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	<title>Thinking In Orange &#187; Brainiac</title>
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		<title>Things I have learnt from watching Brainiac</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Self described as science abuse, if you&#8217;ve ever watched Brainiac you&#8217;ll know that it&#8217;s mostly just an excuse to blow up more stuff than Mythbusters.  It never fails to teach me something though:
1. Don&#8217;t microwave your cell phone, your microwave (and cell phone) will explode.
2. Microwaving a crab (a dead one, in their experiment) has [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Self described as science abuse, if you&#8217;ve ever watched Brainiac you&#8217;ll know that it&#8217;s mostly just an excuse to blow up more stuff than Mythbusters.  It never fails to teach me something though:</p>
<p>1. Don&#8217;t microwave your cell phone, your microwave (and cell phone) will explode.<br />
2. Microwaving a crab (a dead one, in their experiment) has a similar effect.<br />
3. Dropping a milk truck makes more noise that dropping a skip full of plates.<br />
4. Custard is Britain’s squirtiest food.<br />
5. Celebrities will allow themselves to be electric-shocked for  &#8230; uhm &#8230;. science?<br />
6. Chlorine Gas and sodium glow, they don&#8217;t blow.<br />
7. Blowing up an aquarium isn&#8217;t as impressive as I thought it would be.<br />
8. Putting your thumb in your mouth and blowing on it without letting any air escape slows your heart rate. (Yeah, very weird, need to get me a heart rate monitor to check that out)<br />
9. You can run through wooden fence panels.<br />
10. Cats will walk on tin foil.<br />
11. Belly button fluff can be fibers that migrate up from your pants, a possible reason why it&#8217;s often blue.<br />
12. Saving cheese may actually be the best way to fake a smile for a photo.<br />
13. These guys have a seemingly endless supply of caravans and old cars to blow up.</p>
<p>All vital discoveries, I’m sure you will agree  <img src='http://blog.alexvanniekerk.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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