Chris says: This term came from the Hawaiians. They give you leis when you get off of the plane. They are also given to you by beautiful women. After receiving a lei, something else usually comes afterwards. And that’s where the term comes from.

Sam says: You’ve got to be kidding me.

Jim said the origin of the term came from the Bible … numerous times they mention “laying” with someone as intercourse. Of course, the events of the Bible came way before the tradition of giving leis to people who step off of the plane in Hawaii.

I’m going to have to agree with Jim but I think Chris mainly started this argument to be funny.  Thoughts and opinions are always greatly appreciated.

Chris says: Yes — there are towns. There is a port in Antarctica and people live there…I saw it on TV! On a special!

Sam says: No way. There is no one out there but scientists or people living there temporarily for research. Are you trying to tell me that someone’s address actually has “Antarctica” in it?

No one “lives” in Antarctica in the traditional sense. According to South Pole Questions and Answers (hosted by the University of Chicago):

There are no cities or towns where people live. Most of the people in Antarctica stay for short time periods during the summer months. A few winter over, which means they stay all year.

CoolAntarctica.com states that:

No-one lives in Antarctica permanently or even for a long period of time. Most people do a “summer only” that’s about November to April, with a lesser number staying over the Antarctic winter (when any chance of transport in or out is virtually impossible), some stay for two winters and three summers, this is the longest time any one stays there. The only “settlements” are scientific bases. These vary in size, but typically have 50 people there in the summer and 15-20 in the winter. There is a US base at McMurdo sound that has up to 1000 personnel at the peak time, this is the nearest there is to a town. With such rapid turn-over of people, Antarctic bases are more like oil-rigs or military bases than towns.

Chris says: Of course. Every culture knows how to make bread.

Sam says: No, they have nothing out there.

Ethiopian bread is called injera. According to The Science of Cooking:

In Ethiopia and Eritrea, this spongy, sour flatbread is used to scoop up meat and vegetable stews. Injera also lines the tray on which the stews are served, soaking up their juices as the meal progresses. When this edible tablecloth is eaten, the meal is officially over.

Injera is made with teff, a tiny, round grain that flourishes in the highlands of Ethiopia. While teff is very nutritious, it contains practically no gluten. This makes teff ill-suited for making raised bread, however injera still takes advantage of the special properties of yeast. A short period of fermentation gives it an airy, bubbly texture, and also a slightly sour taste.

Of course, this mentions that this grain exists in the highlands, not the desert. I wasn’t able to find a concrete answer, but my conclusions is that they can make bread. It’s just not bread as Westerners would know it.

Chris says: Absolutely. You know, those nuclear tests they had out in the desert turned the sand into glass.

Sam says: Whoa whoa WHOA. You’re trying to tell me that lightening has as much force as a nuke!?

The answer is yes, although it doesn’t form glass plates, rather glass tubes called fulgurites. I’d like to say I said yes to this as well, but I didn’t have any evidence except that’s how Josh Lucas’s character in Sweet Home Alabama made his money (and was able to win back Reese Witherspoon). HAHAH. I watched that movie on the plane; I can’t believe I remembered it.

Sam says: You are a Democrat with a military fallacy.

Chris says: Sam, you are a fairy … or a wuss.

I’m not even sure if there is an answer. After all, it’s all up to opinion. Read the comments for more insight.

Chris says: Mile(s).

Sam says: That’s bullshit.

Actually, for this one we had some other input from various folks. Dong said: 10 meters. I said: 100 meters. Kyle said: 2 miles. Turns out Dong was right this time. It’s around 7 meters long. Read about it in the Gray’s Anatomy eBook.

Chris says: The moon is both hot and cold : there is a light and dark side.

Sam says: It is cold ALL the time.

Answer: TBD

Chris says: The climate is influenced by the tilt angle of the Earth as it goes around the sun.

Sam says: The climate is affected by the distance the Earth is from the sun.

The climate is affected by the tilt of the Earth’s axis, amongst other things.  You can read about global climate in the Wikipedia.

Chris says: No, there are the EXACT same ingredients listed for both.

Sam says: Yes! There is chocolate flavoring.

We conducted a blind taste test.  Sam was blindfolded and given each type of cream (taken from some Oreos that Jim had brought in) on a spoon.  Sam correctly determined which one was the chocolate cream and which one was normal.  I called my sister later that day, though, and she said we conducted our taste test incorrectly.  Apparently, we should have given same like 50 spoons of stuff.  Also, Chris was the one given Sam the spoons so he could have introduced a bias.  Go figure.  Thanks, med school sister, for the insight!

Chris says: Yes, absolutely.

Sam says: Of course not, only government work is done there. We don’t hire terrorists.

Answer: TBD