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Difference of opinion

Could anyone please settle a difference of opinion and answer the question, Which metal does not rust? Many thanks.

marmalade

I've just made marmalade, putting the peel in the pressure cooker until soft and then treating it in the conventional way. I used preserving sugar, but put extra orange juice into the mixture. The...

tatomuck

Would i die instantly if a train ran over my neck

What is death like? What happens? How fast would i die if a train ran over my neck.

spaced

Post for previous owner...nuissance

A year on and we are stioll getting post for our previous owner. In the past I have sent it back with "return to sender" but im still getting their correspondance. I wrote to them this week telling...

warpig3

??? Not snow but not hail stones either, what is it called?

Was out this afternoon and got caught in a 'shower' of something, it wasnt snow but it wasnt hail stones. Basically it had the lightness of snow but the shape and size of hail stones, it was light and...

quincy

Can anyone calculate the force that landed on my nose?

I am 5ft 3in tall weigh 11.5 stone and tripped while walking, unable to get my hands down on anything to save myself I landed smack on my nose (surface area 1 sq in?) One knee took some of the force,...

Muppit

I may have killed my girlfriends bay tree, please help me revive it!

My girlfriend was bought a 5 year old bay tree (about 3ft tall) in Feb, we've kept it in a pot inside as per the instructions on the label but it got in the way one day so I put it outside (just...

Whickerman

The Fly and the Train

This is straight from the pub, so no apologies for this sounding daft. Is this true...---->? If a fly hits a train head on, it obviously loses. BUT - the force it's exerted on the train must surely...

mikie_gb

Salt in Fairy Liquid

How much salt is there in Fairy Liquid and is it enought o cause accelerated corrosion in cars> I have looked up the ingedients on the P&G website and there is no reference to NaCl or any other...

PringlesQueen

Paper towels v Hand dryers

Does anybody know which of these two methods is better with respect to the environment? Should we be filling up our landfill sites with more waste paper products (assuming most public toilets do not...

kezgal

Lightning strikes

Is it possible to be struck by lightning through a window (open or closed)? Also does it make a difference if the frame is metal or wooden?

Kinetic

Difference between sunrise and sunset?

Regardless of polarity i.e. if one didn't have a compass to hand and couldn't tell east from west, is there a way, just from a quick ten second glance, to tell if one is looking at a sunrise or a...

xud

Compass reading

Let's say you had an arduous journey all the way down to the south pole. Once you arrive there you pull out a compass Which direction would it point, since every direction from this point is north?

emineden

water comparison

how many litres are there in 1 ton

brassmonkey

How Do I Calculate Magnetic Force Against Distance?

I'm trying to work out the attraction between two magnets at varying distances apart. I know that it takes 750g of weight to break them apart when touching, but I cannot find a formula to predict how...

badly1004

A fly travelling in a car

A fly is flying around inside a car and that car is travelling at 60mph. The car crashes into a wall, does the fly hit the back window or does it continue flying around unaffected by the car's abrupt...

Kiwi the 1st

Getting Through Glass

Does anyone how to get through, glass doors, windows etc, without being heard?

fbray123

more speed and distance

if two objects are moving at different speeds and you know the speed of both and the time gap between them how could you work out the time it would take the faster moving rear object to catch the...

daztheman

Help With First Telescope

Hi All I am about to purchase my first telescope I have read loads of things about telescopes and the more I read the more I get all confused. There is two I have in mind please could someone tell me...

bpoolmecca

Fly killer

Does anybody know how fly spray works,i would presume from the way the fly is dying now it affects tne central nervous system,if the fly has one.

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