Ripley's Believe It or Not!

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!
DAY1 : (210)-10=200-100-10
DAY 2: (90)-10=80-40-10
DAY 3: (30)-10=20-10-10 = 0

HEDVIGA GOLIK of Zagreb, Croatia, DIED IN BED IN THE EARLY 1970S AND REMAINED THERE UNTIL SOMEONE DISCOVERED HER BODY IN MAY 2008!

THE ATLANTIC ENTRANCE TO THE PANAMA CANAL ACTUALLY LIES TO THE WEST OF THE PACIFIC ENTRANCE!

Taken from The Philippine Star

Mackerel Sky

a cloud pattern made up of wavy CIRRO- or ALTOCUMULUS with holes, suggesting the markings of a mackerel.

Taken from Dictionary of Science

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A mackerel sky is an indicator of moisture (the cloud) and instability (the cirrus-cumulus form) at intermediate levels (2400–6100 m, 8000-20,000 ft). If the lower atmosphere is stable and no moist air moves in, the weather will most likely remain dry. However, moisture at lower levels combined with surface temperature instability can lead to rainshowers or thunderstorms should the rising moist air reach this layer. In the winter it is often said to precede snowstorms and flurries. Mackerel skies are spoken of in the popular bywords, "Mackerel in the sky, three days dry," "Mackerel sky, mackerel sky. Never long wet and never long dry," and the nautical weather rhyme, "Mare's tails and mackerel scales / Make tall ships carry low sails." The phrase 'mackerel sky' came from the fact that it looks similar to the markings of an adult king mackerel.

Taken from Wikipedia