (New York: Dorset Press, 1987), 54–56. C.E. Ioannidou, "The black...
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    Archived from the original on 12 July 2007. "Do cats always land unharmed on their feet, no matter how far they fall?". The Straight Dope. 19 July 1996...
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