Q. Why do John Lennon and Paul McCartney sing different lyrics on I’ve got a feeling?

A. Because, while working on their Let It Be album, they arrived with similar ideas on the accompaniment but different melodies and lyrics. They agreed to disagree and sang one over the other. See the video here.

(Keep those questions coming in and we'll probably give you an answer, even.) (No, we don't and can't possibly turn into Ask Jeeves...)

Q. Do woodpeckers damage their brain when woodpecking?

SILLY QUESTIONS DEPARTMENT SPECIAL -- A: It doesn't look like it. Evolution has provided them with air bags inside their cranium, which act like cushions, protecting their brain when the bird hammers on a tree trunk looking for insects to eat. Also, their craniums are very light – only 1% of their body weight – with a structure made up of lots of tiny bones, thus distributing the impact more efficiently. My head, however, is unprotected from the Silly Questions Department: it is sometimes difficult to classify the questions you send in, but keep them coming! Please (they're fun!) (Answer from Quo Magazine)

Why do exclamation and question marks go at the beginning and at the end in Spanish?

MADRID – We got the question in the headline some time back - our answer at the time was, "'Cos they just are!", which was neither polite nor elucidating. While our answer may be right and factual, there is a correct usage. According to the Real Academia de la Lengua Española (The Royal Academy of the Spanish language), question (¿?) and exclamation (¡!) marks represent speech expressions in writing with appropriate intonations for questions and exclamations respectively. In Spanish, they are called double marks, opening and closing a phrase and are obligatory, although there are a few exceptions. Some correct usage indications are: