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Saturday, October 22, 2011
"Mrs." is actually an abbreviation for the word "mistress."
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Mice that were exposed to heavy metal became aggressive and murderous
One study conducted by David Merrill exposed mice to heavy metal 24 hours a day. The band chosen was Anthrax. The purpose of the study was to see how the heavy metal would affect their ability to learn new things.
Shockingly, the experiment could not be finished because instead of completing the Maze, the heavy metal mice all killed each other.
In further experiments, Merrill exposed the mice to heavy metal for only 10 hours a day. Even though the mice did not become homicidal in this experiment, they were much worse at solving the maze than when they had first encountered it.
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Thursday, October 20, 2011
Any unrestrained liquid in space will form a perfect sphere.

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Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Amazon is now selling more Kindle books than ALL of their print titles combined!
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Monday, October 17, 2011
The inventor of the Pringles had his ashes buried inside one of the tall tubes.
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You weigh less at the Equator
The reason for this is that Earth bulges outward at the Equator because of the planet's rotation and its tendency to stay in a straight line while moving. This creates a gravitational field that is uneven, with more pull on the poles than in the middle. Because of this bulge, a person standing at the Equator is really further from the majority of Earth's mass than a person standing at either of the poles. But don't get your hopes up too much - the weight difference is a mere 0.5%! That's less than a pound for anyone weighing less than 200 pounds.
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