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How did they grow the second seedless watermelon?

Exactly how many days did it take to build Rome?

You would think that the Indians who sold Manhattan to the Dutch for twenty four dollars would have figured something was fishy with the deal. Dollars weren't even invented for another 150 years or so. Shouldn't they have demanded guilders? Or were they referring to daalders? One and a half guilders was equal to a daalder. If that's the case, well, the Dutch still got themselves one hell of a bargain.

If global warming happens, will geese still fly south in October out of habit?

In this sensitive age of political correctness, are dwarf stars called little stars by regular sized ones?

What is the difference between an FBI Agent and an FBI Special Agent? Have they been recruiting the mentally challenged and giving them shiny badges? That's a commendable gesture, but one hopes they don't give these Special Agents real guns too. Or any cases that are really hard to solve. That would just be cruel.

Do witch doctors accept health insurance? And do they have to carry malpractice insurance when they hang out their shingle? You know, just in case the usually reliable buffalo-dung-mixed-with-snake-venom-and monkey-urine poultice doesn't cure beriberi in one of their patients and they get sued.

Unexplained in the Bible is just how the Israelites managed to take forty years to travel around 200 miles. Didn't they think to drop bread crumbs or something so that when they passed the same sand dune for the eighty-seventh time they'd know they were going in circles again? Crawling backwards on your belly you could manage 200 miles in a couple of months, tops. And these are the people upon which 3 major religions are founded?

Do dancing bears know they're dancing?

Similarly, when people watch lions and tigers in the circus, are most of them disappointed if the night they attend isn't the one when the big cats decide they've had enough of this crap and tear the lion tamer to shreds? Is there any other reason to watch these sad shows except for the hope of some good old fashioned vigilante justice?

Do judges carry their little gavels around with them outside the courtroom? Seems like a good way to get the waiter's attention in a restaurant.

Does new Hampshire have their license plates made by prisoners like some states? If so, that "Live Free Or Die" motto has to be pretty irritating.

Are dairy cows smarter than cows raised for beef? It would seem so, given their respective fates.

Do devil worshippers look forward to their Hellish rewards after death? Small wonder their missionary efforts are pretty ineffective.

Is there a more frustrating craft than Master Coffin Maker? All your best work gets buried in dirt a couple of days after it's sold, then slowly rots away.

If monkeys and birds know in advance when earth quakes and tsunamis will strike, why don't the scientists replace their sensitive seismic instruments with a few monkeys and sound the alarm when the monkeys beat it out of there in a hurry.