Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for July 16, 2008
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On his first day of vacation, a man spends $10 in the morning, then spends half his remaining money during the day, and finally spends another $10 in the evening. If he repeats this pattern for the next 2 days and spends his last $10 on the evening of day 3, how much money did he start with? The tourist started with $210! Day 1: (210)-10= 200- 100- 10 Day 2: (90)-10= 80- 40- 10 Day 3: (30)-10= 20- 10- 10=0 The Atlantic entrance to the Panama Canal actually lies to the west of the Pacific entrance! Hedviga Golik of Zagred, Croatia, died in bed in the early 1970s and remained there until someone discovered her body in May 2008!