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	<title>Comments on: January 17th, 2008</title>
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		<title>By: Miss Cellania</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/11177/comment-page-1#comment-49696</link>
		<dc:creator>Miss Cellania</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks, Keely J, I just now found out and fixed it. For some reason, I didn&#039;t get today&#039;s comments sent to me.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks, Keely J, I just now found out and fixed it. For some reason, I didn&#8217;t get today&#8217;s comments sent to me.</p>
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		<title>By: Chris</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/11177/comment-page-1#comment-49534</link>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 18:18:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You should check out Exit Mundi... they have a MUCH better &#039;End of Times&#039; website. ^_^</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>You should check out Exit Mundi&#8230; they have a MUCH better &#8216;End of Times&#8217; website. ^_^</p>
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		<title>By: Mike</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/11177/comment-page-1#comment-49427</link>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:56:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>An alternative to the rice to dry out the cellphone are the packages of dessicant that come in all sorts of items especially electronics. They work wonders to keep moisture out of gear, evidenced by the fact that they come from the factory with it. And they are reusable. just leave them to dry and they are ready to go again.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>An alternative to the rice to dry out the cellphone are the packages of dessicant that come in all sorts of items especially electronics. They work wonders to keep moisture out of gear, evidenced by the fact that they come from the factory with it. And they are reusable. just leave them to dry and they are ready to go again.</p>
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		<title>By: Tim in Augusta</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/11177/comment-page-1#comment-49404</link>
		<dc:creator>Tim in Augusta</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 15:40:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The trick for a cellphone (or other electronics) that have gotten dunked is to get them cleaned out as well as dryed out.  

My phone went through the washer and I realized during the rinse cycle.  I pulled it out and the lights were all on, so I pulled out the battery and disassembled it.  I filled a baggie with distilled water and bathed all the parts a couple of times.  I set them out to dry on a microfiber towel.  A couple of days later, the reassembled phone worked fine but always had colored stripes across the screen.

The rice might get some water out, which is good, but it won&#039;t get the stuff dissolved/suspended in the water out.  That gunk is what messes up the electronics; pure water doesn&#039;t conduct electricity, which is why I used the distilled water rinse.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The trick for a cellphone (or other electronics) that have gotten dunked is to get them cleaned out as well as dryed out.  </p>
<p>My phone went through the washer and I realized during the rinse cycle.  I pulled it out and the lights were all on, so I pulled out the battery and disassembled it.  I filled a baggie with distilled water and bathed all the parts a couple of times.  I set them out to dry on a microfiber towel.  A couple of days later, the reassembled phone worked fine but always had colored stripes across the screen.</p>
<p>The rice might get some water out, which is good, but it won&#8217;t get the stuff dissolved/suspended in the water out.  That gunk is what messes up the electronics; pure water doesn&#8217;t conduct electricity, which is why I used the distilled water rinse.</p>
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		<title>By: Kelly J</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/11177/comment-page-1#comment-49364</link>
		<dc:creator>Kelly J</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 14:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The link to the &quot;end of the world&quot; stuff goes to the last page of the article, you have to click a link towards the top to get to the first page :) just fyi. Since for a minute there I thought we&#039;d be killed by either pole shift or gray goo- nothing else.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The link to the &#8220;end of the world&#8221; stuff goes to the last page of the article, you have to click a link towards the top to get to the first page :) just fyi. Since for a minute there I thought we&#8217;d be killed by either pole shift or gray goo- nothing else.</p>
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		<title>By: fixedgear</title>
		<link>http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/11177/comment-page-1#comment-49342</link>
		<dc:creator>fixedgear</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:56:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>The Library of Congress photos are astounding. They can spend my tax dollars on stuff like that any day.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The Library of Congress photos are astounding. They can spend my tax dollars on stuff like that any day.</p>
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