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The World Most Pointless Questions Answered

dailymail.co.uk — They're those baffling questions that pop into the brain when you've nothing better to think about, and only the appliance of a large helping of science can answer. Now a new book by the experts at New Scientist magazine solves some of the most intriguing queries sent in by readers...

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  • RealmDown, on 10/31/2008, -1/+62Mythbusters covered this extremely well.
  • drgkstep, on 10/31/2008, -1/+59Try shooting a .357 into a bucket of water, it won't put a hole in the bucket. Water is much more effective at stopping a bullet than this article suggests. Perhaps the question should have been how much water would stop a bullet from penetrating YOU. My guess is that the bullet may still be moving at 3 meters but the amount of water needed to slow it down to non-lethal velocity may indeed be much less. I'm going out to the pool with my 8 year old and an Uzi to test this theory, brb.
  • webkami, on 10/31/2008, -5/+63The Daily Mail is The Onion from Britain without being funny.
  • jggube, on 10/31/2008, -1/+45I really needed to know how you get those stripes in toothpaste. Really.
  • inactive, on 10/31/2008, -0/+37As Mythbusters showed, the type of gun greatly affects the results. If I remember correctly, ironically, more powerful guns actually penetrate less because the force of striking the water is so great.
  • andypop481, on 10/31/2008, -1/+35How is babby formed?
  • Scrappy1850, on 10/31/2008, -1/+28its been over 2 hours... how did it go? does the hospital have wifi?
  • migshark, on 10/31/2008, -0/+24As they do with anything that involves gunpowder.
  • Slade605, on 10/31/2008, -1/+25The whole thing?
  • BXRWXR, on 10/31/2008, -4/+25I accidentally a coke bottle. Is this bad?
  • Paranoidmarvin, on 10/31/2008, -0/+18* 2.8 GHz or faster for XP, 3.2 GHz or faster for Vista,
    * 1 GB RAM for XP, 1.5 GB RAM for Vista
    * 12 GB of free space
    * 256 MB video memory, NVIDIA GeForce 6800 GT/ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (Radeon X800 Pro for Vista) or greater
    * DirectX 9.0c compliant card (DirectX 10.1 compliant if applicable)
  • Jooshbro, on 10/31/2008, -3/+21You can't keep enough hamsters to power a house? I thought that's what basements were made for!
  • WoundedCow, on 10/31/2008, -1/+1942!!!! 42!!!!!!! 42!!!!!!!
  • webkami, on 10/31/2008, -0/+16See you on the front page of digg
  • SoopaflySAM, on 10/31/2008, -1/+17How girl get pregnant? YOU NEED TO INSTAIN MOTHER! I feel sorry for those poor babbies
  • Iggins, on 10/31/2008, -0/+15FTA: "When wading into a cold sea, why does the water always seem coldest when it reaches the midriff?". Ask any man, they'll tell you.
  • inactive, on 10/31/2008, -2/+17dugg for 8 year old Uzi reference
  • Suzilla, on 10/31/2008, -0/+15Because you're a seal?
  • BXRWXR, on 10/31/2008, -0/+14Woosh...
  • DiggzDE, on 10/31/2008, -2/+15How It's Made.

    Best show EVER.


    Not really. But still a good show.
  • Paranoidmarvin, on 10/31/2008, -0/+12African or European?
  • LeadStripes, on 10/31/2008, -5/+17Buried for Daily Mail.
  • chrisp9446, on 10/31/2008, -0/+12Yeah, the high powered rifle rounds actually seemed to explode on impact.
  • imasuperDOTcom, on 10/31/2008, -1/+13Why does the inside of my belly button smell like fish and rotten tomatoes?
  • Suzilla, on 10/31/2008, -1/+12No.
  • inactive, on 10/31/2008, -1/+12I never thought to ask that question but as soon as I saw it I was intrigued.
  • joeleslie, on 10/31/2008, -0/+10http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby. ...
  • RyGuy103, on 10/31/2008, -3/+13where's the clitoris?
  • Iggins, on 10/31/2008, -1/+11FTA: "How long would it take a coconut to float from the Caribbean to Scotland?". And what if it were aided by a swallow?
  • dajuggernaut, on 10/31/2008, -0/+9oh great.. now i need to get a defibrillator for my hamster so that when he has a heart attack my power wont go off.
  • MakanGuru, on 10/31/2008, -0/+9is the cake a lie?
  • RealmDown, on 10/31/2008, -0/+9100,000 hampsters
    10,000 cats

    I smell a new reality show in the works.
  • ceredron, on 10/31/2008, -0/+9it will be powered by the hamster.
  • oldhick, on 10/31/2008, -1/+9Certainly not a very good one since he attends a Christian church and professes his Christian faith. That is frowned on in Islamic tradition.
  • Steve1802, on 10/31/2008, -1/+8Not entirely sure why everyone is so upset with this, these books are supposed to be silly and fun, albeit pointless, take a look at other books in the series "Does Anything Eat Wasps?" and "Why Don't Penguins' Feet Freeze". Chill out.
  • Treshnell, on 10/31/2008, -0/+7Mythbusters answered the bullets in water one. I believe their verdict was considerably less than 3 meters, for most types of bullets.
  • jorisb, on 10/31/2008, -0/+7But what about the extreme case of pins and needles? When you wake up and your entire arm is paralyzed, and the only way to move it is to use your other arm... I love that *****.
  • griz, on 10/31/2008, -0/+7And any half brain knows that writing formulas on a chalk board doesn't make for good television. Firing large caliber weapons into water to make explosive results does.
  • tallguyg, on 10/31/2008, -0/+7I'm so glad they answered the pins and needles question. I get so sick of people always thinking you are cutting off blood circulation. if you cut off circulation your limb will be starved of oxygen and DIE, not get all prickly.

    but actually they only got if half right. its actually when the pinched nerve becomes unpinched and sensory signals flood back into the brain and the brain cant process it all at once. thats what causes the pins and needles.

    does anyone care? didnt think so. i'll shut up now
  • eejbm, on 10/31/2008, -0/+7It's to be found on a female - don't worry, you'll never have to worry about it.
  • Murdats, on 10/31/2008, -0/+6to stop the 1% of people who bitch about not getting a bag.

    most people either won't care or will ask to not have a bag, but you get the people who want everything bagged and to avoid talking to such stupid people its safest just to assume everyone is stupid till proved otherwise.
  • Slade605, on 10/31/2008, -2/+8Not with you here.
  • dse78759, on 10/31/2008, -0/+6Is that episode 'Firearms Folklore'? Because it's on Nov 2. FYI.
  • inactive, on 10/31/2008, -1/+7No but you can get high in the dark
  • WhoDoneIt, on 10/31/2008, -0/+6Because you don't shower after you spank it?!?
  • GarrettGrimsley, on 10/31/2008, -0/+6Under the hood.
  • ParanoydAndroid, on 10/31/2008, -0/+5Why, when i reach into the dryer to grab a particular article of clothing, is it _always_ on bottom?
  • drlha, on 10/31/2008, -2/+7Hamsters are solar powered, silly!
  • evanfrey, on 10/31/2008, -0/+5"pedantic"
  • chesterjosiah, on 10/31/2008, -0/+5Awww come on, don't digg down OMGWTFROFLMAOx2. Weren't you all here 4 days ago?
    http://digg.com/odd_stuff/Adults_give_Uzi_to_8_yea ...
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