When your brain and eyes work together, sometimes they can play tricks on you. Some of these tricks are known as optical illusions. To try one optical illusion test, take 2 empty paper towel tubes and hold the end of each one up to your eyes. Keeping them straight, look through the tubes. Now, while you are still looking through them, move the ends that are farthest from your eyes together until they touch. What do you see?
What's am I?
It may “shock” you to know what I discovered — and some say I had an “electric” personality. To this day, I'm sometimes called one of the Founding Fathers, and my portrait appears on one of those green bills you use to pay for things. Who am I?
Benjamin Franklin
When the Smith family decided to move, everyone pitched in, including Sybil and her sister. If the girls can carry 2 large objects or 6 small ones each time, how many trips will it take to move 10 large objects and 16 small ones?
8 trips
If it takes 12 minutes for the Gowen family to wait for a ride on the roller coaster, and 5 minutes for everyone to get off it, how many minutes are spent screaming?
7 minutes
Jack has a lot of dishes to do. He has enough dishes to fill 4 sinks, and it takes him 10 minutes to wash one sinkful, 5 minutes to rinse it, and 5 minutes to dry. How much time would it save him if he waited and rinsed all the dishes at the end (10 minutes total), and let them all air dry?
It would save him 30 minutes
When Marty's dad asked him if he had been taking out the trash like he was supposed to, he answered, “Yes, I look at the moon every night I go out.” Of course his father knew this was a lie. Why?
The moon is not visible every night
Words to Know
Genius: Someone who is considered to be extremely intelligent. Most people believe that geniuses are born that way and that a person can't just be taught to become a genius.
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