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The straight dope : a compendium of knowledge / by Cecil Adams ; edited and with an introduction by Ed Zotti ; illustrated by Slug Signorino

A digital archive of questions and answers from a newspaper column established in 1973. It provides informative responses to miscellaneous queries on science, popular culture, and urban legends, and features a keyword searchable database organised by date.

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