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“The Mensa Diet”: Solution

Posted in Puzzles, Science & Math by Greg Ross on November 17th, 2008

Solution to The Mensa Diet:

There are two different calorie measures. An ounce of scotch contains 100 kilocalories, not 100 calories. So with each ounce he drank, Salny took in 100,000 calories and used up only about 1,000. Nice try, though.