Water February 21, 2006
Posted by Library Answer Person in : Uncategorized , add a commentDoes water have flavor, or is it the absence of flavor?
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Pure water, that is, distilled water, is tasteless. Flavor is added by minerals, by chlorine, by the plasticizers in bottles, and other such stuff.
50 greatest movies February 21, 2006
Posted by Library Answer Person in : Uncategorized , add a commentI am looking for a list of the 50 greatest movies of all time. What list is the most reliable (as there are many)?
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: They all stink. The list that’s in your own head is probably the most reliable. The American Film Institute’s list done back in 2000 is suspicious (just US films; biased towards the usual sentimental favorites). http://www.afi.com/tvevents/100years/movies.aspx
The Village Voice has a somewhat more rounded listing: http://www.filmsite.org/villvoice.html
Sight & Sound magazine combines polls by listing the number of times different films made their decennial top 10 lists: http://www.filmsite.org/sightsound.html
These and other polls are linked from the References in a Wikipedia article entitled “Films that have been considered the greatest ever”
hair growth February 21, 2006
Posted by Library Answer Person in : Uncategorized , add a commentWhen you shave hair, does it really grow back thicker?
ANSWER PERSON RESPONDS: Nope, just an old wive’s tale (or “urban legend,” as they say nowadays). The follicles that are creating new hair don’t even know whether the end of the hair above has been cut at the scalp, one inch out, or 6 inches out.
