http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23988 Feel Smart Again Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:01:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23988/comment-page-1#comment-135874 Bill Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:06:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23988#comment-135874 Amazing bit of engineering. My only question is: What if some predator decides to eat the Robofish? Amazing bit of engineering. My only question is: What if some predator decides to eat the Robofish?

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23988/comment-page-1#comment-133717 septerr Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:20:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23988#comment-133717 What a nifty idea. The fish does look amazingly real. What a nifty idea. The fish does look amazingly real.

]]> http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23988/comment-page-1#comment-133693 Andrew Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:00:00 +0000 http://www.mentalfloss.com/blogs/archives/23988#comment-133693 Our history teacher in college told us a story about one time when Queen Victoria was crossing a bridge across the Thames and poined to the thousands of wads of freshly used toilet paper that were floating down the river and asked her companion what they were. Not wanting to offend the queen, he answered "Those, your higness, are notices that bathing is prohibited." I always liked that.... Our history teacher in college told us a story about one time when Queen Victoria was crossing a bridge across the Thames and poined to the thousands of wads of freshly used toilet paper that were floating down the river and asked her companion what they were. Not wanting to offend the queen, he answered “Those, your higness, are notices that bathing is prohibited.”
I always liked that….

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