TRY LATERAL THINKING ON THESE - VII

For the first time I had a comment with answers to LTOT - VI

My due Appriciation to Madhumathi for the initiative ...

Her answers were

First -The other end of the rope isn't tied..

Second-She may be a heart patient and just by seeing someone trying to attack her with scissors she got panicked and died??

The first was perfectly right... As far as the second one logically it seems to be perfectly right.... but she might have had bruises so an alternative solution to it is...

Mrs. Sharma slept on a waterbed. Her assailant used the scissors to cut the bed open and drown her.

Another two more for you to LT.

First

There are nine ears of corn in a plate at the kitchen. A healthy rat carries only three ears out each day because it can only consume that, how many days will it take to empty the plate?

Second

Manish had a some magic powder with him, which he wished to sell. He sold half of this plus another half Kg more to Rajesh. Then he sold half of what was left and another half Kg more to Ramya. At this point Manish had one Kg left. How many Kgs did Manish have originally?