Once again, it is museum time and I was full of excitement for the new exhibits that were being shown at the Fort Worth Museum of Science (yes, I know, that is a shameless plug).
Stephanie and I went to the museum on a Sunday, mainly so we could get the free entrance deal that the museum offers on the first full weekend of the month. The first thing that we did before we actually saw the exhibit was the hurricane simulator.
As Stephanie and I walked in, we saw a walk in hurricane simulator that was a little larger than a phone booth that could fit two people comfortably. We put in two dollars to start the machine and the count down officially started. An alert sound immediately began with a voice over stated that it will become extremely windy in the small booth. Air was being blown in to the small area at 78 miles per hour. If you stood right in the middle of the booth, the wind would throw you against the wall because of its strength. The simulator only lasted a couple of minutes but it was very cool.
The Grossology Exhibit is basically what it sounds like. Everything that is gross, will be on display. Actually, it is what gross things that happens inside your body. The exhibit shows you how burps, farts, and body smells are made. Some of the things that were shown were pretty darn gross. One portion that was kind of gross was the walk-in nose that people could get into.
Once in the nose, you could hear and feel a sneeze form and then, achoo!!!! You felt the full impact of a wet, boogery sneeze. It was awesome, gross, but awesome.
Other displays that were shown in the Grossology exhibit were making burps and vomit from pumping stomach acid at a fast pace, smelling different types of body parts such as armpits, , butt, bad breath, and feet.
At the end of the Grossology exhibit, you could take a quiz about how much you learned from all of the displays. Apparently Stephanie and I could not retain that much information because we both received a grade of 42%. Whoops!!
After the Grossology Exhibit, the both of us went next door to to the Risk Exhibit and immediately took the offer of laying down on be of nails. Just to make sure the nails were real, I pressed down on the nails with a little bit of force, and yes, those were some real nails that I was about to lay on.
Stephanie and I each took turns laying on the bed of nails and it didn't hurt at all. The reason for that was because of weight distribution. See, I even learn things on the weekend.
The Risk portion of the exhibit was very interesting. It was about why people take risks and who is more likely to take risks. Apparently there is one scientific study called the "White Man" theory. The basis of the study is how white men do not belief there is risk of doing simple things such as driving cars, eating foods, or riding in a plane.
At the end of the exhibit, we took another test to see how risky we are. Apparently I like to take more risks than Stephanie, which makes me more awesome.
We ended our day by taking a 4D ride through an oil rig that ended up being a big commercial for some oil company that was based in Dallas. The two of us had a great time at the museum and cant wait for a new exhibit to open soon.
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