Hey! I have an idea!! Why doesn't someone crossbreed the best tasting tomatoes with the best shipping tomatoes and select for *both* characteristics?

Why, that way we could have good tasting tomatoes that can be safely shipped to markets! Maybe even restaurants!!!

This is only a measurement of Earth's free water. How much additional water is captured by living organisms? How much in our atmosphere? How much in mineral hydrates?

Green lasers are far more dangerous than red ones. The red are unlikely to cause eye damage, but a green one could blind something. This is not a good idea.

It looks like the first camel's saddle is six feet above the ground and the last jumper's center of gravity cleared it by three feet. That is a full foot over the world's record! Someone needs to teach these guys the Fosbury Flop.

That is a great collection!

These sorts of compilations used to sell very well. iTunes changed all that. Now we just buy the one hit and ignore the wonder.

My assumption is that friction between two rocks threw off a spark that ignited pocket lint. An alternate theory is that the whole thing is a lie to cover up some really stupid thing the two of them did when they got home.

To answer your question, I always assumed it was people with iPods on shuffle.

This is what is why Null Hypothesis is much stronger than the Scientific Method.

Methinks there is more to the story.

I have the same problem with "Silence of the Lambs." WIth cell phones and DNA testing, the entire story would have been different.

Seems as if someone heard "Proud to be an American" and wanted to create a Chinese version.

Did something like that once myself. I think I was 10, however, and chained it to a metal pole. Not quite sure how the other kid felt when he found out his dad stole my bike to give to him.

I live in Orange County. Who is in? All who contribute will be my permanent guests.

"It is said that dogs have fleas
To bother them and bite them.
Little fleas have lesser fleas
And so on adinfinitum."

Vi Hart is very neat! I just discovered her at the Khan Academy.

http://www.khanacademy.org/#vi-hart