WTF Stories of the Week - Page 71

mousepod · 10-22-2008, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

6th man on the moon claims aliens have visited earth and the government's been covering it up.

How is that possible? I thought the moon walks were all faked.

Kevy Baby · 10-22-2008, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by DreadPirateRoberts

http://www.peta.org/Sea_Kittens/index.asp#

discuss

I won't click on anything PETA

Kevy Baby · 10-22-2008, 09:07 PM

Miss Louisiana Teen USA loses crown after pot bust
Lindsey Evans skipped restaurant tab; marijuana was found in her purse

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Reigning Miss Louisiana Teen USA Lindsey Evans has been stripped of her crown after being arrested for marijuana possession and skipping out on a restaurant tab.

The stoned story.

A couple of pictures

Moonliner · 10-23-2008, 07:54 AM

Meet the latest portable X-Ray machine...

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Originally Posted by News

Just two weeks after a Nobel Prize highlighted theoretical work on subatomic particles, physicists are announcing a startling discovery about a much more familiar form of matter: Scotch tape. It turns out that if you peel the popular adhesive tape off its roll in a vacuum chamber, it emits X-rays. The researchers even made an X-ray image of one of their fingers.

Booyah! Take that duct tape.

Cadaverous Pallor · 10-23-2008, 08:00 AM

That is so freakin' cool.

Tom · 10-23-2008, 08:05 AM

So let me be the first to ask: why were they peeling off scotch tape in a vacuum chamber? And what made them think to measure x-rays while doing it?

Cadaverous Pallor · 10-23-2008, 08:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom

So let me be the first to ask: why were they peeling off scotch tape in a vacuum chamber? And what made them think to measure x-rays while doing it?

In the story they say that 50 years ago Russian scientists got similar result. But why they were doing it is a mystery

Actually, the concept that electrons jump around when you pull the adhesive from the roll does make sense. If you're thinking about electron changes all day I guess you'd look at a roll of tape differently.

bewitched · 10-23-2008, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom

So let me be the first to ask: why were they peeling off scotch tape in a vacuum chamber? And what made them think to measure x-rays while doing it?

If I had a vacuum chamber laying around I could totally see myself going, hmmmm...lets put *this* in there and see what happens. Kinda like sticking various items in a microwave. Not that I'd know anything about that.

Kevy Baby · 10-23-2008, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by bewitched

Kinda like sticking various items in a microwave. Not that I'd know anything about that.

I do the same thing. For example, I was curious if the rumour about putting a poodle in a microwave to dry had any validity to it. Let's just say that I don't suggest trying it yourself - it really pissed off the poodle.

Morrigoon · 10-23-2008, 10:17 AM

Remind me to bring bananas to the next black-lit party: http://www.livescience.com/strangene...e-bananas.html

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