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

Lord of the Rings?



My story whispers ancient lore;

The force at times my rings will hide.

I've sixty minions, maybe more:

Those unseen, these by my side.



Wand'ring far from glowing light,

Shape-shifting puzzles curious eyes;

Oft my glorious rings shine bright,

While men debate my family's size.



My aspect seems to wax and wane,

As the force dictates the deed;

My namesake ruled vast fields of grain,

But, legends tell, devoured his seed.



What am I?





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The American pilot who dropped the first atomic bomb…

The American pilot who dropped the first atomic bomb died at aged 92 – with no regrets. He said he never lost a single nights sleep. Pilot Paul Tibbets dropped the bomb on Hiroshima that killed 78,000 people instantly but by the end of 1945 the death total had reached 140,000.

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There’s a river in Trinidad that started glowing…

There’s a river in Trinidad that started glowing in the night for no reason at all.

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Today in History for 23rd April 2014

Historical Events

1798 - Dutch emperor accepts new Constitution

1827 - William Rowan Hamilton presents his Theory of systems of rays.

1953 - General Charles P Cabell, USAF, becomes deputy director of CIA

1962 - Ranger 4, 1st US satellite to reach Moon launched from Cape Canaveral

1969 - Over 1000 square miles flooded in Shantung Province China

1991 - Gordon Greenidge scores 223 v Aus, his last Test Cricket knock at home

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Famous Birthdays

1746 - Félix Vicq-d'Azyr, French physician and anatomist (d. 1794)

1890 - Marcel L'Herbier, French director/screenwriter (El Dorado)

1895 - Ngaio Marsh, New Zealand writer (d. 1982)

1922 - Boy [Segundo JA] Ecury, Aruba, resistance fighter

1969 - Richard Wolstencroft, Australian Filmmaker

1974 - Carlos Dengler, American musician (Interpol)

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Famous Deaths

1616 - William Shakespeare, English poet and playwright (b. 1564) (Julian calendar) dies aged 52

1670 - Loreto Vittori, composer, dies at 69

1965 - Josephina J "Fien" de la Mar, Dutch actress (Pygmalion), dies at 67

1991 - Johnny Thunders, American musician (b. 1952)

1998 - James Earl Ray, American assassin (b. 1928)

2007 - David Halberstam, American journalist, historian and author (b. 1934)

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Brain Teaser 4/23/2014

Unscramble the below 8 words.

O M M E

M I D I O

A L A R I D

S T A M Y G N

D I T Y

T A C E D

R U M E N A

L O S E O R A

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Spain’s Paralympic basketball team were ordered to return their…

Spain’s Paralympic basketball team were ordered to return their gold medals won in Sydney in 2000 after nearly all of their players were found to have no disability.

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Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him…

Heath Ledger asked Christian Bale to actually beat him for the interrogation scene in the Dark Knight.

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It is safe to eat the stickers that are on fruit…

It is safe to eat the stickers that are on fruit, and the glue used to put them on is actually food grade

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The original word for “bear” (the animal) has been lost…

The original word for “bear” (the animal) has been lost. Superstitious people in medieval times thought that saying the ferocious animal’s name would summon it, so they used a euphemism that meant “the brown one” (“bear”) … The original word was never recorded, so it remains a mystery.

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A widow of a WWII veteran never learned the exact fate…

A widow of a WWII veteran never learned the exact fate of her husband. After 68 years she found that he was not only buried in France. But that a town in France has been honoring him for the last 68 years.

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According to a Japanese poll in the year 2000…

According to a Japanese poll in the year 2000, the Japanese believe that their best invention of the twentieth century was instant noodles.

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The term “hipster” originated in the 1940s, and was used to describe…

The term “hipster” originated in the 1940s, and was used to describe jazz aficionados, characterized by their “dress, slang, use of cannabis and other drugs, relaxed attitude, sarcastic humor, self-imposed poverty and relaxed sexual codes.”

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Dr. Gay Hitler, son of George Washington Hitler, was a local…

Dr. Gay Hitler, son of George Washington Hitler, was a local dentist in Circleville, Ohio, and served the community from 1922 through 1946. Many roads in the area still contain the word ‘Hitler’ through this family.

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The USA made a $1 Billion payment to Native Americans…

The USA made a $1 Billion payment to Native Americans for the theft of 56 million acres of land. Attorney general, Eric Holder, said the settlement was fair and honorable.

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