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What is unusual about the following words: revive, banana, grammar, voodoo, assess, potato, dresser, uneven?
Take the first letter of each word and place it at the end. It will spell the same word backwards.
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When Manish was three years old he carved a nail into his favorite tree to mark his height. Six years later at age nine, Manish returned to see how much higher the nail was. If the tree grew by five centimeters each year, how much higher would the nail be.
The nail would be at the same height since trees grow at their tops.
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A group of campers have been on vacation so long, that they've forgotten the day of the week. The following conversation ensues. Darryl: "What's the day? I dont think it is Thursday, Friday or Saturday." Tracy: "Well that doesn't narrow it down much. Yesterday was Sunday." Melissa: "Yesterday wasn't Sunday, tomorrow is Sunday." Ben: "The day after tomorrow is Saturday." Adrienne: "The day before yesterday was Thursday." Susie: "Tomorrow is Saturday." David: "I know that the day after tomorrow is not Friday." If only one person's statement is true, what day of the week is it?
Friday.
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