Saturday 24 May 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (May 25, 2014)

From First To Last



What word when you remove the first letter and put it at the end, do you get the past tense of the word?





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Kate Smith was a rat trained to raise a small American flag…

katesmith-cropped Kate Smith was a rat trained to raise a small American flag. It was trained by Kelly Buckwalter of Santa Barbara High School as “an experiment in operant conditioning” for her chemistry and psychology classes.






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Tania Head, a well known 9/11 survivor, faked being…

Tania Head, a well known 9/11 survivor, faked being in the South Tower during the attacks and served as President of The WTC Survivors Network before people found out she was lying. She was not even in the United States during the attacks.






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There are 38 million Americans who have never used the internet…

There are 38 million Americans who have never used the internet because many of them are simply not interested or find it difficult to use.






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Brain Teaser 5/24/2014

Naturally, 7 beats six by 1.

And, of course, 700 beats 600.

Why then, does 71 not beat 67?

Solution

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Today in History for 24th May 2014

Historical Events


1276 - Magnus LadulÄs is crowned King of Sweden in Uppsala Cathedral.

1873 - Leo Delibes' opera "Le Roi l'a Dit" premieres in Paris

1921 - 1st parliament for Northern Ireland elected

1935 - 1st major league night baseball game, in Cincinnati (Reds 2, Phil 1)

1943 - U-441 shoots Sunderland seaplane down over Gulf of Biskaje

1985 - "View to a Kill" premieres in US


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Famous Birthdays


1870 - Benjamin Cardozo, American jurist (d. 1938)

1943 - James Levine, British conductor

1955 - Rosanne Cash, Memphis Tn, country singer (Seven Year Ache, I Wonder)

1968 - Jerry Dipoto, Jersey City NJ, pitcher (NY Mets)

1974 - Ace Custis, NBA forward (Dallas Mavericks)

1976 - Catherine Cox, Australian netballer


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Famous Deaths


1669 - Pieter Cuypers, South Neth lawyer, dies at 48

1943 - Vladimir I Nemirovitch-Dantshenko, Russian playwright, dies at 84

1953 - Cor Hermus, actor (Bleeke Bet, William of Orange, Jantes), dies at 63

1972 - Gavin Muir, actor (Hollister-Betty Hutton Show), dies at 64

1992 - Joan Sanderson, actress (Young Wives' Tale, Fawlty Towers), dies at 79

1993 - Milton O Thompson, astronaut (Dynasoar, X-15), dies at 66


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