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A Silent Murder Witness

Emily witnessed a murder in early January but didn’t call the police. Why?

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It was a murder of crows.

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Hangs Others

What hangs others yet can unintentionally hang itself?

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A jury.

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A Face But No Eyes

I have a face but no eyes and hands but no arms. What am I?

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A clock.

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Picking Red Balls

A bag contains 64 balls of eight different colors. There are eight of each color (including red).
What is the smallest number you would have to pick, without looking, to be sure of selecting 3 red balls?

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59. The first 56 balls could all be non-red colors. If that happened, you’d have to choose from the 8 remaining balls, all of which would be red.

59. The first 56 balls could all be non-red colors. If that happened, you’d have to choose from the 8 remaining balls, all of which would be red.

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Take It And You Will Lose

Take it and you will lose or gain more than all others.

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Risk.

(found in The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare)

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Seemingly Simple Math

What is the answer to this math problem:

8 ÷ 2 (2 + 2)

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16 or 1, depending.According to PEMDAS, parentheses come first: 8 ÷ 2 (4)Then, even though multiplication is first in PEMDAS, you go left to right: 4 (4) = 16If you got 1, you’re in good company. That’s what I got at first too but most calculators I’ve tried get 16.I found this at Popular Mechanics and the debate continues online.

16 or 1, depending.

According to PEMDAS, parentheses come first: 8 ÷ 2 (4)

Then, even though multiplication is first in PEMDAS, you go left to right: 4 (4) = 16

If you got 1, you’re in good company. That’s what I got at first too but most calculators I’ve tried get 16.

I found this at Popular Mechanics and the debate continues online.

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I Wear You Down

I wear you down, yet you will mourn me once I fly.
You can kill me, but I will never die.

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Time.

(found in The Copper Gauntlet by Holly Black and Cassandra Clare)

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Long and Thin

Long and thin, red within,
With a nail at the end.

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A finger.

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Brothers And Sisters Of Leopold

If Leopold had one more sister he would have twice as many sisters as brothers.
If he had one more brother he would have the same number of each.

How many brothers and sisters does Leopold have?

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Three sisters and two brothers.

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PK II Rebus

What does this represent?

PK
II
PD
ES

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Pipe down kids.

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