Interesting Facts
111,111,111 x
111,111,111 =
12,345,678,987,654,321
Columbia University is the second largest landowner in New York City, after the Catholic Church.
A
hummingbird weighs less than a penny!
Chewing gum while peeling onions will keep you from crying!
Maine is the
only state whose name is just one syllable!
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, and purple
Dolphins sleep with one eye open!
The longest word in the English language, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis. The only other word with the same amount of letters is pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconioses, its plural.
Answers to Children’s Puzzle
The man takes Goat across (leaving the wolf and cabbage behind)
The grandfather, father and the son went fishing. They were only 3 but they are 2 fathers and 2 sons.
The answer is four. Although there are many socks in the drawer, there are only three colors, so if you take four socks then you are guaranteed to have at least one matching pair.
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He returns alone He takes Wolf across He returns with Goat
We now have the man, the Cabbage and the Goat on one side and the Wolf on the other side
He takes Cabbage across He returns alone He takes Goat across
He has accomplished taking all three to the other side! :)
March 2012
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