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Magic

I recently attended a wedding where a magician took my friends watch and made it stop. How does that work? My guess is magnets, but are all watches magnetic? Please only answer if you know for sure....

hopalong

Channel Tunnle

I know it's not likely but if the Channel Tunnel collasped or split where would all the water go?

Minnesota

Vatican ?'s

Why is the Vatican in Rome?

mr. piper

the force?

mr mitchell, has asked about gravity. and it has been explained that it is due to a little understood force between atoms. OK. but what i have just realised that i cannot grasp is by which medium is...

slimfandango

"Hell is other people"-Jean Paul Sartre

Discuss

dave m

magic

iv seen this a few times now wer the magician raises a large sheet,which is then dropped and a lovely lady or a car etc etc appears,obviousley the car was always there,hows it done? is it true magic?

Minnesota

removing a mirror from a bathroom wall

What is the best and safest way to remove a big mirror off of a bathroom wall. I can not tell how it is attached but think it might be glued on with some sort of adhesive. It has also probably been up...

mycatis

fear of death

Please dont laugh, I know how stupid this sounds but I'm absolutely terrified of dying. It's worse at night, I cant just go to sleep, I have to read till I fall asleep. I dont just worry, if I dont...

kermit911

Space & Vacum

What makes space a vacum? How strong is the vacum? Will it rip the eyes right out of your head? If space is a vacum, were is the sun getting the O2 to keep burning? Why doesn't the vacume suck the O2...

milly143

memory

Last night I was thinking about something and thought to myself 'tomorrow I'm going to ask about that on AB' and now I can't remember what it was. All I know is that it was something to do with myths...

brachiopod

Percentage of Banned Answers

The proportion of my answers that have been banned is currently running at a rather paltrey 1.43%. Should I try to be more personally offensive in future, or just punctuate my answers with lots of...

robunibumuk

april fools day

why is is called this and why do you have to stop at 12?

netibiza

Working??

How many of the ABers are actually at work when they are reading and answering?

paulh

Wiring an electric shower

I need to fit a 45A breaker for my shower, but my current MCB only allows up to a max of 40A. Do I have to install a new circuit board, or is there another option

gingerflaps

sittin down 4 number 1???

my nf is the only 1 i know who sits down 4 a pee, i am not complaining tho because if its 1 thing that annoys me it men who leave the seat up. is sittin down common within the male society?