Today's Daily Brain Teaser (May 15, 2014)

Epitaphs



Below are four epitaphs (writing on gravestones). From the writings, can you tell the occupation of each person?



1. Here lies Mortimer Bibbs.

He took part of ours and gave it to big brother, but he always had good form.



2. Here lies Dirk McDuff, who toppled giants with weapons of steel. If only he'd heard his partner's shout before the giants found their revenge.



3. Here lies Suzy Smelt. She constructed many a bomb but mostly brought smiles to our faces.



4. Here lies Ethel Grant. She spent her whole life fighting with what she will now become.





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Townswoman Replaces Past Residents with Dolls

Valley of Dolls

Ayano Tsukimi is from the small town of Nagoro, Japan.

What was once a thriving industrial town became a quiet sleepy village after the local factory shut down.

Tsukimi moved back to Nagoro after an 11 year absence only to find a ghost town where only 37 residents remained.

Tsukimi got the idea to make replacement residents with life-sized dolls after she made a scarecrow for her garden.

Ten years later and she has constructed 350 “residents” by hand.

Tsukimi says the facial expressions are the hardest part of the making the dolls.

She also remarks she is very good at making grandmothers.

Tsukimi likes to place the dolls to blend in with the scenery. She has set up a school, field workers, bus patrons, and fisherman. Tsukimi has no plans to leave her village.

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There was a fad in the late 1800s where people would send…

There was a fad in the late 1800s where people would send insulting or brutally honest messages called “Vinegar Valentines.”

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Dog Head Optical Illusion

Some of my favorite optical illusions to post up on the site are the ones that have to do with animals. This is typically because they’re so funny or catch you off guard. For instance, did you see the nice rug optical illusion? If not, I highly suggest you check it out. There’s a dog hidden in the picture, but he’s not too hard to spot. Either way, judging by the comments, a lot of you enjoyed it, as well. Also, yesterday, I referenced a find the mistake optical illusion in my post, which led you to a page that was yet another animal optical illusion.

Today, as you could probably guess by the title, I’m going to present you with another animal optical illusion. Once again, this is an illusion that involves a dog and their owner. In the illusion, it looks as if the person in the picture had the head of a dog. Of course, this is just how they’re positioned in the picture, but it’s still quite funny. Scroll down to check it out.

Now, that’s a pretty funny optical illusion. Don’t you agree?

Want to see another animal optical illusion? Check out this Pittsburgh Zoo Optical Illusion.

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Today in History for 14th May 2014

Historical Events

1892 - Vitesse 1892 soccer team forms in Arnhem

1913 - Frans Hals museum opens in Haarlem, Netherlands

1918 - Sunday baseball is made legal in Washton, DC

1932 - "We Want Beer!" parade in NY

1970 - RAF-leader Andreas Baader freed after serving 2 years in West Berlin

1990 - 46th time opposing pitchers hit HR, Valenzuela (Dodgers)/Gross (Expos)

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Famous Birthdays

1737 - George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney, British statesman (d. 1806)

1917 - Herta Ryder, literary agent

1922 - Franjo Tuđman, Croatian politician (d. 1999)

1965 - Eoin Colfer, Irish writer

1968 - Hiroshi Matsuura, hockey forward (Team Japan 1998)

1972 - Mark Ruskell, England-born Scottish politician

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Famous Deaths

1833 - Johann Wilhelm Cornelius von Konigslow, composer, dies at 88

1847 - Fanny Cacilia Mendelssohn Hensel, composer, dies at 41

1940 - Jacob van Gelderen, economist/sociologist/SDAP-2nd-Chamber, dies at 49

1945 - Heber J. Grant, seventh president of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1856)

1997 - Laurie Lee, writer, dies at 82

1998 - Marjory Stoneman Douglas, American conservationist (b. 1890)

More Famous Deaths »

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Brain Teaser 5/14/2014

In this type of verse, "first" and "second" and so on refer to the individual letters of a word. Find the correct letter for each definition or explanation, and complete the word.



My first is in sugar but not in tea

My second in swim but not in sea

My third in apple and also pear

My fourth in ring and also hare

My last in ten but not in herd

My whole a very complimentary word.

Solution

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The “debate” about vaccines and autism, began after a fraudulent paper…

The “debate” about vaccines and autism, began after a fraudulent paper was published. The author is no longer licensed to practice. Countless dollars have been spent to debunk his claims, and innocent children have probably died due to his lies.

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There’s a 9 year old boy in the Philippines who started his own no-kill…

There’s a 9 year old boy in the Philippines who started his own no-kill, non-profit animal shelter – the first of its kind on his island of Mindanao.

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During the search for one of the girls Ariel Castro kidnapped a psychic…

During the search for one of the girls Ariel Castro kidnapped a psychic told her mother that her daughter was dead and “in water”. The mother of the daughter was devastated and took down all flyers of her daughter and died in 2006 before her daughter was later found alive in 2013.

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There is man whose full-time hobby is giving man-on-the-street interviews…

There is man whose full-time hobby is giving man-on-the-street interviews so he’ll be quoted in major publications. He’s so successful that the AP has banned their reporters from talking to him for stories.

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According to a study by the British Academy of Sound Therapy…

According to a study by the British Academy of Sound Therapy the song Weightless by Marconi Union is the most relaxing song ever.

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