Without the aid of anyone or anything, how is it possible to tell how far away a thunderstorm is, from where you stand? AnswerLight travels at 1,86,000 miles per second and sound travels about one mile every five seconds. Since thunder is the product of lightning, when you see lightning you should begin to count […]
Mike was a very intelligent kid. He told his fifth grade Science teacher that he knew how to create thousands of volts of electricity with only a comb. The teacher didn’t believe him and told him to prove it to her. Next day, Mike proved it and brought information on the subject.How did Mike do
A man was in the middle of the Arctic Ocean with only a kerosene stove and a pickaxe. He had plenty of food but he didn’t have water. He somehow got water each day.How did he do this? AnswerHe chipped off the pieces of icebergs with his pickaxe, then he melted them with his stove.
Rick was highly in debt, so he figured out a way to make money by doing something no one else could. He went around to all of his friends and people he worked with and bet them $50 that he could put a pin into a balloon without popping it. He let his friends and
Mumbo was entered into a game show. If he answered one question correctly, he would win one million dollars. If he missed the question, a buzzer would sound and Legal would have to donate $50,000 dollars to a local charity. The question was “What does three fluid ounces of water plus three fluid ounces of
On a hot summer day, a man who had no air conditioning decided that he would cool off his home by leaving the door to his refrigerator open. Does he succeed in cooling off his home? AnswerNo. All a refrigerator does is take heat from inside the unit and pump it to the back. So
There are two secret agents who want to send letters to each other but think that someone might try to read them. The first agent came up with an idea to send a letter to the other agent by writing with invisible ink. He then put the letter in his mailbox for delivery. When the
Jeff and I were playing on the Merry-Go-Round at the local park. It was very large. We stood on opposite sides and spun the Merry-Go-Round counter-clockwise. I threw a ball to Jeff. From my perspective, did the ball go to Jeff, or did it go to the right of him or the left of him?
Tinman is very afraid of going outside. He is very obsessive, and one thing he obsesses about is cancer. He is constantly afraid that he will get skin cancer from the sun, and therefore stays inside as much as possible. One cloudy day, his parents finally persuade him to go out and play. He gets
Peter and his friends decided to prank the local astronomers group which was having a meeting that very night. Peter rang up the group and said, “I’m an astronomer, and I’ve just seen a meteorite flying through space!” They hung up, instantly knowing Peter was not speaking the truth. How did they know? AnswerA meteorite
A young computer programmer who had run out of post-it notes (those small square yellow sticky pieces of paper) came up with this almost great invention. He placed self-adhesive magnetic tape around his computer monitor so that he might stick notes and whatever he liked to his computer monitor using fridge magnets. Hey, it worked
A truck comes to a 1000-ft.-long bridge and stops right before going onto it to read a sign. The sign says that the maximum weight the bridge can hold is 4 tons, which is the exact weight of the truck. So the truck starts going towards the bridge. About halfway over the bridge a little
Mrs. Duffus would often complain when Duffus left the door to the basement open. “The cool air from the basement makes the upstairs cold; close that door, Duffus!” she would rant. “It won’t do any such thing,” Duffus would reply and go on his way. Duffus was right, but why? AnswerHot air rises and cold
After climbing to the top of a mountain, Phil is hungry and gets out his cookpot for a good pasta meal. Unfortunately, as it’s not a pressure cooker it will take longer to cook. What can Phil do to cook the spaghetti more quickly?(He’s already turned the fuel on maximum, and he doesn’t have to