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 | Who stole the cursor? Find out ...
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| The Daily Overlook. Office staff relax. Start your day with a smile and check out a variety of links daily.
| | Puzzles to solve on the computer
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| The Daily Bikini. A bikini clad lady greets you and gives you access to a variety of links daily.
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Visit Bob's Fridge Door and enjoy the sarcastic humour posted on it! |
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The Storm
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| Check the Comics. Isn't that the most important part of the newspaper for most of us? |
| Oodles of fun, and good entertainment.
| | A Neat Card Trick
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| Get your Baby Picture from a Vast Database - millions of pictures!
| | Useless Information - but fun!
| | It's that time of the year when we eat too much ... | | Of interest to Chemistry students |
| MÖBIUS stripLarge file may a long time to load, have patience, it will be worth your while.
| | Question of the Day... a very interesting daily challenge.
| | Trivia Blitz
| | Andrew Heenan's Wordskit - lots of fun
| | Throw away your clocks ....
| | Fido Puzzle - Mathematical Fun [slow to load but loads of fun]
| | Hints and Things [a UK fun filled site]
| | Birthday Fun - and other date trivia [loads of fun]
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Now for an easy quiz:
1. How long did the HUNDRED YEARS WAR last?
2. Which country makes PANAMA HATS?
3. From which animal do we get CATGUT?
4. In which month do Russians celebrate the OCTOBER REVOLUTION?
5. What is CAMEL'S HAIR BRUSH made of?
6. After which animal are the CANARY ISLANDS named?
7. What was KING GEORGE VI's first name?
8. What colour is a PURPLE FINCH?
9. What country do CHINESE GOOSEBERRIES come from?
10. How long did the THIRTY YEARS WAR last?
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| QUIZ FOR THE CLEAN MINDED
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PROFESSIONAL QUIZ
Clear your mind and think very simply while taking this four question test for professionals. When you are ready click here
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Stare at the black dot for a few seconds. The haze around it seems to shrink as you stare.
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Look at the centre circles ... which one is the larger of the two?
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Look at the arrows ... which one is the longer of the two?
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Here are a few pictures that make you take a second look ...
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And now for those of you with a flair for mathematics,
here are some notworthy oddities:
3 x 37 = 111 and 1 + 1 + 1 = 3
6 x 37 = 222 and 2 + 2 + 2 = 6
9 x 37 = 333 and 3 + 3 + 3 = 9
12 x 37 = 444 and 4 + 4 + 4 = 12
15 x 37 = 555 and 5 + 5 + 5 = 15
18 x 37 = 666 and 6 + 6 + 6 = 18
21 x 37 = 777 and 7 + 7 + 7 = 21
24 x 37 = 888 and 8 + 8 + 8 = 24
27 x 37 = 999 and 9 + 9 + 9 = 27
1 x 1 = 1
11 x 11 = 121
111 x 111 = 12321
1111 x 1111 = 1234321
11111 x 11111 = 123454321
111111 x 111111 = 12345654321
1111111 x 1111111 = 1234567654321
11111111 x 11111111 = 123456787654321
111111111 x 111111111=12345678987654321
1 x 9 + 2 = 11
12 x 9 + 3 = 111
123 x 9 + 4 = 1111
1234 x 9 + 5 = 11111
12345 x 9 + 6 = 111111
123456 x 9 + 7 = 1111111
1234567 x 9 + 8 = 11111111
12345678 x 9 + 9 = 111111111
123456789 x 9 +10 = 1111111111
9 x 9 + 7 = 88
98 x 9 + 6 = 888
987 x 9 + 5 = 8888
9876 x 9 + 4 = 88888
98765 x 9 + 3 = 888888
987654 x 9 + 2 = 8888888
9876543 x 9 + 1 = 88888888
98765432 x 9 + 0 = 888888888
1 x 8 + 1 = 9
12 x 8 + 2 = 98
123 x 8 + 3 = 987
1234 x 8 + 4 = 9876
12345 x 8 + 5 = 98765
123456 x 8 + 6 = 987654
1234567 x 8 + 7 = 9876543
12345678 x 8 + 8 = 98765432
123456789 x 8 + 9 = 987654321
7 x 7 = 49
67 x 67 = 4489
667 x 667 = 444889
6667 x 6667 = 44448889
66667 x 66667 = 4444488889
666667 x 666667 = 444444888889
6666667 x 6666667 = 44444448888889
etc.
4 x 4 = 16
34 x 34 = 1156
334 x 334 = 111556
3334 x 3334 = 11115556
33334 x 33334 = 1111155556
etc.
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MATHEMATICAL ODDITY
Or the Triangle of Hor Amun
Here is an interesting mathematical oddity. One can form magic squares, e.g. using a three by three grid, one can place the numbers from 1 to 9 in such a way that they add up to 15 each way, columns, rows, and diagonals. In ancient Astrology, this square of nine cells corresponded to Saturn. Thus we have:
Now let us use a four by four grid and use the numbers from 1 to 16, in a similar manner, making the colums, the rows, and the diagonals add up to 34. In ancient Astrology, the sixteen cells were attributed to Jupiter. Thus we have:
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15 | 10 | 3 | 6 | |
4 | 5 | 16 | 9 | |
14 | 11 | 2 | 7 | |
1 | 8 | 13 | 12 |
Now let us take this one step further, and make a five by five grid, using the numbers from 1 to 25 and place them in the grid making the totals add up to 65. Again this according to ancient Astrology was known as the Magic Square of Mars. Thus we have:
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18 | 4 | 21 | 10 | 12 | |
2 | 23 | 9 | 11 | 20 | |
25 | 7 | 13 | 19 | 1 | |
6 | 15 | 17 | 3 | 24 | |
14 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 8 |
Now we all remember Pythagoras theorem that the square on the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares on the other two sides .... We can place these magic squares on the sides of a right angled triangle with sides equal to 3, 4, and 5 and get the following:
This in itself is nothing too exciting --- but the ancients used these symbols to represent Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars.
The Ancient Egyptians termed this, ‘the triangle of Hur-Amun’ or Horus Amon, the Saviour Sun God with the ram’s head. The peculiar shape of this triangle, which is composed of a right angled triangle with sides of 3-4-5, was compared to the shape of an eye, the symbol of the Sun-god. The Sun itself was referred to as the ‘Eye of Heaven.’
Interesting bit of trivia!
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English Language is so Funny!
No wonder people find it hard to learn
The bandage was wound around the wound.
The farm was used to produce produce.
The dump was so full that it had to refuse more refuse.
We must polish the Polish furniture.
He could lead if he would get the lead out.
The soldier decided to desert his dessert in the desert
Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present the present.
A bass was painted on the head of the bass drum.
When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes.
I did not object to the object.
The insurance was invalid for the invalid.
There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.
They were too close to the door to close it.
The buck does funny things when the does are present.
A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line.
To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.
The wind was too strong to wind the sail.
After a number of injections my jaw got number.
Upon seeing the tear in the painting I shed a tear.
I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.
How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?
There is no lead in a lead pencil.
There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple.
English muffins weren't invented in England nor French fries in France.
Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren't sweet, are meat.
Quicksand works slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write but fingers don't fing, grocers don't groce and hammers don't ham?
If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn't the plural of booth beeth? One goose, two geese. So one moose, two meese?
If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? Is it an odd, or an end?
Why do we have noses that run and feet that smell?
If teachers taught, why didn't preachers praught?
If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?
In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship?
How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which, an alarm goes off by going on.
English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all.
Why is it that when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.
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