Tuesday 24 June 2014

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

The Element of Agreement



I am a chemical symbol for an element.

This element was discovered in 1824.

I am a Spanish word without the accent.

Reverse me so I become a form of a common verb.



What symbol am I?





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Hidden in the Snow Optical Illusion

Happy Tuesday everyone. How are all of you doing today? The temperature is really going up now that summer is officially here. It’s time to think cool thoughts, so today’s optical illusion is all about keeping cool with snow. This snow looks so nice and cool, but there is something hidden in the snow. Can you see anything in the snow other than the rock and branches? There is something hiding there, but it can be hard to tell exactly what it is because it blends into the pure white snow so well!


Hidden in the Snow Optical Illusion





Do you see anything? Could the white animal hidden in the snow be a bunny? What if its something else like a bird? It truly is hard to figure out what this animal is, but it is definitely there.


Want to see another great illusion? Here is a haunted forest optical illusion, and its called the haunted forest because there are so many hidden creatures in it. What do you see when you look at this amazing picture? Do you see a person or do you see animals? Have fun checking out the haunted forest ,and don’t forget to leave a comment below because we love to hear from all of you!


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Brain Teaser 6/24/2014

What do the following words have in common?

FAST

STRIKE

BILL

QUANTUM

SANCTION

Solution

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Today in History for 24th June 2014

Historical Events


1662 - Dutch invasion of Macau repulsed (Macau Day)

1942 - Africa Korps invades Egypt

1942 - US Admiral Ernest King orders Tulagi (Solomon Island) reconquered

1957 - "I Love Lucy" last airs on CBS-TV

1972 - Wake Island becomes unincorporated territory of US (US Air Force)

1987 - CFL's Montreal Alouettes fold


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Famous Birthdays


1920 - Bernhard Krol, composer

1961 - Curt Smith, Bath England, rock bassist/vocalist (Tears For Fears)

1966 - Adrienne Shelly, American actress, director and screenwriter (d. 2006)

1967 - Olaf Hampel, WLAF offensive linebacker (Frankfurt Galaxy, Rhein Fire)

1972 - Denis Zvegelj, Slovenian rower

1978 - Ariel Pink, American musician


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Famous Deaths


1572 - Cornelis van Diest, lay brother, hanged

1766 - Adrien-Maurice, 3rd duc de Noailles, French soldier (b. 1678)

1947 - Emil Seidel, Mayor of Milwaukee, Wisconsin (b. 1864)

1959 - Lou Bandy, Dutch revue-artist (Life Ain't Bad), commits suicide at 69

1991 - Martin Rosenblatt, actor (Splitz, Annie Hall, NY Stories), dies at 74

1992 - Tony LeMans, singer/songwriter, dies in a car crash at 29


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Doctors are now prescribing books…

Doctors are now prescribing books to treat depression.






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Scotland Yard, one of the world’s best-known…

Scotland Yard, one of the world’s best-known police agencies, is built on top of an unsolved crime scene.






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New York’s public schools are now more…

New York’s public schools are now more segregated than Mississippi’s.






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A mountain Wyoming is almost 300 million years older than the rocks…

Heart_Mountain_Wyoming_cropped A mountain in Wyoming is almost 300 million years older than the rocks it rests on. It traveled over 25 miles.






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