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LOW AND INSIDE and THREE MEN ON THIRD
Weird baseball lore? Try these two books--LOW AND INSIDE and THREE MEN ON THIRD--by H. Allen Smith.
Posted By: Paul - Wed Oct 09, 2024 -
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Category: Sports, Weird Facts, Books, 1940s
Oddities: A Book of Unexplained Facts
Read it here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Sep 10, 2024 -
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Category: Weird Facts, Weird Studies and Guides, Books, 1920s
Odd Showers
Read it here.
Posted By: Paul - Tue Dec 14, 2021 -
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Category: Animals, Supernatural, Occult, Paranormal, Weird Facts, Weird Studies and Guides, Books, Natural Wonders, Nineteenth Century
Candle Tunnelling
Candle tunnelling is the phenomenon of candles burning down in a tunnel around the wick, rather than burning down evenly across the entire top surface.
image source: reddit
Tunnelling occurs if, the very first time the candle was burned, it wasn't allowed to melt all the wax on top. This creates a "memory ring" in the wax. The candle will subsequently tunnel down this ring.
The solution, therefore, is to make sure the 'first burn' is done correctly. According to osmology.co:
Our biggest recommendation for the first burn, is to make sure that the pool of melted wax reaches the edges of your candle before you snuff the flame. We generally aim for the wax pool to be about 1cm deep at the edges before we put it out.
How long this takes depends on the diameter of the candle.
How long this takes depends on the diameter of the candle.
I realize now that I've been burning candles wrong my entire life.
I learned about this phenomenon via tywkiwdbi.
Posted By: Alex - Thu Jun 25, 2020 -
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Category: Domestic, Interior Decorating, Weird Facts
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