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sooner an autopsy is conducted, the more valuable the information the police are likely to obtain.
    Right before the body is removed, the police do indeed make an outline of the position of the victim. More often than not the body is outlined in chalk, including a notation of whether the body was found in a prone or supine posture.
    A police investigation of a murder can take a long time, too long to maintain the murder site as it appeared after the murder. Forensic specialists cannot rely on photographs alone. Often, the exact position of the victim can be of vital importance in an investigation. By making an outline, the police can return to the murder scene and take measurements which might quash or corroborate a new theory on the case. Outline drawings may also be used in the courtroom to explain wound locations, bullet trajectories, and blood trails.
    Herbert H. Buzbee, of the International Association of Coroners and Medical Examiners, told Imponderables that chalk is not always used to make outlines. Stick-em paper or string are often used on carpets, for example, where chalk might be obscured by the fabric. Carl Harbaugh, of the International Chiefs of Police, says that many departments once experimented with spray paint to make outlines, but found that paint traces were occasionally found on the victim, confusing the forensic analysis.
    The ideal outline ingredient would be one that would show up, stay put, and do no permanent damage to any surface. Unfortunately, no such ingredient exists. Chalk gets high marks for leaving no permanent markings, but is not easily visible on many surfaces. Tape and string (which has to be fastened with tape) have a tendency to mysteriously twist out of shape, especially if they get wet.
    None of these flaws in the markers would matter if murder victims were considerate enough to die in sites convenient to the police. Harbaugh says that on a street or highway any kind of outline will do. But what good is a chalk outline on a bed covered with linens and blankets?
     
Submitted by Pat O’Conner of Forest Hills, New York .
     
     
    What Do Restaurants that Specialize in Potato Skins Do with the Rest of the Potato? What Do Restaurants that Specialize in Frogs’ Legs Do with the Rest of the Frog?
     
    In most restaurants, potato skins are a waste product, served as the casing of a baked potato or not at all. So we assumed that restaurants that specialized in potato skins used the rest of the potato to make mashed potatoes, boiled potatoes, or soups.
    Our assumption was correct, but our correspondent mentions that potato skins are often served in bars that do not serve potatoes in any other form. Is it cost-effective for these establishments to serve the skins and dump the potato filling?
    Most restaurants that serve potato skins buy the skins only , usually in frozen form. Linda Smith, of the National Restaurant Association, sent us a list of the biggest suppliers of potato skins. Most of these companies, not at all coincidentally, also supply restaurants with pre-cut cottage fries, hash browns, and O’Brien potatoes, among others. Ore-Ida isn’t about to sell the skin and throw away the potato.
    Anyone who has ever dissected a frog in biology class does not want to contemplate the idea of chefs picking apart an entire frog to get at its legs. Suffice it to say that restaurants buy only the legs of frogs. What suppliers of frogs’ legs do with the rest of the frog is too gruesome for even us to contemplate.
     
Submitted by Myrna S. Gordon of Scotch Plains, New Jersey. Thanks also to Sharon Michele Burke of Menlo Park, California .
     
     
    If Water Is Heavier than Air, Why Do Clouds Stay Up in the Sky?
     
    What makes you think that clouds aren’t dropping? They are. Constantly.
    Luckily, cloud drops do not fall at the same velocity as a water balloon. In fact, cloud drops are downright sluggards: They drop at a measly 0.3 centimeters per second. And cloud drops are so tiny, about