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25 One-Word Answers to Very ImportantQuestionsby Ethan Trex - January 7, 2012 - 12:09 AM
The coverstory for the new issue of mental_floss magaz ine is . To
tide you over until you get your hands on a copy, here are 25 very short answers to very big questions.
1. How do South Koreans get kids to stopstudying?
The Most Important Questions of 2012
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2. Whats the difference between lava andmagma?
Police.
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3. Whats the best way to figure out how yourtattoo will age?
4. What makes New York bagels so tasty?
Location.
Math.
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5. Whats the biggest downside of an all-beerdiet?
Poaching.
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6. Can soap get dirty?
7. Why do coins make your hands smell funny?
Scurvy.
Yes.
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8. What made the AK-47 so popular?
Iron.
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9. Legally, are tomatoes fruits or vegetables?
10. How many rupees will a yeti-hunting permitset you back?
Reliability.
Veggies.
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11. What dog might steal Mary Poppins gig?
500.
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12. Whats the sound of one hand clapping?
13. Whats the oddest thing Antarctica recycles?
Pits!
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14. Whats the name of the space between yourthumb and other fingers?
Dreams.
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15. How would an OCD person prefer to see apine tree?
16. Have Archie and Jughead ever railed againstsinners?
Purlicue.
Deconstructed.
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17. What happens when ants wear stilts?
Yup.
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18. Can you have a two-way conversation with asevered head?
19. Whats the neatest thing you can buy for
$600,000?
Confusion.
OK.
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