That egg shaped thing is a magnet for opening the safety locks on our kitchen cabinets, we have a two year old grandson who believes all handles are meant to be pulled. It's a pretty strong magnet to work through an inch thick wood door. It also sticks to the granite counter tops !? That's the part I don't understand . I hung it on the underside just to demonstrate but it's got quite a pull anywhere on the upper surface and clearly pulls more in some spots than others. Can the iron content of granite be that high?
In reply to DeadSkunk (Warren) :
It is. We have an 8-inch-thick granite table at work for fine measurement of parts and flatness, and you can tell when a steel part has been magnetized because it has a little more pull to the table.
That's cool! According to the obviously tailored to our needs Berkeley.edu, Granite is 2-3% iron. I had no idea. Now I want to go impress the kids trying to stick magnets to granite. We have the same magnetic egg.
https://nature.berkeley.edu/classes/eps2/wisc/granite.html
In reply to dculberson :
I wasn't surprised that there's iron inclusions in granite, but I didn't expect enough concentration to hold a magnet. As you pass the magnet over the surface you can feel the strength of the pull change. Just one of those curiosity things I can use as a party trick sometime.
Regarding the Double Bubble bubblegum balls: if it's 10 calories per ball, is it 10 calories for the first 25 seconds of sugar blast or 10 calories if I swallow the chewed up gum and consume it all?
(this is "someone explain this one to me" right?)
Are we sure it's attracted to the granite and not just to the nails/screws/whatever that's holding the plywood underlay structure together?
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In reply to codrus (Forum Supporter) :
There's no plywood under it, just the granite slabs sitting on top of the perimeter of the cabinets. The photo I posted is the magnet hanging directly from the area where the granite overhangs the cabinet by 10 inches.
Datsun310Guy said:
Regarding the Double Bubble bubblegum balls: if it's 10 calories per ball, is it 10 calories for the first 25 seconds of sugar blast or 10 calories if I swallow the chewed up gum and consume it all?
(this is "someone explain this one to me" right?)
From the source of all internet "truthiness", Reddit, the calories are in the sugar which is water soluble. You will have taken in all the allotted calories if you chew it til the flavor is gone.
In reply to travellering :
But the gum substrate would have to have some caloric value if swallowed, unless it's 100% indigestible. But even still...
Where the hell is my bomb calorimeter?
In reply to Woody (Forum Supportum) :
If there was an 800 # on the bag I would've actually called with my question and been all serious.
