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Answer to How do you make scrambled eggs?

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 06:11:01 -0800

How do you make scrambled eggs?

Just an addition to the other excellent answers, If you use cream instead of milk you end up with deliciously creamy scrambled eggs, and it helps the coagulation of the proteins in the egg...

Answer to What type of ingredients produce a foaming or expanding reaction in foods?

Mon, 09 Jan 2006 05:39:30 -0800

What type of ingredients produce a foaming or expanding reaction in foods?

I have to assume you are talking about raising agents - those which result in bread etc. rising when you cook it. The most common ones are egg whites, yeast, and sodium bicarbonate (the main ingredient in baking powder, along with cream of tartar). The yeast creates gas as it multiplies, hence...

Answer to How long does it take for wood to petrify?

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 05:10:19 -0800

How long does it take for wood to petrify?

It depends on how scared it is...

Answer to I've been with the same guy for five years, and I'm pregnant by him. How could he break up with me then hook up with another girl that same night?

Mon, 02 Jan 2006 05:07:34 -0800

I've been with the same guy for five years, and I'm pregnant by him. How could he break up with me then hook up with another girl that same night?

There's no easy way to say this, but you've probably wasted a good part of your life with this jerk. It is tempting to always try to find answers and reasons for things that occur, whatever they may be. I have learned through my life that some things don't have logical reasons -...

Answer to Can hamsters burp?

Thu, 29 Dec 2005 01:19:19 -0800

Can hamsters burp?

I was at work the other day and there was a commotion with some work mates. Turns out that one of my colleagues had fed cabbage to her hamster, and another was telling her that it was bad for it! We weren't convinced so we rang the RSPCA (Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to...

Answer to What causes lightbulbs to burn out?

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 20:51:16 -0800

What causes lightbulbs to burn out?

Just an addition to the other good answers. My friend gets burnt out globes an tries to weld the filament back together by placing the bulb in a lamp socket and moving it around whilst switched on. It works. BUT he also re-Jetted his gas hot water service to heat the water to perfect shower...

Answer to What do people think they will be doing in heaven for all eternity?

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 10:24:10 -0800

What do people think they will be doing in heaven for all eternity?

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Answer to How many aliens are living on Earth at this moment, disguised as humans?

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 08:08:37 -0800

How many aliens are living on Earth at this moment, disguised as humans?

According to a popular (but stupid) website, there are 8 to 11 million ILLEGAL aliens in America alone! Imagine if you counted all the legal ones too... Not to mention the rest of the world!!!!!! I never knew that the U.S. even admitted to the presence of aliens - I thought they tried to cover...

Answer to When bullets fired from weapons fly into the air they must fall. So where do they fall and can they actually kill someone?

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 07:20:11 -0800

When bullets fired from weapons fly into the air they must fall. So where do they fall and can they actually kill someone?

Just an addition to Farino's answer - if you throw a feather into the air very fast, it gets to the top of it's trajectory then almost immediately "floats" downward at its (slow) terminal velocity, and will never hit the ground (or the point where it left your hand) as fast as...

Answer to What is polarized light?

Wed, 28 Dec 2005 06:15:00 -0800

What is polarized light?

As you probably know, light has both wave and particle properties. Polarized light is a product of the wave-like nature of light. Imagine a bunch of light waves coming at you, some are oscillating up and down, others left and right and others in-between. Now imagine you put up a vertical grate...

Answer to Other than millions, billions and trillions, what other words are there to express very large numbers?

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 09:08:33 -0800

Other than millions, billions and trillions, what other words are there to express very large numbers?

Yes - although you have to use the language of mathematics. Simply, 1.6 billion would become 1.6 * 10^9 or, in words, "one point six times ten to the (power of) nine". This becomes a great way of working with numbers when writing them down and working with them, or when numbers start...

Answer to Does proximity to the equator (northern vs southern hemisphere) effect the swirl direction of toilet flushes?

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 07:58:01 -0800

Does proximity to the equator (northern vs southern hemisphere) effect the swirl direction of toilet flushes?

Just to add to other answers, No. I think the coriolis force (an imaginary force BTW) has an acceleration of 0.002 m/s/s on an object travelling at 20m/s at mid latitudes. If you did leave a (perfectly shaped) sink full of water for long enough (weeks) and carefully pulled the plug it would...

Answer to Is the inner core perfectly spherical? How do we know?

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 07:39:07 -0800

Is the inner core perfectly spherical? How do we know?

Since the earth is not round - it bulges out around the equator because it spins - I would assume that the core follows the same principle and is more like a sphere that has been squished from the North and South poles. I have no actual data to support this but it might be possible to find out...

Answer to How much does the Earth and other planets weigh? How is the weight determined?

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 06:13:06 -0800

How much does the Earth and other planets weigh? How is the weight determined?

The latest estimate of the weight of the Earth is 5.972 sextillion (5,972,000,000,000,000,000,000) metric tons. The research was carried out by Jens Gundlach and Stephen Merkowitz from the University of Washington, who used apparatus which measured the acceleration of stainless steel balls on...

Answer to Currently, how many independent, sovereign countries are there in the world?

Tue, 27 Dec 2005 05:31:10 -0800

Currently, how many independent, sovereign countries are there in the world?

There are 193 recognised countries in the world - the American State department only lists 192 because they accept China's annexation of Taiwan (due to political and economic reasons). Many believe that Taiwan should be considered an independent country.