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Amazing Fact Generator. Have Fun With English: The Husband Store. A brand new department store has just opened in London.

Have Fun With English: The Husband Store

It sells husbands. When women go to choose a husband, they have to follow the following instructions:- You may visit this store ONLY ONCE! There are 6 floors and the value of the products increase as you go up. You may choose any item from a particular floor, or may choose to go to the next floor, but you CANNOT go back down except to exit the building. One day a woman goes into the store and rather nervously starts climbing the stairs. When she gets to the 1st floor a sign on the door reads: Floor 1: These men have jobs. She is so tempted to stay, but she goes to the 6th floor and the sign reads: Floor 6: You are visitor 31,456,012 to this floor. To avoid gender bias charges, the store's owner opens a Wives store just across the street. Thanks to Hekner. Not_available. Mae West Quotes. My Funny Pictures: Asian Aging. This is funny: Go Sports Team! Ultimate test & Let ε & 0.

In honor of the end of the semester, I present the following in-class exam.

Ultimate test & Let ε & 0.

I’ve been told you can find this in William Nivak’s “The Big Book of New American Humor.” INSTRUCTIONS Read each of the following fifteen problems carefully. Answer all parts to each problem. Time limit: 4 hours. Begin immediately. Aerogel: See-Through, Strong as Steel & Ligher than Air. Despite its incredibly low density, aerogel is one of the most powerful materials on the planet.

Aerogel: See-Through, Strong as Steel & Ligher than Air

It can support thousands of times its own weight, block out intense heat, cold and sound – yet it is 1,000 times less dense than glass, nearly as transparent and is composed of %99.8 air. The lowest-density silica-based aerogels are even lighter than air. Despite its fragility in certain regards and its incredible lack of density, aerogel has amazing thermal, acoustical and electrical insulation properties as illustrated by the images here. A single one-pound block can also support half a ton of weight. NASA continues to find new space-based applications for this incredible material. An aerogel window one inch thick has the effective insulative capacity of a ten-inch thick glass window system. Aside from its other capabilities, aerogel also has amazing absorbing abilities.

How Car Engines Work" ­Have you ever opened the hood of your car and wondered what was going on in there?

How Car Engines Work"

A car engine can look like a big confusing jumble of metal, tubes and wires to the uninitiated. You might want to know what's going on simply out of curiosity. Or perhaps you are buying a new car, and you hear things like "3.0 liter V-6" and "dual overhead cams" and "tuned port fuel injection. " What does all ­of that mean? ­­ In this article, we'll discuss the basic idea behind an engine a­nd then go into detail about how all the pieces fit together, what can go wrong and how to increase performance. ­ The purpose of a gasoline car engine is to convert gasoline into motion so that your car can move. Two things to note: There are different kinds of internal combustion engines. How to win Rock-paper-scissors every time. I admit it.

How to win Rock-paper-scissors every time

When I first heard there are actual tournaments for Rock-paper-scissors, sanctioned by the World Rock Paper Scissors Society, I laughed. I mean seriously, $50k to the winner of a game that requires no skill whatsoever? Absurd. Boy was I wrong. Rock-paper-scissors isn't just a silly game kids play or a way to decide who has to be the designated driver at parties. Males have a tendency to throw rock on their first try, inexperienced RPS players will subconsciously deliver the item that won previously, and paper is thrown least often, so use it as a surprise. The 10 Most Puzzling Ancient Artifacts.