Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Apr 26, 2014)

Ice Boat



On a hot summer day by a lake you are determined to build a boat made of ice, using a refrigeration unit and a large mold in which you can pour water. Nearby you notice an Egyptian mummy resting on a pile of wood pulp. What is the best strategy for building an ice boat that will not melt before you sail it across the lake?





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Bird Legs Optical Illusion

How are all of you doing out there today? It’s Friday, so I bet a lot of you are pretty pumped up right now. I know I’m definitely pumped up, but I’m a little bit disappointed, as well. I’m aching to start the weekend and enjoy the nice, warm weather, but it’s supposed to rain here today. It looks like tomorrow and Sunday are going to be clear, though. I guess I’ll just have to take advantage of the nice weather on those days. What are your plans for the weekend?

Today, I’m going to post up yet another animal optical illusion. I’ve been posting up a few of these lately and it looks like many of you like them, so why not post up some more? Today’s optical illusion is called the bird legs optical illusion, because this bird simply has too many legs. Do you want to see what I mean? If so, you can scroll down right now to have a look.

Wow, that’s just not natural. How do you think this happened? Either way, that’s a cute bird!

Do you want to check out another optical illusion today? This one is going to tease your brain a little bit. Go here to view it.

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Brain Teaser 4/25/2014

A Little Math Fun...



1. You can replace the letters below with numbers, so that the addition will be correct numerically.

MOM + MOM + NO = BOOK



2. In a stable there are men and horses. In all, there are 22 heads and 72 feet. How many men and how many horses are in the stable?

Solution

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Today in History for 25th April 2014

Historical Events

1881 - French troops occupy Algeria and Tunisia

1943 - The Demyansk Shield for German troops in commemoration of Demyansk Pocket is instituted.

1980 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR

1981 - More than 100 workers are exposed to radiation during repairs of a nuclear power plant in Tsuruga, Japan.

1991 - "Grand Hotel" closes at Beck Theater NYC after 1018 performances

1993 - "Blood Brothers" opens at Music Box Theater NYC for 839 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1920 - Marre, reformer of the bar

1927 - Albert Uderzo, French cartoonist

1934 - Denny "Scott" Miller, Bloomington Ind, actor (Wagon Train)

1937 - Thomas Faber, publisher

1969 - Darren Woodson, NFL safety (Dallas Cowboys)

1981 - John McFall, British Paralympic sprinter

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Famous Deaths

1472 - Leon Battista degli Alberti, scupltor/musician (Dinner Pieces), dies

1822 - Frederick "William" Herschel, German/British astronomer, dies at 83

1892 - Henri Duveyrier, French explorer (b. 1840)

1988 - Clifford D[onald] Simak, sci-fi author (Hugo, Way Station), dies at 83

1994 - David Langton, British actor (Upstairs Downstairs), dies at 82

2007 - Arthur Milton, English footballer and cricketer (b. 1928)

More Famous Deaths »

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American schoolchildren rank 25th in math and 21st in science…

American schoolchildren rank 25th in math and 21st in science out of the top 30 developed countries….but ranked 1st in confidence that they outperformed everyone else.

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The bananas we buy in stores and supermarkets are genetically…

The bananas we buy in stores and supermarkets are genetically identical clones, all descended from one banana. These bananas are seedless and sterile; natural bananas are short, fat, and have huge seeds.

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In the fall-out with Don King, Mike Tyson discovered a fan-club…

In the fall-out with Don King, Mike Tyson discovered a fan-club that had been hidden from him for years. Among the fan letters was one from a boy dying of cancer, asking for a phone call. Mike called immediately, but was a year too late. He broke down and cried.

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A man robbed a bank by pretending to be a public health official…

A man robbed a bank by pretending to be a public health official and giving a fatal dose of cyanide to all 16 people in the bank under the pretense of a routine dysentery inoculation.

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The British government’s advisor on illegal drugs was fired in 2009…

The British government’s advisor on illegal drugs was fired in 2009 after arguing that ecstasy and LSD were less dangerous than alcohol and tobacco.

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Every week in Japan, there’s a widely-popular, five-minute-long…

Every week in Japan, there’s a widely-popular, five-minute-long TV program that features a girl running up a hill. That’s it. Each week, there’s a different girl and a different hill. It’s called, “Zenryoku Saka”.

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Kuchisake is an Japanese urban legend of a woman who either mutilates…

Kuchisake is an Japanese urban legend of a woman who either mutilates the faces of children or slices the children in half. Since the 1970s some Japanese schools became increasingly concerned that they require students to return home in groups under teacher supervision.

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In the UK black people on average use less drugs…

In the UK black people on average use less drugs than white people, but are 6 times more likely to be stopped and searched for drugs.

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