Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 13, 2014)

State Soundalikes



In this teaser, you are given odd definitions of terms. The terms must be found, and they sound approximately like the names of U.S. states. Can you get all five?



1. What a certain spectator sport's spectators do



2. Doing 2,000 pounds of laundry



3. What to buy if you're only slightly thirsty



4. Mindful of a wooded valley



5. Bauxite that is missing



The hint gives the first letter of each state name.





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Face Tattoo Optical Illusion

Happy Saturday to everyone, and you should take a break from the computers and head outside for some fun in the summer sun! When people are outside, they end to wear tank tops and sleeveless shirts, and people can really see some great tattoos, like today’s optical illusion! However, some tattoos can play tricks on you, and take a closer look at this tattoo. This tattoo is not a regular one because it can be two different people depending on how you look at it! Is it a lady? Is it a man? Or is this tattoo really both? Though no matter what, it sure is a lot of fun, isn’t it?

Are you all ready for another great illusion involving what happens when you spill coffee and it splashes? Have you ever looked at anything that splashes and seen something in it like a shape or an object? Well check out this spilled coffee illusion! Who knew that you could take something like spilled coffee and turn it not only into an optical illusion, but an amazing work of art as well? You will never looked at spilled coffee in the same way again that’s for sure! Hope you all enjoy it and have a great Saturday!

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Fran Capo currently holds the Guinness record as the fastest talking woman…

Fran Capo currently holds the Guinness record as the fastest talking woman in the world — 603.32 words in 54.2 seconds. Here she demonstrates her talent as well as the frenetic personality that unsurprisingly accompanies her unique skills…

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Catherine Yass has been nominated for a Turner Prize, so this means…

Catherine Yass has been nominated for a Turner Prize, so this means that she’s a serious artist. Nevertheless, her plan to drop a piano off the top of a 27-story building in London, as a way to allow the community to “explore how sound travels,” has been vetoed by the local housing association. Locals apparently feared her plan was “dangerous and ludicrous.”

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Johnny Cash took only one music lesson, after which…

Johnny Cash took only one music lesson, after which his teacher told him, “Always do it your way.”

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In the traditional aboriginal Canadian version of Lacrosse…

In the traditional aboriginal Canadian version of Lacrosse, each team consisted of about 100 to 1,000 men on a field that stretched from about 500 meters to 3 kilometers long. These lacrosse games lasted from sunup to sundown for two to three days straight.

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Males in the United States are still legally required…

Males in the United States are still legally required to register for the draft within 30 days of their 18th birthday and can be fined up to $250000 for non-compliance.

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Starfish Prime was a 60′s US military experiment designed to see…

Starfish Prime was a 60′s US military experiment designed to see what would happen when a nuke was detonated 250 miles above Earth’s magnetic pole. It resulted in an EMP 900 miles wide, an intense artificial aurora, and a radiation belt that disabled 1/3 of the low orbit satellites and lasted 5 years.

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Today in History for 12th July 2014

Historical Events

1843 - Mormon leader Joseph Smith says God allows polygamy

1874 - Ontario Agricultural College founded

1917 - The Bisbee Deportation occurs as vigilantes kidnap and deport nearly 1,300 striking miners and others from Bisbee, Arizona.

1957 - US Surgeon Gen Leroy Burney connects smoking with lung cancer

1987 - 1st time in 20 years a delegation from USSR lands in Israel

1992 - Betsy King wins LPGA Phar-Mor in Youngstown Golf Tournament

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Famous Birthdays

1803 - Peter Chanel, French priest and saint (d. 1841)

1905 - John C F, son of English King George V

1929 - Pavle Merku, composer

1962 - Julio César Chávez, Mexican boxer

1964 - Judi Evans Luciano, Montebello, actress (Paulina Cory-Another World)

1970 - Marsha Guialdo, San Juan Trinidad, 100m hurdler

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Famous Deaths

1545 - Maria Manuela van Portugal, niece of Spanish king Philip II, dies

1973 - Lon Chaney Jr, actor (Wolfman), dies after long illness at 66

1979 - Minnie Ripperton, [Andrea Davis], singer (Lovin' You), dies at 30

1994 - Henk Terlingen, radio/TV-host (Sport in Image), dies at 52

1995 - Michael Clegg, naturalist/broadcaster, dies at 62

1998 - Serge Lemoyne, French Canadian artist (b. 1941)

More Famous Deaths »

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