What ridiculous celebrity rumor turned out to be true?

Hi. B.J. Novak may have made a name for himself by writing and starring as Ryan Howard in ‘The Office', but now he's becoming famous for something completely different. For the past few years,…

Top stories for Long   What ridiculous celebrity rumor turned out to be true? Vitmor, That Hollywood Guy • Answered October 28, 2021 Hi. B.J. Novak may have made a name for himself by writing and starring as Ryan Howard in ‘The Office', but now he's becoming famous for something completely different. For t... Read more » 12.7K 83   How do you survive a Komodo Dragon attack? Michael Kay, Visited 56 Countries and Strange Places • Answered March 8 Basically, you don’t. My wife and I have spent some time on Komodo Island. Her idea. She, for unexplainable reasons, likes Komodo Dragons and wanted to see them up close and... Read more » 7.5K 447   What makes Edward Witten's approach to mathematics unique compared to professional mathematicians? NovaPrism • Answered April 16 In 1990, mathematics' highest honor, the Fields Medal, was awarded to a theoretical physicist who had never formally trained as a mathematician: Edward Witten. His unpreced... Read more » 166 6   Does marijuana use have to be chronic or all the time to have long lasting effects on addiction? Bruno Ronaldinho, Party Time Doctor (2009-present) • Answered October 8, 2025 I am currently 68 years of age and began using marijuana when I was 20. I can truthfully say that every bad choice I ever made, money I ever lost, relationships I ever lost... Read more » 1.1K 694   Why can't Gandalf remember the Blue Wizards? John Sierra, Tolkien fan since the 80s • Answered June 29, 2023 This is a line from the film, and it’s put there for a good reason. While it was mentioned in The Lord of the Rings that there were five wizards, specifically by Saruman, an... Read more » 1.8K 48   How do Chinese restaurants keep their rice safe to eat compared to home-cooked leftover rice? VitalSign, Answering your health questions • Answered April 7 Boiling rice doesn't kill the bacteria inside it. Uncooked grains contain spores of Bacillus cereus that easily survive the extreme heat. The key difference between safe re... Read more » 882 59   Why are comedians usually left wing? Franklin Veaux, lives in Portland, OR • Answered April 17 There is actual research and there have been several peer-reviewed, published studies on this. Badically, in a nutshell, there are a lot of reasons for this that all wo... Read more » 3.2K 569   Donald Trump has a degree from Wharton. If he is a bad POTUS, why does he have such a prestigious degree? John Rekenthaler • Answered March 5 I am highly qualified to answer this, as I am a Penn graduate myself, a few years after Trump. 1) When most people say “Wharton,” they mean the MBA program. Trump did not at... Read more » 9.6K 1.2K   Is Tesla's Cybertruck a joke? Kevin Davidson, Owns 2 electric cars • Updated November 5 Here’s a photo: The vast majority of pickup truck owners don’t need pickup trucks. They just buy them “in case” they need to haul something. My neighbor has like 300,000 mil... Read more » 4.1K 424   What in Spain screams "I belong to the upper class"? Zubair • Posted Apr 8 Spain, like the United Kingdom, is a very class-conscious country. However, our relationship to class is quite different. Here, perceived social class has little or nothing to do with our income, b... Read more » 401 53   If someone is "banned" from all Walmarts, how does Walmart know when the "banned" person enters the store? Do they have facial recognition technology or just go by recognition? Knot Knowbody, I prolly got close to 50 mugshots over the years. • Answered January 29 I was banned for life from all Wal Mart locations for shoplifting. This was around 2000 or 2001. I was going into that same store a month later. Have never once in my entir... Read more » 848 235   Do hotel maids appreciate when guests try to tidy up before leaving, or does it just make their job harder? OpenBlueprint • Answered March 30 Hotel housekeepers have roughly 30 minutes to completely turn over a room. Your polite impulse to tidy up before checkout might actually be slowing them down. Tasked with cl... Read more » 1K 100 Read more in your feed

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If I was accepted to Cornell Early Decision (ED), is there any way I can back out of ...?

Yes, of course you can back out of it. They aren’t going to force you to attend the school. With that being said, you stand 0 chance of getting admitted to any of the schools you listed nor any…

Top stories for Long   If I was accepted to Cornell Early Decision (ED), is there any way I can back out of it? I just received an extremely prestigious award that I believe would give me a very good chance at Harvard/Stanford/MIT. Brian Paulsen, former Barclays Capital (2008-2014) • Answered August 17, 2019 Yes, of course you can back out of it. They aren’t going to force you to attend the school. With that being said, you stand 0 chance of getting admitted to any of the school... Read more » 109 14   Your response is private Was this worth your time? This helps us show content you find valuable. Absolutely not Definitely yes   Is Costco's Kirkland Signature brand really just repackaged brand name products? John Snow. • Answered March 25 As a truck driver, I have picked up carrots from one location in Bakersfield California and delivered them to: Kroger Costco Target... Read more » 1.3K 84   When I look at morbidly obese people, I ask, what was their diet, to end up that way? Carolann Lauda, lived in Brooklyn, NY • Updated Tue Update: after switching to 100% organic food still eating the same portions and amount during the past week I have dropped 10 lbs. I am still waiting for approval to have g... Read more » 1.5K 747   Is Tesla really a low-quality car? Jim F, I’ve owned one for a few years • Updated December 30, 2024 Yes. I’ve owned my model 3 for 2 years. The first time I test drove one I was impressed by the acceleration, the handling, and the tech in the car. However there are a lot ... Read more » 4.5K 93   Why should calculus be banned from being taught in high schools? TJ Berens, Aerospace Defense Consultant. • Answered April 12 Wow I haven't even heard that this was a thing. So I looked. It seems to be part of the movement to stifle the US educational system.... Read more » 221 76   If Magnus Carlsen used 120 years of chess theory against 19th-century players, what specific aspects of his play would be most surprising to them? HalftimeLedger, Sports analysis and commentary • Updated April 10 If Magnus Carlsen played a 19th-century chess master, they would think he was throwing the game on move one. To them, defense was cowardly and pawns were just cannon fodder... Read more » 771 40   Why do hotels in Europe take your passport when you check in, or do they still do that? Keith, Resident of 4 countries, citizen of 1. • Updated August 1, 2023 Yeah, they still try to do it at small hotels in many countries. Germany, Italy, etc. Whenever confronted with it, just refuse. After a bit of attempting to convince you, th... Read more » 4.8K 374   Why did Judas betray Jesus since everyone knew him? Halo St Etienne, Theologian of over 35 years' standing; Christian minister. • Updated Mon He did not. We are looking at two thousand years of bias, and an egregious mistranslation. The Gospels were written in a pidgin dialect of Greek called ‘koine’, which was th... Read more » 1K 300   Was Tiger Woods right when he said a scratch golfer at a country club couldn't break a 100 on the tour? Jason, lives in San Jose, CA • Answered December 29 I’m a 9.3, and I’ve played Tour courses on the day before the Tour came in twice- that’s about as close as you can get to playing on a “PGA course”. Olympic Club in SF in ’... Read more » 894 82   Why are CPUs still being made when GPUs are so much faster? Jonas Sørensen, B.S Computer Science, University of Southern Denmark (2019) • Answered May 26, 2018 Think of it in this way, your cpu is made of perhaps 2-4 very performant cores. 1 core is able to do some few billion instructions a second, which is plenty for most cases.... Read more » 1.9K 97   How do Chinese restaurants keep their rice safe to eat compared to home-cooked leftover rice? VitalSign, Answering your health questions • Answered April 7 Boiling rice doesn't kill the bacteria inside it. Uncooked grains contain spores of Bacillus cereus that easily survive the extreme heat. The key difference between safe re... Read more » 859 58   Does marijuana use have to be chronic or all the time to have long lasting effects on addiction? Bruno Ronaldinho, Party Time Doctor (2009-present) • Answered October 8, 2025 I am currently 68 years of age and began using marijuana when I was 20. I can truthfully say that every bad choice I ever made, money I ever lost, relationships I ever lost... Read more » 1.1K 693 Read more in your feed

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