The Improbable Questions This Week

In case you missed one or two, here's a list, just for you! This is the full list from 5/31/16 - 6/3/16.

1
MONDAY
None today
2
TUESDAY
QUESTION: Why did the 1908 Russian Olympic team arrive 12 days late to the games in London?
ANSWER: They weren't using the Gregorian calendar yet
3
WEDNESDAY
QUESTION: What makes "sailing rocks" glide across the ground in deserts like Death Valley and Racetrack Playa Flatts?
ANSWER: Thin, melting sheets of ice, or "ice shove"
4
THURSDAY
QUESTION: What is the most expensive thing ever built?
ANSWER: It costed 150 billion dollars to build the International Space Station.
5
FRIDAY
QUESTION: Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon. What memento did he carry with him?
ANSWER: A piece of cloth and wood from the original 1903 Wright Brothers Flyer.