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Do puzzles train the brain?

Since puzzles can improve our memory, concentration, vocabulary, and reasoning skills it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to see that they also raise our I...

How do you beat AI in tic tac toe?

When you’re the first one up, there is a simple strategy on how to win tic tac toe: put your ‘X’ in any corner. This move will pretty much send you to the...

What is a dotted font?

A common method of teaching the individual letters is to provide practice pages that have the letters formed with a series of dots or dashes. The children...

Is a red herring a lie?

In time, this practice produced the metaphorical “red herring,” which is an attempt to win an argument by diverting attention from the real issue. But som...

What is a good puzzle size?

“I would recommend starting with a 300- or 500-piece puzzle because you can finish them in a weekend or even a single evening if you put your mind to it,”...