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1. about 1 year ago on Sherman's Lagoon

   The safety of nuclear SMRs (Small Modular Reactors) is being pushed by Bill Gates and Warren Buffet, who are investing in building these units right on the site of decommissioned coal powered electric plants, where the electrical grid is already in place. From source WNN (World Nuclear News), China is building 32 new reactors in this decade, and Japan not only restarting all their reactors, but financing 2 more. Nuclear provides a carbon clean power base, whereas wind and sun are intermittently off line under many conditions. As a side benefit, nuclear reactors which use sea water to turn their steam turbines can produce large quantities of distilled water, suitable for drinking and agriculture; this is done by the US nuclear carriers sent to provide emergency disaster aid.

2. almost 2 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Well, Celsius = 5/9 (Fahr -32), so substituting , you get temperature in Celsius= number of chirps in 7and 7/9 seconds, plus 4 and 4/9. Or roughly C= number in 8 seconds + 4.5

3. about 2 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Try the google search youtube stonehenge brian wong

4. over 2 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   You are right. My calculator gives the same as you stated.

5. over 2 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   I think the total combinations for the 42 positions is 2 to the power 42, which then gives 4.398046511 X 10 power 12. That’s just slightly different than BION’s answer of 4.53195 X 10 power 12.

6. over 2 years ago on Off the Mark

   I think: He can’t reach the end of his nose, so he can’t scratch it; thus, he is ordering a back scratcher to scratch the end of his nose.

7. over 3 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   The McNugget looks like a regular oval shape with a notch cut out at the bottom. Maybe some creative employee just cut a notch into a regular Mcnugget prior to the deep fry. Easy money ?

8. over 3 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   Well, the facts as given in Wikipedia, some are round, some more oval, range in size from centimeters to 2 meters, and they are located near the coast some kilometers away from the hills, and are made mostly of gabbro, an igneous (volcanic) rock. I suggest that it is possible that the hills were at one time, volcanic. The lava came out in a mixture of different types of rock, and the gabbro was mixed with lighter pumice like rock. The lava in liquid form, would cause the heavier gabbro to settle to the bottom of the lava flow, and form spheres, like you see when you have a mixture of oil and vinegar. This flowed towards the shore. After cooling, and with the passage of much time, the lighter, less durable rock would erode, leaving the heavier, more durable spheres exposed. That would explain the variations in shapes and sizes.

9. over 3 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

   continuing the numbered jokes gag- a stranger walks into that town, hears the numbered jokes explanation, and says, "I’d like to try. Then says “137”. The entire town starts laughing in hysterics, and literally rolling on the floor. The stranger asks “why the strong reaction ?”. He is told- “They never heard that one before!”.

10. over 3 years ago on Ripley's Believe It or Not

    i.e. 3628800 X 1.0995116 X 10^12