Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 15, 2014)

One Letter of Separation 5



Each group of three definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing.



1a) an Old Norse poem

1b) a wheel spoke

1c) an unusually small animal



2a) to give way

2b) a pasture

2c) to handle



3a) a small territorial division of a country

3b) an artillery piece

3c) a deep valley with high steep sides



4a) a hut

4b) to strike with surprise or horror

4c) a husk





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Hidden in the Snow Optical Illusion

Happy Monday to everyone, it is a brand new week and the month of July is now almost half over! Hard to believe right? Well, here is something else that is hard to believe, and that is today’s optical illusion!

Now, take a look at this wonderful scene of snow, which if you are living somewhere hot, you are going to wish it was snowing, but do you see something hidden in it? We have had this kind of optical illusion before, but this one is pretty tough! What do you all see hidden in the snow?

If you do manage to find the creature in question, be sure you drop us a comment below.

Are you ready for another mind blowing optical illusion? Ever hear of someone finding a hidden face in a tortilla or potato chip? How about in a flower? Check out this flower face optical illusion, do you see the face? How is the face real or just the way that the flower itself looks? These flower illusions prove that an illusion can exist in anything, even the petals of flowers! Good luck finding the face and be sure you drop us a comment below to let us know what you thought of these amazing illusions!

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Brain Teaser 7/14/2014

The tour guide was finishing the tour at Mozart's grave and told everyone that if they listened very carefully, they could hear actual music coming from the grave. Everyone immediately fell silent and, sure enough, symphony music could be distinctly heard coming from the ground although it sounded as if it were being played backwards. What could possibly explain this?

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Today in History for 14th July 2014

Historical Events

1853 - 1st US World's fair opens at New York's Crystal Palace

1946 - Mass murder of Jews in Kielce, Poland

1951 - "Courtin' Time" closes at National Theater NYC after 37 performances

1960 - Barbara Romack wins LPGA Leesburg Pro-Am Golf Tournament

1973 - 102nd British Golf Open: Tom Weiskopf shoots a 276 at Royal Troon

1986 - 41st US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Jane Geddes

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Famous Birthdays

1939 - Sid Haig, American actor

1949 - Joyce Benson, LPGA golfer

1960 - Ray Herndon, Scottsdale Ar, singer (McBride and Ride-Can I Count on You)

1967 - Robin Ventura, Santa Maria CA, infielder (Chicago White Sox)

1972 - Lou Roe, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons)

1979 - Bernie Castro, Dominican baseball player

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Famous Deaths

1723 - Claude Fleury, French historian (b. 1640)

1779 - George Ross, US judge/signer (Declaration of Independence), dies at 49

1958 - Franciscus J Feron, vicar-general of Roermond, dies at 62

1958 - Faisal II, King of Iraq (1939-58), assassinated at Baghdad

1966 - Julie Manet, French painter (b. 1878)

1967 - Tudor Arghezi, Romanian writer (b. 1880)

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