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That might look like a cup of pee, but it's actually a cup of super saturated sodium acetate! I plan to use it to keep my coffee a pleasant temperature longer.

I hate balloon boy, mostly because of what he shows us about ourselves.

In all the hubbub about whether or not the parents should be charged, or billed, or burned at the stake; about whether they knew the kid wasn't in the balloon; or about whether it was a publicity stunt or an honest mistake; we're missing the big picture here: the claim that that balloon was carrying a child is, was, and always will be a nonsensical claim.

They Might Be Giants - Science is Real