Why is your weight at the equator one percent lower than at the North Pole?

Answer: At the equator, the centrifugal power (resulting of the fact that the earth is rotating) is stronger than anywhere else on earth. At the North Pole (and at the South Pole), this power, which kind of pulls you away from the earth, is zero.

Which human built architecture can be seen from the moon with one's eyes?

Answer: None. Even not the Chinese Wall, which is often mentioned as an answer to this question. When you could spot it from the moon, you could also spot an ice waffle from 380 kilometer (230 miles) distance.

What is the difference between Jurassic Park and Microsoft?

Answer: One is an over-rated high tech theme park based on prehistoric information and populated mostly by dinosaurs. The other one is a Steven Spielberg movie.

last update: April 8, 1997

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