M Prefontaine > Quotes

“1863, one”
― M Prefontaine, The Book of Intriguing Facts for Smart Kids: Odd Facts for Curious Minds

“This is an unusual paragraph. I'm curious as to just how quickly you can find out what is so unusual about it. It looks so ordinary and plain that you would think nothing was wrong with it. In fact, nothing is wrong with it. It is highly unusual though. Study it and think about it, but you still may not find anything odd. But if you work at it a bit, you might find out. Why is it unusual? Answer”
― M Prefontaine, The Ultimate Book of Riddles and Logic Puzzles for Smart Kids: 1,000 Brain Teasers for the Whole Family

“Redondo”
― M Prefontaine, The Book of Intriguing Facts for Smart Kids: Odd Facts for Curious Minds

“On the 14th October 2012 Felix Baumgartner broke the record for freefall distance when he jumped from a helium balloon. He jumped from an altitude of 127,852 feet and fell 119,431 feet before landing in New Mexico. He reached a speed of 843mph.”
― M Prefontaine, The Book of Intriguing Facts for Smart Kids: Odd Facts for Curious Minds

“No, I do not understand it either but that is the current thinking.”
― M Prefontaine, The Book of Intriguing Facts for Smart Kids: Odd Facts for Curious Minds

“Our brains (unintentionally) believe what we want to believe. Humans are victim to something called confirmation bias, which is the tendency to interpret facts in a way that confirms what we already believe.”
― M Prefontaine, The Book of Intriguing Facts for Smart Kids: Odd Facts for Curious Minds

“Berries are simple fruits having a seed and fleshy pulp produced by one flower. This means that pineapples, bananas, watermelon, pumpkins, and avocados are berries.”
― M Prefontaine, The Book of Intriguing Facts for Smart Kids: Odd Facts for Curious Minds

“Dark Energy is a theoretical repulsive force in physics that repels gravity. According to NASA 68% of the universe is Dark Energy. Dark Matter makes up 27% of the rest which leaves 5% for everything else we have ever seen.”
― M Prefontaine, The Book of Intriguing Facts for Smart Kids: Odd Facts for Curious Minds

“If you reverse the numbers in my age, you will get double my age next birthday. How old”
― M Prefontaine, The Ultimate Book of Riddles and Logic Puzzles for Smart Kids: 1,000 Brain Teasers for the Whole Family

“I have a heart, but it does not beat. I can bleed, but don’t have blood. I can move but stand still. If I am in water, I cannot drown. What”
― M Prefontaine, The Ultimate Book of Riddles and Logic Puzzles for Smart Kids: 1,000 Brain Teasers for the Whole Family

“I am asleep while you are awake and awake while you are asleep. I can fly but have no feathers to aid me. What am I?”
― M Prefontaine, The Ultimate Book of Riddles and Logic Puzzles for Smart Kids: 1,000 Brain Teasers for the Whole Family