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Socks and Laundry
On 01/11/2013 in Question
I know that if I put a red sock in with my white laundry, all the laundry turns pink. What would happen if I put a white sock in with colored laundry?
———- from Kyle DeWees of Muncie, IN
It would, as you’ve probably already surmised, suck all the color out of your clothing. This is how they bleach blue jeans, without resorting to expensive and environmentally dangerous chlorine bleaches. It’s actually a form of osmotic pressure, bland substances leaching the essence of their more colorful neighbors. This is why so many Minnesotans visit places like Mexico, or New Orleans. Like blind albino trout in a cave, they know they’re missing something, even if they can’t define what that something is.
Alcohol Effects
On 01/09/2013 in Question
Why is it that when I meet my co-workers after work for a drink I get a buzz off just one beer, but on weekends it takes me a six pack before I feel the effect?
--- Here's the answer from Dr. Science
Are Spiders Our Friends?
On 01/07/2013 in Question
Are spiders really our friends?
--- Here's the answer from Dr. Science
Sleight of Mind
On 01/04/2013 in Question
I’ve heard a lot about “sleight of hand”. Is there such a thing as “sleight of mind”?
--- Here's the answer from Dr. Science
Frisbees
On 12/28/2012 in Question
