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New Website Answers Those Bizarre Questions You Never Thought To Ask

06/12/2008  | CityNews.ca Staff

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Ever wondered how to get the Queen of England to come to your home?

How about the correct method to dodge space junk?

Or maybe you've always wanted to know how to make a hamster powered light.

It won't surprise you that the answers to all these pressing questions and more can be found scattered all over the Internet.

But locating the right pages isn't always easy in the vastness of cyberspace. Which is where a new website comes in. Findhow.com is designed to be the all-in-one search engine for the hardy do-it-yourselfer. In addition to the usual practical information about putting up a backyard deck, remodeling your home or how to make honey mustard chicken wings, the site also contains a 'wacky section' that links you to more vital questions of the day.

Among them: getting Queen Elizabeth to pay you a visit.

How to tell if it's appropriate for U.S. Homeland Security to search your monkey's diaper (Don't ask.)

How to survive a fall from 30,000 feet

How to report your coworkers have accidentally been sucked into a black hole. (Don't laugh - this is from Stanford University, no less)

And that always need to know category, how to calculate your weight on other planets.

The site is the brainchild of Ted Ives, who has assembled 30,000 different sites ranging from the real to the ridiculous. It's divided into categories like entertaining, food and drink, money, pets, personal recreation and more.

He knows there's a lot competition out there, but believes his categorization - and the strangeness of some of it - will lead you to come back over and over again.

To find out how to make that hamster powered light and more, click here.

 
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