Prince Rupert’s Drops are quickly cooled teardrop shaped glass pieces that have amazing physical properties. While tough on the big end, they will explosively shatter if broken on the small end.
posted to MetaFilter by Tube at 12:33 PM on February 17, 2008 (49 comments)

My BART card keeps getting demagnetized. Is there anything I can do to make it last longer?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ambrosia at 1:24 PM on February 13, 2007 (24 comments)

where on-line can we find great illustrations of animals, insects, vehicles and plants to turn into stencils for our homebrew t-shirts for our kids and friends?
posted to Ask Metafilter by progosk at 4:01 PM on February 2, 2007 (6 comments)