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- Eighteen, not eightteen - Factual Questions - Straight Dope
The suffix is “teen”, yes? So why is 18 spelled “eighteen” and not “eightteen”? Is there a grammar rule governing double T’s?
- Difference between 18 8, 18 10 and 18 12 stainless steel flatware
These two figures (e g , 18 12) refer to the chromium and nickel content in flatware I thought nickel makes flatware brighter and more durable, and that 18 12 flatware is the “best” generally available But a website makes another claim, which doesn’t make sense to me: “The best stainless is the 18 8 which is constructed of 18% chromium and 8% nickel content There is also 18 10 18
- Men getting taller after age 18-19. How common is this?
I was always a big, tall kid and really did not have (so far as I can recall) a big “growth spurt” in my mid teen years It was more just a linear increase in height over time with my height topping out at just under 6’3" at age 18-19ish In some stories I see descriptions of people gaining 2-3 inches in height after age 18 Does this happen often? I kind of got the impression from my
- Exodus 22:18: Witch or Poisoner? - Straight Dope
I’ve spent quite a bit of time at Shantell Powell’s site The Witching Hours: Medieval Through Enlightenment Period European Witch History and have found it very educational, except I have a question about a piece of information she presents as fact: According to this page, Exodus 22:18 originally said “Thou shall not suffer a poisoner to live,” but King James I, because of his phobia
- The law for people born on leap days - Straight Dope
Someone born on March 2, 2000 at 8pm will complete eighteen years of age on March 1, 2018 at 7:59pm; they haven’t completed the eighteenth year in the morning of March 1, 2018 So arguing that the person becomes of age on March 2, 2000 at 12:01am ensures that the eighteenth year really has been completed without having to deal with intraday
- 19th century vs. 1800s - Factual Questions - Straight Dope
I hereby propose that the first decade of the 1800s, the years 1800 through 1809, be called “the eighteen-zeros” For the entire century, we would say, “the eighteen hundreds” as usual Thus, we are now living in the decade of the “twenty-zeros” As well as the century of the “twenty-hundreds”
- What happened to Rand Kingsley? - Cafe Society - Straight Dope
Eighteen years ago, Rand Kingsley exploded into the public eye with his astounding turn as “Hugo Snyder” in 3 Ninjas With his tall and powerful physique, pony-tailed hair and booming, deep voice, he brought incredible vitality and energy to a role which otherwise would have been merely an over-the-top, comic-book villain with no personality at all True, part of the credit lies with the
- Did Hitler Order the Subways Flooded? - Straight Dope
Last Sunday night (Aug 10), I watched a documentary on the History Channel titled “No Surrender: German and Japanese Kamikazes” in which the writers mentioned that while Hitler was in his bunker at the end of the war, he ordered Berlin’s subways flooded so that any residents who had taken shelter from the bombing there would be killed Apparently, the writers’ take on this was that
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