Ripley's Believe It or Not by Ripley’s Believe It or Not! for November 18, 2013
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Transcript:
Let's see, eh... 90 times 2 divided by 6 times 12... Canadians who win lotteries and prize draws must solve a simple math problem to collect their prizes- games of pure chance are illegal in Canada. Narusawa, in Japan's Yamanashi winemaking region, specializes in cabbages, and has made use of the crop by making cabbage wine for 30 years. In 1888, over a 9 day period, the 6000 ton Brighton Beach Hotel in New York was dragged 600 FT away from an eroding shoreline by steam trains.
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That was a 5 second problem, usually they throw in some addition. In the 80s my mother was the person who made up a lot of these math problems for contests.