Today's Daily Brain Teaser (Jul 24, 2014)

Bizarre Bedlam



I am a place where all deliveries are returned to the sender, those who perform better need to do less work, and a lot of things get knocked over, but generally speaking, nothing gets broken. What am I?





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Donk Taxi

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Believe it or not, The common cold is incurable…

Believe it or not, The common cold is incurable. Symptoms can be treated but not fully eradicated.

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An adopted man in Michigan searched for his birth mother…

An adopted man in Michigan searched for his birth mother for 4 years before finding out that she worked at the same Lowe’s store that he worked at. Neither of them knew.

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Ted Kennedy drove a car into the water, then fled the scene as…

Ted Kennedy drove a car into the water, then fled the scene as his passenger died. He only received a two-month suspended jail sentence.

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The Stasi (East German Secret Police) used a psychological technique called…

The Stasi (East German Secret Police) used a psychological technique called Zersetzung, which involved things like breaking into a targets house and rearranging things, calling in the middle of the night, and sending dildos.

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The voice actor of Boo in Monsters, Inc. was so young, it was difficult…

The voice actor of Boo in Monsters, Inc. was so young, it was difficult to get her to stand in the recording studio. The solution: they followed her around with a microphone.

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In the early 1900s French gangsters used a weapon called…

In the early 1900s French gangsters used a weapon called an Apache Revolver that functioned as a revolver, a knife, and brass knuckles

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In 1922, people rioted over whether it was okay or not to wear a straw…

In 1922, people rioted over whether it was okay or not to wear a straw hat past the “socially acceptable” date of September 15, in New York. The riot lasted 8 days and led to multiple arrests. Gangs of teenagers prowled the streets wielding large sticks, sometimes with a nail driven through the top, looking for pedestrians wearing straw hats and beating those who resisted.

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When doctors go on strike, the death rate stays…

When doctors go on strike, the death rate stays level or drops.

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Most mermaid “sightings” were most likely manatees, dugongs, or Steller’s sea cows…

Most mermaid “sightings” were most likely manatees, dugongs, or Steller’s sea cows. In fact, Christopher Columbus spotted 3 manatees near the Dominican Republic and would later write that mermaids are “not half as beautiful as they are painted.”

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Animal Planet aired a fake documentary about the existence…

Animal Planet aired a fake documentary about the existence of mermaids that convinced thousand of viewers. Twice.

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Brain Teaser 7/23/2014

1. Three Points on a Hemisphere

Three points are selected at random on a sphere's surface. What is the probability that they all lie in the same hemisphere? Assume that the great circle, bordering a hemisphere, is part of the hemisphere.



2. I am a window, I am a lamp, I am clouded, I am shining, and I am colored; set in white, I fill with water and overflow. I say much, but I have no words. What am I?

Solution

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Wearable Technology - It's All Here

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Today in History for 23rd July 2014

Historical Events

1937 - Isolation of pituitary hormone announced (Yale University)

1956 - The Loi Cadre is passed by the French Republic in order to order French overseas territory affairs.

1976 - France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island

1984 - Suzette Charles (NJ), 21, replaces Williams as 57th Miss America 1984

1994 - Dancer Gene Kelly suffers a mild stroke

1995 - 124th British Golf Open: John Daly shoots a 282 at St Andrews Scotland

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Famous Birthdays

1958 - Lydia Cornell, El Paso Tx, actress (Sara Rush-Too Close for Comfort)

1958 - Kenneth J Green, Danbury CT, PGA golfer (1985 Buick Open)

1961 - Antoine Carr, NBA forward/center (Utah Jazz)

1961 - Martin Gore, rocker (Depeche Mode-Just Can't Get Enough)

1969 - Dimitri Khristich, Kiev Ukr, NHL left wing (LA Kings)

1971 - Aimee Rinehart, Miss Missouri USA (1996)

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Famous Deaths

1373 - Birgitta van Sweden, Swedish saint, dies

1909 - Ernest F Cambier, Bel colonial pioneer (1st Congo railway), dies at 65

1946 - James Maxton, politician, dies

1955 - Cordell Hull, statesman, dies

2002 - William Luther Pierce, American author and activist (b. 1933)

2006 - Jean-Paul Desbiens, Quebec writer and journalist (b. 1927)

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Let’s appreciate

Signed, Appreciate Committee

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