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Whenever I cook a pikelet, pancake or fritter, the first batch tastes and looks worse than the rest. Why is this?

Fraser Webbon,听 Aukland, New Zealand

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If the world were flat, how far away would a ship need to be to 鈥渄isappear鈥� from sight?

Emily Sheepy and Haritos Kavallos, Blainville, Qu茅bec, Canada

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