Just read my sister’s post about one highly scientific experiment she conducted in her youth and it reminded me of many of the highly scientific experiments I conducted as well, with and without her help.
For example, despite the illustrations in the Beverly Cleary books, a tube of toothpaste, when emptied, will NOT fill up the sink entirely. It won’t even go a full city block. It will however bleach said pavement so well that the bleached line will still be visible three years later.
Ants will bite your tongue if you put them in your mouth.
Putting water on your hand then placing your hand on a hot stove doesn’t cool the stove down.
Yuck Nail does not work on a truly dedicated nail biter.
Cats do usually land on their feet even if slung upside down. This was a highly dangerous experience by the way which earned me multiple scratches and a good spanking from my mother.
When the server says “be careful, the plate is hot,” they are not kidding. Don’t touch it.
It is possible to kill a cactus from not watering enough.
How about you, dear reader? Any scientific facts you learned the hard way?
Ants? Seriously?
And yeah, the toothpaste thing was very disappointing. It didn’t even make it one square. Good thing we didn’t do it in the sink–that would have been worse, I think.