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What number comes next: 1, 11, 21, 1211, 111221, ...?

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Answer: 312211
John Conway's "look and say" sequence has no digits other than 1, 2, and 3 in it, unless the seed number contains such a digit or a run of more than three of the same digit. A degenerate sequence appears with the seed of 22.

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At what temperature are Celsius and Fahrenheit equal?

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Answer: -40 degrees
To find the temperature when both are equal, use an algebra trick and just set ºF = ºC and solve one of the equations.

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What is Natalie Portman's Erdős number?

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Answer: 5
Portman collaborated (using her birth name, Natalie Hershlag) with Abigail A. Baird, who has a collaboration path (Gazzaniga, Michael S. -> Victor, Jonathan D.) leading to Joseph Gillis, who has an Erdős number of 1.

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What is the fastest fish in the Ocean?

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Answer: Sailfish
Out of the 31,500 identified fish, the Sailfish is the fastest. The Sailfish is able to swim at a speed of 68 MPH, 18 MPH faster than the second place fish.

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What natural phenomena are measured by the Richter scale?

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Answer: Earthquakes
The Richter scale measures the size of Earthquakes. The formula, mb = log10(A/T) + Q(D,h), is used. The Richter scale ranges from 1-10. The highest recorded Earthquake was on May 22, 1960 in Southern Chile. The richter scale of this Earthquake was a 9.5.



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