Pointless ExperimentsPavlov's Frog writes: I once spent 20 minutes with my eyes closed to see what it was like being blind. I smashed my knee on the kitchen cupboard, and decided I'd be better off deaf as you can still watch television.
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Scaryduck - twitter.com/duckorange, Thu 24 Jul 2008, 12:00)
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Snails in SpaaaaaceWhen I was a kid, I used to make small firework rockets. (This was before they somehow found a way to make sodium chlorate weedkiller non-oxidising - spoilsports.)
Anyway, after doing small, large, parachute-enabled and multi-stage efforts (surprisingly successful), I decided the time was right for manned spaceflight.
Well, snailed rocketflight anyway.
So I taped a matchbox to the top of my latest creation, found an unsuspecting snail, and put it in. Whoosh! Whee! Thump.
Result: Slightly smoky snail, a bit shaken up, but otherwise none the worse for wear.
Conclusion: The g-forces of a small firefork are survivable, if you are a snail.
Practical application: None. Fun though.
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I believethat the fertilizer pellets are merely covered in a soluble coating...
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