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Why is this man too big for New York City New York City: see New York, city.
New York City

City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S.
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The Lighter Side

"The doctor says you don't need to see him just for a mosquito mosquito (məskē`tō), small, long-legged insect of the order Diptera, the true flies. The females of most species have piercing and sucking mouth parts and apparently they must feed at least once upon mammalian blood before their eggs can  bite."

TEASE tease (tez) to pull apart gently with fine needles to permit microscopic examination.

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 YOUR BRAIN

Use only FOUR straight lines to separate each dot.

Optical Delusion delusion, false belief based upon a misinterpretation of reality. It is not, like a hallucination, a false sensory perception, or like an illusion, a distorted perception. ?

At first glance, what figure do you see in the middle?

FAST FACT: In parts of Alaska you can see an aurora nearly every night of the year!

ANSWERS

What is it? Blue jay wing

Explain This The man is towering over a model of "New York City" built out of Lego blocks.

Tease Your Brain

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Optical Delusion?

It's "B" if you first read the diagram horizontally, and "13" vertically.
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Date:Oct 2, 2000
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