Crop circles are patterns in fields, formed by the bending of the crop, which appear under mysterious circumstances, usually overnight and without an obvious cause or explanation. The majority of these circles (90 percent) appears in England, in particular in…
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Lord Dumpling resides in the kingdom of North Dumpling. He has a constitution, a flag and a signed nonaggression pact between H.W. Bush, President USA and him. He declared his country a separate entity after the Coast Guard cut off electricity…
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The “scientific method” is understood to be a controlled, methodical, investigative process used to analyze a specific occurrence or phenomena. The scientific method does not necessarily relate only to the classical sciences such as physics or chemistry. It can be…
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Whether powering a house or a city, every electrical generator works on a principle called the Faraday effect. Michael Faraday, a nineteenth century physicist, found that when a magnet moves through a wire loop it causes, or “induces,” electrical current…
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A machine gun is in most cases a portable assault rifle that is capable of firing hundreds of rounds, or bullets, a minute. A modern assault rifle has the option of firing in single shot and fully automatic bursts. But how does it achieve this? First…
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Much of modern industry depends on working with heavy metals and alloys. Often these metals will need to be manipulated and the most common way to do this is by using plasma cutters. How plasma cutters work is both fascinating…
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Imagine that you, as an international importer, are able to have a business meeting in Hong Kong at 9:00 in the morning and another meeting in Athens, Greece at 7:00 p.m. You don’t have to make travel arrangements, and you don’t even have to leave…
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A plasma cutter is a tool that’s used to cut metal. Plasma cutters range in size from small, hand-held units that an amateur mechanic might keep in his garage to large computer-controlled machine tools that can cut steel up to three…
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There never seems to be enough batteries to go around when you need them. There are probably dozens of devices in your home that require batteries to operate, and if you’re like most people, you buy replacement batteries several times…
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The first oil wells, created thousands of years ago, were holes dug by hand at spots where oil seeped to the surface. These first oil wildcatters collected small amounts for medicines and pigments. Once the gooey black liquid’s potential for…
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