There's no such thing as a stupid question — and our website of the week, www.straightdope.com, is proof of it.

This site is stacked with user-submitted questions, all thoroughly examined and answered by the team in a clear, thoroughly tongue-in-cheek manner.

Ever wanted to know whether you could squeeze coal into diamonds if you had super strength? Well, Straight Dope has an answer for you.

Ever wanted to know whether life insurance would be paid out on someone executed for a crime? Check out Straight Dope for the answer.

Ever wanted to know why they're called 'trailers' if they're shown before movies? Or how many cows are killed each year to make McDonald's hamburgers?

You know where to go...

With hundreds of questions and new submissions being answered each day, this site will take up a lot of your free time if you're a fan of useless but strangely interesting information and facts. But there's more to it than just trivia — with message boards for the like-minded fans of the site as well as an online store.

The site design itself is relatively easy to navigate and the pages load quite quickly owing to the general lack of images for the most part — a good design choice considering the subject matter.

Whether you're looking for a website to get lost in or just want to settle an argument between friends, we fully recommend The Straight Dope.

Join our Facebook fan page Follow Cooltech on Twitter


Leonard Kleinrock poses next to the first Interface Message Processor device Web a teen at 40 40 years after Leonard Kleinrock and his team created the internet it has become an adolescent.
The Apple 3GS Can't touch this! Hadlee Simons thinks touch-screens are a bit silly. His first Dashboard Diatribe explains why.
Section 8 Win a copy of Section 8! iafrica.com and Ster Kinekor are giving away four copies of Section 8 for Xbox 360 and PC!
King of Fighters XII Win with King of Fighters! iafrica.com is giving away copies of King of Fighters XII for the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3!
Digg
facebook