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

Build It and They Will Come



Be enjoying the singles' life most shall

We are more solitary than social



Of my body is constructed my home

A place where "guests" do not casually roam



After I am done giving it a spin

Danger is lurking for venturers in



The way I prey is a bit like fishin'

With two legs up on the competition



What am I?





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The poverty line in America was designed assuming every…

The poverty line in America was designed assuming every family had a housewife who was a skillful cook.

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On New Years Eve of 1999, Brad Pitt played a prank…

On New Years Eve of 1999, Brad Pitt played a prank where he bribed the Mexican Government to cut the power and phone lines of a resort and send in troops to arrest one of his friends on drug charges.

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Rin Tin Tin, a German shepherd that starred in many silent films…

Rin Tin Tin, a German shepherd that starred in many silent films, almost won the first Oscar for best actor but the Academy, “believed that this new idea of handing out these Oscars could possibly be damaged by the first Best Actor being a dog.”

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In 1987 the IRS required tax payers to list the SSNs…

In 1987 the IRS required tax payers to list the SSNs of child they claimed as a dependent. As a result 7 million children vanished from tax returns.

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After being in a coma for nearly 8 years…

After being in a coma for nearly 8 years, Gary Dockery awoke suddenly and spent the day catching up with family. By the next day he could no longer speak, and he soon slipped back into the coma and never woke up again.

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Smoking while driving is banned in North Korea…

Smoking while driving is banned in North Korea on the grounds that a smoking driver cannot smell a problem with the car.

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Brain Teaser 5/11/2014

Patty doesn't feel she is really a child anymore. Ten years ago, her mother was five times her age. Now she is three sevenths of her mother's age, and in five years she will be half her mother's age. How old will she be when she is half her mother's age?

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Today in History for 11th May 2014

Historical Events

1862 - Confederates scuttle CSS Virginia off Norfolk, VA

1947 - Laos accepts constitution for parliamentary democracy

1959 - Elvis Presley's 1st entry on UK charts with "Heartbreak Hotel"

1965 - Bangladesh windstorm kills 17,000

1972 - John Lennon says his phone is tapped by FBI on Dick Cavett Show

1997 - "Play On!" closes at Brooks Atkinson Theater NYC after 61 performances

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Famous Birthdays

1763 - János Batsányi, Hungarian poet (d. 1845)

1882 - Joseph Marx, Austrian composer/critic

1895 - Jan Parandowski, writer

1922 - Nestor Chylak, American baseball umpire (d. 1992)

1946 - Plume Latraverse, Quebec singer and musician

1954 - Judith Weir, composer

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Famous Deaths

1778 - William Pitt Sr, English premier (1756-61, 66-68), dies at 69

1985 - Garmt Stuiveling, literatrary (Ego and Echo), dies at 77

2004 - John Whitehead, American singer (McFadden and Whitehead) (b. 1949)

2006 - Yossi Banai, Israeli singer (b. 1932)

2006 - Floyd Patterson, American boxer (b. 1935)

2013 - Jack Butler, American football player, dies from complications from staph infection at 85

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