That's ridiculous! They already have extreme pressure in the cylinders (and spheres would have been a better choice of container geometry). Extremes of temperature can easily be achieved on the ground using large mirrors to concentrate sunlight on the containers. This is clearly a ruse.

I think China intends to expose crude oil to unshielded cosmic rays, conferring super powers to it. With their new Mutant Super-Oil, a teaspoon of refined gasoline will drive a car for a hundred miles!

According to Mort Walker (of Beetle Bailey), in Backstage at the Strips, the characters "Hi and Lois" Flagston* were named in order to elicit a feeling of suburban solidity. When Hanna-Barbera proposed to launch their new cartoon, called "The Flagstones", the lawyers got right to work. That is why they are called "The Flintstones" today.

* Lois is Beetle Bailey's sister

Zombies do not perceive pain, and have no critical physiology. A whip, for all its frightening appearance, is mostly able to inflict small damage and pain, but is pretty well designed not to do real damage. You need truly destructive weapons to stop them. A bladed polearm, like a naginata or a pole axe, is good when you have a bit of room to work with. A heavy machete is useful for infighting.

Fire is always best, though.

An interesting thing about the blood vessel swelling is that it can reduce the flow of air through one of the other nostril. This restriction alternates between the left and right side. Why? Because when we smell things, the smell receptors become saturated after a while, and stop responding. Rather than lose the sense of smell entirely, the sense is passed off from one side to the other, allowing the occluded side to refresh itself.
(I cannot remember where I read this. It was in some science magazine like Nature or Science)

Ice cream cones are basically sweet trenchers. A kind of recent article was published that said that Millennials don't eat cereal because they don't want to wash the bowl.

The time is ripe for a return to edible dinnerware and utensils. A new, more elegant, class of trencher should be created for the 21st century.

Some of these stories describe the culprits as 'regulars' in their hotels. Why are they not banned? If the hotel is part of a chain, the customer should be banned from the entire chain. The bodily excretions alone are a major health hazard, not just to the housekeeping staff, but to other guests and to future guests, unless the room is washed down with bleach and the textiles discarded. No amount of 'deep cleaning' by a regular housekeeping crew can be enough.

Just one monstrous guest with norovirus can create a regional epidemic.

According to "Backstage at the Strips", a book about the comic strips by Mort Walker, there is a guy at the then King Features office whose job was to censor out stuff that deliberately or inadvertently got drawn. He would erase the awkwardly-placed corner knob on a pillow being carried by a character. He would cut out Miss Buxley's belly button at Camp Swampy.

He was nicknamed "The Pecker Checker"
There's a very funny story about a feud between him and Walker over the belly button . . .
(I recommend this book. For one thing, it has a picture of Beetle Bailey's eyes)

Just as NASA covers satellite components with gold foil, this ice cream is protected from radiant heat by this covering. It should make the ice cream last longer.

Is there nothing that cows can't do?

The doll's head!
I could never do that job. It would drive me insane.

Good for keeping cats off your side table

Well, sure. It should be easy.