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Mar2024

Mental Floss 342

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Forward I am heavy, but backwards I am not. What am I? A: A ton. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: I am full of holes but I hold water very well. What ... Read More
March 15, 2024admin

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Mar2024

Mental Floss 341

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Just the mere mention of my name makes me go away. What am I? A: Silence. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: Forward I am heavy, but backwards I am not. What am ... Read More
March 8, 2024admin

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Mar2024

Mental Floss 340

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: What starts with a 'T', ends with a 'T', and has a T in it? A: A teapot. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: Just the mere mention of my name makes me ... Read More
March 1, 2024admin

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Feb2024

Mental Floss 339

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: I know a word with letters three. Add two and fewer there will be! A: Fewer. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: What starts with a 'T', ends with a 'T', and ... Read More
February 26, 2024admin

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Feb2024

Mental Floss 338

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: What has a head, a tail, is brown and has no legs? A: A one cent coin. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: I know a word with letters three. Add two and ... Read More
February 15, 2024admin

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Feb2024

Mental Floss 337

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: The one who makes it, sells it. The one who buys it, rarely uses it. The one that uses it, never knows he's using it. What is it? A: A coffin. This week’s thinking challenge ... Read More
February 9, 2024admin

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Feb2024

Mental Floss 336

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: What occurs four times every week, twice every month and once annually? A: The letter 'e'. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: The one who makes it, sells it. The one who buys ... Read More
February 2, 2024admin

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Jan2024

Mental Floss 335

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: The runs around a city but never moves? A: A city wall. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q:What occurs four times every week, twice every month and once annually? The answer along with a ... Read More
January 26, 2024admin

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Jan2024

Mental Floss 334

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: What gets wetter at the same time that it is drying? A: A towel. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: The runs around a city but never moves? The answer along with a new ... Read More
January 19, 2024admin

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Jan2024

Mental Floss 333

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: I will have my skin torn from me and will not cry. You will however. What am I? A: An Onion. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: What gets wetter at the same ... Read More
January 12, 2024admin

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Jan2024

Mental Floss 332

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: What is as light as a feather, but even the world's strongest man cannot hold it for more than 10 minutes? A: His breath. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: I will have ... Read More
January 4, 2024admin

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Dec2023

Mental Floss 331

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Someone learning to drive went down the one way street without breaking the law. How? A: They were walking, not driving. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: What is as light as a ... Read More
December 29, 2023admin

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Dec2023

Mental Floss 330

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: What number do you get when you multiply all of the numbers on a telephone's number pad? A: Zero. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: Someone learning to drive went down the one ... Read More
December 22, 2023admin

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Dec2023

Mental Floss 329

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: There is a chain nailed to a wall. The chain is 3 metres long and the middle of the chain dips down 1.5 metres from where each side of the chain is nailed to the ... Read More
December 15, 2023admin

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Dec2023
This post is a revisiting to something I wrote 13 years ago. I'm not seeing to much change, except perhaps for my writing having slightly improved through age and the reduction of my hyperbole. The diplomacy however has not improved ... Read More
December 11, 2023admin

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Dec2023

Mental Floss 328

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: There are flowers with bees hovering over them. How many flowers and bees are there if both these statements are true? 1) If each bee lands on a flower, one bee doesn't get a flower. ... Read More
December 8, 2023admin

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Dec2023

Mental Floss 327

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: If a wheel has 64 spokes, how many spaces are there between the spokes? A: 64 spaces. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: In a pond there are flowers with bees hovering over ... Read More
December 1, 2023admin

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Nov2023

Mental Floss 326

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: How many bricks does it take to complete a building made of bricks? A: One brick, the final one. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: If a wheel has 64 spokes, how ... Read More
November 24, 2023admin

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Nov2023

Mental Floss 325

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: What can run but never walks, has mouth but never talks, has a head but never weeps and has a bed but never sleeps? A: A river. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: ... Read More
November 16, 2023admin

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Nov2023

Mental Floss 324

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: There is a low railway bridge in your suburb. One day, you see a large truck waiting near the underpass. The driver tells you that his truck is 4cms higher than the indicated height of ... Read More
November 10, 2023admin