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Crazy Fun with Silly Putty
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Posted on: July 4, 2009 10:16 AM, by Mike
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It's too bad they didn't have any high speed cameras. It would have been neat to see that recorded at 5000+ fps.
Posted by: The Science Pundit | July 4, 2009 11:57 AM
This explains what happened to our economy.
Posted by: JD | July 4, 2009 8:06 PM
Yu suck
Posted by: Ashley jackson | March 21, 2011 2:06 PM