Answers to your questions...

[Will E Worm]

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.

1.Why does bottled water from a 3,000-year-old source - such as a spring, mountain or glacier - carry a 'best before' date only two years in the future?

2.In films, the hero often evades bullets by jumping into a river. How far below the surface would he need to dive?

3.Why are fizzy drinks more tasty than the same liquid once it has gone flat?

4.How do they get the smooth, round coating on Maltesers?

5.Could hamsters be the answer to the energy crisis? How many hamsters running on wheels would it take to provide enough power for a house?

6.How long would it take a coconut to float from the Caribbean to Scotland?

7.When wading into a cold sea, why does the water always seem coldest when it reaches the midriff?

8.How do toothpaste makers get the gel stripes in toothpaste?

9.Why do we get 'pins and needles'?

10. Do polar bears get lonely?

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[Skyraider22]

Will this be on the test:1orglaugh

 

[Hot Mega]

Generally 4 to 8 feet depending on the angle the round hits the water and the type of round....if the round doesn't shatter upon impact with the water.

 

[Sicario]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one that can't sleep at night . . .

 

[knowone]

1.Why does bottled water from a 3,000-year-old source - such as a spring, mountain or glacier - carry a 'best before' date only two years in the future?

It's the bottle that's chemically breaking down that fast.

 

[tunsty]

6.How long would it take a coconut to float from the Caribbean to Scotland?

Why the fuck would a coconut, or in deed anything, want to visit Scotland?

 

[robbied196]

The coconut palm seed (Cocos nucifera) is the best known of the drift fruits, and it is claimed that viable coconuts have been found as far north as Norway. However, these may have been tossed from ships into the North Sea rather than drifting all the way from the Caribbean. The chances are that a coconut would sink long before reaching Scotland, despite being carried by that "river in the ocean", the Gulf Stream.

However, knowing the varying speeds of the Gulf Stream and North Atlantic Drift, it would take the hypothetical coconut about 16 months to make the journey from the Caribbean. :tongue: