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Well it turns out that the chicken cam first. Basically the eggs can only be made because of a protein in the chicken.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/3054923/Official-Chicken-DID-come-before-the-egg.html

I came across this bit of science strangeness today, courtesy of TWIS. Apparently unreeling Scotch tape at about 3cm per second can create X-Rays:

• Video on Wired
  
• Slightly better piece from Discovery Channel
  
• TWIS Podcast (29th Oct 2008)