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pettifogger:
;D Oh my! Welcome, welcome everyone. I had no idea my little obsession would be so well received. I am so pleased and happy. Thank you all for coming ;D
--- Quote from: David on August 17, 2007, 05:13:42 pm ---Glass is made of sand.
And someone told me glass is classified as a fluid; like water. Does anyone know if that's true? I tried looking it up, but I didn't find out anything about it.
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Yes David! The status of glass as a liquid, versus a solid, has been hotly debated. The short story is that glass is a supercooled liquid, meaning that it is rigid and static but does not change molecularly between melting and solidification into a desired shape. Actually glass defies classification It is not a solid, not a gas, and not quite a liquid either. Generally, it is classified as a rigid liquid, maintaining liquid properties while acting like a solid.
pettifogger:
Did you know the sentence: “The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog”
uses every letter of the alphabet.
It does just count them! ;)
notBastet:
--- Quote from: Lucise on August 17, 2007, 04:32:18 pm ---Did you know...
That pigs have 30-minute orgasms?
I don't know why they need it, but it's true. 8)
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M -
Not to be too picky, but are you sure they are actually orgasming (is that a word?) for 30 minutes vs just being attached/mating for 30 minutes??
::)
Here's the only info I could come up:
For a male cat to be a calico, he would have to have three sex chromosomes: XXY. (A 'normal' male is just XY.)
David In Indy:
Wild dolphins have been known to approach humans and gently play and interact with them in the water, and will sometimes instincively protect swimmers from sharks by swimming circles around them. :)
Shakesthecoffecan:
--- Quote from: David on August 17, 2007, 05:13:42 pm ---Glass is made of sand.
And someone told me glass is classified as a fluid; like water. Does anyone know if that's true? I tried looking it up, but I didn't find out anything about it.
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Glass is a polymer, in time, like hundreds of years, it will flow somewhat.
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