Quirky Science Facts!

[Guest chendoh]

In 1944 an atom bomb was accidentally detonated in Stanley Hall. UC Berkeley, Ca.

you can't be serious!

I saw that in Berkeley Science Review....am still waiting for conformation

 

If no conformation by sunday, 031206.....will withdraw

[Drip Curl Magic]

DCM, I elect you to be the "scientist" and actually try this. Report back when you get sugar to burn. Also report how much ash was required, and what kind of flame you used. :)

 

 

Alright.

 

how do I measure ash? By the spliff?

[Guest chendoh]

A kiss stimulates 29 muscles........ and chemicals causing relaxation.

Women seem to like it light and frequent, men like it more strenuous.

[Turtle]

The chemical makeup of tears of joy is different than that of tears of sadness.:)

[InfiniteNow]

The lips have more cortical representation than any other region of the human body. (see Homonculus)

[Pyrotex]

Alright. Shall I measure ash in increments of joints?

abso****inlutely!

 

The unit of ash is the amount that falls off due to its own weight*, from a well-rolled, two-paper**, seedless stemless*** "bomber", when toked down to the half-way point. The joint must be clipped, and at no point should it have been bogarted.

 

The unit of ash is called a humph, and is metric: 100 humphs make a bogie.

 

*technically, this should be measured in Acapulco, at standard temperature and pressure (STP), with adequate protection from any air currents.

**ZigZag.

***Marin County Blue is preferred for its uniform texture.

[Boerseun]

Good one, Pyro!

 

A hammerhead shark's flat 'hammer'-like head is shaped like that in order to place its nostrils as far apart as possible, thereby giving the hammerhead a better olfactory locational ability. It will swim zig-zag across the blood scent, and turn in the direction of the nostril that picked up the scent first.

 

It sniffs in stereo!

[Guest chendoh]

Bananas are excellent for making paper. Banana fibre paper is very strong.

Up to 3000 times stronger than regular paper.

[Turtle]

Lichens are symbiotic relationships between fungi & algae; the fungi provide the support structure & the algae make the food.:)

[Racoon]

Lichens are symbiotic relationships between fungi & algae; the fungi provide the support structure & the algae make the food.:eek:

 

 

Woot!

Saw some Lichen that i was like'n Man! :eek:

[Drip Curl Magic]

abso****inlutely!

 

The unit of ash is the amount that falls off due to its own weight*, from a well-rolled, two-paper**, seedless stemless*** "bomber", when toked down to the half-way point. The joint must be clipped, and at no point should it have been bogarted.

 

The unit of ash is called a humph, and is metric: 100 humphs make a bogie.

 

*technically, this should be measured in Acapulco, at standard temperature and pressure (STP), with adequate protection from any air currents.

**ZigZag.

***Marin County Blue is preferred for its uniform texture.

 

I'm on it.:eek:

[Turtle]

Water is the only compound that expands when it freezes.:)

[Guest chendoh]

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is the world’s largest and most complex reef system. It is visible from the moon.

http://www.reefhq.com.au/about/gbr.html

[Jay-qu]

the earth is slowly losing grip on the moon - it moves away at 4cm a year

[Racoon]

In a typical US home:

flushing toilets, washing hands, and bathing accounts for ~ 78% of water used.

[Racoon]

The first major digital computer ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator and Calculator) was built in 1942 to solve ballistics problems.

 

:)

[Racoon]

Boson:

Any elementary particle w/ a whole-number spin (e.g., +1, -1, +2 etc..) such as a Photon or Meson.

These particles fulfill conditions computed by means of Bose-Einstein statistics and do not satisfy the "Exclusion Principle"