Tuesday 27 May 2014

Today's Daily Brain Teaser (May 28, 2014)

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What James Bond Movie Titles do the following represent?



1) Crystals of C R Ever Ever Ever Ever.

2) Female Sheep reincarnated just once.

3) AuDigit





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Hope You Had A Great Memorial Day Weekend!

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Who’s That Lady?!

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Video: The Floating Skate Ramp

There’s nothing like being on the lake. If only you could have the same fun you have at your skatepark, at the lake.


So what do you do? You build a floating skatepark!


Bob Burnquist imagined the best location for his private skate ramp: Floating on beautiful Lake Tahoe!



“You need to believe in something intense enough to make it happen.”


—Bob Burnquist



So what does it take to build this amazing ramp?



  • 300 Man Hours

  • 1,250 Screws

  • 7,300 Pounds of Lumber

  • Just FOUR Days!



Check out the gallery below for more amazing photos.















Thanks to Visit California for the images.






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Jediism is a very real religion based on the Jedi…

Jediism is a very real religion based on the Jedi beliefs and doctrine of the Jedi in the Star War Universe. In 2012, over 176 thousand people in the UK and Wales indicated Jediism as their faith.






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Today in History for 27th May 2014

Historical Events


1905 - Japanese fleet destroys Russian East Sea fleet in Straits of Tushima

1942 - Dorie Miller awarded navy cross for deeds at Pearl Harbor

1944 - Jean-Paul Sartres' "Huis Clos" premieres in Paris

1972 - "Applause" closes at Palace Theater NYC after 900 performances

1993 - Mafia bombs Uffizi Museum in Florence, killing 6

2013 - The largest flag ever made at 5 tons with 44 miles of thread is unveiled in Romania


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Famous Birthdays


1876 - Ferdynand Antoni Ossendowski, Polish writer (d. 1945)

1911 - Teddy Kollek, Austrian-born Israeli politician (d. 2007)

1914 - Lord Erroll of Hale, British minister

1916 - Norman Griggs, VP (Building Society Association)

1948 - Pete Sears, bassist (Jefferson Starship)

1969 - Todd Hundley, Martinsville VA, catcher (NY Mets)


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Famous Deaths


1887 - Coenraad J van Houten, Dutch cocoa manufacturer, dies at 86

1960 - James Montgomery Flagg, American illustrator (b. 1877)

1992 - Tony "Big Tuna" Accardo, mobster (St Valentines Day), dies at 86

1992 - John Myhers, director/actor (Billion Dollar Hobo), dies at 70

1993 - Jan Wiley, actress (Underdog, Brute Man, She Wolf of London), dies

2011 - Jeff Conaway, American actor (b. 1950)


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Brain Teaser 5/27/2014

1. Tom is younger than Rose, but older than Will and Jack, in that order. Rose is younger than Susie, but older than Jack. Jack is younger than Jim. Susie is older than Rose, but younger than Jim. Jim is older than Tom. Who is the oldest?



2. Allie takes fruit, cake, and cookies for her picnic. She has three boxes for them. One is labeled FRUIT. One is labeled COOKIES. One is labeled CAKE. But she knows her Mom likes to fool her and has put every single thing in the wrong box. The only other thing she knows for sure is that the fruit is not in the CAKE box. Where is the cake?



3. A block of wood in the form of a cube 3" x 10" x 13" has all its six faces painted pink. If the wooden block is cut into 390 cubes of 1" x 1" x 1", how many of these would have pink paint on them?

Solution

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Lego is the world’s largest tire manufacturer…

lego-tyres-cropped Lego is the world’s largest tire manufacturer, producing nearly 400 million units annually.






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YouTube user 235FireFly was admiring Newfoundland scenery when…

YouTube user 235FireFly was admiring Newfoundland scenery when he suddenly noticed something out of place over an iceberg out at sea.


I noticed what appeared to be a chunk of ice just barely attached to an iceberg, hoping to catch it collapse I took out the camera and zoomed in. What you can see is a white object not attached to the iceberg, but rather spinning around and changing shape? There was no fog and it was a perfectly clear day so I’m up for debate.







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Jainism is a religion so dedicated to non-violence that some…

Jainism is a religion so dedicated to non-violence that some Jains cover their mouths and sweep the path they walk to avoid killing smaller creatures. An extremist Jain literally wouldn’t hurt a fly…






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Mississippi only just ratified the 13th amendment…

Mississippi only just ratified the 13th amendment, which banned slavery, in 1995.






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Even though he was teenager during the Great Depression…

Even though he was teenager during the Great Depression of the 1930s, John F. Kennedy said in an interview with TIME that he “didn’t really learn about the depression until [he] read about it at Harvard.”






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In ancient Rome, after a person pooped…

In ancient Rome, after a person pooped, a communal sponge was used to wipe. The sponge was then rinsed in a bucket of salt water before being used by the next person.






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When his boat sank off the Jamaican coast, Chris Blackwell…

When his boat sank off the Jamaican coast, Chris Blackwell – the producer who first discovered Bob Marley – was found near-death by some Rasta fishermen. They nursed him back to full health, forming a bond with their culture that became the basis for his famous investment in the island’s music.






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The famous Swedish Ice Hotel, built every year out of giant…

The famous Swedish Ice Hotel, built every year out of giant chunks of ice from the Torne River, is now required by the Boverket National Housing Board to include fire alarms, despite being made entirely out of frozen water.






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