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Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Read the following sentence once and then read it again counting the “F’s”.

FRENCH FIREWORKS ARE THE RESULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATION COMBINED WITH THE DESIRES OF MANY CHILDREN.

How many “F’s” does the above sentence contain? __________

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7 That’s in a row

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

What’s the most times you can repeat the same word consecutively in a sentence and still retain meaning? Here’s a sentence with 7 words in a row. Any more?

It remains true for all that that that that that that that refers to is not the same that that that that refers to.