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Ok last reply refering to welding (for me at least)

Unless you want a weld to fail it should never be quenched!!!!!!!
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*Entropy* - tendency of energy to become useless,equivalently, of everything to run down, moving from states of greater order to lesser.

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The Dymaxion map projection technique of Buckminster Fuller introduces less distortion than ANY map projection technique used to map a globe on a flat plane.
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One out of every seven Rhinos dies of a heart attack aproximately three minutes after it's born from an incest operative.
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Buckminster Fuller and Dr. Benjamin Spock had one thing in common in their public presentations. Neither would sign an autograph.
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This is quick hit Facts...
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*Kelvin* K temperature - in centigrade degrees but starts from absolute Zero -negative 213.16 degrees C.

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In base ten notation, any number of the form abc,abc divides by 7, 11, 13, 77, 91, 143, and 1001.
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The Ionizing potential of Boron is V 8.298
the electronegativity = 2.04
and its atomic weight = u 10.81

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Quirky tends to mean "having the characteristic of peculiarity."


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Female humans, on average, tend to have more acute ability to discern scents and modest color variations than can males. It is hypothesized that this has helped females be better mothers and take proactive preventative action more quickly when their young began getting ill.
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