Radiation station: Most people use their microwave for heating up lunch, making popcorn - normal stuff. Weird people use their microwaves for scientific experiments, like making soap expand to five times its original size, blowing up light bulbs and creating a toothpick fireball. Curious? Well, check out Funny Things to Do With Your Microwave and see what happens, or follow the extremely simple directions and create your own exploding egg or Christmas tree ornament inferno. Try it at someone else's house at http://margo.student.utwente.nl/el/microwave/.

NCC-49CC: Scientists have recently discovered that the personality trait called weirdness is caused by radio waves that naturally emanate from points on the earth's surface called "weirdnodes." Japan is the place most densely packed with "weirdnodes," which may explain why someone decided to turn their Yamaha scooter into an underpowered, rolling replica of the USS Enterprise from Star Trek: The Next Generation, complete with chopper-style handlebars. Okay, I made up the weirdnode part. Beam me up at http://zip.4chan.org/m/src/1093521537870.jpg.

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