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An Amazon Echo only takes two hours to find your wifi but your next door neighbours Echo finds it instantly.
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classic33
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A bit like the World Series then.
Drago
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It is estimated that about 2/3 of all Land Rovers ever made still survive. This is because they broke down and were abandoned in various barns, thus never had the opportunity to actually wear out.
classic33
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The original Land Rover was designed by Rover engineer Maurice Wilks, who owned a farm in Wales.
Conceived as an agricultural vehicle, Wilks decided to keep its layout simple and more tractor-like by putting the steering wheel in the middle. It also meant that Rover could dodge the nuisance of building two different versions of the same vehicle for left- and right-hand drive markets.
Land Rover even built a car for Judge Dredd.
Land Rover built 33 unique and slightly terrifying vehicles for the 1995 Judge Dredd movie starring Sylvester Stallone, including the 101 Forward Vehicle-derived ‘City Cab’.
Conceived as an agricultural vehicle, Wilks decided to keep its layout simple and more tractor-like by putting the steering wheel in the middle. It also meant that Rover could dodge the nuisance of building two different versions of the same vehicle for left- and right-hand drive markets.
Land Rover even built a car for Judge Dredd.
Land Rover built 33 unique and slightly terrifying vehicles for the 1995 Judge Dredd movie starring Sylvester Stallone, including the 101 Forward Vehicle-derived ‘City Cab’.
Osmium is the densest naturally occuring element at 22.61g/cc.
Which in English means that a small cube about 4''on a side weighs in at an impressive 48lbs plus.
Beaten into a cocked hat by a synthetic element named Hassium. A similar cube about 4'' on a side would come in at a coffee table breaking 88lbs or so.
Which in English means that a small cube about 4''on a side weighs in at an impressive 48lbs plus.
Beaten into a cocked hat by a synthetic element named Hassium. A similar cube about 4'' on a side would come in at a coffee table breaking 88lbs or so.
Profpointy
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Ah but if you had a block of Hassium how long would it remain on your coffee table
classic33
Leg End Member
Gallium: Beats like a living heart
Not occurring free form in nature and a mainstay semiconductor in a wide variety of electronics (including mobile phones, computer chips and Blu-rays), gallium's melting point is a strange source of appeal. You can shatter it like glass, cause it to melt by holding it in your hand long enough, but more bizarre is what happens when it reacts with other metals.
With just a bit of sulphuric acid and dichromate solution in an aluminium can, it acts like some form of extraterrestrial life form - and even beats like a heart!
Not occurring free form in nature and a mainstay semiconductor in a wide variety of electronics (including mobile phones, computer chips and Blu-rays), gallium's melting point is a strange source of appeal. You can shatter it like glass, cause it to melt by holding it in your hand long enough, but more bizarre is what happens when it reacts with other metals.
With just a bit of sulphuric acid and dichromate solution in an aluminium can, it acts like some form of extraterrestrial life form - and even beats like a heart!
Drago
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Extraterrestrial life is real. Aliens have landed several times in New York, but nio one noticed.
lutonloony
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No idea what you're on about, but sounds like we have been invaded
Salty seadog
Space Cadet...(3rd Class...)
and that's a widely believed fact.
classic33
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You had eight of these!!I have just found that it is physically impossible for me to eat 8 Cumberland sausages on top of 3 pints of bitter, 2 large Scotches and a bottle of Cava.
Merry Christmas everybody!
Krod Yotchomrang was preparing her family’s evening meal when she discovered the corpse of a kitten inside a sausage, later saying that she almost threw up at the sight. Most Thai grannies would throw a fit and demand compensation, but Krod was no ordinary old lady. She decided to make a small shrine for the poor dead kitten, then light some sweet-smelling incense and pray before it.
Word spread and friends, neighbors, and even people she didn’t know turned up to visit the shrine. Unexpectedly, they started reporting amazing turns for the better after praying there. Krod and her friends allegedly won money on several lottery tickets, proving that the Shrine of the Holy Sausage brought good luck.
Local sour-puss officials soon began an investigation into the incident. They were skeptical about the good luck angle and perplexed as to how the kitten became sausage-ified. After initial suspicions that the manufacturer was mixing unwholesome ingredients in their sausage, investigators came to the conclusion that the kitten had somehow managed to sneak into a pipeline at the sausage factory.
Way to go, Saint Kitty.
classic33
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In 2011, a man was hospitalized after overdosing on Brussels sprouts at Christmas dinner. The man had a mechanical heart and was taking anticoagulants. Like most cruciferous vegetables, Brussels sprouts contain high amounts of vitamin K, which promotes blood clotting. The anticoagulants were necessary for the man’s mechanical heart to operate effectively.
