Finder’s Free exists to help you find answers to life’s little questions

We want to help with everyday questions — the offbeat, the basic, the mysterious, the complex… and the ones you don’t know who else to ask.

You will find a combination of answers written by our in-house team, along with a few provided by others who have relevant information to share.

Here are 10 of our favorite posts from our first 10 years:

  1. How do astronauts go to the bathroom in space?
  2. What if you ate the little packet that says Do Not Eat?
  3. Why do fish have mercury in them?
  4. Where do all the missing socks go?
  5. Are shellfish at all related to insects?
  6. Is it really illegal to pick a California poppy?
  7. Can you really tell the temperature from cricket chirps?
  8. Are warm air hand dryers really more sanitary than paper towels?
  9. Can you fry an egg on the sidewalk on a hot day?
  10. Why did UPS choose brown as their company color?