Today's Daily Brain Teaser (May 17, 2014)

Missing Letters



Customer services at RightWrite headquarters received the following letter recently. Luckily their top puzzle solvers were able to determine the meaning and help Mrs Miggins. Can you work it out what her problem was?



Da S,



ld lk cmlan ab h f m .



hs ls aa n k ccl.



As can s, hs ls a mssng fm hs dcmn.



ld b v gafl f cld cc hs blm fhh.



Man hanks,



Ms Mggns.





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Today in History for 16th May 2014

Historical Events

955 - Alberich II, (bastard?) son of Octavianus elected pope

1771 - The Battle of Alamance, a pre-American Revolutionary War battle between local militia and a group of rebels called "The Regulators", occurs in present-day Alamance County, North Carolina.

1868 - By one vote, US Senate fails to impeach President Andrew Johnson

1877 - May 16, 1877 political crisis in France.

1948 - Israel issues its 1st postage stamps

1988 - US Supreme Court rules trash may be searched without a warrant

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Famous Birthdays

1880 - Julian Tannen, NY, comedian (Great Moment)

1914 - Edward T. Hall, American anthropologist and author

1929 - Adrienne Cecile Rich, Balt Md, feminist writer (Diamond Cutters), (d. 2012)

1957 - Joan Benoit Samuelson, Cape Elizabeth ME, marathoner (Oly-gold-1984)

1961 - Kevin Guidry, NFL tackle (Denver Broncos)

1969 - Marcel Schewe, cricketer (Holland wicket-keeper 1996 World Cup)

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Famous Deaths

1829 - William Congreve, English officer, dies at 56

1835 - Felicia Dorothea Hemans, poet/hymn writer, dies

1949 - William Newzam Prior Nicholson, painter/engraver, dies

1983 - Carel Brons, composer, dies at 52

1990 - Sammy Davis Jr, singer/actor (Golden Boy), dies at 64

2011 - Edward Hardwicke, English actor (b. 1932)

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Brain Teaser 5/16/2014

1. If today is Monday, what is the day after the day before the day before tomorrow?



2. The Lone Ranger rode into town on Friday. He stayed 5 consecutive days and left on Friday. How could this be?



3. George Washington's wife was sweeping when George Washington's wife slipped and got wet. How many w's in all?

Solution

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An abandoned, paralyzed Saudi man got overwhelmed…

An abandoned, paralyzed Saudi man got overwhelmed by visitors after tweeting that he doesn’t have any. Thousands of people came to keep him company. They potentially saved his life with donations of more than $25,000 in order to send him to Germany for further treatment.

Though, the floral arrangement in the last picture makes it seem like he died, Arabs don’t bring flowers to funerals or to the dead. They bring flowers to the sick or someone who had surgery/a baby. Bringing flowers to a funeral or dead person is seen as highly disrespectful.

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John Lennon’s assassination on December 8, 1980 still attracts

John Lennon’s assassination on December 8, 1980 still attracts its share of conspiracy theorists. One of them genuinely believes that John Lennon was killed by… Steven King, who was working with Ronald Reagan and Richard Nixon.

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When Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the all-black 54th Regiment…

When Colonel Robert Gould Shaw, commander of the all-black 54th Regiment during the American Civil War, died at Fort Wagner, he was stripped and buried with his men as an insult. His father, however, proclaimed that he was proud to know that his son rests with his brave and devoted soldiers.

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It is illegal to die in a town in Italy…

It is illegal to die in a town in Italy. “It is forbidden, with immediate effect, to all citizens resident in the municipality of Falciano del Massico, and to whoever passes by its territory, to cross the border of earthly life and to enter the afterlife.” This decree was issued because the commune’s cemetery is currently full and the deceased must be buried in a nearby town.

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If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska…

If Manhattan had the same population density as Alaska, there would only be about 28 people in Manhattan.

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A scientist in the 60s gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt…

A scientist in the 60s gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.

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