Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Apr 12, 2014)

Curtail 5



When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.

Example: Begin -> Heavenly body

Answer: The words are Start and Star.



1. Soapsuds -> Woodworking machine

2. Discover -> Fish part

3. Glue -> Gone before

4. Dismissed from the mind -> Do without

5. Boast -> Supporting undergarment

6. Woman -> Boy

7. A harsh, rumbling sound -> Become larger

8. Area cut by a scythe's swing -> Hit swiftly





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Confucius say: reading without light strain an eye.

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Red Swirl Optical Illusion

Happy Friday, everyone! I bet a ton of you are glad that this is probably the last work day of your week. What plans do you have this weekend? With all the great weather we’ve been having I certainly plan on going outside and enjoying some of it. It’s going to feel nice to have the hot sun beaming down on me this weekend. I’m so over the whole winter thing and have been aching for some good weather.

Today, I’m once again taking a break from the brain teaser optical illusions. I just went over the comments and I see a ton of you are still debating the “Count the Balls Optical Illusion,” so it’s still keeping most of you busy. If you have any other brain teasers like that one, you can email them to me.

Today’s illusion is going to be another illusion that is trippy and cool to look at. Are you ready to check it out? If so, you can go ahead and start scrolling down now. :)

This is one of those illusions that seem to be animated, but the image is completely static. It’s not an animated .GIF or anything of that nature. Now that’s pretty cool, huh?

Want to check out another cool optical illusion? Have a look at the Ariel Stain Remover optical illusion.

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Today in History for 11th April 2014

Historical Events

1830 - Robert Schumann attends piano concerto by Paganini

1899 - Treaty of Paris ratifies ends war; Spain cedes Puerto Rico to US

1962 - New York Mets make a losing debut

1992 - Euro-Disney opens near Paris

2005 - 39th CMT Music Awards: Keith Urban, Gretchen Wilson and Kenny Chesney wins

2013 - 57 people are killed by the Syrian Army in Daraa Governorate, Syria

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Famous Birthdays

1735 - Pierre Nicolas La Houssaye, composer

1914 - Norman McLaren, Canadian film animator and director (d. 1987)

1922 - Alexander Raichev, composer

1955 - Michele Scarabelli, actress (Jo Santini-Airwolf, Alienation, Dallas)

1974 - Zöe Lucker, British television actor

1978 - Brett Claywell, American actor

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Famous Deaths

1918 - Arthur Ochse, cricketer (WW I played for S Afr in 1889 aged 19), dies

1967 - Donald Sangster, Jamaican prime-minister (b. 1911)

1970 - Cathy O'Donnell, dies at 66

1987 - Primo Levi, Italy, chemist/writer (Survival in Auschwitz), dies at 67

1992 - James Brown, actor (Rip-Adv of Rin Tin Tin), dies at 72

2007 - Kurt Vonnegut Jr, American author, dies from head trauma at 84

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Brain Teaser 4/11/2014

Let Me Think About This



1. A man was telling me on a particular occasion, "The day before yesterday I was 35 years old and next year I will turn 38." How can this be?



2. A woman from New York married ten different men from that city, yet she did not break any laws. None of these men died and she never divorced. How was this possible?



3. Let's say that the following arguments are true: a.All Parkers are Franks. b.All Franks are smart. Therefore, we can conclude that all Parkers must be smart. Is this conclusion true or false?

Solution

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In Newfoundland, icebergs are harvested for their water…

In Newfoundland, icebergs are harvested for their water. The melted water goes into making products such as Iceberg Vodka and Iceberg Beer.

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More exotic animals live in American homes than in American zoos…

More exotic animals live in American homes than in American zoos. And we’re not talking about hermit crabs. It’s estimated that there are at least 5,000 tigers held captive in private homes. And nobody is licensing or regulating these pet owners.

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An aboriginal artist only discovered that one of his designs had been used…

An aboriginal artist only discovered that one of his designs had been used on the Australian $1 note when someone brought a wad of cash to his village in 1966. He was compensated with a medallion, a fishing tackle box and $1,000.

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A majority of people who’ve had a near-death-experience report…

A majority of people who’ve had a near-death-experience report sensations of detachment from the body, total serenity, warmth and the presence of a light. However a minority have reported panic, anguish, desperation, intense loneliness and the sensing of evil, malevolent forces.

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In 1957, a terminal cancer patient was given…

In 1957, a terminal cancer patient was given a worthless drug that caused his tumors to “melt like snowballs on a hot stove.” When he found out it was proven worthless, his cancer returned. He was given a placebo version and it went away again. He learned the truth, then died soon after.

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UFO sightings have reduced by over 80%…

UFO sightings have reduced by over 80% since the introduction of smartphones and public access to HD video.

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When Einstein died in 1955, the physician who conducted his autopsy at Princeton stole…

When Einstein died in 1955, the physician who conducted his autopsy at Princeton stole his brain and took it home to perform “research”, for which he was ultimately fired after refusing to return the brain. Decades later, he drove to California to return the brain to Einstein’s granddaughter.

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One theory on why we are ticklish is that…

One theory on why we are ticklish is that it serves as a mechanism for developing combat skills. Most often practiced from parent to child, tickling activates vulnerable areas on the body that develop a defensive reaction while producing laughter that encourages the ‘attacker’ to continue.

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