About The Straight Dope

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The Straight Dope is an online question and answer newspaper column published in the Chicago Reader. It covers many subjects, including history, science, old wives' tales, urban legends, and inventions. The column appears under the tagline ""Fighting ignorance since 1973 (it's taking longer than we thought)."" First published by the Reader in 1973, the column is written by Cecil Adams and illustrated by Slug Signorino.