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Cars Stalling on Train Tracks
On 12/26/2012 in Question
Why do cars in movies always stall when they’re over train tracks?
———- from Corey Werth of Troy, MI
Movies cultivate a special kind of non-reality that thrives on conflict. Conflict is the source of dramatic tension, that force that pulls you back to your seat when you’ve wandered off to the kitchen or concession stand. In the real world, train tracks become magnetized after a few million pounds of load have passed over them. These magnetized tracks have the power to confuse automobile ignitions, so, when magnetized train tracks are replaced, as they must be every few years, they’re sold to the film studios. This is just another example of how the waste products of daily living become the stock in trade of Tinseltown. So what else is new?
Movies cultivate a special kind of non-reality that thrives on conflict. Conflict is the source of dramatic tension, that force that pulls you back to your seat when you’ve wandered off to the kitchen or concession stand. In the real world, train tracks become magnetized after a few million pounds of load have passed over them. These magnetized tracks have the power to confuse automobile ignitions, so, when magnetized train tracks are replaced, as they must be every few years, they’re sold to the film studios. This is just another example of how the waste products of daily living become the stock in trade of Tinseltown. So what else is new? Love’s Energy Rating
On 12/24/2012 in Question
Since everything has an energy content according to E=mc2 and everything is positive or negative, where on an energy rating scale would love or hate be?
--- Here's the answer from Dr. Science
Men’s Hearing
On 12/21/2012 in Question
Is there a gene missing in men’s ear canals that gives them selective hearing?
--- Here's the answer from Dr. Science
The Flintstonemobile
On 12/19/2012 in Question
What keeps the rear tire on the Flintstonemobile from falling off?
--- Here's the answer from Dr. Science
Do Snakes Get Poison Oak?
On 12/17/2012 in Question
