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Old 12-09-2012, 09:57 PM
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One of my favourites - and it's more bizzarre than stupid, was 'If Jupiter exploded, would it affect us?'. I have no idea where that came from.

On a more positive note, what are some of the best questions? My personal favourite, from a kid who would have been about 10 on a Perth Observatory tour after I'd explained that the reddish hue of Mars was largely due to iron oxide - 'how can the iron have rusted when there's no oxygen in the Martian atmosphere?' Even more amazingly, he didn't want to ask the question out loud because he didn't want to sound stupid in front of the tour group, and his mum dragged him back to ask me in private.
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