Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Space Socks?

Anna in Colorado asks: "Why do socks keep disappearing in my dryer?"



This mystery has plagued mankind ever since the first clothes dryer was invented in 1915. The philosopher Bertrand Russel believed that this phenomenon was nothing more than a matter of perception; The missing sock is in the dryer, but we aren't perceiving it correctly. Some scientists have theorized that the unique tubular shape of socks, combined with the spinning motion, creates a miniature wormhole inside a dryer that transports the sock into space. This theory would explain all the floating sock trash astronauts encounter during space walks.


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