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Broken snail shells

If a snail's shell is cracked or broken, can it survive, or is that the end for the hapless creature?
19:02 Fri 29th Jul 201122 answers, last by notasyoungasiwas 18:56 Tue 16th Aug 2011
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How do they weigh cheese with holes?

Emmental cheese has a lot of holes, all different sizes, and randomly distributed through the cheese. One supermarket I visit regularly sells 400g blocks of it in vacuum-wrappers. How do they know,...
15:37 Wed 04th May 201114 answers, last by AndiFlatland 16:54 Tue 17th May 2011
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Hiccups

Do other animals get hiccups? (...and I'm sure somebody was planning to say 'hyenas' - so now I've said it, so you don't have to 8=))
14:52 Sun 27th Mar 20119 answers, last by heathfield 16:54 Mon 28th Mar 2011
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TV advert featuring Angus Deayton

A few years ago, there was an advert on British TV which featured Angus Deayton standing in a lively city workplace. One of the lines he used in it was 'It's not all skateboards, baguettes and girls...
17:40 Sun 20th Feb 20112 answers, last by cupid04 17:44 Sun 20th Feb 2011
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Pitch change - not the doppler effect

I've noticed that when I'm listening to music on my earphones, when I remove them, the pitch of the music I can still hear from the earphones changes downwards by about a semitone. When my earphones...
19:10 Sun 09th Jan 20115 answers, last by rojash 02:50 Tue 11th Jan 2011
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Adams Apples in animals?

Do any animals other than humans have Adam's Apples?
18:09 Sat 29th May 20105 answers, last by Sqad 05:37 Sun 30th May 2010
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The infinite universe - in both directions?

Scientists and philosophers frequently claim that the universe is infinite, and I am pretty much in support of that view. The most plausible theory is that it is 'finite but unbounded'. However, one...
16:09 Wed 26th May 201011 answers, last by mibn2cweus 05:32 Wed 02nd Jun 2010
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Merging shadows

I've often noticed that when 2 shadows approach each other, just before they meet there seems to be a sort of 'reaching out' to each other. It's as if they are being gravitationally drawn to each...
17:54 Wed 07th Apr 20103 answers, last by john91 13:01 Fri 16th Apr 2010
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Chelsea tractors, etc.

The term Chelsea Tractor has become widely accepted in the last few years as a derogatory term for those horrid, monster 4x4s that clog up the streets nowadays. A few weeks ago, I heard Frank Skinner...
22:36 Fri 19th Mar 201013 answers, last by AndiFlatland 17:57 Wed 22nd Feb 2012
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Why two nostrils?

Why are our noses divided into 2 nostrils? I appreciate that we hear and see with 2 ears / eyes, because the stereo images received give us a sense of position and distance - but there would seem to...
21:39 Wed 10th Mar 201014 answers, last by joko 23:31 Thu 11th Mar 2010
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On The Kee Vee

Anybody know what this phrase means? (The spelling is optional). Not sure where or when I first heard it, or if I was just in an illegal state of mind and misheard something somebody said, but it...
23:30 Wed 03rd Mar 20103 answers, last by Canary42 01:52 Sat 06th Mar 2010
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"Shut up", he explained

Can anybody tell me who originated this amusing phrase, and where it comes from?
23:19 Wed 03rd Mar 20101 answer, last by Pressgang1 23:31 Wed 03rd Mar 2010
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Is there a word missing from our language?

As BROTHER is to FRATERNITY, and SISTER is to SORORITY... So what's the equivalent for SIBLING? I don't think there is one - at least, none of my friends can think of one. Anyone want to venture a new...
14:59 Sun 21st Feb 201012 answers, last by Canary42 03:19 Wed 10th Mar 2010
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Viruses

On a recent edition of BBC2's Horizon series, entitled Why Do Viruses Kill?, I was hit between the eyes with a truly astounding piece of information. One of the contributors to the programme put a...
16:25 Thu 21st Jan 20105 answers, last by wildwood 22:17 Fri 22nd Jan 2010
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Bubbles in drinks

When you open a bottle of beer, soda pop or champagne, there is an immediate rush of bubbles to the top of the liquid. But they keep on coming for many hours, and I was wondering if there is any...
18:18 Sun 22nd Nov 20093 answers, last by theprof 02:31 Tue 01st Dec 2009
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How do peanuts grow?

Here's an interesting question that cropped up in conversation last night. We were talking about monkey nuts - the natural version of peanuts in shells, and it occurred to me that it's a bit strange...
17:39 Sun 20th Sep 20092 answers, last by Mr Veritas 22:20 Sun 20th Sep 2009
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The funny things animals do...

A couple of slightly daft questions: 1: I've had many cats during my lifetime, and I've noticed that every one of them, when it's dozing peacefully (usually most of the time) and you say its name, the...
20:21 Mon 20th Apr 20092 answers, last by AndiFlatland 14:05 Fri 24th Apr 2009
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Moons and satellites

Can moons have their own moons, or is there something in the laws of motion or gravity that prevent this?
16:45 Mon 02nd Mar 20092 answers, last by rov1200 20:29 Mon 02nd Mar 2009
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Erasable writing boards

This heading seemed to be the only one that was vaguely appropriate - so let's give it a try: When I was a kid, in the 50s and early 60s, you could get a little grey message/drawing board which was...
18:46 Sat 21st Feb 200911 answers, last by Quizmonkey 16:03 Tue 03rd Mar 2009
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Space, time, infinity and all that stuff...

"Space is what stops everything from being in the same place" "Time is what stops everything from happening at once" "Space cannot be infinite - if it was, there would not be any matter in it" Anybody...
21:10 Sun 30th Nov 200812 answers, last by knobby... 18:37 Wed 03rd Dec 2008

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