Riddle #4 : Only 2 % people can solve this famous Einstein's riddle. Can you?

Rumor has it that Albert Einstein made up an impossibly difficult riddle when he was just a kid. There's no evidence to back up that apocryphal claim, but the rumor earned the popular logic pu…

Top stories for Long   Riddle #4 : Only 2 % people can solve this famous Einstein's riddle. Can you? Deepak Kumar • Posted May 12, 2020 Rumor has it that Albert Einstein made up an impossibly difficult riddle when he was just a kid. There's no evidence to back up that apocryphal claim, but the rumor earned the popular logic puzzle t... Read more » 55 31   What is "Galileo's paradox," and why is it considered significant despite his incorrect answer? Israel Ramirez, Amateur Historian • Updated November 8 People remember Galileo getting in trouble with the Roman Catholic church because he thought that the Earth revolves around the Sun. But Galileo's ideas about infinity were... Read more » 293 72   What is the most inappropriate request that you have ever received? ShayLee Walker • Updated November 27 Several years ago I was freshly divorced (2012/2013) and was just re-entering the dating pool. I signed up for a dating site and one of the first messages I got was from a ... Read more » 2.3K 416   Why do you think Las Vegas is struggling so much right now? Elizabeth Jones, Survivor Turned Thriver • Answered November 19 We live in Utah and used to love going there for a weekend. We are actually pretty well off and my husband does like to gamble, sometimes in the high limit rooms. But we ar... Read more » 2.4K 221   Why can't the ISS take a picture of Earth and prove to the Flat Earth Society that Earth is not really flat? Mario Chanto, worked at Medical Device Industry • Answered April 15, 2018 A man walks into a diner, points to a jar filled with pickles and asks for "A jelly sandwich made with that jelly" the employee tries to explain that the content of the jar... Read more » 984 179   A Muslim woman walked up to a French couple and politely asked, "Would you consider converting to Islam?" Oliviasia • Updated Sep 5 The couple looked at her and replied sharply: "You look like a ghost. There are 49 Muslim-majority countries—why did you choose France? We didn't invite you. We respect the customs of other nations ... Read more » 21.8K 3.4K   Senator Mark Kelly is about to be court martialled. Democrats, how are you enjoying finding out after f-ing around for so long? Michael Mock, studied at Angelo State University • Answered November 26 Oh, I fucking hope they put it up on pay-per-view, because they could retire the national debt on the proceeds they'd make. This is going to be fucking GOLDEN! Stand up Sena... Read more » 10.6K 1.3K   Does giving birth to the second child hurt less than giving birth to the first child? Chris Williams, lives in Pittsburgh, PA • Answered November 18 I've had two children, both by natural childbirth. The best description i ever heard of childbirth was from a sitcom on tv years ago: A man was explaining to a woman in labo... Read more » 1.8K 160   Why was Flash deprecated in favour of HTML5? Is it because of Flash technology or for business reasons that Adobe would have gained a strong monopoly? Charles Kendrick, CTO at Isomorphic Software (1998-present) • Answered November 16 It was me. I'm only partly kidding. Although, actually, I'm really not kidding. I'll explain. In the early days of the web, it was very difficult to build cross-browser web a... Read more » 785 40   400 passengers but only 200 meals were loaded onto a flight from Delhi to New York City (long) Violetta Calvino, vegan since 12 y • Posted Sep 27, 2022 It was only discovered after take off, when the flight attendants started going through their preparations for the meals. So, the airline had bungled, and the crew was in a fix. However, one smart ... Read more » 6.4K 264   I'm peeing dark brown, basically looking like coffee. I think it's my kidneys. Are there any other symptoms my liver or kidneys do when they are shutting down? Katie Sunderland • Answered November 22 I have been peeing dark brown for 4 or 5 months. I thought it was food coloring from the powdered drink mixes that I am constantly drinking. I had lab work done for an unre... Read more » 439 77   Using algebra, can you solve: [x + 1] ^4 + [x + 5] ^4 = 82? Enrico Gregorio, Associate professor in Algebra • Answered September 11 Start by substituting [math]y=x+3,[/math] so the equation becomes [math][y-2]^4+[y+2]^4=82[/math] Now there's a problem: do you mean "integral part" or the brackets [math][\,\dots\,][/math] are to be interpreted just as standard parentheses? Never m... Read more » 34 1 Read more in your feed

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Do all you people that took the "jab" feel lied to yet?

Yup. I got told by an antivax neighbour that the jab weakens my immune system, that I would get COVID anyway and that I will probably die from it. He got one thing right. I did get COVID after …

Top stories for Long   Do all you people that took the "jab" feel lied to yet? Frans du Plessis, science nut • Answered May 27, 2024 Yup. I got told by an antivax neighbour that the jab weakens my immune system, that I would get COVID anyway and that I will probably die from it. He got one thing right. I ... Read more » 10K 1.9K   Why is 6'2" (188 cm) often considered the perfect height for human males 20 years and above? ManOfACertainAge, Engineering Manager • Updated November 26 As a couple of morons on here pointed out, yes, this is a uniquely American preference. Not surprising that the question was asked. The average height for a woman in Americ... Read more » 1.4K 399   Why do flight attendants dislike flying to/from India so much? Are Indian passengers difficult? Miss Stripewell, I have visited India quite a few times • Answered November 13 We had some Indian friends in the University back in the 2000s when we were in University. So, the first time they went home to visit their family after their arrival in the... Read more » 2.2K 260   What is the greatest trick in mathematics? Philip Lloyd, Specialist Calculus Teacher, Motivator and Baroque Trumpet Soloist. • Answered April 20, 2017 You will fool or at least, surprise, almost everybody with this wonderful trick! Give a person a calculator to use. Tell them to type any three digits (example 839) Tell them ... Read more » 7.7K 212   Why doesn't honey go bad? OakTeller, Knower of many things. • Answered July 26 Honey lasts forever--Men have found pots of it in Egyptian tombs, still good to eat after thousands of years. The reason is that honey is a death trap for anything that tri... Read more » 15.3K 547   Dr. Julia Daan, Writer ,Relationship Mentor,Motivational speaker • Posted Jun 6 What Short Skirts Mean to Young Women in Japan? In Japan, some young women wear extremely short skirts as part of a practice known as sick kosai, where they offer non-sexual services in exchange for... Read more » 3.1K 314   Why is n++ faster than n=n+1? Mario Galindo Queralt • Updated October 17, 2019 I see that others have explained you why n++ is faster than n=n+1. I, will not repeat that. However I want to say you that ++n could be even faster. This is because n++ retur... Read more » 3.3K 131   Why is having a PhD much less impressive than it used to be? Mitchell Schoenbrun, Adjunct Professor at University of San Francisco (2017-present) • Answered November 13 In general, I don't think that this is so, however I have an anecdotal event in my life that leans the other way. I was teaching mathematics in a community college. I receiv... Read more » 135 23   Why do people not go to KFC anymore? Just Me, Hard work and determination to get what I needed. • Answered June 10 I used to love going to KFC on my lunch breaks on payday. It was my favorite place to go near my work. I have not gone to KFC for about 2 years now because they have gotten... Read more » 5.9K 2.2K   Did you notice the crying little girl in the bottom right photo? Alessandro13 • Posted Sep 3, 2024 Apparently, she refused to join the group for the photo because, as she said: "the boy is scaring me." The girl's mother at the time thought it was a tantrum. Until, later, she looked at the photo car... Read more » 1.3K 251   Why is Windows 11 so unpopular? Why is everybody switching to Linux? IhrtJetsnteaching, Spanish, English, ESL teacher in public schools & college • Updated Tue I know nothing about Linux, but I can address why Windows 11 may be so unpopular. I have a Windows 10 desktop and a Windows 11 laptop version of basically the same computer... Read more » 1.2K 190   How long after drinking water does it actually hydrate your body? Silk Road, Polymath • Answered August 20 A man comes home. He is thirsty. The inside of his mouth is dry. He pours a glass of water and drinks it down. The water is cold in his throat. It hits his stomach and does... Read more » 18.5K 601 Read more in your feed

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