Chinese mega vegetables


	Chinese mega vegetables

boozich

5-14-2008 5:20 PM

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boozich says:

look out for lots of gold medals at the olympics and the china athletes reply: "spent time in orbit"!

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5-14-2008 5:42 PM

ericskiff

Wow! I wonder what it is about microgravity that allows plants to grow so large.

5-14-2008 5:47 PM

silvanaraihane

wonder if it works on men!!

5-14-2008 5:55 PM

narain_47

space magic is spicy

5-14-2008 7:35 PM

Piecekeeper

Doesn't need to work on us men...only the boys ;-D

5-18-2008 1:44 PM

ramsesemerson

That's kind of scary

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