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Groucho's Fact Hunt

The death cap mushroom can be found throughout the UK, closely resembles other mushrooms that are edible, and half a cap will kill you. The toxin is very stable, so won't be destroyed by cooking, and can't be easily cleared by the body - symptoms come on after several hours by which time it is too late, your kidneys and liver are done.

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A neutron star is the remnants of a massive star that has run out of fuel. The dying star explodes in a supernova while its core collapses in on itself due to gravity, forming a super-dense neutron star. Astronomers measure the mind-bogglingly large masses of stars or galaxies in solar masses, with one solar mass equal to the Sun’s mass (that is, 2 x 1030 kilograms/4.4 x 1030 pounds). Typical neutron stars have a mass of up to three solar masses, which is crammed into a sphere with a radius of approximately ten kilometres (6.2 miles) – resulting in some of the densest matter in the known universe.

Short version:

A teaspoon of one is about 6 billion tonnes. Heavier than yer ma.
Just to clarify, the Sun's mass is approximately 2 x 10^30 kg. I looked it up because I didn't understand what you meant by 2 x 1030 kilograms/4.4 x 1030 pounds which didn't sound that heavy. Top post though.
 

Wh, Wh, what? How? Why? What the hell?
It's known as the Mpemba effect, and whilst it is absolutely true that warm water freezes faster than cold, it's still not (so far as I am aware) absolutely certain why. It's likely to do with how the smaller Hydrogen atoms act when warm.
By the way, Mpemba discovered this in cookery class, noting warm ice cream freeezes faster.
 
It's known as the Mpemba effect, and whilst it is absolutely true that warm water freezes faster than cold, it's still not (so far as I am aware) absolutely certain why. It's likely to do with how the smaller Hydrogen atoms act when warm.
By the way, Mpemba discovered this in cookery class, noting warm ice cream freeezes faster.
If you need a cold beer in a hurry, wrap it in a wet paper towel, then put it in the freezer. About 10mins and you're Ice Cold in Alex.
 

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