Slate In Brief

"Because Henry Ford lived there."

"Absolutely."

"Copper, mostly."

Wedding toast tips: Don't mention the coke-fueled orgies. -Slate

Bitches don't know 'bout my dick.

"Movie reviews, interviews, and travel articles."

"The most likely result is a face-saving compromise."

"They talk like that to hypnotize the bidders. The speed is also intended to give the buyers a sense of urgency."

"To determine if a recording of a singer's voice is real, audio experts look at elements of the singer's tone, diction, and range. Whenever you sing a note, you also produce notes—or overtones—an octave higher, a fifth above that, and so on. Different voices—and different instruments—produce different kinds of overtones."

Be Farhad Manjoo?

"Usually, yes."

Theory 1: "Both the Haitian and Chilean earthquakes were caused, in part, by the Sumatran quake, and there may be more to come." Theory 2: "It's more or less random."

"Dream"

With perishables like milk and meat, most responsible consumers have a three–to-seven-day grace period after the "Sell by" date has elapsed. As for pre-packaged greens, studies show that [...] in vegetables [...] if they haven't lost their looks, ignore the printed date.

"Though Purell kills them in the lab, hand sanitizers don't stop their spread in the real world."

State courts disagree.

Yes.