Did you know?
You can boil water the same way you make whipped cream, by using a mixer to beat air into the water until large bubbles form and break on the surface. You can do this with an electric mixer, a hand-cranked egg beater, or a whisk. If using a whisk, you have to whisk for a very long time.
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Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Sweet Precipitation
Did you know? The average raindrop is approximately 0.5% sucrose. This is too small a concentration to be tasted in the rainfall, but if rainwater is collected and carefully evaporated, the crystalline sugar will remain. An attempt was made to market rain sugar, and the product was rebranded several times, with names such as "Heaven Sent," "Good Precipitations," and "Sweet Thunder." The product was a failure. The flavor was not unpleasant, but the dull gray color was rather unappetizing.
Remember, you read it here!
Remember, you read it here!
Thursday, July 23, 2009
Benjamin Franklin Is Going to be Pissed
Did you know?
Even if President Obama's certificate of live birth is a fake, as is alleged by some 'birthers,' they still have very little to complain about, and there is a legal precedent for a situation of this kind. Even if Obama did not come into this world by live birth, he wouldn't be the first American president to have been hatched from an egg.
First, a little background on the subject: 'Exovum syndrome,' as it is commonly called, is a rare but harmless abnormality that occurs in the last month of pregnancy. The mother expels the egg and must keep it warm until it hatches. She also usually lays a trophic egg, which is used to nourish the child, and lasts for several days. As a result, exovum mothers produce slightly less breast milk than is usual during the first week after the child hatches.
There is no solid evidence that President Obama was born exovum, but for the sake of argument, let's assume that he was. He's in good company. Many highly respected historical figures were born in this fashion, including Edouard Manet, Amerigo Vespucci, and an early American president: Benjamin Franklin.
'But wait,' you might say, 'Benjamin Franklin was never president!' It is true that Franklin was never the acting public President of the United States, but he was president of the U.S.S.G., the United States Shadow Government, for over a decade. The shadow government used to have far more power than they do now, and rather than a rudimentary contingency organization meant to replace the government in case of emergency, they were a nefarious group of bullies, unrestrained by law, who kept wild electricity in static cages and used it to perpetrate their dark deeds. They operated clandestinely for several years before the first public president was even in office. Franklin was forced to fake his own death in 1790 when George Washington all but dissembled the U.S.S.G, gutting their membership with the aide of his network of spies. Franklin decided to have himself placed in a sate of dormancy until such time as he could be revived and regain his former power. Although cryogenics was a very young technology at the time, Franklin's preservation was successful, and he remains frozen in a location known only to a select few. It is believed by some that members of the U.S.S.G. still operate, and they will revive Benjamin Franklin when the time is ripe for him to don his battery-jar crown.
Were he to be revived today, he would surely be appalled at the number of 'birthers' grasping at straws in an attempt to sully the name of Barack Obama rather than offering any constructive arguments in response to his actual politics.
Remember, you read it here!
Even if President Obama's certificate of live birth is a fake, as is alleged by some 'birthers,' they still have very little to complain about, and there is a legal precedent for a situation of this kind. Even if Obama did not come into this world by live birth, he wouldn't be the first American president to have been hatched from an egg.
First, a little background on the subject: 'Exovum syndrome,' as it is commonly called, is a rare but harmless abnormality that occurs in the last month of pregnancy. The mother expels the egg and must keep it warm until it hatches. She also usually lays a trophic egg, which is used to nourish the child, and lasts for several days. As a result, exovum mothers produce slightly less breast milk than is usual during the first week after the child hatches.
There is no solid evidence that President Obama was born exovum, but for the sake of argument, let's assume that he was. He's in good company. Many highly respected historical figures were born in this fashion, including Edouard Manet, Amerigo Vespucci, and an early American president: Benjamin Franklin.
'But wait,' you might say, 'Benjamin Franklin was never president!' It is true that Franklin was never the acting public President of the United States, but he was president of the U.S.S.G., the United States Shadow Government, for over a decade. The shadow government used to have far more power than they do now, and rather than a rudimentary contingency organization meant to replace the government in case of emergency, they were a nefarious group of bullies, unrestrained by law, who kept wild electricity in static cages and used it to perpetrate their dark deeds. They operated clandestinely for several years before the first public president was even in office. Franklin was forced to fake his own death in 1790 when George Washington all but dissembled the U.S.S.G, gutting their membership with the aide of his network of spies. Franklin decided to have himself placed in a sate of dormancy until such time as he could be revived and regain his former power. Although cryogenics was a very young technology at the time, Franklin's preservation was successful, and he remains frozen in a location known only to a select few. It is believed by some that members of the U.S.S.G. still operate, and they will revive Benjamin Franklin when the time is ripe for him to don his battery-jar crown.
Were he to be revived today, he would surely be appalled at the number of 'birthers' grasping at straws in an attempt to sully the name of Barack Obama rather than offering any constructive arguments in response to his actual politics.
Remember, you read it here!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
Stick Your Portable Electronics in the Freezer
Did you know? You can almost double the lifespan of most of your portable electronics such as mp3 players, cell phones and hand-held game systems by storing them in the refrigerator of freezer when you're not using them.
Remember, you read it here!
Remember, you read it here!
Thursday, June 11, 2009
The Dregs of the Colas
Did you know that colas such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi Cola still use coca leaves in their production? Since these are technically foods, by law they must first remove the alkaloid known as cocaine. Instead of discarding or destroying it, they sell it to the dentistry industry, which uses it as a local anesthetic during tooth extractions.
Remember, you read it here!
Remember, you read it here!
Sunday, June 7, 2009
On Trees in Urban Areas
Did you know that since nineteen-eighty, all trees within ten miles of any major city are mandatorily implanted with a device that emits a mild insecticide? It's the only thing that keeps bees and other pests from swarming tree-lined streets. Washington D.C.'s cherry blossoms used to attract more than ten million bees per week.
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