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Question from Lisa: I was eating dinner at a restaurant the other day and they were showing a ball game on a wall-mounted TV.
The game was being broadcast with Closed Captioning on.
That got me to to wondering if there’s such a thing as “Open Captioning”. Is there?
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Question from Kevin: I read something the other day that said Greenland is the largest island in the world.
But Australia is a lot bigger than Greenland, right? Something doesn’t add up.
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Question from Jack: I was researching an idea I had for generating my own electric power when I saw something that piqued my interest.
It was a YouTube video of a guy demonstrating a gadget he had built that supposedly creates free energy that will never run out.
In the video it appeared that the machine worked like he said it would, but I’m not convinced that it’s real. Do you think it could be? [Read more…]
Question from Janine: I heard on the news the other day that a plane got struck by lightning, but they said it didn’t crash and no one on the plane got hurt.
I was shocked when the news guy said this actually happens a lot.
How is it even possible for a plane to get struck by lightning and not crash? [Read more…]
As you might imagine, every state in the USA has a highest point. And yes, that even includes the “flat” states.
Can you name the highest point in every state?
How about the highest point in your own state?
Most of the states with the highest points lie on or near the coasts thanks to the Appalachian and Rocky Mountain ranges, but there are a few states in the relatively “flat” center that might surprise you. [Read more…]