# Things you never knew you needed

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-you-needed/592111>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 9, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-you-needed/592111 "2011-08-09T18:37:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-you-needed/592111/1 "2011-08-09T18:37:32Z")

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Guess this explains that momentary Board outage earlier – the hamsters are moonlighting as [clock operators.](http://www.stupid.com/fun/HAMC.html)

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**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-you-needed/592111/2 "2011-08-09T18:48:32Z")

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Damn you ☹ Between this and thisiswhyiambroke I might have to go shopping.

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**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-you-needed/592111/3 "2011-08-09T19:17:13Z")

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Back when I collected clocks, I would have been all over this. The noise might be a negative factor though.

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**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-you-needed/592111/4 "2011-08-09T19:21:54Z")

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i did not know i needed to bookmark that site.

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**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-you-never-knew-you-needed/592111/5 "2011-08-09T19:29:23Z")

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Huh! I’ll be damned. Seems like since the use of electricity, we completely forgot about exploiting animals to power stuff.

I wonder if I can harness our fish to power my cell phone…