Tuesday 3 December 2013

Before the r-word, there was this term that came from the French word for Christian!

Over the years, there have been plenty of offensive names for those with mental disabilities.

With increased understanding and sensitivity to these issues, these names have thankfully diminished. The first term used to describe the mentally handicapped was actually quite kind though.

"Cretin" is considered a term of abuse today. However, when it was first used, it was not seen that way. It comes from a French word for Christian.

It conveyed that those with mental disabilities were still human and still Christian. They deserved to be treated with dignity and were thought to be incapable of sin. Thus, they were Christ-like.

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There's a website that helps married people have affairs. You won't believe which days the have the most registrations!

Online dating has taken off in the past decade. It's completely normal for a married couple to have met on the Internet these days.

Ashley Madison takes this trend in somewhat of a different direction. It assists people in having affairs by finding them other people who want to have affairs. Sadly, it has 15 million members in 25 countries.

The site collects boatloads of data on it's members usage patterns. They know that Monday is their busiest day of the week.

As Ashley Madison's founder explains it, "weekends are full of expectations of intimacy, and again, when that expectation isn't met..." The same goes for the days after Valentine's Day, Mother's Day and Father's Day.

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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Dec 04, 2013)

10 Letter Word

Solve the 10 clues. Take each initial letter, to form a new 10 letter word.

1. Polite greeting

2. Opposite of begin

3. It comes from a bulb

4. Eskimo's home

5. Another name for an axe (or ax)

6. Black Sabbath front man

7. Where a child may play

8. Large vessel for liquids

9. To change something

10. Neither left, nor wrong

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Today's Daily Trivia Quiz (Dec 04, 2013)

Song: "If Everyone Cared"

See how well you know this Nickelback hit.

Take the Quiz at Braingle.com

Memory : Scent Canisters

The sense of smell is one of those underused senses that has a strong connection to memories. You already associate certain smells to certain feelings. For example, the smell of fresh cut grass may be associated with early weekend mornings.

You can easily prepare some scent canisters that contain some of your favorite smells. You can then open the canister to get the scent whenever you want. You could use this to help strengthen certain things that you want to remember, based on the principles of strong associations.

You'll need a film canister or other small airtight container. For scents such as lavender or rosemary, you could crumble the herb into the canister. For liquid scents such as vanilla or citrus, you could put a small piece of sponge inside the container and drop in some of the scent. The scents in these canisters should last several weeks.

Vocabulary : Word of the Day : Verve

verve

noun :: Spirit and enthusiasm in an artistic performance.

"The reunion tour lacked the verve of the original band."

Creativity : Change of Scenery

If your mind is feeling particularly stuffy, go for a short walk. Mild exercise helps gets your blood flowing and gives your mind a little more energy. It's easy for the mind to get stuck on one thought and be unable to let it go. Getting outside in the fresh air will help flush out your mind and get you into a creative mindset.

The Year 2013 As Told By Nail Art

Gather round, dear children, for a cuticle-based tale of yesteryear.

Miley Cyrus happened.

Miss Pop Nails / Photo by Elizabeth Griffin

And happened.

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And all of a sudden everyone was super concerned with twerking.

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Prince George was born.

An entire nation of generally sedate people went berserk.

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This "Love Actually" Drinking Game Is The Best Time Ever

See someone in a turtleneck? Drink up now, please.

Let's just settle the debate now and declare that Love Actually is the best Christmas movie. Great. Now that we have that out of the way, let's get drunk! Put on this movie with friends, grab a beer, wine, or other lovely beverage, and look out for all these things!

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45 Best Vine Fails Of 2013

Because nothing says, “Happy New Year!” like a slap to the face.

The girl who forgot she told her friend to come over later.

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This girl who realized the saying "No pain, no gain" is far too true.

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The guy who thought he was the next Channing Tatum.

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The girl who now knows never to trust the word of an adult.

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The Nazca weren't the only ones to make giant shapes in the ground. This one was probably made by Americans in the 20th century!

Imagine this: You're flying in a plane above southern Australia. You look down and spot a picture in the dusty landscape.

It appears to be a man holding a large stick. Such was the experience of a passing plane in June 1998.

Sixty kilometers west of the Marree township in south central Australia is known as the "Marree Man" or "Stuart's Giant." It is 2.6 miles tall and has a perimeter of 9.3 by 17 miles.

It is the second largest known geoglyph in the world, but no one knows who created it. No one has come forward as a witness to what must have been an expansive operation.

However, it is not an ancient shape made by a long-lost tribe. When it was discovered, there were multiple anonymous press releases that used language most commonly used in the USA.

For example, the press releases used Imperial measurements, which weren't in high use in Australia. They also use the term "local Indigenous Territories," which was not a term used by Australians.

The press release also mentioned the Great Serpent in Ohio, even though it's not well known outside the US. Some skeptics say that it was intentional to create the illusion that Americans made it.

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A German pilot was one kill away from the highest military honor. Instead, we got the most heartwarming story you'll read all day.

Second Lt. Franz Stigler was on the ground in Germany in December 1943 when he spotted a US B17 bomber flying low over his airbase.

Fueled by anger - American bombers had killed his brother and fellow soldiers throughout the war - Stigler jumped in his plane and took off after the B17.

As he approached it, he noticed that the tail gunner was dead, and the rest of the crew was huddled inside the plane tending to injured men.

There was no way the plane could have fought off Lt. Stigler in it's damaged state. And what's more, Stigler was an ace fighter.

One more kill, and he would be awarded the Knight's Cross, German's highest award for valor. However, when Stigler flew up close to the B17 and locked eyes with the pilot, he knew he couldn't shoot this plane down.

Instead, he nodded at the American pilot and moved into position to fly next to the plane in formation. That way, no German plane or gun on the ground would shoot it down.

Stigler escorted the plane over the North Sea before returning to Germany.

Years later, the American pilot Stigler had spared, Second Lt. Charles Brown, felt an unrelenting urge to find this merciful soldier.

He began searching for Stigler, and placed an ad in a German newspaper. Stigler, now living in Vancouver, saw it and contacted Brown. It was emotional experience for both men when they finally met in Florida. Stigler proclaimed, "I love you, Charlie."

The men became good pals, taking fishing trips together and visit each other's homes. From worst enemies to best friends.

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King Tut had an extraterrestrial dagger! How did he get it?

King Tutankhamun, or King Tut if we want to be a little less formal has been frequently study by archaeologists since the discovery of his tomb in 1922.

When the Ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's Tomb was opened up, it was believed a curse was released onto the archaeologists.

However, it wasn't until recently that researchers discovered something a little more unusual about King Tut's tomb.

Among many Artifacts recovered, there was a golden dagger, and an iron one. However, archaeologists and historians were under the belief that the Ancient Egyptians (around 1300 BC) didn't have access to any iron.

The only known civilization to have used iron around 1300 BC was the Hittite civilization! The concentration found in the iron used by the Hittite civilization revealed a high concentration level, primarily found in meteors!

The Hittites and the Ancient Egyptians were known to have constant contact with each other.

After much debate, it has been concluded that King Tut's dagger, among many other iron artifacts, originated from a meteorite carrying iron that struck the Earth!

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A 12 and a 13-year old had consensual sex. They got into the most ridiculous legal trouble.

The Utah Supreme Court had difficulty trying to understand the peculiar case of a 13 year old girl.

She was convicted for a sexual offence after having consensual sex with a 12 year old boy. However, she is also considered a victim in this same sex act.

The girl and her boyfriend were put in this odd predicament after they violated a law that prohibits anyone from having sex with someone under the age of 14.

Since the girl was 13, her boyfriend was charged with breaking that law.

The sexual encounter became a legal battle after the 13 year old girl became pregnant with the 12 year old's child.

After appealing to the Utah Court of Appeal, the girl was still found guilty of the crime because according to the judge, the law is their to protect minors - even if that means protecting them from each other.

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(Another) Giant Leap For SpaceX: Geostationary Orbit

Elon Musk’s rocket company SpaceX, already in the history books for becoming the first private company to fly to the International Space Station, took another giant leap on Tuesday in its quest to upend the space launch industry. Continue reading →

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