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Underwater Breath Holding
Why not one more personal challenge? This time, how long can you hold your breath underwater? I’ll set my goal at 180 seconds (3 minutes) sometime soon. Maybe 300 seconds (5 minutes) long term. Also, first person to find an article explaining why someone shouldn’t hold their breath wins a breath of fresh Santa Barbara…
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Audio Spotlight and Hypersonic Sound
We’ve been able to direct and focus light for a long time, but until recently we’ve not been able to direct and focus sound… YouTube: Joe Pompei’s Audio Spotlight TED: Woody Norris’ Hypersonic Sound Woody Norris’ 15th Invention, 44th Patent: Hypersonic Sound The ability to place sound! “…or you can whisper in the year of…
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Impossible IQ Test
If an apple a day keeps the doctor _____, what number comes next in the following sequence? 0, 1, __? A. 0 B. 2 C. 3 D. 10 Bill is Jill’s great aunt twice removed. Will is the opposite of _____? A. Will not B. Won’t C. Neglect If some marbles are round and I…
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xkcd: Malamanteau
Malamanteau is a portmanteau of portmanteau and Malapropism, whereas malamanteau is also a Malapropos of portmanteau. (BBC News America: Malamanteau Wikipedia) Neologism is a newly coined word that may be in the process of entering common use, but has not yet been accepted into mainstream language. Portmanteau or portmanteau word is used broadly to mean…