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Trick Question: How much wood can a wood chuck chuck if a wood chuck could chuck wood? Try it. I dare you :>

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Answer: 700 pounds (theoretically)

Explanation: Knowing that a cubic foot of soil weighs 20 pounds, it was calculated that a woodchuck can chuck 700 pounds of dirt a day. This calculation leads to an answer- should a woodchuck be so inclined, he could chuck about 700 pounds of wood as well.

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