Joke of the Week: Joke of the Week: It’s No Joke-The Huamn Mnid is Amzanig

Problem: Hydrography: Hydrographic Maps

Cool Link of the Week: Trace.com

Each week, we present a surveying problem for you to solve from "1001 Solved Surveying Fundamentals Problems" by Jan Van Sickle, PLS, some jokes, trivia or other amusing items and a cool link to brighten your day. If you have a joke or link you would like to share, please submit it to lyonsw@bnpmedia.com.
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Don't skip this week’s posting just because it looks weird. Believe it or not,  you
can read it.

 

I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty  uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid  Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not  raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig  huh?

Which of the following dimensions is equal to 1 fathom?

 

(A) 1 yd
(B) 6 ft
(C) 1 rod
(D) 4 ft

 

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