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This is really freaky and fun! At the end of this message, you are asked a question. Answer it immediately. Don't stop and think about it. Just say the first thing that pops into your mind. This is a fun 'test'... AND kind of spooky at the same time! Give it a try, then e-mail it around (including back to me) and you'll see how many people you know fall into the same percentage as you. Be sure to put in the subject line if you are among the 98% or the 2%. You'll understand what that means after you finish taking the 'test.' Now - just follow the instructions as quickly as possible. Do not go to the next calculation before you have finished the previous one. You do not ever need to write or remember the answers, just do it using your mind. You'll be surprised. Start: How much is: 15 + 6 21 3 + 56 59 89 + 2 91 12 + 53 65 75 + 26 101 25 + 52 77 63 + 32 95 I know! Calculations are hard work, but it's! Nearly over.. Come on, one more! ... 123 + 5 128 QUICK! THINK ABOUT A COLOR AND A TOOL! Scroll further to the bottom..... A bit more... You just thought about a red hammer didn't you? If this is not your answer, you are among 2% of People who have a different, if not abnormal, mind. 98% of the folks would answer a red hammer while doing this exercise.

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 Post what you got and your gender in the comments below!

100 Common Misconceptions (Part 2: Technology)

11: Airplanes were invented by the Wright brothers. Although they were the first ones to have powered aircraft, many people before them had successful  gliders.
12: Keeping batteries in the freezer will make them last longer
13: Holding a magnet near you computer will wipe it. Not unless you've got a super strong .1 tesla magnet.(that's the force of a sunspot). A fridge magnet won't do anything
14: Fully charging up a rechargeable battery will  make it last longer. No but it may however calibrate the software on the device.
15: Turning off a laptop with the little button is bad for the computer. No, the little button sends a signal to the OS to shut down the computer which is the same thing as going to the start menu and turning it off.
16: The motorcar was invented by Henry Ford. No, he was the first one to mass produce them using the assembly line.
17: Electric cars are better for the enviroment. No, they emit so much more pollutants into the enviroment when they are made than a normal car ever will.
18: Google doesn't make any money. Sure it does. Billions upon billions from ad revenue.
19: Steve Jobs founded Apple. No, he co-founded it with Steve Wozniak
20: Dropping a penny from the top of the Empire State Building will kill the person it lands on. No, first of all a penny has a terminal velocity of about 30 mph, which will not even hurt someone. And second of all, that penny wouldn't hit the ground, it would land on a ledge.

100 Common Misconceptions(part 1: BIology)

So... in my last post, I talked about Mary Pope Osborne's many misconceptions so I decided to make a list of common ones that really get on my nerves.
1: Daddy Longlegs are the most venomous spiders in the world. Nope. Not at all. They aren't even spiders.
2: Arteries are red, Veins are blue. Nope, wrong again. Arteries are bright red and veins are are deep red.
3: Dinosaurs were the biggest animals ever on earth. No, they weren't. Blue whales are bigger.
4: The scientific term for lava is magma. No, Lava is molten rock above the rust, Magma is beneath.
5: Spiders are insects. No, they are arachnids.
6: The largest muscle is the quadriceps. No, it is the gluteus maximus: Your upper buttocks
7:  Butterflies come out of cocoons. No, moths come out of cocoons, butterflies come out of a chrysalis.
8: Wasps and Hornets are bees. No, they just aren't.
9: Red meat is bad for you. Not really. Processed meat is though.
10: Cracking your knuckles gives you arthritis. No, it isn't dislocating anything, it just releases tiny gas bubbles in between your joints.

The History of Flight

We human beings have always been fascinated by the concept of the possibility of lifting things up into the air. The first record of a flying object was in 200 BCE in China. The Chinese used kite to judge the distance they had to tunnel towards enemy bases. After them we skip forward about a millennium and a half, and on our journey there, we eat a slice o' π and we jump out of reality into the purely theoretical. Welcome to Venice, in the 15th century CE. We are in Leonardo Da Vinci's workshop looking over his shoulder a his many designs of his "flying machines" which, quite contrary to what Mary Pope Osborn believes, were never constructed (On the topic of Mary Pope Osborn; 1) Morgan Le Fay is an EVIL Sorceress, not a nice magical librarian. 2) Merlin is an Evil wizard who is the son of the devil, not a jolly wizard with a long beard. 3) There are at least 2 factual mistakes in each book) After that we get back to reaility in the 18th century. We are currently in a hot air balloon looking over the battle of St. Petersburg. Now we move onto Gilders, then basic airplanes then we have propeller planes, than cargo planes, then fighter planes, and then stealth bombers.

Vote Alex for President

Check out this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ja0UYPOCOI

I have a dream that one day this nation will understand the true meaning of the creed that was said by our 3^rd president in a righteous document 21 score and 17 years ago "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." Our nation has turned to the easy solution the solution for a short term. We say all are equal, but do we truly believe it? We try our best to close our eyes to the injustice of the real world, to shut it out and pretend as though we were the children we are so unjustly harming. We have tried for a better community and we have come further down that path than any other nation ever has. But we, who have gone so far down the road to true justice, have not gone yet a fraction of the way and, again like those children we all are, we have become distracted so easily with the lust for power that we have become confused and we have turned around.

These self-evident truths have been so distorted, that if any of our great leaders would have the ill-luck to come back to this world, they would be dismayed at the extent of which this country has been damaged. I look back to earlier days and I hear from my elders about and I sigh, I sigh because I know when I leave this world, it is most likely that it will not be a better place.

Every day we hear on the news that some politician is squabbling with another, or that they are taking a vacation. I am not saying that this is a crime, but it is indirectly harmful to the poorest of us all . Every cent spent on vacation, every minute of time wasted, could be used for a much better purpose. Why do we chase after the future, when the present is crashing about our ears?

It is time for a change. Not a change to the way our system works, no.. much much deeper than that. A change to the way that WE work. We need new, less greedy Administration  

How to build a THERMOMETER

LIST OF MATERIALS:

1. Test tube or similar container.

2.Isopropyl Alcohol

3. Food coloring

(4.Parafilm[not necessary])

5. Drinking Straw

6. Permanent Marker

7. 3 gloves

8. 1 rubber band

9. Hot Glue

10. Tape

11. Pre-functioning Thermometer.

PART I:

THE BUILDATION

1. Put your gloves on.

 2.Take a test tube

3.Fill it with Isopropyl Alchohol  

 4. Cover it with Parafilm (If you don't have any, skip this step)

 5. Cut two fingers off of the third glove and stretch them both over the parafilm. 

 6. Secure them with a rubber band.

7. Stab a hole through the fingers

8. Insert a straw and completely smother the top of the test tube with hot glue down to the rubber band.

 9. Fill 1/3 of the straw with Isopropyl Alcohol. (This will be the level of room temperature)

10. Seal the end of the straw with tape.

PART II:

THE CALIBRATION

 1. Heat up a glass of water to 100°F

2. Insert thermometer and wait 5 mins.

3.Mark the level of the alcohol with a permanent marker.

4. Repeat steps 1-3 for: 80°, 70° , 60°... (you may need to use a freezer)

You have now built a thermometer!