Guess size of frog

Other riddles:

• Guess real esate price;
• Guess dog size.

Posted by andrew, Luglio 29, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Who Says Money Doesn’t Grow on Trees?

If your parents are anything like mine, they probably told you money doesn’t grow on trees more than a million times, when you were growing up. Well I can’t wait to show them how wrong they were all those years. And I'm not about "wish tree in England"...

In an attempt to “wake up people’s lazy money”, RaboDirect, an Australian online bank sponsored a special experiment that fulfilled the financial fantasies of hundreds of passers-by – a real-life money tree. The event took place in one of Sydney’s park, where a tree was covered in $5 bills, from its lower branches to the top. People were secretly filmed, to see how they would react to such an unbelievable sight.

Believe it or not, the first 100 or so people who walked by the money tree flat out ignored it. Some of them didn’t even notice there was anything odd about the tree, a group of joggers was to busy running to stop and check it out, and passers-by who did stop to analyze it, just took some photos and left empty handed.

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Posted by andrew, Luglio 23, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Guess real esate price

When bill in 5000 RUR fold in half - the square of it will match the square of residence that you can buy in russian capital for 5000 rubles (near $160).

Posted by andrew, Luglio 22, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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New indian currency symbol

On 15 July 2010, the Indian Cabinet selected a symbol for the rupee. It is an amalgamation of Devanagari "र" (Ra) and the Roman "R" without the stem. Prior to this, the most commonly used symbols for the rupee have been Rs., Re. or रू:

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Posted by andrew, Luglio 16, 2010. Post has 1 comments.
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Bookshelf building

We have already wrote about unique “Banknote building” in Kaunas, Lithuania. Today, we would like to show another unique building, we will name it “Bookshelf building”:

Located in Kansas City (Missouri, USA), this public library creates great impression for anyone, for inhabitant and for passing through travelers.

The book spines, which measure approximately 25 feet by 9 feet, are made of signboard mylar. The shelf showcases 22 titles reflecting a wide variety of reading interests as suggested by Kansas City readers and then selected by The Kansas City Public Library Board of Trustees.

Posted by andrew, Luglio 13, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Wasp nests

Those with a penchant for collecting usually go for something pleasant like stamps, coins or sports memorabilia. Not Terry Prouty - he collects wasps' nests. The insect enthusiast from the U.S. state of Oklahoma became fascinated with the stingers when he was growing up in Louisiana.

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Posted by andrew, Giugno 24, 2010. Post has 2 comments.
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At marketplace in China

Seller of watermelon looks at the Yuan on the market in Changzhi, Shanxi Province. Once China has raised the yuan to the dollar, the national currency of China reached the highest level against the U.S. currency since 2005.

Posted by andrew, Giugno 23, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Greenback and Hawaii

During WWII, with fears that Japan would overrun Hawaii, the US decided to issue the $1, $5, $10 and $20 Emergency Federal Reserve Notes with the word "HAWAII" overprinted on the front and back to make each note distinctive enough so that they would know if large amounts were being used to fund the enemy war effort:

Posted by andrew, Giugno 22, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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Jewelry and banknotes

One belgian designer creates jewelry using banknotes of different countries. The result is very interesting and unusual. Can you guess which currencies are used? The first is simple:

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Posted by andrew, Giugno 21, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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"Mason" word on dollar bill

"Mason" word, it is just another masonic symbolism on the dollar bill:

The ritual of Freemasonry is well endowed with symbols – things familiar that could convey a hidden meaning to those initiated. Man uses signs, pictures, emblems and words etc to convey ideas from individual to individual and some of the aforementioned lend themselves to symbolism more than others. This was especially so in the Age of Enlightenment during the 18th century.

Posted by andrew, Giugno 18, 2010. Post has 0 comments.
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