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Your sock is hiding in the dryer outside of eyesight. JohnnyGunn tells a funny story about calling the library to find out the location of their missing sock in pablocake's Ask Me post about a phone hotline (instead of Google) for questions. It should come as no surprise to Mefites that in this, as in so many things, librarians are our heroes! (or, as Mournful Bagel Song puts it, "unearthly beings of pure knowledge")

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You have questions? Luckily Wired magazine has experts that who answer questions from the internet All of this brought to you in this post by dfm500!

Is this chatfilter? Maybe... This is our "Ask Mods Anything" (AMA) Session! For the MetaFilter Fundraising! Head over to Metatalk for more details ...

he's a low key kid by woodleywonderworks (cc by)

I still don't know what was behind that scary glowing door. In Metatalk, The corpse in the library asks What AskMe of yours are you still curious about? What was never resolved?

577 - Olympic Rings Texture by Patrick Hoesly (cc by)

Best Olympic news of the day?; Where can I find nation agnostic coverage of the Olympics?; Watching the Olympics - Obscure sports edition; What is the the best way to stream the Tokyo Olympics?

0528_marokko_2014 by HerryB (cc by)

History questions recently in Ask Mefi: Books on the history of Africa in antiquity? Easily digestible video history resources? Engaging history audiobooks? Relearning history k-12 that hasn't been white-washed? Rural Religious Life in the 18th Century? Dangerous, semi-realistic adventures in pre-modern Europe?

Meanwhile, over in Metatalk, Site Update #2; Metatalktail Hour: Good things on the cheap; planning for Secret Quonsar 2020; LearnedLeague referrals.

White Lake Farms raw natural honey @ SLC Farmers Market Utah by FOODLANDER.COM (cc by)

I just found out you can ferment all kinds of fruits and vegetables in just honey! ... but how to find real raw honey?; What are rules of thumb for adding garnishes to pickles?; What are the spices in balandėliai (Lithuanian cabbage rolls)?; Copycat recipe for Kraft Mac & Cheese powder mix?; Best Knives?, Gift (for me) Edition; What can I add to my bread recipe?

Dorade box diagram

What would happen if you jumped or fell down a big ship's air intake?