Friday, 12/19/08 - Have a most excellent vacation.
Prepare sheet for TUT-08
Mental Floss
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If you multiply together the number of fingers on one person's right
hand to another person's to another person's until you get the product
of the fingers on the right hands of everyone in the world, what is the
most likely product? For instance, one person has 5 fingers,
and his friend has 5 fingers. The product is 25. Another person with 5
fingers would make the product 125. This goes on until everyone's finger
number is multiplied. What's the answer? Estimate what the final
product would be. (Current
world population is about 6.8 billion. Alert: MATH)
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When is 30 plus 30 equal to 1?
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How can you perform a subtraction from seven so that the result will
be even, but without subtracting any odd numbers?
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Change the position of just one of the words below so that all the words
are in an alphabetical sequence:
llama, phoenix, hyena, alligator, beaver, elephant, tortoise, antelope
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Where do you leave a "place" by closing the window? (On a _____.)
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What do these sentences translate to?
"A research team proceeded towards the apex of a natural geologic
protuberance, the purpose of their expedition being the procurement of
a sample of fluid hydride of oxygen in a large vessel, the exact size of
which was unspecified. One member of the team precipitously descended,
sustaining severe damage to the upper cranial portion of his anatomical
structure; subsequently the second member of the team performed a self
rotational translation oriented in the same direction taken by the first
team member."
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In a small town in the country, a male cow swallowed an
explosive device. The town newspaper had a front page story about it. Which
one-word headline did they use? a) Shocking! b) How?
c) Dangerous! d) Terrifying! e) Abominable! f) What?
g) Horrible!
TUT-08
Finish Alyce.
