Sunday 23 March 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Mar 24, 2014)

Wanli Changcheng



I am like a gigantic dragon winding through deserts, grasslands and plateaus,

and am well over 2,500 years old.

I am high, strong and massive and have a greyish-blue colour,

but parts of my body are now in ruins and have disappeared,

although sections of me that still remain have great historical significance.

I began as a baby dragon some 700 years before the Christ appeared on this earth,

and as the years endured I grew to be an adult,

all the while continuing to strengthen my keepers.

Whilst I am considered to be the longest graveyard in the world,

no one is ever buried within me anymore.



What am I?





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Brain Teaser 3/23/2014

A group of soldiers were standing in the blistering sun facing due west. Their sergeant shouted at them:

Right turn!

About turn!

Left turn!

In which direction are they now facing?

Solution

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The mail truck most commonly used by the USPS was produced by…

Long-Life-Vehicle-small The mail truck most commonly used by the USPS was produced by Grumman and is called the Long Life Vehicle. Production began in 1987, and a new one hasn’t been produced since 1994.






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Viagra dissolved in water can make cut flowers stand up straight…

Viagra dissolved in water can make cut flowers stand up straight for up to a week beyond their natural lifespan.






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There are libraries around the world in which you can check-out humans…

human-library-small There are libraries around the world in which you can check-out humans as a living book and listen to their stories.






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Crows are quite similar to humans and visit their aging parents…

Crows are quite similar to humans and visit their aging parents many years after they have left the nest.






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The Titanic II which is set to sail in 2016…

TitanicII The Titanic II which is set to sail in 2016 will replicate the former ship so much that third class passengers will actually be ‘deloused’ on arrival.






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Congressional approval for the first Gulf War was effected by…

Congressional approval for the first Gulf War was effected by the testimony of a Kuwaiti nurse who claimed to have witnessed Iraqi soldiers pulling babies out of incubators and throwing them on the floor to die. This never happened. The nurse was not a nurse. She was coached by a PR firm. She also happened to be the daughter of the Kuwaiti ambassador to the US at the time.






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The US ZIP Code 12345 belongs to the main corporate campus of General Electric…

The US ZIP Code 12345 belongs to the main corporate campus of General Electric. GE receives thousands of Santa letters each year from kids believing it would make most sense for Santa’s workshop to have 12345 as his ZIP code.






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Today in History for 23rd March 2014

Historical Events


1881 - Boers and Britain sign peace accord; end 1st Boer war

1889 - The Ahmadiyya Muslim Community was established by Hazrat Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian India.

1934 - US Congress accepts Philippines independence in 1945

1957 - 19th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Kansas 54-53 (3 OTs)

1995 - Dollar equals 88.41 yen (record)

1997 - Betsy King wins LPGA Standard Register PING


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Famous Birthdays


1736 - Iman Willem Falck, Dutch governor of Ceylon (1765-83)

1929 - Albert H Crews, astronaut

1957 - Sheila Rena Ingram, Wash DC, 4X400m relayer (Olympic-silver-1976)

1971 - Gail Porter, British television presenter

1973 - Jason Kidd, NBA guard (Phoenix Suns, Dallas Mavericks)

1974 - Eric Washington, NBA guard (Denver Nuggets)


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Famous Deaths


1369 - Pedro, the Cruel, King/tyrant of Castile and Leon, murdered

1618 - James Hamilton, 1st Earl of Abercorn, Scottish politician

1680 - Nicolas Fouquet, French statesman (b. 1615)

1960 - Franklin P Adams, columnist (Information Please), dies at 78

1979 - Philip Bourneuf, actor (Big Night, Frankenstein), dies at 71

1999 - Luis María Argaña, Paraguayan politician (b. ?)


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The developers of famous movies such as…

The developers of famous movies such as Forest Gump, The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Return of the Jedi and many others use “Hollywood Accounting” to inflate expenses and show a net loss. This allowed them to completely dodge payments to writers that agreed to be paid a percentage of net profit.






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A third-grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother sent a birthday cake…

A third-grade girl was expelled for a year because her grandmother sent a birthday cake, and a knife for cutting the cake, to school. The teacher used the knife to cut the cake, and then reported the girl to the authorities as having a dangerous weapon.






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A second grader was suspended for biting a Pop-Tart into the shape of…

Josh-Welch A second grader was suspended for biting a Pop-Tart into the shape of a mountain, which school officials mistook for a gun.






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Gladiator games had referees who could stop fights…

Gladiator games had referees who could stop fights entirely or let fighters rest and freshen up.






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When in love, the human brain consistently releases…

When in love, the human brain consistently releases the same combination of neurotransmitters and hormones that is released by amphetamines, leading to side effects such as increased heart rate, loss of appetite and sleep, and an intense feeling of excitement.






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Popsicle’s were invented by an 11 year old in 1905…

Popsicle was invented by an 11 year old in 1905 when he left flavored soda on the porch with a stirring stick in it. When they froze he had a Popsicle. He kept it secret until he was old enough to create a patent.






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