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| Virpi Luukkonen (Virpi)
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Hi! I'm a new user.. Here's a puzzle: A man is outdoors taking a walk. Suddenly he sees the Great Wall of China. How is this possible, since he is thousands of miles from China? | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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Is he on the moon? | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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And hi, by the way! Welcome aboard! | ||
| Sam Greene (Pandora)
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Hi and welcome to the forum  Did he see it on a TV screen in a high street? | ||
| Kapil Kapur (Dinkie)
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is he an astronaut ? out for a space walk ? | ||
| Virpi Luukkonen (Virpi)
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Thanks guys and yes... you guessed it. This one was rather easy, I think. I'll come up with something more difficult next time :-) /b{******** SPOILER *********** The man was walking on the moon and saw the Great Wall from there, as it is the single man-made structure visible to outer space.} | ||
| Kapil Kapur (Dinkie)
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oops sorry for guessing it so early !!!! | ||
| Benjamin Moore (Zenith)
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In fact, it is actually a myth that the Great Wall of China is visable from the moon. The following got printed in New Scientist Last Word.
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| (Stuccosalt)
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Dinkie - It's hard to tell sometimes how puzzles will go over - I've written some that I've thought were completely diabolical that were solved in a question or two, and others that I noted as "Quickies" that took forever -- just depends what track everyone gets on. I look forward to your next puzzle! | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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Zenith - I heard that a while ago, and as I remember, it turned out the Great Wall is less visible than a number of other manmade structures from space: See http://www.snopes.com/science/greatwal.htmSnopes</a>. | ||
| (Stuccosalt)
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sorry, should've just read http://www.snopes.com/science/greatwal.htm |
