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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

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

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Nov2023

Mental Floss 323

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: A Doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one every half hour. How long will the pills last? A: One hour. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: There is a ... Read More
November 3, 2023admin

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Oct2023

Mental Floss 322

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: If you go to the movies and you're paying, is it cheaper to take one friend twice, or two friends to the movies at the same time? A: It's cheaper to take two friends ... Read More
October 26, 2023admin

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Oct2023

Mental Floss 321

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: There are two ducks in front of another two ducks. There are two ducks behind two other ducks. There are two ducks beside two other ducks. How many ducks are there? A: There ... Read More
October 19, 2023admin

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Oct2023

Mental Floss 320

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: At noon and at midnight, the hands on a clock are in exactly the same place. How many other times between noon and midnight do the hour and the minute hands cross? A: 11 ... Read More
October 13, 2023admin

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Oct2023

Mental Floss 319

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: If seven people meet each other and each shakes hands only once with each of the others, how many handshakes will there have been? A: 21 handshakes. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: ... Read More
October 6, 2023admin

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Sep2023

Mental Floss 318

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: Cigars cannot be entirely smoked, so a hobo who collects cigar butts can make a cigar to smoke out of every 5 butts he finds. Today he has collected 25 butts. How many cigars ... Read More
September 29, 2023admin

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Sep2023

Mental Floss 317

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The answer to last week’s challenge is: Q: What do you  cut, share at a table but never eat? A: A deck of playing cards. This week’s thinking challenge is … Q: Cigars cannot be entirely smoked so a hobo who collects ... Read More
September 22, 2023admin