Two teasers about the sea…
1. A man’s body is found 1,000 feet below sea level, yet the cause of his death is not drowning. How and where did this man die?
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1. The man died of heat exhaustion in Death Valley.
2. A scuba diver is 1,000 feet below the surface when the oxygen in her tank runs out. The diver doesn’t make it to the surface for nearly four hours, but she doesn’t die when her oxygen runs out. Why didn’t the diver die when her oxygen ran out and how did she reach the surface?
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2. The scuba diver was already dead when her oxygen ran out and her body floated up to the surface.
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