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By David Pleacher

Question: Does a pound of gold or a pound of feathers weight more?

Answer: The feathers. A pound of feathers is measured in avoirdupois weight, in which one pound equals 16 ounces. Precious metals are measured in troy weight, in which one pound equals 12 ounces.

However, the ounces are not measured in the same way. In avoirdupois weight, one ounce = 437.5 grains. In troy weight, one ounce = 480 grains.

So, one pound of feathers weighs (16)x(437.5 grains) = 7,000 grains. One pound of gold weighs (12)x(480 grains) = 5,760 grains.

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Question: What demands an answer, but asks no question?

Answer: A telephone.

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Question: I am taken from a mine, and shut up in a wooden case, from which I am never released, and yet I am used by almost everybody.

What am I?

Answer: Pencil lead.

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Question: Why did the chicken cross the road?

Answer: To get to the other side.

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Question: What is the best way to keep your hat from falling off your head?

Answer: Don't put it on your head.

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