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Why can鈥檛 you use low-fat margarine for frying?

6 Aug 2021

Margarine is fat. It鈥檚 just a different kind of fat from butter. Whereas butter contains mostly saturated fats, margarine鈥檚 fats are unsaturated. This just refers to a slight variation in the...

How Come You Never See a Baby Housefly?

16 Jul 2021

Simple. Because baby houseflies don鈥檛 exist. A little backgrounder on the flies鈥 reproductive cycle can clear up this apparent conundrum. Within a week of mating, a doggie-style activity lasting...

What is Safety Glass?

2 Jul 2021

Basically, glass that keeps you safe from flying shards should you be nearby when it breaks. There are two types of safety glass, laminated and tempered. The laminated version has an interesting...

Candles: What do they emit when lit?

25 Jun 2021

The use of candles dates back as far as 3,000 B.C., when ancient Egyptians used papyrus reeds dipped in animal fat that they then lit to use as torches. Similarly, ancient Romans dipped wicks into...

Are 鈥渇orever鈥 chemicals in cosmetics dangerous?

18 Jun 2021

Many cosmetics come with promises to make us look 鈥渇orever young.鈥 But there are some suggestions that many contain 鈥渇orever鈥 chemicals that may actually interfere with our efforts to prevent aging...

Can Vaccines Make Our Body Magnetic?

11 Jun 2021

Now I鈥檓 even more attracted to the COVID vaccines than I used to be! That鈥檚 because I recently learned that they do not only equip us with antibodies against the virus, they also make our bodies...

Why does lettuce turn brown?

4 Jun 2021

That鈥檚 an interesting question. How lettuce turns brown is well known. But why this happens is a different story. Let's deal with the how first. The chemistry that takes place when lettuce leaves...

Can someone really suffocate from being covered with gold paint like Jill Masterson in Goldfinger?

28 May 2021

No. We do not breathe through our skin. James Bond seemingly was unaware of this fact given that after discovering the golden corpse he tells M: 鈥淪he died of skin suffocation, it鈥檚 been known to...

What is that smell when I get a root canal done?

8 Jan 2021

Undergoing a root canal procedure is not one of the great pleasures of life, but it is a highly effective technique for saving teeth. The idea is to remove the diseased pulp of a tooth and then...

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