Can you convert the number zero(0) into a positive number using just one mathematical operator ?

A Scientist was fifty years old in the year 2000 but he was forty years old in the year 2010. How can this be possible?

PS: It has a logical answer.

A boy was at a carnival and went to a booth where a man said to the boy, "If I write your exact weight on this piece of paper then you have to give me $50, but if I cannot, I will pay you $50." The boy looked around and saw no scale so he agrees, thinking no matter what the carny writes he'll just say he weighs more or less. In the end the boy ended up paying the man $50. How did the man win the bet?

Yesterday I fell from 30 feet high ladder but I don't get hurt. Why?

You’re out on the water and see a boat filled with people. You look away for a second and look back again, but this time you don’t see a single person on the boat. Why? Hint: The boat did not sink.

You have a basket containing ten apples. You have ten friends, who each desire an apple. You give each of your friends one apple.
Now all your friends have one apple each, yet there is an apple remaining in the basket.
How?

The world's largest Thanksgiving turkey was on display at a fair. Everyone was admiring it when suddenly a woman ran up and shot the turkey and left. Everyone knew her yet nobody made any attempts to stop or report her. Why?

This is a simple one. You just have to count the number of Fs in the given sentence.

Finished Files are the result of years of scientific study combined with the experience of years.

How many did you count?

Jenifer is learning to drive her car. She went down a one way lane and in the wrong direction. But she do not break any law.

How come ?

There are 2 people near the river and both of them want to get on the other side. The boat can only take one of them. But they got across.
How?