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CARBON DIOXIDE
One day, a group of scientists had a wine party. One of the scientists decided to do an experiment. He got a sheet of paper and wrote CARBON DIOXIDE, all in capital letters, upside down on a piece of paper. He then turned a wine glass on its side and put the paper under it in such a way that the word CARBON was under the cup of the glass and the word DIOXIDE was under the stem. When they looked at the paper through the glass, they saw that the word CARBON was still upside down, but the word DIOXIDE was right side up.
Why is this so?
Why is this so?
Answer
It has nothing to do with the bending of light through the thicker part of the glass. It is simply because the word DIOXIDE, when put in all capital letters, is perfectly symmetrical vertically, meaning, it is the same upside down as it is right side up.Hide Answer Show Answer
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This puzzle does not seem to make sense.. Who would write dioxide that way.. Just imagine how it has to be written
Brilliantly written. Great job kalliann!
if you were trying to make a point like this scientist was, wouldnt you go out of your way to make DIOXIDE perfect?
Excellent piece of deception. I went for the light thing but missed the obvious. Great puzzle!
I don't get it. Sorry
Good one!
I was gonna go for the light thing like jimbo, but I still don't get it! SORRY!! But it was still a good one.
lol
Now I see but it would be spelt backwards and the E would look like a 3.
I thought it was 2 easy
i learned something new today! fun fun fun! i love it! keep em coming!
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