Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 01, 2014)

What Doesn't Belong?



Which one of the following does not belong with the others?



Binoculars, eyeglasses, goggles, handlebars, jeans, pliers, scissors, shoes, tweezers





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Brain Teaser 6/30/2014

1. I'm in a rock, not in a stone

I'm in marrow, not in bone

I'm in a bolster, not in a bed

I'm not living , I'm not dead



2. I have seven letters. The first two stand for a boy. The first three stand for a girl. The first four stand for a brave boy. But all of my letters stand for a brave girl. What word am I?

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Today in History for 30th June 2014

Historical Events

833 - Louis, king of Austria, crowned

1871 - Guatemala revolts for agrarian reforms

1939 - Heinkel He 176 rocket plane flies for 1st time, at Peenemunde

1958 - "No Chemise, Please" by Gerry Grenahan peaks at #24

1970 - Cincinnati's Riverfront Stadium opens, Braves beat Reds 8-2

1984 - Failed coup by cocaine growers in Bolivia

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Famous Birthdays

1879 - Walter Hampden, Brooklyn New York, American actor (Five Fingers, Hunchback of Notre Dame)

1929 - Alexander Kelly, pianist/teacher

1930 - Nikolai Karetnikov, composer

1931 - June Thorburn, Kashmir India, actress (Touch and Go, Children Galore)

1969 - Jim Montgomery, Montreal, NHL center (Phila Flyers)

1975 - Natasha Sturgess, Australian mistral yachter (Olympics-96)

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Famous Deaths

1670 - Henrietta Anne Stuart, Princess of England, Scotland, and Ireland (b. 1644)

1857 - Alcide d'Orbigny, French naturalist (b. 1802)

1935 - William Brockwell, cricket (Brit all-rounder in 7 Tests 1893-99), dies

1995 - Phyllis Hyman, RandB/Jazz singer (Prime of My Life), suicides at 45

1996 - Margaux Hemingway, model/actress (Lipstick), commits suicide at 41

1997 - Larry O'Day, wrestler (b. 1944)

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Sean Connery was offered the part of Gandalf…

Sean Connery was offered the part of Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings trilogy, and 15% of the box office takings of the movies, but turned it down because he didn’t understand the script. The 15% ended up being nearly 450 million dollars.

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The Cleveland Browns are one of the oldest and one of the newest…

The Cleveland Browns are one of the oldest and one of the newest teams in the NFL, because in 1995 the Browns became the the Baltimore Ravens, but in 1999 the Browns rebooted their franchise in Cleveland.

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An Oxford University study has found that for every person…

An Oxford University study has found that for every person you fall in love with and accommodate into your life you lose two close friends.

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The US Air Force developed a top-secret plan to detonate…

The US Air Force developed a top-secret plan to detonate a nuclear bomb on the moon as a display of military might at the height of the Cold War. The mathematical modelling for the explosion was done by Carl Sagan.

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There is a medical condition named akinetopsia where you cannot perceive…

There is a medical condition named akinetopsia where you cannot perceive the motion of objects but can still see acutely and recognize objects normally. Everything seems to be frozen in time only to “jump ahead” in time and freeze again.

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A vigilante named Rodrigo Duterte has transformed…

A vigilante named Rodrigo Duterte has transformed the murder capital of the Philippines to “the most peaceful city in Southeast Asia” by killing multiple drug leaders and traffickers. He was dubbed The Punisher by Time Magazine.

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Gang boss Monk Eastman decided to enlist in the Army at age 42 to fight…

Gang boss Monk Eastman decided to enlist in the Army at age 42 to fight in WWI. During his physical, the doctor asked Monk in which war he got all of his knife and bullet scars. Monk replied, “Oh! A lot of little wars around New York”.

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A mantis shrimp (2-5 inches big) was provoked by a researcher…

A mantis shrimp (2-5 inches big) was provoked by a researcher, and the animal punched its aquarium wall, shattering the glass and flooding the office. Turns out the mantis shrimp’s punch is so fast, it boils the water around it when delivered.

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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jun 30, 2014)

5 Letter Word



I am a solitary word, 5 letters long.

Behead me, and I am still the same.

Behead me again, and I am still the same.



What word am I?





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Brain Teaser 6/29/2014

Picture an empty wine bottle with a cork secured at the top in the usual way. Inside the bottle a metal ring hangs suspended by a string. How is it possible to make the metal ring drop to the bottom of the bottle without touching the ring, the thread, the cork, or the bottle while leaving the cork in place and intact?

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While in a spin, a pilot ejected from his plane only to watch his unmanned…

While in a spin, a pilot ejected from his plane only to watch his unmanned F-106 recover from the spin and land safely in a field. It landed that way because of the weight reduction after ejection.

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Horror director Eli Roth showed villagers in a remote native…

Horror director Eli Roth showed villagers in a remote native village deep in the Peruvian Amazon the controversial 1980 horror film “Cannibal Holocaust”. To show them what a movie was. The villagers thought it was a comedy and the funniest thing they’ve ever seen.

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On September 11, 1987, Dan Rather, upset at the evening news…

On September 11, 1987, Dan Rather, upset at the evening news being delayed by a U.S. Open tennis match, walked off the set and when the match was over CBS was left with nothing but dead air for six minutes.

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Today in History for 29th June 2014

Historical Events

1900 - The Imperial Chinese Court issues what is essentially a declaration of war against the foreigners in China and blames hostilities on them, giving license to Boxers for even greater ferocity

1932 - USSR and China sign non-aggression treaty

1944 - Nazi Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead

1953 - XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting

1984 - Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990

1984 - USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI

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Famous Birthdays

1858 - George Washington Goethals, engineer (built Panama Canal)

1868 - George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938)

1938 - Billy Storm, singer (Valiants-This is the Night)

1965 - Tripp Eisen, American musician

1965 - Barry D, [Iain Bakker], English pop musician (Jesus Jones)

1984 - Christopher Egan, Australian actor

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Famous Deaths

1875 - Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82

1903 - Rentaro Taki, composer, dies at 23

1996 - Pamela Mason, actress (Wild in the Streets), dies at 78

1996 - Bobby Keetch, footballer/entrepreneur, dies at 54

2002 - Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)

2006 - Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (b. 1919)

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You should not ever give rabbits a full body bath…

You should not ever give rabbits a full body bath, because they may possibly die from shock.

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NASA estimates that the value of minerals in the asteroid belt exceeds…

NASA estimates that the value of minerals in the asteroid belt exceeds $600,000,000,000,000,000,000. Or nearly $100 billion per person alive.

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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jun 29, 2014)

KC's Caper



Mischievous Casey is delighted when people write her name incorrectly. She sounds so sincere as she very carefully spells it out: "C for chaos, A for arpeggio, S for scenery, E for empty, Y for ____."



Which of the following words is she most likely to select to help with 'Y'?



Young

Youth

Yacht

Yikes!

Yahoo!





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In Detroit in the 1930s, a baby fell from a high window…

In Detroit in the 1930s, a baby fell from a high window and landed on a man called Joseph Figlock who was passing in the street below. The baby and Figlock both survived the incident. About a year later, the SAME baby fell from the SAME window and landed on the SAME guy! Again, they both lived.

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North Dakota coffee shop has no employees staffing…

North Dakota coffee shop has no employees staffing it, runs entirely on the honor system — and it’s working.

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A philosopher is a person who knows less and less…

“A philosopher is a person who knows less and less about more and more, until he knows nothing about everything. A scientist is a person who knows more and more about less and less, until he knows everything about nothing.” – John Ziman.

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It’s. Mildly. Amusing. That. When. You. Read. This…

It’s. Mildly. Amusing. That. When. You. Read. This. Piece. Of. Text. The. Little. Voice. In. Your. Head. Pauses. Between. Each. Word.

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Back in 1997, Ross Lucock of Australia won a meat tray during a pub raffle…

Back in 1997, Ross Lucock of Australia won a meat tray during a pub raffle. Informed that he needed to be wearing shoes while in the pub, he proceeded to strap the meat (pork chops) to his feet and parade around the pub, leading to the inevitable accident in which another pub patron slipped on the trail of pork slime and broke his arm. The guy with the broken arm then sued the pub, arguing that it had breached its duty of care by its “failure to remove [Mr. Lucock]… in the knowledge that he was inebriated and was clad with pork chops strapped to his feet.” He was awarded $750,000 in damages.

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Rep. Tom Moore Jr. once submitted legislation to the Texas…

Rep. Tom Moore Jr. once submitted legislation to the Texas legislature in favor of honoring notorious murderer Albert DeSalvo “for his work in ‘population control’” as an April Fool’s Day joke. Without paying any attention to it, it was unanimously passed.

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In 2011, two men para-glided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving…

In 2011, two men para-glided from the summit of Mt. Everest, arriving at a village in 42min and avoiding the dangerous conventional 3 day descent.

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Ironically, the French flew the white flag as a symbol…

Ironically, the French flew the white flag as a symbol of military command.

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Scientists have found that smiling men are less attractive…

Scientists have found that smiling men are less attractive to women because they may be judged to be more feminine and less dominant. However, men find smiling women more attractive.

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While in college, Theodor Seuss Geisel was caught drinking gin…

While in college, Theodor Seuss Geisel was caught drinking gin with his friends; as a result, his dean insisted he resign from the college magazine. To continue working on the magazine without the dean’s knowledge, he began signing his work with “Seuss,” which he later changed to “Dr. Seuss.”

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Today in History for 28th June 2014

Historical Events

767 - St Paul I ends his reign as Catholic Pope

1874 - Freedmen's Bank closes

1957 - Frick overrules and names Stan Musial, Willie Mays, and Hank Aaron to team

1963 - Belaunde Terry inaugurated as pres of Peru

1967 - George Harrison is fined £6 for speeding

1990 - 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards

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Famous Birthdays

1865 - Otto Julius Bierbaum, German writer/journalist (Remarkable Stories)

1934 - Roy Gilchrist, cricketer (volatile WI fast bowler of late 50s)

1958 - Oran "Juice" Jones, rocker (Curiosity, Here I Go Again)

1971 - Greg Evans, NFL/WLAF safety (Buffalo Bills, Frankfurt Galaxy)

1977 - Harun Tekin, Turkish musician, Mor ve Ötesi

1983 - Maui Taylor, Filipino model and singer

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Famous Deaths

1958 - George Gunn, cricketer (15 Tests for England), dies at 50

1958 - Alfred Noyes, British poet/essayist (Robin Hood), dies at 77

1989 - Joris Ivens, director (Indonesia), dies at 90

1993 - GG Allin, American punk rock singer (b. 1956)

2007 - Kiichi Miyazawa, 78th Prime Minister of Japan (b. 1919)

2009 - Fred Travalena, American comedian and impressionist (b. 1942)

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Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jun 28, 2014)

Cracked & Made



I can be cracked,

I can be made.

I can be told,

I can be played.

What am I?





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While sudden heart attacks during sex are rare…

While sudden heart attacks during sex are rare, most of them happen to men who are cheating on their wives.

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Children will regrow the tip of their finger…

Children will regrow the tip of their finger if it is cut off.

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Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has increased 300% in 2013…

Opium cultivation in Afghanistan has increased 300% in 2013 when compared to the 7 years prior to the U.S. invasion.

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An Iraqi installed a remote-controlled paintball gun in his room…

An Iraqi installed a remote-controlled paintball gun in his room and connected it to the Internet; he was shot 60,000 times in 30 days and got a severe case of PTSD.

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Today in History for 27th June 2014

Historical Events

1847 - New York and Boston linked by telegraph wires

1940 - Soviet Army attacks Romania

1973 - John W Dean tells Watergate Committee about Nixon's "enemies list"

1978 - Henry Rono of Kenya sets record for 3,000 m, 7:32.1

1984 - Emmy 11th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 5th time

1998 - Opening of the Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Malaysia.

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Famous Birthdays

1809 - Francois de Canrobert, French marshal/parliament member

1880 - Helen Keller, Ala, blind-deaf author/lecturer had more sense than many

1918 - Adolph Kiefer, US, 100m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1936)

1963 - Johnny Benson, American NASCAR driver

1971 - Jo Frost, English nanny and television host

1983 - Dale Steyn, South African cricketer

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Famous Deaths

1776 - Thomas Hickey, plan to hand George Washington to British, executed

1785 - Egbert de Free Temminck, Amsterdam regent, dies at 84

1794 - Philippe de Noailles, duc de Mouchy, French soldier (b. 1715)

1973 - Ernest Truex, actor (Pop-Pete and Gladys, Mr Peepers), dies at 73

1989 - Jack Beutel, actor (The Outlaw), dies

2009 - Fayette Pinkney, African American singer (The Three Degrees) (b. 1948)

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Brain Teaser 6/27/2014

What number fits in all of these words/phrases?



Deck

Year

Vietnam

Desert Storm

Singing in the Rain

Solution

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