Puzzle 277
What well known saying is this:
lla ta devol evah ot reven naht tsol dna devol evah ot retteb sit
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Hint
Try reading the words in a different way.
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'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
This is a quote by Alfred Tennyson, and is written backwards.
Puzzle 278
A donkey is tied to a rope 6 feet long and there is a bale of hay 8 feet away.
How can the donkey get to the hay if he does not bite or undo the rope?
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Sometimes the easiest explanations are the best.
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The other end of the rope is not tied to anything!
Puzzle 279
Which pair of letters comes next in this sequence:
on et wo th re ef ou ?
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Try removing the spaces.
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rf.
This sequence spells out the numbers onetwothreefourfive etc.
Puzzle 280
In this sequence of planets, can you work out why they are listed in this order?
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus.
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The answer is something to do with time.
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The order is based on the length of day of the planet in Earth hours and days.
Jupiter has the shortest day (≈ 9 Earth hours), and Venus has the longest day (≈ 243 Earth days).
