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School daze

The following gems of wisdom are said to have been gleaned from test papers and essays from elementary, junior high, high school and college students.

* H2O is hot water, and CO2 is cold water.

* To collect fumes of sulphur, hold a deacon over a flame in a test tube.

* When you smell an odorless gas, it is probably carbon monoxide.