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Quirky Science Facts!

So, let's build a compendium of quirky science facts!

Please - no discussion, if you wanna reply to something here, better to start up a new thread related to it.

If you see a post that's making a false claim, PM one of the admins or mods and we'll remove it.

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Old 03-05-2006, 09:24 PM
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Re: Quirky Science Facts!

First one, to get the ball rolling:

Sea-horses are unique in that the males become pregnant!!!
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Re: Quirky Science Facts!

Boiled water at a higher temp will freeze faster than water at a lower temp (within reason)
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One of my kid's favorites: You can spin an egg on its end to tell if its hard-boiled or not.

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Pigs have 30 minute orgasms. They musn't be too intense, 'tis a shame.
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Re: Quirky Science Facts!

can we submit multiple entries?
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Sample sizes of just a few hundred can accurately predict averages in populations of millions.

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The average human brain consumes just 12 Watts of power - one-tenth of what it takes to burn an ordinary light bulb.
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One cubic kilometer of seawater contains roughly 50 kilograms of gold!

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Pigs have 30 minute orgasms. They musn't be too intense, 'tis a shame.

ahhh, shoot. that's what I was gonna say.

but here's another....

Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions. Most of which, are expressed with the ears.
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