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I have two coins, one is marked George I and one is marked George IV. One is genuine but one is a forgery. Which is the forgery?
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60 MINUTES. MANY OF YOU PROBABLY THINK THAT THEY SHOULD MULTIPLY 3 PILLS BY 30 MINUTES TO GIVE 90 MINUTES. BUT THINK OF HOW YOU TAKE THE PILLS. YOU TAKE THE FIRST PILL, AND IN A HALF-HOUR YOU TAKE THE SECOND PILL, AND THEN IN THE NEXT HALF-HOUR YOU TAKE THE THIRD PILL. SO THE NUMBER OF MINUTES THAT PASS FROM THE FIRST TO THE THIRD PILL IS 60 MINUTES
GEORGE SAID: "YOU WILL BOIL ME IN WATER." THE FAIRIES WERE FACED WITH A DILEMMA. IF THEY BOIL HIM IN WATER, THAT WOULD MAKE HIS STATEMENT TRUE, WHICH MEANS HE SHOULD HAVE BEEN FRIED IN OIL. THEY CAN ONLY FRY HIM IN OIL IF HE MAKES A TRUE STATEMENT, BUT IF THEY DO, IT WOULD MAKE HIS FINAL STATEMENT FALSE. THE FAIRIES HAD NO WAY OUR OF THEIR SITUATION SO THEY WERE FORCED TO SET GEORGE FREE
GEORGE I. A COIN WOULD NOT BE MARKED GOERGE I BECAUSE AT THE TIME IT WAS PRODUCED IT WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN KNOWN THAT THERE WAS GOING TO BE A GEORGE II
WHEN YOU ADD TWO HOURS TO ELEVEN O'CLOCK, YOU GET ONE O'CLOCK
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