The Curiosity Corner

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Zoey reads: “What has a lid but never closes?”
Jax: “Your mouth.”
Zoey: “MOM!!!”

“What is always behind you but never seen?”
Eddie: “Your shadow. Unless this weird moon lighting messes with it.”

“What can be filled but is always empty?”
Tommy: “A hole.”
Then: “This is a trick. Humans enjoy trickery.”
Eli: “You have NO idea.”

    Educational Drone Interface:

                  Type H 

Max groans at his worksheet. “EDITH, help! 

“A robot moves 12 meters forward, then 5 meters backward. What’s the displacement?”

“Why can’t they just say ‘how far did it actually go?’”

EDITH’s eye glows. “Not total distance traveled, Max, displacement. Forward is a positive, backward is a negative. So it would be the same as saying, 12 meters forward, then 5 meters backward or 12 minus 5 which equals 7 (meters forward).”

Max sighs. “Math isn’t so evil with you around.”

EDITH hums proudly.

Max frowns at his science worksheet.
“EDITH, why is biology so hard?” Max exclaims while reading a biology homework problem. “‘A plant bends toward sunlight. What is this called?’”

EDITH hovers closer. “Light, as you know, in biology is called ‘Photo’. ‘Tropism’ means ‘to turn’. Therefore, the term ‘Phototropism’ refers to plants growing toward light sources.”

Max groans. “Wish I grew toward answers.”

EDITH hums. “I can provide those.

Eli leans toward Tommy at lunch.
“Okay, here’s a human joke. It’s… uh… dark. Ready?”

Tommy nods eagerly. “I am prepared for darkness.”

Eli says, deadpan,  “Why don’t graveyards ever get overcrowded?”

Tommy shakes his head.

"People are just dying to get in."

Tommy blinks. “That is… illogical. Why would humans desire burial?”

Eli shrugs. “They don’t. That’s the joke.”

Tommy writes in his notebook:
“Human humor: desire for unpleasant outcomes = funny?”

Eli sighs. “Yeah… pretty much.”

Max: “EDITH, tell me a joke!”
EDITH: “Processing. Joke located.”
EDITH: “Why did the computer sneeze?”
Max: “No idea.”
EDITH: “It had a virus.”
Max: “EDITH… that's not funny.”
EDITH: “Correction: It is statistically humorous in 62% of human data.” 

Eddie: “Harry, tell me a space joke.”
Harry: “Very well. Why did the astronaut break up with the moon?”
Eddie: “Why?”
Harry: “He needed space.”
Eddie: “…Harry, that’s awful.”
Harry: “Correct. Humor database labeled it ‘terrible but effective.’” 

Jax and Zoey are trying to escape a corrupted sector of Glitch City. They reach a locked digital door that flickers with four strange symbols:

🔺 Triangle
🔷Diamond
⭕Circle
⬛Square

Jax realizes the door opens only if they can identify which symbol should fill the missing tile to complete the pattern.

Zoey: “It’s a matching game, right?”
Jax: “Kind of. It’s a pattern recognition matrix.”
Zoey: “So… a matching game.”
Jax: “Yes. A matching game.”

Can you help Zoey and Jax solve the puzzle and Escape?

Vee is learning how humans decide who to trust.

Zoya gives Vee four statements made by four different people.
Only one person is telling the truth.

1. Alex: “Blair is lying.”
2. Blair: “Casey is lying.”
3. Casey: “Alex is lying.”
4. Drew: “Blair is telling the truth.”

Question: Who is telling the truth?

At Moon School, aliens sort students using three rules:

1. All blue badges must sit before any green badges.
2. All students with tails must sit after students without tails.
3. Eddie (human, no tail) must sit next to Harry, his AI guide.
 

Here are the students in line:

1. Eddie – blue badge, no tail
2. Harry – green badge, no tail
3. Tula – blue badge, tail
4. Zrek – green badge, tail
 

Question: Is it possible to line them up so all rules are followed?