Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 03, 2014)

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I am bound in a book but you cannot read me,

I am struck and played but not musically,

I am your equal in skill and also in stature,

I am used in heat and light manufacture.



What am I?





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Brain Teaser 7/02/2014

1. Brad Doe works for a packaging company. One day, he received four separate orders and accidentally mixed up the addresses, so he applied the address labels at random. What is the probability that exactly three packages were correctly labeled?



2. Imagine a square, with each side 4 cm long, inscribed in a circle. What is the radius of the circle?



3. Without looking at a calendar, within a minute name a boys name using 5 consecutive 1st letters of 5 consecutive months.

Solution

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Audible---You Do Have Time For Books!

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Today in History for 2nd July 2014

Historical Events

1555 - Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola.

1679 - Europeans first visit Minnesota and see headwaters of Mississippi in an expedition led by Daniel Greysolon de Du Luth.

1946 - Harbor workers end strike at Rotterdam and Amsterdam

1949 - "High Button Shoes" closes at Century Theater NYC after 727 perfs

1993 - Pope John Paul II hospitalized for Cat Scan test

2002 - Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon.

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Famous Birthdays

1925 - Marvin Rainwater, Wichita Ks, country singer (Ozark Jubilee), (d. 2013)

1937 - Richard Petty, auto race driver (Daytona 500-1979,81)

1947 - Ervin Hall, Phila, 100m hurdler (Olympic-silver-1968)

1961 - Alba Parietti, Torino Italy, actress (Galagoal, Abbronzatissima)

1961 - Pat Dufficy, Westerly RI, female catcher (Colo Silver Bullets)

1976 - Krisztián Lisztes, Hungarian footballer

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Famous Deaths

1700 - Lambert Doomer, painter/cartoonist, dies at about 77

1798 - John Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies

1964 - Glenn "Fireball" Roberts, biggest NASCAR money winner, dies in crash

1981 - Robert Emmett Keane, actor (Rookie Cop, Red Dragon), dies

1995 - Gail Gordon, actor (Our Miss Brooks, Lucy Show), dies of cancer at 89

2008 - Elizabeth Spriggs, English-Born Actress (b. 1929)

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Richard Nixon proposed to his wife on their first date…

Richard Nixon proposed to his wife on their first date. He pursued her for two years before she said yes. He even drove her on dates with other men during that time, hoping to win her over.

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The U.S. Coast Guard occasionally received telegrams from concerned…

The U.S. Coast Guard occasionally received telegrams from concerned citizens, who apparently did not realize Gilligan’s Island was a scripted show, pleading for them to rescue the people on the deserted island.

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Hulk Hogan choked out talk show host Richard Belzer…

Hulk Hogan choked out talk show host Richard Belzer on live television. Belzer collapsed when Hogan released the hold and smashed his head against the stage. He lost a good bit of blood and required several stitches to close the wound. Belzer later sued Hogan for $5 Million.

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