Do Silencers Really Make Guns Silent?

 Most of us have watched an action movie or two that features a silenced gun which barely makes a noise when fired. But in real life are silencers (AKA suppressors) actually this effective?
First we need to understand why shooting a gun is so loud. The sound of a gunshot is made in part by the explosion that shoots each bullet from the barrel of the gun. The sound is also made by the bullet breaking the sound barrier.
A silencer or suppressor does make gunshots quieter, but not to the extent we see in movies and TV shows. This takes away some of the noise generated by the actual explosion. To take away the crack made by breaking the sound barrier subsonic ammunition is used. Here is a video showing the difference between supersonic and subsonic ammo: http://youtu.be/cGk9ZVQkz2M?t=49
The sound of the gunshot is relatively quiet, but still is not the "pew" heard in movies.

To summarize, suppressors do work to an extent, just not as well as they do in the movies.

Sources: htttps://www.wikipedia.com/, https://www.todayifoundout.com/

Is A Dog's Mouth Cleaner Than A Human's?

No, a dog's mouth is not cleaner than a human's mouth. If this were true humans would be trying to figure out why and how humans can have very clean mouths. Many people can become ill after being bitten by a dog. It has been known for a long time that dog bites can cause diseases much more easily than other animals. Also, dogs use their mouths to clean themselves, so their tongue would have many germs on it. It is true though that humans mouths are the dirtiest places in their body dogs mouths are still not as clean. -John Baskin


http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/dogs/a/dog_breath.htm

http://www.petplace.com/dogs/is-a-dog-s-mouth-cleaner-than-a-human-s/page1.aspx

Mario's full name?

This post is more of a question than an urban legend.

I was wondering what Mario from Super Mario Bros. last name is. I imagined that since it was called super mario bros. that his last name would be Mario. His full name would be Mario Mario and Luigi would be Luigi Mario. I then though that Mario might just be called by his last name and not use his first name.

I decided to research this and learned that Mario's last name is Mario. This was shown to be true by Super Mario Bros. Super show. There were other sources that says that it is called that just because Mario is the main character. I guess we'll have to wait for an interview with the creator of Mario. -John Baskin

http://www.smbhq.com/who.htm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario#Biography

Is Chocolate Poisonous To Dogs?

Yes, chocolate is poisonous to dogs. Symptoms are vomiting, diarrea, high body temperature, seizures, low blood pressure and rapid breathing. For milk chocolate on average it will take about 0.7 oz per pound of dog's weight of chocolate for dogs to experience toxicity. For semi-sweet chocolate it only takes 0.3 oz. For baking chocolate it takes 0.3 oz, too.

-John Baskin


Information from: http://www.petmd.com/dog/conditions/digestive/c_multi_chocolate_toxicity#.T0lv43JSS7Y