# This is pretty freaky - Science geek stuff!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-pretty-freaky-science-geek-stuff/265042>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 19, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-pretty-freaky-science-geek-stuff/265042 "2004-09-19T21:16:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2004, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-pretty-freaky-science-geek-stuff/265042/1 "2004-09-19T21:16:13Z")

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[Laboratory-Grown Tubes Mimic Naturally Occurring Structures](http://www.aip.org/png/2004/218.htm)

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**Author:** ![The\_27th\_Evil](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ebca7d/32.png) [@The\_27th\_Evil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_27th_Evil)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-pretty-freaky-science-geek-stuff/265042/2 "2004-09-20T03:36:01Z")

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Damn, that’s awesome.

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [September 20, 2004, 8:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/this-is-pretty-freaky-science-geek-stuff/265042/3 "2004-09-20T08:29:57Z")

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I always knew that iron oxide was up to no good.