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Sliding Rocks Bemuse Scientists

Posted by kdawson on from the no-footprints dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Scientists can't figure out why these rocks — weighing up to several hundred pounds each — slide across a dry lake bed. The leading theory proposes that wind moves the rocks after a rain when the lake bed consists of soft and very slippery mud.

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  1. Re:Begs the question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    This begs the question, why hasn't someone setup a webcam to record these rock movements and solve this thing once and for all?
    -1 for bad English. Check it out.
  2. Re:Mark Newman Poster by torkus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I love places that try to require a tip on the bill. Those places, shoudl I happen to wind up at one unknowingly, will never get a cent for a tip. I'll figure out the actual check total and pay exactly that. The can go scratch on the tip for being retarded about it.

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