MIND GAME
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This is strange...can you figure
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> Follow t he instructions! NO PEEKING
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> * Do the following exercise,
> guaranteed to raise an eyebrow.
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> * There's no trick or surprise.
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> * Just follow these instructions,
> and answer the questions one at a time and as
> quickly as you can!
> * Again, as quickly as you can but
> don't advance until you've done each of them ...
> really. &n! bsp;&nbs p; * Now, scroll down (but
> not too fast, you might miss something).
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> Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in
> Denmark eating an Orange?
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> I told you this was FREAKY!! If
> not, you're among the 2% of the population whose
> minds are different enough to think of something
> else. 98% of people will answer with kangaroos in
> Denmark when given this exercise.
2% or 98%
This is strange...can you figure
> it out?
>
> Are you the 2% or 98% of the
> population?
>
> Follow t he instructions! NO PEEKING
> AHEAD!
>
> * Do the following exercise,
> guaranteed to raise an eyebrow.
>
> * There's no trick or surprise.
>
> * Just follow these instructions,
> and answer the questions one at a time and as
> quickly as you can!
> * Again, as quickly as you can but
> don't advance until you've done each of them ...
> really. &n! bsp;&nbs p; * Now, scroll down (but
> not too fast, you might miss something).
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> Are you thinking of a Kangaroo in
> Denmark eating an Orange?
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> I told you this was FREAKY!! If
> not, you're among the 2% of the population whose
> minds are different enough to think of something
> else. 98% of people will answer with kangaroos in
> Denmark when given this exercise.
