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Ducks
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What is the only non-metal liquid at room temperature?
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I take it you mean the only non-metal *element* that is liquid at room temp...(I was thinking...Kool-Aid isn't metal, and it's a liquid!)
...and that would be bromine. The other non-metal elements are gases or (usually brittle) solids.
Chemistry classes were a LONG time ago, but some silly things stick.
Joe
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Water is a non-metal and liquid at room temerature.....
Why is common sense not common?
Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level where they are an expert.
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I have a BS in chem and even after 30+ years still remember something. I sat back, thought for a few seconds and said Br. I have seen it in small break the glass to open containers. It's a red liquid that you don't want to get on your body or shirt.
PICguy
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Bromine
I know this one was a bit vague but you guys got it regardless.
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What do planets, plum pudding and cubes have in common?
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They have all been used in analogies attempting to define the makeup of an atom.
Joe
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They actually have to do with Chemistry, dealing with Atoms. I'd go into detail but I'm sure you don't want that. I work in Eletronic's, smell what i'm stepping in.
Andy
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They have all been used to explain atomic structure.
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Who invented the Lava Lamp, and what was it originally called?
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According to the Wikipedia: An Englishman, Edward Craven Walker, invented the original and best-known lava lamp in the 1960s. He named it the "Astrolight" or "Astro Lamp" and presented it at a Hamburg trade show in 1965, where the entrepreneur Adolph Wertheimer noticed it. Wertheimer and his business partner Hy Spector bought the American rights to the product and began to produce it as the "Lava Lite"® via a corporation called Haggerty Enterprises and trading under the name Lava World International®. The lava lamp became an icon of the 1960s, where the constantly changing, brightly-color display has been compared to the psychedelic hallucinations of certain popular recreational drugs. In the 1990s Mr. Walker sold his rights to Cressida Granger whose company Mathmos continues to make lava lamps and other related products.
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Edward Craven Walker created the "Astrolight" (or "Astro Lamp") in 1963.
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What is the order of animals with the most species?
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Order Coleoptera of Class Insecta, a.k.a. beetles
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Alphabetical
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Beetles (Coleoptera)
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While staring up at an enormous American flag on a sloop under British control, Francis Scott Key wrote what became the United States' national anthem, "The Star-Spangled Banner".
How many stripes did that flag have?
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Christopher Reed
"The oxen are slow, but the earth is patient."
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Here's some quick facts...(I'm a Maryland Native and have taken the tour several times)
Quick Facts about the Star-Spangled Banner Flag
Made in Baltimore, Maryland, in July-August 1813 by flagmaker Mary Pickersgill
Commissioned by Major George Armistead, commander of Fort McHenry
Original size: 30 feet by 42 feet
Current size: 30 feet by 34 feet
Fifteen stars and fifteen stripes (one star has been cut out)
Raised over Fort McHenry on the morning of September 14, 1814, to signal American victory over the British in the Battle of Baltimore; the sight inspired Francis Scott Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner”
Preserved by the Armistead family as a memento of the battle
First loaned to the Smithsonian Institution in 1907; converted to permanent gift in 1912
On exhibit at the National Museum of American History since 1964
Major, multi-year conservation effort launched in 1998
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The original idea with the flag was to add a star and stripe for each new state. As more states were added, it became clear that the flag would either be ridiculously tall or have very thin stripes. Therefore, the number of stripes was reset to 13 to signify the number of original colonies/states and thus, it has been that way to this day. (We currently have 50 stars but still 13 stripes.)
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