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Why do Americans call fuel ‘gas’?
In ancient America, they used Gas cylinders in cars as a prime source of fuel. That worked for sometime until there were men driving around in cars and women had no cylinders left at home to cook food. They eventually beat their husbands to pulp and took back the cylinder to where it originally belonged. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )If I go 100 feet below the ocean surface, what is the weight of the water above my head?
I have realized that it is finding answers to such questions that has led to the coining of the term ‘Curiosity kills’. But it’s a CK promise to answer reasonably sane questions. So here goes.
Since you have specified yourself as the test specimen in this experiment, we’ll start by throwing you in the ocean. Then [...]
Diving Deep down under… how much down under?
I hope your good sense has prevailed and you haven’t dived into a pool first to check the answer. There are others who are slightly insane who’ve done this for you.
Free-diving, or apnea traces its 4,500-year-old roots to pearl diving and Mediterranean deep-sea fishing. Deep diving without equipment is not such a bright idea. Although [...]
What is the SPF number that one sees on a sunscreen bottle
How does one decide what sunscreen to buy? I thought the higher the number on the SPF, the better the protection!! Invariably I would look to buy a sunscreen that has the highest SPF number. But why would anyone buy a bottle that has a lower SPF?
Does SPF 15 mean there are 15 layers of [...]
Cabin pressure in aircrafts
Cabin pressure in aircrafts
If cabin pressure wasn’t required, you could have a good open-window view during flights and people would fight for window seats! (not that they don’t do it now, it’ll just be more). You could, literally, keep your head among the clouds! What if someone decided to open a window and jump? Oh… [...]
Solving the mystery of how bats pee
The answer, my friend, is that they don’t do it upside down. When bats have
to attend a nature’s call, they get straight and do it. The more than apt illustration makes up for my loss of words for furhter explanation.
If you haven’t seen a bat do this, be paitent and keep observing
(i.e. if you don’t [...]
Which is the Hottest and Coldest place in the world?
Well, the hottest place in the world or Mother Earth depends on wherever Mel Gibson or Salma Hayek are at! I mean, then we’re talking seriously humid & hot temperatures.
However, the recorded Hottest Place in the World is El Azizia, Libya, which, in 1922 recorded an amazing, blazing 157° F/ 57.8°C!
How hot is hot you ask? [...]
It’s all about the money, honey! (Basic gyan on how currency value is determined)
There are a lot of factors that go into determining a currency’s value. Let’s begin from the beginning. (Where else do you begin from!)
Currency was basically created to serve as a medium of exchange. In the initial days, metals were used to represent stored value and symbols on them were used to represent commodities. This [...]
Skimmed v/s diluted milk
Diluting milk is what your doodhwala typically does… he adds water to the milk. Skimming milk is removing fat from the surface of the milk…something that you might be able to do if your doodhwala hasn’t diluted your milk a lot (for non-homogenized milk). Typically, various %s of skimming is done at a dairy to [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Cracking the mystery of the knuckle crack
Let me start by saying, constant knuckle cracking can make you look like a social hazard in a sane environment, so a good tip is to lose the habit.
There are quite a few theories on the story behind the sound. These include:
a) Broken adhesions: As two cartilage surfaces are pressed together, they form adhesions, and [...]
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