Things you always wanted to know the answer to [Vol. 4]
Discussion
48k said:
What is a Think Tank? The BBC always seems to be interviewing people from a So-And-So Think Tank. I have a vision of people gathering in big see-through containers to sit and look thoughtful. Is being in a Think Tank an actual job? Are Think Tank's monopolies or is it a competitive marketplace? Do Think Tank's poach thinkers from other Think Tanks? Am I over thinking this?
Clockwork Cupcake said:
Bloody marvellous.
That is waiting in at least five people's in boxes! Flibble said:
SpeckledJim said:
Ayahuasca said:
V8mate said:
Ayahuasca said:
Why does microwaved bread go hard?
Really?Because the heat drives the moisture out.
Microwaved bread stays white, but turns to a non-crunchy brick.
And I don't mean microwaving for ages - just enough to thaw out frozen bread. Result - thawed, rock hard bread.
alorotom said:
gazzarose said:
But yet when you find a left over donut from yesterday, 10 seconds or so in the micro makes it nice and soft again, although it does make the jam hotter than the sun!
What sort of monster microwaves doughnuts?!? Beast!Ayahuasca said:
Toast goes nice and crunchy and brown.
Microwaved bread stays white, but turns to a non-crunchy brick.
And I don't mean microwaving for ages - just enough to thaw out frozen bread. Result - thawed, rock hard bread.
Do you cover it? Frozen bread microwaves back to 'fresh' really well - put a microwave cover over it or, at the very least, a sheet of kitchen towel. That'll recirculate any steam.Microwaved bread stays white, but turns to a non-crunchy brick.
And I don't mean microwaving for ages - just enough to thaw out frozen bread. Result - thawed, rock hard bread.
Ayahuasca said:
Toast goes nice and crunchy and brown.
Microwaved bread stays white, but turns to a non-crunchy brick.
And I don't mean microwaving for ages - just enough to thaw out frozen bread. Result - thawed, rock hard bread.
This is the issue with microwaves in general - no Maillard reaction, so no browning. Also it dries the centre of the slice so you get hard all the way through rather than hard on the surface and soft in the middle.Microwaved bread stays white, but turns to a non-crunchy brick.
And I don't mean microwaving for ages - just enough to thaw out frozen bread. Result - thawed, rock hard bread.
The drying out is why you have hard bread in both cases though.
Willy Nilly said:
When was the first baby born to a girl born after 1st Jan 2000?
"born to a girl" as opposed to what? Or did you mean "born a girl"? Or am I terribly out of touch with modern gender fluidity?I'd imagine a simple answer would be "2nd Jan 2000" but I suspect that's not what you meant.
droopsnoot said:
Willy Nilly said:
When was the first baby born to a girl born after 1st Jan 2000?
"born to a girl" as opposed to what? Or did you mean "born a girl"? Or am I terribly out of touch with modern gender fluidity?I'd imagine a simple answer would be "2nd Jan 2000" but I suspect that's not what you meant.
When was the first time someone born after 1/1/2000 had a baby?
Dr Jekyll said:
droopsnoot said:
Willy Nilly said:
When was the first baby born to a girl born after 1st Jan 2000?
"born to a girl" as opposed to what? Or did you mean "born a girl"? Or am I terribly out of touch with modern gender fluidity?I'd imagine a simple answer would be "2nd Jan 2000" but I suspect that's not what you meant.
When was the first time someone born after 1/1/2000 had a baby?
Dr Jekyll said:
droopsnoot said:
Willy Nilly said:
When was the first baby born to a girl born after 1st Jan 2000?
"born to a girl" as opposed to what? Or did you mean "born a girl"? Or am I terribly out of touch with modern gender fluidity?I'd imagine a simple answer would be "2nd Jan 2000" but I suspect that's not what you meant.
When was the first time someone born after 1/1/2000 had a baby?
ETA:
Good grief...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_bir...
SpeckledJim said:
I expect the sad answer, somewhere awful, is 'before 1/1/2010?
ETA:
Good grief...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_bir...
From that link, the answer looks something like:ETA:
Good grief...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_youngest_bir...
January 4, 2010
"M. P." 10 years old by Her 15-year-old brother in Bolivia.
M.P., from El Torno, Bolivia, gave birth by cesarean section to a girl weighing 2.3 kg (5.1 lb) at the Instituto Maternológico Percy Boland in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.[146] Three of the girl's brothers raped her. They were 15, 17, and 19. The youngest one was her child's biological father.[147]
Lazadude said:
From that link, the answer looks something like:
January 4, 2010
"M. P." 10 years old by Her 15-year-old brother in Bolivia.
M.P., from El Torno, Bolivia, gave birth by cesarean section to a girl weighing 2.3 kg (5.1 lb) at the Instituto Maternológico Percy Boland in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.[146] Three of the girl's brothers raped her. They were 15, 17, and 19. The youngest one was her child's biological father.[147]
Well, isn't that nice.January 4, 2010
"M. P." 10 years old by Her 15-year-old brother in Bolivia.
M.P., from El Torno, Bolivia, gave birth by cesarean section to a girl weighing 2.3 kg (5.1 lb) at the Instituto Maternológico Percy Boland in Santa Cruz de la Sierra.[146] Three of the girl's brothers raped her. They were 15, 17, and 19. The youngest one was her child's biological father.[147]
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