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How Earth Resembles a Gooey Confection

Ant contributes a link spotted on Neatorama that may upset middle school Earth Science teachers, writing "LiveScience says Earth's simple schematic is not core, mantle, and crust anymore. It is more like the gooey center of a chocolate morsel harboring peanut butter and honey. Inner Earth is far more nuanced than outward appearances would suggest. A new model is proposed in the May 2, 2008, issue of the journal Science."

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  1. Tolkein will be offended too... by mrbluze · · Score: 5, Funny

    may upset middle school Earth Science teachers, writing Not to mention Middle Earth School Science teachers!
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  2. Aren't they confused ... by SigmaTao · · Score: 5, Funny

    don't they mean Mars?

  3. Re:OMNOMNOMNOM by hayagriva · · Score: 5, Funny

    Damnit, the last thing we needed is to make Galactus more interested in our delicious planet.