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Carter fenced in a rectangular plot of land and then divided it into two halves by putting another fence along the main diagonal. This diagonal fence measured 41 metres exactly. Martindale also fenced in a rectangular plot of land in a similar way (including the diagonal fence) but his rectangle was one-third greater in area than Carter's plot and used less fencing. In both plots all the the dimensions (lengths, widths and diagonals) were a whole number of metres. How much more fencing did Carter use than Martindale?

Freddie the farmer has a paddock that he uses to graze his stock of cows. Each cow eats the same amount of grass each day, regardless of how many other cows are in the paddock and irrespective of the amount of grass left in the paddock. In an experiment, Freddie puts 6 cows into the paddock and he finds out it takes 3 days for them to eat all the grass. These 6 cows are then taken out of the paddock to allow the grass to grow back. After the grass has been allowed to grow back to the original amount, Freddie then puts 3 cows into the paddock. This time he finds that it takes 7 days for the 3 cows to eat all the grass in the paddock. Freddie is puzzled that the cows took this long and consults a mathematician. Freddie said "Geez mate, I dunno why me cows took that long to eat me paddock." Marvin the mathematician replies "Well Freddie, tell me what assumptions you made." Freddie replies "Well mate, maybe me cows got sick or somethin', cos I reckon that me 3 cows should have taken 6 days to eat me paddock, not 7 days! " Marvin Replies, "I doubt that very much Freddie!" After a while Marvin does some calculations and reveals that Freddie had overlooked an important assumption. What was the assumption Freddie had overlooked? Using Marvin's assumption, how long would a single cow take to eat the same paddock?

Clues: Each of them only has ONE kind of something (possibly repeated though of the same thing), find it! Don't forget the middle! Song: "Flight of the bumble bee" I've identified that the person in the middle is a beekeeper. The answer is a celebrity according to the title. Any ideas are appreciated!

Would you rather eat a pineapple with the outside still on it or walk around flapping your arms like a chicken for a day? Please answer, then ask a "would you rather" of your own.