What is actually at the end of a rainbow?

Because rainbows are made in the sky, they don't touch the ground. So if you're on the ground, however far you walk, the end of the rainbow will always look as if it were on the edge of the horizon. But what people don't realise is that rainbows are actually complete circles, and obviously a circle has no end.
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Is there actually something at the end of a rainbow?

You can't reach the end of the rainbow because a rainbow is kind of like an optical illusion. A rainbow is formed because raindrops act like little prisms. The raindrops split light up into bands of color. The colors you see in a rainbow come from millions of raindrops that are sitting at different angles in the sky.
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What will you actually find at the end of every rainbow riddle?

you all have guessed it right, the correct answer/solution to this riddle is letter W.
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What has 13 hearts but no other organs?

Q: What has 13 hearts, but no other organs? ... ... A: A deck of playing cards.
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Is there gold at the end of a rainbow?

The old folktales tell us that there is a pot of gold hidden where the end of any rainbow touches the earth. Unfortunately, science tells us that rainbows do not have an end since their arch shape is an illusion!
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Can You Reach The End Of A Rainbow?



Can we touch rainbow?

In short, you can touch someone else's rainbow, but not your own. A rainbow is light reflecting and refracting off water particles in the air, such as rain or mist. The water particles and refracted light that form the rainbow you see can be miles away and are too distant to touch.
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How does a rainbow taste?

Synesthesia: Some People Really Can Taste The Rainbow : The Salt Some people with a rare neurological condition known as synesthesia can taste shapes or smell color. And when these people work in the food industry, it can radically redefine flavor profiles.
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Can you go inside a rainbow?

You may feel that you are near or far from the actual 'bow' but you can't actually get to it because it always forms the arc of a circle about 84 degrees wide - you are in the centre of this circle. You can never actually get to 'the end of the rainbow' - as you chase it, it will appear to move away.
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What happens if you touch a star?

Small, old stars can be at room temperature ex: WISE 1828+2650, so you could touch the surface without getting burned. Any star you can see in the sky with the naked eye, however, would be hot enough to destroy your body instantaneously if you came anywhere near them.
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Will humans ever reach another star?

The nearest star is four light years away. That means that light, traveling at 300,000 kilometers per second would still need FOUR YEARS to reach the nearest star. The fastest spacecraft ever launched by humans would need tens of thousands of years to make that trip.
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What would happen if 2 Suns collide?

What happen if two suns collide? Apparently this collision will result in a new star which will be ten thousand times brighter than they currently are. Basically it will produce one of the brightest stars visible in our sky. If these astronomers are correct it'll be the first time anyone's ever predicted a supernova.
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Has anyone drove through a rainbow?

Two brothers driving home from work in Colorado Springs, CO, were treated to a spectacular experience. Not only did they find the end of a rainbow, they actually drove through it. Drive along with them on their journey in this clip.
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Does a rainbow actually touch the ground?

Because rainbows are made in the sky, they don't touch the ground. So if you're on the ground, however far you walk, the end of the rainbow will always look as if it were on the edge of the horizon.
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Why is Brown not in the rainbow?

As for brown, which is a mix of green and red, those bands are similarly not in contact with each other in the rainbow.
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What does Black taste like?

Heller reports that green and yellow were predominantly associated with sour whereas pink, orange, and red were associated with sweet. On the other hand, white, grey, and blue led people to expect a salty taste, and violet, black, and brown were associated with a bitter taste (see Table 2).
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Why are rainbows always in the East?

The rainbow is always visible in the part of the sky opposite the sun. The saying, that to see a rainbow you should look east, is premised on the fact that most showers occur late in the day when the sun is in the west.
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How rare is a triple rainbow?

On rare occasions rays of light are reflected three times within a rain drop and a triple rainbow is produced. There have only been five scientific reports of triple rainbows in 250 years, says international scientific body the Optical Society.
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Is a rainbow a circle?

Rainbows are actually full circles. The antisolar point is the center of the circle. Viewers in aircraft can sometimes see these circular rainbows. Viewers on the ground can only see the light reflected by raindrops above the horizon.
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What has 1000 eyes but Cannot see?

Riddle answer: What has an eye but cannot see? The answer to the “what has an eye but cannot see” riddle is a needle.
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What is dirty when it's white?

Explanation: Blackboard is Black in Colour and we write it on with the help of White Chalk. When we overwrite things with white chalk on the blackboard or the Blackboard is totally full then, it looks Dirty. So, Blackboard becomes dirty when it is turned White.
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What has a ring but no finger?

A lot of users have been wondering why is the answer to the riddle is the telephone. Taking the first line into consideration, “ring” here describes the sound a telephone makes when a call comes through.
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