Will Shortz Presents Simply Sinister Sudoku: 200 Hard Puzzles
If you enjoy working on Sudoku puzzles as much as Web Watch does, then this may be of interest to you.
First, let’s talk a little bit about what Sudoku is, for those Web Watch readers who may have been living under a rock for the past 10 years:
Sudoku is a puzzle that is rumored to have been created by a puzzle creator living in Indiana, seemingly around 1979. In 1984, it was published in a Japanese newspaper… and the rest, they say, is history. The puzzle typically is a 9×9 square, and the object is to put the numbers 1-9 into the boxes so each row, column and 3×3 sub-block contains all the 1-9 digits.
In other words, it’s a game that’s absolutely perfect of playing on an iPad or phone.
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What are the odds of killing yourself when playing Russian Roulette?
What are the odds of killing yourself while playing Russian Roulette?
Web Watch doesn’t really know why this question was asked on the Internet, but it was – and it’s our duty to share this information with our faithful Web Watch readers.
Because one never knows when one will find themselves in a Russian Roulette game where this may come into play.
Of course, you can always make it Beer Roulette, where you guess as to which one of the beers in the 6-pack has been shaken up. It’s a waste of a good can of beer, but it’s infinitely funnier.
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