Christmas and New Year’s Day occur exactly one week apart. So a New Year’s that occurs right after Christmas should be on the same day of the week. But in the year 2020 Christmas will occur on a Friday and New Year’s on a Wednesday. Why is this?
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Plane Crash Dream
A man is about to take a trip to Iceland. He is awoken in the middle of the night by his security guard the night before he is supposed to leave. His guard tells him he needs to take a boat rather than a plane, because he dreamt that the plane was going to crash. The guard then leaves because it’s the end of his shift.
The man listens to his guard and takes a boat. Soon after arriving in Iceland he hears that the plane he was supposed to travel on crashed. When he arrives home he fires his guard.
Why?
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Water for Thirsty Friends
You have a large number of friends coming over and they all get thirsty. Your first friend asks for 1/2 a cup of water. Your second friend asks for 1/4 a cup of water. Your third friend asks for 1/8 a cup of water, etc.
How many cups of water do you need to serve your friends?
Riddle AnswerWhat Is Tomorrow
When the day after tomorrow is yesterday, today will be as far from Wednesday as today was from Wednesday when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What is tomorrow?
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