Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 19, 2014)

Four Brothers



Four brothers make this royal band,

Mixed and handed out from stacks,

Three with sword and one with axe,

A strong force when held by one hand.



What does this refer to?





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Long time organic farming and healthy eating advocate, Jerome…

Long time organic farming and healthy eating advocate, JeromeIrving Rodale, suddenly died while giving an interview on The Dick Cavett Show. During the interview, he bragged,”I’m going to live to be 100, unless I’m run down by some sugar-crazed taxi driver.”

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Today in History for 18th July 2014

Historical Events

1896 - Ranjitsinhji completes 154* on Test Cricket debut v Aust, Old Trafford

1955 - 1st electric power generated from atomic energy sold commercially

1961 - Commissioner Ford Frick rules Babe Ruth's record of 60 HR in 154-game sched in 1927, must be broken in 1st 154 of 162 games

1962 - Minn is 1st AL team to hit 2 grand slams in an inning as Bob Allison

1974 - US performs nuclear Test at Nevada Test Site

1987 - NY Yanks Don Mattingly ties record of HRs in 8 cons games

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Famous Birthdays

1845 - Tristan Corbière, French poet (d. 1875)

1853 - Hendrik Antoon Lorentz, Holland, physicist (Nobel 1902)

1893 - Josef Huttel, composer

1908 - Mildred Lisette Norman, American peace activist, earned the moniker Peace Pilgrim (d. 1981)

1918 - Nelson Mandela, Qunu South Africa, political prisoner (ANC)/President (1994-1999)/ Nobel (1993)

1929 - Michael Medwin, English actor (Four in a Jeep, Scrooge, Checkpoint)

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Famous Deaths

715 - Muhammad bin Qasim (b. 695)

1488 - Alvise Cadamosto, Italian explorer (b. 1432)

1915 - George William Louis Marshall-Hall, composer, dies at 53

1916 - Benjamin C. Truman, American journalist and author

1970 - Lucien H d'Azambuja, Fren astronomer (chromosphere of Sun), dies at 86

1991 - Andre Cools, Belgian budget minister, murdered at 63

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A traditional West African Voodoo Village was founded near Savannah…

A traditional West African Voodoo Village was founded near Savannah, GA in 1970. They have a king, no electricity or water, no English before noon, drink chicken blood & consider themselves a separate nation from the US.

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12 African nations have come together pledging to build…

12 African nations have come together pledging to build a 9 mile wide band of trees that will stretch all the way across Africa, 4750 miles, in order to stop the progressive advancement of the Sahara.

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A company that sells tv antennas sent Comcast a cake…

A company that sells tv antennas sent Comcast a cake to congratulate them on being named worst company in America.

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There is a man who gained the ability to recall the weather from every day…

There is a man who gained the ability to recall the weather from every day hes been alive and do complex calculations after being hit in the head with a baseball.

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A biology professor extracted yeast from a 45 million…

A biology professor extracted yeast from a 45 million year old insect trapped in amber and brewed beer from it.

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If everyone lived like a resident of the United States, we would…

If everyone lived like a resident of the United States, we would need the resources of 4.5 planet Earths for sustainable supply.

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The founder of the first Women’s Refuge determined…

The founder of the first Women’s Refuge determined that much domestic violence was reciprocal, with both partners abusing each other in roughly equal rates. After which, her family received death threats from militant feminists, had her dog shot, and fled to North America.

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