Is it true that the Manhattan Project started in a building owned by Columbia University on 125th St in Harlem? Is there a plaque or something somewhere there?

You are da bomb!

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: It was called the Manhattan Project due to its beginnings in Manhattan, even before the U.S. entry into WWII, in [...]

Is it true that it’s legal for women to go topless in New York? I heard there was a legal battle a long time ago, and the courts decided that if men could be topless, when could be too. If so, where are all the topless women?

QP

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: They legally can, if [...]

In Jersey City, right by the entrance to the PATH train at Exchange Place, there is a wacky statue of a russian dude with a rifle stabbed into his back. What is that all about? Who put that thing there and what is it commemorating?

Thanks.

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: The website of the City College [...]

Will you act as a reference for me? I have a job interview in a few weeks. I could explain that you are only reachable by visiting your website or the Duke Library.

Thank you in advance!

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: “I know this job candidate (who won’t tell me his/her name or sex) through his/her [...]

How did people in former times trim their toe nails and finger nails? I thinking of 200 hundred years ago and also 2,000 years ago.

Nailfully yours,
QP

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: The nail clipper was supposedly invented by someone named Chapel Carter (no relation to Chapel Hill) in 1896. Before that time, people just [...]

Why is it that our ears hear Middle C and High C and Low C as the same tone (but up an “octave”)? Ie, what do notes 8 steps apart have in common that makes us hear them similarly?

Also, on an unrelated note, what is the absense of flavor? You wrote in an answer [...]

How do you become a member of a New York City Community Board? Are there elections?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: There are 59 Community Boards throughout the city, the members of which are appointed by the Bourough President (i.e, they aren’t elected). Half are nominated by the City Council member representing the particular community district. There [...]

What if I had a somewhat elaborate scheme to discover your true identity and then anonymously reveal it to the entire school. I don’t want to spoil the fun, but what would you do if I went forth with it?

ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: So now it’s other people who want to be anonymous! Have I [...]