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abstibus

'Baby on board'

Can anyone verify that this sign was originally meant to alert rescuers at an accident site that there was a baby in the vehicle?
13:45 Wed 16th Feb 201122 answers, last by whiskeryron 10:04 Sat 12th Mar 2011
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R1Geezer

End of the Universe....

In Brian Cox's "wonders of the universe" on Sunday night, he clearly said that the ultimate fate of the universe was the "Heat Death" and implied it was innevitable. Now far be it...
13:08 Tue 08th Mar 201115 answers, last by R1Geezer 14:50 Sun 13th Mar 2011
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Diceroller

The tallest building in the worlds elevator failing

If the elavator failed completely and I mean completely all emergency brake mechanisms all cables everything and it just dropped would the people inside experience weightlessness? If the the drop is...
10:40 Sun 06th Mar 20119 answers, last by Hippy 01:08 Tue 08th Mar 2011
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anotheoldgit

Amelia Earhart's plane found?

http://tinyurl.com/5v9evsu Could this finally solve a 74 year old mystery?...
16:29 Sun 06th Mar 201110 answers, last by B00 18:43 Wed 09th Mar 2011
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DEN53

Rat on the News

http://www.dailymail....-live-BBC-report.html Did anyone see this last night on the late BBC news - I was watching it and shouted 'oh my god theres a rat' Mr. Den jumped up (was asleep in bed) and...
15:01 Mon 17th Jan 20116 answers, last by Booldawg 15:17 Mon 17th Jan 2011
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sp1814

Should Lesley Pilkington be struck off?

http://www.telegraph....-men-go-straight.html She claims to be able to turn gay men straight via counselling, and agrees that homosexuality as "a mental illness, an addiction and antireligious...
13:08 Mon 17th Jan 2011189 answers, last by Sqad 15:26 Tue 18th Jan 2011
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Scylax

National speed limit

Many years ago, when I first studied the Highway Code, a large white circular road sign with a diagonal black stripe indicated 'Derestriction'. Obviously, no-one believed that any vehicle could...
18:08 Fri 14th Jan 201119 answers, last by sddsddean 20:47 Mon 17th Jan 2011
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carlton23

Flu Bugs

Do you think people get flu by the passage of coin around the country, as a person with the bug may well sneeze into his/her hands and then pay for something in coin and spread the germs to whomever...
12:23 Mon 10th Jan 20115 answers, last by Sqad 12:56 Mon 17th Jan 2011
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AB Editor

News: Rules Of Debate

Good Afternoon, It seems a few of you are getting a little ruffled around the boa. I wondered if we could agree on some basic guidelines for debating in the News section of the AnswerBank. Here's what...
15:30 Thu 13th Jan 201197 answers, last by jno 19:50 Wed 19th Jan 2011
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naomi24

Shortcut to Sainthood

A nun's illness was mysteriously cured after she and her fellow nuns prayed to Pope John Paul II, and because of that he is now being fast-tracked towards sainthood. Convenient, ridiculous, naive, or...
10:56 Mon 17th Jan 201122 answers, last by beso 11:26 Tue 18th Jan 2011
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wyzard66

recycling

When recycling plastic bottles, why cant you also recycle the plastic lid? Same with tin cans, you can recycle the can but not the lid (at least according to our local council, they ask us not to...
12:51 Thu 13th Jan 201122 answers, last by Scylax 20:40 Sat 15th Jan 2011
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LaneButler

Telehone boxes

I have seen some black telephone boxes in the London area. Can anyone explain the difference between the black telephone kiosks and the red telephone kiosks?
23:35 Thu 26th Jul 20075 answers, last by Hippy 15:19 Mon 30th Jul 2007
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Sheann

Sony Discman

I have just got at a boot sale a Sony Discman ESP2 CD player D-EG5. When I try to play it a little key keeps flashing on the screen, does this mean I need some sort of code to operate. Any help would...
15:48 Sun 29th Jul 20072 answers, last by Sheann 20:07 Mon 30th Jul 2007
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bunny29

fingernail growth

How exactly do fingernails grow? I know they grow from the base, so do they attach and detach as they move up the finger?
19:00 Mon 12th Feb 200710 answers, last by theprof 01:17 Wed 14th Feb 2007
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hopalong

Freddy Mecury

Is it true Freddy Mecury had his lower ribs removed
14:35 Mon 05th Feb 200711 answers, last by Hippy 22:28 Tue 13th Feb 2007
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metals

speed limits

when did the 70mph speed limit start on motorways
17:05 Thu 01st Feb 20074 answers, last by mortalman 23:41 Sun 11th Feb 2007
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cleversod

Washing up bowl.

These teaspoons are driving me nuts! no matter how many times i swish my hands round the bowl there is always that one still there,so to try and combat the problem i've had an underwater camera...
12:54 Thu 08th Feb 20077 answers, last by Hippy 14:08 Sun 11th Feb 2007
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musicman1066

My CD Player is being gay.

a few christmases ago, i got a cd player from tescos, recently when i play copied cd's that i made because i dont' have the original one, its not been playing that well. sometimes it does, but most of...
18:17 Sat 23rd Dec 200612 answers, last by Hippy 12:30 Sun 31st Dec 2006
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dozeydo

immersion diuresis and temperature

Just a further thought that came to me in the bath(!) today - does the temperature of the water have any effect on this phenomenom? I am thinking of the effects of vasodilation/vasoconstriction on the...
10:25 Wed 27th Dec 20068 answers, last by theprof 16:06 Fri 29th Dec 2006
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Panic Button

Colds and booze

I used to drink more than was healthy, but now only have a drink at Xmas and on holiday. I now get much far fewer colds than I used to. Are these two facts linked? Does boozing lower your resistance...
00:17 Sat 23rd Dec 20064 answers, last by Hippy 12:43 Wed 27th Dec 2006

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