Fun answer thread

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This thread is a response thread to the "Fun questions thread" also posted in this section.

DO NOT READ FURTHER if you have not visited that thread! SPOILERS BELOW!

Read the first note in "Fun questions thread" for instructions.

Q: What volume of blood does the human body contain?

A: A man weighing 160 lbs has roughly five quarts of blood in his body, or one quart for every 32 lbs. If converting to weight, blood constitutes approximately 1/11th of a person's total body weight.

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Q: Which city is geographically farther west: San Diego, CA or Reno, NV?

A: Reno, NV is farther west! Check out a globe or map; the southern coast of California takes a dramatic eastward sweep.

[jynxxxedangel]

I knew that. I used to live in Nevada.

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I knew that. I used to live in Nevada.

I didn't know that!

& yet you wound up in the D. Is that how you got the name Jynxxx?

Q: It's a mistake to hire amateurs, as the archaeologist found to his great distress. One of his new staff came running in one day, all excited. He had just paid a local a great deal of money for an extremely valuable coin. As he said, "I've never seen one like this before, and I've been looking in museums for thirty years. It's a genuine Egyptian coin marked 100 B.C. - solid gold!" The director of the expedition sighed wearily and fired him. Why?

A: No one living in 100 B.C. knew that Jesus would be born 100 years later, so the coin would never be labeled "100 B.C."

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Q: Which is heavier, hydrogen or helium?

A: Helium. Helium contains two protons; hyrogen only one.